Joey and Chris entered the hopspital quickly, panicked at what they were about to see and hear. Chris' heart filled with more dread with each step he took, and impatiently decided to take the stairs rather than an elevator to Justin's floor. He arrived out of breath, to see that everyone was still in the waiting room where he had left them, but there was a looming sense of intensified sadness as he heard Lynn and Melinda both trying to cry as quietly as possible, although not doing a very good job.

He entered the room with Joey following behind him and he knew instantly that his best friend was gone.

He searched the faces for his own mother, but was unable to find her among the group.

Lynn approached the two men with outstretched arms and as they both stepped forward to embrace her, Chris wondered if his worst fears really had come true.

"Oh, boys." she whispered.

"He's not... I mean, is he..." Joey couldn't make sense of his words.

Lynn just looked at the two men, tears streaming down her face.

"Do you wanna go see him?"