Jenika walks out of a patient's room that she had just searched and closes the door behind her. She sees Tina and Chance walking up the hallway.

"Anything yet?" Jenika asks her boss.

"Nate just called Tina to room 159." Chance says as she gives the blonde a worried look.

"159? That's Daryl's room." Jenika replies.

"Yeah." Tina nods as they make their way up the hall. "I'm afraid Nate may have found something."

"Daryl? Tina, there is no way in hell that I will believe that Daryl stole anything." Jenika says. "I know him. He would never do such a thing."

"I agree. He just doesn't look the type. Besides, he's finally making friends so why steal from them." Chance says.

"Guys, I'm not accusing Daryl of anything." Tina stops and turns toward Jenika. "But, I have to check things out. Listen, I know that you have a soft spot in your heart for him. Yes, I've noticed. And I know that you probably know him better than any of us. I know it's not Daryl's character to steal.  But if he's being set up, we need to figure out what to do."

Tina always seemed to read right through someone. Just like she knew about Chance and Tim and yes, she was right. Jenika did have a soft spot in her heart for the man. She seemed to be drawn to him. 

Tina takes a deep breath before tapping on the door of 159.

"Yeah?" Nate answers.

As they walk into the room, Jenika couldn't help but think that Daryl looked like a whipped puppy sitting on his bed with his head bowed. It broke her heart.

"Oh, dear God." Tina whispers as she sees the stolen items laying on the floor.

"Ms. Tina, I didn't take them." Daryl says quietly, shaking his head without looking up.

"Daryl, Honey, I'm not accusing you of anything." Tina says softly. "Where did you find them, Nate?"

"In his footlocker. But, I don't believe he put them there." Nate says before explaining. "He wasn't afraid of me checking his room including the locker. He keeps his comic books and art supplies in there. He only asked me not to mess up his comics because he had them stacked in order. Which, being a comic book reader, I can understand. When I opened the locker the comics were all messed up. Like maybe someone was in a hurry to hide everything and didn't realize the importance of keeping the comics in order."

Jenika sits down on the bed next to Daryl and rubs him on the back to try and calm his nerves.

"We know that he didn't steal this stuff but the question is, who did?" Tina says. "And how do we find out who's trying to get him in trouble?"

"I have an idea." Chance says with a shrug as he picks up Tim's camera.

"I'm open for suggestions." Tina says as she sits down on the other side of Daryl.

"The only ones that know about this is us and the thief. I think we should just return the items to their rightful owners and not tell anyone where we found them. The thief will either try it again or unknowingly tell off on himself." Chance says.

"I agree. Cause when they see that Daryl is not being punished or kicked out of the hospital, it's going to piss them off." Jenika adds.

"Yeah, they'll speak up in protest or as Chance said, they'll try it again." Nate says with a nod.

"Okay, we can try that. If that doesn't work, we can always set a hidden camera up in here." Tina says. "Let's get this stuff back to their owners'." Tina says as she, Nate and Chance begins to gather up the items.

"Daryl?" Jenika says after the others had left the room. "At no time did anyone believe that you had stolen anything. Honey, you're not in trouble." She reaches for his hand and gently squeezes it. She leans over and kisses him on the cheek before getting up and following the others.

Daryl slowly reaches up and touches his cheek.

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"Hey." Chance says softly as he walks into his lover's room with his hands behind his back.

"Hi." Tim says without looking up. It was apparent that he had lost all hope of getting his camera back. "Are you through checking the rooms?" He glances up at the bearded man, his brown eyes full of sadness which broke Chance's heart.

"Yeah, we're done." Chance nods.

"Oh." Tim says as he hangs his head.

"You know, tomorrow we're going on a field trip to the zoo." Chance smiles. "You might need this."

Tim looks up to see Chance holding out his camera. His eyes widen at the sight of it.

"YOU FOUND IT!!" Tim yells as he jumps up from the bed and throws his arms around his boyfriend.

Chance chuckles as he wraps his arms around his lover.

"It's good to see that beautiful smile again." He says as he kisses Tim softly.

"But where did you find it?" Tim asks as they sit down on the bed.

"I can't say right now, Sweetheart. It's under investigation." Chance says as he brushes back Tim's hair.

"It seems to me that where you found my camera, you found the thief." Tim says with a puzzled look on his face.

"Not necessarily. We think this person is being set up and we need to know why and by who. But that's all I'm able to tell you right now. I can't give you any names." Chance says.

"That's okay. At least I have my camera back." Tim smiles as he looks down at the small camera in his hands. "Wait." He says as he looks strangely at his camera. "You might need this." He adds as he hands the camera to Chance.

"Honey, I don't need it back. I have plenty of cameras." Chance says.

"You might need this to help figure out who stole it. I didn't take this many pictures." Tim says as he shakes his head. "Apparently, someone doesn't know how to handle a camera."

"Are you sure?" Chance asks as he takes the camera.

"Positive. Tina had just cleared the pictures that I had taken and made prints of them. I had only taken five pictures since she gave it back and they were all of Avi, Austin, Adam and Daryl. We were hanging out in the garden." Tim replies.

"I'll give this chip to Tina. I have another one that you can use tomorrow at the zoo." Chance says as he removes the chip from the camera. Oh, and let's keep this just between us, okay?"

"Okay." Tim nods. "Uh, would it be okay if I slept here in my room tonight? Tomorrow's gonna be a long day and I'd like to get to bed early." Tim asks shyly.

"So, you don't think you would get much sleep at my place?" Chance smiles.

"I know I wouldn't." Tim smiles and hangs his head as his cheeks redden.

"No, you probably wouldn't." Chance chuckles as he leans over and kisses Tim's cheek. "I guess I need to get some sleep too."

"Good night." Tim says quietly as he kisses his lover softly.

Chance runs his hand underneath Tim's hair as he deepens the kiss. Tim smiles into the kiss as he places his hands on Chance's chest and gently pushes him back.

"Nooo." Tim giggles as Chance tries to kiss him again. "We both need to get some sleep."

"But I'll miss you." Chance pouts.

"I'll miss you too but we'll be together all day tomorrow. But tonight we need sleep." Tim says.

"If you insist." Chance says still holding a pout on his face.

"I do. Now go." Tim smiles as he pushes his lover out the door. "I love you. Good night." He adds before shutting the door.

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