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Broken Families

Shawn followed Alan into the Matthews' house where a concerned looking Amy was waiting in the kitchen.

"Shawn? Are you okay?" Amy asked. "What happened?"

"I'm fine." Shawn shrugged. "Two guys were in the apartment when me and Eli got home…They ran out when they saw us."

"Did they do much damage?"

"Nope, they didn't even take anything…" Shawn claimed trying to sound like it wasn't a big deal.

"Jonathan interrupted them." Alan added. "Eli Williams is taking him down the hospital to get him checked out."

"Oh no…Is he hurt badly?"

Alan shrugged, not wanting to give too much detail of Jonathan's injuries in front of Shawn. He was quite concerned about the teenager, who had barely spoken a word since leaving the apartment.

"Well, dinner is almost ready." Amy took Alan's hint and changed the conversation. "Shawn, I hope you're hungry."

"Yeah, sure." Shawn replied although he felt sick to his stomach and the last thing he wanted to do was to eat.

"Well, take a seat and I'll get you a soda." Alan said, pushing Shawn towards the table as he made his way over to the fridge.

Shawn did as he was told and sat at the table while Amy followed Alan over to the fridge.

"So, what happened?" She whispered, glancing over at Shawn who seemed deep in thought and not paying them any attention. "Is Jonathan okay?"

"Well, I'm sure he will be but he's pretty beat up…"Alan told her and nodded his towards the table. "Apparently, Shawn was the one who found him on the floor after the robbers fled…We need to keep an eye on him, I think he's in shock."

Just then Cory strolled through the door and looked both surprised and happy to see his friend.

"Shawnie, what are you doing here?"

"Two goons broke into the apartment and Turner took a beating." He explained bluntly. "They didn't want me tagging along to the hospital so I'm just going to hang out here for a while."

Cory blinked in surprise. "Is he okay?"

"No but he keeps saying he is so…" Shawn shrugged and ran a hand through his hair.

"Why don't you guys go and get washed up?" Amy told him. "And tell Eric and Morgan dinner is ready too."

"Yeah, okay." Cory agreed, knowing it would give him chance to talk to Shawn alone.

When they reached the bedroom, Shawn threw himself face down on top of Cory's bed.

"So, what happened?" Cory questioned.

"I told you." Came Shawn's muffled replied.

"Hey, I'm trying to study here!" Eric glared at him. "You can't be barging in here…"

"Mom said dinner is ready…" Cory cut him off. "She made tatter-tots."

Eric scrambled to close his text book as he shot to his feet before fleeing the room.

"Shawn?"

He groaned and rolled onto his back to look up at his friend. "What do you want me to say? I got a ride home with Eli and when we got to the apartment two guys were inside and one was holding a baseball bat…They ran, Eli chased them and I noticed Jon on the floor."

Cory's forehead creased in concern. "Is he badly hurt?"

"He said it's just so busted ribs."

"Well, he went to the hospital, right?" Cory questioned. "They'll fix him up."

"Yeah, sure…" Shawn muttered.

"Hey guys," Alan appeared in the doorway. "Dinner is on the table."

"Right…Come on, Shawn."

"I'm not really hungry…"

"But…"

"Cor…" Alan cut his son off and when he looked over at him, he headed his head towards the door. "We'll meet you downstairs."

Cory looked between the two of them and nodded a little.

"Look, Mr. Matthews I appreciate your help and all but I really don't want to talk…" Shawn started as he got to his feet.

Alan held up his hands. "You don't have to talk to me."

"I don't?"

"Shawn, you're probably not going to admit it but what happened tonight is bound to have shaken you up a little." Alan told him. "I'm guessing you're in a bit of shock, so if you want to skip dinner and rest up here then that's fine."

"Really?"

"But there's one condition."

"What's that?"

"You stay here…No climbing out the window."

Shawn smirked a little. "Where would I go? I probably won't be allowed back into the apartment at the moment anyway."

"Jonathan said he would come right here once he's finished at the hospital." Alan reminded him, knowing given the chance the teenager would head there and not home.

"I know."

"So, make sure you're here when he does…" Alan stated and moved back over to the door. "Get some rest and we'll save you some dinner in case you're hungry later."

"Okay…"

"Do you need anything before I go?"

"No, I'm good…" Shawn told him but then called out once he reached the door "Mr. Matthews?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks…"

"Anytime, Shawn." Alan replied. "Anytime."

XxXxX

It was almost 9:30pm by the time Jonathan and Eli reached the Matthews' house. Jon wanted nothing more than to go home, take some painkillers and sleep but he was worried about Shawn and how he was reacting to what happened.

He knocked on the back door and saw Amy and Alan sat at the table along with Feeny.

"Hey guys," He greeted, opening the door when he was waved inside by Alan. "I hope it's not too late."

"Of course not," Alan stood up along with George and Amy as the two men entered the house.

"How are you feeling?" George asked, sounding concerned. "What did the doctors say?"

"Well, I've felt better." Jon replied tiredly, leaning back against the kitchen counter. "But nothing too serious…"

"He's got a fractured arm, a couple broken ribs and a mild concussion is the worst of it." Eli supplied, knowing his friend wouldn't go into detail. "A couple of cuts needed stitching…the rest is just bruising."

"Yeah, thanks, man." Jon shot his friend a look before turning back to the others who were looking at him in more concern. "How's Shawn?"

"He's doing okay… We gave him a bit of space and eventually got him to eat some dinner." Amy told him, while Alan went to the bottom of the stairs and called up to Shawn. "I'm sure he'll be fine after a good night sleep."

Within seconds, they heard footsteps running down the stairs and Shawn appeared first, with Cory right behind him.

"Jon," Shawn couldn't help but smile a little. "Are you okay?"

"I won't be riding the bike for a few weeks," he replied, holding his casted arm. "But yeah, I'm okay."

"Do the police know who did this?" Cory questioned.

"They're looking into it but I don't know how much evidence they have to go on…I can't identify them and it doesn't look like they took anything." Jon shrugged and then winced in pain. "They wondered if someone I know was behind it but I can't think of anyone who would do this…"

"What about Harley Keiner?" Cory suggested.

"This isn't really Kenier's style, is it?" Eli questioned, sounding unconvinced.

"Nah, Kenier is just a school bully…" Turner dismissed it.

"But he was going to smash up your bike." Cory reminded him.

"When was this?" Feeny cut in. "Jonathan, you never mentioned this."

"It was nothing..." Jon claimed.

"It was an initiation for me…" Shawn admitted guilty. "I wanted to hang out with Harley and he told me I had to do it to show him I was serious."

"Shawn," Alan groaned in disapproval and then looked at his own son. "And you knew about this?"

"But he didn't do it." Cory told them.

"Come on, guys this was months ago, even before he came to live with me and Cory is right, Shawn didn't do it….He was going tough time." Jonathan explained. "I had everything under control, I can handle Harley Kenier…besides, he's not even school anymore.

"Even so, I should have been aware of this." George told him.

"And with Kenier being kicked out of school, maybe he did this as some kind of payback." Eli suggested.

"It wasn't Kenier." Jonathan insisted. "The guys were a lot bigger then him."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I would have known if it was one of the students." Jon claimed. "It probably was just some random guys who weren't expecting me to be home…"

"Maybe we should leave it up to the police." Amy said. "It's already late tonight and we're not going to figure it out now."

"You're right," Jonathan agreed, quickly. "Shawn, will you be okay here tonight? I spoke to the landlord and he's going to get someone to repair the door tomorrow so it's probably not a good idea to stay there tonight."

"I'll be fine."

"You're not going to stay there are you?" Amy asked in concern. "We can make room here for you too…"

"Thank you but I'm going to stay with Eli." Jonathan assured her.

"I get the joy of waking him up every couple of hours because of the concussion." Eli added, unenthusiastically. "It's going to be a long night for the both of us."

"Well, if there is anything you need then you know where we are." Alan offered.

"Mr. Williams, I'll get someone to cover your classes tomorrow." George told him. "And Mr. Turner, I don't want to see you for the rest of the week."

"Thanks, George." Jon was grateful that he didn't have to worry about school for a few days. "Shawn, I'll see you tomorrow, yeah?"

"Yeah, sure."

"Call if you need anything…"

"Jon, come on, I'll be fine." Shawn flashed him a smile. "I'm just going to sleep, wake up and go to school….then you'll see me."

"Okay…" Jon gave a small nod but wasn't convinced that Shawn was fine. "I'll see you tomorrow then."

"See you tomorrow." He gave him another smile before turning and heading back up the stairs.

"I'm glad you're okay, Mr. Turner." Cory added before following his friend.

"We'll take care of him." Alan seemed to read Jonathan's mind.

"Thanks guys, I really do appreciate this."

"It's no trouble." Amy told him. "We're happy to help."

"Yeah, just try not to worry about him and just take care of yourself." Alan said.

When Cory reached his bedroom, he watched Shawn for a few seconds getting ready for bed.

"Are you really okay?" He asked, breaking the silence.

"Why I wouldn't I be?" Shawn glanced back at him. "I mean, I was worried that Jon had been badly hurt but the doctors wouldn't let him home if he wasn't okay, right?"

"Right." Cory agreed.

"It sucks that someone broke into our apartment but nothing was taken or damaged, so there's that…"

"Shawn…" Cory cut in to stop his friend rambling.

He sighed and sat down on the bed. "What if it was Harley?"

"Mr. Turner said it wasn't…."

"But if it was him…If he was doing it for payback then it's my fault."

"You can't take the blame for this, Shawn and Mr. Turner wouldn't want you to either." Cory told him. "You can't control what other people do."

"But…"

"And besides, the first run in they had was when Mr. Turner saved me and Eric from Harley on our first day, remember?"

"Yeah…"

"So, if you're to blame, am I to?"

"Of course not…"

"And it probably wasn't even Harley; I mean no one has seen him since he got kicked out of school…" Cory claimed. "So, let's forget about feeling guilty… The police will find out who did this…Mr. Turner's arm will heal and everything will work out fine."

"You're probably right…"

"I know I am." Cory pulled back the covers on his bed and led down while Shawn did the same on the cot bed that had been made up for him.

"Good night, Cor."

"Night, Shawn."

TBC

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