Fiona didn't speak or move at all. She was too scared.

Suddenly and swiftly, she reached for her phone with her free hand, she pressed "1" it would speeddile Declan. He picked up on the first ring. "Declan help!" she tried to say, but all she got out was the D in Declan before Bobby smacked the phone to the floor, breaking it.

Fiona inhaled sharply and stared at her broken phone on the floor in disbelief. She started breathing deeply, sharply. She fainted.

Declan was frantic after he had answered Fiona's call. He thought he had heard her voice on the other line, then there was a crash, and the line went dead.

"Holly J stay here with Ellie." Declan said quickly, getting up and grabbing his car keys.

"What, why?" Holly J asked, sounding almost equally as worried.

"Just stay here." Declan answered, slamming the door behind him. He got in the car and drove as fast as he could, breaking the speed limit, luckily,he didn't see any police, and if there were some, they didn't see him.

He went straight to Bobby's house, that had to be were she was. He was hoping that on the way he might see her, at the mall asking for money, or a ride home. He knew he wouldn't, but he hoped.

He got out of the car at Bobby's house and pounded on the door frantically. "Open the god damned door!" he screamed. He waited no more than two second with out and answer before he walked to the other side of the house and punched the window with his fist, and went in.

Inside, Bobby heard the knocks and dragged Fiona up the stairs and locked both of them in the bathroom.

"Fiona!" he screamed. He shook her, slapped her, punched her, pounded the floor beside her. He grabbed a washrag and soaked it with cold water and slapped her with that too. He kicked her in the side, she wouldn't wake up, and in desperation, Bobby screamed. Downstairs Declan heard this and rushed upstairs, opening every door until he got to the bathroom and discovered it was locked. He pounded once before he kicked in the thin door.

He saw Fiona's unmoving body on the floor, wet, bruised.
"She just, fainted..." Bobby said trying to make up excuses.

Declan didn't reply, he just pushed past him and picked up his sister and rushed her out to the car, and to the hospital. He was crying.

When they got to the hospital, they immediantally hooked up many tubes to Fiona and sent her into a room.

"She'll wake up, but this one was much more serious than the last one." the nurse told Declan.

Then she asked "Do you know the cause of this, does it have anything to do with the bruises?"

Declan sighed "I don't think she'd wish for me to tell."

"You might think about it anyway." the nurse said.

Declan shook his head.
"Ok." the nurse said "But if it keeps happening..." she stopped and walked out of the room.

Declan held Fiona's hand and stared at her, once in awhile brushing the hair away from her face, she was breathing, her chest moving up and down, slowly.

Declan heard footsteps and looked up. It was Bobby.

Declan tried to ignore him, but it was hard.

"I'm here to see my girlfriend." Bobby said. Declan didn't look up, his anger began rising in his body.

Bobby took one more step towards Fiona.

Declan's voice was rough, but he was crying "If I were you I would get out of this room unless you are planning on staying overnight in a hospital bed too." his fists were clenched tightly.

Bobby took a deep breath "I'm sorry, for treating her the way I did, and doing... what I did to her."

Declan stared at the boy, he was not a convincing actor. Declan stared at him until he left.

When Declan turned back to Fiona her eyes were open and she was staring at him.

"Decs..." she managed to say... but her voice got choked up.

Declan smiled and knelt over the bed. "Fi, oh god Fi!" he said

"What happened?"

"Well, the black eye that was on your left eye is almost gone, but there's another fresh one on your right."

Fiona slowly reached up and put her hand over her right eye, then slowly let her hand slide down the rest of her face.

"I don't remember..." Fiona said.
"Remember what, Fi?"

"Him punching me." Fiona said, shaking her head, "He just hurt my arm, and broke my phone and..."

"Don't worry about anything, except for now." Declan said "Just don't ever see him again, I mean it, these things will happen if you do."

Fiona stared at her hands that were clasped in front of her.

"We're back to the beginning." she said. "All the way back, I'm farther from being cured then I ever was."

"Cured?" Declan asked "What are you talking about?"
"I was starting to get better, but I'm back to normal now, and everything is how it was before." Fiona stated in a shakey voice.

"I don't think you were." Declan said.

Fiona stared at him.

"You need to go to the counsaling, Holly J told me why you didn't want us to go with you, but you have to go ok?"

Fiona bit her bottom lip and shook her head no, tears streaming down her face.

"You need help, Fi."

Fiona looked up at him and saw that he was crying.

"Declan, don't cry. Don't cry for me."

"Then go to the damn counsalor!" Declan said. Fiona stared at him and wished he would understand why exactly she didn't want to go.

They were both quiet for a long time.

"That was cool, what you did, with Bobby." Fiona stated.

"You were awake then?"

"Yeah..." Fiona replied.

Changing the subject Fiona asked "Where's Holly J?"

"Home with Ellie." Declan said, "I'd better call her and tell her you're awake."

"No, don't wake her up." Fiona insisted. "She's probably tired.

"When she heard about you, she was really worried." Declan said "I should call her anyway."

Fiona didn't object, she just stared at the other end of the room, at an ugly picture, of a flower. It barely looked like one.

"Holly J?"

"Yeah, she is. I know, How's Ellie?" he let out a chuckle, to what ever Holly J replied. "Ok, do you mind if I stay here with her?" he asked.

Fiona stared at him, "No, you go home." she said.
"One second." Declan said to the phone.

"I can't leave you hear you'll have nightmares."

Fiona shook her head, "Go home with Holly J and your baby."

"I can't..." Declan began.

"Just go." Fiona muttered.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, go home and be a daddy."

"Umm, no, Fiona told me to, yeah, she wants me to go home, so yeah, I'll be there." Declan spoke to the phone.

"Yeah, love you, bye." Declan said with a smile as he closed his phone.

He gave Fiona a hug, and a kiss on the cheek. "I'll be back in the morning." he told her.

"Bye." she said, and then Declan was gone.

Fiona stared out the window, at the lights of the cars passing by. They looked so small, like she was compared to Bobby.

As soon as Declan left, Fiona wished he was still there. She pushed the button to call the nurse into her room.

The nurse came in and smiled "You're awake." she said.

Fiona nodded her head.

"Did you need something?"

"Yes" Fiona's mind said "I need you to help me, please, I don't know what to do anymore."

"A glass of water please." Fiona said, choking back what she really wanted to say.

"Ok, with or without ice?"

"It doesn't matter." Fiona almost whispered, referring to her life, not ice.

"Ok, I'll be back." the nurse said with an obvious fake smile.

As soon as the nurse was gone, Bobby appeared in the corner of the room. "Hey Fifi," he said walking towards her. "Want to have fun?"

"No..." Fiona said, her voice shaking.

"You might not want to, but I do." Bobby said, getting closer.

"Get away..." Fiona said, a statement she tried to make athoritive, but instead was soft.

The nurse stood outside the hall with a glass of water. She heard the patient inside talking. She walked in the door.

The girl had her hands on the sides of her head. "Stop get away!" she was screaming, crying.

The nurse looked around, no one was in the room.
"No one is here." the nurse said softly.
Fiona looked up at the nurse, and Bobby was gone.

"He was here." she said in a hushed voice. "He was."

"Is there something you want to talk about?" the nurse asked.

"Yes." Fiona's mind told her. "No." she spoke aloud. "No..." she repeated quieter.

"Tell her" her mind spoke "I can't!" Fiona said aloud.

"If you tell her it'll be over." her mind said again "No, you don't understand!" Fiona screamed.

"You have to."

"No!"

"You have to now!"

"Stop it no I don't!"

"You're talking to yourself, you're crazy!"

"I am not crazy!" Fiona screamed, covering her face with her hands and pulling at her own hair. She cried loudly.

The nurse was quiet. When Fiona's weeping was softer, the nurse asked "Where do you want me to put your water?"

"Just take it away!" Fiona said.

"You'll want it later." Bobby said from the corner of the room.

"Shut up!"

The nurse put the water on the table beside the bed.

"Are you sure you don't need help?" she asked "Or a family member called?"

"Yes call Declan."

"I can't! No, I don't!" Fiona screamed.

The nurse left saying "Tell me if you need something."

"I need to go to sleep." Fiona said aloud.
"You can't with out Declan."

"Yes I can."

"You'll have nightmares."

Fiona stared out the window.

When Declan got home from the hospital he foudn Holly J looking terribly tired and stressed. "Will you make her go back to sleep?" she asked Declan in a harsh voice.

"Of course." Declan said, sweeping the hair from Holly J's face. Holly J smiled a little. While Declan took Ellie from him and rocked her slowly until she was asleep.

"How's Fiona?" Holly J asked

"She seemed fine." Declan said in a quiet voice. He was wondering what she was doing now.

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