hey guys, ok all I can say for this chapter is please dont kill me! hehe xx

Chapter 55

The following night Randy was sat in the living room with Lucas laying at his side. Bex hadn't left her room all day, she said she didn't feel well and she didn't really look well either. It was obvious she was in pain so Randy left her alone, he'd go and check on her every so often to make sure she was ok and that she was taking her painkillers. Every time he'd check on her he'd hug her to try and make her feel better, only problem was he'd started to wonder what it would be like if he could do more than hug her! Randy wanted John to return, before Randy went insane.

Mark had gone back to work and Jeff and Joanne had gone back to Becki's house to pick up her laptop and tidy up her house as per Johns request. They'd be back in the morning. Matt had decided to stay, Randy was pretty sure he only stayed because Joanne had asked him too. She didn't want Randy to be left alone with Bex. Joanne wouldn't admit it but he was positive that's what had happened, he didn't care, he was grateful someone else was there. Both himself and Bex had come to an unspoken deal that they would just ignore what they had felt that night he'd helped her change and neither of them mentioned the fight between him and John. If he was honest he didn't really trust himself around Bex either.

"I'm going to bed. Do you want me to check on Bex in the night so you can get some sleep?" Matt asked.

Joanne had told him to keep an eye on Randy around Bex. Matt wasn't stupid, he knew the fight John and Randy had was over Becki. The only thing that confused him was everyone knew Randy was into Melody so he didn't quite understand how that had suddenly changed to Becki.

"Ok" Randy was relieved he'd offered, he wasn't sure he'd cope if he had to get into bed with Bex again.

"Sleep in my room, so you'll hear her if she has a nightmare" Randy added

Matt nodded "Night"

"Yeah goodnight" Randy replied as Lucas hopped off the sofa and followed Matt.

A few minutes later Randy's cell rang.

"Hello?"

"hey man, how's Bex?" John asked

"Hey, she hasn't been feeling well today so she's stayed in bed"

"Why didn't you call then?" John had told him to call if anything was wrong.

"What could you have done dude? She's fine, she just needs to rest"

"Is she asleep?"

"I don't know, I'll check" Randy said standing up.

"Doesn't matter let her rest. Just get her to call me in the morning"

"Okay"

"Aight bye"

"Bye"

Randy headed into the kitchen to grab a before bed snack when his cell rang again, thinking it was John again he answered

"I told you she's fine"

"Um that's good to know" Mel replied

"Mel? Oh sorry honey I thought you were John" Randy smiled

"Gee thanks! So Bex is fine?"

"Yeah, she's not been feeling well today but she's okay. How are you?"

"okay I guess. I've been getting really bad headaches for the past couple of days though"

Randy frowned, the doctors had warned them about that. She'd hit her head hard and they were worried that too much fluid would get to her brain and put pressure on it. The first sign was bad headaches.

"Have you told the doctors?"

"Yeah, they're gonna do tests in the morning" Mel whispered

"Hang on, what time is it there?" Randy asked checking his watch.

"Half four"

"Sweetie why aren't you asleep?"

"I couldn't sleep" Mel sniffed, it sounded like she was crying.

"What's the matter?" Randy asked as he jumped up onto the kitchen counter

"Nothing" Mel whispered

Randy knew something was wrong, he wished he was there with her. He was actually quite tempted to say he was going back to England. At least if he was with Mel he wouldn't be confused about Bex. That gave him a thought.

"Did you call to talk to Bex?" he asked thinking that whatever was upsetting her she wanted to talk to Bex about.

"No. I don't want to worry her, I called to speak to you" Mel was turning pink at the other end of the line.

Randy smiled "I bet you've just gone pink"

"Shut up" Mel half chuckled.

"Okay, what's wrong Mel?"

"It's nothing, I just wanted someone to talk to" Randy could tell that she was crying now.

"That's why your crying is it?" he asked softly

"I should go" Mel whispered

"No! Tell me what's wrong honey"

"I'm scared Randy" Mel sobbed

Randy really wished he was there with her now.

"Sssh don't cry. Why are you scared?"

"What if these headaches are something bad? And what if Dean sends someone else after us?"

"Dean wont be doing anything hun! I promise. He's being moved to jail once he gets out of the hospital and last I heard the cops weren't letting him make any phone calls, so you have nothing to worry about. Your headaches wont be anything bad, its probably just the concussion" Randy didn't believe a word that just came out of his mouth but he had to say something to help her.

"Maybe" Melody sniffed

"Don't worry everything will be fine. Now you get some sleep and I'll call you in the morning okay?"

"Ok, Thanks Randy"

"Your welcome sweetheart"

"Bye"

"Bye hun"

Randy spent the next hour worrying about Mel, he didn't like the sound of the headaches. The doctors had tried their best to explain it to him while he was there. The first sign was bad headaches then blurred vision and then…he couldn't remember. He couldn't remember what the condition was called either, they'd told him that the bang to her head could cause too much fluid to go to the brain which was what would cause the symptoms. The pressure on the brain would have to be released by draining the fluid. They'd have to do that by performing a lumbar puncture, which meant they'd drain the fluid through the spine. Randy winced just thinking about it.

Sighing he stood up and stretched, he'd best try and get some sleep but he'd check on Bex first.

"Hey" he whispered as he stood in the doorway.

Bex had been staring at the ceiling, her ribs and ankle ached, it seemed like nothing would make the pain go away.

"Hi"

"You feeling any better?"

"Can you chop off my foot? Then I'd feel better" she replied as Randy sat on the bed beside her.

"Somehow I don't think that will help" Randy chuckled

"It might" Bex smiled wearily

"John called earlier, he said to call him in the morning"

"Okay" Bex smiled at the thought of John, she missed him already.

"Melody called too" Randy wasn't sure whether to tell her or not but it was best he warned her just in case anything happened as a result of the headaches.

"Is she ok?" Judging by the look on Randy's face Bex could tell she wasn't.

"She's been getting bad headaches"

"What's that mean?"

"Well the doctors warned us that because she hit her head hard she may get more fluid than normal going to her brain and putting pressure on it, the first sign of that is bad headaches. But it just could be the concussion causing the headaches so they're gonna do tests"

Becki was worried for her friend "What happens if it is this fluid thing?"

"Well they'll need to drain the fluid" Randy replied

"How'd they do that?"

"Its called a lumbar puncture, they drain the fluid through the spine"

Bex winced "Eww, Mel must hate me"

"Why would she hate you?"

"This is all my fault" Bex whispered, trying not to cry.

Randy gathered her into a hug "None of this is your fault and Mel does not hate you, she loves you"

Becki returned his hug but she didn't believe him, she felt like everything was her fault. She'd overheard a conversation between Joanne and Mark yesterday about John getting in trouble if he tried to take anymore time off, that was her fault too!

"If you say so" she replied

"Bex it's not your fault! Look at me" Randy made her face him, his finger under her chin, his breathe caught as she locked eyes with him.

He stared at her as time seemed to stand still, all his confused feelings came rushing back and before he knew it he'd leaned in and his lips brushed against hers. Neither of them had time to think as instinctively Randy brought his lips down on hers once more.

Surprisingly, she kissed him back!