„Is there anything else you need, sweetheart? " Holly asked her daughter. Tori only shook her head.

"Nope. Jade already brought me my laptop, I got a TV in here and Cat promised me to bring me my homework, so I'm fine for now." She explained.

"If you need anything…" David said, but didn't come far.

"If I need anything, I'll call you as soon as I can, I promise." Tori told him with a smile.

"I'll come back tomorrow after school." Trina said before planting a gentle kiss on her baby sister's cheek. David and Holly did the same before they left the hospital after a long stay. Tori placed the laptop in her lap and played some music while searching for something on the internet. She still didn't understand what had happened in the morning with Andre. His mood change was something she had never experienced with him, and they hung out a lot. Maybe Cat was right. The possibility of him forgetting about something important is rather high, especially after the past week. She knew that he didn't sleep much. He always seemed tired. The bags under his eyes were even more obvious now.

Tori couldn't do anything but feel guilty for that. After all, this situation is causing everyone immense amounts of stress. Tori was under a lot of it herself, but she wouldn't complain. It was her fault for letting it come to this. She made her bed, and she was ready to sleep in it.

The next hour she spent reading her chat log with Andre. She looked for anything that could explain his behavior. Still, she found nothing that could give her any answers. Beck told her that he hadn't found him, so there was no point asking him.

Tori sighed as she placed her laptop back on the table and leaned back into her pillow. Maybe she was simply overreacting herself about this situation. Everyone has a bad day and mood swings. Her thoughts were interrupted when she heard the door open again. She sat up quickly, but immediately regretted it once the wound from the surgery began hurting again. Andre felt even worse than before, seeing the look on her face. Silence filled the hospital room for a while. Neither Tori nor Andre knew what to say.

"Look, I'm sorry about me storming off earlier." Andre apologized, hoping that it would be the end of that topic. Of course, it wasn't.

"Why did you do that? What did I say?" Tori asked, looking at him with her brown eyes that seemed filled with guilt.

"Nothing… You did nothing. It's just…"

"Just what?" Tori asked him as he sat down on the chair. He looked at her, fighting with the idea of simply telling her how he felt. Admitting to her how he had been in love with her since the day he saw her. How he wanted nothing more than be there for her; spend every minute with her to help her get healthy again. How he had tried to date so many other girls trying to get over the fact that he and Tori would only stay friends. But he couldn't tell her that. Not now. Not while she is so weak. He would be taking advantage of her if he did that now. That wasn't what he wanted, although he wasn't sure what he wanted anymore.

"Andre? Just tell me what's wrong. Please, I've been worried sick since this morning." Her voice snapped him out of his inner battle. Good job Andre. Now you are one of her worries next to so many others. Good. Fucking. Job! Andre thought to himself. He felt awful. Next to everything Tori is going through, he gave her even more to worry about simply because he felt jealous. He couldn't tell her. He couldn't, no matter how much he wanted to.

"Look, I had to pick up something important for my grandma, and I forgot it because of everything happening in the past few days. And when I remembered, I simply overreacted. I mean… the past few days took a toll on my nerves, so my temper is really short. I'm sorry I made you worry. I really am. I won't do it again." He apologized after the lie. He hated lying to her, but he did it for her own good. He watched her expression change from worry to sadness.

"No… I'm sorry I put everyone into this situation." She said before a sigh. She looked back up at him.

"I know this is a lot for you. I see that you are tired all the time. Please, don't worry too much about me. I'm sorry I have to be one more worry in your life. I wish I hadn't let it come this far." Tori said before she buried her face into her hands. She began crying, but collected herself a moment later. "Please, please, don't worry about me anymore. I'll be fine. Go get some rest. Lie down a bit. Just… please, I'm worried about you. You've always been so good to me. I can't live with the fact that you are this beaten up because of me. Please." She begged him.

Oh that's just great Andre. After lying to her straight to the face, she still is worried more about you than about herself.

"Look, you shouldn't worry about me. I should be the one who thinks straight and rationally. I promise you; again, I won't be like this again. Just get healthy and stop blaming yourself."

"How can I not worry, Andre. After everything you went through because of me…" Tori said before she took Andre's hand and looked him right in the eyes.

"Do you even realize how much you all mean to me? How much you mean to me? It hurts me to know that all this is because I made a mistake. I'll get better and I'll make it up to you. I promise." Tori told him while she held his hand.

"I'm sorry, but you have to leave now. You can come back tomorrow." A nurse interrupted them. Thank god! Andre thought. He didn't know if he could take this anymore. His conscience was killing him. He leaned down and gave Tori a kiss on her forehead before she wrapped her arms around him, whispering one last "I'm sorry" into his ear. He went out of her room and out of the hospital.

After a whole day he finally arrived back home. Sitting down on his sofa, he took his guitar and began playing something. At least he tried to, but to no avail. How could he continue like this? He knew that he would make another grave mistake like this, and he hated that idea. He couldn't make Tori even worse. He left out a load groan, happy that he was alone. But a sudden, loud knock on his front door got his attention. He got up and walked towards the door.

"Hel…" he was cut off by a hot sensation on his cheek which quickly turned into pain. He grasped his jaw before turning back to see who it was. Once he spotted red hair, his question was answered.

"Cat?" Andre said in a shocked manner: shocked that he saw her at this hour in front of his house, and that she slapped the taste out of his mouth without a warning.

"That was for upsetting Tori today and making her cry!" Cat told him in an angry tone before storming into his living room. Andre rubbed his jaw as he walked inside.

"I know I deserve this, but please, let me explain…"

"Explain what? That you got jealous because you saw Danny?" Cat snapped at him. Andre stood there, frozen at what Cat had just told him. "How did she know" was what came to his mind immediately.

"Did Beck tell you?" He asked after a few moments.

"No. Beck didn't tell anyone anything. He even lied to Tori that he didn't find you. I knew that you were in love with her since I saw how you looked at her the first day I met her." Cat explained, leaving Andre speechless again.

"What? How?"

"Oh come on. I saw how you act next to her. I saw how you look at her, how you talked about her. And ever since the day you told us that she had cancer, when I saw you almost loose it when the others left, I knew for sure." Cat told him.

"Okay, you are right. When I saw Danny walk out of her room, I became jealous. And yes, when she mentioned him it overtook me and I stormed out." Andre admitted, feeling ashamed after he had said that. No, you don't do something like this to the person you care about.

"Why didn't you tell her?" Cat asked, her voice becoming calmer.

"I… I didn't want to take advantage of her situation. I mean, she is sick. She feels vulnerable. I don't want to do it that way."

"You had years to ask her out Andre. And she would have said yes." Cat said, making Andre look at her as if she had three heads.

"How do you…"

"Today, the only thing she had been talking about was you, goddamit! I don't know if everyone is blind around me or what is going on, but she cares about you. She would have given a relationship between you two a chance. But no, you had to chicken out. Can't you see the reason why none of you two had a real relationship in the past few years? Because you both knew that it wasn't right. Now, you can get your head out of your ass and make the first move once the right time comes, or you can simply take a cowards way out and later ask yourself what if." Cat told him before getting up and storming out of the house. Andre plumbed down into his sofa. His jaw dropped from the "the reason you suck" speech Cat just gave him. He couldn't believe what he just had heard. He wouldn't have been able to respond to Cat anyway, so he was kind of glad that she had left.

Andre sat there the whole evening, thinking about everything that had happened today. He needed to do something, but he wasn't sure what that something is.