Rescue Me

Rescue Me | Chapter Fifteen

"Where's Andrea?" Jared asked Shannon as he appeared in the kitchen shortly after Andrea left.

"I don't know, not here. Can't say I blame her after you yelled at her that way. What the hell is your problem, brother?"

"She was making my bed, Shannon!"

"Oh my god, how dare she!" Shannon stated dramatically, placing his hands on his cheeks with a shocked expression. Jared rolled his eyes at his brother.

"That's not her job, Shannon." Jared growled.

"Ok, so are you going to tell me what this is really about? Because I know it wasn't the fact she was making your bed. What is it?"

Jared rubbed his hands over his face, "I don't know, I'm just stressed out. I was already irritated when I went into my room and when I saw her there I just... Fuck! I don't know. And then she made this snippy little comment about my house guest." He rambled.

"I'm on her side, this one isn't my favorite." Shannon snickered. "She was crying when she left here, what did you say to her?"

"I didn't mean to make her cry! She just drives me fucking crazy. I thought we could be together, but she pushed me away and then Sunday. The way she looked at me after I won, the way her hands felt on my face. I wanted to kiss her so badly. To bring her home and fuck her senseless in that stunning dress she wore. But then I remembered how every time I think I'm getting somewhere with her, she throws another wall up and I reacted in the worst way."

Shannon sat perched on the kitchen counter as Jared paced, spilling his heart out to him.

"She's the most complicated, infuriating woman I've ever met. But she's like oxygen, I need her. I fucking miss her, Shannon! I miss sleeping beside her, holding her, kissing her. She just cut me off!" Completely exasperated, Jared stopped pacing and threw his hands in the air.

"And you let her. Which is completely stupid, because you're in love with her." Shannon stated. Jared appeared stunned by his brothers bluntness. He knew he was in love with Andrea, he just had not yet acknowledged it yet.

"I do love her. But how did you know that?" Jared asked.

"Uh, I wasn't born yesterday Jared, I'm your brother. It's obvious to everyone here how much you both love each other. She just doesn't want to fuck things up." After a moment Jared hadn't responded so Shannon continued.

"I'm not choosing a side here J, but think of things from her perspective for a minute. She's had a good start to her acting career, but has placed that on hold because she wants to chase you around the world. That to me says a lot. And no offense little brother, but your world is a crazy one. Andrea went from her smaller world with few people in it, to the crazy life we live practically over night. You're a lot to handle Jared, and she's very vulnerable. I see where you're coming from too, but give her a break man."

"I need to go find her an apologize." Jared sighed.

"Don't. Leave her be. She'll come back when she's ready. You know that."

Jared sighed, he knew Shannon was right, that he shouldn't go after her, but he wanted to make it up to her.

"I said something really awful to her Shan, I hope she knows I didn't mean it."

"I'm sure she does, we all say things we don't mean when we are angry." Shannon tapped Jared on the shoulder. "You have a lot to think about, so I'm gonna go. Walk me out." They hugged each other goodbye and with a fist bump Shannon said "See you tomorrow."

"Later." Jared waved and walked back into the house. He shut the front door and looked around for signs of Andie's things sighing in relief when he saw her bag on her desk. He knew she'd have to come back at some point tonight.