Chapter 28….

That afternoon shawn was laying on devon's bed,with her in his arms,when he got up and almost stepped on some music-sheets on the floor,so he bent over and picked them up;"What's this?"

"That's nothing,shawn!"said his girlfriend quickly as she tried to grab them out of his hand;"Give that back to me!"

"In a minute."started he teasing and kept the sheets out of devon's range while he read the song written on them;"Do you call this nothing?"

"Give those back to me,shawn Cassidy,I mean it!"warned devon him irritated while she got off the bed;"That isn't meant for your eyes!"

"When did you write this?"asked her boyfriend curious when she finally pulled them out of his hand;"Will you sing it for me,devon?"

"I'm not talking to you right now!"answered she angry and wanted to walk away;"You had no right to read that after I asked you to give it back!"

"You're right and I'm sorry,but would you please answer my question?"begged shawn as he pulled devon back,right into his arms;"When did you write this?"

"A few days ago,shawn."said his girlfriend;"Can we please just drop it now?"

"Only if you promise me to sing it for me sometime."smiled he and kissed her;"Please?"

Amanda was sitting in her study when her oldest daughter came in;"Are you and greg not together anymore?"

"Who told you that?"asked her mother surprised;"Did greg tell you?"

"No,he told mandy and dad that you'd put their relationship on hold when he saw them at tops."answered Alison;"Greg was really angry and it seems that he was blaming mandy for his problems with you,mom,then dad got mad at greg for going at it against mandy and so greg started going at it against dad and finally mandy had to pull dad away from greg to prevent them from really getting into a physical fight,so things were really getting out of hand today."

"Damn it!"said she tired;"I will talk to greg about that,because I don't want him to do that and if he wants to get mad at somebody he should get mad at me!"

"Why did you put your relationship with greg on hold?"started her daughter worried;"Was that because of everything that has been going on or is there more to that?"

"I just needed a break,Alison,that's all and I never told greg that it was going to be forever or anything."answered Amanda;"Maybe when things calm down a bit again…"

At the hospital kristy was standing next to carol's bed when her aunt and uncle came in;"Hi,honey,has there been any change?"

"No,none at all."said she and turned around;"Do you know a man named alan garrison or has dad ever said anything about him?"

"Not that I know of."answered Nicole surprised as she turned towards her husband;"Do you know anybody by that name,shane?"

"That name does ring a bell,but I can't remember where I heard that name before."started her husband slowly and looked at his niece;"Why are you asking us about him,kristy?"

"That man showed up at the house earlier and after telling me that he was sorry about my father's death he asked me to sell dad's company to him."answered she;"Dad isn't even gone for more then a few days."

"Sounds strange."said shane;"Do you want me to check that man out?"

"No,he's probably somebody that has worked with dad or something and I guess that he won't be the only one who will be asking me to sell the company to him."said his niece with a sad smile;"I will have a hard time convincing people that I can run dad's company almost as good as he did."

"Don't let anybody tell your otherwise!"warned Nicole her niece worried;"You're just as good as Michael was."

Just before nine that night alex had arrived at the club with her cousins and was walking up to her brother,who was standing by the bar with Darren,when they saw cathy dancing with some strange guy;"Isn't that cathy overthere?"

"It looks that way."said ginny as they reached her cousin and Darren;"Hi,guys."

"What's up with cathy and that guy overthere?"asked her cousin while she looked at nick;"Why is she dancing with him,nick?"

"How should I know?"answered he annoyed and walked away;"Go and ask her yourself!"

"Don't mind your brother,alex,he's been in a bad mood eversince his girlfriend walked in with that guy."said darren;"It seems that she has been gone for the whole weekend without telling him about it and now she suddenly shows up with this guy."

"Then why doesn't nick just go up to cathy and ask her what's going on?"asked steve;"Maybe that guy's just a cousin of hers or something,Darren."

"Nick did walk up to her when she first walked in with him,but cathy told him to mind his own business and left him standing there while she went dancing."answered he;"Nick thinks that his girlfriend is just doing this to get back at him for not coming to the concert with her last week and for not going to her birthdayparty before that."

"He should just dump her and get a nice girlfriend instead of such a spoiled brat."said alex angry;"She has been nothing but trouble for him since they started dating and she's always expecting nick to buy her expensive stuff,so he's better off without her."

At the hospital justin was sitting to his mother's bed when sage walked in;"Hi,where's your father?"

"I finally got him to go home for the night instead of staying here untill late tonight again."answered her boyfriend;"Are you working late again tonight?"

"Yes,I have to work a double-shift again."said sage;"Don't you think that you should go home as well,justin?"

"In a little while."started he hesitating;"Is she really going to wake up again?"

"Yes,we think so."answered his girlfriend while she put her arms around him;"Your mother's gonna get through this."

"I've always had a much better relationship with my mother then with my father and no matter what I wanted to do she was always there for me,supporting me in everything and not judging me."said justin with a faint smile;"Now I realize that my father has been there for me as well and that he has always been proud of me too,sage,but for a long time I thought that he wasn't and that was part of the reason why I moved down to new York,even though I knew how much I hurt my mother with that."

"Have you told your family about moving back here again yet?"asked she;"Have you told your father yet?"

"I told him yesterday when we finally had a really good talk after all that time and he was really happy about it."started her boyfriend softly;"After mom ended up in the hospital I was furious with dad and I blamed him for what had happened,but we finally sorted things out yesterday and mom will be really happy about that,because that was always a sore point with her,the way that dad and I were with eachother."

Patrick was walking through the park,on his way home,when he ran into a few guys from school,who suddenly got in his way;"Can you guys get out of my way and just let pass?"

"Why?"asked one of the guys and pushed Patrick away;"Walk around us,queer!"

"What for?"started he irritated;"You guys think that you're really touch with thee against one,ron,don't you?"

"Ron isn't scared of such a queer like you!"laughed one of the others;"Shouldn't you run home to mommy?"

"No,I'm not like you guys!"answered Patrick and pushed ron back;"Get out my way,ron!"

"Are you going to make me?"asked he angry while the other guys suddenly grabbed patrick's arms and ron hit him really hard in his stomach and against his face;"Fag!"

"Maybe you will walk around us next time!"laughed the third guy as they let Patrick fall down to the ground,on his knees in pain,and walked away;"See you at school,queer!"

At the club cathy was coming back from the bathroom when nick showed up and grabbed her arm;"Who's that guy and why are you spending the whole night with him instead of with me,cathy?"

"Let go off me!"said she angry while she pulled away from nick;"Just because we're seeing eachother that doesn't mean that I can't have fun with anybody else!"

"Do you call that having fun?"asked her boyfriend;"Are you doing this to get back at me or something?"

"I'm not doing anything!"answered cathy;"I'm just having fun with an old friend and if you can't handle that then that's your problem,nick,not mine!"

"Fine!"started he furious and walked away;"Have all the fun you want."

"Why don't you come over to my house tomorrow-night?"asked his girlfriend as she grabbed his arm and stopped him;"My parents are going to be gone for the whole night."

"Maybe."said nick surprised about her sudden change in attitude while he watched cathy walk away after she gave him a kiss;"If I feel like it."

To be continued….