Kevin Dolenz rushed down the corridor towards two double doors. It wasn't every night that he was interrupted by a phone call that shook every bone in his body. He had been having a nice night, hanging out with his friends when it happened and now the only thing he could focus on was the never-ending hallway of white. Finally it ended and he pushed through the doors, hurrying to the big desk.

"Can I help you?" The young woman asked.

He sighed. "I'm looking for Margaret Dolenz."

"Billy, we've grown up, most of us have gotten married, we have kids...and you're still an idiot." Kirby stated as they all laughed.

Kevin rolled his eyes and took a puff from his cigarette. "Billy you realize that when Seth goes to college, he could turn into you...and then you'll have to deal with all that shit that your father had to deal with because of your antics."

His eyes flashed for a second and Wendy shook her head. "Oh he won't. He knows what I will do if he acts like that." She smiled. "Plus Maggie wouldn't let him. She's got those boys down. They'll behave."

The men shared a glance as the women ignored them and went back to their drinks. Soon enough most of them had to leave and all that was left were Kevin and Alec, who had let Leslie go home and relieve the babysitter watching their youngest child, Chloe.

"So Kev...I'm worried about you." Alec sighed.

Kevin rolled his eyes. "Not this again. Alec I am perfectly happy being a single father. I don't need a wife. Jen walked out, whatever. I have my daughter, and that s all I need. Leave it alone."

"How did you know I was going to say that?" Alec asked, faking innocence.

Kevin chuckled. "I'm your best friend and I have known you since college. Plus you bring it up every time we are together."

"Oh come on Kevin! You could still totally get a great woman!"

He shook his head. "No, Alec."

They sat there for a little while longer when suddenly Kevin's cell phone blared from his pocket. "Stupid cell phones..." He muttered as he pulled it out.

Alec wasn't paying attention until his friend's glass slammed to the table. When he looked at Kevin he saw fear in his eyes and a pale face. "Kevin..."

"Maggie was in an accident."

The nurse had checked the computer for him and told him where she was supposed to be but in the five minutes he searched she wasn't there. Starting to panic, he jumped when Alec laid a hand on his shoulder. "Anything?"

Kevin turned to see that the rest of their friends had joined them. In absence of a wife, he was grateful to have his 'family' there with him. "She isn't where they said she would be. No one will tell me what happened or how bad it is..." He trailed off when two orderlies wheeled a gurney past, a whiet sheet covering a body.

"Poor kid." The one orderly said to the other. "Car accidents are seriously a tragic thing."

Kevin's heart started beating faster as he stared at them and realized that under that sheet could be his daughter...his teenager who was supposed to be graduating at the top of her class in just two months. Lost in his thoughts, he jumped again when Alec shook him.

"Uh...Margaret Dolenz?"

Everyone looked up and Kevin raced to the doctor who had called her name, quickly followed by Alec. "I'm her father. What happened? Is she okay?"

Alec laid a hand on his friend's shoulder to calm him down, praying that his goddaughter was alright.

The doctor nodded. "She'll be fine. She has a concussion and she is going to be sore for a while. She and the boy she was with were in a car accident. The way your daughter tells it, they were driving and he started swerving to be funny. She tried to get him to stop but when she tried to grab the wheel a car came at him." He sighed. "The evidence backs that story, so the way the officers see it, she won't be in any trouble."

"Thank God." Leslie whispered behind her husband.

The doctor nodded and then sighed again. "Mr. Dolenz...there is something els ethat I need to be aware of."

Kevin nodded in fear. "Okay."

"The boy she was with, Evan Connelly, died about a half hour ago." He paused. "I told her a little while ago. She'll be pretty out of it for a while, but you can take her home. Just be sure to wake her up every few hours to make sure her concussion doesn't make anymore complications."

Kevin stared at the wall behind the doctor. He still had to convince himself that she was going to be okay, but the full weight of what he was just told was hitting him as he watched the doctor walk away.

"This is going to kill her." Wendy muttered next to Jules and Leslie.

"He was terrible anyway. I can't believe she dated him. He could have killed her." Kirby complained.

Kevin wasn't paying attention as he suddenly saw his daughter coming towards him. "Oh God." He wrapped his arms tightly around her. "Mags."

She clutched his jacket tightly in her fist. "Daddy..."

"Are you okay?" Alec asked quickly.

"I just want to go home." She muttered into her dad's chest.

'Yeah.' Kevin thought as he watched her sleep that night. 'This is not going to be easy.'