"CHEN!"

She looked up startled at the crowd with her blood shot eyes

"Psych's on their way down" kerry reached out to gently touch her
shoulder

Deb pulled away,"He needs a different kind of help"

Mark looked at her questionally

Deb pushed her way past."Hey abby, I need a stuture kit"

"Are you okay??"

Deb nodded sadly,"I'm okay"

"Dave??"

"I can't say"Deb replied
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Had a bad day again
She said I would not understand
She left a note and said I'm sorry I
had a bad day again
She spilled her coffee,broke her shoelace
Smeared the lipstick on her face
Slammed the door and said I'm sorry I
Had a bad day again
And she swears there's nothing wrong
I hear her playing that same old song
She puts me off and pulls me on
Had a bad day again.............
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"No wonder he didn't want to tell anyone" Deb stuck her arm into her
jacket

"That's a hard secret to keep" John ran his fingers through his
hair,"For anyone"

"Look at the way they all stared at him"

Carter nodded,"I know" he closed his locker door lightly

"See you tomorrow" she smiled as he held the lounge door open for her

"Nope.I just got the day off"

Deb nodded,"Of course"
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"It's not your fault,Mark" Liz yawned

"I saw it coming" he ran his fingers through her hair,"he was on edge"

"You had no idea" she replied gently,"Don't blame yourself"

"I don't" Mark answered,"I blame his father"
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"He's asleep" Peter carried Reese's teddy bear under his arm

Cleo haned him the glass of wine."His eyes were dead"

Peter yawned,"You keep repeating yourself Cleo"

"What if it had been me??"

"It wasn't you" he replied,"this time it wasn't you"

"This time" Cleo repeated
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"Shrimp?"

Luka shook his head,"how can you eat with those things?"

Abby laughed,"It's easy"

"You're kidding!" Luka reached over and grabbed the kung pao
chicken,"Two sticks"

"That thing with Dave" Abby let the words fall quickly

"I can understand where he's coming from" luka replied

Abby raised an eyebrow

"Nothing's ever hurt you sooo bad....??" Luka asked
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"Kerry!" Kim called,"Phone"

She brought her head out of the bath,"Take a message"

"It's the hospital.About Malucci"


Kerry stood in the doorway water dripping down her legs.She
readjusted her towel,"What about Malucci?"
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