Alright, it has been months since I updated this, but I decided to have a go and see if I can finish it. So if any of my old reviewers are out there please review and let me know what you think? I would suggest reading back a few chapters to see where we are, because I had to remind myself, and I'm the one who wrote it. Anyway, babbling over, enjoy!

The clock was ticking. It had been ticking since the first time he sat down here. Tick, tick, tick. Every second it ticked. And every tick sounded the same.

It hadn't stopped. And yet, everytime it ticked, he noticed it. Each tick was like a reminder that time was still moving. Moving without her. He wondered, if he sat here long enough, could he outgrow the ticking? Would it eventually stop, and he would be stuck in time? e had no idea of what time it was now, whether it was light or dark. He had no idea how long he had been sitting there. He could kid himself that time had stopped, there was a lapse in space. The world had stood still for a minute. Waiting for Mandy. But the ticking reminded him that it hadn't. It was still going on. Outside of this room, the rest of the world was still going on. Without her. Without them. He had afeeling if they waited too long, time would simply pass them by, leave them behind. Tick, tick, tick. Mandy. He couldn't bear to loose her, loose her to the land where clocks always tick and tim always moves on. The world that waited for nobody. The clock would keep ticking, whatever happened. It wouldn't go any faster, or any slower. Time didn't care. Time didn't change. Tick, tick, tick. Each time it ticked, Henry felt a pull in his heart. Because every tick was a tick that she was missing. A tick that he was missing her. Every tick was a second, and every second not with andy was a second wasted. Tick, tick, tick. He wished life followed the same strict rules as time. It never changed. It never faltered. Never sped up, or slowed down. Never stopped altogether. Why did things have to change, when everything was so perfect? Why did life have to go and mess things up? It wasn't fair. It wasn't right. It wasn't how it was supposed to happen. But it did. Tick, tick, tick. Slowly but surely, that thing was driving him to insanity. Just one more tick and - tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, ti... And then nothing. Silence. The ticking had stopped. But time never stopped. Unless it wasn't the time that had stopped, it was him. He was dead. He was done. He looked up, waiting to see a light. But all he saw was Wendy, hitting an already broken clock.

"Sorry." she said. "I just couldn't take another minute of that ticking."

He smiled. "S'Alright. I culdn't take it either."

"So how are you doing?" Wendy asked him.

"Not so great. You?" Henry replied.

"Not so great either." Wendy sighed.

"I don't want to loose her." Henry whispered.

"Nobody does." Wendy reminded him.

"Wendy?" Henry asked, a few minutes later.

"Yes?" Wendy replied.

"Do you think she'll make it?" Henry looked her in the eyes.

"I think that she'll never stop fighting." Wendy told him.

"That's Mandy." Henry grinned.

"That's Mandy." Wendy agreed.

There was silence for a while, a comfortable, easy silence. As an afterthought, Henry took Wendys hand. She smiled up at him, and he smiled back. They sat their together, united in their mutual worry. And they found that they could take comfort in each other. Because at least they weren't alone.

Ten minutes later, Archie and Hodges arrived.

"How is she?" Archie asked.

"No change." Henry sighed.

Hodges walked behind the chairs that Henry and Wendy sat in. Henry immediantly dropped Wendys hand.

"It's okay." Hodges told him.

Wendy stood up, and hugged Hodges so hard that his eyebrows shot up.

"I'm glad you're here." she told him.

"I suppose I should probably tell you guys what happened." Archie sighed.

He told them what had gone down that morning, and although they were shocked and upset, they all realised that it was really nothing compared to what had happened to Mandy. So they all sat there, together, until the nurse came in and told them that visiting hours were over. And Wendy and Henry refused to leave, and they were permitted to stay. Archie waved them goodbye, and Hodges allowed Mandy to kiss him on the cheek before he left, though Archie noticed he wiped his face as soon as they left the room. He had to smile. Hodges, the one person who hadn't changed at all.

Greg, capable of the ultimate betrayal.

Lexi, in love with someone else.

Kelly, able to forgive the unforgivable.

Henry, Wendy, too upset to even move.

Nick and Abby, choosing sides. And not his side.

Mandy... well... she wasn't the same.

But Hodges? He was the same socially awkward, know it all, germphobic guy he always was. And right now, that was exactly what he needed. Something that didn't change.

What none of the friends realised was that everything changed. Sometimes for the worst, sometimes for the better. But it always ticking reminded them of that.

Tick, tick, tick, tick.

Tick, tick, tick, tick. The clock was now turned to five o clock. There were seven hours left in the day. And still another bad thing. And that bad thing was going to happen in the next hour. Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick.

Right, that was just a short chapter to get you guys started. Thanks for reading, please leave me acomment so I know whether or not to continue?