After leaving the hospital that night Will returned to the harbaugh's. After reassuring the Thompsons he would be safe there he gathered all of his possessions and stuffed them into his bookbag.

Taking the 'secret' stash of cash from above the fridge Will head out for the last time.

Stealing the neighbor kids bike was an unexpected plus and would be much faster than walking.

Looking at his phone he calculated more than 9 hours until it would be time to see Nick again. In order to kill some time and silence his stomach he skidded the bike into a 24hr convenience store.

Swiping a drunken mans wallet out the door he rode off with 'dinner'.

Making it to the hospitals parking lot he set up in one of the enclosed bus stops that would take visitors to the main building.

Opening a bag of chip and a can of an energy drink he decided he would stay there a while.

Wills eyes burned and every so often he would yawn. Opening another can of energy drink he rubbed his sore neck.

The nap he took in Nick's room wasn't the best but it was the only kind of rest he had for a couple of days. Closing his eyes he decided to just take a quick rest, he had time.

Will woke to a thudding sound on the plastic enclosure.

An old women was banging her cane on the walls.

"Wake up! This isn't a bedroom bum!"

Scrambling to get his things he pushed past the old women and went for the bike only to find it had been taken in the night.

Shit.

Checking his phone he started up towards that main building where he would meet the Thompsons in less than an hour.

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Molly didnt sleep much at all last night. Looking at the rest of her family she could tell they were all in the same boat.

Arriving at the front doors Molly recognized Will sitting at the front doors on the bench.

Will got up from the bench to greet the family. He looked how she felt.

"Hey." Will said.

"Hey." Molly and Jermey replied.

Molly was glad when the uncomfortable silence was broken by her dad encouraging them all to head inside.

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Will followed the other two teens out of the elevator and to Nick's room. The nurse told them they could visit but not to wake her up if she was still asleep.

Low and behold Nick's lights were off and she was covered up with the thin blanket she was given.

They all quietly sneaked into the room as the other teens dad turned on the light.

"Ed what are you doing?" Liz whispered to her husband.

"The nurse said not to wake her. But if she wakes up from the lights the lights woke her."

Will dropped his bookbag on the chair nearest Nick and sat down where her face should be under the covers.

Will reached for them but stopped before he could touch the fabric.

The family was interrupted by a nurse doing her rounds.

"Well visitors galore in here. Miss Franzelli had good guardian angels."

Making her way towards the bed she stopped and mumbled something to herself. Clicking a button on the side of a screen but the screen remained blank.

"What's wrong with that monitor?" Liz asked.

"Its off." The nurse stated. "Its not supposed to be..."

Ed spoke up, "Is everything alright?"

"Miss Franzelli? How you feeling today?"

The nurse lifted the sheet and gasped.

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Molly watched her parents at the visitors desk as they tried to figure out how a young girl could get out of the hospital in the middle of the night without be noticed.

"Why would she leave?" Jeremy said.

Molly sighed, "I dont know. It doesnt make sense. Where would see go?"

"I have an idea." Will answered.

Sneaking out while the adults were talking with the security the three teens made their way out of the building.

Molly decided to take a chance to see if they could find Nick themselves.

Heading downtown took longer than expected on foot. Will mentioned that if he wanted to get out of town he'd take the buses out.

Making it to the ticket window Jermey rang the bell numerous of times. No buses were parked or running. Barely anyone was there waiting for their ride either.

An middle aged women came and turned on the two way speaker.

"This better be important, I'm on my only break of the day and I really cherish these 30 minutes."

Jeremy pushed himself to the counter. "Have you sold a ticket today to a girl around our age? Long dark hair and tanned skin?"

"She might have looked sick." Molly added from behind.

"Sorry," the worker replied. "No one in that description. Now leave, I have 14mintues left and a lunch my mother packed for me waiting in the other room."

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Will failed. He couldn't find Nick and now she's probably half way to some big city or another crap town.

Molly had been on her phone with her mother for the past 15mintues telling them where they were and explaining the reason they left without telling them.

They were heading to the restaurant Liz owned and they would meet the parents there.

Jeremy stopped in his tracks.

"Jeremy. What's wrong?"

Jeremy point across the street, "Nick's place. The whole reason we're in this mess."

Will's eyes locked onto the boarded up restaurant.

"Will what are you doing?" Molly yelled.

Will had no time to explain, she was in there. He knew it.

"Will!"

Will shook the door handle and tried to peer into the dirt glass into the dark room.

"I think Nick is in there."

"What?" Jermey said. "How would she get in there? The only person who can get in is the real estate agent."

"That wouldn't have stopped her. Come on let's go around back."

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Nick woke up to pounding on the back door. Her breath stopped as she heard talking feet away from where she laid on the floor.

Someone was trying to break in. She had to hide. Luckily growing up in a place she knew all the hiding spots.

The kitchen had the most, she just had to make it there. Pushing up she gasped as her back hit the wall.

This was going to be harder than she thought.

She heard the loose brick she used to crawl in shift and a comment was made to the others outside.

Nick pushed herself and crawled to the safety of the old kitchen.