That night was hardest.Nick decided to tell Alex about the divorce.She was waiting of her to tuck him in.He came and sat on her bed.

"Alexis, we have to talk about something for a minute."

"Okay"

"Remember that movie we watched where the mommy and the dady got a divorce" Alex nodded "Well your mother and I are getting divorced too."

"She's not my mother"

"Yes, she is.Alex no matter what happens, she's your mother"

"What makes her my mother. The fact that I'm was sick and she's not here to take care of me, or is she my mother because when I drowning she was reading"

"What was she spose to do, by the time she got there you were fine"

"If she cared she would have been outside with me"

"Alexis you have to understand that it's not easy for her to watch you and your sister and go to work.What ever she did wrong, even if she left you home alone to go shopping, which she would never do, she'd still be your mother.And you have to understand that she and I will not be togther anymore"

"Then where will you be"

"We aren't gonna live togther anymore and we won't be married anymore.Your mother might get married to someone else or I might"

"I don't care" she said and turned over, Nick left It was already ready past twelve.Alex stayed up until then watching TV, she couldn't sleep because she had a fever. After he tucked her in he went to bed. Toward three am Alex began crying. She put her pillow over her head so Nick wouldn't wake up.Almost Four hundred miles away Dana was doing the same.Tears steamed down their eyes. Alex was crying because she wanted a mother, she wanted someone to be with her, to talk to her, to listen to her.Dana was crying because she wanted someone to love her.All her life she was driven by perfection.She drove it to the limit but sheunderstood that nothing was perfect if love wasen't real. Shenever had anyone to love her the way should be loved.She thought she found that love she needed in Nick, but now she knew that she was wrong.Her own child didn't even care about her.She knew that as a parent she had failed. But she loved her daughter and wanted the best for her.She decided to let Nick have custididty of her, she knew that if Alex stay with her it would drive her crazy.Both of them couldn't help but cry.They both knew their expections where too high to reach.Dana knew that Nick was right if their marrige is over there's "Nothing" they can do. Alexis knew that Nick was right too, Dana was her mother, no matter what she did she knew that Dana loved her.The next Morning, Alex didn't go to school she stayed at home with a sitter while Nick was at work. He was talking to Lana when his brother came.

"Hey Nicky"

"John don't you have a job"

"Don't you have a brain, today is"

"Friday, your day off"

"Yes, so I came to see what my soon to be divorced brother is doing" he said. Lu heard them

"What" She took a step to get closer to them "There's trouble in paradise. Miss.HighHeels dumped you after not even five years of marrige"

"Do you have to rub it in, Lu"

"I'm just saying that I think you guys are crazy, she probibly left you and went to her parents, that's why she's not coming to work. Most likly she left because you did something really stupid like, um... came home fately drunk thind time in one week, then you said something stupid like... your to young to understand something, and lied to her.Then one of you kids must have done something and she started crying and left."

"How did you do that" Nick asked

"Easy, you've always said you wanted to see how she would react to someting stupid, getting drunk three times in one week is stupid for someone who's not a achoholic is very stupid.Then you lied to cover up you stupidity because you knew if she found out you where drunk again you'd be in deep shit, and when she found out you told her she was too young to understand your 'adult feeling' she got mad.And your kid said somethhng to her or else Dana would have taken the kids."

"That is scary" John said

"No, it's not it's the truth, and that's what these two idiots have been hiding from for the past five years and that is way their marrige is 'shot to hell'"

"Shut up, Lu, that's not true" Nick snapped

"Dude, don't tell her to shut up,and yes it is. All this time you've made the impretion that your marrige is perfect, it's not accept it"
Lu was his wife. They had been married for about six years.He wasen't there all time to see his brother he was there to be with his wife.

"Just leave, both of you" Nick walked away.He walked into Dana's office, and picked up the phone and dailed her number.She the phone, rang for a few seconds and finally she answered.

"What" she sounded depressed

"Dana, get your ass home right now"

"I can't come home right now"

"Why the hell not?"

"My father had a heart attack, I have to got to the hospital with him, I have to be with him."

"Your still at home"

"Where waiting for a ambulance"

"Why are sure it was a heart attack"

"I'm not, I'm ... I don't what to do anymore, I'm lost." she stated, and begun to cry.

"Do you want to to come there"

"No, I haven't told my parents about our marrige"

"So tell them, I'm your friend"

"Nick, I'm not ready to see you"

"We have to talk sooner or later, I don't wanna wait until after the divorce to say this to you"

"Well then tell me now"

"I wanna tell to, while looking into your eyes"

"Well then find a picture off me, look into my eyes and tell me over the phone"The tears where streaming down her eyes, she didn't know why she was crying, was it because she was about to lose her father or becasue she was about to lose her husbent.

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