Author's Note: So Oscar's story line on the show, since I know there's one reviewer who isn't familiar with it and I'm making reference to it in this story. So Oscar (Drew & Kim's teenage son) had a brain tumor and passes away from it on the show. I'm not changing that for the purposes of this story. I had considered having Oscar not die from his tumor in this story. But when GH aired the episodes with his death and had Edward and Lila meet Oscar to crossover, I couldn't bring myself to undo that in this story. But given that Kellie's first husband died of Leukemia (in When It All Falls Apart), I found I couldn't help writing a couple chapters where we see how she and Charles react and fit into this storyline. In fact, I actually wrote most of this chapter following those episodes and held on to it to see how it would fit into the story. I did have to tweak it because it was originally written with the idea in mind that Sam was still knee deep in Dawn of Day. In tweaking this I found some things I wanted to keep that can only happen if she's not at the Quartermaines for this. I think I've worked it out that her reason for not being there is a matter of timing in regards to a breakthrough with Kristina.

This is moving ahead about a month. So Kellie's five months pregnant at this point. I'll likely be employing some time jumps forward and explanations with those scenes to fill in gaps specific with Alexis/Lorenzo and progress on the fraud investigation.

One Month Later

Kellie picked up her phone when she saw Jason calling.

"Hey," Kellie said.

Jason didn't respond back.

"Jason, what's wrong?" Kellie asked.

"It's Oscar," Jason said, "He's.… gone. I'm on my way to the mansion now."

"I'll meet you there," Kellie said.

"Are you sure?" Jason said, "You don't have to."

"Yes, I do," Kellie said, "Does Charles know since he and Monica have been seeing other?"

"I don't know," Jason said.

"I'll let him know," Kellie said, "I'll see you soon."

Kellie made arrangements with the guards to keep an eye on the kids.

"Mom, what's going on?" Jared asked.

"You remember Oscar, right" Kellie said as the kids nodded.

"He's Joss's boyfriend," Alyssa said.

"And that he's dying," Jamie said, "Just like Dad."

"Yeah, like Dad did," Kellie said, "Oscar, he…did die… just a little while ago."

"He's in heaven with Dad then," Jared said.

"Yeah," Kellie said, "Are you guys going to be okay? I'm going to go with Jason to Nana Olivia's to see if his family needs anything. I promise I'll be back in a few hours."

"We'll be fine," Jared said.

"Yeah, mom," Jamie said, "They might need someone who understands."

"He was always nice to me and Avery and Scout," Alyssa said.

"I know," Kellie said, "He's a really good kid."

Kellie pulled the boys and Alyssa in for a hug, holding them a little tighter than usual before leaving.

In the car, Kellie called Charles.

"Charles, have you heard from Monica?" Kellie asked.

"No, why?" Charles asked, hearing the catch in Kellie's voice, "No…Not Oscar. I knew it was coming, but I hoped that he'd get a miracle."

"He passed away not that long ago," Kellie said, "Jason just called me. I'm meeting him at the mansion."

"I don't think anyone would blame you if you sat this one out," Charles said.

"I think the same could be said for you," Kellie said, "I assume I'll see you there. Unless you need me to pick you up."

"I'll meet you there," Charles said.

After Kellie hung up the phone and set it aside, she moved her hands to her belly, grateful for the movement she could feel as her unborn daughter stirred inside her, safe and sound. Yet, her gratefulness was mixed with sorrow and a sense of unfairness that Kim and Drew had lost their son.

"We're here, Kellie," Johnny said, as they pulled in the driveway , "Charles must have broken more than a few speed limits."

"Are you saying he beat us here?" Kellie replied as the car came to a stop. Kellie went to open the door to find someone already opening it for her.

Once the door was open, she found Charles standing outside the door, his hand stretched out.

Kellie took his hand as he guided her out of the car.

"Do we need to start calling you Speed Demon?" Kellie asked.

Charles gave a half hearted smile in response.

The funeral home vehicle pulled into the driveway.

"Are you sure about this?" Charles asked.

"No, but we'll both go inside anyway," Kellie said, "To be there for the people we care about. To let them know they're not alone."

Kellie took Charles hand and started towards the house.

Inside the mansion, Olivia met them in the foyer. She pulled Kellie into a hug.

"Mom, I'd really like to breathe sometime soon," Kellie said, when Olivia didn't let go.

"Right and the baby needs that oxygen too," Olivia said, loosening her grip, "Sorry, I just…"

"Some of that was for Dante," Kellie said, "I wish he was here too."

Olivia stepped back, "Most everyone's in the living room."

"The funeral home pulled in after we did," Charles said, "I'll let them in. Would you let Monica know I'm here if she wants to see me?"

"Of course, she'll want to see you," Olivia said, heading back to the living room.

Kellie ran into Joss at the bottom of the stairs, coming down after saying goodbye Oscar and thanking him for finishing the song he'd written for her.

Kellie saw the next round of tears, ready to spill from Joss's eyes. Joss collapsed against Kellie. Kellie held Joss, both of them crying. Kellie didn't say anything, knowing there was nothing she could say to making losing someone you loved like that any better.

Eventually, Kellie led Joss back to the living room.

Michael came over to hug both his sisters. Meanwhile, Monica who had been leaning on Jason turned her attention to Charles who had followed the funeral home staff with the stretcher into the room.

"Charles," Monica said, "This is a surprise."

"I wish it was under better circumstances," Charles said, "I hope I'm not out of line showing up."

"No, I'm glad you're here," Monica said, taking Charles hand, "It means a lot especially knowing how difficult something like this would be for you and for Kellie."

Back in the living room, Michael, Joss, and Kellie broke apart. Jason came along side Kellie, wrapped his arm around her waist. His hand rested against Kellie's side, greeted by several slight kicks.

Jason half- smiled and kissed Kellie's forehead in response.

"Dad," Danny said, coming into the room, "What's going on? Is Oscar okay?"

Kellie stepped away from Jason who went to Danny.

"He's gone, isn't he Dad?" Danny asked, his tears falling as he collapsed against Jason.

When Kim and Drew, carrying Oscar's body, came downstairs, Jason turned Danny's face away to shield him from seeing the body. With his free hand, he gently pulled Kellie back next to him. He felt Kellie rest her head against his shoulder, her tears soaking his shirt.

After the funeral staff took Oscar's body, Danny looked up at Jason, "I want Mom. Why isn't she here?"

"I'll call her," Kellie said. Kellie went out to the back patio and called Sam. The phone went to voice mail.

"Sam, where are you?" Kellie said, as Carly joined her outside, "I know you were meeting with Kristina and we needed that break with her. Oscar passed away and Danny needs you. Just get to Monica's as soon you can."

"No answer," Carly said, "I don't understand what could be so important right now that Sam's not here for Danny and Scout and Drew. I thought she and Drew were getting back together and she was done with that Dawn of Day stuff."

"It's gotten better, but today, Kristina called her, wanting to talk," Kellie said, "I don't really know why. It sounded urgent, I thought she'd be done by now. We needed this opening with Kristina, but damn…"

"The timing sucks," Carly said.

"It doesn't change what Danny's going through right now," Kellie said, "Out of all the kids, he's probably had the most upheaval in his life."

"Why didn't Danny come stay with Jason if…" Carly asked.

"I don't think anyone thought that Sam, Kristina and Dawn of Day would go on this long, I thought we'd had Shiloh with the fraud at the foundation, but there's no proof he knew the donations weren't authorized," Kellie said, "While Danny is warming up towards Jason, he's not exactly keen on spending time at the house. I can't exactly blame him after all he's been through."

Kellie looked inside the house and saw Danny staring curiously at her. He made his way to the door as Kellie and Carly went back inside.

"Is my mom coming?" Danny asked.

"I left a message," Kellie said, "I told her to come straight here."

"I'm sure she'll be here as soon as she can," Carly said.

Danny looked crestfallen and then ran out of the room.

Drew looked at Kellie, confused, having seen Danny bolt.

Kellie mouthed, "He wants his mom," and shrugged her shoulders.

"I'll go check on him," Ned said, seeing Josslyn sobbing on Jason's shoulder. He went after him.

"I should get Josslyn home," Carly said.

"I'll call you tomorrow," Kellie said.

After Carly had taken Josslyn home, Jason went upstairs and found Danny defiantly telling Ned to go away and that he didn't need anyone.

"That's enough," Jason said, "Ned came up here to see if you were okay. I know you're hurting, but that's not an excuse to be rude to the people that care about you."

"Tell that to Mom," Danny said.

Ned moved out of the room, letting Jason sit next to Danny.

"When your mom gets Kellie's message and realizes how much you need her," Jason said, "She'll be here. In the meantime, can it be enough that I'm here?"

Danny didn't answer. He struggled wanting to push Jason away. But his emotions won out.

"Oscar was my friend, Dad," Danny said, sobbing against Jason.