Author: Sparkling-Diva
Rating: PG-13 (possibly more later)
Genre: Drama/Romance
Feedback: Yes! Please! But be nice!
Summary: Vincent Gray, now 33, is at a depressing stage of his life. When he meets a young girl, his life will change forever.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything related to the show Judging Amy whatsoever and in no way am I affiliated with it.
Author's Note: And the drama keeps rolling in…
Chapter 57One month later…
Vincent was worried about Laura.
The last month she had tried to act to like nothing had happened and that she must keep going on with her life.
For a long time Vincent believed that no matter what happens you always had to stand up and march on. But now he was reconsidering it. She was suffering too much inner pain and he couldn't bare to see her try to ignore it.
It was killing her and it was also killing him.
She had had nightmares for quite a few nights now sorta like when he got shot. He tried to react like nothing had happened and then all the memories came back to haunt him. He didn't want her to go through with it. He had decided to take her to some short therapy sessions but nothing seemed to work. When she had the nightmares, he usually was awake and writing and he would rush to be with her and usually it took a while until she feel asleep in his arms.
In a way, he knew that with him she was safe.
When Vincent first walked in the room, he knew that something was wrong. Laura wasn't there to greet him like usual.
Donna and Ariadne were out but Laura was staying home with him. Sean and Maxine said that she better wait a good month or so before coming back on the job. He was on break from classes and was usually home all day writing and running errands.
"Laura?" he called out putting down some of his work from his classes.
There was no response.
"Laura!" he called again.
Suddenly he heard the sound of shattering in the bathroom.
He quickly ran there and opened the door.
There in the corner Laura sat staring at the ground almost in a state of shock.
He followed her gaze and saw a bottle of pills with them all scattered on the floor.
"Laura…" he began.
In tears, Laura said, "I tried but I couldn't. I just couldn't…"
He quickly ran to her and placed his jacket all around her.
"I don't deserve to live," she told him.
"Yes, you do," Vincent said trying to warm her up.
"I tried to be strong but I just can't take it. My baby was all I really had in this world and now it's gone. I'm alone. I will always be alone."
"What? No you won't."
"Is true. I always have and always will. My father-," then noticing what she was saying Laura decided to stop right there and look away.
"Your father what?" Vincent said very curiously.
"He…told me so."
"He said that you'll always be alone?" Vincent asked in shock.
"Yeah," she said looking away.
"Listen to me," Vincent said, "You'll never be alone. Not as long as I'm around. Even after you are going to have people to take care of you." Vincent then noticed the expression on Laura's face. She really had been traumatized by what her father had told her when she was younger. He didn't know much about their relationship with each other but knew that there was something more to it.
"I don't deserve your friendship Vincent. I warned you I would be a big burden. Everything that's going on…Vincent how did we get to his point? Where do we go from here?"
"I don't know. All I know is that you're not a burden. You're my friend. My best friend when not including family members. You don't have to feel ashamed of the drama that's happening. I was there before. I know what it's like. The only thing is that I had no one really from the outside world to help me and guide me while staying true and understanding. You deserve to and for some reason, I'm here. So let me help you."
Laura looked away and said, "It was one month ago…one month..."
"Shhh…." Vincent said hugging her, "It'll be okay. You're stronger than this. I know you are."
"Thank you for believing in me," Laura said.
Vincent just nodded while he thought about how sorry he was for her friend and situation.