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A/N: Sorry about the delay. I couldn't figure out how to type up this chapter. I got a lot of angry reviewers! Actually it was pretty funny. Here's the next chapter. I hope you guys like it!

Sydney's POV

Matt had turned the corner when I snapped out of my daze. I couldn't believe what had just happened. After he stormed back inside Brian and Aunt Mia went after him then we heard many angry shouts and a smack. I froze with fear when I heard that sound. I thought that Matt had punched Brian but by the look on Matt's face, as he ran for the car, and the blood coming out of his mouth I knew that one of them had hit Matt.

Everyone was frozen in shock at what we had seen. Vince was the first one to snap out of the daze. He ran into the kitchen and came back a few seconds later with his car keys in hand.

"Where are you going?" Dad demanded and Vince wheeled around, fury on his face.

"You may not care about Matt anymore but I'm going to stop him before he gets into a wreak or something." And with that he got into his car and sped off to find Matt.

"What happened?" Dad asked Brian and Aunt Mia. By that time Aunt Mia was crying, but weather it was from anger or sadness, I couldn't tell you. Brian looked furious, his face was blood red and he was shaking.

"Matt started to say some things to Mia that he shouldn't have, so I stopped him." Brian said like it was the simplest thing in the world.

"What did he say?" Mom asked in a questioning voice.

"He called me a skank and accused us of have sex everyday." Aunt Mia said hotly. I was shocked at what she had said. I knew Matt was upset but I didn't think he would go that far. Tess, unlike me, wasn't surprised.

"Exactly, how did you 'stop' him?" Tess' eyes were squinting with anger.

"Yeah, what did you do?" Leon asked.

"I hit him." Brian thought it was nothing.

"You WHAT!" Tess screamed and my jaw dropped.

"He deserved it." Aunt Mia sided with Brian. Tess snorted with anger.

"He deserved it?" She asked them and they nodded. "You people make me sick!" She yelled in Brian and Aunt Mia's face. "You have him move in without asking Matt what he thinks, then finds you two making out in the kitchen and he deserves to get slapped in the face by a guy who just up and decides to be a father! That's MESSED UP!"

Tess's POV

I was fuming. How could they be so terrible to Matt? He was their son for Good-ness sakes! How could they be so selfish!

"You don't know anything about it Tess." Mia said in a snotty voice, like I should butt out and it's none of my business. She reminded me of a young teen that acted like Brian loved her and they were perfect. No one else mattered. Not even her own son.

"No Mia you don't know anything. You are so stuck in your own world you haven't even noticed how upset your son is. Did you even think to ask what he thought about Brian being back?" Reality rushed over Mia like a wave and she was herself again. It was like on Charmed when someone had a spell cast on him or her. They act the complete opposite in personality but after the spell is lifted they go back to normal. Mia realized how bad she had been to Matt and worry filled her eyes and her face went pale.

"Lord, what have I done?" She said to no one in particular and sat down on a picnic table bench. I knew she was sorry but I wasn't about to let her off so easy. Anger was still racing through my veins. "We have to find him."

"Call me crazy but I don't think he'll want to talk to us." Jesse said.

"That's why Vince went after him." Sydney told him. I nodded in agreement.

"Matt had no right to say that to his mom." Brian defended his actions.

"Maybe not. But you have absolutely no right to hit him. Put yourself in Matt's shoes. You decide after sixteen years to come back and be a Dad, then you move in automatically without considering his feelings. You'd be ticked too. Then you did the Mother-Of-All-Things, making out with Mia and then hitting him. I'd be surprised if he ever looks at you again. You don't deserve Matt."

By that time everyone was staring at me. They couldn't believe what I had said. I couldn't stay at this place anymore; I was going to walk to my house.

Half way down the driveway I turned at looked straight into Brian's eyes. "You lost any chance you ever had with him." Then I walked to my house, where I knew my Dad would be at work and my brother would be locked away in his own world.

Matt's POV

Needless to say I didn't make it far enough to see snow. I didn't make it out of town. I would have but when I started to cry I couldn't stop and I had to pull over. Lying stretched out in the back seat, I bawled until I thought I didn't have any more tears. Then I turned on the radio and laid back down trying to relax and figure out what to do.

My eyes began to flutter as I fought really hard to stay awake. I lost the battle and let darkness overcome me.

A slamming sound woke me from my sleep and I jumped up groggily to see what had made the noise. The radio was still going and I looked outside to see two guys dressed to back running from the car.

I blinked several times and when I looked up they were gone. Slowly I got out of the car and looked around. It was pitch black outside and I turn around to see a car coming my way. The high beams blinded me and I flung a hand up to shield my eyes.

The driver pulled up next to me and stopped, rolling down the window. It was Vince. He jumped out of the car and pulled me into a hug. I gratefully hugged him back and fresh tears came again.

Ten minutes later we were on our way to Vince's place.

"I won't take you back there." He told me as he stopped at a red light.

"Thanks, V." I said in a weak voice. I didn't have any more energy to fight or be angry. He looked over at me surprised.

"Did you think I was going to take you back there?" He asked in a shocked whisper.

I shrugged. "Yeah… No… Maybe."

"Why? You know me Matt."

"Well, I also thought I knew Mom and everyone else. They just welcomed him with open arms."

"True." He admitted.

"I don't want to see them, Vince." I begged. "Please don't make me talk to them. I'll talk to Syd and Tess but I don't even want to see Mom or him."

"Matt I'm not going to make you do anything you don't want to. Frankly, I don't blame you for being mad. Heck, I am and I won't have to put up with him as much as you do. But you can hang out at my place for as long as you want, whenever you want. You've got a key."

"Thanks, V" He messed up my hair.

Vince's POV

When we got to my place I help Matt clean up his cut lip. Brian got a really good hit in. That made me even madder.

After Matt went to sleep I called Dom up. I decided to wait as long as possible to call him and Mia. I didn't care if they worried themselves bald. After what they did to him, they deserved it.

I was more shocked than mad at Dom. It was the mere thought that Dom welcomed Brian with opened arms and didn't get mad at him when he hit Matt. I was with Matt, I didn't want to speak to or see Mia or Dom. It was around midnight when I called. The phone only rang once.

"Hello?" The voice asked worriedly. It was Mia.

I thought about hanging up on her, but didn't. After a few seconds she said hello again and I told her to put Jesse on. I didn't want to talk to her.

"Is Matt there? Is he alright?" She ignored my demand.

"Let me talk to Jesse." I snarled.

"Vince you had better tell me if my son is alright!" She cried hysterically.

"Oh, now he's your son? Silly me I thought he was a punching bag!" I roared into the phone. That stunned her and I heard her pass the phone to Jesse.

"Vince? What's up?" He asked nervously. He thought I was gonna yell at him.

"He's fine." I gruffly said into the phone. "Found him on a back road. Tell Mia to get her priorities straight." Then I slammed the phone down. Matt shivered in his sleep and I went to get an extra blanket. Just as I went to put it on him the phone rang. I snatched the cordless off the counter top.

"What?" I was already in a bad mood and only one person would be calling at this time.

"Vince let me talk to Matt." It was Dom.

"No." I said simply and hung up. Then I turned the ringer off and turned off my cell phone. Then I put the blanket over Matt and went to bed.

Matt's POV

"Hey buddy, wake up!" Vince shook my shoulder. I yawned and scratched at my eyes.

"What time is it?" I sat up on the couch.

"A little after seven." He told me and sat down on the edge of the couch. "I called Syd and she said that Leon was the only one at the house so if you want to I can take you over there to get ready for school or you can skip today."

"You'd let me skip?" I raised an eyebrow at him. He smiled and shrugged. "Give me a minute." I needed to talk to Sydney and I couldn't afford to miss school. After you miss three days of school you have to take finals and I always get sick in January. I mean really sick. No matter what.

It was a five-minute drive to the house but when I got there Sydney bombarded me with questions.

"Are you ok? Where did you go? What happened? Did…" at that point she stopped and slapped me upside the head. "Don't you EVER scare me like that again!" Then she hugged me.

"I'll tell you about it later." I laughed and hugged her back. After that I showered and changed, then we left.

Mia's POV

We left the store around 9:00 to get my car. When I say We I mean Dom and me. Matt sure did go way out. It took a while to get to my car. There wasn't much talk; we talked a lot last night. Brian and I decided it would be best if he moved back out.

"Do you think he hates me?" I asked out of the blue.

Dom was startled. "No. He's a kid he'll get over it. It'll take a while, but he'll be fine."

I shrugged. I couldn't believe how horrible and self-centered I had been.

Dom pulled over and I looked out my window to see my car sitting on the side of the road. I got out and then sat down into my car.

Dom left after I started the engine. It was a back road out in the middle of nowhere so we did have to worry about speeding. Dom was already out of site and that's saying something considering how straight the road is. He was still thinking about last night. Heck, we all were.

Sydney wouldn't look anyone in the eye, let alone talk to any of us. Vince was so angry with everyone; he wouldn't talk to Dom or me.

I sighed and put the car in drive. I had to get to work. My hospital shift started in less than a half hour.

I was going 60 when I saw the stop sign. I hadn't turned or anything the road led my straight to the city. That's when I realized something was wrong with the car. Cars were rushing parallel to the stop sign and I hit the brake.

Nothing happen. I was still going 60 mph.

I stomped on the brake, and yet again nothing happened! Horrified I tried to swerve out of the way but as soon as I did that I went into the intersection and was facing a tractor-trailer. I slammed on the gas again but it didn't matter. I was too late, the truck hit me with full force and the last thing that went through my mind was the look on Matt's face after Brian hit him.

Then I blacked out.

A/N: Cliffhanger! Wow this is a long chapter! At least it is for me. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I promise to get the next chapter out soon. Summer break is coming up so I'll have more time to update. Please review!

Nighttime Writer: WOW! I didn't think that you would get that upset! Lol but I admit, I laugh every time I read that review. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please R/R!

LizzyB22: I'm happy you liked the Carlos stuff. He's going to get Sydney into a lot of trouble. I think the chapter will answer the other question. I hope you enjoyed! Please R/R!

Crzywhtgrl508: SORRY! Lol

Fieke: That's a really good idea but I already had this planned out. BUT! I needed an idea for later on in the story. That review helped a lot! I like the Matt and Tess stuff too. If you have any ideas for that please tell me. I love hearing everyone's thoughts! Please continue to R/R! I hope you liked the chapter!