"When are your brothers supposed to be home?"

"They get back to the school at around six."

"If you want, your brothers can stay with me. I have an extra room and I can cook for them and take them to school until your parents get back."

"No baby, you don’t have to do that."

"I don’t mind, really."

"Bette, they’re fourteen, almost fifteen year old terrors."

"They’re actually not that bad babe. I’ve seen worse, plus it’ll give us some time to bond."

"Ok, if you think you can handle it," I said, smirking, "I’ll come by to give you a break."

She smiled at me and hugged me. I was so glad to have her to lean on. She is such a strong person, I really needed her to get through this. We went to the Planet and got some coffee. After talking to Kit for a while we left to go to the store to get somethings we’d need for the week. Right as we left the parking lot, my phone rang, it was my mother.

"Hey mom."

"Sweetie!"

"Sorry I stormed off like I did."

"I know you were upset. We all are. But we rode by Bette’s this morning and saw your car there so we knew you were safe."

"I just needed to cry and vent, that’s all."

"I know honey. Well good news is Tim is awake. He just got here about an hour ago and he’s alert but in a lot of pain. He’s sedated and in and out of sleep. So we should be back in a week or so. He’s gonna be transfered to the Lowe Naval Hospital in L.A."

"Oh, I am so glad to hear he’s gonna be ok!"

"Yeah, he’s got a long fight ahead."

"I know, we’ll help him pull through."

"Of course we will. Have you talked to your brothers yet?"

"Not yet."

"Ok, well call us later when they know. I’m sorry, I hope taking care of your brothers won’t interfere with school and work too much."

"It won’t at all actually. Bette’s offered her house to them for the week to help me out."

"That’s wonderful. My credit card is in the top drawer of my dresser, give it to her so she can use it to buy food and to help with her bills or to replace anything the boys will most likely break," she said and Bette started shaking her head no. She heard that part of our conversation loud and clear.