Tyler remembered while he had been dating Chase, he'd barely eaten a thing. His weight dropping drastically to nearly seventy pounds before he'd all but collapsed in Geometry class. He'd never seen Reid that scared before, or Caleb that frantic. Pogue had been so stunned that he was just staring at Tyler in shock.

That had been nine and a half months ago. Tyler never though it had been Chase's fault he'd lost that much weight, but somewhere in the back of his mind he always blamed the older boy.

Chase hadn't visited him once while he was in the hospital. The Sons not leaving his bedside once. Their parents bringing their school work. And maybe that's why he hadn't visited him, because the Sons would've looked at him strangely. The two didn't really talk when they were around the others.

"Tyler?"

The brunette looked up in time to see Caleb set down some food on the desk.

"I'm not too hungry Cay."

The older boy sat next to him on the bed, making the younger boy meet his eyes.

"Wanna talk about it?" Caleb asked, tilting his head.

"Just thinking about past things."

"Like?"

"Remember when I went to the hospital a few days before the whole Chase thing?"

"Yeah, we were worried about you."

"I was thinking about that…why they let me out the next day…" Tyler said, "I didn't think they would."

"Well your parents were really adamant about you being at home, that they could take care of you."

Tyler nodded his head, "They were right."

"Why were you thinking about that of all things?"

"Because.. I wasn't hungry and I really didn't want it to be like last time."

Caleb pulled the boy into a hug, kissing his forehead.

"It won't be if you don't let it. Remember what Dr. Naomi said? If you don't let your emotions overflow you should be fine."

"I know Caleb." Tyler said, smiling, "It's just that…with everything that's happened, it's kind of hard not to."

"I know." Caleb said, "How about this, after Chase is gone, how about you and me go on a vacation?"

"J-Just you and me?"

"If that's what you want? I mean, we could invite Pogue and Reid, but something tells me that they're going to want some time alone themselves."

Tyler laughed as he pushed the older boy back.

"You noticed it too?"

"Kind of difficult to not notice that sexual tension." Caleb said.

"Reid told me he thinks he's in love with Pogue."

"No he didn't."

"He so did! That's what we were talking about when you guys left."

"Wait…so Reid, our little bad ass Reid, is in love with Pogue? Our insanely jealous Pogue?" Caleb asked, "They'd murder each other!"

"No they wouldn't, although it would be interesting to see who tops in that relationship."

"You didn't just think about them having sex did you?" Caleb asked, a look of disgust on his face.

"Hey, it's hot okay, they aren't exactly ugly Caleb."

"I'm not saying they are either it's just…Pogue's my best friend, and Reid's a pain in the ass most of the time."

"Um…Reid is my best friend too, and Pogue is hilarious half the time…well…maybe not around you, but whatever." Tyler said, dodging a pillow that Caleb sent towards him.

"Can we get off this subject?"

Tyler nodded his head as he held the pillow against his body.

"So are you still worried you'll go anorexic again?"

"I wasn't anorexic Caleb, I had no problem with how I looked…I just didn't eat because I wasn't ever hungry. There's a difference." Tyler said, "I still remember how you and Pogue found out…you know when I collapsed. Reid had been trying to get me to eat but…I just was never hungry. And I don't know I felt invisible to you and Pogue too."

Caleb didn't say anything as Tyler rested his chin on the pillow.

"At one point I remember thinking why aren't Caleb and Pogue realizing I'm so thin? That I never eat?" Tyler said, "I realized later that it was because you guys didn't have to worry about me doing stupid things like Reid does."

"I noticed but I wanted you to come to me." Caleb admitted.

"What?" Tyler asked, shock on his face, "Were you just going to let me look like a skeleton before you said something?"

"No! I'm just saying that I know Reid hates it when I get into his business, and I didn't know how you'd react, and I was hoping you'd come to me if it got too bad."

"Caleb, how would I have worded that? I couldn't have just come up and been like 'Hey Caleb, I weight seventy pounds today, can you help me out?' You would've flipped three different shits."

"Can we please not fight; I learned my lesson from that." Caleb said.

Tyler nodded as he hid his face in the pillow.

"I'm sorry, I'm just tired." Tyler muttered into the pillow, "I'm more irritable than I normally would be."

Caleb pushed the boy down towards the bed, grabbing the pillow from him as he set it at the top of the bed.

"I know you are." Caleb told him, "I wish I could help more than I have. I just don't know what to do."

Tyler nodded his head, a blank look on his face. Caleb laid down next to him, as arms wrapped around his waist.

"I just get sick of being his victim." Tyler said.

"I'm sick of you being his victim too."

"I just wish he'd stop messing with me in my sleep. It's starting to drive me insane I think."

Caleb tightened his hold on the body beside him. Tyler's head moving from the pillow to Caleb's chest.

"Where are Reid and Pogue?"

"Playing video games again. They wanted to go to Nicky's, but I told them that we probably needed to stay in." Caleb said, "So they opted to eat while playing games."

"What do you think Chase is planning?"

Caleb shrugged his shoulders, hand running through the brown locks of hair.

"I don't know. You'd have to ask Reid about that, he goes off in these monologues and it sounds like he came straight out of Chase's head."

"Sometimes I wonder if he was a serial killer in another life." Tyler said, laughing, "I mean, I love Reid, but sometimes he sounds so insane it's frightening."

"Well let's be thankful he's on our side and not Chase's."

"I'm thankful you're all on my side honestly." Tyler said, "Reid's about to ascend, and if Chase had you, Pogue, and Reid I wouldn't stand a chance."

"Well let's be grateful that we all think Chase is a dick right?"

"Right."

"I love you so much Tyler." Caleb said, "I'm scared I'm going to lose you somehow."

"You won't." Tyler said, "Nothing Chase does will ever change that."

"And if he kills one of us?"

Tyler was silent for a moment, thinking about what he was going to say.

"I honestly don't think one of us could survive without the other anymore Caleb. You stop me from just…following Reid's orders…or orders of any sort anymore. And I make you less uptight."

"Well then we definitely have to make sure that Chase doesn't kill us."

Tyler nodded his head as he yawned widely.

"Tired?"

Tyler nodded as Caleb's hand repeatedly ran through his hair.

"Take a nap, I'll be here to wake you up." Caleb said, kissing the boy's nose.

Tyler shifted a bit as he slowly fell asleep.