A week later, Dwayne's stuff was already to go, some of it was even in transit already. Sheryl was upset about Dwayne's upcoming departure, as was Frank. Richard had been ignoring both Dwayne and Steve, and poor Olive was crushed. Every time that she went to go speak to Dwayne one on one, he had pushed her away, and she didn't know why. While it bothered him to do so, it was what Richard had ordered him to do, so he really had no say in the matter. Steve was back in Florida. He had left two days ago to fix up a room for Dwayne and to receive the boxes of stuff that had already been sent back. Late on the night before his scheduled departure, went to go find Sheryl."Mom, this is for Olive, for anything that she needs." Dwayne handed Sheryl the now crinkled white envelope that Cody had given him.

"What's this?" Sheryl asked, opening it. "Oh god! where did you get this?"

"I was saving it for if I ever needed to escape for a couple of days." Dwayne had only partially lied, he had added 300 dollars of his own money. "But now I think that she needs it more then I do."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, of course I'm sure, just make sure to tell her that it's from me." Dwayne sighed, he would miss Olive.

"I will," Sheryl nodded. "Thanks Dwayne." They parted to go to their own separate rooms. Dwayne settled in for his last night in this room, but found he couldn't sleep. He wanted to go talk to Olive, but Richard would kill him. He waited until two A/M. when he positive that Richard would sleeping, then he walked over to Olive's room and opened her door.

"Hey Olive," he whispered. "Wake up," he shook her gently.

"What is it?" she rolled over and rubbed her eyes sleepily.

"I'm sorry that I haven't been talking to you, but um, Richard didn't want me to." Dwayne took a stab at explaining, but figured Olive wouldn't understand.

"What?" she asked again, this time sitting up.

"Never mind, that's not important, I just wanted to come, and well, let you um, let you know how much I love you." Just saying these words to her chocked Dwayne up. He gulped, trying not to cry.

"I love you too, and I'm really, really going to miss you." A small tear rolled down her face as she spoke.

"Yeah, I know. I'm-I'm gonna miss you too." He hugged her tightly, still fighting back the urge to cry. She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, not sure of what else to do.

"Just remember to call and write a lot, ok?" she wiped her tears.

"I promise, I promise," he smiled sadly at her. "Anyway, you need to get your sleep, and uh, so do I, so I'll see you soon, ok?" He gave her one more squeeze.

"Ok, goodnight." She lay down, wiping her tear stained face again, this time on her sheet. Dwayne retreated back to his room, where Frank lay on his cot, still asleep. He eased into his bed, and then the tears came.

Frank woke to Dwayne's sobs, but he let Dwayne be to cry. Florida was what Dwayne needed, and more the Frank thought about it the more he realized this, but he also knew how hard it was going to be for his nephew to leave Olive. Hearing Dwayne cry reminded him of how close a torn apart family could still be. He thought about how hard it could be to leave someone behind, even when at first thought you had expected it to be simple. Eventually, Frank fell asleep to Dwayne's shaky breathing, once Dwayne had stopped crying, but Dwayne didn't sleep a wink. When Sheryl came in to wake Frank and Dwayne, he rose immediately and got dressed, all before Frank could even pull himself out of bed.

"You ready for this?" asked Frank, pulling a shirt on over his head.

"I don't know, yes and no. I'm ready to be out of here, but I don't think that I'm quite ready to leave Olive." Dwayne stuffed his pajamas into his suitcase so that they wouldn't get left behind.

"Is that why you were so upset last night?"

"Yeah…I'm sorry if I disturbed you with that."

"Don't worry, I understand. You are going to be greatly missed around here Dwayne." Frank spoke with a serious tone. Dwayne didn't answer for he knew it was true. Frank and Olive would miss, and Sheryl most likely would too.

"BOYS! OLIVE! 5 minutes then get your butts out here!" Sheryl called from the front of the hallway. Dwayne took his backpack and hoisted it on to his back. Then he took up his duffle and roller bag, which contained the rest of his stuff, the things that hadn't already been sent, and proceeded to the front room.

"Is the car unlocked?" he asked his mother. "I want to go put my bags in the back.

"No, it's not, here, I'll come and open it for you." They walked outside and popped the trunk to the bus. Dwayne lifted his suitcases and backpack in one by one, then slammed the trunk shut. He and Sheryl walked silently back into the house. Five minutes later, Richard was in the drivers seat with Sheryl riding next to him. Frank sat alone in the middle, and Olive was in the back with Dwayne. She rested her head on Dwayne's shoulder, and he rested his head on to top of her head. The entire car was silent all the way to the airport.

Check in went quicker then anticipated, so Dwayne was left with half an hour for which to say his goodbyes before he had to go through security. "Well, uh, Dwayne, it's been nice having you living with us for the past several years." Richard spoke, unsure of what to say to the boy who hated him for absolutely everything.

"Right," was all Dwayne could say to that. Richard then excused himself to let the rest of the family have an emotional farewell.

"Dwayne, you're my son, and I need you to know that I love you so much, even though it may not always seen like it, ok?" When Sheryl enveloped him in a tearful hug, Dwayne didn't have the heart to push her away.

"I must admit that I will miss having a room mate. Don't forget to call often and come for visits occasionally, ok?" Dwayne nodded.

"I won't forget."

"Don't leave, come on, stay!" Olive went up to him and hugged him tightly. The four of them talked for the next while, until it was just about time for Dwayne to go.

"Alright Dwayne, have a good flight, and enjoy Florida." Frank shook Dwayne's hand.

"Thanks, I will. Oh, and uh, thanks for helping me out so much this year."

"No problem, it was my pleasure." Frank was simply glad that he and Dwayne were parting on good terms after all of the butting in on Dwayne's life he had done in the past weeks.

"Alright honey, do you have everything you need?" Sheryl asked.

"Yeah, and I'll call when I get to dads."

"Ok, good." Sheryl gave him a kiss and a hug, trying to calm her crying.

"I love you Dwayne! I really don't want you to go." Olive was crying too. Dwayne leaned down and gave her one last quick kiss.

"I love you too, but it's time for me to go now." Dwayne was struggling not to cry, he didn't want Olive to think he was weak. They said their final goodbyes, and Dwayne entered the security line. He looked back at Olive a couple of times while he was waiting, and then went through the line, disappearing from his family's view.