"How many times do I have to say it?" Nick sat back in his chair in the interrogation room at the LPD. "I know my rights and I don't want a lawyer. I'm not denying anything. I did it."

"You neat a kid unconscious," John said.

"I actually kicked him," Nick said smugly. "So you take me, and you throw me in a cell if you want. I'm making your job a lot easier. I did it."

There was a knock on the two way mirror and John stepped out. "He's got the calvary here," Daniel said.

"Well he admitted to it all. I don't see any problem with it."

"Go take a look at the rioters and then tell me that." John sighed, shaking his head and then walking out.

The seven remaining members of the Love Crew stood there with Michael. "What's going on in there?" Shannon asked John. "We get a phone call... Nick was arrested?"

"He's being held for battery."

"Battery?" Marcie said.

"Yeah, seems that one of those University frat parties got out of control and Nick had to be pulled off the guy... Ethan Harrison."

"So they were fighting," Riley said. "It's the KAD. There's always something going on over there."

"He was kicking the kid while he was on the ground." John explained.

Mark closed his eyes, the headache intense as he could hear the words replay in his mind. 'Come on. Come on! That's enough, let's get out of here!' Mark could feel the blows to his gut and the nerves in his arm involuntarily jerked. It was the most he had remembered about that night, but still no faces.

"He's been asking to talk to you though," John looked at Mark. "You're mark, right?"

"Yeah," Mark said softly. "He wants to see me?"

"That's what he said. The officer can take you down there." John waved over an officer, instructed him what to do and stood back as Mark was led away.

"Johnny..." Michael said. "Bro, we need to talk. Can we..."

"Sure..." John said. "Uh, we can use Bo's office."

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Mark stepped into the holding area where Nick was in isolation. The officer allowed him into the cell. "What did you do?" Mark said softly.

Nick sighed. "I really don't know how many people have to ask me that today."

"They said that you put Ethan in the hospital. What were you thinking?"

"You have no idea," Nick said.

Mark took a seat in front of him. "Why don't you tell me?" he said. "Nick... please, help me understand."

Nick shook his head, "You don't remember. You don't remember anything, but I know. I heard all about what happened that night that you ended up in the hospital. I know every detail."

mark shook his head. "I don't know what that has to do with you beating the life out of Ethan."

"I would never say something like this... but if Ethan Harrison never wakes up... if he dies by some odd chance and I had to spend the rest of my life locked up, I wouldn't care. Not after what he did."

"What did he do!"

He's the one who put you in that coma! He attacked you that day and he admitted it!"

Mark was frozen, shook his head. "There were two of them," he said "I don't remember who did it, but there were two people Nick."

"And one of them was Ethan. He bragged about it. About how he hurt you and..."

"You need a lawyer." Mark said "Nick..."

"No."

"Please don't argue with me about this. You need a lawyer. And if you did this spur of the moment in a blind rage, unplanned, there might be something a lawyer can do to help you."

"I don't need a lawyer. I can afford one anyway. I know what I did. I'm not sorry."

"You did this for me," he said "If you end up in jail, I'm gonna feel responsible so please. One call. I want to make one call, that's all I'm asking you to let me do. I know a lawyer and he won't charge you anything."

"You name me one lawyer who won't be after me for cash and I'd say go for it."

"John J. Solomon, Attorney at Law," Mark said.

"No way," Nick said. "You call your Dad, and your gonna have to tell him everything. I'm gonna have to tell him everything..."

"What's worse, Nick. Having my Dad know that you're gay... or spending the rest of your life in jail?"

"I can not ask you to come out to your family like this."

"They're gonna have to know. I'm gonna have to tell them eventually. And right now is as good a time as any, don't you think? Let me call him. Nick, please. Let me do this for you."