Bring Me Back to Life
(I don't own Shameless)
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Lip was home for the weekend, College was going well and he knew that Fiona could use all the help she could especially after what happened with Liam. He was still mad at her about that but hey his siblings were still better off with her than they would be if they were put into care. Things with Amanda were going well too, sure she was weird but at least it distracted him from his last fuckup of a relationship.
He was busy heating the meals he had taken from the college cafeteria for dinner while Debbie was upstairs doing homework, Carl was busy trying to make up a new explosive and Liam was in the lounge room watching T.V. Fiona had gone out with Vee and Ian was out doing god knows what with Mickey.
He was just checking on the mac and cheese he had swiped when there was a knock at the door, he took the mac and cheese out of the oven and placed it on the bench, quickly wiping his hands on the rag next to the sink.
He expected it to be either Frank looking for food/money/ a bed or Ian back with Mickey, what he wasn't expecting was to see a small body hunched over, familiar black hair shielding the persons face from view.
"I-Is Ian here?" Mandy stammered, still not looking up
"Mandy? No, he's out with your brother"
She kept her head down still and he could see that she was slightly shaking "Fuck…. ok well can you tell him I came by?" she said turning to leave.
"Mandy wait" Lip started to say reaching out and grabbing her wrist causing her to cry out and curse.
Lip immediately dropped her wrist, upon looking at it he could see that it was purple and looked like it wasn't completely straight.
"the fuck happened to your wrist? Are you ok?"
She kept her back to him still and he could see that she didn't even have a jacket on despite it being freezing, he could also vaguely see bruises blooming on her arms and shoulders. He stepped out of the house and turned her to face him.
When she finally looked up it was as if the wind had been knocked out of him. One eye was completely closed shut and was a mixture of black and blue, it looked like her nose had been broken and there was blood running down onto her split lip. The left side of her face was completely black and blue and there was a large cut running across her right cheekbone.
"Fuck! What the fuck happened?"
"Does it matter? Can you…. Can you just let Ian know I came by?" she said turning to leave again
"The fuck you think I am going to let you leave like this? Come inside I'll get Fiona to bring Vee over" he said, when she looked like she was about to protest he spoke up "Mandy, I'm not letting you go out like this now come inside before I drag your ass in"
She slowly limped to the door but only got a few steps before she stumbled and cried out grabbing her side as she hit the wall.
"Shit! Let me help" he said helping her up and helping her inside the house, sitting her down on the couch next to Liam who continued to watch his cartoons as if nothing had happened.
Now that she was in the light Lip could see even more of her injuries. Her arm had a pretty nasty cut on it the rest of her body was littered with cuts and bruises, he could see some blood seeping through the dark grey shirt she was wearing and he noticed she was hunched over again, wheezing which probably meant she had broken ribs.
"Debbie! Carl" he yells out and a few seconds later Debbie comes bounding down the stairs "Call Fiona, tell her to bring Vee and her first aid kit over right now! And then call Ian and tell him and Mickey to get their asses over here!" Debbie freezes at the sight of Mandy "Debbie now!" he shouts and she runs off upstairs
"You think you can make it up the stairs, you might be more comfortable in my room especially when everyone gets home" he asks and she nods slowly getting up. She carefully takes the stairs one at a time, breathing through the pain that is screaming in her ribs and head. She's used to pain, she's a Milkovich and Milkoviches are tough, she'll be damned if she cries in front of Lip fucking Gallagher of all people.
She makes it to the top and celebrates a small victory before the dizziness overtakes her and falls backwards, he only just manages to catch her before she goes back down the stairs but in doing so he grabs her around the waist, knocking her ribs and making her cry out.
He quickly picks her up bridal style, knowing that he'll get her there faster if he carries her and trying to ignore the muffled groans or the way he can see her jaw clenching out of the corner of his eye with every step he takes. He quickly gets her to his room and settles her down on his bed, noticing the blood her head leaves on his shirt.
He gently inspects the back of her head and his hand comes back wet with blood, the back of her hair matted with it, "Carl!" he yells out again "Carl get your ass in here!"
Carl eventually comes in and sucks in a breath when he sees her "Shit! Is that Mandy?" he curses
"Carl go get me some ice and whatever first aid you can find" Carl quickly speeds off and he turn his attention back to Mandy "Fiona and Vee will be here soon, what the fuck happened?" he asked as he starts to inspect her wounds
"I…I don't know, we were fighting and he just wouldn't stop. Normally it's not this bad"
"Mandy, why the fuck do you stay with him? He hits you, you could do so much better" he says as he gently takes her wrist into his hands
"I'm Mandy Skankovich, for me this is as good as it gets…...You wouldn't understand" she says looking away.
He's about to protest when Debbie comes in "Fiona's on the way, should be here soon. Ian said that Mickey and him will be here as soon as they can" she says and they both thank her. Carl soon comes back with the ice and the few things he could call first aid, some dishtowels, a couple of wet flannels and some dirty looking bandages.
Lip takes one of the flannels while Carl goes to watch Liam and gently starts to clean off some of the blood while Debbie helps hold the ice to her face. They both make small talk for a while to try and distract Mandy from the pain and whatever was probably going through her head when eventually the door downstairs is slammed open and Lip can hear Fiona shouting for him.
He looks at Debbie and she puts down the ice and quickly goes downstairs. Soon Vee and Fiona are coming into his room, Vee with whatever first aid she owns, they both look taken aback at the sight of Mandy on the bed but Vee soon snaps out of it "What happened?" she asks as she puts her stuff next to Mandy on the bed and starts to check her over "Boyfriend" is all Mandy says as she looks at the floor.
"Lip I need some room" she says as she starts to treat Mandy's wounds, he shuffles out of the room while Fiona stays behind to help.
After almost an hour they come back out again, Fiona is carrying the wet dishtowels but they're stained with blood and the sight of them makes him want to hurl.
"She okay?" Lips asks and lets out a sigh of relief when Vee nods
"She'll be alright but the next few weeks are going to be hell for her, she's got cuts covering her back, three or four broken ribs, a broken wrist, and a broken nose. She's literally covered in bruises and that cut on her arm had to be stitched up. She's one tough bitch that's for sure" Vee says "I'm think she may have a concussion though so I'm going to keep her awake for the next few hours"
"She got dizzy on the stairs" Lip says and Vee nods
"I'll be back to check on her in about an hour, don't let her fall asleep and if she can't stay awake or she starts vomiting call an ambulance"
Lip thanks her for her help and once Vee has gone over how to take care of Mandy for the meantime he goes to his room and takes a deep breath before going in.
She looks slightly better with all the blood off of her, she's propped up on the bed with some pillows and he can see that her wrist is all bandaged up and that there are obviously ice packs against her broken ribs under the shirt Fiona lent her
She tries to give him a smile but it causes the cut on her lip to re-open and he quickly grabs a one of the towels form beside his bed and holds it against her mouth.
"Thanks" she mumbles and he holds it there until it stops bleeding. After he sits by her on the bed careful not to nudge her and make the bed move too much.
He takes the ice pack from the side of the bed and gently presses it against her eyes "I'm causing such a mess" she says "I'm sorry to burden you with it"
"You're not a burden" he says and for a second she allows herself to get that warm feeling she always got when she was around him. But then she realised where she was and who she was and shut her feelings away again
He's about to speak up again when he hears the front door slam open and a loud string of curse words being shouted and he knows Mickey and Ian are home. He uncharacteristically gives her a small kiss on the cheek before leaving the room to prepare them.
Mickey and Ian and both red faced and slightly out of breath as if they've been running, Lip feels awful about what he's about to tell them but he knows that he has to.
"Mandy came by looking for you, Kenyatta beat the shit out of her. She's in pretty bad shape" he explains and Mickey rushes off to be with his sister.
Ian looks at him with pity "How bad?"
"She's pretty roughed up, should probably be in a hospital but I doubt she'd go so I got Vee over"
They both wait for Mickey to come back, giving him time with his sister and when he does his eyes are slightly shining, not that Lip would dare mention it and he has this look of rage on his face.
"I'm going to give that piece of shit the beat down of his life, you in?" he spat and Lip nods
"I'm definitely in"
Ian stayed behind to comfort Mandy while Lip went to grab his bat and grab one for Mickey as well.
When they arrive at the Milkovich house they both take a moment to take in the scene before them, it was pretty obvious what had happened when they got a good look around the house, there were chairs turned over and beer bottles broken on the ground. There were some blood splatters in the hallway leading to Mandy's room and when they both took a look inside there was also a large blood stain on the floor and her mirror was in pieces on the floor.
They finally found the fucker passed out in the bathroom, he had scratches on his arms from what was probably Mandy trying to get away and was surrounded by even more beer bottles. Mickey kicked him in the crotch to wake him up and he groaned, opening his bloodshot eyes form all the beer.
"The fuck y'want?" he slurred obviously still drunk
Mickey had had enough and took advantage of the fact that he was inebriated and grabbed the front of his front pulling him up just enough and then swinging his fist in his face
"You think you can beat the crap out of my sister and get away with it? You messed with the wrong family dickwad" he said hitting him again and again until his fists and Kenyatta's face were both bloody.
He eventually gestured for the bat, which Lip hands him with little hesitation "You're going to stay the fuck away from Mandy and me, If I even see you near her again I'll put a fucking bullet in your thick skull okay? And just in case you forget, here's a reminder" he slammed the bat down onto his leg with force causing a loud snap to echo through the room and Kenyatta to yell out.
"Now get the fuck out of my house!" he spits
They're both about to turn and leave the piece of shit on the floor when Kenyatta speaks "Stupid slut deserved it" he yells
Mickey goes for him but Lip is faster, fist flying and slamming into his nose, effectively knocking the fucker out "That was for Mandy" he says wiping the blood off on his jeans.
They both walk back to the house in silence neither thinking of anything they could say to make this shitty situation any better. They're almost there when they hear the screaming, they both run off into the house and rush up the stairs to Lip's room.
Mandy is on the bed, clutching her head and screaming. There is a small pool of vomit next to the bed and Ian is holding her shaking form.
"The fuck happened?" Mickey says going towards them while Lip turns to Debbie
"She said her head hurt and then she just started vomiting, I called Vee again and then 911. They're on the way"
Lip nods and then turns back to the group of people on the floor, Mickey is bickering with Ian about something and when he gets closer he can see that he is covered in vomit and is shaking, with his probable bi-polar this was probably getting too much.
"Mickey go take Ian and help him change, I'll look after her" he suggests. The look Mickey gives him is enough to make him want to crawl up and hide but then he gestures to Ian with his eyes and he sees the way Mickey notices Ian's shaking.
Reluctantly he hands Mandy over to Lip, who sits on the bed with her, one arm holding her up and the other brushing the sweaty hair from her face as she leans against his chest. Her blue eyes are unfocused but still staring up at him and it terrifies him how much pain is in those eyes.
It terrifies him how much it terrifies him.
Vee comes in soon after, Fiona's gone to check on Ian and she is trying to get Mandy to focus on her, asking her stupid shit like 'how many fingers is she holding up?' and checking her vitals. Lip notices that Mandy's eyes are starting to close and he props her up against him more.
"Mandy? Mandy! Mandy open your eyes, keep your eyes open! C'mon you gotta stay awake!" he says gently shaking her to try and keep her awake.
Thankfully the ambulance arrives then and they manage to get to them before Mandy goes completely unconscious, taking her out of Lips arms and moving her straight onto a stretcher, rushing her into the ambulance with Mickey following.
Fiona stays behind with Debbie, Carl and Liam and Ian and Lip promise to call the second they have news and then bolt out the door, running for the hospital where the Milkovich girl was fighting for her life.
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