"Then -- forget your parents. You can come live with me. I'll talk to my mom, and we'll make it work. Somehow, we'll make it work. We'll get you feeling better. Actually better, not whatever they're going to try to 'fix' for you in rehab.

Jason, I'm not going to lie, it's going to be hard. Of course it is. It can't not be. But I'm willing to go through whatever it takes if it means we can be happy again.

But I need -- " He bites his lip against a fresh bout of tears. "I need you with me on this. No more pretending. No more hiding. After what we've been through, it would absolutely kill me to go back to playing the best friend again."