Hey guys sorry about the wait!! This is mostly a filler chapter but it may be leading up to more significant events. thanx so much for reading and be sure to review!!

"Mommy, why are you crying? " Peter asked sweetly from the backseat of their car.

"I'm okay baby. I'll tell you when we get home." Oliver looked at his son in the rearview and felt he too was about to cry. He bit his lip and focused on the road. They finally got home and walked grimly into the foyer. Oliver picked up Peter up and set him down on the couch the sitting room.

"Hey bud. We need to talk about something ok?"

"What's wrong Daddy?"

"Bud, the doctor told us something after they gave you those shots, you remember?" Peter nodded and rubbed one of his Spiderman bandages on his arm.

"Well, he told us that you were sick."

"What kinda sick?"

"Really sick."

"Well, when will I be better?" Oliver looked at Miley who was crying harder by the minute and she nodded at him through red, puffy eyes. He looked back at his son.

"You won't."

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"Oliver? Oliver please open the door! Come on! I want to talk to you!" Lily banged on the door again. "I know you're in there!" She added. Oliver stared at himself in the bathroom mirror, clean-shaven, eyes puffy, skin pasty. He listened to Lily's pleas on the outside of the door and let out a shaky breath. His phone rang again and the caller id showed it was Lily again. Finally he made his way over to the door in his bath towel and opened it to see Lily looking flustered and worried.

"Hey." he said calmly, she glared at him and brushed her black hair out of her eyes.

"Hey, what's wrong? Why didn't you answer the door?"

"Uh, I did."

"Yeah, after about 10 minutes." he turned and walked into his bedroom to put some clothes on, she followed and sat on his bed. He turned to her;

"You mind?"

"Nope." she looked up at him and smiled. He rolled his eyes and slipped into clean clothes. She chuckled to herself and asked;

"So have you called her yet?"

"No, I haven't." He said as he buttoned up his shirt.

"Why not?"

"Hmm, I wonder."

"Oliver, you can't give up on her." He looked at her until she looked him in the eyes.

"Why shouldn't I? She gave up on me a long time ago." She stood up and put her hands on her hips.

"You aren't like her. You're stronger and more rational than her. She doesn't know that she can only move on, feel better if you do it together."

"Why do you care? You never approved of our marriage, you said it wasn't a good idea. We hardly saw you at all after the wedding. You didn't want us to get married and now you're here trying so hard to make sure we stay together? Forgive me if I don't understand."

"Maybe that's why I'm doing it, maybe I felt guilty and wanted to make up for that somehow and I thought that this would help."

"So you use our son's death to get back in our good books?"

"No! I wouldn't do that. I just… just wanted to be there for you, both of you." His hard glare softened a bit and her eyes filled with tears. "I'm sorry." They stood in silence for several minutes.

"Get some shoes on." Lily finally said. He raised his eyebrows.

"Why?"

"Because," she said as she pulled her coat back on. "We're going on a walk."

"A walk?"

"Yup." she wiped her eyes on her sleeve and walked out the condo's door, waiting for him to follow her.

They walked down the cracked cement pathway in the local park like they used to do when they were they were teens. Lily pulled a pack of cigarettes out of her jacket pocket and brought one to her lips lighting it with a blue lighter. Oliver chuckled under his breath.

"I thought you used to say that smoking was a disgusting habit." She smiled and exhaled a puff of smoke.

"I do think that. And I swore I would never start it up, but after I started working at the firm , I guess it became too stressful and it sort of formed from there." She brought the stick to her mouth again and smoothly drew a breath as the smoke filled her lungs. She exhaled it softly into the air. Oliver stepped in front of her she stopped suddenly looking surprised. He took the cigarette out of her hands and brought it to his own lips and inhaled softly. He held it in for a while and breathed out in a stream of smoke. He handed it back to her as she smiled. She flicked it on the ground and stomped it out.

They continued walking down the path listening to kids play and birds chirp.

"So where are we going?"

"You'll see." She led him though the park and toward the beach where they spent most of their free days back when they were young and carefree. Rico's Surf Shop was closed down and this part of the beach was now closed off. They made their way to the old beach shop and sat on the broken old stools in front of it.

"Why are we here Lily?" She looked at him sweetly.

"Because I want us to remember how we used to be happy here. Back when you, Miley, and I were always together and happy. Back when there was Hannah, Lola and Mike. When we were untouched by harsh realities of the world, we didn't have to worry about bills or jobs. Back when we trusted and loved each other." Oliver stared at her in silence, memories of laughter, ridiculous schemes and happiness rushing through his mind. Things were so different now. He got up from the stool and looked down at her.

"I don't really want to remember how good things used to be. It just makes everything going on now seem that much worse." She gazed into his eyes sadly.

"If you forget all the good things in life, all that's left is the shitty stuff. And if that's all that's left than how can you expect anything good to happen if you don't remember what it feels like? All you'll be doing sending yourself into a downward spiral of depression and fear. I couldn't live like that, can you?"

He glanced down at his feet clenched his jaw uncomfortably.

"What if I already am?" He turned and walked away from her.

"Hey! Where are you going?"

"To call Miley. Like you said."

"Oliver! Wait!" She caught up with him and looked him dead in the eye.

"You're not living like that yet. You can still be happy, you just have to let yourself move on so you can be." He nodded and pushed past her and walked on.

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