Dan walked with his doctor down the hallways and took many turns until they reached a big door with an enclosed office sitting right next to it.

Dan saw a man and woman sitting in that small place and watched them stare at him.

The doctor shouted "Admitting! Conner!" and the door opened. Dan followed his doctor in and an older lady standing inside the doorway met with them and took Dan's back pack and told him nicely to follow her. She was nice but hurried, and Dan did what he was told. He turned back and wave goodbye to his doctor

The lady led to him to a tiny office and told him to sit in the chair in front of the desk, which Dan did.

Dan just watched as the mystery lady dumped all of the contents of the backpack on her desk and searched through them.

"My name is Marjorie Intman. I am the head nurse on this ward. Follow the rules and don't make trouble, and believe me your stay here will be pleasant, even if you're eval is up tomorrow at 4. Ever had a manicure?"

Nurse Intman went from stern to perplexing in 2.0 seconds sharp. Dan didn't know what to say. "Uh, my kids used to paint my fingernails when I fell asleep on the couch…" He said, thinking specifically of Becky when she was an only child

Nurse Intman found this funny but told Dan to let her see his hands. The lady went work clipping his nails, and Dan was thankful she was careful to not cut one too short.

Dan wanted to say something as she worked, but couldn't think of something to say that would sound appropriate so he said nothing.

When Nurse Intman was done, Dan inspected her work, as she pulled a clipboard off a peg on the wall.

"These questions are just for us to evaluate you, please answer the best of your ability. Ready?" Dan shook his head yes. "Okay do you have any history of mental illness in your family?"

Dan thought of his mom and said yes.

"Would you describe yourself as a happy person?"

Without thinking Dan said "When I drink." And it made Dan feel self-conscious and wonder if the medicine he took earlier had truth serum.

The nurse didn't say anything but wrote his answer down.

"What would you say the happiest day of your life was?" Dan thought about it but counted 4.

"Actually I have four." He said.

"Oh yeah? What are they?"

"The births of my kids."

This interested the nurse. "What are their names?"

Dan ratted off their names with no problems. "Rebecca, Darlene, David Jacob, and Jerry Garcia, although we call Rebecca Becky and David Jacob D.J."

"Two of each? You got lucky."

"Is that what it's called?" Dan joked.

"All right back to this. Do you drink?"

Dan chose his words carefully. "Yeah."

"As much as the next person, or more?"

This question caused Dan to look back and realize that he may have a drinking problem.

He answered, "Maybe more."

The nurse just nodded and wrote his answer down.

"What would you say the saddest day of your life is?"

Dan took only a second to answer. "The day I found out that my mom has had schizophrenia all my life and my parents never told me."

The nurse watched Dan's face as he said this and she could see the sadness the though caused him.

"How did you find out?" Nurse Intman could see it was on his mind now and now she wanted him to tell her about it.

"I went to take my mom five hundred dollars because my dad wouldn't pay it and I found her standing in the rain. She had no idea who I was, so I drove her to…" Dan looked around. "…A place like this. I got really drunk that night and then my wife explained to me that my mom had been mentally ill all my life."

David arrived at 714 Delaware Street imagining a house full of crying people; instead he found Darlene and Becky sitting on the couch in front of the TV, Jackie on the phone in the kitchen, and Mark covered in grease washing his hands in the kitchen sink. Jerry was sitting between his sisters and David wondered where Andy was.

"With Fred." Becky said without taking her eyes off the screen.

David felt a little bad about how no one seemed to be grieving, Darlene saw that on his face.

"We're sad, David we just don't know how to deal with it, I mean with a dead mom and a dad and grandma in the loony bin." Darlene said, to acknowledge David.

David ignored Darlene because he knew that sarcasm was her way to cope. He was thirst so he went to the kitchen. To his surprise Darlene caught up with him and took his hand and led him to the basement. David was amazed but let her.

Once they were in the basement and the door was closed she sat him down right next to him.

"David, I'm pregnant."

David went very quiet and still as head was about to explode. After a minute of silence he asked, "Does your dad own a gun?"

Darlene answered with a wisecrack. "Not since mom pointed it at him." It was sad that David actually believed her. "No he doesn't, but I think he knows how to use one." Darlene knew David's reason for asking him and so she set him at ease. "Dad won't kill you. He believes that both parents should be a part of their kids' lives, luckily for you."

David went quiet again until he asked, "When did this happen?"

"Disney World!" Darlene was happy to announce.

"Oh god! You mean during the fireworks?"

"Yep, or it truly is a magic kingdom."

"How will we tell your dad?

"I was thinking we could tell him at the wedding reception."

David froze again. "Are you asking me to marry you?"

"David can I have your last name?"

David choked down tears while embracing Darlene and the two made out.