Found Something

"So they still haven't called you back?" Stacey asked from her place on Olaf's lap.

"Not yet," Anders shook his head.

"But you went in almost a week ago," she said, "They must know something by now."

"Well, these things take time don't they?" Mike said, "They've got to make sure the results are correct so they've got to take their time."

"Yeah," Michele nodded, "I'm sure you'll hear from them any day now." Anders nodded, but did not look wholly convinced. Right at that moment, Ty, Dawn, Axl, and Zeb walked into the bar.

"Hey," Mike said.

"Hey," Ty walked over and he and Dawn sat down.

"Hi," Axl said and then looked at Anders, "You hear from the doctor yet?" Anders groaned and put his head in his hands while the others laughed.

"What?" Axl asked in confusion.

"No I haven't," Anders sighed.

"Oh, well I'm sure you will soon," Axl said cheerfully and Anders couldn't help, but laugh at his baby brother's optimism.

"Thanks Axl," he said, taking another swig of his beer. They all began talking normally, trying to keep their minds off hospitals and scans for one night. Anders sat quietly between his girlfriend and Dawn, for once he didn't really feel like talking.

"You okay?" Dawn whispered and he nodded minutely.

"You'll be fine Anders," she whispered and he glanced at her. She looked so sincere when she said it that Anders actually believed her.

"Thanks Dawn," he said quietly and the two of them turned back to the conversation. After that, Anders joined in and was actually enjoying himself. All around, the Johnsons and the goddesses were having a great night without anyone threatening them or the planet. They were listening to one of Olaf's stories when Anders' phone rang.

"It's the hospital," he said quietly to Michele before excusing himself. He returned a few minutes later looking confused.

"Who was it?" Axl asked.

"Hospital," Anders said.

"See, told you you'd hear from them soon," Axl smiled, but Anders didn't smile back.

"What did they say?" Michele asked and Anders looked at her.

"They found something on the scans," he said and watched as the smiles dropped from the faces of his family.

"Did they say what?" Ty asked.

"No," Anders shook his head, "Just that I need to come in tomorrow morning so they can go over them with me."

"I'm sure it's fine," Mike tried to assure his younger brother, but Anders didn't look convinced. Michele stood and walked over to him, wrapping her arms around him.

"You'll be fine," she whispered.

Alright, so it has recently been brought to my attention (not by anyone on here, but by someone I actually know) that I apparently don't know how to properly write dialogue. Not the words themselves, but the punctuation involved.

I am in my first year of university and I have never had a teacher or professor explain how to write dialogue. There was only ever one teacher who corrected something I did and it has led to the way I now write dialogue and use punctuation.

I do not know if it is correct as the internet has only confused me when I looked it up and I don't actually have any one I can ask. So I apologize if I am not writing any of this correctly and I also apologize for this rant.

Thanks for reading and I will have the next chapter up on Thursday!