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By the time Jimmy made it to the hospital his mother was asleep in the room with Sean. He found Kevin and Tommy down in the cafeteria. He sat down at the table next to them, "I think I found out something about what happened to Teddy."

Tommy sat forward, "Who did it, that's all I want to know?"

"I think it was Charlie Catterro, but Teddy won't say."

Kevin looked around the nearly empty room, "Where is Teddy anyway? Is she sitting up with Sean?"

Jimmy shook his head, "No, we were on our way back here and I found some nasty bruises on her back. She got pissed and ran off."

"Someone needs to find her." Kevin stood up, "We can't just let her run around out there by herself, not after everything that has happened to us lately."

"I know. I know." Jimmy put his head down on the table, "I don't know how to handle this. She is acting like she doesn't care anymore; she just isn't the sweet, little girl we grew up with."

Tommy put his hand on Jimmy's shoulder, "We have to let her grow up and do what she feels is right."

"But something isn't right, she is acting totally different."

"I have noticed that she has been acting different for a while. I just thought that it was a girl thing and left it alone." Kevin turned toward the door, "I am leaving to look for her. Ma and Sean are sleeping they'll never know that we're gone."

He left and Tommy and Jimmy stood up. Tommy turned to him, "Are you high?"

"I just needed something to take the edge off. Dealing with Teddy and the thing with Sean, I was getting a headache."

"Then take some aspirin, Jimmy, you need to stop doing it. What if Sean or Teddy were to catch you like I did? Do you think that either one of them would look to you for help ever again?"

"I know, Tommy, you don't have to tell me. I'll try, but right now we need to find Teddy."

They both left the cafeteria and followed behind Kevin.

The three brothers searched for over an hour, but they found nothing. Tommy stopped, "We all need a couple of hours of sleep and then we can continue looking for her if we haven't heard anything."

Kevin and Jimmy nodded and they all went home to get some sleep.

The next morning, the three of them went back up to the hospital.

Tommy walked into Sean's room, "Ma, maybe you should go with Kevin to get some coffee; I'll stay here with Sean."

Helen kissed Tommy and Sean's cheeks, "I'll be back soon."

After Helen left Tommy sat down in the chair next to the bed, "Have you seen Teddy?"

"No why?" Sean tried to sit up, winced, and grabbed his side, "What happened to her?"

Tommy put his hand on Sean's chest, "Calm down, she took off from the apartment last night and we haven't seen her. We're going to continue to look today, but if she comes here before we get back have her call me."

"Ok, I'll make sure that she calls. Does ma know?"

"No, and we don't want her to find out." Tommy stood up, "There's something going on with Teddy and we're all trying to find out what it is."

Sean nodded.

When Helen came back Tommy kissed her cheek and told Sean he would be back as soon as he could.

Night had fallen and Sean hadn't seen or heard from Teddy. He kept watching out the window that faced the hallway hoping she would come and talk to him.

Helen had gone down to the cafeteria to get something quick to eat. Sean heard the door open and he turned a little too quick, but he saw Teddy walk in the room quietly, "Girl, where have you been everyone is looking for you?"

"I needed to think and Jimmy was giving me a hard time, so I went to think for awhile."

"Sit down and talk to me." When Teddy sat down Sean took her hand, "You and I have always been able to tell each other everything. Remember when we were younger; we decided if our brothers could have their secrets, then we could have ours."

He noticed that Teddy seemed unsettled. She was having trouble sitting still, he had never seen her sweating so bad, and her eyes were darting around the room, like she was waiting for someone to jump out at her.

"Teddy, you're scaring me. Tell me what's going on."

Teddy broke down and told Sean what had happened with Charlie, but she left out some very important facts.

Sean patted the bed next to him.

She shook her head, "I don't want to hurt you."

"The only way you're going to hurt me is if you refuse to get in this bed. You need someone to hold you and make you see that everything is going to be ok."

Teddy wiped her eyes, "Are you sure that I won't hurt you?"

"God, get in her." Sean moved over on the bed.

Teddy climbed in and lay her head on his shoulder, "I am so sorry, Sean, I never meant to get this involved with Charlie."

Sean stroked her hair and kissed her forehead, "Everything will be ok. Now try to get some sleep."

She closed her eyes, putting her hand on his chest and laying a leg over his. To some people it would seem strange, but with how close the two of them were, since they were little, it didn't seem strange to them.

Sean laid there and let her sleep, stroking her hair softly, "I don't know what you have gotten yourself into, but I'll do anything to help you get out."

Teddy had been asleep for about an hour when Sean saw his brothers coming down the hallway.

Tommy stuck his head in the door, "How long has she been here?"

"About an hour." Sean whispered trying not to wake his sister, "She's really tired and she seemed scared and nervous when she came in. I got her to calm down and get in here so she would sleep."

Tommy smiled, "Good job, Seanie, where's ma?"

"She should be back anytime from getting some supper."

As Sean said it their mother was coming down the hallway, "Why is everyone whispering?"

Tommy pulled his head out and let the door close, "Teddy is in there sleeping with Sean."

Helen looked in the window, "I haven't seen them like this since they were little. I thought the two of them had grown out of it."

Kevin looked at her confused, "Grown out of what?"

"I know you boys have never understood how they can be so close. When they were young the two of them didn't understand why you didn't let them do certain things with you. They used to tell each other everything, even things they didn't tell anyone else." Helen smiled, thinking of her children when they were young, "I remember one time when Sean was about 7, they were playing outside and a boy pushed your sister down. She started to cry; Sean turned around and punched him in the face. The boy ran away with a bloody nose. Teddy stood up and held onto him crying like he was her life support. They have always been there for each other and they always will be." Helen quickly wiped a tear away from her eye before her sons could see it, "I thought that since they were getting older that, maybe, they would start to grow apart, but I guess I was wrong." She quietly went into the room and sat down next to the bed.

Jimmy looked at his brothers, "I need to hit someone or something. I hate seeing them like this."

Tommy put his hand on Jimmy's shoulder, "We all do, but they have us, each other and they're very strong."

"They'll never be the same though. We all tried to keep them safe and out of our trouble, but them being innocent might be what got them hurt."

They saw Helen cover their siblings up and she settled in for the night.