FISHER HOME

Courtney pushes the doorbell and folds her arms in front of her. She stares out into the rain-slicked street and watches a minivan move down the street.

The door is unlocked and opened quickly, and the sound of the scramble snaps Courtney's attention back to the matter at hand.

"Courtney," Paula greets her as she pulls the door open. "Hi."

"Hi." Courtney peers over the older woman's shoulders into the house. "Is Jason here?"

"No, he's--Is something the matter?"

The words catch in Courtney's throat as she feels a stab of guilt for delivering further worry to Paula, who still looks ravaged by grief all these weeks after Tim's death. Slowly Courtney says, "No, nothing's wrong. He was just supposed to come pick me up and he ... he was a little late, so I thought I'd come by and see if he was here."

"No, he's not." Paula's face creases deeper and deeper as terrifying possibilites swirl in her head. "Do you think everything is all right? Maybe we should try his cellular--"

"I did. It was turned off."

Paula closes her eyes tightly. "Oh, no. No. I hope he hasn't gone and done anything ..."

"W-what do you mean?"

"He's just been so withdrawn since--He's hardly spoken to any of us at all, and he's been spending all day up in his room."

"I've noticed. I figured he just needed some space to sort this all out."

Paula shakes her head. "This is making me very nervous, Courtney. We need to find him. I hope there's nothing wrong--"

"I'm sure everything's fine," Courtney says, already holding the car key in her hand. "Look, I'm going to go find him. I'll let you know when I do, okay?"

"Thank you ... I just hope he's all right."

Courtney starts back down the front steps. "So do I," she hopes aloud.

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