A/N: Wow 70 reviews! That's awesome! You guys I'm like going to cry because I'm sooo happy! Lol ok now I sound insane! No, but seriously your reviews been helping me through a lot. You guys have no idea. This story, well to be honest this is the one story that got me staying grounded…my outlet. I really can't be doing this without you guys. Well I'll stop speaking, and I'll get to your chapter now. Please review! and On with the story!


"Jack, you can sit here ok champ? Don't worry your dad is coming soon," the cop said gently.

"I'm s-s-s-sor-r-ry," Jack sat down dejectedly.

"It's ok kid, your dad was just really worried about you. He called several times looking for you kid. Consider yourself lucky, I don't know a lot of dads who do that for their kid," the cop told Jack kindly.

Once the cop was gone Bobby jumped from the bench and went over to the kid. He knew better than to believe the cops story of his dad being worried about him, especially with the confrontation down at the store earlier that day. Jack looked horrible, as he nervously played with his hair, which was falling in wisps in his eyes. The blue green eyes that had Goosebumps appear on Bobby's skin were huge and scared.

"Hey kid, you remember me?" Bobby asked bending down on the floor to meet Jack's eyes.

Jack nodded and quietly stuttered, "y-ye-yeah."

"You want to tell me what happened to you?" Bobby watched Jack tense up.

"I w-was a bad boy. I deserved to get h-h-hit. A-a-and so h-he h-h-hit me," Jack said his voice breaking.

"Why?" Bobby asked his voice soft.

"Be-be-ca-us I pe-ed wh-when I w-w-was…," Jack frowned stopping, frustrated, his fingers dug into his bruised arm as he tried sputtering the words out.

"It's ok Jackie, take your time," Bobby said patiently.

"I tr-i-ed t-to go t-to the ba-a-ath-ro-om b-bu-bu-but he-e s-sa-id I co-o-uldn't, a-a-nd I d-di-dn't wa-a-ant to dr-i-ink it ag-a-gain s-so I peed in the b-b-ush," he sputtered out, his face red by now whether from frustration or embarrassment Bobby didn't know.

"He made you drink your piss?" Bobby asked having his voice an active higher than his normal tone trying to keep the anger out of his voice.

Jack nodded not meeting Bobby's eye. It was a good thing though, for Bobby was seeing red, his anger reaching boiling point. He got up and started pacing a little to keep the anger from coming out. He stopped when he noticed Jack watching him fearfully.

"Jack you don't deserve to get hit ever," Bobby told the boy.

"Y-yes I d-d-do. J-j-ack always g-g-get hit. Jack bad boy," Jack said his eyes closed shut repeating it over and over again.

"No you don't Jackie never deserves to get hit," Bobby said looking at Jack's eyes.

"J-J-Jack deserves to get hit!" Jack muttered shutting his eyes tight and starting to rock back and forth. "Jack bad!"

"NO!" Bobby said gently. "Jack never deserves to get hit!"

"C'mon kid, Bobby's right," Jerry said comfortingly.

"No! D-da-daddy loves me a lot, a-a-nd he d-d-does it only when Jack's a bad boy. Jack bad boy," Jack told Bobby.

Angel looked at the kid and muttered, "Jack needs to stop referring to himself in the third person."

Bobby knew his mom would be here soon, and so would Phil. Phil would save Jack. Anyone could see it. He was an abused kid, mentally physically, there was no way this boy in front of him could live past the age of seven if his dad continued to pound on him merciless like he did. He saw the look in Dave's eyes. The look shook him down to Bobby's soul, as he watched Dave pet Jack as if he was some dog. He felt sick to his stomach as Jack allowed it, accepted it.

"Jackie? Is my son here?" Dave's voice rung throughout the station relieved as he spotted Jack on the bench.

"May I help you sir?" a police officer came up to the desk.

"Yes, my son. Someone called my house and said they found my son," Dave slurred his words together.

The charade had everyone in the station fooled, everyone except Bobby and Jerry who saw who he truly was earlier that afternoon. His eyes were slightly bloodshot, which meant he was drunk. And under his calm appearance he looked angry.

"I h-h-ha-ave to go now," Jack said quietly jumping off the seat.

Jack jumped from the seat and made his way slowly towards the man. He looked like a puppy with his tail between his legs as he looked up slightly before bending his head down again.

He followed his dad out of the station. Unflinching when the man shoved him forward almost making him trip over himself. "Get in the car Jack. I'll come in a few minutes."

"I knew you were a hoodlum," Dave said pointing to Bobby who straightened up his thumb hooking onto his belt loop making him look tough.

"You seriously can't believe this guy's bullshit," Bobby shouted pointing to the Dave.

"Officer would you please tell this boy to stay away from my son?" Dave said no one in particular.

"You're a fucking asshole! I swear to fucking god you touch your kid like that again I'll beat the shit out of you!" Bobby yelled from his spot.

Bobby's eyes met with Dave's and he felt his eyes boring holes into Bobby's own head.

"Mr. Rhoden, I think we've all had a long night. Jack should get into bed and rest. You should too. These boys won't cause you anymore trouble," the sergeant reassured the man stealing a moment to give Bobby a death glare.

Dave glared at Bobby who refused to be stared down before stomping out of the station. Seconds later a yelp followed by a squealing car could be heard outside. Bobby plopped down next to Angel, his head spinning as the last five minutes replayed in his mind.

Jack was hurt, and abused. He couldn't even speak right because he was always second guessing himself, and no one cared. He was at the police station and they didn't bother to ask where he got all his bruises from, why he was wearing clothes with holes in them. No, they just handed the boy back to the abusive bastard like he was some thing instead of a person.

"Bobby?" Evelyn's voice snapped Bobby back to reality.

He looked at the time, it had been an hour and a half since he had gotten there. It was already two thirty. The precinct was almost silent now, everyone was half asleep. They were waiting for their mom and Phil now. One of the officers had immediately recognized Jerry and Bobby and had taken them out before they could get booked. He knew that both boys were generally good people, maybe not good Samaritans, but good people nonetheless.

Evelyn's voice brought all three boys back to reality as she rushed into the station falling to her knees to examine each boy.

"Angel are you alright?" Evelyn asked cupping his cheeks turning him both ways to take a better look.

"Yes ma'am," Angel said accepting her hug.

"Jeremiah?" she did the same to Jerry.

"Yeah ma," Jerry said shooing her off, but giving her a quick hug when she gave him a look.

"Hey ma," Bobby said tiredly. "I'm sorry ma," Bobby said immediately looking down ashamed.

"Are we done here?" Evelyn said dusting herself off.

"I'd like to talk to you a minute Evelyn," the cop who had taken the boys under his wings said.

He led Evelyn to a separate room shutting the door shut.

"What's up Roger?" Evelyn asked easily.

She had sat down on the chair her forehead wrinkled in concern.

"Nick's found some drugs on Jerry," Roger started. "A gun on both the boys, and it's really concerning. Now before you start," Roger's hand was up in protest once he saw Evelyn's mouth open to speak. "I know these boys are good boys, and I know that maybe they were just at the wrong place at the wrong time, but I can't keep covering for them."

"I understand," Evelyn nodded sadly. "What's going to happen now?"

"Well, Bobby took me aside earlier while Jerry was in the bathroom, and told me he had slipped the drugs into Jerry's jacket, and that those were truly his," Roger stated.

"…and…?"

Roger sighed and set Bobby's file on the table. Sixteen years chalk full of information hidden in the file. Countless duties of community service, a couple months in juvenile hall when he was only seven after nearly beating his older foster sibling to death. Bobby didn't have the greatest of records, and both knew that. One more strike on Bobby, and he could possibly wind up in jail.

"I'm letting him go for today. But I'm serious Evelyn. I can't keep covering for that boy," Roger sighed.

Evelyn smiled greatfully. "He isn't a bad boy. Really!"

"Yeah, yeah. All three have community service," Roger said opening the door. "Clean the park and graffiti on the trashed playground. I already talked to my boss about it, and we pulled a couple of strings. Oh!" Roger shut the door again. "Bobby seems to have a problem with your neighbor. They went at it earlier…"

"Which one?" Evelyn asked curiously.

Bobby hadn't really minded the neighbors, and the neighbors never really minded Bobby anymore than they had to. He never caused them too much trouble except for the occasional drive by with the paintball gun, which by the way she had confiscated a long time ago.

"Dave Rhoden was in here earlier to pick up his son," Roger explained.

"Rhoden? Why if you don't mind me asking Roger," Evelyn asked now alert.

"The kid wandered off at night. I don't know, you know how kids are. Rhoden picked up his kid, and on the way out they kind of argued a little. Talk to him about it," Roger said opening the door and letting Evelyn out.

Evelyn came back to see Angel half asleep leaning against Jerry. She scooped up Angel into her arms, letting the boy fall asleep with his head on her shoulders.

Angel brown eyes fell to the floor and his dark features betraying his big eyes as it looked sad. "Am I going back into the system now?" Angel asked sleepily.

Evelyn looked towards the boy who had already fallen asleep before even hearing her answer. The older two brothers looked tired and she took a quick glance at the clock to see it was already three thirty in the morning.

"C'mon you two," she said turning her back to see her older boys examining their feet shifting from side to side. "Let's go home."

Phil had waited outside for a smoke. "So what happened?"

Jerry shrugged and looked at Bobby who usually explained everything to their social worker anyways. It hadn't even been two months since they last saw him. Usually it was because he was dropping off a kid temporarily. But lately he's been dropping off kids somewhere else only bringing the real hard headed kids by their house. But he always had time to pick them up from the jail. It saved him a trip in the morning Jerry once said.

"We were on our way home Phil. What can I say? Cops love the Mercer boys," Bobby shrugged.

He reached for a cigarette from his pocket and was even about to light it when Evelyn called from in front of them, "If you start smoking in my car Bobby I will make you walk."

Bobby scoffed but jammed the cigarette back into his pockets. "Your lungs don't need any more damage than what you've done to them already." Evelyn added.

"Yeah well as your social worker and as your friend," Phil started. "I don't think it's wise that you two still get yourselves in any trouble. You're almost eighteen Bobby. These stunts of yours have got to stop!"

"Shove it Phil. Listen, you need to do me a favor," Bobby said changing the subject.

Phil gave Bobby a questioning look. "What?"

"Check out the Rhoden house for me. There's something wrong with that family. The kid's too fucked up to be normal," Bobby told Phil.

"What makes you think this?" Phil asked.

"Because Rhoden came down here with an even more fucked up kid than what me and Jerry saw at the store," Bobby exclaimed.

"I'll get around it tomorrow," Phil said reaching his car. "I'll come by tomorrow, and you can show me this house, and what not."

Later that night after Evelyn had set Angel into bed and Jerry had said goodnight she pushed Bobby into the dining room where she knew they were both in for a long night. Bobby had never slept after getting picked up from jail. Neither did Evelyn. It soon became a little ritual for them to have ice cream and spend the night in silence, or a some small talk that stayed between them.

"So you going to tell me why you always get into trouble?" Evelyn asked Bobby as she handed him his cup of ice cream.

Bobby gladly took the cup and took the spoon into his hand and took a lick. "Nothing happened ma."

"Bobby…" Evelyn's voice drawled it out looking sadly at the boy. "I know your smart Bobby. But I don't understand why you don't use your head!"

Bobby looked down ashamed. "Sorry ma," he said genuinely.

"I know baby. You always are," Evelyn said.

Evelyn's heart reached for her oldest. Bobby was so much more different than Jerry. He was so much angrier about his past. He was always the one with the short temper, and never really thought about the consequence of his own actions. He always fought in school, and always talked back to his teachers. On school report cards they always wrote about him needing to clean his act, or behaving rudely. Every single time his report card came in the mail a look flashed through his eyes killing a little more of whatever innocence he may have had left. Everyone in his school had already given up on him. Evelyn knew she was the only one who hadn't. His social worker had stuck Bobby in her house because no one else had wanted him. No one else saw through his hard exterior. No one else bothered.

"Maybe you're better off without me," Bobby said quietly.

His defenses were down and his tough guy attitude no longer present. When Bobby first came to her house she used to listen to him late into the night when he thought everyone else was asleep. He would whimper in the bathroom, the water running to drone the noise out.

One night she decided to confront Bobby. It was the night after Bobby had gone off on one of the older foster kids. It was the kid's last night and Bobby was snapping more than usual. In the end the boy had enough and tackled Bobby to the ground only to have Bobby punched him busting his jaw.

-Flashback-

"Bobby?" Evelyn knocked on the bathroom door alarming the eight year old boy.

"I'm done," Bobby opened the door and stepped out. "I'm sorry, did I wake you?" he asked worried.

"No," Evelyn said as she waved off his concern. "Why are you awake so late?"

He shrugged and studied the floor. "I couldn't sleep."

She smiled making the boy smile uncertainly as well. "I couldn't either. Come on, let's get a late night snack you and me."

Bobby followed Evelyn down the stairs quietly. He hated to admit it but he liked spending one on one time with his foster mother. She was a lot nicer to him than any other person. She looked at him different.

"Ma," Evelyn looked up at Bobby. He was the only one in the house who ever called her mama. It was something she never forced upon any of the others or even Bobby.

Truth is told she was already carrying out the adoption papers, but she didn't want to get his hopes up so she kept it quiet for the time being.

"Yeah baby?" Evelyn said taking a spoon full of ice cream from the bowl.

"Maybe I'm better off not being here," Bobby had tears in his eyes.

Evelyn gasped out in surprised before taking the young boy into her lap, rocking him gently. "Non sense, Bobby, you very much belongs here."

"No I don't," Bobby sobbed out. "I don't belong anywhere."

"Stop Bobby. Shhh baby, it's ok," she said stroking his hair as he sobbed. "You belong right here you hear me? You belong right here."

-End of flashback-

"Bobby," Evelyn said gently trying to meet Bobby's eyes which was looking down on the ground. "Bobby, look at me," Bobby's eyes slowly traveled up to meet her eyes. "I'm not better off without you. I never will be. I love you Bobby you know that right? It doesn't matter whatever everyone else thinks. I love you and Jerry loves you, and Angel already does too. You belong right here in this family."

Bobby nodded uncertainly. "But I'm always causing you trouble…"

Evelyn waved off his excuse. "Baby, I knew you were trouble the minute you walked into my door." Bobby looked down again and bit his lip. She reached out and lifted his chin with her fingers. "But I also knew you'd be a joy to have around. I knew that you were smart, and that you were something special, and I'd be a damn fool if I let you go."

"I'm sorry," Bobby said again.

"Bobby," Evelyn said looking at Bobby taking the frozen beans from his hand so he could look at her. "Bobby…I love you."

Bobby looked over at his mom and searched her eyes for any sign of betrayal. All his life he never heard those words said to him except from Evelyn. No one ever gave a shit. No one thought he'd care.

"I love you too Ma," Bobby said finally.


A/N: I thought it'd be a cute little ending for a chapter because next couple of chapters…oh wow…shoot man, next chapters are action packed drama filled! Well review this one and you'll get the next one in a couple of days. Yeah school's really starting to annoy me. My parents are bugging me too. Oh well there is always fan fiction and my fateful reviewers! And as always if you don't want to read my feedback to my readers scroll down and hit review and review me! I love the reviews!

Tanithlilitu – it's ok that you didn't review chapter one! I hope you like this chapter. A little more Jack, so um please review again!

Mithrilxmoon – Jack's in this one. You like it? Bobby might have slipped out of character a little towards the end, but I needed people to see how much of a good person Bobby really is despite all the bad ass attitude he fronts. Please review again!

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