Nick's POV

As I was driving to pick Liam up from school, I had gotten call from the school saying there was an incident and they thought it would be best if Liam was taken out of school a little earlier. I got there and his teacher brought me into her private office.

"Can you to tell me what happened?" I asked as we walked in. I saw Liam was on her couch, curled up into a ball, and I was pretty sure I could hear him sobbing.

"Well I was having the kids make crafts and I got distracted helping this one student, I didn't see one of my other students, Alex, pick up one of the drills." She started off telling me and I sighed. Before she could even tell me the rest, I guess that kid thought it'd be funny to scare him a bit. "I don't think he meant any harm, he probably was just playing, but Liam got pretty shaken up by it."

It broke my heart to see him like this. I could see him visibly shaking and I could hear him crying. "I'm so sorry this happened." I nodded, it wasn't her fault and I don't know why this kid thought it would be a good idea. I have seen it countless times in my office that kids are scared after a classmate or siblings scares them with stories, or even stunts like this. He would never understand why people do this; it only makes the job harder for the parents and them.

"Thank you." I said and she left me alone with Liam in the room. I walked over and sat next to him and started rubbing his back. He looked up at me and I could see his eyes were red from crying and he was still shaking. "Hey, come here." I said and pulled him into a hug and he continued to cry a bit. "You're okay, dad's here now."

"I-I-I don't wanna g-go dad." He cried—I had a feeling that after that he wasn't going to want to go to that appointment. "I wanna go home."

I continued to rub his back and nodded—It could wait another time. After what just happened, I'm sure it isn't the best time.

"It's okay, shhh, I'll take you home, okay?" I said and he nodded. "I'll get your stuff." I said and went out to his teacher to get the rest of his stuff. Then I felt someone pull on my leg, I looked and saw it was his friend Charlie.

"Is he okay?" He asked.

"He'll be okay, don't worry." I told him.

"Tell him, I hope he feels better." He said and walked away. I grabbed his stuff and then went to get Liam and we left.

Once we got home, I brought Liam had fallen asleep, probably exhausted from what happened. I put him in his room to rest and decided to call Jeff.

"Hey, what's up?" Jeff asked when he picked up the phone. "Is the appointment over already?"

"There was an incident at school today, so I decided it was best to skip it." Nick told him and then he explained to Jeff what happened—at least as much as he got from the teacher. "I don't know what to do, Jeff. That kid really did a number on him—I think he wanted to run away from me at first."

"Geez—do you want me to come home?"

"No you don't—"

"Screw it, I'm coming home. I think our son needs both his dads right now." Jeff said and I smiled, I guess it wasn't a bad thing for him to come home early as well. It took him about 15 minutes and then he was home.

"So where is he?"

"In his room." I told Jeff. "I fell asleep in the car, I think he tired himself out."

"Poor thing." Jeff said and then my phone rang and I went into the kitchen to take it.

"This is Nick." I said when I picked up. "What's going on?" It was one of the other guys from the office, I wondered why they were calling me since I had taken the rest of the day off. "Hold on." I said as Jeff walked into the kitchen.

"Are you needed in your office, Dr. Duval?" Jeff asked me and I grinned, yes I was, but I couldn't leave. Not after what just happened with Liam, I couldn't leave him. "You go, I'll stay here with Liam, alright?"

"You sure?" I asked and he nodded. I then went back on the phone. "Okay, I'll be there in like twenty minutes." I told him and then hung up the phone. "Are you sure, you'll be okay?"

"Nick, we'll be fine. Go!" He said and with that I was out the door.

Jeff's POV

After Nick left I went up to Liam's room and peeked in. He was still asleep—well his back was turned, so I couldn't tell for sure. I walked in as quietly as I could, but I guess not as quiet as I thought because he then turned over—he was awake.

"Hey buddy." I said as I walked over to him and sat on the bed next to him.

"Daddy, you're home?" Liam asked me and I smiled. "Where's dad?"

"He had to go back to work—I guess they needed some help." I told him. "So I heard about what happened at school today." I then said and I saw—oh my, it was like the look I got whenever Nick mentioned that stuff. "You wanna talk about it?" I asked—but I regretted it, I shouldn't have asked, he probably won't want to talk about it.

He shook his head. "It's okay, you don't have to." I pulled him into a hug and I felt him relax.

"Don't let him take me." Liam whispered and a part of me didn't want to make him, I didn't like seeing him like that.

A little filler chapter, so I could get something up today. So since Junior year is over, I have more time on my hands…at least for the Summer! :) So hopefully more updates to come.

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