A/N: I hope you like it, I'm not too sure about it yet but we will see. Jimmy was never married to Julie as you will find out and Kirsten didn't go to Berkeley which means she never met Sandy...yet. Kirsten stayed with Jimmy and got married, Seth is theirs. Sandy is single and in his last year of law school a t Berkeley. Like i said, still working on it and not too sure about it yet. Let me know what you think... READ and REVIEW! Please and Thanks!

"Sandy Cohen?" the voice on the other end asked.

"Yes, this is he?" Sandy replied confused at who was calling so late. He was awake; he was pulling an all nighter to work on a paper. It was going on 11:30 at night, no one usually called that late.

"Mr. Cohen, your name is on the emergency call list for Jack and Laura Gray, are you familiar with this couple?" the man asked. Sandy's heart dropped the only reason they would be calling if there was an emergency, it couldn't be good.

"Yes, they are my best friends. What has happened?" Sandy asked, dreading what would come next.

Jack had been his roommate in college and they became close. They got along great, they were two opposites though. Sandy talked a lot; he was a law student, of course he did. Jack was a Social Work major and was pretty quiet. But they were best friends right away. They both had one goal in life and that was to save the world one underdog at a time. Sandy was going to fight for the little guys as a public defender and Jack was going to fight for the kids in the world that couldn't fight for their selves. In their sophomore year, Jack met Laura; they married a year later, they were that much in love. The two of them moved into another apartment and Sandy went looking for a new roommate. Laura fit in nicely with the two guys. The year after the trio graduated, Laura and Jack had a baby boy, Ryan. Sandy was named Ryan's godfather and he took it to heart, he loved the kid like his own.

"Mr. Cohen, if you could come down to the hospital, I will explain it to you then. When you arrive ask for Dr. Marco Gregorio, that's me. I will explain everything to you upon your arrival," the voice and the man had now had a name. Sandy was smart he knew this wasn't going to be good. He knew Jack and Laura were going out tonight; they had both been working hard with classes and Ryan and needed a time out. They had asked Sandy to babysit but he had to decline because he had paper he needed to get done.

"Okay, ah, what hospital?" Sandy asked grabbing his keys, coffee and then his jacket.

"ABSMC, in Oakland," Dr. Gregorio replied sadly.

"Thanks, I will be there as soon as possible," Sandy replied and then hung up and walked out.

"I'm sorry, Mrs. Cooper for your loss," Kirsten Cooper barely heard the doctor apologize for the death of her husband as he left the room. She was too focused on the two year old in her arms and how she was going to raise him without his father.

Kirsten's husband, Jimmy, had been battling cancer for a year and half and had just lost. But Kirsten couldn't cry, she had to be strong for her son, she had to be strong for his family for her family. She had loved Jimmy, dearly they had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and the plan was always to get married. They married their freshmen year of college and then had their son, Seth. They were a happy family other than the fact that Jimmy had cancer and it was just a matter of time before it defeated him. Kirsten knew her parents would do anything for her and would help her raise Seth, but she still couldn't get over the fact that Jimmy was dead and that Seth didn't have his father.

Kirsten stood up and walked out of the room, handed her son to her mother and then went back into Jimmy's room and lay on the bed next to him. No one protested; no one had the right, the woman's husband and her best friend was dead. She could lie next to him all she wanted, no one could say anything to her and if they did, she would tell them that too. But no one bothered her; they knew. She just wanted to be alone, to be weak for awhile and then she would get up and be strong and be with her son. But right now she just had to lie there with her first love.

Sandy was going to pull an all nighter, but just not as planned. He arrived at ABSMC twenty minutes later and rushed in. He stopped at the reception desk and asked for Dr. Gregorio. Five minutes later he was on his way to the emergency room led by a nurse, who wouldn't look at him.

"Sandy Cohen?" the doctor asked when he had come out to Sandy in the waiting room in the emergency room another five minutes later.

"Yes, Dr. Gregorio?" Sandy asked putting out his hand.

"Yes, follow me, please," the doctor said with a small smile as he shook Sandy's hand.

"Can you please tell me how my friends are? Are they okay?" Sandy asked, he needed to keep his composure, this wasn't like him.

"I'm sorry, I'll follow you," Sandy apologized as Gregorio just looked at him sadly and then turned to lead again.

"Alright, Mr. Cohen, please take a seat," the doc said once in his office.

Sandy sat down and looked around as the doc shut his door and then took his seat.

"Well, Mr. Cohen, let's get started, I'm so—"Dr. Gregorio started but Sandy cut him off. "Please just tell me how my friends are, no sugarcoating just straight truth."

"Alright, Mr. Cohen, if that is what you want. Jack Gray was brought in about an hour ago; his car had been hit by a drunk driver in a head on collision, his wife, Laura was pronounced dead at the scene. Jack had two broken legs and internal bleeding; he hemorrhaged before we could open him up and get him into surgery. He was pronounced dead just about five minutes before I called you. I'm sorry, Mr. Cohen," Dr. Gregorio explained without sugar coating anything, like asked. Sandy sat stunned, he knew it would be bad, but he didn't really think that they would be dead. All Sandy could think about was Ryan; he was two and defiantly needed his parents.

"Mr. Cohen, do you know how to reach their family?" Sandy hadn't noticed that a lady and a police officer were now in the room until the lady tapped his shoulder.

"What? I'm sorry?" Sandy said snapping out of his shock state.

"I am Emma Jostens, the hospital's social worker and this is Officer Dean Trenton. Do you know how to get a hold of the Gray's family?" the lady asked as Sandy stood up to greet them.

"Ah… Jack's parents are dead and Laura's parents cut her off for getting married so young and quick, I don't know their number. But their names are Hank and Erin Kilburn, I think they live in San Diego, I'm not sure though, sorry," Sandy said almost in a whisper as he stared off past the three of them.

"Alright, thank you, Mr. Cohen," Mrs. Jostens replied as she wrote down what he said.

"Now about the boy, Ryan" she added checking her notes for the name.

"I'll take him, I'll pick him up," Sandy replied before she could say anything.

"We picked the boy and his babysitter up after the accident, they are in the daycare center upstairs," Officer Trenton stated and then headed for the door.

"If you go with them they will take you to Ryan, Mr. Cohen," Dr. Gregorio said when Sandy didn't follow them to the door.

"Okay, thank you, doctor, thank you," Sandy replied still sad and sort of out of it as he reached out his head again for Gregorio to shake.

"I'm sorry that I couldn't do more for you," the doc said as he shook Sandy's hand.

Sandy nodded and then followed the other two out.

"Kiki, wait. Where are you going?" Kirsten's dad asked after Kirsten had taken Seth back from her mother after an hour of lying with her husband and was now walking down the hall without a sound.

"Home, I can't be here anymore. I am taking my son home," Kirsten replied as she turned around and faced her parents and Jimmy's parents.

"Let us come. Come home with us for a few days, let us help," Kirsten's mother, Rose, rushed to her daughter's side, resting a hand on her shoulder.

Kirsten figured that would probably be a good idea, since she really didn't feel like being alone right then. Though she had Seth, but he was nodding off to sleep so he wouldn't have been much company. Kirsten kissed Seth on his fore head and then nodded at her mother.

"Cal, let's go," Rose said turning to her husband. The four said goodbye to the Coopers and then left HOAG. They all needed to get home and get on with their lives, though it wouldn't be easy, Jimmy was loved by everyone in Newport. He was like Newport's golden boy and now he was gone.

Seth was soundly asleep before the family was even out of the parking lot; it was way past the two year's bedtime. Once home Caleb carried his sleeping grandson inside and to the nursery they had just for him when he visited, and let his wife put her gentle touch on his grieving daughter.

"Daddy, is Jimmy okay?" Kirsten's little sister, Hailey, met them at the door. Caleb shushed his daughter and pointed to Seth. Hailey quietly apologized and moved out of the way so they could walk by. Hailey saw her sister and knew right away that, Jimmy was not okay. She ran up to Kirsten and hugged her tightly as tears started to fall. Kirsten returned the hug to her little sister and then went upstairs with her mom. After going into kiss Seth 'good night', Rose led her daughter to her old room and laid with her until she fell asleep. Kirsten cried in the arms of her mother, behind these walls and in her mother's arms she let down her protective wall and she cried for her husband like she had when was lying next to him in the hospital room until a nurse came in and very nicely told her that they had to move him now.

Sandy watched through the window as his best friend's son played with some blocks. He was dressed in his pjs already and looked like he could fall over any moment and sleep for days. But Sandy knew that the only reason he hadn't yet was because he was in an unfamiliar place and he didn't have his parents. Ryan was very close to his parents, and a very sensitive kid. If he didn't know you, he didn't like you. Ryan is quiet like his father but smart like his mother. Ryan has only been talking for about a month, he was slow in that development, and he didn't even start babbling until three months after his first birthday. Jack and Laura had taken him to a doctor to see if anything was wrong, but tests came back clean so then they took him to a speech therapist. Now he says the normal baby stuff. Sandy knew almost everything about that little guy in there, he knew every time the kid got sick, hurt. He was there when he first walked, laughed, he loved Ryan and there was no doubt in his mind that he couldn't take care of the toddler.

"Are you ready to go in, Mr. Cohen?" Mrs. Jostens asked again tapping him on the shoulder. Sandy nodded and then turned to go in the room.

Ryan lit up when he saw the familiar face; he smiled and reached out for Sandy. Sandy obliged and scooped to boy up, hugging him tightly. Sandy smiled at least he still had Ryan. Ryan looked like both of his parents but mostly Jack; he had Jack's blond hair but Laura's blue eyes and nose, every other feature was Jack's though. Sandy didn't think he had noticed it as much as he did tonight.

"Dada?" Ryan looked up at Sandy with questioning eyes. Sandy looked at him sadly.

"I'm sorry, Ry, but daddy isn't here anymore," Sandy didn't know how to explain to a two year old that his parents were gone.

Ryan's eyes filled with tears at his reply and laid his head on Sandy's shoulder. Sandy continued to hug him, pretty soon, Ryan's breaths evened out and he was fast asleep in his godfather's arms.

"Ah… Mr. Cohen, is Laura and Jack alright?" Jamie, Ryan's babysitter, asked as she walked up to Sandy quietly. Jamie had been Ryan's babysitter since he has ever needed one; she was a senior at Berkeley High and a great girl. Sandy could tell that she was tired and worried; he just nodded from side to side as he closed his eyes. Jamie covered her mouth and began to sob; Sandy walked over to her and wrapped his arm around her. Jamie leaned her head on his other shoulder and continued to cry. They stood there for a few moments before Officer Trenton broke the silence and offered to drive Jamie home and said that Ryan's car seat was in the back of his squad car. Sandy nodded as Jamie moved away from him to grab her and Ryan's jacket and his monkey. The three followed the other two out. As they waited for the elevator, Jamie reached out and took Sandy's hand, she didn't say anything she just held it, she didn't even look at him and he didn't look at her. Once down on the main floor. Sandy handed Ryan to Jamie so he could go get his car and pulled it around.

"Someone from my offices will call you tomorrow to talk about Ryan," Mrs. Jostens said as he buckled in Ryan and covered him up with his jacket; it was chilly tonight.

"Thank you, I'll be expecting it," Sandy said after quietly shutting the door and turning to Emma.

They shook hands and then Sandy turned to Jamie, who was leaning against the car with her arms wrapped around her body.

"I'll take Jamie home, Officer, it's on my way and I think she will be more comfortable with someone she knows," Sandy said as he turned to the officer.

"Alright, sir, if you are sure," Trenton said offering his hand.

"Yes, thank you both and I will be seeing you soon," Sandy said goodbye to the couple and then turned to Jamie.

"Ready, kiddo," Jamie nodded and then turned and went to get in the passenger seat.

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