Was It A Dream?
Hey guys, what's up? Um went to school, didn't nothing big happen. Played some football and messed up my leg because I fell on a rock and now my shin is like swollen. So I'm sitting with it propped up and I'm ready to write lol. But other than that, nothing exciting happen at school but I am excited that I only have to go to each class two more times before I'm free! Sorry you didn't this yesterday but I had trouble concentrating and I had to study so I've been stressing. Some other stuff happen but it's not important at the moment.
Right the last chapter was a little intense wasn't it? Lots of yelling, cursing and name calling. Not to mention Mr. Collins being a pig and Marcus going mental and hitting both Andie and Aydan. We've got a lot of drama still to come so I hope you guys are ready!
A/N-This one is named after 30 Seconds To Mars's "Was It A Dream?"
Disclaimer-Don't own Step Up 2, if I did Rob Hoffman would be mine.
Andie heard the sirens before she saw the flashing lights on the wall. Her head and face hurt along with her arms which were slowly but surely turning a dark blue color. She hadn't looked at her hand but she could feel the blood running down her arm and dripping onto her pant leg. Andie was so tired that all she wanted was to curl up in a ball and go to sleep. Aydan had stopped crying a while ago but Andie let the tears fall as if they were alive and couldn't be stopped.
"Someone's coming," Aydan whispered.
Andie closed her eyes to listen and she could hear rushed footsteps on the stairs. The elevator must have been taking too long,
"Andie!"
That was Chase, Andie knew his voice anywhere. However when he started to bang on the door, it made the two girls jump.
"Andie open the door!" Tyler yelled.
Andie unwrapped her arms from around Aydan and the two of them, with the walls help, where able to stand. Andie turned the lock and grasped the knob, she turned it slowly and opened the door with a wince of pain.
"Andie!"
She looked up into Chase's worried face before stumbling back slightly to let him, Tyler and the cops in. Andie stumbled even more as about four men in uniforms rushed past her. She thought she was going to fall to the floor but strong arms wrapped around her waist and pulled her close to something solid.
"Oh god, Andie look at what he did to you."
Andie looked up into Tyler's worried face.
"It's nothing," She said trying to stand. "Just a little banged up, I'm more worried about Aydan."
"Chase's got her." Tyler said quietly.
Andie nodded and closed her good eye,
"I hurt Ty," She whispered. "Everywhere."
"Whose blood is on your face?" Tyler asked.
"Um…" Andie frowned, she was so tired. "It's mine…I think."
"You think?" Chase asked from somewhere behind her.
"It is mine, my hand…" Andie muttered raising her still bleeding hand. "Ty….I'm so…tired."
"I know little one," Tyler said hoisting her up just a little bit more. "But you gotta stay awake just a little bit longer."
"The ambulance is on its way," A deep voice said behind Andie. "We need to ask you some question ma'am."
"I really don't think she's up for—."
"It's okay Ty," Andie said. "I'll answer their questions."
Andie turned around to face the officer but did it too fast and her head began to spin. She stumbled, not on purpose out of Tyler's reach and fell to her knees.
"Andie!"
Hands gripped her arms and Andie cried out slightly,
"You can't grab her arms!" Aydan said frantically.
Andie watched Chase whip his hands away from his arms and his eyes narrowed when he saw that her arms were turning a dark blue. But before he could open his mouth to say something one of the cops stepped into the closet.
"Jesus Christ!" He exclaimed. "Whose blood handprints are all over the door?"
"The oldest," Another cop answered. "Look at her hand,"
As everyone turned to look at her, Andie looked down at her own bloody and battered hand. She stared at it for a moment, before looking up at Chase.
"Andie," Chase said slowly. Her eyes had glazed over and it was scaring him more than he already was.
"I just noticed," She murmured. "That's a lot of blood."
Andie then she passed out.
Moose was just leaving the country club when his phone started to go off in his pocket.
"Yo Chase," He said answering it and taking Sophie's hand.
"Moose, you gotta come to the hospital."
"What? Why!" Moose asked frowning.
"It's Andie and Aydan," Chase said.
"What happening?" Moose asked pulling a confused looking Sophie over to his parents' dark blue Mercedes.
"I'll explain everything when you get here, oh and do me a favor." Chase said. "Go get Shane as well."
Moose nodded as if Chase could see him.
"Will do, see you soon and I want full details when I get there." Moose said.
He and Chase hung up and Sophie looked at him curiously.
"Apparently Andie and Aydan are in the hospital." Moose explained as they both climbed into the car.
"What happened?" Sophie asked her eyes widening.
"I don't know, we've gotta go get Shane first and then we're going to the hospital." Moose said.
Both Chase and Tyler were pacing the waiting room when Moose, Sophie and Shane arrived. Blake, Brandy, Alex and Camille were sitting and watching them with concerned faces. Moose had to admit he didn't think he'd ever seen Chase look angrier and he didn't really know Tyler but he looked just as pissed.
"What happened?" The three of them demanded at the same time.
"He hit them," Tyler's anger was washing off of him like waves and they could practically see the fumes coming Chase's ears.
"Can we get more info?" Moose asked urging them to elaborate.
"Well we think that he hit Andie first and locked her in the closet. Then he started to hit Aydan but he broke more glass things than he actually hit her." Tyler said. "And Andie's got bruises up and down her arms from trying to bust down the closet door so she could get to Aydan."
Moose ran his hands roughly over his face and through his hair. He caught his hat before it could hit the floor but he stuff it into his pocket instead of putting it back on his head.
"The cops are looking for him right now." Tyler said.
"They'd better hope they find him before I do." Chase said darkly.
"He's dead if we find him." Tyler said.
Shane looked at Chase and had to do a double take.
"Man what happened to your neck?"
Before Chase could reply, Shane took hold of his head and even though she was much shorter than Chase she managed to make the older boy look up at the ceiling. Shane inspected Chase's neck carefully,
"They look like hand prints." She said frowning.
"That's because they are." Blake said quietly.
"Who tried to strangle you?" Shane asked letting go of his head.
"He did," Chase said. "And he almost did too."
"Looks like you're having one hell of a night." Sophie said. "But it'd be nice if could get the whole story from the beginning."
"It's a long story." Chase sighed.
"We've got time," Alex said. "You already know unless Andie wakes up soon, none of us will be seeing her."
Chase gave an angry sigh before plopping down next to Blake. He ran his hands tiredly over his face before resting his head against the wall behind his chair. As he explained everything from the beginning, the others took seats and sat back to listen.
Andie woke up to find herself lying in a bed….a hospital bed. Cursing under her breath Andie sat up. Where was Aydan? Better yet, why was she in the hospital? Swinging her legs over the side of the bed, Andie slid out of the bed and was pleased to see a pair of sweat pants and a t-shirt sitting on the chair closet to her bed. They looked liked Chase's and Andie guessed that they'd come from his car.
Just getting dressed hurt but Andie ignored the pain in her arms. She almost cried out though when the t-shirt slid over her swollen eye. Her hand had been bandaged with pearly white gauze tape but by the time she was done getting dressed, there was a spot of blood in the middle of it the size of a quarter. Andie opened her room door and peeked out into the hallway. She hadn't put her hair up because she really didn't want people staring at her black eye. Andie didn't see anyone coming down the hall so she snuck out her room and began to walk down the hall.
"The waiting room," She muttered to herself. "I hope they're in there."
When she came around the corner and entered the waiting room she stopped dead in her tracks.
"Andie!" Moose sounded surprised. "What are you doing up!"
"Looking for my sister." Andie replied. "Where's Aydan?"
Chase stood from his spot and slowly went over to Andie. She let Chase put a finger under her chin and tilt her face up and to the side to inspect her cheek. Andie watched from the corner of her eye as a sparks of anger danced in Chase's eyes. Andie's eyes just so happen to travel down his face and to Chase's neck. When she saw the hand print bruises her eyes widened.
"I'm sorry Chase," She said still looking at the bruises.
"For what?" Chase asked letting go of her head.
"Letting my dad to that to you." Andie ran a finger over the bruises gently.
Chase took hold of her hands in his and shook his head.
"If anything I should be the one who's sorry."
"Why?" Andie asked. "You didn't do anything wrong."
"I let my mother verbally assault you and then I let your father physically assault you." Chase said quietly.
Andie shook her head slowly, carefully not to cause herself anymore pain.
"You don't have to be sorry for anything."
She looked around him,
"Neither do you Ty." She smirked when he looked at her surprised. "I've known you long enough to know that you're already plotting how you can kill my father without getting caught."
Tyler tried to send her a smile.
"I need you both here with me," Andie said quietly. "And I need to find Aydan, where is she?"
"We don't know," Chase said. "They took her back to examine her and I'm guessing they put her in a bed."
Andie nodded, she turned from Chase and went over to the nurses' desk. But before she could reach it a strong, deep voice was ringing through the air.
"Andie what are you doing out of bed?"
Andie closed her eyes and let out a tiny curse.
"Hey Doctor Smith," She said turning to him. "I'm looking for my sister."
He surveyed her for a moment and Andie saw the sadness in his eyes as he gazed at her bruised eye.
"Aydan is room 176, she's sleeping right now." He said after a moment or two. "Like you should be."
"Come on Doc," Andie groaned. "You know I don't wanna stay here all night."
"You're going to have to," Doctor Smith said. "You can leave in the morning if I see fit. But first I need to check you out make sure nothing's broken."
"Nothing's broken." Andie said, she looked down at her body and wiggled a bit. "See?"
Doctor Smith smiled,
"I still need to give you a check up."
Andie groaned,
"Can I at least stay out in the waiting room?"
"Absolutely not," Doctor Smith shook his head. "You need a bed Andie,"
"Fine, then can everyone in the waiting room that's here for me come into my room?"
Doctor Smith sighed,
"You'd get me into bed faster if you just said yes." Andie said giving him a cheeky grin.
"Alright, they can go to your room."
Andie gave him a real smile,
"Thanks," He nodded. "So when do we do my tests and get me and my sister out of here?"
Doctor Smith laughed.
"In the morning Andie, I promise." He patted her shoulder. "I've already cleared my morning schedule."
Andie nodded,
"Thanks Doctor Smith,"
"I'll see you in the morning."
Andie went back over to her friends and gave them the best smile she could.
"Get your stuff together, we're going to my room."
Chase moved so that he was standing right next to her and Andie took hold of his hand.
"Actually, we're going home." Blake said nodding to Alex. "We've both got school in the morning."
"Hey can you do me a favor?" Tyler asked.
"Sure," Blake said.
"Will you take Camille home as well?"
"But Ty, I wanna stay here!" Camille protested.
"No Camille, you gotta go home, Lena would kill me if I let you stay." Tyler said shaking his head.
Camille crossed her arms over her chest and opened her mouth to protest even more when Andie decided to step in.
"It's okay Camille." She said bending so that she and the girl were eye level. "I'm okay, you should do as Tyler says, besides the hospital is no place for a kid."
"I'm not a kid." Camille huffed.
"Close enough." Andie said grinning. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Fine," Camille sighed. "See you tomorrow."
Andie grinned and stood with a slight wince. She just hurt everywhere. Her wince didn't go unnoticed though,
"Are you sure you're okay?" Alex asked.
Andie nodded,
"Fine."
Sophie came over to her and gave her a firm but gentle hug.
"You leaving?" Andie asked frowning.
"Yea, my mom's out there." Sophie nodded.
"Okay, see you later." Andie said smiling slightly.
Sophie nodded.
"So I guess it's just me, Shane, Moose and Tyler." Chase said.
"That's fine," Andie said as they headed for her room. "As long as someone stays with me."
Chase, Tyler, Shane and Moose followed Andie into her room, she sat on the edge of her bed.
"I should probably call Nora and tell her what's going on." Tyler said taking out his phone.
"You left her clueless didn't you?" Andie teased grinning.
Tyler gave a nervous smile,
"She's going to be pissed."
"And Sarah?" Andie asked suddenly. "Has she been told?"
Chase nodded,
"She said she'll be here first thing in the morning." He watched Andie swing her legs up and over the bed so she could lie down. She pulled up the covers but rested her arms on top of them. Andie stared at her arms, they made the bright white sheets seem dirty. It looked as if she'd colored her arms with a blue black marker.
"Andie?"
Looking up, Andie met Moose's eyes.
"I'm okay."
Chase gently put his hand on her shoulder,
"Go to sleep babe." He whispered. "Well talk in the morning."
"Will you be here?" Andie asked. "When I wake up?"
Chase nodded, he leaned forward to kiss her but hesitated. He wasn't sure if she would be okay with him being that close. Andie frowned at his hesitation before sitting up and pressing her lips against Chase's. She raised her good hand to cup his cheek and when they broke the kiss she rested her forehead against his.
"Love you," She whispered kissing the bridge of his nose.
"I love you too." Chase said quietly. "And I always will."
Andie grinned at him before glancing back at Moose.
"I love you too Moose." She said.
"And you already know I love you." Moose said. "Now go to sleep."
Andie smiled even more and she was just settling back when Tyler came back into the room.
"Nora's coming in the morning." He said. "Go to sleep Andie, we'll be here in the morning."
Andie nodded and interlaced her good hand with Chase's. Closing her eyes Andie squeezed his hand gently before completely relaxing and trying hard not to dream.
Chase sat staring at Andie with her hand held tightly in his. Moose Shane and Tyler were sleep, all three of them sitting near Andie's bed. Chase however was closet and he was the only one touching her. They were all scared for her, Andie was taking this whole thing quite well and that wasn't good. Chase was scared that she was going to break and when she broke it was going to be horrible.
"Chase,"
Jumping, Chase turned to see Tyler looked at him with sleepy eyes.
"What?"
"Man, go to sleep." Tyler said gently. "Andie ain't going nowhere."
"I know, but." Chase paused and sighed before turning back to her. "I just feel like this is all my fault."
"Well you're wrong." Tyler said. "It's not your fault, you and Andie love each other. Why shouldn't you be allowed to show it?"
"I don't have a problem with that." Chase said. "It's everyone else who does."
"Well you've gotta learn to ignore everyone else." Tyler said. "Cause nothing is more important that your happiness, right?"
Chase shrugged.
"Andie's happiness actually."
Tyler grinned.
"Like I said, go to sleep." Tyler kicked his chair playfully. "She'll be right here when you wake up."
Chase gave a sigh before laying his head on Andie's thigh. She stirred slightly but didn't wake up.
"Don't worry Chase," Tyler said settling back down in his chair. "Everything will end up alright, even though it doesn't look like it right now."
Chase didn't reply. But after a few moments a thought came to his head.
"Hey Tyler?"
"Hmm?"
"How'd you get so good at hiding your anger?"
He could practically hear Tyler's smirk.
"Lots of practice and help from Nora."
Yes, I know. This one kinda sucks but oh well I've gotta study and I've got a lot on my mind. I might start writing the next chapter but I might not.
Andie's taking it very well don't you think? Which is why she's going to have to break sooner or later. I'd actually prefer if she did it sooner, it'd be so much easier.
A/N-I liked the short little Chase and Tyler talk.
Reviews keep my fingers writing chapters!
Danyi