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

Adam stared at him, and raised and eyebrow. "Saved my future?"

"Mhm. We have an argument to get you out of jail."

Adam nodded and walked ahead of Cal. He was mad at Cal. He was mad at meeting his father. He was mad that Cal had become so nice. He was mad. He also was feeling guilt about his plans for tonight for the first time. That didn't happen often. He shook his head. He wasn't going to change just because some prick decided to walk into his life.

Cal smiled at Gillian and then looked to Steven, "Why don't we get some lunch?"

"Yes!" Steven said with a smile.

"No." Adam said.

"No? Why?" Cal asked with a frown.

Adam spun around. He decided that it was time to set Cal straight with what was going on. Yes. He had been off and on with his feelings, but he hated Cal. Cal had ruined his family and that was NOT okay, "Listen 'dad.' I don't want to be here any more than you want me here. I don't want to be your bloody son and I definitely don't want to be part of your family activities. So if you could just take me to your house and let me be that would be great. I don't fuckin' care what you do with Steven, but I don't want to be part of it." Adam gave him a mocking smile and then turned around.

Cal froze in place and his mouth had fallen open.

Gillian looked at Cal and held Steven's hand. "He just said a bad word." Steven whispered, watching as Adam walked away, "I like you." He said to Cal with a big smile.

Cal's eyes slowly moved to Steven and he managed a small smile, "He will warm up to me." Cal finally got ahold of himself and began walking again, "Just you wait."

"Maybe I should talk to him." Gillian suggested. She sped up a bit until she was with at an even pace with Adam, "Hey." She whispered.

"What the bloody hell do you want?" Adam asked coldly. He buried his hands into his pockets and shivered slightly.

"I want to help you."

"Help me? What am I? Your patient."

"How did you-"

"He told me." He whispered madly, "I'm not stupid. I know stuff. I'm not just some meat head." He said to her as if that was what she thought of him.

"No - I, know... of course you aren't..." Gillian whispered, staring at the ground as they walked.

"Go ahead. Feel bad for me, like... like there is no hope for me because now I have to live with HIM." Adam nodded towards Cal and then looked to the ground as well.

"He's a good man and he cares about you."

"Save your breath." Adam said with a laugh.

"I am serious. He has only known you for like two days and he already wants to be the father in your life. He wants to be your father. He isn't just doing it because he is your biological father... he is doing it because he wants to. He wants to be with you and he wants you to be his son. Why don't you want that?"

Adam stopped and turned to her, "I don't want to be his son because he was never my father. He was never there for me. Not for my first break up or my girst gig. He wasn't there... at all! Why would I want him in my life now?"

Gillian stared at him, "He didn't choose to not be there for you. He was never told! He didn't know that he had a son! He didn't know that there was another child of his halfway across the world! Your mother didn't tell him! I have know him for eight years and I know damn well that if he had known... if he had been told that you were his child... he would have dropped everything to be in your life. He would have fought to be with you for as long as he could before you moved away. He didn't choose to live here and ignore the fact that you were somewhere in the world." She said, almost angry at how naive Adam could be.

"Have you ever thought that maybe Cal asks Abigail why you never looked for him? Why you never called him? Why you never looked him up? Why you never told him how your life was going? Why you didn't care enough to meet your real father? Well you couldn't! You were just as clueless as Cal. Abigail didn't tell you! She kept you both in the dark. She thought it was for the better. Well maybe you should be blaming her rather than Cal because he has all the same questions. If you want to know why he wasn't there for you... then maybe you should ask yourself why you weren't there for him. He has had hard times in his life as well. You can't just sit there and think that he didn't want to be a part of your life. Look at him." They both turned to see Cal laughing with Steven, helping him into the car. "Steven isn't his real son, yet Cal is able to step in as a fatherly figure."

Adam looked down and to the left. Shame. Damn right he should feel shame! "Maybe you should stop thinking about who you can blame and more about who you can appreciate." She nodded as she spoke, watching as he thought about what she was saying. He felt bad. Well that was what she was trying to do. She wanted him to understand. "Now if you could just be happy that he is taking you in, then maybe things would work out." She whispered in a gentle voice.

Adam was thinking about it. He knew that she was right, but he didn't want a new father. He could take care of Steven and Abigail just fine. He didn't need Cal as a fatherly figure. He bit his lip and walked to the car, leaving Gillian in the middle of the parking lot. He opened the back and - ignoring Cal's questioning look - pulled out and iPod and made it as loud as he could get it. Steven staerd at Adam with concern. He then looked to Cal who was starting the car and whispered, "Why is he so mad?"

Cal stared at Steven for a minute then glanced to Adam, "I dunno."

Gillian walked up and got into the passenger seat and looked to Cal, "I think I got through to him."

"Sorry love." Cal whispered.

.:.

"I need to go out and talk to Reynolds. Will you and Steven be okay here for a couple hours?" Cal asked Adam desperately.

"Yeah." Adam mumbled, preteding to be busy with something on the computer. "Where's Emily?" He asked curiously.

"At a friends. She will be home tomorrow."

"Whatever." Adam said, standing up and walking upstairs.

Cal sighed and walked out of the house.

He met Gillian in his driveway and got into her car, "Let's go."

.:.

"Adam is innocent! He had BVVP! He couldn't help it. He wasn't aware of what was happening and shot the man." Cal insisted.

Ben rubbed his neck and sighed, "Listen Lightman. I can't just... we can't know for sure that he was affected by BVVP at the time."

"You can't just go with it?" Cal asked with a frustrated glare. Gillian stood beside Cal, watching Ben carefully.

"No I can't. Just because he is your new son doesn't mean that he has an exception for murder." Ben whispered with a sympathetic look.

Cal rolled his eyes and turned around, "Great. You are a great help Ben." Cal said sarcastically. "I will just go and spend time with my son, because I may only have him for one more day." Cal turned around and started to walk out, his hands stuffed in his pockets.

"Cal... wait." Ben said, walking towards him.

.:.

"Yeah... I just need you to watch him for ten minutes." Adam said into his phone, "Awesome thanks. Yeah I'll talk to you later."

"Who was that?" Steven asked, walking into the kitchen.

"Tommy is going to watch you tonight."

"Where are you going?"

"Out."

"Dad said that we need to be good tonight. Just for a couple hours." Steven said.

Adam crouched down and stared at Steven, "He isn't our dad. Don't call him that. Once mom gets back we can leave him and all of this behind. Alright?"

Steven hesitated, but saw Adam's serious look. He nodded and looked at the ground. "How long will you be gone?"

"I dunno. I will come back though. I promise." Adam smiled and heard a knock at the door.

"Hey Tommy." Adam answered the door, "Take him." Adam took Steven by the arm and pushed him out the door.

"Alright. See ya later man. Don't do anything... stupid." Tommy said, taking Steven's hand and walking him down the car.

Adam waited until he couldn't see them anymore. He then walked into the kitchen and went into the 'junk' drawer. He pulled out a pair of keys and was soon in Cal's car and pulling out of the garage.

.:.

Cal stared at Ben and said, "Thank you. We can figure this out." Cal looked to Gillian and said, "Shall we go home?"

She bit her lip and nodded, "Yeah." She stood up and smiled at Ben, "We will see you tomorrow."

Ben nodded and sighed, "Maybe. I might have to go into the office tomorrow... we will see."

Gillian smiled, "Just the same. Have a good night."

"You too." Ben smiled and left.

Cal buried his hands into his pockets and twisted his head to the side, "How ya doin'?" Cal asked her.

She looked at him. She hated the fact that he could read her. She hated that he could see right through any of the emotions that she hid. "I'm am doing great." She lied. She was terrified for him. She didn't want him to loose Adam. She didn't want Adam to get hurt. She didn't want anything to happen. She was scared for Cal and Adam.

He stared at her. "Right then." He wanted to point out the lie. He wanted to know how she really felt, but he felt that that might be inappropriate for the situation. He knew that she wouldn't want to be put on the spot like that. He sat down on his couch and stared up at her, "Fancy some dinner?"

"I already ate." Gillian whispered.

"Liar." Cal said with a smile.

"Would you rather I just said no?" She asked him.

"Yes."

She sighed. Of course he would. "Then no Cal. I do not want to go to dinner with you. Not right now." She smiled and him and pulled on her jacket. "Let's go."

.:.

Cal held open the door for Gillian and looked into the house, "Adam? Steven?" He called out. He walked through, seeing all the lights turned off.

"Hello?" Gillian said as she slipped into the house.

"Check in the kitchen." Cal said as he jogged upstairs.

Gillian looked into the kitchen and opened the garage door, "Cal..." She whispered.

"Adam?" Cal yelled, looking through the hallway. He walked downstairs and stared at Gillian, "No sign of Adam or Steven."

"Cal... your car is gone." She whispered, turing towards him.

"What?" Cal asked, walking to the garage door. His mouth fell open and he turned to Gillian, "Bloody hell."

A/N: UH OH! Please leave reviews... like I have been saying in my other stories... I have exams so I won't be updating for a wile. I might be able to squeeze in a few chapters, but I will be able to do it more after Christmas!