When Tori woke up she was in hospital. Man, she hated this place. She thought groggily. If she spent anymore time here she'd probably have to start paying rent. She groaned silently. Everything hurt. Her whole body was throbbing and she blinked to try and clear her vision; her head was spinning. It must be the drugs, she thought her mind seeming to take everything in as if it was standing there watching instead of actually feeling. There was a sharp pain in her shoulder and when she looked down she saw that her arm was bandaged up and in a sling. She got a brief burning sensation and she remembered the feeling of Jade's knife sliding under her skin. She shuddered and looked around. Her eyes rested on Beck. He was asleep in the chair next to her and his hand was on hers. He looked terrible, absolutely terrible. She took her hand out of his gently and sat up. The motion made her world spin again and she put her hand on the side of her head.

"Tori?" She heard Beck whisper and realised she must've woken him up anyway.

"Sorry." She apologized and he just smiled.

"You're awake!" He exclaimed and smiled wide. He still looked like crap though, Tori noted.

"Is our baby okay?" Tori asked her voice still weak and groggy.

The smile wiped from Beck's face. His eyes were full of sorrow and he grabbed Tori's hand. Tori's stomach sank. Beck was silent, like he was trying to figure out how to say something.

"Beck please." She begged and tightened her grip on his. If anything happened to her baby Tori would literally die.

"I don't know." He whispered, "They haven't told me anything, they haven't told anyone anything. I think they're still waiting for something."

Tori's mouth went dry. She felt like she was going to be sick. What could they possibly be waiting for? Either her baby was okay, or it wasn't.

"How long have I been out?" She asked quietly, her voice barely working.

"About three days now. You had me so worried Tori." He added the last part after a moment of silence, "You almost died. When I found you you just dropped to the ground," He swallowed hard, "And you'd lost so much blood. I thought you were dead."

"I'm sorry." Tori said alarmed by the look on Beck's face. It was one of worry, desperation and slight horror. His eyes were in a far away place and it was like he wasn't even in the room with her anymore.

"It's okay." He said finally, loosening his grip on hers just a little, "Just don't ever scare me like that again. Please."

"Okay." Tori replied, "I wont."

"Promise?" Beck asked.

"Promise." Tori replied though she really wasn't sure if it was a promise she could keep.

She and Beck stayed in her room for a little while, still holding hands, before anyone actually noticed Tori was awake. As soon as people did though there was a flurry of nurses and loved ones that bombarded her. She smiled, replied to their conversations and made small talk when she could, but her entire being was itching for them all to leave. She just wanted to be alone. She wanted to know if her baby was okay and she didn't want to have to deal with all of this in the mean time. The police came and left, taking her statement and then leaving her be. Beck had told them to leave, that she'd only just woken up and they needed to give her time. But Tori had insisted, she just wanted it all over and done with. She wanted the aftermath of her miraculous return from the brink of death to be done with so she could just rest and wait for news on her baby.

She was extremely tired by the time Andre walked into her room. Beck had left to get a coffee so there was just the two of them. She almost broke down at the sight of him, remembering just how much he'd done for her. She didn't know why, and she knew it was irrational, but the sight of him just reminded her of her baby. It reminded her of everything she'd been through, everything she'd done, to protect her child. Now all of that may have been for nothing and she had to try to keep herself together.

"I'm sorry this happened to you Tori," He said and then sat down in the chair beside her bed, "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you more." He grabbed her hand.

She squeezed his hand and gave him a small smile. "You shouldn't be sorry Andre, this wasn't your fault. Besides you've already done enough for me."

Andre swallowed hard. "I know I've done a lot for you, but still. I should have been there."

"It wouldn't have made a difference," She replied lifelessly, "Jade was insane, she had a disease, she would've killed you to get to me."

"I suppose you're right." Andre said and then hesitated. He seemed to be debating whether or not he was going to say something and apparently decided to. "I was wondering if you could do something for me then."

"What do you want?" Tori asked her voice dead to her own ears. She knew she owed him, but couldn't he have waited? She'd only just woken up an hour and a half ago. Surely she wasn't supposed to do something for him now.

"I know this is probably the last thing you want to hear, especially since you still don't know if your baby is going to be okay but," He paused and swallowed hard, "But I was wondering if you'd go see Cat."

"What?" Tori exclaimed and looked at Andre as if he was crazy. Is he really being serious right now? She had just woken up from the brink of death, was waiting to find out if her baby had been so lucky, and he wanted her to go and visit one of the people who helped get her to this point?

Andre sighed. "I know I'm asking a lot from you Tori but -"

"So don't ask it." She cut him off, her voice deadly serious, "Don't ask me to have anything to do with that bitch. She knew what she was doing, she knew she was helping Jade murder me and she did not care. You shouldn't ask me to start caring about her now."

Andre sighed,"Look I know she hurt you, and that she isn't innocent in any of this, but she's a victim in this too okay? Jade played mind games with her, manipulated her and led her on. And from what I can tell, Cat was never that stable in the first place. I've always known she's had problems, in fact she's told me some pretty messed up shit, but now its worse. Now she has nobody, not even herself." Andre sighed as Tori's expression showed no sign of giving in. "I'm not asking you to forgive her completely, I would never ask something like that. All I want you to do is talk to her, maybe if she knows you're reaching out she'll try too."

Tori couldn't believe what he was asking. Why couldn't he just leave her be? Let her wallow in her misery and worry instead of asking her to help the nutcase that used to be her friend. She was tired, her whole body was sluggish, her limbs hurt, her shoulder was one big mass of pain and her head was throbbing. She'd just woken up from three days of unconsciousness and now he was asking her to go and help one of the girls who had been an accomplice in most of Jade's plans? Tori had never felt so angry in her life.

"And why should I help her?" Tori asked letting her anger get the better of her, "She wasn't helping me when Jade had me locked up and was beating me to a pulp! In fact, she was the one who led me there! Why the hell should I help her?"

"Don't help her." Andre said his brown eyes tired. It was then that Tori noticed how old he looked. He did not look like a 16 year old boy anymore. He looked wary and tired and it occurred to Tori for the first time that maybe Andre has been through a lot too.

"Do it to help me, okay?" He asked and sighed, "I've been in there with her almost every day since she's been admitted and nothing I do seems to be working." He paused, "She tried to kill herself yesterday Tori, right after she was told about what happened between you and Jade. She's in bad shape. I know it will be hard for you, that I'm asking a lot, but please. Please help me with this, you may be her last chance."

Tori sighed. With Andre looking at her like that, it was hard to say no. Andre had sacrificed everything for her once, had taken her side and believed in her when no one else did, she owed him. Sure he was asking a lot, and sure he probably picked the wrong time to ask, but by the sounds of it he really didn't have any other choice. Tori sighed and felt the anger leave her. She couldn't be mad at Andre for asking this of her, couldn't be mad at him for trying to save Cat, it was who he was. He'd saved Tori and been there for her when no one else was and now he was trying to do the same thing for Cat. There was no way Tori could say no now. Besides she and Cat had been friends once and Tori may be mad at her, extremely mad at her, but she didn't want her to die.

"Okay." She said quietly, "I'll do it."

Andre's face flushed with relief, "Thank you." He murmured and Tori just nodded. She felt exhausted. Andre seemed to sense that as his smile turned sheepish. "I'll let you get some rest." He said and then kissed her forehead, "Bye Tori."

"Bye Andre," She said with a smile and he left the room. She closed her eyes, she needed to rest before she went to see Cat.

Tori sat outside the Cat's room and took a deep breath. She wasn't sure if she wanted to do this, but it was giving her something to think about other than her baby and the news she was going to get about it this afternoon; so she may as well give it a shot. Besides she knew that she should help Cat and she really did want to, so she would. She just wished it wasn't all so hard. She knew helping Cat would be exhausting and Tori was already so damn tired. She was tired of putting other before herself, she was tired of picking up the pieces left behind by the monster that Jade West had been. But she had to, because there was no one else to do it. No one else who could. Tori steeled herself and nodded to the nurse who rolled Tori into Cat's room. She hoped she'd be out of this stupid wheel chair soon, she thought absently.

"Cat?" Tori asked as the door closed behind her and the nurse left the room. The nurse had placed Tori by Cat's bed, though not close enough to touch her. Cat looked terrible. Her hair was tangled and she was hooked up to a heart monitor, her wrists and ankles were also tethered to her bed. Her eyes became wide when she saw Tori, her heart rate sped up drastically and she started to scream.

A/N: Sorry its been so long since my last update. I tried uploading this earlier but because I noticed a major plot hole I had to take it down and basically rewrite the whole chapter. I was going to re-upload this when some health problems prevented me from doing so, but I'm fine now so I'll try to have the rest of the story posted soon. Again I'm very sorry for the delay.