Title: Trouble at Home
Author's notes: Well, this is my first In a Heartbeat Fanfic story, so please be
kind! It's rating PG-13 for some upcoming violence.
Disclaimer: Sadly I do not own any of these characters, or the show. They
belong to the Disney channel, Those executive producer Pierce guys, and
whatever production company (Don't know the name)

Okay, here it is, Enjoy!!!!

Chapter One

"45 year old female, Unconscious, 112 Hillcrest" A voice spoke over the
radio.

"Okay we're on it" Hank responded. Tyler turned on the sirens as they sped
to the site.
******

"I walk her dog and I was coming in and she was just lying there, and I
didn't know what to do!! Is she, is she dead?" A hysterical woman met the
squad at the door.

"Okay, Jamie, check vitals, Tyler, lets-"

"Hank," Val interrupted him.

"What Val?"

"Do you realize who this is?" Val asked, her eyes widening.

Hank sighed impatiently. "No I don't, who?"

"It's Mayor Rivera!!"

"Well, Mayor or not, we gotta get her to the hospital, and now." Hank replied
as they headed out the door with their very important patient on the gurney.

1 Week later

"Well, I think you guys are the biggest celebrities in Kingsport right now."
Alex stated as he walked into the lounge of the Station. In his hand was the
daily paper. "Local teen EMTs save Mayor's life" He tossed the paper on the
coffee table.

"Wow, this is so cool!" Val exclaimed. "And look, it even has our names
listed on here! 'The four heroes attend the local High school and spend their
after school hours doing volunteer work for the teen EMT program in
Kingsport. These four teenagers; Hank Beachum, Tyler Connel, Val Linear
and Jamie Waite, all devote their time to saving lives and have made a
phenomenal improvement admidst this Town's EMS program. These
students can surely be an example to us all.'" Val read. "And that's just part
of it!"

"Yeah, that's pretty cool." Tyler agreed.

"But you know what's funny?" Hank looked at Alex. "The call wasn't that
big of a deal. It wasn't really life threatening, she had just fallen, blacked out
and ended up with just a mild concussion."

"Yeah, pretty ironic how one important person's life can seem more
important than the average person's," Alex agreed. He was about to continue,
but was cut off by the familiar chirping of his cell phone. "Hello......Oh hello
Mrs. Mayor" He glanced at the group and raised his eyebrows in question.
"Uh huh, okay,.............well, that's amazing..............yes, I'm very proud of
them...............Really, well, that is an honor, uh huh...........Friday, 7 o'clock?.
............Yes Ma'am, I will tell them, and I will see you on Friday.........Okay,
Bye." He hung up the phone and turned back around. "Well, you guys will
not believe this! The Mayor is throwing an honorary banquet for you all this
Friday at the Town Hall. All your families are invited, and if I understand the
mayor, there's going to be some kind of special ceremony."

"Man, they are really blowing this out of proportion!!" Hank exclaimed.

"Yeah, but still, a banquet! That's fine with me!" Tyler replied. "Wait till
William gets a load of this!"

"I can't believe they're honoring us!" Val grinned excitedly.

"Yeah, that's great." Jamie muttered, his eyes downcast. Everyone else was
too busy talking about the ceremony to even hear him.

********
"I read that article in the paper about you guys, pretty cool Jamie." Katie said
as the two were walking home from school the next day.

"Yeah, I guess. But they're making too big of a deal out of this. They're even
doing this big ceremony and everyone's invited. It's stupid." Jamie replied,
kicking a small twig lying on the ground in frustration.

"Oh right, Val was talking about that. Is your dad going?" Katie asked.

"My dad? Um, no, he, ah, he has to work, yeah." Jamie responded. He
reached up and pulled a leaf off a tree. His T-shirt came up when he raised
his arms, exposing a dark purple bruise on his side. He noticed about the
same time that Katie did, and jerked his arms down.

"Jamie," Katie lifted up his shirt to look at the bruise. "How did this happen?
It's huge." She touched it gently, and saw Jamie flinch.

"Um, I don't know, I guess I fell or something."

"Gosh I think I'd remember if I did something like that." Katie said.

"Look Katie could you just drop it!" Jamie exclaimed. Katie looked at him,
surprised. He sighed. "Sorry, it's just-. Well, it's no big deal."

"Okay, whatever." Katie shrugged her shoulders, and they walked in silence.

When they reached Jamie's house, Katie said "Hey, how about I come with
you tomorrow to that ceremony thing, you know, just, for the heck of it."

Jamie smiled. "Sure, that'd be cool." He looked up at his house and visibly
stiffened. There was a car in the driveway. "Great, he's home." he muttered,
almost inaudibly.

"Jamie, are you okay?" Katie asked, concerned.

"Um yeah, I'll see you later Katie." Jamie said quickly. Then, taking a deep
breath, he walked toward his house.

Katie shook her head. There was something wrong, if only Jamie would tell
her.