Catherine POV


Esther and Zain wouldn't even pass each other. Since the Ashley indecent they haven't spoken a word about it. After they had broken up over it about a month ago Esther wanted me to move back in with her, choosing sides and all, but I wasn't about to move out and give Andy more reason to tell me that I deserved someone better. Zain had moved back in with Andy and me and Esther was alone in our old house. That part worried me. With Shane in a worst army and the old woman at my shop a month ago I really worried about both of us. I had finally talked to Coma and Jake about not telling Andy anything. They somewhat agreed.

"Good morning love." Andy whispered next to me.

I groaned and rolled on the other side not wanting to get up. The sun wasn't even out yet. "No..." I whined pushing his face away from me when he went to kiss me.

"You have to get up, work and all." I had forgotten to tell him about getting fired in a week.

I had worked enough to pay back for the rose the old lady stole and I was getting fired in less than a week. "Yeah, about that..." my voice sounded so groggy.

"I know, she fired you." How did he know?!

I looked at him surprised, fully awake now. "Who told you?"

He laughed, "your boss."

"Dammit!" I shoved my face in the pillow.

"Don't worry though I talked it out with her. She said as long as you just work storage in the back she would let you stay. But your pay would go down because she needs to hire someone else to manage the the shop." He was my savior.

"Thank you!" I kissed his cheek still refusing to get out of bed.

He climbed on top of me and began to tickle my sides. God how I hated that. "Get up!" He get saying.

I had managed to throw him off and onto the floor with a loud thud. I laughed and ran into the kitchen. I had to bother with pants now because Zain was living here. Andy joined me after a few minuted and gave me a good poke in the side causing me to jerk away and in the process almost making me drop the plate. I hit him in the chest and Zain came in.

He looked more tired than I was. "Morning sleepy head." Andy said messing with his little brothers hair.

Zain shoved him away. "Why are you up so early?" He rubbed his eyes.

"Um we have duties," I said finishing my food.

"And you need a shower!" Andy said waving his hand in front of his nose emphasizing how bad he smelled.

"Whatever!" Zain pushed Andy and went to take a shower.

"Well I'm gonna get going." Andy said giving me a light kiss before going out the door.

I needed to go to work too but I decided to check on Esther first. I walked into an empty house. She must have been at the doctor. She was spending a lot of her time there to get her mind off of other things. the house was probably the cleanest it's ever been. She must have had the same thing I did. When I needed to get my mind off things I cleaned like crazy.

I walked out and bumped into Jake. "Hey," I smiled.

"Hi, I need to talk to you." I narrowed my eyebrows.

"Okay?"

"Coma an I were talking and well...Andy needs to know what's happening." Jake rubbed the back of his neck.

"He can't! He would kill me is he found out I was keeping this from him!"

"News flash honey but he's know us longer than he's known you and he would be more disappointed...or kill us worse than he would kill you!" He began yelling, "but right now that doesn't really matter. He needs to know we are all in serious trouble."

"Let me tell him?" I asked.

"You have one week to tell him then I'm doing it." He informed me then walked off to where ever he had to go.

I stood there trying to get my mind around how I was going to tell him. I figured I would just rip the bandage off and tell him today. I walked slowly to the auditorium knowing that that was where he spent his duty days. I saw a crowd of people covering the entrance to the auditorium. I tried to see what they were all talking over. I attempted to push threw the sea of people but they just squished together so I couldn't get threw.

I gave up and stood at the back. "Excuse me, do you know what's going on here?" I asked someone who wanted to see over the people just a s bad as I did.

"Someone tried to kill The Prophet. No one knows if he's okay yet." She said not knowing that I was currently dating The Prophet.

"What?!" I shoved threw the people not caring who I punched in the face on the way to the auditorium door.

I got to the door and shoved my way past Coma and Ashley who were making sure no one was getting threw. I ran to where I saw Jake standing in front of a chair. I wanted him to be standing in front of Andy so bad. To see that he was okay but instead I saw something else. My threat was sitting in a chair with his hands tied to a chair and his feet in chains.

"You..." my voice was barley a whisper as I tried to keep my cool and not kill the son of a bitch. To keep from doing so I turned to Jake. "Where's Andy? Is he okay?!"

"Calm down, yes he's at the doctor with Jinxx. Just a little cut." He looked at Shane who I could now see was passed out. "I won't tell him if you don't."

I nodded and ran out of the auditorium and to the doctors. I ran the hallway looking inside every room and not seeing any sign of Andy. I bumped into Esther.

"Whoa, slow down! Andy is in the back." She went around me and continued with her duties.

I ran to the back room where only special patients went. That room was either for important people, or the ones who were too injured to be put in a normal bed. My mind went to all the ways he could be hurt. 'Just a cut' could be what Esther had. Or it could have been 'just a cut' in his throat...

I ran into the back room and nearly cried form happiness. Jinxx was wrapping Andy's arm and a small line of blood was seeping threw the bandage. Andy stood to hug me and I ran over to him giving him a huge hug.

"You're okay, you're okay." I get chanting trying to calm myself down.

He laughed and pulled me away form the hug, "it was just a cut. Nothing too bad, it could have been worse." Jinxx was finishing up his arm.

"He had to get a few stitches." Jinxx said putting the bandage he didn't need back in a drawer.

"Apparently I'm not allowed to go back to my duties." Andy smiled.

"Just rest it off for now," Jinxx said walking us out of the doctors. "Be careful." Jinxx looked at me. I nodded and walked with Andy back to our house.

I sat him down on the couch and treated him like a baby. Feeding him and wrapping him in blankets. A very worried Zain had come to check on him then went back to his duties. It was almost dark and Andy had sat me down on the couch with him. His tone serious.

"I could've died today. I know that it was just a cut, but what if the guy who did this got away with only a scratch on my arm and then went after you to get to me?" No, no, no, "I can't put you in harms way as well." Please, no! "We can't see each other any more. I don't want you to worry about me and I don't want to worry that anyone could kill you just as well to just get to me."

Tears had began to form and he pulled me to his chest. "I don't care," I choked.

"You don't now but I won't be able to live with myself if something happened to you because of me." He let go of me and stood and went into his room.

"Andy! No please!" Tears were rolling down my face now.

"For the best, I think you should move back with Esther tonight. Then after that...we just pass by as acquaintances."

I stood up to stop him from putting my clothes in my bag. "I can't live with that! You'll be hurting me more!"

"At least you'll know I'm alive!" He yelled making me stop in my tracks. "I wish I knew that people hated my significant others just as much as they hated me." He trailed off.

I couldn't live with what he was doing to me. "Andy..."

"Just...don't please." Tears had formed in his eyes as well. "I don't want this to hurt more than it has to.

"It already hurts." I held my chest feeling like it was literally breaking. "I love you. Please!"

I had gathered all of my clothes not wanting to go back and see him later and let the pain come back all over again. Everything was in slow motion as I walked to Esther's. She opened the door, and like she already knew what happened, she hugged me and told me that it was going to get better. She made me go to bed and told me that she would being me back something hot to drink. I heard her fuss with dishes and water. I couldn't stop thinking about what had just happened. The whole thing was a blur. I questioned what had actually happened.

"Ouch! Dammit!" I heard Esther yell as a pan fell to the floor.

I got up to see what had happened. Esther was holding her hand. It looked just like her arm did when she was burned. I was trying to make it better and failing and she kept telling me that it was okay that it didn't hurt. I got a rag wet with cold water and went to wrap it around her hand when I saw what I knew was impossible.

"See it's fine, you were over reacting." Esther smiled holding up a completely healed hand. Jinxx was right...unnatural.

"Ez, that's not normal." I closed my mouth not realizing that it had been open.

"It's fine! See nothing! So what about that tea huh?" Did she just change the subject from freaky weird to 'lets have tea?'

"What?" I was speechless.

"Hey, Cat do you want sugar in your tea?" Esther said from the sink.

I was still holding the wet rag my mouth open again. "Umm, no, Ez um how did you do that?"

"Do what?" Was she really pulling this?

"Your hand!"

"What about it?" She was pulling that.

"It was completely burned and now..."

"Cat, it's fine!" She shoved it away.

"No! It's not! You need to talk to Jinxx about that! What happened?"

"Cat, it's better not to question things you don't want to know the answer to."

Notes

Sorry this chapter is so long!!