Chapter 1

Shaun Murphy woke up in his bed and reached over to pick up his phone. As he looked, at the time, he sprung awake. He then ran out of his bedroom into the living room/kitchen area where Lea sat on the couch watching TV.

"I overslept!" Shaun shouted. "I'm going to be late for work! Dr. Melendez will be mad!"

Lea stood up and walked over to Shaun.

"Shaun," Lea said calmly. "Relax. It's going to be okay."

There was then a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" Shaun asked. "It's 7:30 in the morning. People do not usually come over that early."

Lea walked to the door and opened it to see Clark standing there.

"The hell are you doing here?" Lea asked.

"Is Shaun home?" Clark asked.

Shaun walked over to the door.

"Why are you here?" Shaun asked. "We are not friends anymore."

"We need to talk, Shaun," Clark said.

Shaun slammed the door and Lea looked at him.

"Maybe you hear him out," Lea said.

"No thank you," Shaun said. "He was very mean to you. He's not my friend anymore."

After Shaun got ready, he walked into the hallway where Clark stood waiting.

"I am truly sorry," Clark said.

"I am ignoring you," Shaun said.

Clark followed Shaun into the elevator. As the elevator went down, Clark looked at Shaun.

"I am so sorry," Clark said.

Shaun didn't respond.

"Shaun," Clark said.

Clark followed Shaun outside the apartment building.

"I'm sorry," Clark said.

Clark stood beside Shaun on the bus, holding a safety handle.

"I'm sorry," Clark said.

As Shaun got off the bus at Saint Bonaventure, Clark followed him.

"I'm sorry!" Clark shouted.

Shaun stopped and turned around.

"Please talk to me," Clark said.

"Go back to Long Beach!" Shaun shouted.

"I'm not going anywhere until we have a mature…"

Before Clark could finish his sentence, a bus struck him.