** I wrote this chapter on Friday while the ideas were still fresh in my mind. I was going to save this chapter until later but unfortunately, it was a very busy weekend for me and I wasn't able to get any writing done. So I hope you enjoy another chapter of "Photograph".

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Tim shakes his head as he puts his finger to his lips.

"I'M TELLING ON YOU, PHOTOGRAPH!! YOU BROKE THE RULES!!!" Mitch yells.

Tim shakes his head again, waving his hands at Mitch trying to get him to stop yelling.

"I'M TELLING MRS. TINA ON YOU!! YOU'RE GOING TO GET PUNISSSHHHED!!" Mitch continues to shout.

"MITCHELL!!" Tina says in a loud whisper as she hurries up the hall toward the two men.. "There are patients sleeping so lower your voice!!"

Tim jumps around and looks at Tina with fear in his eyes.

"Mrs. Tina? I just saw Photograph coming out that door right there." Mitch says as he points to the door leading to the apartments. "He's not supposed to go to anyone's apartment. It's against the rules."

Tina knew that for once Mitch was probably telling the truth. But how could she punish Tim when she, herself, gave him the key to the door. She knew where he would go. He was still wearing the clothes that he had on the night before when she gave him the keys.

She looks around at Tim meeting his frightened eyes.

Tim whimpers as he shakes his head and backs up against the wall. Tears filled his eyes, he knew he had broken the rules and would surely get punished. His dad always punished him when he broke the rules.

"There's no use lying about it. I saw you! Lying is just going to get you more punishment." Mitch sasses.

"Mitch stop!! Get to your room." Tina says, pointing down the hall.

"Me? What did I do??" Mitch asks.

"You're disrupting the other patients." Tina says, quickly thinking of an excuse.

"No fair." Mitch stomps his foot then turns and heads down the hall.

"Timmy." Tina says softly as she steps toward him. She knew that Tim had panic attacks very easily and was trying to keep that from happening by keeping her voice soft and calm. Tina was not a doctor or even a nurse, she only owned the hospital. She really had no idea what to do if he had a spell.

Tim sobs as he covers his head as if he was expecting to get hit.

"Tina? What's wrong?" Nate asks as he comes out the door leading to the apartments.

"Oh, thank God." She whispers to herself. "Mitch saw Tim coming from the apartments. Now he thinks he's going to get punished."

"You want me to go get Chance? He could probably calm him down better than anyone." Nate says.

"Yeah and hurry." Tina says.

Nate turns and runs back up the stairs.

"Timmy, Sweetheart." Tina says softly in another attempt to calm him down.

"Please, don't hit me." Tim whispers, barely loud enough to hear as he slides down the wall into a crouch position but Tina heard him. 

Her heart breaks as she could only stare down at him. Her eyes begin to burn with tears.

The door suddenly swings open as Chance and Nate run out into the hall.

She quickly wipes her eyes before any tears had time to escape. She and Nate stand and watch as Chance slowly squats down in front of Tim.

"Baby, it's okay." Chance says as he carefully wraps his arms around the hysterical man. "I'm here. Calm down, alright."

Tim looks up as he hears Chance's voice. His cheeks were soaked with tears. Throwing his arms around his lover's neck, he sobs heavily.

"I'm gonna get punished." Tim whispers next to his ear.

"Shhhh." Chance says as he rubs him on the back of his head.

Neither Tina nor Nate heard him but both saw his lips move. Nate quickly glances around at Tina and she only shakes her head as if to tell him not to say anything.

"Tina, this is all my fault." Chance says as he helps Tim up from the floor. "Please, don't punish him. I should have made sure he was down here on time."

"Uh, let's take him to his room so he can lie down." Tina says before turning to Nate. "Thanks, Nate, for the help."

"No problem." Nate says as he heads to the cafeteria.

Tina closes the door behind them after entering Tim's room. Tim lies down on the bed on his side, hugging himself as he sobs quietly. Chance sits down on the side of the bed and comfortingly rubs Tim on the back.

"I'm not going to punish him, Chance. I can't. I gave him the keys knowing exactly what he would do with them. That's why I gave them to him." Tina says with a smile. "I sorta lied to him and told him that all the renter has two sets of keys. They don't. They have one and I have one in case you get locked out of your apartment. I had those keys made for him."

"But Mitch will run his mouth." Chance says.

"Doesn't matter. No one listens to him anyway. Nobody likes him." Tina chuckles. "Besides, I run the place. I made the rules, I'm allowed to bend them."

"You hear that, Sweetheart? You're not going to get punished." Chance says as he rubs Tim on the back.

Tim sits up and rubs the tears from his face.

The door suddenly swings open and Adam, Avi and Austin run in.

"Oh, Lord." Tina giggles and shakes her head. "Here we go."

"Mrs. Tina? Mitch the snitch said that Photograph was going to get punished. Are you going to punish him? Please, don't. He likes Mr. Chance a lot. (Tina sits down next to Chance and both start to giggle) If he broke into the apartment it's only because he wanted to see Mr. Chance. You can't punish him for being in love." Adam stops when he sees the two laughing. "Why are you laughing? You think punishing someone for just wanting to be with the one he loves is funny? You need your asses kicked."

"Adam. Honey. Photograph is not going to get punished." Tina laughs.

"He's not?" Avi asks.

"No, he's not." Chance chuckles. "Wait, is Mitch telling everyone he broke into my apartment."

"Yep, that's what he told us." Austin says. "He said that door in the hallway is your apartment and he saw Tim breaking in."

"Oh, my God." Tina says, shaking her head.

"You guys do know that door is not my apartment. My apartment is upstairs." Chance says.

The three look at each other and then back at Chance.

"We did not know that." Avi answers.

"Why don't you boys go eat breakfast." Tina says.

"That's a wonderful idea. I'm starved. Since you're not getting punished, Photo, you wanna go eat breakfast with us? I want some waffles. I lovveeee waffles." Adam says as he turns and heads to the door.

"I think I might have asked this before but when does he take time to breathe?" Chance laughs.

"I'm still wondering that myself." Tina replies as she stands up.

Tim reaches up and catches her by the arm pulling her down into a hug.

"You're welcome, Sweetheart." She says with a smile as she hugs him back. "Now, go eat you some waffles before Adam eats them all."

Tim groans as he starts to stand. He freezes as he lifts his eyes to meet Tina's.

"Timmy? Are you alright?" Tina asks with concern.

He nods quickly as he glances at Chance. He and Chance both blush.

Her jaw drops as the realization hits her.

"Oh. My. GAWD!!!!!"

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