A/N- Here's the next one! I know, the last part of the last one was complete fluff, but I couldn't resist, after all, they're finally together! Or at least for now…lol…Thanks to everyone who reviewed! And to Kim and Jenn! I love all of u who review, please keep reading and reviewing!! Bye for now, enjoy!

             "Oh come on, you've got to be kidding me!" Bright exclaimed, leaning back in his chair.

            Amy, Ephram, Bright and Delia were playing another game of Monopoly. Amy and Ephram were sitting beside each other, laughing at Bright's misfortune. He had just gotten sent to jail for the third time in a row, and he had been in first place, but was now slowly losing all his money.

            "Nope, bye-bye Bright!" Delia laughed.

            Bright sighed, "No need to be mean."

            They all laughed as Bright moved his playing piece to the jail spot.

            "Bright, you're such a sore loser!" Amy teased.

            Bright didn't respond but gave his little sister a look that plainly said 'I don't care, bite me! '.

            "Ephram," a voice said from the doorway.

            The four turned to see Dr. Brown standing there.

            "Hey Dad," Ephram replied, getting up.

            "Hi, looks like you guys are having fun," he smiled, "But can I talk to you for a second?"

            "Yeah, sure," Ephram nodded, "I'll be back. Amy, play my turn, okay?"

            She nodded as he smiled reassuringly at her.

            Father and son walked out into the hallway.

            "Come outside," Dr. Brown said quietly.

            Once they got there, he sat down and motioned for Ephram to sit down as well.

            "Colin's getting worse," Dr. Brown said, shaking his head, "We've put him on drugs to ease the pain but he's getting worse."

            Ephram sighed, "Okay, so what's next?"

            "Well," Dr. Brown started, "We think that we're going to have to operate if we're going to keep him alive."

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Dr. Brown and Ephram came back inside to find Delia, Amy and Bright still playing Monopoly. Delia had a huge pile of money in front of her, while Bright had about 5 pieces of monopoly money in front of him. Amy was somewhere in the middle but looked like she was just having fun watching her brother lose.

            Ephram sat down, his face solemn. Amy noticed right away that something was wrong.

            "Ephram?" she asked, "What's going on? What's wrong?"

            Ephram sighed. After his father had told him about the next surgery, Ephram had argued until Dr. Brown had agreed not to tell Amy yet. Ephram had wanted to tell her, but now it didn't seem like the most fun thing to do.

            "Don't worry about it right now," he replied, "Just play. Is it my turn?"

            His attempt at changing the subject didn't work. It only caught the attention of Bright and Delia as well.

            "No, Ephram." Amy said, "Please tell me now."

            Ephram sighed, "Amy, it's not good news."

            "I don't care!" Amy exclaimed angrily.

            "Alright. I'll tell all you guys," he conceded, taking Amy's hands in his own but addressing everyone.

            Delia looked frightened and Bright got up and stood behind her, putting his hands on her shoulders. Ephram managed a small smile and continued.

            "Okay, as I'm sure you guys were aware, Colin is getting worse." Ephram started, as the three other people nodded, "The only way to save him is to have my Dad operate on him again."

            Amy's eyes filled with tears and she looked down as Bright sighed heavily.

            "Again?!" Delia shouted, "That's the third time!"

            "I know. But there's one more thing," Ephram continued softly.

             "What is it?" Amy whispered.

            "The surgery's scheduled for tonight." he replied, looking only at Amy now.

            "So soon?" Bright asked, missing the connection that Amy and Ephram had shared.

            "Yeah, apparently the sooner the better." Ephram replied, breaking eye contact with Amy and looking at Bright.

            "Is there anything we can do?" Bright asked, sitting down again.

            "Uh, I'm not sure." Ephram replied honestly, "You can probably go visit him before hand."

            "Is there anyone in with him now?" Bright asked, getting up.

            "Yeah, Mr. and Mrs. Hart are in there. Laynie, too, I think." Ephram added, remembering that the younger girl had flown in last night.

            "Oh, that's right, Laynie's back," Bright recalled, "How is she taking this? Do you know?"

            Ephram shook his head, "No, I really haven't talked to her at all. I probably should, actually."

            "You know what? Why don't you and I walk down to his room, and I'll go see him once his family's done and you can make sure Laynie's alright, you know her better than I do." Bright suggested.

            Ephram thought about it for a moment and then turned to Amy.

            "Will you be okay?" he asked, brushing her cheek with his finger.

            She nodded taking his hand in hers and squeezing it.

"Yeah, you go. Delia and I will stay here, right Delia?" she smiled.

            Delia nodded, "Uh-huh. We'll be here when you get back."

            "Alright then, I'll be as quick as possible." Ephram promised, giving Amy a kiss on the cheek.

            "Okay," she whispered, letting go of his hand as he walked away with her brother.

            As the two boys walked out of the room, Ephram turned back to take one last glance at Amy.

            Things are back to normal, he thought sadly.