Austin’s POV

I watched helplessly as Marie was tortured by the lies Josh was saying. I felt like there was nothing I could do as I watched tears threatening to fall from her eyes. I saw her arm fly back, elbowing Josh. He let her go from the force of her elbow hitting his side and she pushed him away. Aaron ran at him, holding him down while Phil called the cops.

Sarah rushed outside with Marie and that was when I acted. I walked to Josh and punched his jaw. “I told you that if you hurt her, I would kill you.” I growled, punching him again. Josh got out of Aaron’s grip, lunching himself at me and bringing Alan down as well. He snatched the gun from Alan’s hands, pointing it to my head. Alan pushed him off, just as the trigger was pulled and I closed my eyes, waiting for the pain that never came. I heard glass shatter, Phil and Tino threw themselves to the ground, another shot, Josh screamed, followed by Alan. I looked up, seeing Josh holding his upper arm that was bleeding.

I looked over at Alan who was covered in blood from the two bullets on his shoulder. I ran over, holding on to him and he was breathing calmly. “Holy shit that hurts. Do me a favor and watch my cats while I’m in the hospital please?” He said, his face scrunching up in pain. I nodded, not even knowing what to do or what to say. The cops came in and pushed me away softly, saying something to me but I didn’t pay attention.

Was Aaron okay? What about Phil? And Tino? I looked around, seeing them talking with a cop before I noticed Josh was gone. Marie and Sarah! I got up, looking frantically around before I spotted Marie and Sarah, her eyes were locked ahead on something outside and I stepped forward before she ran out and Sarah behind her. I watched as Sarah began talking with a cop, pointing at Marie and she got on the ambulance with Alan. I walked out with the rest, having a cop tell us something but I watched the two ambulances sped off to the hospital and someone tugged my arm.

“Come on, we’ll see Marie at the hospital.” I looked at Aaron who was talking to me and I nodded, following him to a cop car. We rode their quietly, just looking around and the occasional talking from the radio. We got to the emergency room, Marie and Sarah were sitting next to each other and they were explaining to the cop about the situation.

The four of us sat on the other side of the waiting room, thinking about Alan and what was going to happen. My attention turned to Marie and she nodded to the police who stood up and excused himself. This is the first time I have seen her since she yelled at us and told us she hated us. She sat on the chair, shaking her head at something Sarah said and she walked over, standing by me.

“Go see her, I know you’re dying to see her.” I looked up at her and nodded, getting up and walking to her. I sat next to her, not saying a single word when she got up. I thought she was going to walk away, ignore me and then I would know she meant what she said. But she grabbed my arms sitting on my lap and wrapped them around her waist. I pulled her to me tightly, hiding my face in the crook of her neck and I bit down on my lip.

“I’m so sorry.” She whispered; her arms wrapped around my neck, her face hiding between my shoulder and neck. “I should have told you guys about this instead of doing all this.” I felt tears stinging my eyes and I shook my head. I pulled away, my hands moving to her face and holding it.

“Don’t say that, you did it for our safety.” I told her, tears falling and mine were beginning to fall. “Baby, I don’t want to feel guilty for doing this. You wanted to protect us and look, we made it this far. Now let us protect you.” I held on to her face, clearing them of the tears. She calmed herself, her hands tracing my face and staring at me.

“I love you.” She whispered. I grinned, pulling her face to me and pressing my lips to hers. She happily kissed back. Our lips moving in quick sync, our tongues dancing together. I pulled her tighter, her hands tangling in my hair as she tugged it a bit. I pulled back, smiling at her and she smiled, her hands cupping my face.

“I love you too.” I whispered, seeing her grin. I looked up as a doctor walked out and he sighed heavily. Marie turned, looking at him and we all looked worried.

“Mr. Ashby is fine. He will be needed to relax for a while because of the surgery to get the bullets out, and his shoulder will be bandaged to it can heal.” Aaron and the doctor talked and the group decided to get home. I walked hand in hand with Marie with the rest of the guys. Marie laughed along with the guys and she even talked about the job she and Sarah had. Eventually, we kept stopping a bit of times to take pictures with fans and sign autographs, but I would never let her hand go. At one point, many fans began getting close and she let my hand go, walking away. I excused myself and grabbed her hand, worry filling my head. She turned to me smiling and squeezed it, walking to me.

“I’m right here, I won’t leave you.” She assured, kissing my cheek. I smiled, letting her hand go and watched as she sat on the bench, looking down.

Annemarie’s POV

I sat on the bench, looking down at my feet and just listening to the fans get crazy with Austin. I played with my fingers, looking at my arms and seeing the scars that faded. I smiled, pretty proud of myself when another pair of feet caught my eye. They were white, pretty faded and a bit dirty, but still decent. I looked up, meeting the eyes of a brown haired girl who was rubbing her upper arm. I watched as she thought of the right words and she looked at me.

“Uh, I’m really happy that you and Austin are together.” She began. I watched as she fumbled even more with her sleeve and I eyed it. “I noticed you weren’t in the last few concerts. Austin wasn’t himself during it. And I know the both of you didn’t break-up because you both seem happy.” She spoke again. “Please treat our hero well. We love him too much and he deserves someone who will support him with is disease.” I furrowed my eyebrows. She was talking about his heart disease? How bad was it?

Austin walked up, smiling at both of us and grabbed my hand, pulling me up. I turned to the girl and hugged her. “Thank you, I will stay by his side until he doesn’t want me.” I pulled back and lifted her sleeves. She pulled her arm away, embarrassed. “It’s okay.” I spoke, showing her my arms. “You’ll get past it. Just like me.” She saw all my fading scars and she smiled, hugging me tightly.

“Thank you.” We said our goodbyes and walked off, going to Austin’s house.

“I think my fans are starting to like you.” He spoke, looking down at me.

“I hope so.” I giggled, swinging our hands between us. We made it back to the house, ignoring the mess and walked past the guys who were busy ordering food.

“Anne, do you like fried rice?” Sarah asked, looking at me.

“Yeah, order some rolls and orange chicken.” She nodded and Austin pulled me up the stairs. We walked in his room and I curled up in his bed, facing him as he wrapped an arm around me. “How serious is your heart condition?” I asked him, the thoughts of what the girl said coming back.

“Not really serious now. I had surgery for it about a year ago.” He said, lifting his shirt and showing me his scar. I traced over in, letting my hand fall back down and he pulled his shirt down. “Don’t worry about it; I won’t be leaving you anytime soon.” I smiled, kissing his cheek and snuggling closer to him. We stayed like this until the food was here and I ran down, hungry as ever.

Notes

Title Credit: All Time Low

So here's a quick update since I had it saved. Thanks to the people who told me to keep my head high, I promise I'll get over it. I guess it's just hard you know? But we agreed to talk this over in person so, we'll see where this takes us. Supernatural is helping too! :)