Hey guys thank you so much for all the reviews, follows, and favorites! They all made me happy. Also I would like a special thank you to Amira Wayne for letting me use an idea of hers! Ok so this chapter is going to mainly focus on Wally. I hope you enjoy it and remember, suggestions and ideas are always appreciated and welcomed (: Enjoy!

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It was morning in Central City, and it was a beautiful day to say the least! It was December fifth and snow was on the ground! It was a beautiful sight to see, but you know what wasn't? Wally had a giant bruise on his cheek left by his father from last night. Now that was a hideous sight. Somehow, though, Wally just couldn't come to grip with reality that his own father hit him. He refused to believe that his father laid a hand on him. I was just being clumsy and ran into something last night, Wally mused himself with.

Why hadn't the bruise healed by now? Doesn't he have accelerated healing? Well Wally went to bed, and didn't get any energy from sleeping because he didn't sleep at all. So now he must get something to eat so it can be gone before he has to leave for school. "Good morning sweetie," said a familiar voice.

Oh no, now Wally was in for it. How was he to explain the bruise to his mother? Just tell her the truth, Wally thought, I ran into something on my way to bed. Wally has convinced himself that his dad hadn't hit him, why? Probably because he loved his father and knew he wouldn't do anything bad to him. Although Wally just couldn't shake off this feeling of being afraid of his dad. He didn't want to be, but he just was. "Morning mom," Wally said as he turned around to face his mother who was coming down the stairs.

She gasped and rushed over to her son. "Wally, honey, what happened?" She asked frantically as she cupped his face

Wally smiled and removed her hands, but still kept her hands in his, as if holding onto her will make her stay with him longer. "Nothing mom, just ran into something when I was going to bed. It was kind of dark and I couldn't see where I was going."

Mary sighed and gave her son a hug. "You know for a superhero you're pretty clumsy."

Wally chuckled and ate two bowls of cereal, one bagel, a package of eggs, and three glasses of orange juice. As he was eating, he could feel himself healing. He would be fine by the time he got to school. He finished and gave his mother a long hug. He really didn't want to leave her, not for a second. Wow, TJ's right, I am a mama's boy, Wally thought as he chuckled in his head.

TJ Keegan was Wally's best friend from school. He would always make fun of Wally for being attacked to his mother in one way or another. He didn't know about Kid Flash, but he knew everything else about Wally. He didn't even need Wally to tell him about his mother having Sarcoma Cancer. He knew because their family was close and Wally's father told Mr. Keegan.

Wally than started to walk out the door, but not before his dad offered to drive him to school. He didn't respond. He didn't know how to, he was scared of his dad for no apparent reason. Rudolph put a hand on Wally's shoulder and led him to the car. That gesture alone gave him shivers up and down his back none stop. They finally got into the car and about halfway through the ride to Wally's school, his father spoke. "Son, I'd just like to say that I'm sorry how we ended things last night. I didn't mean for it to go that way, but you weren't seeing reason and that seemed like the only option to get through to you. Do you understand what I am saying?"

No I don't, Wally thought but nodded his head instead. A moment of silence passed before Rudolph broke it again, "I hope you know better now. You are going to keep your mother's illness a secret from her, right?"

Wally was scared shitless. Wally couldn't seem the words to fit it. He didn't agree with him, at all. "Yes father," he said instead of what he really thought he should have said.

Rudolph smiled and let Wally out of the car to get to class. Wally watched as his father's car drove away. As he got farther away, the less he became afraid of him.

"Hey man, what's up?" TJ asked Wally

"Been better, ya know?" He responded with a shrug

"Yeah I do know," TJ said as he was implied that he knew what was going on.

Wally smiled as he knew that TJ would know about what was going on. TJ was that kind of friend. He would tell you he knows about your problems and won't press unless you wanted to talk about it. "Is it normal?" Wally asked

"Is what normal Walls?"

"To feel this way about-"Wally said but was interrupted.

"Of course it is! People feel this way all the time when they're going through something hard," TJ said with a reassuring grip on his shoulder.

Wally felt those chills again. He pushed those chills aside and thought about what TJ said. "So this is normal, to be going through this?" Wally asked

"Yeah, it's perfectly normal."

But they were talking about two different things. TJ was talking about his mother dying, but Wally was talking about his father hitting him. TJ would've known that if he hadn't cut Wally off….

Dick visited Wally after school. Central High School's bells rang and students came walking out. He immediately spotted Wally's red hair. He saw that he was walking with TJ Keegan. He met him before, he was a cool guy. "Hey Wally, hey TJ," Dick said as he joined Wally and his friend.

"Hey, what's up Grayson?" TJ greeted

"Nothing too exciting, how are you Wally?" he asked

Wally didn't respond, he just stared off into space, and seemed to be looking at something. "Hey, Walls, did you hear me?" Dick asked snapping his fingers in front of his face.

Wally shook his head as if to get his self out of a trance. "Nope sorry man, but I have to go, my dad is here to drive me home." Wally said as he ran human pace to his dad's car.

"Huh, Wally's dad never picks him up from school," Dick said to TJ.

"Well with Wally's mom sick, I assume he would want to get him home quickly so they can spend time together." TJ answered without thinking

"What? Wally's mom is sick?"

"Oh yeah," TJ answered, "his mom has Sarcoma Cancer and they can't treat her. Mrs. West only has a couple weeks to live."

Dick was paralyzed. So that's why he was on the phone with his dad. That's why he didn't show up for training. That's why he requested a couple weeks of relieve. That's why Supey went over because Mary West was like his first mother. Wait, Supey knew about this before I did? That's depressing for a detective, Dick thought. "Wally didn't tell you?" TJ asked

He shook his head. "No he didn't. But he should have."