All I Care About

Hey guys, I know you didn't get an update yesterday and that's my bad. I didn't have school but I was out of the house all day. I went to the mall, went to Hot Topic then my friend came over and we went to go see Iron Man. That movie was so freaking good! I loved it, think I'm about to go see it again lol. But yea I'm sorry you didn't get an update, I might put up two tonight but I don't think so cause I've got to get up early tomorrow.

In this chapter Andie's going to turn in her story which took forever to get back together. She and Chase are gonna have some fluff moments just because I think they're needed at the moment and um I'm not sure, maybe Alex will have a plan by the time it's over but I don't think so. Who knows? Lol.

A/N-This one is named after the song "All I Care About" in the movie Chicago.

Disclaimer-Don't own Step Up 2, if I did Rob Hoffman would be mine. And I don't own anything from Once On This Island.

Andie was waiting for Chase when he pulled up in front of the apartment buildings. She stood and brushed the dirt from her pants as Chase climbed out of the car and scooped her up into a bear hug. Andie buried her face in his chest and balled up her fists in the back of his shirt. Chase's hands ran up and down her back in a sort of soothing way. Andie visibly relaxed and Chase kissed the top of her head.

"Are you okay?" He whispered in her ear.

"Yea." Andie nodded. "Or at least as okay as I'm going to be."

"Don't worry," Chase replied cupping her face in his hands and making her look up at him. "Alex is working on a plan, we'll have you out here in no time."

Andie gave him a small smile and stood on her tip toes to kiss him.

"We should get going." Andie whispered when they pulled apart. "Or we'll be late for school."

Chase grinned down at her and kissed her softly on the lips before finally releasing her and opening the passenger door. Andie climbed into the SUV and could feel all the tension in her muscles leaving. She felt safe now, being around Chase did that to her and when he took hold of her hand she was completely fine once more.

"Did you get your story finished?" Chase asked.

"Yep," Andie nodded smiling. "It's ready to be turned in."

"Good, now all we gotta do is wait for them to tell you that you've won first place." Chase said squeezing her hand.

"Man I hope not," Andie said closing her eyes.

"How come?" Chase asked.

"Because if I get first place then I have to compete in this other competition which I really don't want to do." Andie replied.

Chase nodded,

"Did Aydan talk to you?" He asked gently.

"Nope, but I got her to eat." Andie said. "Some pizza and pop, that's gotta count as something."

"Yea it does," Chase said. "Moose is gonna go mental when he finds out."

Andie groaned and opened her eyes.

"I forgot about Moose."

Chase chuckled,

"Maybe you should just talk to him before class." He suggested.

"Naw, I'll wait til Geography." Andie said. "Because that way I have the whole period to explain everything."

Chase nodded,

"And Missy and Shane need to know as well."

"I just figured we tell the whole crew." Andie said shrugging. "It's not like I don't want them to know."

Chase glanced sideways at her, Andie did not look good. She was probably more tired than anything but she still didn't look good. She was rubbing a hand over her stomach while staring out of her window.

Chase frowned,

"Did you eat breakfast?" He asked.

Andie looked down in her lap and shook her head.

"Why not?" Chase asked.

"There was nothing to eat," Andie said quietly. "There was no bread for toast, no eggs and bacon, no milk for cereal and the cereal box was empty except for a few crumbs. So I thought maybe a sandwich and then I remembered there wasn't any bread. The refrigerator's basically empty."

Chase's grip tightened on the steering wheel.

"Does an egg and bacon sandwich sound good?" He asked her gently.

"Chase we don't have to go get something," Andie said looking up at him.

"Andie," Chase said firmly, her stomach gave loud growl. "See you're hungry."

"Okay, okay." Andie sighed. "An egg and bacon sandwich sounds wonderful."

Chase nodded. He took her to a sandwich place right around the corner from the school that had really good breakfast. They both got an egg and bacon sandwich but Chase gave Andie over half of his. He wasn't surprised when she ate it, because of her having to go to the hospital for Bulimia, Andie know had to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner or she'd get all messed up and couldn't focus on anything. If she missed those or didn't get to eat something then she wasn't right for the rest of the day. Chase seriously doubted right now the last thing she needed was to be unable to function right while in the hands of her father.

"After school we'll go to the grocery story and buy some food." He told her as they went back out to his car.

"Are you sure?" Andie asked.

"Yea," Chase nodded. "I'm sure, you need to be able to eat in the morning. You know what happens if you don't."

Andie sighed and closed her eyes.

"Aydan needs it more than I do." She said quietly. "She's so freaking skinny."

"Don't worry," Chase said. "We'll get her fed as well."

Andie gave Chase a small smile.

When they got to MSA, Moose and Missy were waiting for them in the parking lot.

"You guys are late." Missy said after Moose and Andie hugged and did their handshake.

"Yea," Andie nodded. "We had to stop and get me some food."

Chase and Moose knocked fists and apparently Moose didn't hear Andie because he didn't say anything. Chase gave Andie a kiss on the cheek and left her to talk with Missy while he and Moose set off toward the courtyard.

"Why didn't you eat breakfast at Sarah's?" Missy asked.

"My Dad is back Missy," Andie said quietly. "And he managed to get full custody of me."

"That means you're living with him?" Missy asked.

Andie nodded. They both began to walk together slowly toward the courtyard.

"And I have a step sister—well half sister really—whatever she's my sister."

"Damn, who's the mom?" Missy asked.

"I don't know," Andie replied. "But you could tell that we're related, not sisters, cousins maybe but you could tell."

"So why did you have to stop and get you some food this morning?" Missy asked.

"Because there's no food in the refrigerator." Andie replied. "It's close to being empty and nothing in there would have made breakfast."

Missy nodded,

"What's you're sisters name?"

"Aydan," Andie answered. "She doesn't talk at all and I don't blame her cause all our dad does is yell at her."

"You don't let him yell at you do you?" Missy asked.

"Of course not," Andie said. "You know I'll yell right back at him."

Missy smiled and draped an arm over Andie's shoulders.

"That's my girl."

Andie chuckled and shook her head.

When they reached the MSA crew table, Andie looked around it and sighed. No Shane.

"She's upstairs." Moose told her quietly.

"Yea I figured." Andie replied shrugging. "Hey Sophie, can I talk to you for a second?"

Sophie tilted her head curiously but nodded. She followed Andie inside the school into an empty classroom right off the door.

"What's up?" She asked Andie.

Andie sat on one of the desk and pulled her legs up to rest her chin on her knees.

"My Dad got full custody of me yesterday." She said quietly. "So I have to live with him now,"

Sophie watched Andie carefully,

"That's not all though, he brought with him my half sister, Aydan." Andie looked Sophie dead in the eyes. "She doesn't talk and she's really skinny and all he does is yell at her."

"He doesn't hit her does he?" Sophie asked.

"I don't think so," Andie asked. "But then again I'm not too sure she'd let me touch her."

"We've gotta figure out how exactly we're going to get you away from him." Sophie said frowning slightly.

"Alex is supposed to be working on it." Andie said shrugging. "But this is way more complicated than any situation we've been in before."

"It could take him a while." Sophie said quietly and Andie nodded. "So what will you do until then?"

"Cause my dad as my hardship as I can." She replied smirking and hopping off the table as the bell rang.

"Andie," Sophie said following her back out the classroom. "Just be careful."

Andie smiled at her,

"Sophie, if he ever puts his hand on me I'll kill him."

Chase walked her to English class. He kissed her like normal and hugged her as well,

"Am I gonna get to read your story?" He asked her. "I kinda wanna read it since I had to help bring it back from the dead."

Andie laughed and nodded.

"When I get it back you can read it."

"K, I'll see you after class." He said kissing her forehead.

"After class," Andie nodded.

Chase watched her disappear inside the classroom before sighing and headed off to science.

"Andie do you have the story?" Mr. Valentine asked.

Andie nodded and took from her backpack a blue folder that had her story in it. She smiled as she handed it over and headed off to her seat. She pulled out her notebook and settled back into her chair.

However when Andie got to Geography Moose was waiting for her. He patted the spot next to him at a joined table and Andie sat down.

"Chase said you have something important to talk to me about." He said looking at her.

"Oh right you two have first period together, I forgot." Andie said more to herself that Moose.

"Andie, what do you need to talk to me about?" Moose asked.

"Um, my dad came back right?" Andie said. "And he got custody of me yesterday so now I'm living with him and my half sister Aydan."

Moose stared at her.

"Hold up, let me get this right." He sat up a little straighter in his chair. "You're dad came back, he got full and complete custody of you so now you've got to live with him and you're half sister Aydan that you didn't even know you had?"

"Yep," Andie nodded. "Wow you're really good with one sentence summaries aren't you?"

Moose sent her a look,

"Andie now is not the time to be cracking jokes." He whispered as Ms. Jones started class.

Andie smirked,

"Moose, if I don't find some humor in something I ain't gonna make it til when you guys finally get me out of there." She whispered back.

Moose nodded and watched as Andie rested her head on her folded arms that were lying on the table. He laid his head on her elbow and Andie gave him a small smile,

"You know what I don't get Moose?" She asked him quietly while lying so that their foreheads were touching.

"What?" He asked.

"Why does all the bad stuff have to happen to me?"

When Chase got to dance class Moose practically tackled him to the floor.

"We've gotta get her out of there." He said. "Chase we can't let Andie stay with that guy."

"Whoa Moose, calm down." Chase said prying the tiny teens hands from his shirt. "We're going to get Andie back to Sarah's house, it's just gonna take some time."

Moose scratched his head and just barely caught his cap as if fell from his curly hair.

"I think the longer Andie stays there the more we're going to start seeing her change. And not for the better."

"I know," Chase nodded. "And that's what worries me."

At lunch, Andie went up to the third floor to find Shane. She was sitting as usual at her locker with a book in her lap. But it wasn't Idlewild, it was something else.

"Finished with Idlewild already?" Andie asked coming to sit next to the girl.

"Yep and you were right," Shane said smiling at her. "It was his best friend Mercutio."

"Ha." Andie said grinning cheekily. "What'd I tell ya? Best friends always do it."

Shane chuckled and shook her head.

"So what're you having for lunch today?" Andie asked her.

"Sandwich." Shane replied.

"You wanna come eat with us down in the courtyard?" Andie asked gently. "I won't let anyone bother you."

Shane put her book down and looked at Andie. She wasn't sure how long they stared at each other but after what seemed like a life time Shane gave a small nod.

"Please tell me that means you'll come." Andie said quietly.

Shane nodded again,

"I'll come eat with you guys in the courtyard."

Andie yelled in triumph and jumped to her feet. She held out her hand to Shane who smiled and took it. Andie pulled her to her feet and began to pull her toward the stairs. They took the stairs two at a time and before they knew it they were running down the hall toward the doors that lead out to the courtyard. When they got to the doors they stopped to catch their breaths before heading outside into the sun.

"Come on guys bunch up." Andie said once they got to the table. "We're adding another one."

Once there was a place for Shane, the two girls sat down. Well Shane sat on the bench, Andie took a seat on Chase's lap. His arms wrapped around her protectively and he watched her as she ate some of the chicken that Cable had offered her.

"Want some Boy Band?" She offered him some of the chicken.

Chase smiled and opened his mouth, Andie very carefully put a piece of chicken into his mouth and made sure that he didn't bite her finger off.

"Hey Shane, Camille's supposed to come with me every night for rehearsal right?" Andie asked looking back at her friend.

"Yea, because we're getting closer to opening day." Shane said.

"Shane," Andie said. "We don't open until April first, it's only February seventh."

"I know, but watch before you know it we'll be back stage getting ready." Shane said.

"You'd better be there." Andie said firmly to Chase. "Opening night I'd better look into the audience and see your face."

"Babe, I would not miss opening night for the world." Chase replied kissing her softly.

"Yea we'll all be there." Hair said nodding.

Andie went back to eating her chicken and Chase placed a small kiss on her shoulder.

When the final bell rang Chase and Andie left to go get Camille. They pulled up and not only was Tyler waiting for them but Mac was also.

"Hey Mac," Andie said hugging him tightly.

"Look at D all grown up." Mac said kissing the top of her head.

"Yea, yea, is Camille ready?" Andie asked.

"She's putting on her shoes." Tyler informed.

"Okay, uh Mac this is my boyfriend Chase, Chase this is my older brother Mac." Andie introduced moving so the two could knock fists.

"Yea Tyler was telling me about you man," Mac said smiling. "He says you do a very good job of looking after Andie."

"I try my hardest," Chase said. "When she lets me."

"Hey I can take care of myself. "Andie protested crossing her arms over her chest.

"Yes but sometimes you need help." Mac replied laughing.

Andie rolled her eyes and huffed.

"I'm ready!" Camille yelled as she ran from the house. "Hi Andie, hey Chase."

"Hey Camille." The two teenagers replied watching the young girl climb into Chase's SUV.

"I guess that's our que to leave." Andie said.

She hugged Mac and Tyler before climbing into the car. On the ride back to MSA Camille did most of the talking. She told them about her school and the fights she got into.

"You're like a mini Andie." Chase said when she got done telling them about a fight she'd recently got into.

"No I'm not," Camille said shaking her head and frowning. "Who'd wanna be a mini Andie?"

"Hey," Andie said grinning. "You do realize that you're with me in my boyfriends car and I can do whatever I like to you."

"You gotta reach me first." Camille said pulling her feet.

"And when we get out of the car?" Andie asked.

"You gotta catch me," Camille said simply.

"Camille we both already know I could catch you any day." Andie said smirking.

"You haven't chased me in forever," Camille shot back. "You don't know if I've gotten any faster."

"Or any slower." Andie replied.

Chase chuckled and shook his head.

"Okay people let's run Ti Moune's, When We Are Wed and A Part Of Us dance." Blake called around four fifty.

"Blake, we've got ten minutes." Andie muttered when he came to stand by her. "There's no way we're gonna get all that done in ten minutes."

"Yes you will," Blake said. "Because I'm not going to stop you or make any corrections in the middle of it, I'll do it after."

Andie sighed and twisted her cap a little bit more to the right on her head.

"Fine, it's not like I wanna go home anyway."

Before Blake could open his mouth to say something Andie had jogged across the stage to take her place. He sighed and went to sit in the front row seat of the audience. When everyone was ready he began to count off.

"Alright and five, six, five six seven eight."

"Dance for them like you dance for me." Angel said to Andie. "Please Ti Moune."

Andie looked at him and was about to shake her head when Angel cupped her cheek.

"Pretend it is just you and me in my room." He said smiling slightly. "Pretend that you are dancing to make my leg feel better."

As the soft music began to play Andie nodded and slowly went to the middle of the stage.

"We dance."

Andie took a deep breath and began to walk around.

"We dance."

She looked at Shane who nodded and smiled comfortingly.

"We dance."

Andie went back over to Angel who took both her hands in his and kissed them.

"We dance!"

Andie broke out into the two chest pops and the matrix just like she'd been practicing. She closed her eyes the moment everyone began to clap and as she danced the cast yelled and cheered for her. Calling her Ti Moune instead of Andie which very nearly threw her off. But she caught herself before anyone could notice and continued with the dance. And when she was finished the entire cast except for Angel and Erica who was playing Andrea ran over to her.

"Well it's very clear she's in love with you." Erica sang to Angel as they both watched. "Daniel if you love her, if you really care you will tell her."

Andie knew then to run over to Angel and hug him tightly.

"Daniel did you see me?" She asked. "The mayor said I was divine!"

Then Erica moved inbetween them and took hold of Andie's hands. Her face masked with pretend concern.

"My dear mademoiselle, you dance so very well." Erica sang.

As Andie tilted her head to the right to look curiously at Erica she let out a sigh. Blake didn't understand that she had to get home and make sure Aydan got something to eat, not to mention she and Chase still had to go to the grocery store.

When they got out of rehearsal, Chase and Andie took Camille home,

"Now to the grocery store." Chase said.

"Can we stop by my house first?" Andie asked.

"Why?" Chase asked.

"Because I wanna see if Aydan wants to come with us." Andie said. "I highly doubt he ever takes her anywhere."

"She does go to school though doesn't she?" Chase asked as he turned right.

"Yea but she was gone this morning before I got up," Andie said. "I think she has to catch the bus or something."

Chase frowned slightly.

"That's not safe." He said. "Especially in this neighborhood."

"You're telling me," Andie muttered.

When they pulled up in front of the blue apartment buildings Chase got out of the car with Andie.

"You don't have to," Andie said.

"I wanna meet her," Chase said gently. "Incase she doesn't want to come with us."

Andie nodded and took his hand in hers. They went all the way up to the fourth floor and stopped in front of E23, Andie pulled the key that her dad had given her this morning out of her pocket and opened the door.

Aydan was sitting on the couch watching TV, she was watching Spongebob but suddenly jumped when she heard Andie and Chase and switched the TV over to the news. Andie frowned slightly but quickly turned her frown into a smile,

"Hey Aydan," She said smiling at the girl. "This is my boyfriend Chase."

Aydan looked at Chase curiously and Chase slowly went over to her. He bent so he was eye level and held out his hand to her. Andie watched as Aydan looked at his hand for a moment before looking Chase in the eye.

"It's nice to meet you Aydan." Chase said giving her a warm smile.

Aydan looked back down at his hand and very slowly put hers in his. Chase gently closed his hand and they shook hands. Andie gave a wide smile and tossed her backpack onto the couch.

"We're going to the grocery store." Andie told her sister softly. "Do you want to come?"

Aydan looked at Andie,

"Come on it'll be fun," Andie said smiling. "We can get enough food to pack the refrigerator to the point where it won't close."

Andie thought she saw Aydan smile slightly but she couldn't have been sure. Chase stood back up and made his way to stand by the door. Andie held out her hand to Andie,

"You can help me pick out what exactly we're going to need."

Andie watched happily as Aydan slowly reached up to take her hand, when she had a hold of it Aydan stood. Andie smiled down at her and the three of the walked out of the apartment and down to Chase's car.

"You like music Aydan?" Andie asked looking back at her.

Aydan shrugged,

"Here pick a song." Andie said handing her Chase's Ipod. "Any song you like and we'll play it."

Aydan took the Ipod from Andie and the older girl chuckled when she saw the younger one's eyes widened.

"Yep four thousand songs, he's alittle mental."

"Hey," Chase said. "I am not mental."

"Chase you should never hear the same song twice in a month." Andie said.

He shrugged.

"Some songs I like more than others."

After about five minutes, Andie felt something tap her shoulder. She looked back to see Aydan holding out the Ipod to her.

"Okay let's see what you picked." Andie muttered plugging the Ipod in.

She pressed play and they all were silent as they waited to hear what Aydan had picked.

I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)

Andie looked back at Aydan to find her mouthing the words. Her eyes closed and her head bobbing to the beat. She looked like a normal teenager girl then, her long black hair basically hid her face all the time but Andie could tell that she was quite cute. This was actually the first time she'd really gotten a good look at her little sister.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take

Chase glanced at Andie, this song made him think about her a lot when he listened to it. She'd been through so much in her short life and Chase didn't know how she went on with her life. He would have mostly quit by now, he'd have give up and probably be dead. But not Andie, she wasn't going to let anything beat her, not even death. Because last year when she got put in the hospital she could have died. And then this year with the stress of the musical, the school work, the showcase and having to move in with her dad and new little sister, Chase didn't know how exactly she was still running. She was like the energizer bunnies that you see on TV, she just kept going and going and going. And Chase was glad that she did.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you

Aydan knew that Andie was watching her. She could feel her eyes on her, it didn't bother her. Aydan just wondering why her new sister was wasting her time on her. She was beyond help, or at least that's what her dad had been telling her ever since her mother left. Aydan wondered if he'd brought Andie there to take care of her, or maybe Andie was just trying to be nice. It might actually help if Aydan talked to her. But she just didn't feel like she had anything important to say. It wasn't like anyone would listen if she did.

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
Become so tired so much more aware
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you

I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I'm tired of being what you want me to be

"Nice song Aydan." Andie said quietly as the music faded away. "You wanna pick another one?"

Aydan shook her head.

"You sure?"

She nodded.

"Alright," Andie sighed as she began to look through Chase's songs herself.

Chase parked fairly close to the grocery store doors. He already knew that they were going to have a lot of food. If the refrigerator was practically empty then they had a lot to stock up on. He watched as Andie offered her hand to Aydan who slowly took it, then she offered her other hand to him and he smiled at her before taking it.

"Okay so who wants to push the buggy?" Andie asked. "Cause I'm not, I be done ran over someone."

"Fine I'll do it, unless you want to Aydan." Chase said looking down at the girl. Aydan shook her head. Andie gave Chase a small smile and a shrug as he went to go get a chart for them.

"Okay so what first?" Chase asked.

"What do you like to eat Aydan?" Andie asked. "Is there anything special you like?"

Aydan shook her head.

"If you see something you want just tell me okay?" Andie asked.

She nodded.

They were in the grocery store for about an hour, getting things that either Chase or Andie thought they needed. Mostly what Chase thought the two girls needed, he usually had to make Andie get something or threaten her. But she was careful to watch Aydan, she watched for signs of things she liked. She noticed that her eyes lit up when they passed the lunchables, Andie looked at Chase who nodded and she got ten of them.

"Chase this is too much." Andie said looking down at the buggy full of food. "Don't you think so Aydan."

She was looking at the stuff in the buggy in awe and she nodded slowly.

"Oh well, I'm paying for it." Chase said. "There for I can make you get however much I think you guys will need."

Andie just shook her head.

"Getting this inside is going to take forever."

"We'll manage." Chase said nodding.

And it took them nearly fifteen minutes to get everything they'd bought inside the house. All three of them made at least six trips back to the car and when the last thing was brought in, Chase's truck was locked and all the food was put away, they flopped down onto the couch.

"Wonder where our dear old father is." Andie said glancing at the clock. "It's nearly eight."

She looked at Aydan who was watching her tennis shoes with great interest.

"Guess I'd better get dinner started." Andie said moving to stand up. But a hand on her arm stopped her.

"It's too late for you to be trying to cook dinner." Chase said.

"Well we gotta eat so I gotta cook." Andie said.

"No, we'll go out." Chase said.

"Chase, you're parents are going to flip if you're not home soon." Andie said.

"So they'll flip," Chase shrugged. "And who knows maybe I'll catch my dad doing a back flip and busting his head on the floor."

"Chase!" Andie scolded.

"Come on," Chase said standing. "There's a Subway close by we'll go there."

"Is that okay Aydan?" Andie asked looking at her sister. "You like Subway right?"

Aydan nodded,

"Okay then." Chase said smiling. "Let's go."

Andie rolled her eyes but made sure Aydan was following them as they headed for the door again.

Right this one's done. And again I'm sorry you didn't get a chapter yesterday and this one is really late but it's long so I hope that counts for something lol. Um Aydan still isn't talking but that's not really anything new. Oh Shane came and had lunch with them, go Shane. Andie's dad is an even bigger asshole for not having any food in the freaking house!

A/N-Briana Evigan, the girl who plays Andie is in the Linkin Park video for Numb. That is so cool lol.

Reviews keep my fingers typing chapters!

Danyi