A/N: HA! I got the name wrong in the last chapter! I'm sorry! It's Mitchell NOT Michael! Sorry!

Cal stared at Gillian and ran a hand through his thick hair, "He admitted to it Gill."

She stared at him. She was sitting on the couch in his office and refused to let herself leave until she knew what had happened last night. Now she knew, "Adam...?"

"He killed that guy from the robbery. He admitted! What am I supposed to do?" He had a pained look on his face and she wasn't sure what to tell him.

"When did you talk?"

"Last night when I got home, why does that matter?" She shook her head and he sighed, "Gill... my son is a killer. He is going to go to jail."

"He is 16 Cal. I do not think that he will be going to jail."

"Some one will!" He insisted.

"Mitchell will." Gillian whispered, "He is 18. He is the adult. He should have stopped Adam."

"What about Juvie?" Cal challenged.

Gillian looked at the ground, "We can figure a way to get him out of this."

Cal bit his lip and sighed. Leaning back in his chair he said, "He killed a man. In cold blood. He just up and shot him. We can't get him out of this."

"Mitchell should have stopped him!"

"It wouldn't be fair to put this on Mitchell." Cal whispered.

Gillian sighed and said, "Well he was the older responsible one. He should NOT have let Mitchell bring the gun."

Cal stared at her and shook his head, "I haven't gotten attached to him yet. Might as well lose him now, yeah?"

"No Cal. You just got him after 16 years! Don't even talk about losing him because you won't." She said in a stern voice.

Cal finally stood up and walked to the door, "I will talk to Ben about it. First I want to go home and talk to him though."

Gillian nodded and smiled, "Good luck."

.:.

"Hey, how are you doing?" Cal asked Adam as he walked into the house.

Adam looked at him and then brought his gaze back to the bowl of cereal in front of him.

"Alright." Cal sat down across from him and said, "You know you can go to jail?"

"What?" Adam asked.

"You could go to jail."

Adam's face scrunched up like he was concentrating really hard, "I can't hear you." He shrugged, "Talk louder."

Cal frowned and raised his voice, "Listen to me!"

Adam looked at him with a bored look, "I am trying! You're mumbling!"

No he wasn't! Cal stared at him with an annoyed look, "What the hell are you pulling?"

"Your mouth is moving, but nothing is coming out." Adam said in a voice that made him sound seriously confused.

Cal was about to yell at him, but then started to think, "Do you have ear problems?"

"Huh?' Adam still couldn't hear him.

Cal yanked a notepad from his 'junk' drawer. He scribbled 'do you have ear problems?' on the paper.

Adam looked at it and frowned, "I'm not deaf."

'That's not what I said.' Cal wrote.

"You just need to talk louder." Adam shrugged and stood up. He threw his bowl into the sink and then turned and walked away.

.:.

Cal had done some research on the computer and was now on the phone with Gillian, "I think Adam has ear problems. That could have something to do with what happened."

"How do you know he has ear problems?"

"I was practically yelling and he told me that I needed to stop mumbling. I am going to go see a doctor with him tomorrow."

"Um, alright, but what could this have to do with the case?"

"He couldn't hear Mitchell telling him to not shoot? Or to not bring the gun? I will find out tomorrow."

"Alright then, let me know how that goes."

"Will do. And he will be starting school next week... that's if we can get this all figured out."

Gillian nodded and said, "Alright, well I'll see you tomorrow? Have you talked to Ben yet?"

"No I haven't and now that we have this ear problem I want to know about it before I talk to Ben."

"Alright then. Goodnight Cal."

"Night Gill." He hung up and walked up the stairs to Adam, "Hey." He said to get his attention.

"What?" Adam asked, spinning away from his desk after shutting his computer.

Cal looked over Adam's shoulder to the desk that had already been fitted to Adam's likes. This guest room would never be a guest room again by the looks of it. Adam had somehow gotten his hands on another set of sheets for the bed and now it was a dark blue color with other shades of blue stripes running all over it. Before it had been a set of light beige sheets with different types of flowers on it. Emily had gone shopping with Gillian and they had picked it up.

The closet had several shirts hung up. Adam had only been here for a day! How did he already have a bunch of clothes in his room? Cal guessed that a lot of friends gave him rides and all that to get his stuff from his old house.

The desk had Adam's computer which had a lot of stickers on it. Skull Candy ones. Apple ones. Volcom ones. DC ones. Burton ones. A lot of snowboarding stickers. "You snowboard?" Cal asked him, bringing his gaze to his son's hazel eyes.

Adam nodded and leaned back in his chair, "Yeah."

"I know this place... Paoli Peaks. Got some nice hills. We can go sometime." Cal suggested with a small welcoming smile.

Adam spun back to his computer and opened it up, "What do you want?"

"We are going to the doctor tomorrow." Cal announced, leaning on the door frame.

"Why would we do that?" Adam asked as his fingers began to wildly type something.

"Because you have some ear problems and I want to get them figured out."

Adam frowned, "You just weren't talking loud enough."

"I was yelling and you still couldn't hear me. Tomorrow morning at 10:00. Emily will be home soon and dinner will be in and hour."

Adam ignored him and Cal left.

.:.

"Why hello lovely father." Emily said with a smile. She threw his backpack onto the couch and got up onto the counter with a smile, "How's Adam?" She whispered.

Cal turned to look at her and smiled, "How you doin' love?"

"I am just fine, how is Adam?"

"I think he has some ear problems. We will be going to the doctor tomorrow." Cal said, mixing the soup that was in front of him.

"Interesting. Where is Steven?"

"School."

"Still?"

"He was staying after for some... movie thing or something." Cal shrugged and put the spoon down, "How was school?"

"Eric asked me out." She said with a large smile.

"You said no, right?"

"Of course... NOT! I said yes! He is one of the hottest guys in school and HE asked ME out! Why would I say no?" She stared at him with a bigger smile.

"He only asked you out so he can get into your pants." Cal mumbled, raising an eyebrow at her.

"Wow dad." She jumped down from the counter, "You really know how to ruin everything. Is that why you asked mom out? To get into HER pants? Is that why you had that thing with that Musso chick? To get into HER pants? Is that why you got with that Poppy chick in Vegas? To get into HER pants? Is that why you are working with Wollowski? To get into HER pants?" Emily could go on and on. Whenever she liked a boy that was always Cal's excuse.

"Stop it right now Emily." Cal ordered in a stern voice.

"So you can just go and have sex whenever, but I can't go on a date?"

"Emily. I will NOT have this conversation with you."

"Well it's a little too late for that now." Emily said with a shrug.

"Emily."

"Did you every think that maybe I want to get into HIS pants?" She asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"Emily!" Cal yelled madly, "I am done. Right now. You will not go on that date."

"You are so unfair!" She yelled back, "God, I hate this." She ignored what Cal was going to say and walked upstairs. She ignored Adam in the guest room and slammed the door shut once she made it into her own room.

.:.

Cal appeared in Emily's door with a sorry look. She looked up from her book and stared at him, "What?" It was a cold voice that reminded him of himself.

"I'm sorry love."

"Yeah, you should be."

"Hey." Cal whispered, "Don't use that attitude with me."

She stared at him, deciding that she shouldn't say anything.

"I'm sorry. I am under a lot of pressure with Adam's case and taking care of Steven - who is home by the way and wants to know where you are - and everything else. Go on the date." He didn't want to do this, but he knew that she needed her freedom.

Emily smiled and threw her arms around him in a hug, "Thank you so much!" She pulled away and ran downstairs to se Steven. "Hey, what's up?"

Steven smiled at her and put the remote down, "Nothing... I'm just watching TV."

"That's cool." Emily said, sitting down next to him, "How was school?"

"It was really good. Kenny randomly started dancing and singing and it was really funny. He go sent to the principals office, but we could hear him laughing all the way there. It was hilarious!" Steven laughed and smiled at her.

"That sounds really funny." Emily said with a smile.

"And I don't have school tomorrow." He said, his smile growing.

"What? That's not fair. Why?"

"Because all the teachers have to go to some meeting about teaching so I get to stay home with your dad all day."

"That's totally cheap." Emily laughed and grabbed the remote, "Did you already have dinner?"

Steven nodded, "Your dad made tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwiches."

Emily nodded and said, "Yum yum. I will be right back." She left and was back in five minutes with a bowl of soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, "That means that you can stay up late tonight, right?"

Steven touched his chin in thought and then nodded, "Yeah, it does!"

"Awesome, let's watch a movie."

.:.

"I will see you after school dad." Emily smiled and was gone.

Cal turned to Adam and Steven and smiled, "We have two hours to spare." He sanded his hands together and Steven smiled up at him.

"Want to play a game?"

Cal looked down at him and smiled, "Sure what game - oh what a sec." Cal dug his hand into his pocket and pulled out his ringing phone, "Lightman."

"Hey it's Gillian."

"What's up?"

"Will you be coming in today?"

"Yeah, probably."

"Okay, I have a couple files I need you to look at and some videos for you to watch."

"Alright - oh wait. Do you want to come with me and Adam... and Steve?"

"Um, sure, why?"

"Adam wants you to come for some reason. I guess he got a little attached to you the other night."

Gillian smiled and just felt all warm and fuzzy inside. "I would love to come. When...?"

"I will pick you up at the office in about an hour?"

"Sounds good. See you later."

"Oi! Adam! Gill is coming with us!" Cal yelled up the stairs once he was off the phone.

.:.

"We have our results." Dr. Sanford said, looking down at his file.

Cal looked to Gillian and she smiled and rubbed Adam's leg comfortingly. "What?" Adam asked anxiously.

"You have a Peripheral Vestibular Disorder."

"What does that mean?" Steven asked as he played with his airplane.

Dr. Sanford smiled and cleared his throat. "It is a problem with the ear. More specifically Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo or BPPV. It is caused by otoconia also known as ear rocks. They form in your ear and are made from calcium carbohydrates."

"What are the symptoms?" Cal asked.

"Well, there is hearing loss, dizziness and diminished cognition. Which means that he doesn't have full awareness around him." Dr. Sanford clapped his hands together and said, "He isn't really sure what is happening."

Cal looked to Gillian and gave her a huge smile, "How can it be treated?"

"You will just have to wait it out. He won't have it for much longer than two months, but you can get him a temporary hearing aid if you would like."

"Thank you very much." Cal said, shaking Dr. Sanford's hand.

"Oh no problem. Have a good day."

Gillian shook his hand as well and walked out with Cal, Steven, and Adam. Cal turned to Adam and said, "Would you kill a man again?"

"No." Adam said nervously.

"Why?"

"Because it isn't good." Adam raised and eyebrow at Cal and put his hands into the pockets of his coat, "So..."

"This is perfect." Cal turned to Gillian, "We can get him out of it! He wasn't aware of what was going on and just shot the gun!" Cal then looked to Adam and smiled, "You aren't going to jail."

"Why?"

"BVVP just saved your future."

A/N: YIKES! It took me a while to put this up, yeah? EEK! Well thank you for reading and please leave reviews... and I have had to do so mucch research these past coupla days reasearching about BVVP and Venlafaxine in my other story... lol, but I hope that you can understand everything just fine