Chapter 22
Two days later John was sat in his dressing room waiting for Joanne so they could go back to the hotel when his cell rang.
"hello?"
"Hey man" Randy replied
John stood up "Well it's about time"
"Sorry" Randy didn't know what else to say
"How's Mel?"
"Not good"
John was pacing the room, hearing Randy's words he stopped and ran a hand through his hair,
"How bad?"
"To put it simply, she got the hell beat out of her!"
John sat back down as Randy continued "she hasn't woke up yet!"
"Do you know what happened?"
"We know who did it!"
"Who?"
"A guy called Dean" John remembered the first day he'd upset Becki, that was the name of the person who kept calling her.
"That all you know?"
Randy paused "Um.."
"Rand?"
"How's Bex?" he changed the subject.
John frowned, obviously Randy knew more. "She won't speak to me"
"Have you tried?"
"Not since yesterday"
"Well try again, her dad has just told her how Mel is"
Randy continued when John didn't reply "You did what you thought was right"
"It wasn't though was it?" John snapped
"You wanted to protect Bex and you have!"
"That doesn't help Melody"
Randy sighed "No but…" he paused "John I have to go"
"Huh why?"
"They think Mel is waking up"
On the way back to the hotel John filled Joanne in on his conversation with Randy.
"Do you want me to check on Becki?" Joanne asked as they got out of the car.
"well at least she will speak to you" John sounded bitter.
Sighing Jo replied "She was upset"
"I know she was upset"
"don't be snapping at me!"
"Sorry" they walked together to the elevator.
"She'll be upset now too you know"
John sighed "That's the problem"
"What's the problem"
"I hate seeing her upset! And she told me she'd never forgive me if Mel got hurt"
Joanne smiled slightly "She didn't mean that"
"How do you know?" John asked as they stepped out of the elevator.
"She told me! Now go and check on her" Joanne said as she left John stood in the hallway and headed to her room.
Becki was staring out her hotel window, her phone was ringing, she didn't recognise the number so she wasn't answering. Earlier her dad had called to finally tell her how Melody was, he hadn't told her much and all Becki wanted to do now was go home. Not knowing what to do with herself she flopped down onto the sofa and held her head in her hands. She glared at her phone as it started to ring again, at the same time someone knocked on her door. Ignoring the ringing she walked over to the door and opened it.
"Hey" John half expected her to slam the door in his face.
"Hi" Becki walked back over to the sofa and sat down leaving John stood in the doorway.
He watched her for a moment, when she didn't tell him to get lost he entered the room. As he sat on the end of the bed he picked up the cell that was still ringing.
"Don't answer it!" John looked over to her, she was running her hands through her hair, when she reached the ends she would tug at it. He noticed her skin looked pale and dark circles surrounded her eyes, she was exhausted.
"Okay" he placed the phone back on the bed as it stopped ringing "You know who it is?"
"Nope, that's why I'm not answering" she was being very cold and distant with him, but at least she was talking.
As they sat in silence John watched Becki intently, he frowned, seeing her look so pale and exhausted gave him an unfamiliar feeling in his chest.
"Stop staring at me!" Becki mumbled, she was laying on the sofa now looking at the ceiling.
"When did you last eat?" he replied still watching her.
Becki ran a hand over her face "I can't remember"
"You need to eat"
"I'm fine"
John sighed, he walked over to the sofa and knelt down beside her. He took her hand, she glanced at him quickly then turned her attention back to the ceiling, she didn't have the energy to pull her hand away.
"Bex, your not fine"
Becki didn't reply, she just continued to stare at the ceiling. He was right and she didn't have the energy to fight him and John knew it. With his thumb he wiped a stray tear away that ran down her cheek.
"Let me help you"
Finally Becki actually looked at him, after she had thought about everything she understood why John hadn't told her about Melody's phone call, like Randy had said, he wanted to protect her from whatever was happening. He cared about her enough to do that even though he had no idea what he was trying to protect her from and now here he was after she had screamed at him, wanting to help her.
Becki nodded and whispered "Ok"
John was heading back to Becki's room after grabbing himself some clothes from his own. After he had ordered Becki something to eat from room service he had decided he was going stay in her room for the night to make sure she got some sleep, as it was obvious from looking at her that she hadn't been sleeping. His cell rang,
"Yo!"
"Hey" Randy replied
"How's Mel? Is she awake?"
"Yeah she woke up. She's sleeping now"
"Has she said anything?" John asked as he stopped outside Becki's door.
"No, the doctors are saying she might not remember anything because she took a pretty bad blow to the head. How's Bex? You have talked to her now I hope?"
"Yeah and she's exhausted" John paused "I think that's why she hasn't yelled at me again"
"Or maybe she's not mad at you!"
"Whatever! Back to Melody, other than her head how is she?"
"You got an hour?"
"That bad huh?"
"Her face is bruised and swollen, she can only open her eyes a little! Cracked ribs, broken fingers, her leg is basically shattered, massive blow to her head and they are talking about fluid or something possibly being on her brain! It's scary dude"
John was stunned, he had to ask the question that had been bugging him since all this happened "Randy, what has this got to do with Bex?"
Randy sighed, he wasn't completely sure himself, "From what I understand this guy Dean….he's after Becki"
John couldn't quite describe the emotions he felt at that moment, but he knew that Dean wouldn't get to Becki as long as he was around.
"Why?"
"I'm not sure, all I know is they used to date and Bex moved to get away from him. Melody and Becki are the only ones that know the whole story according to David"
"Bex Dad right?"
"Yeah"
"I think I'd better talk to Becki. Does she know how bad Mel is hurt?"
"No, her dad didn't know how to tell her"
At that moment Becki opened the door, looking at John she whispered "You gonna come in or stand out here all night?"
John whispered back "Coming"
She shrugged and closed the door again. "Dude I gotta go"
"Ok, I'll call you later with an update"
"Ok later"
John disconnected the call and took a deep breath, 'best get this over with' he thought as he entered her hotel room.