A/N: SO, so, so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o sorry for the wait!

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"W-what? Is this some kind of joke?"

"No ma'am, I'm sorry, this is not a joke. Your son is in critical condition. He might not make it, I'm sorry."

"…"

"Miss, are you still there? …? Miss?"

"What? Oh, yes, I'm still here."

"Are you alright?"

"Please, could you tell me what happened? Why's he in the emergency room?"

"He overdosed. Once again I'm very sorry,"

"It's alright," she said calmly, no, she said it numbly.

"Miss, are you sure you're alright?"

"Yes, I'm fine,"

"If you're sure; now I'm sure this is hard on you, but we would like for you to come over-"

"I'm sorry, but I have to go now,"

"Miss? Miss?"

"Bye-bye." And with that the phone was hung up, the womyn already walking away as if nothing had happened. She looked calm on the out side, but that's only because she was numb on the inside.

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1 Week Later (Bastion's P.O.V)

"Um, excuse me, miss, do you think we could go see Jaden now?" Jesse asked the womyn after she informed us that he'd been moved from critical care and the emergency room and into one of the other wards; he would still need to be here a while longer but at least now we knew that he would live.

The nurse nodded and led us to his new room. Jesse rushed over to sit by his bed side. Jaden looked up and smiled. The nurse left us alone.

"Jaden, how are you feeling?" Jesse asked.

"Fine, um, Jesse?"

"Yea?"

"I'm sorry for worrying you." Jesse smiled reassuringly.

"It's okay," Jaden smiled sadly. I sighed getting, both of their attention, figuring it was time for me to enter the conversation.

"Mind telling us why you do this crap?" I asked, I didn't mean for it to sound rude, but I wanted some answers.

"Bastion!" Jesse turned to me, he never likes it when I'm straight forward. But Jaden turned to look at Jesse again and said "It's alright." Before turning to look at me again. He looked nervous and unsure and like he was trying to think of were to start before saying "It's a long storyt,"

"We've got time," I said and Jesse smiled brightly at him. Jaden gave a weak smile in return before sighing and telling his tale. It was most likely an edited version, one without all the details, just the most important facts, and there were several times where he had to stop talking for a moment to get a grip on his emotions. But by the end of it he still ended up in tears with Jesse comforting him.

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Later at Bastion's and Jesse's house (still Bastion's P.O.V)

Jesse and I sat on our couch in the living room. The T.V was on, but neither of us was really paying attention to what was on, we were both too caught up in our own thoughts. Neither of us could believe what Jaden had said. It's no wonder he turned to that garbage, he didn't have anything to live for.

"Hey, Bastion?" Jesse said, catching me off guard.

"Yea?" I said as I turned to look at him.

"I've been thinking, and, well, do you think we could have Jaden move in with us?" He asked looking hopeful. Once again I was caught off guard, but thinking about it, it did sound like a good idea. Jaden did seem to want help, so maybe he wasn't really a lost cause. He just needed some thing or someone to live for.

Smiling I turned to Jesse and said "Yea, that sounds like a good idea." And he jumped into my lap, wrapping him arms around me and thanked me, all the while smiling the biggest smile I'd ever seen on him.

"Can we ask tomorrow?" he asked eagerly. I smiled and nodded.

"I don't see why not."

"Yea!"

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The Next morning

"Hey Jaden!" Jesse said as he and I walked into Jaden's room at the hospital. He smiled at us from his bed.

"Hey Jesse, Bastion," he greeted as Jesse took a seat next to his bed and I leaned against a wall.

"Jaden, we've got something to ask you!" Jesse said happily. Jaden tilted his head, obviously confused.

"What is it?" he asked innocently. Jesse's smile brightened, he seemed to like smiling at Jaden.

"Well, Bastion and I were talking last night and we both agreed that, if you wanted to, it would be a good for you to move in with us!" Jesse said. Jaden looked confused for a second or two longer before smiling a hopeful smile.

"You mean it? It's really okay?" He asked.

"Of course!" Jesse nodded.

"But, only on one condition." Both of them looked at me.

"What's the condition?" Jaden asked.

"You can NEVER go back to that crap again. If you do I won't hesitate to kick you out. You have me and Jess now, if you ever feel like going back to that then you come and talk to us instead."

Jaden smile "okay, that's a good idea." And we all smiled.

"Then it's settled."

"Alright! Then as soon as you're out of this hospital we can take you home!" Jesse cheered happily.