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"Coming!" yelled Lily from her bedroom. She opened the door and found Dave, looking rather depressed. "Dave? What's wrong? Come in," she said pulling him to the couch.

Dave's hand trembled, but he tried to keep a smile on. "You've been cleaning. You look cute when you have dust in your hair," he said taking some of it out. Lily rolled her eyes.

"Don't change the subject. Goodness, your shaking," she whispered. Cynthia came out of her bedroom, surprised to see Dave here.

"Dave! I haven't seen you in a while. Why are you so nervous?" she asked worriedly.

"I didn't know where else to go," he said sobbing. Cynthia looked at Lily with a concern look. "I told them everything," he weeped.

"Who did you tell what?" asked Lily.

"My good for nothing family," he said angrily. "I told them I was... gay."

Lily's eyes soften and pulled Dave to her arms. He had told them in high school. His mother was getting concern that he never had a girlfriend. At the age of twelve, Christina took Dave to a whore house to make him like a man, but if course that left a huge scar in his like and he was never the same happy kid Cynthia and Lily first met.

"She kicked me out of the house," he whispered. "They didn't want me to disgrace their family."

"Oh, say no more, Davy," said Cynthia getting up. "You will stay here. Lily and I have an extra air mattress. And you will stay until you want to," she said smiling at him.

Dave wiped his tears away from his cheeks. "Thank you, I don't know what I would do without you guys."

"That is why we are the Three Musketeers," said Lily proudly, making every laugh in the room.

Dave soon got quite and got up. "I can't stay guys. I couldn't impose." Both girls were about to protest, but he held his hand up. "I don't deserve you guys. I don't deserve this life."

Before, the girls could stop him, Dave rushed out of the apartment. "Oh, God, Lils. You don't think he'll..."

"I don't know Cynthia. Please, Dave, don't do anything stupid," prayed Lily.

Bruce sat in bed reading today's newspaper. He looked at the front cover Batman story. He sighed and thought about Lily. Why can't I get you out of my head? Maybe Alex is right. Maybe I do like her more than just a good friend. No, Bruce get a hold of yourself. Sure I flirt with her a bit, but why do I get so angry when I see her with another man.

He sighed again, heavier this time and looked at the newspaper. "See, Bruce this is the reason why you can't have her... I mean any girl. I wonder what she's doing right now? She probably doesn't want to talk to me," he said referring to their argument the other day.

Lily decided to forget about Bruce and to give Derek a chance and accepted to become his girlfriend. Bruce had walked in on them kissing at her bookstore.

Flashback

Derek grinned when Lily accepted. "I promise you, Lily. I'll make you happy," he said. He leaned in and captured her lips. Lily froze a bit, but decided to kiss back. The kiss wasn't bad it was just that it wasn't Bruce kissing her.

"Beautiful, I..." Lily gasped and broke their kiss. She looked at the door and saw Bruce is a shocked expression mixed with anger. "What's going on here?" he asked.

"Bruce, you remember Derek, right? He's my... boyfriend," she said nervously.

"Boyfriend? Since when?" he asked. Inside he felt his heart pound through his chest.

"Now," said Derek, putting an arm around Lily.

Bruce glared at him. "So, you're claiming your property by putting her under your arm?" he said angrily.

"Look, Lily is nobody's property. She is a free spirit and it'll be damned the day she does become one." Lily squeezed his hand as if begging not to continue. "I gotta go to work," he said to Lily, kissing her deeply in front of Bruce. He felt like punching Derek. How could Lily allow him to kiss her like that, especially around me?

Derek left leaving the two alone. "Beautiful, you can't be with him."

"And why not, Bruce?" she asked angrily. "Is it because he's a cop and doesn't earn a lot of money?"

"W-Well, yes, you're to good for him, Beautiful. You deserve someone bigger and better." Lily was shocked what Bruce was telling her.

"Derek is a wonderful man and I'm sure he'll make me happy. It doesn't matter what social status a person is, the only thing that matters is the quality of its persona."

End of Flashback

Lily tossed and turned in her bed. She couldn't sleep knowing that Dave might be in trouble. It's my fault I should have stopped him, she thought. She called Derek earlier about Dave and he said that he'll try to look for him. However it was getting late and there was still no signs of Dave, but Derek promised her that he start again in the morning. It was as if the earth at swallowed him leaving no signs of him. She even tried calling his mother's house, but she said she hasn't nor wants to see him.

She heard her phone ring and she immediately answered. "Hello? Dave?"

"Beautiful?" Lily sighed it was Bruce.

"Hi, Bruce," she said meekly.

"What's wrong, Beautiful. Why do you sound so sad?" asked Bruce worriedly.

"Nothing you should worry about."

"Was it that jerk Parker, because I would beat the..."

"No, it's not him Bruce. Why did you call?"

"Because something bad happened," he simply said.

"What?!" yelled Lily. Oh God, could he be talking about Dave?

"Yep, I've been miserable since our last encounter, Beautiful. I hate us not being friends."

"Oh, Bruce, but we're still friends," she said lovingly.

"That's good," he teased. "It's good hearing your voice again, Beautiful, but why is it so sad?"

"My friend Dave left my apartment in not such a good term. He said he was tiered of his life and that he's good for nothing. God, what am I going to do? What if he's hurt, Bruce?" she asked frightened.

"Beautiful, don't worry. Tomorrow I'll send a search group and help you find you friend."

"Bruce you're too sweet to me," she said feeling a little bit better that Bruce will help her find Dave; she also didn't mind hearing Bruce's voice either. She had missed him.

"Go to sleep, Beautiful, and have sweet dreams."