Danny waited until Jack went out, to talk to Dylan and Merritt. Thankfully Lula wasn't around either, because Danny didn't want to explain why he didn't want to tell her. They knew they had to be quick since they didn't know when Jack would be home.

Sighing, Danny started, "I came home the other day earlier than I usually do. I found Jack Sky high laying on the floor of his room. He fell asleep mid conversation. Rather than let him sleep on the floor, I moved him to his bed. He was lighter than I remembered him being. As I went to leave, he told me to stay so I did. I laid there beside him, and at one point his shirt moved and I saw how much his spine stuck out. It was...horrifying. Rather than confront him when he woke up, I dropped both matters. I came to you guys because I didn't know what to do, and I didn't want to mess us up."

"Thats some...serious stuff." Merritt said, "I can hypnotize him and see what he says."

"would he know what you did?" Danny asked.

"Not if I surprise attack him with it. Like right before he's going to bed, I do it, get the answers and then put him to sleep so he wakes up the next morning with no recollection."

"what do you think Dylan?" Danny asked.

"I think its unfortunately one of the only ways were gonna get the kid to talk. He's not big on answering direct questions."

Dany nodded, "its a plan."

They then heard the garage door opening and knew Jack was home. Merritt wandered to his room, Dylan went upstairs and Danny remained in the kitchen. He made himself a cup of coffee.

'Hey there." Jack said with a smile.

Danny smiled at him and said, "hey there, I was making some coffee, do you want some?".

Jack nodded and then flopped onto the couch. Danny brought it to him slowly, observing his boyfriend.

"Long Day?"

"Quite Long. I had to go south a bit in order to get that thing Dylan asked me to get the other day. Turns out, its an hour there and an hour back. Luckily they had it, and didn't ask questions. Traffic was awful. Remind me not to go on a Friday." Jack said with a yawn before taking a sip of his coffee.

"I was thinking that we should go the beach, Y'know. Its summer, and I haven't been in years. I know you'd love the water. Lula would love swimming and I'm pretty sure I heard that Dylan can surf."

"that sounds fun."

"We can go tomorrow, make it a day trip. The beach is about three hours from here. If we leave early, we should beat traffic." Danny said. His motive was to get Jack shirtless.

"What time do you wanna leave?"

"Probably about 8. We can take food and have a picnic."

"sounds good." Jack yawned. It was barely even 6pm and Jack was dead tired. He knew it was the lack of food that was the cause.

Danny put on the TV, on in the background. The news was on, but they hadn't paid much attention to it. That is until they heard, "the horsemen."Jack woke up from the semi sleeping state he was in and out of. Turning the TV up, the story said,

"The President has given a parson to the magic group, "the horsemen", years ago they stole money and gave it away in vegas. Jack Wilder, the youngest member had faked his death. The President has said that they received some influential information that helped the FBI close several cases, and decided to pardon the horsemen. They are no longer wanted for any crimes. However any future things will not receive this pardon."

"we got off free...WE GOT OFF FREE." Jack yelled. They no longer had to stay in hiding, and live on the run.

Jack jumped up and cheered, they could finally be normal, or well as normal as they could be. It meant no more hiding and disguises. It meant being able to walk down the street without fear of the FBI.

The others heard and came running. Soon they were all cheering. After dinner was made- and they all went their own ways for the night, Jack returned downstairs. He had silently snuck his way back to the kitchen. His stomach hurt and he was hungry. Grabbing whatever was in the cabinet, he snuck back into his room, locked the door and ate it. By the time he finished the chips- which had been mostly empty, he regretted his decision. Shoving everything under his bed, he snuck off to the bathroom, where he turned on the faucet, locked the door and threw up.

His throat burned, he felt dizzy and his shirt was sticking to him. Once everything was out of his stomach, he relaxed. Laying with his back against the wall, he pushed the dizziness away. Getting up, he brushed his teeth and washed his face after flushing the toilet. Making sure he looked fine, he checked the mirror one last time before going to his room. Putting on his pajamas, he got in bed, but couldn't sleep. All the food under his bed was making him anxious. So getting up as silently as he could, he grabbed the food and crept downstairs, putting it away. Rather then go to his bed, he went to Danny's room and crawled in bed with him. Danny, who was asleep groaned and then adjusted to Jack being there, and fell back asleep. It took a little while longer but Jack eventually fell asleep.

Danny's alarm clock went off at 6:30. Jack groaned and buried his head in the pillow further, not wanting to get up yet. Danny got up, it took a moment of untangling himself from Jack but he managed. Once he was up, he changed into some long shorts and a tank top, grabbed his hoodie and went downstairs to pack the food and see what they might need later and make a list. It was After 7, when the others got up. Merritt was nursing a large nursing a large coffee, Lula was doing her best to wake up, and Danny was going back upstairs to wake Jack up and see if Dylan was awake. He didn't remember when Jack joined him in bed but he did remember it happening. Shaking Jack awake, he granted and asked for 5 more minutes. Danny reluctantly gave it to him and came back 5 minutes later. This time he made Jack get up.

Going to his room to get dressed, Jack realized he didn't have any swim clothes. Putting on skinny jeans and a hoodie- leather jackets and water don't mix, he grabbed his vans, his phone and headed down stairs to the others.

The group debated on taking two cars, but ultimately, they took one- Lula's. Lula drove, while Danny, Jack and Dylan sat in the back. Merritt sat up front beside her. It wasn't the most comfortable but the three in the back made do. Jack sat in the middle, he was uncomfortable because he felt like he was taking up too much space. Leaving a little before 8, they hit the road to the ocean.