A/N: I changed the setting, instead of New York I changed where Peter lived to Philadelphia.
Written in the Stars
Chapter Four: Recovery and Exploration
She opened her eyes, one, then two, blinking slowly, circling the room. Sleeping soundly next to the patient was
a tired Tyler. She tried to move -to talk, to tell him she was ok, but a tube was down her throat.
"Hey your up. I'll go get the doctor," Tyler said as he touched his fiance's hand. She was in isolation, so Tyler was
dressed all in a gown and gloves. Little Elijah was at home with a friend.
"Hello Doctor, as you can tell the surgery was a success, we'll remove your tube in a couple of days. It'll be
months before your close to being back to normal, but with exercise and health training you'll be on your way,"
Val's doctor told her.
Val nodded happily with her head; she was glad to be alive.
*~*
Jamie sat on the plane alone staring out at the clouds. Caitie, being pregnant was unable to fly with him. He
missed her and the girls terribly.
How could Peter be in jail? In jail for drugs? It just seemed unreal. Jamie was supposed to be the screw up, the
one who did everything wrong. It seemed odd now, here he sat with a wife, a good job, two daughters and two
more on the way, while Peter sat in jail.
"Welcome to Philadelphia."
Jamie took a cab and found his way to the police station, where his brother was held. "I'm here for Peter Waite,"
he told the officer.
"And who are you?"
"Dr. James Waite. I'm his brother. I have his bail money."
The officer nodded.. "Alright this way." Jamie walked down the long, dirty hall of the jail, searching the faces
for his brother.
"Little brother? He heard behind him as the officer stopped. Peter sat in the room shaking and sweating. He looked
like a wreck.
"He'll have to stay in town and await his hearing with the judge, We'll notice you."
Jamie nodded. "I posted your bail, let's go." gripping Peter by the arm.
"Good to see you, little brother." Peter said once they got in the car. "How's Caitie. How are my little nieces?"
"Kylie and Maddie are fine. Caitie and I are expecting twins."
"That's great, Jamie. Thanks for the bail."
"No problem. So, stop at your place?"
Peter looked nervous-antsy even. "No Laura kicked me out." Laura had been Peter's girlfriend for years. "What
happened I'd a thought you two would get married."
"She didn't like how I *changed*" Peter said in a mocking tone.
"Changed?"
"Oh don't look at me like that, I'm- I'm not an addict I just use it a couple of times, to take the edge off."
"I heard you lost your job at the firm." Jamie stated. "Caitie's a lawyer she could help you find some work at other
firms."
"I don't need anyone's help. I'm fine. I know it looks like my life is a mess right now but it's not really I'm fine.
Really I am."
Peter edge to the door of his new apartment . It was old and run down, nothing like the apartment of a once
successful lawyer. "I just need to lay down, you can say at a hotel or something."
"No, I'm staying here with you." How did Peter's life just fall apart like this? Jamie wondered.
"You don't have to. Go home to your wonderful life. I don't need you, Jamie." Peter replied. "I don't need anyone."
"And you need the Heroin? No I'm staying you need help."
*~*
The doctor left after telling Val and Tyler the news. Tyler looked over at Val, glad she was ok, "Elijah us at home
with Lauren." He told her and she nodded, "Caitie called awhile ago, asking if you were ok. Jamie had told her, and
I told her that once you woke up I would let her know. And she demaned for you to call her, once you could."
Val just smiled and nodded her head, as of saying ok.
*~*
Caitie was running around the house trying to get the the girls to settle down and get them feed. Just as she was
about to get them, the phone rang. She hoped it was Jamie with some news on Peter.
Caitie picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Caitie, it's great to hear your voice."
"Kylie and Maddie get to the kitchen now or you wont eat," Caitie screamed that went back to the phone, "Sorry.
Hank is that you?"
"Yeah it is. Looks like you have your hands full. How have you been?"
"Yeah We're all good. I've got these two monsters keeping me busy and two more on the way." She told Hank,
smiling at her children.
"That's great, congrats."
"So, what's up? You havn't called in a long time."
"Just calling to talk, I have the day off of work." He told her.
Hank had heard about Val and wanted to know if she was alright. The young but old man, had been absent from
his friends lives for years now. When his financee Ariana, died in a car crash, he had been left grief striken. Then,
he could not stand to see his friends; Jamie with Caitie and the kids, Tyler and Val with Elijah, even Brooke had
someone. Their happiness had made him angry, jealous. Still, now he felt the pains of Ariana's death, but he was
learning to get on with his life; to reconnect with his friends. And now seemed as good of time as any.
"How's Val?"
"She's made it out of surgery last I heard. I'm still furious that she didn't tell me she was sick, I'm planning to visit
her later this evening if I can though." Caitie replied. "Say are you in town?"
"Yeah, I am actually."
"Do u want to go over to the hospital with me, the kids and Brooke? "
"Sure, sounds like a plan." Hank replied, joyous that he was included into the circle once more.
"Great. Drop by around 8."
*~*
Jamie lay wide awake, miles away from his wife and family. Peter and Jamie had never been close, but he knew
that the elder Waite desperatly needed someones- anyones help.
To Jamie, it seemed that their had been no reason for Peter to abuse drugs. I had been a extremly succesful
lawyer, had a wonderful steady girlfriend, great salary. The life Jamie thought Peter had always wanted.
But, Peter hadn't. Something was missing from it, and he felt it held the key to any possible recovery Peter could
ever achieve.
Still, as Peter lay shievering and shakeing, Jamie knew that as Peter stayed longer and longer with out the Heroin
he'd get sicker and sicker, and he'd have to do anything in his power to stop Peter from obtaining that drug.
Jamie also knew something else.
He wondered if maybe he never knew his brother at all.
*~*
A/N: Hope u guys liked it. Sorry about the long wait! And please don't forget to review!
Written in the Stars
Chapter Four: Recovery and Exploration
She opened her eyes, one, then two, blinking slowly, circling the room. Sleeping soundly next to the patient was
a tired Tyler. She tried to move -to talk, to tell him she was ok, but a tube was down her throat.
"Hey your up. I'll go get the doctor," Tyler said as he touched his fiance's hand. She was in isolation, so Tyler was
dressed all in a gown and gloves. Little Elijah was at home with a friend.
"Hello Doctor, as you can tell the surgery was a success, we'll remove your tube in a couple of days. It'll be
months before your close to being back to normal, but with exercise and health training you'll be on your way,"
Val's doctor told her.
Val nodded happily with her head; she was glad to be alive.
*~*
Jamie sat on the plane alone staring out at the clouds. Caitie, being pregnant was unable to fly with him. He
missed her and the girls terribly.
How could Peter be in jail? In jail for drugs? It just seemed unreal. Jamie was supposed to be the screw up, the
one who did everything wrong. It seemed odd now, here he sat with a wife, a good job, two daughters and two
more on the way, while Peter sat in jail.
"Welcome to Philadelphia."
Jamie took a cab and found his way to the police station, where his brother was held. "I'm here for Peter Waite,"
he told the officer.
"And who are you?"
"Dr. James Waite. I'm his brother. I have his bail money."
The officer nodded.. "Alright this way." Jamie walked down the long, dirty hall of the jail, searching the faces
for his brother.
"Little brother? He heard behind him as the officer stopped. Peter sat in the room shaking and sweating. He looked
like a wreck.
"He'll have to stay in town and await his hearing with the judge, We'll notice you."
Jamie nodded. "I posted your bail, let's go." gripping Peter by the arm.
"Good to see you, little brother." Peter said once they got in the car. "How's Caitie. How are my little nieces?"
"Kylie and Maddie are fine. Caitie and I are expecting twins."
"That's great, Jamie. Thanks for the bail."
"No problem. So, stop at your place?"
Peter looked nervous-antsy even. "No Laura kicked me out." Laura had been Peter's girlfriend for years. "What
happened I'd a thought you two would get married."
"She didn't like how I *changed*" Peter said in a mocking tone.
"Changed?"
"Oh don't look at me like that, I'm- I'm not an addict I just use it a couple of times, to take the edge off."
"I heard you lost your job at the firm." Jamie stated. "Caitie's a lawyer she could help you find some work at other
firms."
"I don't need anyone's help. I'm fine. I know it looks like my life is a mess right now but it's not really I'm fine.
Really I am."
Peter edge to the door of his new apartment . It was old and run down, nothing like the apartment of a once
successful lawyer. "I just need to lay down, you can say at a hotel or something."
"No, I'm staying here with you." How did Peter's life just fall apart like this? Jamie wondered.
"You don't have to. Go home to your wonderful life. I don't need you, Jamie." Peter replied. "I don't need anyone."
"And you need the Heroin? No I'm staying you need help."
*~*
The doctor left after telling Val and Tyler the news. Tyler looked over at Val, glad she was ok, "Elijah us at home
with Lauren." He told her and she nodded, "Caitie called awhile ago, asking if you were ok. Jamie had told her, and
I told her that once you woke up I would let her know. And she demaned for you to call her, once you could."
Val just smiled and nodded her head, as of saying ok.
*~*
Caitie was running around the house trying to get the the girls to settle down and get them feed. Just as she was
about to get them, the phone rang. She hoped it was Jamie with some news on Peter.
Caitie picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hey Caitie, it's great to hear your voice."
"Kylie and Maddie get to the kitchen now or you wont eat," Caitie screamed that went back to the phone, "Sorry.
Hank is that you?"
"Yeah it is. Looks like you have your hands full. How have you been?"
"Yeah We're all good. I've got these two monsters keeping me busy and two more on the way." She told Hank,
smiling at her children.
"That's great, congrats."
"So, what's up? You havn't called in a long time."
"Just calling to talk, I have the day off of work." He told her.
Hank had heard about Val and wanted to know if she was alright. The young but old man, had been absent from
his friends lives for years now. When his financee Ariana, died in a car crash, he had been left grief striken. Then,
he could not stand to see his friends; Jamie with Caitie and the kids, Tyler and Val with Elijah, even Brooke had
someone. Their happiness had made him angry, jealous. Still, now he felt the pains of Ariana's death, but he was
learning to get on with his life; to reconnect with his friends. And now seemed as good of time as any.
"How's Val?"
"She's made it out of surgery last I heard. I'm still furious that she didn't tell me she was sick, I'm planning to visit
her later this evening if I can though." Caitie replied. "Say are you in town?"
"Yeah, I am actually."
"Do u want to go over to the hospital with me, the kids and Brooke? "
"Sure, sounds like a plan." Hank replied, joyous that he was included into the circle once more.
"Great. Drop by around 8."
*~*
Jamie lay wide awake, miles away from his wife and family. Peter and Jamie had never been close, but he knew
that the elder Waite desperatly needed someones- anyones help.
To Jamie, it seemed that their had been no reason for Peter to abuse drugs. I had been a extremly succesful
lawyer, had a wonderful steady girlfriend, great salary. The life Jamie thought Peter had always wanted.
But, Peter hadn't. Something was missing from it, and he felt it held the key to any possible recovery Peter could
ever achieve.
Still, as Peter lay shievering and shakeing, Jamie knew that as Peter stayed longer and longer with out the Heroin
he'd get sicker and sicker, and he'd have to do anything in his power to stop Peter from obtaining that drug.
Jamie also knew something else.
He wondered if maybe he never knew his brother at all.
*~*
A/N: Hope u guys liked it. Sorry about the long wait! And please don't forget to review!