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A/N: SORRY! I'm really starting to get into the bad habit of late updates. I got grounded.

Matt's POV

I felt warm and fuzzy when I woke up the next morning. At first the room and things slid in and out of focus. Blinking repeatedly, my eyes focused on brown hair. I jerked my head up to see that Sydney was sleeping in my bed, and then fell back onto my pillow because my head was spinning. I ran my hands through my dirty hair as Sydney began to stir. It was only 7:40.

She groaned, looked at the clock, and groaned again.

"Go back to sleep." I whispered to her and rolled over trying to get comfortable. She mumbled something and fell back asleep. After tossing and turning for a few minutes the only way to get comfortable was to lay my head on Sydney's shoulder and if I hadn't felt like a Mac truck had hit me I wouldn't have done it, but after last night I wanted to sleep away my problems.

Three hours later, I woke when Sydney tried to get up. I woke to find myself in the same position when I fell asleep. I stifled a yawn.

"You haven't slept in my room since we watched The Wolfman when our parents told us not to." I smiled at her.

"I was too freaked out to sleep alone last night." That's when my memories came flooding back to me. Mom was hurt, really hurt. Tear welled in my eyes and stung from the tears that had fallen the night before. She broke me from my thoughts. "Do I make a good pillow?"

"A little bony, but not bad." I shut my eyes again and sighed. The room was still spinning. "What is the matter with me?" I mumbled to myself but she heard.

"Leon slipped you something in you drink last night." She smirked. I rolled my eyes.

"Well that's nice to know."

"Do you want anything?" She sounded worried but I had my eyes shut so I couldn't see what her facial expression was. "I told him not to give you the whole thing."

"I don't trust you with my food any more." I scowled at her, not really angry, just feeling bad.

"I'm surprised you didn't kick me out of the bed, but you were out like a light." She lied back down and sighed in relaxation. "Your bed is really comfy."

We lay there for a while, I would have fallen asleep but my hand was throbbing and I looked to see in covered in gauze. That's when I remembered banging my hand off the floor. It was a good idea at the time, but now it hurt so badly. Sydney fell back asleep and I rolled out of bed, running my hands along the wall so I wouldn't run into anything.

After several minutes of stumbling down the stairs, I made it to the kitchen to find Vince and Leon talking.

"I only have one thought in my mind about who it was." Vince snarled to Leon.

"This is getting way out of hand." Leon shivered. "I didn't think Tran would stoop this low, but we can't be sure."

"Don't give me that bull, Leon. You and I both know it was him and his pack of goons. And now Mia might die." Vince's voice rose.

"DON'T SAY THAT!" Leon roared and jumped up so fast that the chair flew out from under him. "Mia's going to be just fine. She just needs time."

The kitchen door opened and I heard another voice. It was Brian.

"What are you two doing? The kids are still asleep." He demanded.

"That's funny that you're concerned about them now." Vince turned on Brian.

"Oh, don't bring up my mistakes now. Don't you think I feel bad enough as it is." He was getting mad now.

"Dr. Mathews told us last night that she's not going to get better and soon she'll be a vegetable! How do you tell that to a boy?" He shot back. My jaw dropped. Why hadn't they told me? I felt myself get angry again and after a few seconds of silence the door opened again and they all went outside. I sunk down the wall and curled up into a ball, crying away my thoughts.

Sydney's POV

I pretended to be asleep when Matt got up. He calls it playing opossum, but I say I'm being sneaky. I wasn't lying when I said his bed was comfortable. Throwing the covers over me, I heard angry shouts downstairs and went to investigate. By the time I got down there the only one left was Matt, who was crying away his misery. I threw my arms around him and he sobbed out what he had just heard and by the end, I was crying too.

"What'll happen to me?" He said after calming down some.

"What do you mean?" Confused, I stared at him.

"After you lose you're parents don't they put you in a foster home?"

My mind went into shock. What if he was right? But Dad wouldn't let that happen. Matt would have to stay with us. But then again, we weren't on the police's good list, and Brian was in big trouble right? I mean he had been on the run for a while. These thoughts brought on new thoughts of worry.

Matt's face was the palest I've ever seen. His hands were shaking. He looked like he was going to throw up or pass out. "I can't handle all of this Syd. I feel like my heart's gonna fall out. It hurt so bad…" He broke into sobs again.

I was horrified. For as long as I could remember Matt was last one to break apart, the last one to fall to pieces, the last one to cry. It was so hard to see him so helpless after everything we've been through.

He was the one to smile at Aunt Mia when she got married. We all hated the guy but Matt didn't have to heart to tell her that. He always thought that it had taken her so long to be happy, he wouldn't be the one to ruin it. Everyone's happiness came before his.

His shoulders racked with sobs when Vince, Brian, and Leon came back in. I was too deep in thought to see them, tears blurring my vision. But when I did look up they were a sight. For the first time ever, their disagreements went aside.

Matt looked up after a few seconds, straight into Vince's eyes, and said, " Mom's dying."

V's face fell and I knew he instantly regretted the shout match with Leon, who looked equally depressed. Brian looked like a lost puppy, not knowing what to do.

Matt and I knew it was true by the look on their face. "I knew it." Leon bent down and rubbed Matt's shoulder, in a comforting way.

"When will they come and take me away?" He sobbed out to them. The three grown men showed equal confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Vince lowered himself to Matt's level on the ground and Brian followed in suit. Matt choked, trying to get the words out and sobbing some more because he was afraid to say them, afraid that if he said them, they'd come true.

"Social Services." I told them. Matt gave me a grateful look. The guys' face released some tension.

"No one is going to take you away." Leon pulled Matt into his arms.

"This is different, Matt. You're living with your Uncle and Mom. No one in their right mind would take you away." Brian reassured us and I relaxed some. He opened his mouth to continue when the phone rang. Matt was going to get it when I jumped up.

"I got it." I told him and dashed out of the room to get it before the answering machine kicked on.

"Hello?" My voice was still kind of unstable.

"Are you guys ok?" It was Tess. "It's in the paper. How's Matt? How's she doing?"

"Not good. And I mean that for both of them."

"Ok well I'll be right over. But I also called to tell you something else."

"What's that?"

"You remember that Carlos guy?" My heart jumped. "I met him yesterday and he asked me to give you his number and he asked for yours."

"Did you give it to him?"

"No. I wanted you to."

Matt's POV

I used to hate being treated like a little kid and getting the 'Grown-up' line from Vince but after getting the facts, I would have given anything to be seven again and get the line from Vince. Someone cut the brakes in Mom's car. And it was my fault that I didn't tell anyone I'd seen someone the night before the accident. This was my entire fault. I should have told Vince when he picked me up. It was my fault Mom was dying.

An hour later, Tess showed up and we went to the hospital. No one said a word to her about how she yelled at everyone. They welcomed her with open arms. And after a few more hours I did something I should have done in the first place, I prayed. I went to the mini chapel next to the lobby and prayed.

"Lord," I whispered to myself. "I take full responsibility for what happened. I should have told Vince about seeing someone but I thought it was my imagination. Can you forgive me? Can you save Mom? Or is this my punishment? Now that I think about it I should have just not said anything about her being with Brian. What right do I have to stop her happiness? I should have kept my mouth shut and bared with it. I know I don't deserve this but if you could make Mom better…If you could save her…I'll give Brian…I'll give him another chance. Please help me. Punish me another way. I need her."

A/N: So was it good or bad? I sorry it's taken me so long. I couldn't get it right; this is my third or fourth try. And then I got myself grounded. Anyway if you're not to mad at me please review!

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