I just want to apologize for being absent for a while. One of the boys that I watch was trying to kick me in the butt, I tried to catch his leg, but then got a nice kick to my hand and pinky. I had a fracture from my pinky down the side of my palm. My fingers are no longer bound together so I am able to type once again. I hope to update more frequently and get back to my stories.

Takes place before bloom discovers her powers

Pairing :bloom/andy

Bloom gets kidnapped and andy saves her.

Submitter: Guest

Letting Go

The last bell had rung on a hot Friday afternoon. Bloom and Andy were walking outside of the school, on their way home.

"Mr. Salvatore," a voice called out causing Andy and Bloom to turn to see Mrs. Price standing at the doorway to the school, "can you come here for a moment? I want to talk to you about your project for the Business Showcase at Gardenia College."

Andy groaned.

"I'm sure that it is fine." Bloom placed a warm hand on Andy's shoulder, "Plus if you do well on this project, Gardenia College will have no other choice but to accept you."

"I know, but Mrs. Price has been on me about this all month. I don't know what else she wants from me." Andy sighed as he looked down at Bloom.

"She just wants you to do well and to get into college." Bloom smiled.

"I don't even want to go for business. You know that music is my passion." Andy said.

"I know, but you know what your father will say." Bloom sighed.

"I'm tired of him dictating my life."

"Mr. Salvatore!" Mrs. Price called out again.

"Coming!" Andy shouted back.

"Do you want me to wait for you?" Bloom asked.

Andy looked back at Mrs. Price, "No, I can tell that I will be here for a while. Meet you tonight at your place?"

"Yeah, my parents will be out late tonight for the fire brigade gala." Bloom whispered.

"Excellent." Andy grinned as he bent down and placed a kiss on Bloom's lips.

"ANDY!" Mrs. Price yelled.

Andy broke away from the kiss before turning and running back inside of the school.

Bloom let out a soft chuckle before she began walking towards her house. Bloom walked towards the park and found herself sitting on a small park bench. She breathed in the warm spring air and listened to the birds as they chirped. The park was silent as the young children went to a school far away from the park. As much as Bloom loved the children and the life they brought to the park, she also loved the sweet silence and calmness of being alone.

Bloom closed her eyes and craned back her neck, allowing the sun beams to hit her on the face. For some reason, she always felt comforted by the heat of the sun. She almost felt recharged in a way. Bloom tightened her eyes as she felt a sudden coolness on her face and the brightness of the sun was dimmed.

Bloom opened her eyes to see what was suddenly blocking the sun when she was met with two large men.

"Hello." one of the men sinisterly greeted as he threw a large black sheet over Bloom.

Bloom kicked and screamed as the man threw her over his shoulder and carried her across the park.

It was time like these that she hated being alone.

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It was eight at night when Andy finally reached Bloom's house after going to the store to pick up some snacks for his night with Bloom. He walked up to the house to find that they lights were off in the house and on the porch. Andy hesitantly walked up to the door and rang the doorbell. There was no answer or any stirring in the house. Andy rang the doorbell again, no answer. Perhaps Bloom fell asleep.

Andy pulled out his cell phone and rang the house phone. He heard the phone ring in the house but was left with the voicemail message. He next tried Bloom's phone and once again, was left with a voicemail. Something was wrong and Andy was starting to get worried.

Andy bent down and grabbed a key out of a small potted plant that was near the entrance of house. Andy placed the key in the lock, his hand shaking slightly as he turned the lock and slowly opened the door.

"Bloom?" Andy called throughout the house.

The house was silent and there was never a time that Andy felt more scared. Andy walked through the house, the creaks made by his steps on the hardwood floor never sounding so loud. He could feel the hairs stand on the back of his neck and he would feel a chill down his spine as he walked up the stairs to Bloom's room.

"Bloom? Are you in there?" Andy asked as he opened the door to Bloom's room.

As the door widened he found the room to be dark and empty. The only light coming from the moon shimmering through Bloom's light blue curtains. Andy walked to Bloom's bed and sat down, trying his best not to get too worked up. Maybe she was at Stella's and forgot to tell him. Or maybe she changed her plans and go with her parents to the gala and couldn't tell him he shouldn't come because he wasn't supposed to come as it was. Andy sighed as he placed the bag of food on Bloom's nightstand and fell backwards onto the bed when something caught his eye.

Andy sat up and looked at the piece of folded paper on Bloom's pillow. His hand shook as he slowly took the paper in his hand. It was addressed to him but it was not Bloom's handwriting. Andy carefully opened the slip of paper and his eyes widened in shock. He quickly shot to his feet and ran out of Bloom's house.

He needed to talk to his father.

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"Who are you?" Bloom asked trying to keep her voice from wavering as she was thrown on to her knees and the sheet ripped away from her face.

Standing in front of her was a tall man with a firm frame and jet black hair. He wore a white suit with a bright red rose fastened to his lapel. He walked up to Bloom and bent down to face her.

"Bloom Bloom Bloom. You don't need to be worried at all." the man replied through a sly smile.

"I was kidnapped in a park and you know who I am. I think that I have something to be worried about. Now answer me! Who are you?" Bloom asked again, looking into the man's dark brown eyes.

The man straightened back up and walked over to a small table where he poured himself a glass of scotch.

"You have nothing to worry about...if Andy does what is good for you and him."

"What is that supposed to mean?"

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Andy stormed into his ostentatious house and marched down the stairs to the basement where he saw his father and three other men clad in black suits sitting at a table. The room was foggy and the smell of cigars and peppermint filled the air. However, all Andy could see was red.

"DAD!" Andy boomed as he stormed up to his father, a large man with black hair like Andy's with a few streaks of grey on the sides.

Andy's father turned towards Andy, "Son, what have I told you about coming down here when I have company?"

"This is no time for formalities! They've taken Bloom." Andy seethed.

"What are you talking about?" Andy's father asked with annoyance while rolling his eyes.

Andy grumbled as he pulled out the sheet of folded paper that was found on Bloom's bed. He shoved it in front of his father's face and his dad looked at it with surprise.

"When did you find this?" Andy's father asked as he looked at the white slip of paper with the drawing of a bright red rose.

"I was going to spend the night with Bloom and I found that she was gone and this was on her bed. He has her! Rosso has Bloom!" Andy explained in a panic.

"Son, calm down."

"Calm down? I don't think that you heard me correctly but Rosso has Bloom! I don't know why..." Andy was interrupted by his own thoughts before he turned his head and narrowed his eyes, "What did you do?"

"I swear to you son, I have done nothing that would have endangered you or Bloom. You know that I do not want you joining the family business until after you have finished with college."

"I don't want to join the business at all!"

Andy's father stood up, towering over the already tall Andy.

"You will join and that is final! Now let me handle Rosso."

"No, I will do this. I want Bloom to come back safe and alive...unlike mom." Andy replied before walking out of the room and slamming the door.

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Andy walked down the road and into town. Andy ignored the sights and sounds around him as he headed towards Rosso's hangout. It was a small club in the middle of the city that was dark and always smelled of roses and alcohol. Andy knew that storming into the Rosso hangout would possibly start a war between his father and Rosso but Andy needed to get Bloom away from there.

Andy threw open the door to the small club and walked down the stairs into the small basement where Rosso and his men usually stayed.

"Rosso!" Andy shouted as he stormed into the room.

Rosso turned and looked at Andy, a small smile on his face. "Good evening, Andrew. I see that you got my note. Going to a young lady's house without chaperones? Ttt ttt, Andrew. That does not seem very gentlemanly of you. But the Salvatore's have never been the most high class of people." Rosso said as he took a sip of scotch.

"Where is she?" Andy asked.

"She's in the other room. Don't worry, we haven't done anything to her, she is perfectly fine. We fed her and the boys even played some cards with her. She's even met my daughter."

"Why did you take her? She has no idea about what my family does and what happens with our family. She did not need to be involved." Andy said.

"I needed a way to get to you and I couldn't think of anything better. Obviously it worked. You are here."

"What do you want?" Andy narrowed his eyes towards Rosso.

"It's not what I want, it's what you want."

"What?"

"Take a seat young Andrew." Rosso smiled as he walked over to the table and motioned for Andy to take a seat.

Andy walked over to the table and sat down in the chair across from Rosso.

"Now what do I have to do to get Bloom back?" Andy asked looking up at Rosso.

"I know a lot about you, Andrew but I guess that comes with the job and your father and I being rivals. I know that your father is priming you to take the business and I know that you are not too happy about it. You just want to play with your band and be a star. You don't want to get your hands dirty with embezzling and well...murder charges."

"Just get to it."

"I want to offer you a way out of this mess. A way that you can do everything that you want to do." Rosso replied.

"What is the catch?" Andy asked.

"You are smarter than you let on." Rosso chuckled. "You get what you always wanted and Bloom gets out of here safely. That is if you break up with Bloom and never enter in your father's business."

"What?" Andy's eyebrow twitched up.

"I need a way to ensure that the Salvatore operation is finished when your father is dead."

"But I have to break up with Bloom?" Andy asked in disbelief.

"Breaking up with Bloom ensures that there will not be another Salvatore child. In fact, you are forbidden from ever being with a woman again or we will find Bloom or whichever woman you want to be with and we will make sure that the next time you see them is being dragged out of the Gardenia River. However, there is an alternative. You may be with my daughter Mitzi, merging the Salvatore and Rosso families together."

Andy's eyes were wide in shock at the proposal. "I would never date Mitzi let alone be in the same room with her alone."

"Have it your way. What will it be? Bloom's safety or we can just keep her here. Nobody has ever escaped the Rosso family and lived to tell the tale, but of course you knew that." Rosso gave a sinister smile awaiting Andy's response.

"If I do what you say, she can go? You will never bother her again." Andy narrowed his eyes.

"I am a man of my word." Rosso held up his hands.

Andy looked around the room to see that there was no way that he could fight his way out of this situation. Rosso had used what he cared about the most to get to him and Andy had no choice but to give in.

"I accept." Andy sighed. "Now please, let Bloom go."

Rosso chuckled as he stood up and walked over to a door, opening it to reveal Bloom sitting at a table, reading a book.

"Bloom..." Rosso said as Andy walked into the room.

Bloom looked up and saw Andy. She ran up to him and flung her arms around him before meeting his lips for a passionate kiss. Rosso cleared his throat and Andy's face fell. Andy grabbed Bloom's arms and peeled them from around her neck.

"Bloom, I am sorry." Bloom's smile turned into a frown and her eyes were filled with worry.

"Sorry about what? You came for me." Bloom nervously said.

"You are safe but we can no longer be together. We are breaking up." Andy whispered.

"What? Why? Did he make you do this? Was this the only way that you could free me? If that is the case, I would rather be in here for the rest of my life than living in freedom knowing that I cannot be with you." tears began to fall down Bloom's cheeks.

Andy looked at Bloom in the eyes, "Bloom, you will find someone else. I love you too much to know that you would be a prisoner. What about your friends and family? They need you."

"And I need you." Bloom exclaimed as she tried to hug Andy but he slid back, not wanting Bloom to get to close. This was hard on him too but he needed to be strong.

"Please, Bloom..."

"Andy, I don't want it to be like this! Why do you have to do this anyways?" Bloom asked.

"It doesn't matter."

"Yes it does!"

"Because my life is dangerous! My family is dangerous! I am dangerous!" Andy yelled.

"I don't care."

"I do, this will continue to happen if you are with me and there will come a time when I cannot protect you. Please, just leave." Andy sighed as he looked down at the ground.

"Fine." Bloom sniffed. "I understand. I will always love you. You are-were-my first boyfriend."

"And I will always love you. I hope that we can still be friends." Andy smiled.

"Always."