I slowly ran the razor over my skin a couple times, getting used to the feeling of the blade digging into my skin. Tiny droplets of blood came out and tears fell from my cheeks, spreading the blood into a beautiful pink mess. I dug in deeper for the third cut, making blood run slowly down my wrist. Fourth, it reached the palm of my hand. Fifth, it was all the way around the other side of my wrist.

A knock at my door made me jump.

"Alex, are you alright in there? I can hear you crying..." It was Andy.

"I'm fine... just leave me alone..." I said, my voice shaking.

The door opened and Andy came in. I tried my best to hide my wrist.

"See... fine," I said

He was staring at the floor underneath my feet, so I looked to see what he was staring at.

Shit.

Blood was slowly starting to form puddles at my feet, dripping from my wrist behind me. I quickly turned away from him. I couldn't stand to look into his eyes, it made me feel so guilty. I sat down on the floor and tried my best to keep the tears back.

"P-Please just leave," I whispered softly.

"Sorry, no can do," He said and slowly walked up behind me.

Andy slowly reached over me and grabbed my hand, turning my arm a little so he could look at the damage. He saw the razor and picked it up.

"Ashley!" He yelled. Ashley was in my room in seconds, and when he saw what was going on I could see tears in his eyes.

"Alex, please. We love you, don't do this to yourself," He said and hugged me.

"Make sure she doesn't hurt herself any more while I go get the first aid kit and throw this away," Andy said and walked out of the room.

Ashley hugged me tight to him, and I knew there was no way I was getting out of this. I started sobbing and he layed my head on his chest like Andy did, but said nothing. He picked me up and carried me to my bathroom, and ran some cool water in the sink. Slowly and gently, he put my wrist under the water. I hissed as it stung my cuts but didn't pull away.

Andy came in with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and some towels and bandages.

"Hold her down, Ash. This is gonna sting like a sonovabitch," Andy mumbled. Ashley held my hand down, pinning my arm out straight on the counter. With his other hand, he grabbed mine and hugged me tight to him.

"Just go ahead and squeeze the shit out of my hand if you need to," He said, chuckling.

Andy slowly started pouring the peroxide on. I screamed as quietly as I could in pain and started squeezing Ashley's hand. This caused him to yelp in pain, and I just glared at him. He got the message and shut his mouth.

After Andy was done with the peroxide, he gently dabbed at my wrist with a towel. He wrapped my arm in bandages and hugged me tightly.

"Why'd you do it, Alex?" He whispered softly. I once again felt warm drops of water hit me, and this time I knew for sure he was crying. I hugged him back even tighter.

"M-my mom.... I need.. to tell her I'm sorry for not being there..." I said, sobbing into his shirt. I felt Ashley walk up behind me and then we were in a big group hug.

"It's not your fault, Alex," Andy said softly.

"Yeah, you're dad's just a fucking maniac!" Ashley growled.

After a couple minutes, we all pulled out of the hug. Andy wiped my tears away and picked me up. He carried me to my bed and laid me down. Ashley hugged me and went back up to his room. I waited for Andy to leave, too, but he didn't. I flipped around to see him sitting in my chair, watching me.

"Aren't you going to go to bed?" I asked softly.

"No. I'm not letting that happen again, so I'm going to keep an eye on you," Andy said, sounding determined.

"Andy, really. You can go, I'm fine!" He knew that was a lie.

"No you're not, Alex, and you know how much I hate liars." He sounded pretty frustrated. I sighed softly. I felt the tears rolling down my cheeks, but didn't even bother to wipe them off.

"Then you can at least sleep on the bed with me. I can tell you're still tired."

He gave me his adorable half-smile. "You sure?"

I nodded.

He climbed into the bed with me and wiped my tears away. He hugged me tight to him, laying my head on his chest. I smiled a little.

"Andy?" I asked quietly.

"Yes, Alex?"

"Don't ever let me go," I whispered.

"I won't, not ever," He said softly. "Now get some sleep, Beautiful"

He kissed my forehead and I felt the dark calm of sleep seeping in. I smiled as I slowly drifted off, glad he was there to save me yet again.

Notes

Aww. :3 Trying a new art style, may stick with this one. Suggestions and feedback are appreciated as always, I love seeing your guys' reactions.

Xoxo! -Raye-