Susan was awoken by Natalie when it was time for dinner. They ate in silence, and Susan drank both glasses this time without a word of protest.
"Come Susan." Susan looked over her shoulder to see Natalie standing at the door.
"Where to?" Susan stood up and started towards the door.
"To find Jonathan."
"Natalie, please don't make me."
"Nonsense, Susan. You are going to right a wrong." Natalie continued to watch as Susan sat down defiantly. Natalie did not have time for one of Susan's tantrums. She solved it by going over and grabbing Susan's wrist and dragging her to the door.
Susan attempted to pull her wrist out of Natalie's grasp. Natalie grew irritated with her futile attempt and applied pressure until she heard a gasp out of Susan. "Please, Natalie, you're hurting me. I can walk on my own."
Natalie refused to let go. It seemed the only time that she was able to touch Susan was when she was being cruel. However, she did loosen her grip enough that Susan wasn't in pain anymore from it.
Susan was relieved when Natalie finally let go of her wrist. However, she was not pleased when she discovered the reason was that they had found Jonathan.
Susan looked down at her shoes as she traced invisible patterns with them into the floor. "I am sorry for what I said. It wasn't very nice."
Jonathan placed a finger under Susan's chin and brought her eyes up to his level. "I see you've learned some manners. Next time, remember proper respect is looking someone in the eye when you apologize."
"Ok. Natalie, may I go now?"
"Yes. Stay within the compound."
Susan walked away until she was out of sight and then ran until she found herself down a few flights of stairs and hidden in a maintenance room. She curled up into a corner and began to cry.
It wasn't fair. None of it was fair. Her career was going good. She had a wonderful boyfriend and wonderful friends. Now she had none of that. She wasn't even allowed to see the one person who actually treated her as anything more than a play thing.
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Andrew tried to ignore the crying he heard and finish the electrical work, but it got to be too much of a distraction. He had to make it stop. The closer he got to it the more familiar it sounded.
He finally saw why. He got down on his knees and approached her. "Susan, why are you crying?"
Susan looked up to see Andrew and tried to wipe away her tears, but they just seemed to keep coming. "Natalie beat the living day out of me because I yelled at Jonathan for being a jerk. Then, she made me go apologize to him. And to make the day even better, Mark says I can't have anything to do with you anymore, and I don't think that's far."
Andrew placed a hand on each of Susan's cheeks and gave her a kiss. When he drew away, Susan was speechless. "Do you want me around?"
"Of course I do."
"Then no one has to know." Andrew sat down beside Susan and pulled her into his arms. They stayed that way until it was time for Susan to go to dinner.
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A/N: Sorry it was so short. Please review.