The Trouble With Love Is…

A few tiny knocks were at his RV door around 9pm that night…

When he opened the door, he saw Cat standing there, in the rain, soaked to the bone. Her eyes were bloodshot, her nose was red, and her lips were a shade of blue. She was shivering with no jacket or shoes. She didn't even have her purse or anything with her. Only a pair of sweats and a long sleeve shirt. Her hair was down and sticking to her skin. Bruises looked to batter her skin as much as he could see. Her lip was split and there were handprints around her neck.

"Oh fuck!" Beck dragged her inside, letting her collapse onto him. He sat her on the bed and looked her over. "Cat! Oh my holy god, what happened? Why didn't you call me?"

Cat shivered violently, so he realized he had to get her warmed up. As he laid her in the tub and turned the water on warm, he grabbed his phone to call Andre as he undressed her. "Andre…babe, you got to get over here. It's Cat."

Soon Andre was there once Beck had Cat warmed up, in oversized clothes, and he wrapped her up in a heated blanket, turning it on medium. He made her a cup of hot chocolate and some soup. Andre ran up to the side of the bed. "What the hell? Cat, you were out in this weather?"

She nodded slowly, still shivering a bit. Some skin color returned to her face. "My mommy and daddy kicked me out. They told me not to come back. I couldn't take any clothes or shoes…they said no cell phone or purse. They took all my money that I had saved up for us. I had over 2000 dollars. They took it all. They beat me. They tried to strangle me. They ripped my earrings out of my ears." She motioned to her ears that had band aids on them. "Then they took my slippers off and threw me out into the rain. I just kept walking until I came here." Cat sighed, leaning into Andre's chest. "They said I shamed them again by getting pregnant. They said to abort the baby or to live on the streets. So I picked the streets."

"You're not living on the streets." Beck told her. "You're staying here with me."

Cat looked to him, her face hardly recognizable to him through the cuts and bruises. "You can't…you barely have money to care for yourself, how will you take care of both of us and the baby?"

"I'll help him." Andre told her. "Instead of our usual jobs of doing yards on weekends and our dog walking business, we'll also get part-time jobs somewhere." He looked to Beck, who nodded. "We're going to do everything we can here, Cat."

Cat sighed and nodded. "Thank you…I love you guys. I don't want to take a break anymore."

"Me neither." Beck smiled to her. "And I say we tell everyone we're not going to Prom tomorrow night and stay in, have a date night. How's that sound?"

"Perfect." Cat sighed. "Simply perfect." And she yawned cutely.

Beck kissed her head. "Lay down, baby girl. Sleep. We're here, protecting you. Always and forever. I swear."

"Kk." Cat was tucked in by the two boys and they made sure she was secure before walking to the couch.

Andre sighed. "Well…we knew that one day this would come, but I didn't think it'd come so soon. I never wanted this to happen to her."

"I wished it didn't happen this way. We've wanted her out of that damn house, but not to the point she barely made it out alive." Beck rubbed Andre's back. "But she's safe now."

"I know." Andre sighed in relief. "I'm so happy about that…tomorrow, we need to go look for part-time jobs somewhere. We can't miss a beat here. We got to care for her and our baby. She needs healthy food and doctor's appointments."

"I know." Beck told him, kissing his cheek. "We got this though. You and I together will get Cat through this. We can get through this. I swear. I love you both so much."

"I love you too." Andre kissed Beck's lips gently. "I'm sorry for this morning. I'm sorry for doubting that you loved us."

"You had every right to doubt me, but I don't want that anymore." Beck sighed. "All day I've been thinking that Cat might actually dumped us for Tug…it scared me more than anything. I don't care about what everyone else thinks anymore. If they hate us, so be it. Whatever. If I don't have both you and Cat in my life and in my arms every day, then life has no meaning at all." Beck told his boyfriend. "I'm never letting you two go. We're going to raise this baby all together."

Andre said nothing, except kissed Beck's lips.

AN: Thanks for your reviews. -Thomas