"No, I'm the one who should be sorry," he said, his words still m.u.f.fled by her long strands of hair. "I shouldn't have treated you like that back there. I'm sorry, Grace."

She sat up, turning towards him and gave him the saddest of smiles, "I know why it means so much to you. As it does to me. And it fills me with just the same feeling as you at knowing I can't do anything to help him. Perhaps I should have gone over the rules a little more thoroughly in the beginning. Maybe it would have helped."

Stephen reached out, his fingers drifting under her chin to catch her attention. He shook his head from side to side, "No, you did nothing wrong. It was me. I wasn't listening to you. I guess we've done so much in the last couple weeks that I.. kind of forgot about of the rules. Or forgot there were limits to them. So when I needed something the most, it just kind of.. blew up in my face."

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Grace's head tilted to the side, "Love makes us all do crazy things."

He nodded, agreeing fully with her words, but saying nothing. Grace leaned in and gave him the briefest of kisses against his lips before settling back down into her spot, pressed tightly against his own body.

"I really hope he's going to be okay," said Stephen after a few moments of brief silence, interspersed by the sound of the television playing the local news. "I've never seen him like that before."

"He's strong, and he can get through this," said Grace, putting on a brave face for both of their sakes. "Plus, he has Grandma to take care of him. How could he not get better with someone like that?"

"She did kind of take charge in there, didn't she?" said Stephen, chuckling for the first time since they left his room.

"She seems like the type of woman who's used to getting her way," giggled Grace.

"You may not be able to tell it now, but when I was younger, she was the queen bee of the family," noted Stephen, on a lighter note. "n.o.body messed with Grandma."

"You wouldn't expect it from her, especially since she's so tiny," remarked Grace.

"Yeah, don't let that fool you," he smiled. "He was always the carrot of the family, and she was the stick. Not so much anymore, since they are both getting up there in age. But I know if anyone can take care of him, it's her. She's been doing it for over sixty years!"