~ Stephanie ~

That beeping noise is so annoying. Can someone please make it stop? Getting annoyed, I try to roll over and turn it off but quickly notice that I can't move my body. Wait, what's going on? What's happening? Why can't I move? I keep trying to get any of my body parts to move but my body isn't responding to my brain. Alright Stephanie, don't freak out. Just take it slowly I coach to myself. It takes a while but I eventually feel myself start responding to my brain. I then zone into two voices in my room. One for sure is Lances but the other I am not sure about. It sounds like Andrew but he is mad at me so he wouldn't be here. Alright Stephanie, just wake up and you'll find out soon enough. After a few more attempts I finally got my eyes to open. At first my vision's blurry so I start to blink repeatedly to clear my vision. Not too long my vision is clear. I look around and notice I am in hospital. Then that's when the pain hits. I groan and squeeze my eyes shut tightly.

"Stephanie?" Someone says while grabbing my hand and kissing it. Once the pain subsides a little I look over at who called my name to see that it was Andrew. What is he doing here? I thought he was mad at me.

"Andrew?" I asked squinting my eyes confused and making sure I am not dreaming. I wince because my throat is so dry and it is hard to talk. He looks to my left and I follow his gaze and see Lance sitting there next to me. "Lance?" I choke out again.

"Yes it's me baby girl." Lance responds. He stands and kisses my forehead before getting up and getting me some water. I quickly grab it once he hands it to me and down it. I sigh in relief feeling the icy water slid down my throat soothing and quenching my thirst. "How are you feeling?"

"I am sore but I am going to be okay." I then gasp and place my hand on my stomach. Still feeling my baby bump I sigh in relief but I still need to know that my baby is okay. "Is my baby okay?"

"The baby is fine Stephanie. But you will be put on bed rest. What happened?" Andrew answers and then asks me.

"What are you doing here?" I ask looking at him confusingly. "I thought you were mad at me and didn't want to talk or see me."

"I wasn't mad at you. Hurt and disappointed yes, but never mad. Your brother cleared some things with me to help me to get over some things. Besides, you got hurt and I needed to check on you. I still care for you Stephanie. You hold a special place in my heart. Just because we weren't on good terms doesn't mean I stopped caring. When I heard you were attacked my heart stopped and I all could think about is, what if I lost you. No matter what we go through know that I will always care for you, okay?" Andrew clarifies making me feel so much better and a little relieved that things between us are better.

"We're good?" I look up at him staring him directly in the eyes. I need to know for sure.

"Yes we're good. Now what happened?"

I sighed and tried to sit up. Andre and Lance help me after seeing me struggle. "After hanging out with Lance I stopped by a few places before going home. When I got there all my lights were off. I didn't think anything of it because I just thought it was the breaker box. So, I went to go check but my lights didn't come on. Just when I was about to call my hair was grabbed and I was yanked to the ground. After that I was attacked. He kept hitting me and hitting me." Tears run down my face as I continued to recount the story. Just thinking about it makes me scared. I can still feel the hits and glass piercing through my skin as I was being thrown across the room and onto glass and porcelain objects. I rub my arms and shake my head. "I begged him to stop. He just kept saying if I scream he will kill me."

I head towards the door to leave and just when I was about to open the door someone grabs my hair and yanks me away from the door. I scream only to have a hand cover my mouth.

"If you scream, I will kill you." The voice says. It is unfamiliar to me but I can tell it was a male by his smell, height, and strength. Tears roll down my eyes as all my thoughts go to the worse scenario and all I can think about is protecting my baby.

"Are you going to scream?" I shake my head no. I am not stupid. I know he will hurt me if I scream. He removes his hand and buries his face in my neck. "You are a beauty no wonder why someone wants you dead."

"Shh, it's okay. You don't have to continue. Everything will be fine." Lance assures while climbing into bed next to me and pulling me into a hug. I ignore the pain and just take the comfort my brother is giving me.