Rhydian's POV;

"Mrs Smith is on her way over now," said Shannon as Tom came back downstairs, with a handful of blankets.

"This is all I could find," he said as he handed he them.

"Anything will do as long as they help make her warm."

I took them and threw them over Maddy, hoping that they would warm her up at last a bit. She was still absolutely freezing.

She was very pale and wasn't moving but she was still breathing so I knew that she was still with us.

The wound to her leg looked so painful. The blood was surging out of it. I ran to the kitchen and grabbed a clean cloth. I ran back into the living room and sat on my knees beside the sofa. I placed the cloth over her wound and held it firmly, creating pressure on it, to hopefully help stop the bleeding a bit.

"Rhydian what happened?", Shannon inquired.

I stared at her for a moment, the events reoccurring over again in my head.

"Well Caleb, my brother's girlfriend Tasha turned up. And well it ended up in her attacking Maddy. I tried to stop her but I wasn't quick enough. She sunk her teeth into her leg. I threw her off Maddy and then Tasha tried to attack me. She gave up though and ran for it. Then I went to Maddy and lifted her in here," I gasped. I was shaking.

Shannon saw that I was shaking and bent down to me.

"Are you okay Rhydian?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. It's Maddy we should be worrying about! Don't be fussing over me", I replied.

"RHYDIAN MORRIS!", she yelled.

I jumped but was still shaking.

"Rhydian getting yourself worked up like this and getting yourself into a state isn't going to help Maddy. Come on, up you get, you've had a shock. You're shaking," she said as she helped me get to my feet and walked me over to the seat. "Now sit there for a minute until you calm down and stop shaking. I'll get you a glass of water. Tom keep an eye on them both for me."

Tom nodded.

"She can be extremely bossy," I joked.

"You have no idea. She can also be very scary too," Tom replied.

Seeing the worried look on my face, Tom reassuringly said, "Mate, Mads will be okay. She's a fighter."

Shannon came back in with a glass of cold fresh water.

"Here you go," she said as she handed me over the glass.

"Thanks," I replied gratefully, before I took a few sips of it.

Next thing, we heard was a frantic knock on Shannon's front door. Shannon ran to open it.

I could hear her say, "Mrs Smith she's in the living room."

Mrs Smith came running in the door, followed closely by Mr Smith.

Looking at me, she asked, "Rhydian what happened to her? Who did this?"

"Caleb's girlfriend Tasha turned up. She did this to Maddy. It ended up in her attacking Maddy. I did try to stop her but I just wasn't quick enough. She sunk her teeth into Maddy's leg. I threw Tasha off Maddy and then Tasha tried to attack me. But she gave up though and ran for it. Then I went to Maddy and lifted her in here. I lay her down on the sofa. I got Shan to ring you. She was freezing so I got Tom to get her blankets to help warm her up and then I got a clean cloth and put it on her wound and put pressure on it, hoping that it would stop the bleeding. I'm so sorry, this is all my fault!", I explained as I felt myself beginning to shake again.

Mrs Smith came over and bent down and took hold of my hand. "Rhydian it's okay, it's not your fault. You saved her from Tasha. If you hadn't threw Tasha off Maddy, then she could be in an even worse way than she is now, okay?"

I looked at her and said nothing.

She got up and looked at her husband.

"Dan lift Maddy up and put her in the car. We need to get her home and fast. Rhydian jump in too."

Mr Smith lifted up Maddy and carried her out to the car.

I followed him out. I got into the back of the car and then Mr Smith placed Maddy across the seat beside me and and rested her head on my lap.

I heard Mrs Smith shout to Shannon and Tom, "I'll let you know how she is!", before jumping into the drivers seat.

She turned to me, "Rhydian keep the pressure on the wound, to help stop the bleeding. She seems to have lost quite a bit of blood already."

I nodded and placed my hand firmly on the cloth covering her wound and applied pressure too it.

Mrs Smith put her foot to the accelerator and we sped off down Shannon's lane and arrived back at the Smith household within minutes.

Mrs Smith stopped abruptly as we reached the house. She and Mrs Smith jumped out quickly. Mr Smith flung the back car doors open and lifted Maddy out as Mrs Smith ran into the house.

Mr Smith carried her upstairs quickly and lay her gently on her bed. I followed him up.

Even at the point, Maddy was still extremely cold and pale.

Mrs Smith entered her room and told me to leave while she sorted Maddy out.

I did as I was told and headed back downstairs. I sat down on the sofa but then after a few minutes, I had to stand up, I couldn't sit still. I began to pace around the living room and bit my nails with worry.

Mr Smith came into the room an saw me pacing around the living room.

"Rhydian you need to calm down and not to mention sit down before you wear away that good carpet. Maddy will be okay. She's in safe hands. All we can do is wait. But this pacing around with worry is going to kill you, not to mention make you dizzy. You need to just calm down."

All of a sudden I heard a scream come from upstairs. It was Maddy.

My instinct kicked in and I rushed up the stairs as fast as my legs could carry me and flung open the door into Maddy's room.

As I entered, I saw Maddy now moving and screaming in agony as Mrs Smith put a few droplets of something; some sort of liquid; I'm not sure, into Maddy's wound. I wanted so badly to help her but I didn't know what to do.

Mrs Smith turned and saw me.

"Rhydian out!"

I stood frozen to the spot.

Mr Smith had followed me up and was standing behind me in the doorway.

"Come on Rhydian, she'll be fine," as he took me out of the room and closed the door.

We went back downstairs; back into the living room.

Maddy's screaming went on for another few minutes. Listening to her screams; the pain that she must be feeling was breaking my heart. It was my fault that she was in such pain; all my fault.

Finally, the screams ceased. Everything went extremely quiet. All I could hear was the sound of me and Mr Smith breathing.

Mrs Smith finally came downstairs. I jumped to my feet.

"How is she? Is she okay? Can I se-"

"Woah Rhydian, just calm down pet," she said as she gestured for me to sit back down. "She's okay for now. She'd lost a lot of blood, so she's very weak. But I managed to stop the bleeding and hopefully stop it from getting infected. I gave her painkillers to numb the pain and a couple of sleeping tablets to help her sleep. She's lying up there now, asleep. She'll be out until morning," she explained as she walked over to the sink.

A wave of relief came over me.

I sank in my chair. I

felt as though all my worries had been lifted from me.

I had never been so relieved to hear something in my entire life.

"Oh and Rhydian," she continued.

I looked up, "Yeah?"

"To answer you're other question, yes you can go up. She's out like a light but you can go up and sit with her if you like."

"Thanks Mrs Smith!"

"No thank you, Rhydian. You saved my little girl. Things could have turned out a whole lot worse."

I raced up the stairs two at a time. I got to Maddy's door. I slowly and quietly opened the door and softly crept in.

As I entered, I saw her lying all nicely tucked up in her bed.

Her beautiful dark brown hair was lying over her face. I swept it back. As I touched her face, it still felt cold; so very cold.

I took the chair which was sitting beside her desk and pulled it over quietly to the side of her bed. I sat down in it and then took hold of Maddy's hand.

"I'm so glad you're okay," I whispered. "I'm never going to let anything ever hurt you again," as I kissed her hand.

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