"Hey, Diamond, do you want to hang out today?" I asked.

"Sure, where at?" She responded, her voice sounding crackly through the bad phone reception.

"At John's place. Do you need me to tell you the address?"

"No, Jeremy told me where it is. I'll be over in ten," she said, then hung up the phone.

My stomach started to grumble. I remembered that the last thing I ate was half of the sandwich Andy made me last night.

I made my way to the kitchen and took out a large pot from one of teh cabinets. For some odd reason I was craving Ramen noodle soup. I poured some water into the pot and turned on the heat for the stove.

While I was waiting for the water to boil my mind wandered to Andy. I hadn't seen him yet today, and that bothered me. I really needed to talk to him and the rest of the guys.

The ringing doorbell ripped me from my thoughts. I hurried over to the door and opened it. Diamond looked really tired, more than what working at Starbucks would cause. Which reminded me, I had a shift tomorrow.

"Hey Di, come on in."

I headed back to the kitchen where the water started over-boiling.

"Crap!" I said to myself. I turned the heat down a little and put the package of Ramen noodles into the pot.

"Is everything al- Ugh!"

I turned around and saw Diamond on the floor.

"Holy... Di, what happened?" I asked as I tried to help her up. That didn't end up working because her ankle.

"I think I sprained my ankle," she winced.

"I'll go find some of the guys," I told her.

I wandered around the house looking for one of the guys, but me being the idiot that I was, didn't think to go check the recording studio first. I peeked into the room, and sure enough, there was Andy and CC.

"Um... guys, I kinda need your help. Diamond may have sprained her ankle."

CC looked up at me in worry and asked, "Where is she?"

"In the kitchen. I thought since you guys have broken enough things, you'd know if it was sprained or not."

CC pushed past me and ran to the kitchen with Andy and I in tow. I entered the kitchen and was greeted with the smell of smoke. I started coughing and Andy rushed to pour the burning Ramen noodles in the sink.

"CC, get the girls out of here. I'll get the smoke cleared out," Andy coughed out.

CC picked up Diamond and carried her bridal-style into the living room. I followed and sat myself down on a large armchair, while CC set Diamond down on the couch.

Diamond was wheezing, so CC handed her a bottle of water that was on the side table. He brushed her hair out of her face, and I couldn't help but feel that CC may be interested in her, but that would never happen. Jinxx would murder him.

"Diamond, can I take a look at your ankle?" CC asked quietly.

A panicked look crossed over Diamond' s face and she shook her head. CC seemed a bit taken aback by this.

"I won't be able to help you if you don't let me see it," CC explained.

Diamond took a deep breath and finally nodded her head. CC rolled up her pant leg.

I wouldn't have been able to tell if her ankle was sprained or not, because her leg was covered in black, blue, and yellowish splotches. I knew that Diamond couldn't have done that to herself.

"What the....," Andy gasped from behind me.

"Di, don't tell me your boyfriend did this to you, " I growled.

"He... h-he didn't m-mean to," she stuttered.

"I am finding that son of a bitch and beating the living hell out of him. I don't care that I'm pregnant! Di, you shouldn't have let him do this to you!" I shouted.

"Mel, don't, please. I love him," she whimpered.

"If he loved you, he wouldn't have laid a hand on you! Di, you deserve so much better than him! I'm finding him and giving him a piece of my mind."

CC justed stayed still, absorbing it all. I know what he was feeling, and it sucks.

"Andy, give me your keys," I demanded.

"Mel, I'm not letting you go by yourself! You're pregnant, and if he hurts you, who knows what will happen to the baby!" he objected.

"FIne, you can come with me. CC, stay here with Di."

CC nodded his head and I stalked out of the house with Andy trailing behind me. I swung open the car door and got in, Andy doing the same, but a little less aggressive. I turned his radio to the modern rock station and 'Immaculate Misconception' by Motionless In White came on. I started the car and began speeding down the road.

"Remind me to never get you this pissed off," Andy commented. I gave him a side glance and noticed he looked terrified, not that I could blame him. An angry pregnant woman driving a car while blasting Motionless In White can be a bit intimidating.

Andy didn't say another word as I sped to Di's apartment. I pulled into the complex's parking lot and got out of the car, fury still pumping through my veins. I stormed up to her door and pounded furiously on it. A few moments later, the man I assumed was Austin swung open the door.

If I weren't pissed at this man, I would've been swooning over him. He was tall and muscular with brown hair, brown eyes, and plenty of tattoos. He was shirtless showing off his toned body. He was gorgeous, but I also noticed that his eyes were red and dialated, and that he smelled strongly of booze.

"Wh-who are you?" he slurred.

"Melanie, Diamond's friend. I'm taking it that you're Austin?" I said, gritting my teeth. At this he immediately sobered up a bit and I saw his eyes narrow. I heard Andy shifting his weight behind me.

"You wouldn't happen to be the Melanie Greer who also was friends with Skylar, are you?"
I felt the stone-cold hatred in his voice. The fact that he knew about Skylar sent chills down my body.

"Who the hell are you?" I asked, my voice shaking.

"Don't you recognize me, Mel? No? I'm surprised, you seemed to have the biggest crush on me whenever Skylar brought you over to our house," he sneered.

"Austin Rose! After what you're father did to Skylar, how could you do the same to Diamond?!" I yelled at him with my fists clenched.

"You don't get it, do you? Skylar was my little sister and now she's dead. Why? Because you had to take her on that tour with you. Once you got her killed, I knew Diamond would leave me just like Sky did. I couldn't let that happen."

"What the fuck is wrong with you?" Andy shouted, "Melanie didn't kill Skylar, your father did that with all of his abuse! And nothing ever gives anyone the excuse to abuse another human being, you sick, twisted asshole!"

"Very protective over Melanie, aren't you?" Austin mocked. He reached out and stroked my cheek. I swatted his hand away from my face.

"Don't touch me, you evil little bastard," I hissed.

I felt a hand connect with my face and blood trickling down my nose. I stared at Austin in shock.

The next few moments seemed to pass in slow motion. Andy came from behind me and punched Austin square in the face. Austin took a swing and nailed Andy in the skull. Andy in return kneed Austin in the balls. Austin retallied that with a hard punch to Andy's ribs. It seemed like no one was winning until Andy gave Austin an upper-cut, causing Austin to fall to the floor.

"Ga-gather Di's stuff. I'll d-drop it off at Jinxx's h-house," Andy coughed.

I nodded my head, still shocked at what just happened. I found the bedroom with little troubleand shoved all of Di's clothes and personal items into a large suitcase. I was going to make sure she never came back to this place ever again.

I rolled the suitcase out to the livingroom where Andy was nervously eyeing an unconsious Austin.

"You get everything?" he asked weakly.

"Yeah, I think so."

I took the suitcase and rolled it across the parking lot to the car. I still had Andy's keys, so I unlocked the car and put the suitcase in the truck.

"Here, let me drive," Andy said, holding out his hand for the keys.

"Hell no, not in the shape you're in. Get in the passenger seat," I told him. He reluctantly did so, and I got into the car as well. Andy gave me the directions to Jinxx's house, and within thirty minutes, I pulled up to it.

It was a nice house, nothing special, but it was nice. I got out of the car and took the suitcase from the trunk and rolled it up to the front door. I rang the doorbell anda pretty blonde woman answered it.

"Oh my god! Are you okay?" she gasped.

"Um, yeah. Are you Sammi?" I asked her.

"Yeah, that's me. Do you need something?"

"Yes actually. Is Jinxx here? I have something really important to tell him."

"I'll go get him. Come in," she said, turning away and making her way to some other part of the house. I stood awkwardly in the foyer, glancing every few moments back to Andy, who was sleeping in the car.

"Mel? What's up? Why do you have a suitcase with you?" Jinxx asked.

"Diamond needs to stay here."

"Why? What did she do?"

I sighed, "She didn't do anything, but she was staying with her boyfriend, and I'm not letting her go back there. He beat her, Jinxx."

"Where is that fucking maggot? I'm going to beat him to a pulp!" Jinxx bellowed.

"Jinxx, I think Andy handled it well enough already."

"What do you mean?" his anger slowly fading from his voice.

"Well, I went over to Diamond's apartment and Andy wouldn't let me go alone, so he came with me. Di's boyfriend was Skylar's brother, so when he found out who I was, he got pissed. He punched me in the face and Andy got really mad and they got into a fight. Andy won, but he got roughed up pretty badly."

"Jesus Christ. I have a spare bedroom Di can stay in for a while. I'll take her stuff. You take Andy back to John's and tell Diamond she can head over here whenever she wants."

"Okay, thanks Jinxx."

"No problem. But Melanie, you may not want to hear this, but Andy really loves you. Don't lead him on if you're not planning to get back with him."

"He told you about last night, didn't he?" I asked.

Jinxx gave me an apologetic smile and I took a deep breath. I turned and walked out the door and got back in the car.

I didn't turn the radio on during the drive back to the house, because in all honesty, I didn't want Andy to wake up. I knew he'd want to explain his actions to me and I knew it would involve the fact that he loved me. I knew I could only run from my feelings for so long, but that didn't change that I was scared out of my fucking mind. I didn't want things to end like they did the last time, because if they did, I'd never be able to forgive myself.

Notes

NOTE: I won't be able to post as often because starting October 17th, I'll be staying after school almost everyday for my school play rehearsals. My school is doing 'A Christmas Carol' and I got cast, which I'm sitll surprised about. I'm going to be playing the Ghost of Christmas Present, which is a really big part and it's causing me to get really stressed out. That being said, I'll still try my best to update as frequently as possible. I love you duckies!