Hospital room 612

"Nona." Cat whispers.

Karen runs to Cat, and Craig pulls André to the side

"They're pretty torn up. André, this is where I decide if you are perfect for my daughter; in troublesome times like these. I already know you make her happy, but Cat doesn't deal well with these kind of things. And it hurts me, because all the boyfriends she's ever had turn out to be dicks who only care about themselves. Now, what I mean by that is, no one cares enough about Cat to stay with her. And if you stay with her, you'll be the perfect man. Just promise me that you'll love my daughter during this tough time." Craig finishes.

"I totally, one hundred percent, promise you, that I will love your daughter through the good and bad; Forever and ever." André answers.

Karen moves to André and wraps her arms around his neck. "Karen, I'm so sorry." André lets her go and he moves to Cat. He cradles her and lets her cry into her shoulder.

"It's gonna be okay, baby." André says.

"No. My Nona's dying. Everything is not going to be alright." She answers, screaming.

André pulls Cat outside the room. "Baby, what can I do? I don't want you to hurt."

"Well I'm gonna hurt. My Nona is going to be dead in just a matter of hours. André, my Nona took me in when my parents were away with Mikey. She didn't have to do all that for me. And now I'm not even going to be able to be able to say goodbye properly. I'm just so sad. So, unless you keep her alive, there's nothing you can do." Cat finishes.

"Baby, since all this stuff with Danny started, I've become closer with God. Have you ever heard of the saying 'Weep not for the dead, but let the dead weep for you?' Do you know what that means?" André asks.

"No…" Cat answers.

"Well God says that you shouldn't cry because you're never going to see your Nona again, you should cry because you're happy that she's going to heaven if anything. Let her cry for you, because you are still going through hell on earth. You'll know when you die. And honestly, no one really dies. We simply go home. Did that make you feel any better?" André says.

"Yeah. Let's go back in." Cat says, smiling.

Shortly after they enter, the doctor enters. "Hello. I'd ask how you all were doing but…anyway…as much as it pains me to say this, Ms. Valentine has about ten minutes left. I'd say you goodbyes now if I were you." He says, painfully smiling. He walks back out to one of the nurses. He puts his hand over his eyes. "I absolutely hate this part of my job. I hate losing patients."

Karen and Craig say their goodbyes, then Cat is up. "Nona, I love you so much, though you probably already know it. I never really thanked you for letting me stay with you when mommy and daddy were with Mikey in Nevada. I just…I never really got the chance to tell you how much I appreciated everything. Oh, 'That's A Drag' got cancelled. It was so sad. But believe it or not, I'm not devastated that you're leaving us. But don't take that the wrong way. I'm not devastated because I know that you will be having the time of your life. André told me that and I've thought about it…and he's right. I can't wait to see you again, and I love you very much." Cat finishes.

*Beeeeeeep* The heart monitor goes dead. The line goes flat. Cat falls back into her chair. She didn't cry. She'd run out of tears. She just fell into André's arms, while her mother falls apart. "Mama! No!" Karen screams. Craig grits his teeth trying to keep his composure in front of his grieving wife. Cat stands up and leaves the room. Five minutes later, André leaves to check on her.

Front of Hospital

André rushes out the door and sees Cat, cold, in her black fur and leather coat, smoking a cigarette. He walks up to her and notices the cigarette. "You don't smoke." He says.

"Not usually. I just needed a break." She says, taking a draw.

"Put that thing out." He scolds her, throwing the cigarette away.

"What do you want, André? Huh? What do you want me to say, that I'm unhappy right now?" Cat raises her voice.

"I know you're unhappy right now. Your Nona just died. But you're resorting to something so unhealthy for comfort. I mean-" André is cut off.

"I mean in our marriage."

"Why in the world would you be unhappy in our marriage? I just took your stalker out of the picture. What the fuck did I do to make you unhappy? All I've done is help you." André says.

"Well, maybe I don't want your help." Cat regrets the words immediately.

André walks back into the hospital. "Andre, I-"

"SAVE IT!" He yells, walking away.

Cat runs to her parents car and cries her eyes out. "Oh, my god. What have I done? WHAT HAVE I DONE?! I just threw away the greatest thing that ever happened to me just because Nona died. He told me to not be upset! But I JUST CAN'T HELP IT! I know what I have to do."

Hospital Cafeteria

André is sitting in the cafeteria of the hospital. The whole room smells of sandwiches. Cat walks in. She had clearly been crying, but decided to get a drink. She pays for it and walks to André. "Here; I bought you a Diet Coke." He takes it, but says nothing. "André, I'm so sorry for what I said back there. It was wrong in so many ways." She's crying again, now. "I just...I just don't know. I mean, I'd just lost my Nona…you took away that cigarette, which in hindsight wasn't bad, but it pissed me off at the time. I'm just really sorry for what I said. If you don't want to talk to me anymore, I get it." She says, getting up and walking away. André quickly takes her to the storage closet and removes her jacket.

"Wait, André. I don't want animal sex right now. I want comfort sex. Like the classy kind they use in the movies. But don't worry, we'll go crazy later." He nods and exits with Cat.

The heals of her shoes clack on the hard ground until they reach the hospital room. Everyone had fallen asleep. André walks over to Karen. He pull on her arm. She wakes with a start. "Karen, we're going home. Cat's tired."

"Okay, baby. Love you guys."

"Love you, too, Karen." André says.

"Andre…call me mom."

"Love you, mom." He smiles.

"You better not call me dad." Craig says, half asleep.

Cat and André leave, without another word.

Tori's guest room

The clothes had been stripped; the sheets barely messed up. André and Cat were basically cuddling naked. Cat was loving every minute of it. She felt that there was no closer place to her husband, than the way they were now. "André…thanks for your help." With that, André and Cat smile and drift to sleep.

Oh, well. Didn't get to 230 views on the last chapter but, let's try to do it on this one. What did you guys think? Lemme know! R&R….