Part 3: Chapter 7

It was 3 AM on Tuesday morning. Chuck was lying down in his bed wide-awake. He couldn't sleep knowing that Troy Quintin was still out there and couldn't shake off the feeling that something bad was going to happen.

Chuck's finally decided to get up. He walked down the hall to Chris's room and opened the door. Chris was sound asleep and breathing normally. Chuck let out a sigh of relief, which woke Chris up.

"What the…?" Chris started to say before seeing Chuck. "Chuck?"

Chuck quickly closed the door, ran back into his room, and pretended to go to sleep. Chris came into the room and sat on the bed.

"Chuck," Chris said. "Chris Keller knows you're not asleep."

Chuck sat up and looked at Chris.

"I'm sorry Chris," Chuck said. "I was just checking to see if you were okay."

"Thanks," Chris said.

"A few weeks ago when I came home and found you on the floor, I thought you were dead," Chuck said. "You had lost so much blood. The paramedics said it was a miracle you were even alive. I was so scared that I was going to lose you."

"It's okay Chuck," Chris said. "Chris Keller is fine. More than fine. I'm not going anywhere."

"The guy who did this to you is still out there," Chuck said.

"Lana will find him," Chris said. "Hey, I'm sorry I didn't believe you."

"It's okay," Chuck said. "I'm sorry that your girlfriend turned out to be an FBI agent who only pretended to love you."

"That's okay," Chris said. "Chris Keller can just add it to his memoir."

"Am I in your memoir?" Chuck asked.

"Yes," Chris said. "Of course you are. You're the reason why I even started a memoir."

"I'm glad I could be an inspiration to someone," Chuck said. "Thank you."

"You're welcome," Chris said. "Now you need to get some sleep. You have school in a few hours."

"Okay," Chuck said. "Good night Chris."

"Good night Chuck," Chris said.

Chris got up and Chuck lied back down on his bed and got under the covers.

Chris began walking towards the room.

"Daddy wait," Chuck said.

Chris stopped and turned around.

"Can you stay here with me?" Chuck asked.

"Of course I can," Chris said smiling.