It was about one thirty pm, and Alex was on his way to Mercy Family Care Health, it was the only clinic in Baltimore that he could find that would accept him without concent of parent/guardian. Alex and Jack had talked about it a few days before that.

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"Alex, you'll have to go back to your parents at some point and time."

"Jacky." Alex said as he played with Jack's hair while the two were laying on the couch. "I've been gone a week and a half. If they cared they would've called. I'm probably dead to them, just like Daniel, but they just wish I was the one that died and not him."

"Lexy, don't say that, they love you, they just don't know what to do right now."

"Jack, this is what they've always done."

"I'm sure there was one point where your parents loved you."

"Yeah, I'm sure they loved me the night I was concived" Alex scoffed and walked to the kitchen and grabbed a soda, it opened with a loud hiss "Jack do you think it's possible that I could go to the clinic and talk to someone about hearing Daniel? You said it wasn't normal and I want to get help if you think I should." He put his soda down on the table in the living-room and fell on top of Jack,

"Get off of me you tub of lard!" Jack laughed and kissed Alex.

Alex had a sudden look of shock on his face, he ran into the bathroom switched on the light and sat in the bathtub. He was hearing Daniel again, he didn't want Jack to know.

"He already thinks I'm crazy Daniel. I don't know what to do. I only have him now, no one else, not since you left."

"Alex, you don't only have Jack. Mum and Dad are always there for you. No matter what you think. Trust me little brother, I know that. They were there for me when I was shooting up any drug I could get my hands on. Alex, go talk to them. I'm sure they miss you."

"Dan, I can't do this anymore, I'm listening to a dead person giving me advice. I'm going to the doctor and then I'm going to the city hall and getting emancipated. Mum and Dad aren't going to ruin my life too."

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Alex walked into the clinc, everything was white, except the chairs and the carpets. They were blue. He walked up to the information desk.

"How to I get to Dr. Cryst's office ma'am?"

"Dr. Cryst is take a left down this hallway here, take the A elevator, go to the fifth floor. That's child phsycatrics."



"Thank you" Alex said as he walked away turning left down the hallway and walking towards the elevator. Alex waited for the elevator to ding, and the up arrow to light up. Alex walked into the silver box and pressed the fifth floor. Thankfully it was empty, all Alex did was stand there and bob back and fourth on his heels. He couldn't believe he was doing this, but Jack was right. Hearing Daniels voice wasn't normal, no matter how much Alex wanted to believe it was.