Alright new chapter up and ready to go! Hope more of ya'll will review and let me know what ya think! Anyways………enjoy it!

Healing Old Wounds

Bobby woke up the next morning and sighed as he opened his eyes and then realized that April was gone from his side. He stood and grabbed his .9 millimeter Beretta from the dresser and stood walking carefully down the stairs and whispering to himself.

"Bobby, what are you doing?" Bobby heard Angel's voice from behind him and he turned quickly looking at him in question.

"She's downstairs you moron." Angel sighed and walked back to his room and closed the door. Bobby made his way downstairs and heard music coming from the kitchen and when he peeked around the kitchen door he saw April cooking and could hear her singing. As he came around the corner, he quietly tried to come up behind her without her noticing but to no avail.

"Bobby, it's not nice to sneak up on someone." April said and turned to look at him with a smile.

"You are pretty damn smart." Bobby chuckled to him self and left the kitchen as April shooed him out and went upstairs. When he sat down on the bed he heard something he didn't want to, blood-curdling screams and gunshots coming from the kitchen. He took the safety off his gun that he had still been holding and was at the stairs and at the same time Angel came out of his room with Stephanie behind him. Bobby bounded down the stairs and found April lying on the floor and bleeding. Angel saw April and the blood and called an ambulance immediately.

"April, baby, are you okay? Speak to me, April, please. Tell me who did this to you." Bobby was on his knees and by her side when she spoke.

"It was J-j-jake, Bobby." April breathed out and soon the ambulance came and took April and Stephanie down to the hospital. Bobby and Angel hurried after the ambulance and met Jerry and his wife Camille when they got there. Bobby began to pace the floor and Angel just sat and held Stephanie who wasn't speaking and it was silent in the hospital.

"Bobby Mercer?" A voice came to Bobby's ears and he turned and looked down the hall to see a man standing with a clipboard.

"Yeah, that's me. Is she okay?" Bobby looked at him and he nodded at him.

"April will be fine, but she has suffered a minor fracture to her arm, probably from a bat or some other object, but she'll be just fine. Also she has been asking for you the whole time she's been here. Do you want to see her?" The doctor asked Bobby who nodded immediately at him. Bobby followed the doctor down the hall and into a room where April lay connected to an IV and her arm in a cast. April opened her eyes at the sound of the door and smiled weakly at Bobby.

"Hey, Bobby, you okay?" April asked him lightly and he stood next to her bed looking at her with tears trying to form in his eyes.

"I'll kill him, April. I'll kill that rat bastard if it's the last thing I do." Bobby said and then he began to cry. April reached out her hand and grabbed his pulling Bobby down to her level.

"Sit, please." April said to him and he did as instructed while she sat up and looked at him seriously.

"Listen you don't have to do that. It's my problem and I shouldn't have taken you up on your offer of staying with you." April began and Bobby looked at her and she wiped away his tears that were falling.

"No, see your problems became mine when I decided to wake up and go for a walk that night." Bobby held her hand to his face and kissed it. She smiled and nodded at him, her hazel eyes lighting up her face and making her more beautiful.

"But I never had anyone who wanted to help me, so I guess this change is hard for me." April began and Bobby shushed her and sighed.

"No more talking, the doc says you can go home with us if you feel ready." Angel's voice carried from the door and to their ears. Bobby looked at Angel and then at April who nodded and soon Bobby was carrying April out to the car and placing her in the back with Stephanie.

"She'll be fine, Bobby, just relax." Angel said to him as they pulled in the driveway. Bobby didn't talk and carried April inside.

"I'm gonna help you heal your wounds, April. I promise." Bobby whispered in her ear as he lay her down and then lay next to her, watching her sleep peacefully. He closed his eyes and waited for the next day to come.

Alright new chapter and I hope you liked it. I know I write short ones, but this is hard for me…….trying to keep up with all of my other stories….anyone who wants to help me make these longer………email me….thanks and review please!

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