Steve and Matt sat on the porch steps, in front of Matt's house, thinking of their weekends ahead.

Steve would see his Step-Mother, who lived in Ann Arbor, who's husbands name was Ted. This Mother was that of his fathers second marriage, the one that failed due to infidelity. She had adopted him during the marriage, and loved him like her own son. He would be leaving his Father and second Step-Mother behind with their two young sons, his Half-Brothers. He missed his first Mother, his Half-Sister, and younger Brother, who lived out in Wichita, Kansas.

Matt was heading by bus to a small town called Redding, in Pennsylvania, to see his adopted Mother and Step-Father. On the way, he would have lunch with his biological Father, who lived with a woman he had never met, and his two Half-Brothers. He was leaving his Half-Sisters house, they shared the same mother, who he had never met. His Sister, who's name was Lilac, had legal guardianship over him, since his adopted Father had left with a woman who was now his other Step-Mother. They lived somewhere in Arizona.

Their school had assigned them a regiment of drugs due to their circumstance. Not because they had any emotional problems, or social issues, but because it was assumed they would, due to their circumstances.

"Matt," said Steve, in a serious tone, one that implies a question to follow. "Do you think there are families that aren't separated, where a dad and mom live with their kids, and have never left each other?"

"I suppose their must be," said Steve in reply,"otherwise our parents would have nothing to break, and we wouldn't be on medication."

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