Nat and Juanita just stood there and stared at the piece of paper, disbelievingly. This couldn't be it. How could Alex think he blamed him for this. It was their mothers Certificate of Death and until now Nat had not known how she had died, and even now he wasn't sure what it meant exactly. One point stuck out, 'Cause of Death: Undetected difficulties following the birth of Alexander Draper Wolff' Nat knew he had to speak to his dad, only he could shed some light on what happened.

"Nat, what happened when your mum died?" Juanita asked softly.

"I'm not sure," Nat said numb with shock, "I need to talk to dad."

Nat turned to face the door.

"DAD!" he called out loudly whilst a bit shakey.

Mr Wolff came into the room almost running.

"What happened when mum died?" Nat asked quietly.

Mr Wolff didn't say anything and just looked at Nat awkwardly.

"Maybe another tim… Where did you find that?" he said changing track seeing the certificate in Nat's hand.

"Alex had it. He was hiding it," Nat said slowly.

"Juanita, Nat, take a seat," Mr Wolff requested quietly after a couple of minutes.

Juanita and Nat walked slowly to Alex's unused bed and sat down. Nat was feeling a bit nervous, he half hoped that he would not find out how it all happened.

"It was just after Alex was born. Your mother fell in love with him at first sight, they seemed to bond immediately. The doctors were saying how odd it was because Alex wasn't crying, and he didn't for the first couple of days." Mr Wolff said, reliving the moments in his mind. "Your mother and I had an argument over what to name him, I wanted Karl Miles. We still hadn't made up 2 days later, Alex was still without a name, and your mother was clinging to him, they seemed to have bonded a lot in such a short time. The doctors had missed something when Alex was born, and she was slowly bleeding to death. By the time anyone realized it was too late and she died. At that exact same time Alex cried for the first time. I don't know how but Alex knew, the doctors tried to bring her back, but Alex knew, it took days to finally get him to stop crying. It was devastating, everything was going well. Now I can't help but think, would it have been easier if we didn't have that argument."

Mr Wolff began sobbing quietly, and both Juanita and Nat sat there teary eyed. They let it all sink in, and for Juanita it was almost too much.

After several minutes, in which Mr Wolff slowly regain his composure someone finally spoke.

"What was Alex's mother like?" Juanita asked in a barely audible whisper.

"Like Alex… Every day I see his mother in him, both were extremely strong willed, they liked to get their own way, they were both funny, and often inappropriate." Mr Wolff said getting a bit choked up, he knew he could not survive if Alex didn't come home.

Nat and Juanita both looked at each other, both were feeling the same thing and had come to the same understanding.

Juvenile Detention Centre

Sam was pushed roughly back into the cell, holding his nose which was bleeding profusely.

"How do you get a blood nose from talking on the phone?" Alex asked annoyed, he had half been hoping that the apartment would burn down destroying all the evidence.

"Guards have no sense of humour" Sam said tilting his head back and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"How do you find your way out of bed in the morning?" Alex asked heatedly, 'Could Nat have found anyone dumber?' he thought to himself.

"It just happens" Sam said uncaringly.

"Has anyone ever told you that you're a few fries short of a happy meal?" Alex asked getting riled up.

"Yeah, anyone ever told you, the wheel is spinning but the hamsters dead?" Sam retorted.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" Alex yelled angry at being insulted by this idiot.

"I'm sorry, I thought we were trading insults," Sam said sarcastically.

Alex put his head in his hands and tried to rip out his hair.

"Your making my brain go on strike… I'm getting dumber by the minute." Alex moaned.

"Get used to it, because if you don't change your be stuck here with someone dumber than me," Sam said lying down on his bed.

"Like who?" Alex said sceptically.

"The Timmerman Brothers… imagine four weeks stuck with the Timmerman Brothers" Sam said, he remembered having the misfortune of meeting them early in the summer after some sort of dress up party in which they were dressed as convicts, he remembered think about Australians when he saw them.

Alex shuddered slightly, 'either this guy is a few feathers short of a duck, or his madness is getting less credit than it deserves' Alex thought to himself as he tried to fend of the horrific images coming to mind of being trapped with the Timmerman Brothers.

Outside Amigos Middle and High School

"Guess what?" Nat said, seeing Cooper, Rosalina, Thomas, David and Qaasim for the first time in a weak.

"Your giving up on Alex and running away to join the circus?" Qaasim said

"Your dumping Rosalina and having it on with Juanita?" Thomas asked, earning him a slap across the back of the head.

"What? No! I think I know why Alex is the way he is," Nat said frowning.

"Nat, Alex is just Alex," Cooper said simply.

"He blames himself… well thinks I blame him for our mom dieing." Nat said continuing anyway.

"That is without a doubt the dumbest thing you have ever said," Rosalina responded.

"No, it's true, Sam rang last night…" Nat persisted.

"Is that the guy you tricked into going to jail?" Qaasim asked.

"That's one way of putting it… but yeah" Nat said bashfully.

"So he rang and said what? Alex murdered your mom?" Thomas said sullenly.

"That's not what happened" Nat said defensively.

"Well enlighten us, Nat" Thomas said aggressively.

"Alex thinks I blame him for our mom dieing, but she dies because the doctors missed something when he was born" Nat said trying to sound off hand.

The band stayed quiet for a minute, they had never heard how Nat and Alex's mom died before.

"Well think back, do you remember ever saying 'Alex, I blame you for killing mom'?" Thomas asked as he got on Nat's nerves.

Nat lashed out and punched Thomas in the Jaw.

"What was that for?" Thomas asked sulking as he rubbed his jaw.

"Because your being an asshole." Nat said angrily.

"I don't have time for this. Come on David." Thomas said turning to walk away.

"Why?" David asked looking bemused.

"Can't you see he is just making this up to get attention." Thomas said annoyed.

"Yeah because this is the kind of thing I make up." Nat said getting madder, "What do you think, Alex is at home and I'm pretending he's in jail to look good?"

Thomas glared at Nat, before walking off. David surprisingly did not follow.

"What's with him?" Qaasim asked surprised.

"He's sick of Alex getting everyone's attention" David said shrugging.

"What do you think?" Cooper asked.

"I don't know. It's not the same without him, but it's annoying thinking what could be wrong with him." David said a little flustered.