�Mark, please sit down.� Rob said. Mike looked at him.

�Rob, I got to tell you something.�

�What�s up little man?�

Mike sighed. �I�m not who you think I am.� He said looking towards the ground. �What I�m trying to say is�� he paused. He looked back at his mother�s room. �I�m not mark.�

Rob chuckled. Mike�s head popped back up to face him.

�What�s so funny?�

�Is that all?� Rob asked still laughing. �I already knew that.�

Mike was very confused at the moment.

�How did you find out?�

�Kelly called about an hour ago, but I should have noticed it before.�

�Kelly called?� Mike asked. �And if you knew I wasn�t Mark, why did you keep calling me that instead of saying my name?�

�I wanted to see if you would come and tell the truth.� He paused. �And yes she called. She said that she, Mark, and Justin will be coming and should be her in about 2 hours.�

�That�s great!� Mike exclaimed but fell silent again. He looked up at Rob. �How did dad take it?�

But before Rob could answer, JC, Chris, Lance, and Joey walked off the elevator.

�Hey Rob. We came as soon as we heard.� JC said.

�Yeah, how is she doing?� Chris asked.

�We don�t know. They haven�t told us anything yet.�

JC looked at Mike. �Hey Mike, what are you doing here?�

�I�m here to see mom.� Mike said kind of upset.

JC looked at all the guys and then back at Mike. �He knows?� Rob nodded his head.

�I see. So Mike, where�s your old man?�

�He�s coming in a few hours with Mark and Kelly.�

�Wait a minute, Mark is with him? How did this all happen?� Chris asked.

�It�s a long story.� Mike said and sighed.

�We have the time. After all, we aren�t going anywhere until Brit�s ok.�

�Ok, here goes.� Mike said as he sat down on the couch in the waiting room. All the guys gathered around him as he told them the story.

�So let me get his straight. You two met at camp and decided to switch places so you two could get to know your parents?� Chris said.

�But there�s more to it, isn�t there?� JC asked, catching everybody off guard, especially Mike.

Mike bowed his head down as if he was ashamed.

�Yeah, that�s what I thought.�

�JC, give the guy a break. He do anything wrong.� Joey said.

�Uncle JC, is it so wrong for me to want a normal family? To have the chance to spend quality time together, to tell my mom about all the girl problems I don�t want to tell my dad?�

�You want your parents to get back together.� Lance said. As Mike was about to continue, the elevator ringed and the doors opened.


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