Disclaimer: I don't own Saw or any of the characters.

Other: Okay, so not the most interesting or best chapter I've published. But it was neccessary for a couple of reasons. 1.) Someone brought it to my attention that Lawrence needed to be the one receiving comfort for once. And the only way to truly upset Lawrence is to take Diana away. Besides, Diana needed to be out of the picture for a while, especially because of what I have in store. But, for those of you who like Diana, don't worry, she'll be back in a few chapters. 2.) I felt that Adam and Alison needed to fight a little. XD I admit that his first remark about his name was not from me. I saw it on yahoo and immediately thought of Adam. So I don't take credit for that comment. 3.) I'm preparing for a huge event. So I need to throw in as much happiness and moments of sadness as possible to get it out of my system and pleasure you guys at the same time. Not everyone will like the event, but from the people I've told, most people support the idea.

I wish this chapter was good enough to dedicate, because I'd really like to thank creepybride! You're the best reviewer, and your reviews always make my day. I am so happy that you're following this story and enjoying it as you are. It really does make me happy. :) They're always honest, as well, which I appreciate. I would've thanked you as soon as I got the review through message, but you're pm is blocked. In the last chapter, when I included the sex scene, I was debating whether or not to put it in. And even when I published it, I didn't like it, but I left it in there anyway. So when I got your opinion on it, I made up my mind and took it out.

Anyway, try to enjoy this chapter, hahah, I'll try to update a better one as soon as possible.

The sudden shrill ring of the phone shattered the silence of the apartment. Lawrence jerked awake, bolting up, and immediately looking over at Adam out of instinct. He was used to being woken by Adam's screams. But Adam was sleeping soundly on his stomach, his head tilted to the side, facing the wall. Lawrence half-smiled, leaning over and pressing a kiss against Adam's warm back. The young man stirred slightly, but was apparently still asleep.

It was six in the morning, and everyone was sleeping, so Lawrence reached over Adam and grabbed the phone.

"Dr. Gordon speaking," he greeted, his voice still a little scratchy from sleep. He flopped back against his pillows and rubbed his eyes with his free hand.

"Hello, Lawrence, this is obviously Alison. I'm back in New York. And I'll be coming over today to take our daughter, who will be living with me," said a curt, clipped voice.

Lawrence's heart dropped, and he froze with one hand resting on his closed eyes.

"No…No, you can't do that," he said, licking his lips. His heart was pounding, and his stomach filled with butterflies.

"Excuse me?" she said, as if shocked that Lawrence would say something like that.

"Why would you want her back? You never called her, you never wrote a letter or emailed me for her to read, you were rude when she called you, you didn't even call her on her birthday yesterday…Why would you want to take her back?" Lawrence said, slowly sitting up.

Diana had been living with them for quite a while, now. He didn't want to give her up again. It had hurt so bad when he had watched Alison leave with Diana the first time, when they had moved into their own apartment after Alison divorced Lawrence. He didn't think he could handle losing her again. Sure, he'd see her on the weekends, but that wasn't good enough.

"Lawrence, she's my daughter. I love her. And, if you haven't forgotten, I cared for her more than you did. You were too obsessed with work to care about her. It was all because of you that we were stuck in that hostage situation last year. So don't question my parenting skills," Alison snapped. Lawrence's fingers curled inward, digging his nails into his palm.

"She loves me, Alison, and I love her. What if she doesn't want to live with you?" he said.

"I'll be over in an hour. Have her ready," his ex-wife simply said. She hung up before he could say another word. Lawrence hunched over, feeling like he might cry. He squeezed his eyes shut, and took three deep breaths. He had to calm down and stay strong. He didn't want to upset Diana.

The father of Diana miserably left the room and entered her bedroom. Diana was asleep, of course, but he gently shook her awake.

"Diana, get dressed, honey," he said, his heart aching terribly as she sat up and yawned.

"What's going on, Daddy? Why are we getting up so early?" she asked. Lawrence took another deep breath.

"I'll tell you once you're dressed. I'll wait for you in here. Just grab some clothes, go shower and brush your teeth, and get dressed. Then come back to me," he said. Diana nodded; looking a little confused, and did as she was told. Once he heard the bathroom door close, he grabbed her large suitcase out of her closet and quickly began packing up everything in her closet.

When Diana came back in forty five minutes later, having prepared herself breakfast and eaten it before doing what her father told her to do, she found all of her clothes packed up, her favorite toys in bags, and everything else she needed stuffed in boxes. Her room looked exactly how it did before she moved in with Adam and Lawrence when her mother left to help take care of Diana's other grandpa.

Lawrence knew Diana would be spending a whole lot more time at her mother's house, so he had packed up everything she had brought along with everything she had been given in the time she spent here. Diana stared at her luggage in confusion.

"Daddy…What's happening?" she asked him. But it was obvious that she had an idea, because tears began filling her eyes, and her chest began to hitch. It took all his strength and will-power to not cry.

"Your mother is back at home, and she's coming in fifteen minutes to take you back, princess," Lawrence replied, forcing himself to sound normal. The tears spilled down her cheeks, and she shook her head.

"No, daddy, please, I want to live with you and Adam," she said, beginning to sob. Lawrence held out his arms, and she ran into them, burying her face against his shoulder.

"Diana, you have to. You'll see me on weekends. Like it used to be. Don't cry, princess, you have to be good or your mother might not let you come over again," he said desperately, his voice starting to crack. Diana simply sobbed and didn't answer.

"Look, honey, you have a little more than ten minutes to say goodbye to everyone, okay? Go on and say goodbye to grandma, grandpa, and Adam," Lawrence said, focusing on staying calm. Diana stood up and wiped her face, nodding.

"That's my girl, go on," he encouraged. So Diana left the room to say goodbye to everyone.

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The eight year old woke up her grandparents and hugged them goodbye, promising to write them letters, thanked them again for the beautiful presents, agreed to visit during the summer, and said she loved them both. Her grandparents kissed her cheek and sent her off to say goodbye to Adam. They didn't know how upsetting the situation was.

When Diana went to Adam, she burst into fresh tears and clambered onto the bed. She grabbed his bicep and shook him until he scrambled into a sitting position. Adam brushed her tears away with the back of his hand, glancing around the room.

"Diana, what's wrong? Where's your daddy? Is everyone alright?" he asked. She crawled into his lap and pressed her face against his warm, firm chest, sobbing. Adam was starting to become afraid. He wrapped his arms around her tightly, and stroked her long, curly brown hair.

"Adam, I don't want to leave," she cried. Adam blinked.

"What're you talking about? You don't have to go anywhere. You can chill here with me all day, if you want to. I mean, just tell your grandparents you aren't feeling well and just want to stay home all day. They won't mind. Me and you can watch a bunch of movies and stuff. I'll even bribe Lawrence to order Chinese food. Plus, don't tell your daddy, but I have a secret stash of chocolate. We can snack on that while we watch movies," he said cheerfully.

Diana cried even harder.

"My mommy is coming to take me away," she wailed. Adam took her arms, holding her out in front of him so he could see her flushed, tear-stained face and red-rimmed, puffy eyes.

"Diana, don't you love your mommy?" he asked. Her eyes widened, and she nodded.

"Of course I do. But I want to live with you and Daddy. Mommy…Mommy isn't as fun as you and Daddy. She isn't as nice…and I don't think she loves me as much as Daddy does," she said. Adam sighed and tilted his head back, glaring at the ceiling, trying to come up with something to say or do.

"Okay, Diana, take three really deep breaths. You have to calm down. We'll work something out, I promise. But in the meantime, you have to go with your mommy. Everything will be fine. We'll call you every single night, and before you know it you'll be back here with us. So be a good girl, okay? You don't want to make your daddy sad, do you?" he said. Diana shook her head in answer to his last question.

Just then, the doorbell rang. Adam carried Diana to the door. Her luggage was already there. He set her down and opened the door.

Alison stood there wearing a pair of jeans and a sky blue sweater. Her blonde hair was thrown up in a ponytail, and she glared at Adam.

"Hey bitch, how you doin'?," he said. Diana walked over and hugged her mother.

"Hi, baby," Alison said sweetly, kissing the top of Diana's head.

"Hi, mommy," she replied. Lawrence stepped up beside Adam as Alison picked up Diana.

"Her stuff is all packed up, she's had breakfast, and I'll expect to see her on Friday," Lawrence said. Alison simply stared at him as if he were dog shit she'd just stepped on.

"The wheel is turning, but the hamster's dead," Adam said, watching Alison with a faint smirk. Alison gave Adam a death glare.

"Lawrence, why is this dick-head here?" she asked.

"Alison, leave," Lawrence said.

"Hey, Adam, how's your nightlight holding up? I hear you can't go a night without it. What, do you still drag a blanket around and have your mommy check the closet for you, too?" Alison sneered. Lawrence buried his face in his hands. He knew Adam. He knew how Adam was going to react. Sure enough, Adam laughed.

"Keep my motherfucking name out of your cock-sucking mouth, you horse banging piece of shit. If you weren't a diseased whore, I'd have you pay me to Flaming Pele the fuck out of you and then give your corpse a Boston Steamer," Adam said.

Alison's mouth dropped open.

"Wh-What did you just say to me? You're the cock-sucker!" she spluttered, at a loss for words.

"And you don't suck cock? What, so you're a lesbian? Keep talking, maybe someday you'll say something intelligent," Adam said, as if he were bored.

"Listen, fag. From my point of view – "

"Oh, I'd love to see things from your point of view, but unfortunately I can't seem to get my head that far up my ass," Adam interrupted. Alison opened her mouth to finish what she was saying, and Adam leaned forward to insult her further, but Lawrence stepped in between them.

"That's enough!" he shouted. "Are you forgetting that there's an eight year old right here? Alison, just get in your car and buckle Diana up. I'll put her luggage in the trunk."

Alison turned and left with Diana without another word, and Lawrence looked over at Adam.

"Was that necessary?" he asked him. Adam gave Lawrence a brilliant smile.

"Absolutely. It felt good, too," he replied. Lawrence rolled his eyes and grabbed as much luggage as he could. Adam took the rest. Together, they loaded Alison's trunk with it, and then closed the lid. Lawrence walked to the passenger's window, and Diana rolled it down, sniffling.

"Bye, princess," he said softly, leaning in and giving her a kiss. A few more tears trickled down Diana's red cheeks. He brushed them away, and said,

"Be a good girl. I'll see you Friday," he said. Diana nodded.

"I love you, daddy," she told him thickly. Lawrence's eyes filled with tears.

"I love you too, baby," he answered. He had barely stepped away from the car when Alison drove off. He watched the car disappear from sight, his heart breaking.

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Adam was sitting on the couch leafing through the phone book when he heard the front door close.

"Hey, Lawrence, can we please order Chinese food? I know you're a health nut and all, but I'm craving some of that noodle stuff and that red, sticky chicken. I always forge the names of everything, but you know what I like," he called. He didn't get a reply.

"Lawrence, did you hear what I said?" he called louder. When he still didn't get an answer, he got off the couch and turned around. Lawrence was leaning against the door, his face buried in his hands.

Adam hurried over and took Lawrence's hands, removing them from the doctor's face. Tears streamed down Lawrence's face, and Adam was startled into silence. The last time he'd seen Lawrence cry was when they were in the bathroom and Lawrence was listening to Alison and Diana screaming on the phone that Jigsaw had left them. Seeing Lawrence cry was heart breaking, and it made him nervous. But he reached up and brushed away his lover's tears.

"Lawrence," he said softly, at a loss of words. Lawrence forced a laugh and walked away, sitting down on the couch, shaking his head.

"Sorry, sorry, don't mind me, I'm just –"

Adam sat down on Lawrence's lap, his knees on either side of Lawrence's hips, and kissed him.

"Hey, man, don't apologize. You're always here for me when I'm scared or upset. Which is all the time; you know me. You've got a lot of patience to deal with a dude like me. I want to be here for you for a change. Don't feel like you've got to be my rock or something. Talk to me," he said, running his fingers through Lawrence's soft blonde hair.

Lawrence looked at Adam and saw the care and affection clear in his eyes. It was sweet, and Lawrence put his arms around him, pulling him into an embrace. Adam accepted the hug, nuzzling his face against the side of Lawrence's neck.

"I love Diana so much. And Alison…Alison doesn't deserve to have her! I mean, she was a wonderful mother before we divorced. She was the perfect mother. We used to get in fights all the time, because I'd be at work a lot, or doing paperwork at home, and she insisted I didn't care enough about her and Diana. But I did. I would die for Diana. You saw me cut my foot off in the bathroom…That was to save Diana," Lawrence said, his voice breathy as he swallowed sobs.

"And then Alison divorced me, and it was like a switch had been flicked. She went from perfect mother to uncaring bitch. Diana isn't going to be very happy there. When she's here, we treat her like she's a precious darling. But when she's with her mother, she's treated like an annoying kid who needs to be shuffled aside. Some people might think Diana's spoiled because of us, but I know she doesn't act it. It doesn't go to her head. Diana's a sweet heart, and I am proud to be her father. I want her back," he continued.

He sobbed for a few minutes, Adam rubbing his back soothingly, and then finished up,

"Alison never called once. She never wrote a letter or an email, she never sent a present for her birthday; nothing. So why does she want to take Diana back, if Diana's only a nuisance to her? Just a mouth to feed and a body to wash? I don't understand it. I'd bet my life she's doing it just to spite me," he said, taking a few deep breaths.

Adam kissed the side of Lawrence's neck and then continued rubbing his back.

"Exactly; she knows how much you care about Diana. She knows that by taking Diana, she's hitting you where it hurts the most. It's like mentally bitch-slapping you for her. And the only way to defend yourself against those mental blows that are scored in her mind is to act like you don't care when she takes Diana. Act nonchalant, as if you're thinking 'fuck this shit, I'll see her Friday, it's all cool, feel free to take her for the week, bitch.' She's looking for a reaction," Adam explained.

"Women like her are all about the attention and reactions. They enjoy watching people get upset. They kick them while they're down. So fight back. Don't give her a reaction. But to deal with the hurt in the inside, once she's gone, remember that you'll be seeing her again over the weekend. And, Lawrence, I don't think this is permanent. I have a strong feeling that little Diana will be back here to live with us again, throwing glitter at me and forcing me to wear big purple fairy wings while she crams cookies down my throat and pushes cups of tea at me. Everything will be alright, Lawrence, I promise," he went on.

Lawrence held Adam tightly, breathing in the young man's scent – a mix of faint smoke and Axe cologne. He felt immense love for him. He was trying so hard to help Lawrence feel better…It was touching. Adam was successful in calming Lawrence. Lawrence suddenly felt the same feeling – he believed that Diana would be back.

For a long time, they sat in that position embracing, occasionally giving each other kisses. Lawrence grinned and spoke up.

"I have to admit, it was so great watching you totally destroy her at the door. She was stunned! I've never seen her at a loss of words before. She has a sharp tongue," Lawrence said, chuckling. Adam smirked.

"Yeah, it felt awesome. I could've kept going if you hadn't interrupted, Dr. Killjoy," he replied. Lawrence shook his head and kissed Adam's lips.

"No, no, no, Diana was right there, and I didn't want her any more exposed to your colorful vocabulary and remarks than she already was," he said, stroking Adam's face, his fingers moving into Adam's soft, dark hair.

"I love you, even though you don't appreciate my colorfulness," Adam said with a playful grin. Lawrence laughed, taking Adam's hand and entwining their fingers.

"And I love you, even though you don't appreciate my rules," he replied. Adam rose an eyebrow.

"Touche," Adam said. Both men laughed, and Adam leaned forward and kissed Lawrence deeply.

"Don't worry. She'll be back. And in the meantime, I'm here for you. I always will be," Adam murmured against Lawrence's lips when the kiss was broken. Lawrence blinked back tears, the love in Adam's voice so strong, and closed his eyes. Adam's arms went around Lawrence's neck, and he tugged him closer, continuing the broken kiss.

Diana would be back. And both men had a sneaking feeling that she would be living with them again soon. All they had to do was wait patiently.

Hope you enjoyed it, and thank you so much for reading it! As I always say, please review. :)