She was scared. She never got scared. So why was she now? Because Ricky might get killed. Matt had developed a hatred for the man, and they'd never even met. Nicky just wanted to hurt him because of what he'd done to Rod, which was somewhat understandable. Nicky wanted to stick up for his friend, and so did Matt, but why want to hurt them just because of one thing that they did that they may or may not regret? Well, there was only one way to find out.

Anna bit the inside of her mouth as she rounded the corner, Ricky just behind her. Why were Nicky and Matt there? Weren't they supposed to be working?

"Rod, you'll be fine," Nicky was saying as the pair approached. "You've left the house only to go to work and come back. Come with us. We'll all be there, and you'll be fine."

Rod nodded at Anna. "Well, what if Anna's not there, Nicky? What if she's with Ricky? Oh, my. Do you think it's true?"

"She would have told me, Rod," Matt said, just catching his sister in the corner of his eye. "If she were seeing anyone besides her husband, I would know. I'm her brother."

"But what if I lied? What if I am cheating on my husband? And so what if I'm screwing Ricky behind his back? If Rod doesn't want to leave the apartment, don't force him. I don't see any of you trying to get Trekkie out of his apartment."

"Trekkie's a different matter, sis," Matt said, finally turning to her, the words he was about to say next dying in his throat as he saw Ricky standing there. "You."

Anna almost started laughing as she stopped her brother from taking a swing at the Muppet. "Whoa, not so fast, Matt. He's just come to apologize."

"Well, Rod doesn't want an apology, do you, Rod?"

"Well, I –"

He was cut off by Matt delivering a punch to Ricky's jaw with his left hand. "You had no right to do that to him, you whore, and if you think you did –"

"Matt, no."

"Why don't you want him to hurt Ricky?" Nicky said, coming up behind Matt. "He hurt Rod."

"What's it to you, Nicky?" Ricky said. "You're the one who introduced me to him."

"I didn't know you'd be such a jerk and want him to change so much." Another punch to his jaw, which started the fight. Anna shook her head, sitting down on the steps next to Rod.

"I came with him to stop this all from happening, Rod. He just wanted to apologize, honest."

"I'd forgive him, if your brother and my boyfriend weren't beating him to death."

"You two're together?"

"I thought I told you already. We've been together only a couple of days, but yeah. We're together."

Anna smiled. "Good for you. Congratulations. Wait just a second, I've got an idea. Rod, you're a genius!" She got back up, going over to the three and pulling Matt off of Ricky. "Whoa! Don't kill him! Don't kill him. Do you honestly think that I want my child's father dead?"

"What?" Nicky asked, pushing Ricky away.

What did I do? Anna asked, eyes darting to Ricky. What did I do?

A/N: Oooh! What did Anna get herself into? I've got a plan for next chapter, musicalvampire, don't worry. I've got a plan, and I'm gonna type it when I get home, coz right now (3:06 PM EST) I'm at school. Hope you like it. XD