"He was there at the school and attacked you in the middle of class? Nobody was there?" 

"No." I shook my head. "I was the only one in the classroom..." 

"Listen. We don't have to go back. We can stay here for the rest of the day to get your mind off it. If you want, you and I can go out together. It's not good for you to be inside all day." Andrew suggest. 

"I rather stay inside... It's better safe inside then outside..." I pull my knees up to my chest and hug them as I began to cry.

"Look at me," Andrew gently grabs my face and has me look at him. "I won't let anything else happen to you. You hear me? I made you a promise and I'm sticking to it. Understand me?" 

"Yes." I nodded. "Can you let go of my face now?" I began blushing. 

"Sorry" Andrew released my face. "How about I get you something sweet to eat, okay? I can run out and get you something." 

"You don't have to do that." I shook my head. 

"But I want to. I'm not much of a sweet-tooth kind of guy, but I'd be happy to get you whatever you like. If you do something for me?" 

"And that is?" I became cautious. 

"You do another duet with me?" He smiles. 

"I'm starting to think you enjoy me singing with you." 

"Caught me red handed." He winked. "But come on, you have to admit that it's fun, right?" 

"It is..." I have my eyes wander to another direction. To be honest I never sang with anybody before. I'm use to being by myself and singing alone. Singing with Andrew is different.

"See? It's always fun when you're with somebody." Andrew smiles at me before standing up from the bed. "I'm going to go to the store and get us something to eat. The windows are locked and I'll lock the door on my way out. If you need anything, just give me a call, okay?" 

"Are you sure it's safe to go out on your own? What if they're..." I frowned. 

"They hardly know me. What are they going to do? I'll be back in no time. Just make yourself comfortable while I'm gone. Okay?" 

"Okay." I nodded my head and Andrew left the house. I kept myself occupied with music and reading until he returned. 

The more I think about it, the more worried I become... What if Andrew gets himself hurt in the middle of all of this? It'll be my fault because I dragged him into this... He's been with me throughout all of this and I don't know how else to repay him. 

~Andrew's POV~ 

"This should be enough for tonight's dinner." I said as I was on my way back home. I hope Melody likes what I picked out. The trip from my house to the store isn't that far and I wasn't out for that long. 

It wasn't getting dark, so I should be back before it does. As I was on my way home, I had this strong feeling that I was being followed. But I didn't stop to look and check. 

I kept walking at a normal pace before turning into an alley. The feeling of being followed still lingered. Quickly dropping the groceries, I take out my pocket it knife from my back pocket. "Are you going to come out or are you going to keep following me?" I glare. 

"It didn't take long for you to notice." A small boy walked out from the shadows of the alley. 

'A kid?' I thought while raising an eyebrow. 

"I didn't want to cause a commotion." I smirked. "So, why are you following me?" 

"We just want to have a chat with you." Another kid walked out. He had blonde hair and blue eyes. These are the guys who are after Melody. 

"And what's that about?" I asked. 

"The girl. Melody." I heard a man's voice from behind me, causing me to swing my knife around. But my wrist was caught. 

'He's strong!' I thought to myself as I was pinned to the ground. My pocket knife was taken out of my hands as one of my arms were pinned behind my back. "I'm not telling you where she is!" I growled at the man who had me pinned. 

"You're hiding a criminal. Do you have any idea what she has done?" The boy with an eye patch walks over to me. 

"Yeah, and I'm not going to betray her by telling you where she is. You're not going anywhere near her." 

"We have other ways of getting her. We didn't follow you just to chit chat." The blonde boy smirks at me. "Let's bring him with us." 

And just like that, I was knocked out. 

~Melody's POV~ 

"So hush my loves, now don't you lie
I might look sweet, but I don't play nice~" 

I got done singing a 3rd song while I was waiting for Andrew to come back. He's been gone for a very long time... I hope he's okay... He said he wouldn't be long... 

"I should give him a call." I told myself and grabbed my phone. As soon as I was about to text him, I received a text from him. 

But it wasn't from Andrew. It read: 

[Come to the school theater or he dies.]

My eyes widened, knowing exactly who this text was from. I covered my mouth in horror. 'Oh no...! It's them..! They have Andrew!' 

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