Ian you got this

                                    

                                          

Ian and Fiona had made it home. "Are you hungry Ian? I made breakfast before I left." Fiona smiled and patted Ian's back. Ian nodded "yeah sure. Where are the twins?" He asked. "Oh Ian, we had Mandy come and pick them up last night." Fiona responded. "Are they okay?" Ian asked.
                          
"Yeah they're fine" Fiona assured him. "Was Mandy okay with it?" Ian asked Fiona. "Yeah seemed fine, I think she enjoys being an aunt." Fiona smiled. Ian let out a small smile as well, well finally at least one thing was taken care of. Fiona motioned for Ian to follow her and they went to the kitchen. "Where is everybody?" Ian asked. "Debs and Carl took Liam to the pool, Lip should be upstairs." Fiona answered and handed Ian a plate of eggs, bacon and toast." Ian took the toast and left upstairs. Fiona looked at him. "Just toast?" She said softly.
                          
Upstairs Lip was in the room on the laptop. "Hey.." Ian said walking over and sitting on his bed. "Oh hey." Lip looked at him then back at the Laptop. "I was gonna come down and say hi." 
"It's fine." Ian smiled. Then a couple of moments of silence passed. "Lip.." Ian started. Lip looked at him, "yeah?" He asked. "What happened to me?" Ian asked him. Lip looked at Ian and sighed. "Somethings wrong with me." Ian said. "Ian nothings wrong with you, you've been through a lot you didn't ask for." Lip responded hopping off his bed and walking over to Ian.
                          
"Our parents are shit. Druggies and Alcoholics. We haven't seen Monica in years, and Frank.. well who knows where he is. But the point is we didn't ask for any of this." Lip sat next to Ian. "Monica and Frank were never there for us but the least they could do is pass on their genes right?" Lip smiled at Ian. Ian gave a soft smile back. 
                          
"Ian, you are the toughest kid I know. You've fought all your life and haven't given up. You would tell me, "lip I got this" ."  Lip looked at Ian. "Ian, you got this." 
                          
Ian looked at Lip with a quick smile. "Hey, thanks." Ian said. "For what?" Lip asked. "For being my brother." Ian replied. "I never got a choice." Lip smiled at him." Ian laughed and they hugged each other.
                          
Then Debbie, Carl and Liam came running in the room. "Ian!!" Debbie smiled. Ian smiled back "hey guys" he hugged them all. "How was jail? Did you see anybody get shived?" Carl smiled with excitement. "No, unfortunately." Ian laughed. Ian then looked at Liam, "look at you. You've gotten so big!" Ian hugged him. Liam giggled.
                          
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Downstairs, the whole family was together again. All of them eating dinner. Just laughs and jokes. Ian felt so much better he didn't realize how much he missed this. "Hey Ian when do you go to court?" Debbie asks. "Wednesday." Ian replies. "Are you scared?" Carl asks. "No.. I don't think I am." Ian answers. "Well if you do get scared when you're up there just remember we'll be right behind you." Debbie smiled. Ian smiled at her. "Thanks Debs." Then they continued to eat their food.
                          
Home at last. Well for now anyway.