Chapter thirteen

Bam opened his eyes and immediately looked up at the ceiling that was staring back at him. The whole night he had only got about four hours of sleep, and they weren't all in a row. He tried to take April's advice and clear his head and get a good night's sleep, but he quickly discovered that that was easier said than done. The more he tried to get her off his mind the more Sara stayed on it. And not with very little sleep and capability to concentrate he had to get up and go to work.

Work wasn't very easy for him. He seemed to be working in a fog and kept forgetting what he was doing. He was glad once his shift finally ended so he could go home. Right as he left the store, however, Q came walking up to him with Domi in tow.

"Hey Aaron man. 'Ve been looking for you." Q said

"Well… you found me. What's up?"

"You're what's up." He leaned in closer and hushed his voice "Hey man you got any smoke on ya?"

"Um… no."

"That's ok I think I know who does. Anyway when I get some you wanta smoke some with me?"

"What about her?" Bam motioned to Domi

"I could smoke with her but I wanted to smoke with you. I haven't done that with you yet."

"I really appreciate it but I'll pass."

"It's cool man. Maybe next time."

"Yeah maybe."

The three of them started walking toward the apartment. As they walked they began talking about random little things. Bam would laugh to himself over some of the things that Q and Domi would spout out once in a while. They continued talking and walking and began to laugh out loud as they walked.

Bam looked up and his laugh and broad smile quickly faded away. A knot formed in his stomach and he suddenly found it hard to swallow. Up ahead of them, coming from the opposite direction, was Dunn. Bam tried to act as though he didn't notice him and carried on the conversation with Q and Domi.

Dunn walked past them and then stopped dead in his tracks. He turned and looked back toward Bam, unable to believe what he saw. He couldn't help but go up to Bam and tap him on the shoulder.

"Excuse me…"

Bam turned around to look at him "Yeah?"

Dunn stared at him unable to speak. He tried not to look like he was staring at a ghost, which was what he felt like he was doing. He could not take his eyes off of Bam. He managed to compose himself enough to speak.

"I'm sorry for staring at you. It's just… Do I know you? You look so familiar to me…"

Bam shook his head "Um no sorry."

Dunn sighed "Yeah I didn't think so… sorry I bothered you."

Dunn turned away and looked down as he began to walk away. Once he got far enough away from where Bam was, he pulled out his phone and made a call.

"April… you would not believe it. I still can't believe it myself. I'm just walking around through town here and I swear to God I saw this guy who looked just like Bam. Well he had blonde hair, brown eyes, no goatee or mole even… but I swear it looked just like him. He even sounded like Bam too." He paused and sighed "Maybe I was just seeing thins… But man… I almost wish it iwas/i Bam."

Bam wanted so much to turn back around and confess to Dunn about who he really was. He wanted to be able to tell him when he asked him that they did know each other. It hurt him so much that he couldn't go back and talk to him and hang out with him like they normally would have done. He wanted to be able to just stand somewhere people would see him from any direction and shout out who he really was and everything about how he had been lying to every one and how he even had his own parents lie to everyone for months. He wanted to but he was too scared to.

When they got back to the apartment Bam sat in the chair while Q and Domi hung out on the couch. Q and Domi laughed and kissed once in a while and did playful little things with each other in between taking hits off of a roach that Q found. Seeing them behave this way made Bam yearn for Sara. He knew that the longer he put off seeing her, the harder it would be for him to tell her everything.

He found his thoughts shifting back and forth from Sara to Dunn. He knew that he was bound to run into someone from his old like some time but he never imagined that it would cause him to feel as bad as he was feeling right then. He wanted to give Dunn a call and tell him that he wasn't imagining things when he saw him and that he was sorry that he lied right to his face he wanted, and knew that he should, to call Sara right then and ask her to meet him somewhere where they could talk in private.

Bam stood up and looked around for the phone and Sara's number. Right as he picked up the phone to dial, Luke came into the apartment.

"Hey guys I have some news about a very good friend of ours. Aaron you might be especially interested in this."

Bam looked up at him "What is it?"

"Well I just ran into Maxine on my way home and she told me that Sara had gone into labor earlier this morning."

Bam let out a small gasp "She went into labor?" Luke nodded his head "Do you know where she is? I have to go see her."

Luke told Bam the information that he had and then Bam quickly went out the door.