[OPEN] Maybe normal isn't perfect.

[adaleah 'leah' tyler ross]

Devon let out a splitting shreik at the touches, teeth sharp, eyes frightened. Adaleah glanced at the nurse for permission, wondering why the boys boyfriend had walked out, why he had left.

She shoed the others away, blocking Devon from running. Unlike them she showed no reason to be afraid or on guard. She rested a hand on his shoulder over his shirt, not daring touch him anywhere else. "Devon... Devon stop... Calm down. He'll be back okay? You'e gonna be alright, just, let's take a walk so you don't hurt anybody.." She could hear the doctor screaming, and led Devon back down the hall before dropping her hand from him. He sniffled softly, rubbing at his face. She didn't say anything though, kept respectful distance while keeping an eye on him. He found the infirmary and paused, had obviously been here before. She watched the way his head tilted, knew he had killed babies this innocent. But he didn't try to get in, relaxing as he watched them.

[zander trey brooks]

Zander tapped his steering wheel, ignoring the tears falling down his cheeks. He wiped them away when he saw Deacon walk over.

"You okay?" He asked, leaning against the car.

"You're right. She just ruins everything.." Zander mumbled, then shrugged. He ran his fingers through his hair, grabbing his hot soda to hopefully drown the growing feeling of hurt in his stomach. "I guess that's what he needs anyways. He can't be normal without a girlfriend."

"Yeah, well.. Sometimes normal is a very fuzzy area. But he's sure as fuck not going to get better now, not without a coroner working for them. I wouldn't be surprised if they just let him go, giving him crazy papers instead of actually trying to fix him." Deacon shrugged, wiping a smear of blood from his cheek. "Why don't you go back and see him?"

"He doesn't care, Deacon. He's like a kid. Someone new comes along and they get more interesting than the person who's been there. He's never gonna get better." He chewed on his lip, looking down into his lap. It didn't take a genius to see he was breaking. "How's your little girl?"

"Bandit? She's in a coma. But otherwise she's a mess. She thinks she owns everything. Including my boyfriend." He smiled at the comment, looking down at his shoes. "I know you're not gonna go back while she's there. But I can give you Ace's number, and he can-"

"I'm not going back period, Deacon. Let him get better without me. Let them send him home with crazy papers. It's none of my business anymore." Zander mumbled, tears falling down his cheeks again.

[devon splyce parker]

Devon flinched as she reached to take his arm and head back. "No!" He screamed at her, turning on his own and walking away. She sighed. "I want Zander..." He mumbled, nails digging against his arm.
"Devon stop." She reached out and he growled, hands fisting until she drew back. He was getting mean, and she wanted to get him back in his room. He obviously didn't want anybody but his boyfriend right niw, and she wondered where he had left to.

He spotted the door suddenly, and made a run for it, yanking desperately on the locked handle. A hand pressing to the glass as he stared at Zander's car, sobbing softly.

He was distracted, and Leah left to find somebody to escort him back to his room.

[mathieu 'mat' darren blank]

Mat had come up to see Devon, but they said he wasn't in his room. So he had waited patiently by the nurse's station, watching a living Barbie doll come back up the hall, saying something about Devon. He peered around the corner, seeing the boy standing there at the window. He walked up beside him, looking down into the parking lot.

"I never liked heights. They always freaked me out, you know? Like someone was gonna pop out the window and drag me down to the ground. Or something." He watched people walk back and forth, peering over Devon's shoulder. "What's wrong, Dev? I can't give you any hugs, but I brought you this little baby kitty to go with your big kitty. I'll hug the kitty, okay?" He hugged the little stuffed cat, then sat it on the windowsill for him. "It's name is Mittens."

[adaleah 'leah' tyler ross]

Leah paused on her way back when she spotted him with a friend, and backed off. They had told her to see if his boyfriend was still here. She didn't want to intrude but didn't want him getting punished for being upset either. She headed downstairs and outside, avoiding Deacon at all costs, hesitant as she bit her lip.

Devon sniffed, rubbing at red rimmed eyes as he looked at Mat, crying harder when he was told he couldn't hug him. He eased up a bit at the cat, picking it up and hugging it close, looking back outside. "Zander left.." He whimpered. "'nd I got in trouble.." He held out his wrist. "I wan'im back..."

[mathieu 'mat' darren blank]

Mat bit his lip, wishing he could hug him and make it better. But he knew he couldn't. "He'll be back. You're too cute to avoid." He said, putting his hands in his pockets. He had never felt for Devon what he had felt for Dylan, but he had always thought the boy was impossibly attractive. Even if he was simple.

"Why don't we show Mittens to your other kitty, huh? I bet your kitty's gonna like her. Everyone likes little baby kitties, right?" He asked, hoping it would make him happier. "And maybe, when you get all better, I'll get you a kitty. A real kitty. One that's just as cute as Princess. You'd like that?"

[adaleah 'leah' tyler ross]

Adaleah approached the other side of the car, huffed. She didn't know what she was supposed to say. This wasn't her problem.

Devon bit his lip, staring at the stuffed cat curiously. "Guess so.." He mumbled, turning and starting back towards his room. He paused to look at the babies again, then continued, the faitest smile crossing his face as he nodded. "I would..."

[mathieu 'mat' darren blank]

"Yeah? And we can tell Dylan it's all yours. So he has to teach Princess to be nice to it. And you have to teach it to be nice to Princess." He opened the door for him, holding it open. He closed it behind them, walking over to the bed. He sat down at one end, nudging the cat towards him. "Is it a mommy cat or a daddy cat?"

Zander looked up as Deacon snorted. "Oh look. Come to rub salt in his wound?" He asked, playing with the teddy bear Zander had given him to look at.

"I have to get to work. I don't have time for your games." Zander said flatly. And he did need to get back, before Nevada over worked himself. He had been terrified the boy would have another heart attack. "Some of us have jobs to do; things that don't consist of poking our noses in places it doesn't belong."

[adaleah 'leah' tyler ross]

Devon smiled, sitting on the edge of the bed. "Moma.." He breathed, getting up to grab his chips and drink Zander had brought. He stuck another in his mouth, chewing thoughtfully.

Adaleah bit her lip, lowering her gaze. "And I'm trying to get a job..that's it... They just wanted to see how well I could work with him, I'm sorry.. I just.. He won't let anyone else near him but you." She shrugged. "I was supposed to tell you that.. And that if he won't let anyone else near him and you can't be a help, they're going to move him somewhere out of here." She shrugged guiltily. "I would never dream of taking him away." She glared at the other doctor. "I have better things to do than ruin relationships. You walking out wasn't my choice. It's not my fault he's going to get punished because you left." She turned, heading back.

[mathieu 'mat' darren blank]

Mat smiled, gently running his hand over the stuffed cat. He didn't remember having a stuffed animal, but then again, he couldn't remember ever having anything at all. Not with his crazy family. "Yeah? Well, I think moma kitty and Mittens is gonna do you well until we get you a little baby kitty. I think we can find you a cute kitty. Don't you? You want a cute kitty?"

"I'm sorry. I really need to get to work. I'll call them on the way there, and tell them I'll try and be up tomorrow. But maybe, they wouldn't have that problem if they didn't have their heads up their asses and had a coroner." Zander said, starting his car.

"I walked out because I refuse to work somewhere I hate. I have to watch my boyfriend die, I'm not gonna work in hell." Deacon said with a shrug. "They're going to hell in a handbasket anyways. So it's not like I give two fucks."