[ WP ] Hey Tommy , why did n't you rob the store ? What made you change your mind ? You were inside and ready , but you did n't do it .

`` Frank, I know this is gon na sound crazy... but I had like... a vision from god or a miracle or some shit. I did rob the store. The clerk gave me some lip, so I hit him in the head with the butt of my gun, cleaned out the register, took out the video equipment stuff and started looting. Next I loaded up your truck with a fuck ton of beer and munchies.'' 
 
 `` The cops tracked up down. You and I went to prison for involuntary manslaughter because the clerk died of internal bleeding. You got shanked by some guy you pissed off and I fell in with a group of nazi's for protection. It was a hellish few years that got worse and worse because the guards were abusive assholes. Eventually there was a riot and I ended up getting my head cracked open by a guards night stick. I was on the ground getting trampled and I prayed to God for another chance. I asked him to let me try again, to send me back to the night I fucked my life away.'' 
 
 `` And here I am. We need to cut the shit Frank. We need to get ourselves clean and do something better with our lives than trying to get money so we can score another fix.'' 
 
 Tommy looked at Frank for a moment. `` Yer right Tommy. That does sound crazy.'' 
 
 Tommy frowned for a moment. Then his eyes lit up. `` I can prove it.'' Frank looked at him quizzically with a smirk. `` You know that trip your parents are planning on taking to New York Next month? Tell em now to go. Something bad's gon na happen. Something *really* bad. Like the worst thing in US history bad.'' 
 
 `` Tommy, they been planning that trip for years. It's their 30th anniversary man. And dad's already got the vacation time approved. They'll have to do something else and he wo n't be able to get that much time off for another year.'' 
 
 Tommy thought a moment. `` Tell ya what. I'll let em use the beach house my uncle has in Cali for their vacation. He owes me a favor and I know he wo n't be back there until December. You tell that if they do this, and nothing bad happens in New York that I'll play for their whole vacation next year. I'll get em tickets to a broadway show and everything. I'll make sure it's the best anniversary ever.'' 
 
 Frank moved back and forth thinking for awhile. `` I'll talk to em I guess. What's this big bad disaster thing anyway?'' 
 
 `` It's hard to explain, and I'm gon na see if I can stop it from happening. Let's just say that if I fail, the rest of 2001 will be a very tense and fucked up time.
