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Changes chapter 5

I tried unsuccessfully to bondage my shoulder. Thankfully it wasn't too big of a gash so I wasn't bleeding to death or anything like that.

It was only five minutes later when John arrived. He knocked twice and then let himself in without waiting for me. "Andrea, where are you?" Both John and Matt called searching the appartment for me. They came in my bedroom where I was.

"Andrea, oh my god what happened?" John asked coming over and helping me put the band aid on my shoulder. Matt joined him within three seconds. I explained what happened to the two of them.

"Come on we're taking you to get that shoulder checked out. And then you can come stay with me tonight." John offered.

"How'd you guys get here so fast? Weren't you in Boston?" I inquired once we were in the car headed to the hospital.

"Nah, we were at Liz's house." John explained. Liz was Matt's good friend. She lived in the next town over from me.

Two hours later we were at John's place. Matt had headed home. The doctors stitched up the gash in my shoulder but said it was fine for me to wrestle or whatever, just not getting the stitches wet. There were only four stitches in the gash. John and I saton the couch in his living room. He held me close while I cried about what had happened.

"John, did I ask for this?" I sobbed.

"What? Andrea, no you did not ask for this. Aaron is a loser. And believe me the next time I see him he's completly dead."

"John, he's not worth it. I just want to forget about him."

"Its late. We should head to bed. You can take my bed. I'll sleep on the couch."

"No. Please. I'd feel safer with you right next to me. I know Aaron. He's not happy with me. I have a feeling he's going to come looking for me."

"Truthfully, has he hurt you before?" John asked turning me to look directly in his eye. I couldn't lie to him.

"Yes, but it was an accident. And I deserved it. If I wasn't so stupid, he wouldn't have gotten mad at me."

"Andrea, please stop and listen to me. You are not stupid. Aaron has problems and thats the only reason he would hit you. Don't worry about it tonight. Let's just get some sleep. We're off work until Friday. So you can stay here if you want."

"Thank you John." We fell asleep cuddled together on the couch. I woke up the next morning with John's arm still wrapped around me. I slowly wiggled myself free trying unsuccessfully to get up without waking him up.

"Where are you going?" He asked sleepidly.

"I need to call my mother and the wedding planner and tell them that the wedding is off." I was now standing while John was slowly getting up.

"Why don't we get some food first. Then I'll take you to your mom's so you can tell her." John offered.

"I need to change my clothes first."

"Let me get changed and then I'll take you to your place to get changed."

"Okay thank you John. I really appreciate everything you're doing for me."

"Well I care about you, so I'm willing to help you in any way I can." I gave him a hug.

He quickly showered and changed while I watced tv. A few minutes later we were in the car headed for my house. It took half an hour to get to my appartment. John went upstairs to my place with me because I didn't feel comfortable going alone. As soon as I opened the door I saw Aaron sitting on my couch with a bouquet of roses.

"GET OUT!" I screamed.

"Drea, please. I'm sorry about last night. Look I brought you flowers."

"YOU IDIOT I'M ALLERGIC TO ROSES." I replied declining the roses. John knocked the roses out of Aaron's hands.

"You hurt Andrea. And now you're going to pay for it!" John said getting in Aaron's face. Aaron pushed John back. Thats all it took. The two of them began brawling. I kept screaming for them to stop. They knocked over a lamp and broke it but that didn't stop them.

Finally I managed to get between them and they stopped. "Aaron LEAVE NOW before I call the cops and have you arrested for tresspassing."

"I'm not leaving until I get what I came for. Give me my house key." I shoved it in his hand. He walked toward the door. He opened it, stood in the door way and looked at me," Its you're own fault I cheated on you, you stupid loser. If you had put out rather than making me wait til marriage, I wouldn't have gone elsewhere." He slammed the door behind him. John was about to chase after him bur I pleaded for him to stay.

"Look at this mess. I better clean it up." I said running my hand thru my hair and fighting tears.

"No. Come on. You go get changed. I'll clean this up and then we can head to your mom's."

"Are you hurt?" I asked.

"No. I'm fine. Are you okay?"

"No, John, I can't deal with this. We were going to get married. And now he's gone. And I miss him so much." I cried. He pulled me into a tight embrace.

"Hey, I understand, but Andrea, you can do so much better. You deserve great and don't settle for anything less." He held me close for a few minutes. "Come on, lets get going. You change, I'll clean."