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A/N: Three things then I'll get on with the story. 1) I'm so sorry for the delay I was out enjoying the nice weather and got distracted. 2) I recently published another Supernatural oneshot "Cracked" and I would love for all of you to read and review it for me. 3) I was really sad when I only got two reviews last chapter (Thank you Lucifer's daughter and Maverick 500!) I would love to see more of you review this chapter for me.
Previously
He pulled the Colt from his mouth and slowly eased the hammer back and set the gun in his lap and stared at it longingly. He couldn't do it with them home. He couldn't let them have that forever playing in their memories. He wouldn't want Sam to have to deal with that. No he would wait. His time would come.
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"Sam! Suppers ready go get washed up." Tony yelled as he put the finishing touches on the tacos. Tacos were always Dean's favorite food and this was his last ditch effort at getting his brother to eat.
Stepping away from the stove he walked the hot frying pan over to the table and set it down next to all of the other taco ingredients. Sitting down for supper was one of the many things he was taking advantage of now that Sam and Dean were living with him. He tried to get them all to sit together for at least one meal a day something they hadn't been able to do with their previous lifestyle.
When he heard Sam head to the bathroom to wash up he decided he should probably get Dean from his room. Coming to a stop at his Dean's door he said through the door, "Suppers ready. Come and eat with us." He knocked again when he didn't hear any movement and started to jiggle the door knob which he found was locked, "Come on Dean you know you're not suppose to lock your door. Get out here now or I'm coming in. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1 I'm coming in." Tony yelled back as he reached for his lock pick that he kept for such occasions and quickly picked the lock.
Walking in he found Dean sleeping soundly on the bed and was about to shake him awake when he saw the gun sitting on Dean's lap. Shit. This wasn't good not good at all. He quickly grabbed it and stuck it in the back of his jeans. The sudden movement woke Dean up and upon seeing his brother taking his gun started to fight for it.
"Not a chance in hell. Come on we are eating and then me and you are having a talk." Tony answered and waited until Dean was walking out the door before he followed.
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Once they had finished cleaning up from supper and Sam was sitting down to watch his evening cartoons Tony and Dean headed back towards Dean's room.
Pulling his younger brother towards his bedroom he shut the door behind them. Dean sat down on his bed and Tony pulled up a chair to sit across from the bed, "We need to have a serious talk. Where did you get this? I don't recognize it and I know all of the ones Dad had." He asked as he pulled out the gun he hadn't had a chance to lock up.
Dean pointed to his closet and quickly reached for it but was disappointed when it was pulled out of his reach once more, "You're not getting this Dean. I don't know what you're thinking but your scaring me now. This isn't like you. You haven't been like you since I picked you up in Virginia. Kate's sister is a Doctor and I'm going to make an appointment with her for you."
Dean shook his head and stared back defiantly at his brother.
"I don't care if you like it or not but we can't keep going on like this. I love you Dean but your behavior is taking a toll on all of us. Everyone is worried about you. Finding this gun as only made my decision final you scared me shitless tonight Dean." Tony answered as he moved to sit next to his brother and brought him into a hug. Dean resisted at first but eventually melted into the embrace.
Soon they separated and Tony spoke up again, "I'm sorry I have to do this but I'm gonna have to search your stuff again and make sure you don't have anything else. I'm sorry."
He didn't answer but nodded and laid himself on the bed watching out the window while his brother took away his last hopes at peace.
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Tony tossed and turned the whole night. He couldn't sleep because he was thinking about Dean. He kept waiting for the sound of a chair being kicked out or the knife drawer being pulled out. He was waiting for that final noise, the noise that would end his brother's life. When did it get this bad? Why didn't he listen to Kate and Gibbs at Christmas? What if he hadn't walked in when he did? God what was he doing parenting two kids?
It was morning before he knew it and he hadn't gotten a wink of sleep to show for it. Stumbling from his bed and towards the sound of his automatic coffee maker he knocked on the doors of his brother's telling them it was morning. He knew he had a good 10 minutes before Sam would venture out of his room and 30 before Dean.
Sitting down he pulled out the worn business card Kate had handed him all those weeks ago and pulled out his cell phone and dialed the number.
"Dr. Cranston's office, how can I help you?" A cheery female voice sounded from the other side.
"My name is Tony Winchester and I would like to make an appointment with Dr. Cranston for my brother Dean." He replied watching the hallway for any sign of movement.
"I'm sorry sir but Dr. Cranston is out of the state for a conference and won't be back until next week. Would you still like to make an appointment?"
"Yes of course when is your next opening?"
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"I'll see you tonight. Sam don't forget we are going shopping tonight so make sure you get out here right away." Tony said as he dropped off his brother at school.
"Ok! See you tonight." Sam replied as he got out of the car.
The short drive to the high school was quiet as usual neither brother knowing what to say after the conversation that had taken place the night before. Pulling up to the school he parked his Mustang and pulled Dean to face him, "Me and Sam are going shopping tonight and after last night I don't trust you to be home by yourself. So you have two options. The first being you come shopping with me and Sam or I have Gibbs pick you up. Which would you rather do?"
Dean pulled out his phone and typed out a message to Tony.
Do I have to do either one? Can't I just go home?
"No. I don't trust you alone Dean. Either you decide or I decide for you." Tony threatened.
Gibbs.
"Ok. I'll have him pick you up. Now be good and don't cause any trouble. Make sure you go to class." Tony yelled out the passenger door as it was slammed closed.
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"Kate I'm sorry but I really need to take care of this. I'll only be gone for like a week tops." Caleb said as he packed a few of the suits he had managed to unpack during the few weeks he had been living with Kate.
"Are you sure? Couldn't you have someone else take care of it?" Kate asked coming up behind him and wrapping her arms around him.
"It's one of the disadvantages of being a business owner I guess. This just can't be helped." He answered as he zipped up his duffel and grabbed the last of his things.
"I'll call you every night." Kate whispered into his ear as they both pulled on their jackets and got ready to leave the apartment.
"And I'll be waiting for your call every night." Caleb answered as he kissed her on the lips, "I'll see you later sweetie. I love you."
"I love you too."
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"Sam what did your brother say?" Matt asked running up to Sam who was eating his soup at lunch.
"He said I could come!" Sam exclaimed turning to his friend and pushed away his disgusting lukewarm Tomato soup.
"Even Donny Wheeler is coming! Can you believe it?" Matt exclaimed as he took a big chunk out of his Turkey sandwich.
"No way Donny Wheeler?" Sam questioned. Even in his short time at Garrison he had already figured out the pecking order of the Fourth grade and Donny was at the top. Nobody messed with that kid.
"Yep he even said he could bring his new Madden game along."
"This is going to be awesome!"
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"Hey Boss you got a minute?" Tony called out as he trailed Gibbs down to Autopsy.
"Does it look like I have a minute? We have two dead sailors and a murderer on the loose." Gibbs bellowed as he turned around but calmed when he saw the look on his lead agents face, "What's up?"
"We had a recent turn of events lasts night and I need somebody to stay with Dean until I get home tonight. Sam and I are going shopping for a present for his friend's party this weekend and I was wondering if you could pick Dean up and stay with him until I get home."
"What kind of events?" Gibbs questioned stopping dead in his tracks.
"The kind you and Kate were worried about. Now can you do it?" Tony asked not willing to get into it with his boss here at work.
"Yeah I can do it. But what are you doing about the situation?"
"I scheduled an appointment with Kate's sister for next week Friday. It was the earliest I could get him in."
Nodding in satisfaction he replied, "Yeah I'll keep him company just swing by my place after your done."
"Thanks Boss."
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Damn it. Tony had figured out my plan. Damn him and damn me for falling asleep. Now I have to figure something else out. I don't have my knife any more. Hell I'll probably be lucky to find a fucking paper clip in my room.
Dean was so absorbed in his plans that he hadn't heard what Mr. Bohem was talking about until Cas nudged him in his ribs, "You wanna work together?"
"What do you mean? Work together on what?" He scribbled out on a piece of notebook paper.
"Weren't you listening? He just assigned like the biggest project of the semester. We have to do a power point on how the different Federal agencies work and what they do. You know to prepare us for the trip to NCIS, he said its due next week sometime." Cas answered loudly to be heard over the other voices.
"Hey Novak you want to work together?" Jared asked coming over to the back table.
"Sorry Jared I already offered to work with Dean." Cas answered and turned to put a folder in his bag and didn't see the look of pure rage from Jared that was aimed right at him. Damn it he was in for it now.
"Are you sure man? Dean is new here and probably doesn't have a clue what he is talking about and don't you need this class to graduate?"
"Actually no I took it because it looked interesting and my father wanted me to take it as an elective."
"Whatever man" Jared shrugged as he walked away and looked for another partner.
"Are you sure Cas? You can work with him if you want I don't mind." Dean wrote out and handed it to his friend.
He quickly read it and shook his head, "I'm sure Dean. Last time I worked with him I ended up doing all the work anyway. I think you would be much more fun to work with anyhow."
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Dean had managed to make it through most of the day before he had to go to Gym. Normally he didn't mind the class but now he couldn't stand it. The kids laughed at him and the teacher sucked. Walking into the locker room he set his books down and started on his lock. Only one more class left and then he could go home. One more hour.
"Hey Shorty. What you gonna do now that Castiel isn't here to help you out?" Jared taunted as he walked into the locker room and started to change, "You know what we are playing today? Dodge ball. I hope you can run."
Dean nodded and walked into a bathroom stall to change. He never used to do this. He used to be so proud of his body it was his pride and joy. Now all he could see was the scars left from his years of hunting. He was so skinny now he could see his ribs and hipbones protruding from under his worn skin. He was so damn ugly. He quickly pulled on his gym shirt and sweatpants and headed out to the big gym for further instructions.
"As you all know I'm not your teacher. Mr. Meyer isn't here today so I'm going to be filling in for him." A small athletic looking woman yelled from the front of their role call lines, "Separate yourselves into teams and get ready to play some dodge ball."
He tried to get on the side of Jared and his friends to protect himself from the brutal beating he was sure was coming, "Not a chance squirt get on the other side." One of the cronies answered and shoved him across the dividing line.
"On the count of three go. One. Two. Three." A whistle blew and chaos ensued.
The last thing Dean saw was a ball coming at his face.
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Tony was sitting at his desk going through financial info for their case when his phone rang. He was hoping it was a lead on the case and picked up, "Very Special Agent Tony Winchester. How can I help you?"
"Mr. Winchester this is Kathy Parsons the nurse from the high school. Your brother Dean is with me and you need to pick him up."
"Is he ok?" Tony asked getting up getting the team's attention.
"There was an accident in gym class. It looks like he broke his nose and he was unconscious when they brought him but he came around." She added as she handed Dean another icepack to place on his nose.
"I'll be right there." Tony answered and hung up, "That was Dean's school. There was an accident and it looks like I need to take Dean to the ER, Gibbs can you still come over like we planned?"
"Yep I'll be there just call when you get back to your place."
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Cas was walking through the empty hallways. It was his study hall and he didn't have anything else better to do so he raided a vending machine for a soda and roamed the hallways. He was walking past the office doors when he saw a young man come out with a visitors pass and looked around lost.
He was dressed nice a suit and tie the whole shebang, "Hey kid can you help me find the nurse's office?"
He shrugged he had nothing better to do, "Sure follow me."
The nurse's office wasn't that hard to find and was conveniently placed near the gym. Coming to a stop near the door, "Thanks for the help."
"No problem." He answered as he watched the man walk in and before he could get too far he could hear the conversation taking place, "You called earlier."
"Mr. Winchester?" Mr. Winchester? There was no way that that man was Dean's dad. Brother maybe? Now his interest was perked and he wasn't going anywhere until he found out what was going on.
"Yes I'm here for Dean."
"Alright you hear that Dean? Your brother is here for you." He heard Nurse Parsons call.
He heard shuffling inside and he tried to make it look like he wasn't eavesdropping but was spotted what he assumed to be the two brothers step out of the room.
"You waiting for something kid?" Mr. Winchester asked.
Turning around slowly he caught glimpse at what had brought the older man to the high school. Dean was standing next to him with gauze held up to his nose that was still steadily dripping blood. Blood covered his hands where he had tried to stop the bleeding and behind the white and red gauze he could see the start of a spectacular bruise, "What happened to you Dean?"
"You know my brother?"
"Yeah we share History together. My name is Castiel Novak, everyone calls me Cas though." He offered holding out his hand.
"Nice to meet you Cas my name's Tony. I'm Dean's older brother."
The teen caught another glimpse of Dean who was starting to lean against his brother clearly wanting to get some relief for his face, "Let me go and get your stuff for you. You had gym right?"
Dean nodded and Cas started off towards the locker room and quickly grabbed the familiar bag and hurried back to the brothers who had moved towards the office doors where he found his Dad talking to Tony, "I can assure you Tony that we are taking care of the problem. He will be dealt with."
"Thank you." Tony answered and turned away from the principal and saw Cas coming towards them with Dean's bag, "Thanks for grabbing that for us." He said as he grabbed the bag and slung it over his shoulder.
"Not a problem Tony. I'll see you tomorrow Dean don't forget the field trip."
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"Well it doesn't look like any major damage was done aside from the broken nose. I would say though that you should watch the bruising for a couple of days and if he has any bleeding from the eyes, ears or nose again you should bring him back." The grey haired doctor advised as he walked closer to the table and took a final look at Dean as he placed a small brace on his nose, "Although from the looks of it you have had this talk recently."
Tony blushed. With all that had happened in the past couple of days he had all but forgotten about his own bruises and broken nose, "Seems to run in the family."
"I guess. Now I am prescribing a prescription of Vicodin for the pain. Only take it as needed. Do you understand?" The Doctor instructed turning to Dean who was picking the dried blood from his nails.
When he received no answer he turned to Tony, "Did you at least catch that?"
"Yeah I got it Doc."
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"Thank you so much for coming you are a huge help." Tony said as he opened the door for Gibbs and let him in.
"No problem. Now where is he?" Gibbs asked as he scanned the apartment and stopped when he found the boy passed out on the couch. Very similar to how Tony had been earlier that week.
"He probably won't do much the Vicodin really knocked him on his ass, barely got him into PJs before he was out." Tony added as he pulled on his jacket, "SAM! Get a move on."
Sam came running down the hallway and stopped when he saw Gibbs, "Hey Gibbs. What are you doing here?"
"Just keeping your brother company while you two are out shopping" Gibbs answered slipping into the chair and making himself comfortable.
"Come on Sam let's get going." Tony urged.
Sam took a long look at Dean. He looked so tiny sleeping on the couch he was hardly the big brother he remembered. The brother he remembered always looked so big and brave not tiny and weak, "I'm ready Tony."
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"Tony?"
They had finished hunting for the perfect toy and were on their way back to the apartment with pizza when Sam finally spoke up, "What?"
"I'm worried about Dean. Is he going to be alright?"
He wasn't sure how to answer that because he wasn't even sure he knew the answer to that. How do you explain to your 10 year old brother that after he lost his father his only other family member wanted to kill himself? You can't, "You bet your horses he is. Dean's a fighter."
"I hope so."
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"You were right he didn't do anything other than sleep." Gibbs answered as Tony and Sam came into the apartment with pizza and made themselves comfortable at the kitchen table as the three of them sat down to eat.
"Thank you for coming though I appreciate it."
Gibbs nodded and took a bite from his slice of pizza before getting up, "I gotta go. I'll see you tomorrow."
Tony watched as his boss left and turned to Sam, "Was that weird or just me?"
"Definitely weird"
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"Dean are you sure you are ok to go to school today? I'm sure Ducky or Abby wouldn't mind having you stay with them today." Tony asked as he watched Dean gingerly pull a grey hoodie over his head and it pressed uncomfortably against his nose brace.
Dean shook his head and pulled out his phone sending a text to his brother.
I'm gonna be going there anyway. Field trip today remember?
"Ok. At least take some of your pain killers before you leave," Tony said and watched as Dean pulled a pill out from the bottle and swallowed it, "You don't do anything half assed do you kid."
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"Ok here's the deal," Mr. Bohem said clapping his hands together as he came to stand in front of his students. They had been waiting outside the capitol building for nearly an hour before the teacher decided to brave the security and ask what was holding up the tours, "apparently with the recent shootings and scares the Capitol has been shut down for security purposes."
The teacher was greeted by the groans and grumblings of the teens. It was cold out and they were bored, "I know you're cold and bored so why don't we head over to the food court at the mall and until we can start our next tour. I'm sorry guys."
They all managed to get on the Metro and over to the Mall where the 20 some students got to spend the next two hours until they were able to get to NCIS.
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"Ok kids. I want you on your best behavior when we get there. This is a federal agency and active Navy yard. It is out of my friend's own time that he gives us this tour so treat him with respect. Understood?"
A chorus of yeses filled the air as they all filed single file up the driveway and towards the guard station.
"Tim! Over here." Mr. Bohem yelled as he waved a hand in the air to grab the agent's attention that waved back and jogged over to the group.
"Hey Ben it's good to see you," McGee answered as he shook hands with his friend and was brought to stand in front of the group of high school students, "Class this is Agent Tim McGee he works on the lead team here and is one of my college friends."
"Hello everyone its good to see so many young faces interested in crime solving. I'll be showing you around here and don't hesitate to ask me any questions." Tim introduced and swept his eyes across the crowd. Tony had mentioned Dean would be here today and was happy once he saw the teen standing next to a taller black haired teen, "Now I'm sure you don't want to stand out here in the cold any more then I do. If you will follow me I'll take you to Autopsy where we can start our tour."
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"So what do you think Dean? Isn't this place cool I would love to work here one day." Cas wondered aloud as they were being lead through the front entrance and each student was processed and given a visitor's pass.
Dean shrugged and kept hoping to see more of the team. He hadn't really spent that much time with McGee but he was happy to see a familiar face.
"Castiel Novak."
"That's me. I'll see you on the other side." Cas said and walked over to the stern looking guard as he was swept over with the metal detector and handed his pass.
"Dean Winchester."
Walking over he stood ready to get swept by the metal detector when the guard caught a second glance at his name, "You related to Tony?"
Dean nodded and the guard was about to ask something else when McGee stepped in, "Hey Kev we got a lot of people to get through here. You can visit with Dean later."
Dean sighed in relief when he was handed his badge, "How's the face? Tony was telling me about it."
He shrugged and clipped the badge on his hoodie pocket and went to stand by Cas who was watching him with fascination, "You know him?"
He nodded but without paper he couldn't go into detail.
"Your brother works here too?" He asked as he had over heard some of the conversation.
He nodded once more before Mr. Bohem got their attention, "Now that everyone is through let's get the tour started. Follow Agent McGee." He directed pointing towards the thin blonde man who was leading them towards the staircase.
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"Here our Forensic expert, Abby Scuito, process the evidence from all our cases." Tim introduced as they came to the basement level where music was blasting from the lab. Coming to stand in the room McGee walked over to the stereo and hit the power button causing the Goth to turn around from the screen she was working on.
"Oh hello my name is Abby." She reiterated and took a sip of her Caf-Pow before carrying on, "ok so I'm sure you're all dying to know about Forensics right?" She was greeted by silence and took the opportunity to scan the crowd to see if she could find someone who would make a good demonstrator when she found Dean towards the back of the group soaking in the lab, "Dean. Come up here you are going to be our helper today."
Reluctantly the teen came forward and came to stand in front of Abby, "I'm sure you all enjoy watching those crime shows on TV where they quickly zap finger prints and get IDs. But how would you like to see how they really work?"
They all learned about the forensic aspects for crime solving and were soon onto Autopsy where Ducky was waiting for them.
"Let me go in first and make sure he is ready. I'm not sure if he had any autopsies scheduled for today." Tim whispered to Mr. Bohem and quickly walked through the pressurized doors.
"I hope you are all paying attention because Monday when we get back to class there is going to be a test on this." The teacher instructed when he saw a majority of his class had their phones out.
"Dude you are so lucky! I can't believe you know real federal agents." Cas exclaimed from his spot next to Dean as they moved up to the front of the group, "That is like the coolest thing and I thought it was cool that my brother was in a band."
"Ok follow me." Tim waved through the door as he finished talking with Ducky.
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"I had planned on having my boss and partner talk to you about interrogation but they got called out on a case so you're going to have to put up with me." McGee joked as they came to stand outside the doors leading to the interrogation rooms, "Let me check and see if any of the rooms are open and if they are I'll show what it's like inside them."
As McGee left Jared came forward. The senior wasn't happy about the treatment he had been getting all day from Castiel and he knew that it was all due to Dean. He also wasn't happy on getting suspended from the first couple of track meets for being ratted out as the one who hurt Dean during dodge ball. Seeing that their teacher was otherwise engaged with a questioning student he came forward and pushed Dean aside, "Hey twerp. See you're getting special treatment from the agents and Cas. How do you like that?"
Dean didn't do anything except for move from the wall and watch as Cas came forward, "What the hell Jared he didn't do anything to you."
"Get out of the way Cas." He said and moved forward to continue his assault, "I see I left you a nice reminder in gym yesterday. I bet that hurts doesn't it." He said coming forward and pushed him again.
"Leave him alone. I don't know what your problem is but stop." Cas said again grabbing Jared by the shoulder and flinging him around.
"Oh look little baby Winchester can't even fight his own fights has to get big old bad Cas to do it. Maybe next he'll have his agent friends come and help." Jared taunted and saw the first tear slip down his cheek, "Aww I made him cry. You gonna go home to Mommy and Daddy and cry like a little baby?"
That was the final straw. Castiel punched his friend square in the jaw and dropped him, "Castiel Novak! Stop that." Mr. Bohem yelled running through his students and came to grab onto Cas's arms and pulled him back from the floundering student on the ground holding his cheek.
Looking around Cas tried to find Dean but he had disappeared.
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Dean was running through the hallways passing agents along the way. He didn't know where he was going he just wanted to get out of here; away from everything. He wanted to do just what Jared said he wanted to go crying home to Mom and Dad. He wanted them to wrap him in their arms and tell him it was going to be alright. He just wanted everything to be like it was back in Lawrence all those years ago. He wanted his perfect life back.
He wasn't sure how he got back to Tony's but was surprised when he found himself on the steps in front of the apartment building. He dashed up the stairs and to the elevator quickly making his way up to his level and got out. Coming to their door he quickly pulled out the spare key Tony made him a few years ago when he had stayed with his brother while Dad dumped him and Sam there while he went on a long term hunting gig during the summer.
Letting himself in he slammed the door behind him and sunk to the floor when it finally dawned on him. No one was home he could finally do it. He wouldn't have to worry about anyone it was just him. Standing up he walked over to the kitchen counter where he could see his bright orange bottle full of painkillers sitting on the counter. Walking to his room he stood by his bed and opened the bottle. He took a single pill out and examined it. It was funny how a single pill could potentially do some much damage or it could help so much. Funny how one little oval could do all that.
He poured himself a handful of the pills and brought them to his mouth swallowing them down before sliding to the floor. He wasn't sure how fast this was supposed to work but everything was beginning to look a bit hazy.
Finally. He was finally on his way. I'll see you soon Mom and Dad.
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