Garrett wakes up and his whole body feels sore as he looks around the room in confusion.

Dixie wakes up as she feels him moving around and her eyes immediately spring with tears.

"Garrett?" She cries in relief and happiness. "Who am I?"

"My girl." He sends her a tired cheeky smirk.

She sobs in relief.

"Come here." He cooes and scoots over making room for her

"I should call a doctor." She shakes her head as she tries to get up.

"No, I want to be with you. Who knows what the doctor will say or restrict me to." He groans at the thought.

She slowly lays in the bed with him and he sighs in content.

She plays with his fingers and he watches her with a small smile but frowns when he notices more bruises on her arms.

Bringing her arm to his lips he kisses every single one with gentle tenderness. "I'm going to kill him." He says softly.

"You're still in the hospital, don't worry about him." She begs with worry.

"Nothing you can do to stop me baby, he hurt what's mine." He whispers. "And as for you..."

She looks up at him confused with big teary eyes.

"I fell in love with one of the most amazing independent woman on this planet. Why would you let him do this to you? If I ever die..." He sincerely says until she interrupts him.

"Don't say that!" She gets choked up.

"If I ever die..." he continues. "Promise me, you will never let another man treat you that way. Promise me that you'll tell one of the boys. They would all gladly help you."

"You won't die." She protests.

"And I hope you're right." He says. "Because for as long as I'm alive no man will ever lay a finger on you again, that is my promise to you. Now make me that promise."

"I promise. I'm sorry I just didn't know what to do." She sobs.

He tightens his hold on her and allows her to cry into his chest. "You don't ever have to worry about it again. I won't let him hurt you."

"Please don't leave me again." She cries.

"I'll try with everything in me not to, I'm not going anywhere." He promises.

The door opens and Bryce Addison Jaden and Mads pop in to check on Dixie.

"Hey I brought you some more... clothes." Addison whispers, her eyes watering with Unshed tears when she sees Garrett awake.

Garrett sends her a tired smile and opens his free arm gesturing for her to give him a hug.

Addison runs towards the bed when she realizes that he had remembered her and jumps into the boys arms making him grunt in pain.

"I missed you so much." She cries into his shoulder.

"I'm so sorry Addy." He whispers into her hair. "Mads." He says nudging his head towards the bed. She pushes herself out of jadens arms and sprints onto the bed taking up the rest of the hospital bed.

Dixie was practically on top of him with addison and Mads at his sides. "My girls." He whispers with a fond smile as they all cry into his body.

Jaden and Bryce stand at the door way with large smiles planted on their faces.

"Isn't this cute?" Bryce questions with a teasing tone but Garrett knew that, that was just how the Hall boy dealt with things.

"Shut up hall." Garrett flips him off making the other two boys laugh.

"We're happy you're back dude." Jaden says with a smile.

"Me too." He replies. "Where are the others?"

"Josh, Griffin, and Blake just took charli and ness home to sleep." Bryce informs him.

Garrett nods his head. "So you wrote a dis track?" Garret smirks towards Bryce after a few moments.

Bryce flips him off as the girls stifle their laughs.

"I gotta say it now because I didn't before, what the fuck is a novice?" He laughs loudly.

"It sounded good!" Bryce argues.

"Nah, I'm gone for three months and you dumbasses get in more trouble than I ever thought you would" Garrett sighs.

"What can I say." Bryce shrugs. "You were usually the one to stop us."

"Well I'm here now." Garrett sends them both sincere smiles.

"We're gonna go grab everyone from the house, probably not news that should be said over the phone." Jaden says. "You coming Mads?"

"No." She mumbles into Garrett's chest not even sparing him another look.

Jaden nods and silently exits the room along with Bryce, the man already knowing Addison would stay.

"What's up with that?" He nudges Mads as he stares at her confused.

"We broke up." Her voice croaks out.

"What?" Garrett questions dumbfounded.

"He didn't want to tell you before because you didn't have your memories." She explains.

"So should I beat him up?" He genuinely questions.

Dixie pinches his side with out saying a word.

"Ow! Shit! When I get out of the hospital and I'm healthy again ofcourse." He mumbles while shaking his head no at Mads, telling her he'd do it anyways.

"No it's okay. We're trying to be friends, it's just hard." She says with a small giggle at his actions.

"If he doesn't see your worth he's not worth it." He tells the girl with a small smile.

"Thank you." She cries into his chest.

"What's wrong Addy?" Garrett questions confused when the girl starts hiccuping.

"Bryce cheated on me, we started dating when you couldn't remember anyone and he cheated on me." She sobs.

"I swear to mother fucking god." Garrett whispers under his breath.

"I needed you and you weren't there and I didn't know what to do." She sniffles.

"I'm here now Addy, I'm here." He cooes.

• • •

Eventually all three girls fell asleep, Dixie holding onto the boy tighter than the others. By now his arms and legs had all fallen asleep but he didn't mind.

Garrett looks towards the ceiling and snorts quietly. "Couldn't control em on your own aye?"

Josh and Nessa peek their heads into the room seconds later.

"I'm awake but they're sleeping so be quiet." Garrett warns.

Nessa frowns. "There's no room for me."

"Ness." Josh groans.

Garrett quietly laughs And holds out his arm from under Addison. Nessa takes a seat on the chair and grabs his hand.

Garrett seriously studies the two for a few seconds in silence. His eyes bouncing back and fourth.

"What the fuck are you doing?" Josh laughs at the boys perplexed face.

"You two are... still together right?" He questions cautiously, letting out a loud sigh of relief when they both nod their heads.

"Jaden and Bryce are gonna die aren't they?" Josh laughs.

"You have no fucking idea."
Garrett says as he looks down at the three girls with frowns. "Did you know?"

"Know what?" Josh questions confused.

"What Noah was doing to Dixie." Garrett says seriously, staring at the boy for any signs of lying.

"No man! Hell no." Josh truthfully says. "She stopped coming around and answering any of our messages when they started hanging out."

Garrett nods his head and Nessa gives his hand a tight squeeze as she watches him squeeze his eyes shut and lay his head back as if he was in pain.

Opening his eyes he makes a quiet gasp as he tries not to cry, staring down at Dixie. "I should've been there for her. He hurt her."

Josh and Nessa both stare at the boy in sympathy and sadness.

"There's no way you could've known." Josh frowns.

Garrett looks at his shoulder where dixies arm lays as it clutches to his neck, seeing all of the bruises littering her arms.

"He's fucking dead." Garrett grits out as a lone tear falls onto his cheek.

"He'll get what he deserves." Nessa sadly smiles.

"Why the fuck did Jaden break up with Mads and why the fuck did Bryce cheat on addy." Garrett changes the subject before he hulks out.

"There's something you should know..." Nessa whispers, not sure how he'll take the news as Josh looks to the ground.

Garrett sighs to himself as he realizes how bad the news must be if the two were acting so upset.