"Is There A Gas Leak?", chapter 5
**Carl's POV**
All I could do was sit there and think about tomorrow. Tomorrow would be the best day or the worse day of my life. I had chosen to propose during Longview. Everyone loves Longview. And there was the fact that Mike Dirnt had proven you could write a #1 bass line while high. My thoughts got interrupted by my cell that started ringing right after I had gotten all the way through my proposal once. It was Billie Joe, god what now.
"Hello" I said.
"Hey, I know it's like 8 but I was wondering if I could run a few things by you about tomorrow. I want to switch a few times when I'm suppose to change guitars." He said.
"Yeah sure, just come down, me and Lizzie will be here all night." I told him thinking about what he wanted to run by me.
"Ok, see ya in a few." And then Billie hung up. About 5 minutes later he knocked on my door and we started talking about guitars, music, and tour stories. Right in the middle of it all I heard a huge thump from the bathroom.
"Holy shit what was that?!?" Billie exclaimed I got up and knocked on the door.
"Lindsey?... .Lindsey?" I said but she never answered. "LINDSEY!!!" I screamed as I pounded on the door. "Shit not again!!" I couldn't help but scream. I think I already knew what had happened.
"What in the hell do you mean again? What in the fuck is going on?" Billie screamed at me.
"Not the time! Stay here I'll be back." I said as I ran out of the room and through the hall. I had to get the doorknob off and the tools I needed I could get off the bus. I knew for a fact that you couldn't break down hotel doors, don't ask how. I ran down and back up in what had to be the world's best damn track record. I ran back in the room and Billie still looked puzzled but worried. I started taking the doorknob off and finally it all came off. And there she was, sprawled across the tub and floor. I wrapped her in a towel because she was still naked and started to cry as I picked her up and set her on the bed under the covers.
"Lizzie... " I choked out through tears. She had one huge ass bump on her head. "She's either unconscious or just asleep." I said as I watched her chest rise and fall.
"Ok, so she fell asleep and fell. Isn't that rather odd?" Billie Joe asked me.
"Umm... .No?" I lied, I know she takes her Night Quill before she takes a shower because it takes it a while to kick in.
"Kid, you seriously suck at lying," He told me "If she has to go to the hospital, we'll all know what's going on, either some jackass tells me or you do."
"Well, I've known Lizzie since she was 13." I said still crying slightly. "I thought she had a nice ass but we were just friends back then. I was 15. When she was 15 and I was 17 we started dating. That was when she had a little accident. She was in a comma for a week and a half. Those were the shittest weeks of my life.
Flashback
"Honey, phone for you!" My mom called up the stairs.
"Ok I got it!" I called back as I picked up the phone.
"Hello Carl, it's Ms. Hamilton, Lindsey's mother."
"Hi, Ms. Hamilton, what's up?" I asked innocently.
"Well, I'm not sure how to put this sweetheart, but I guess just saying it is the best. Lindsey's in a comma. She's at United Hope Hospital." She said, I could tell she had been crying, her voice was week. I sat there in silence for god knows how long.
"Carl, are you still there?" Ms. Hamilton asked.
"What room?" I asked holding back tears.
"1056, on the second floor dear." She answered.
"I'll be there in a few minutes." I said and grabbed my phone & keys and hung up.
"I guess I should take my CD player too, when she wakes up she will freak out she hates needles." I thought.
"Mom, Lizzie's in the hospital, I'll be back when I feel like it." I screamed as I ran out the door and into the car. God, I hope I don't get pulled over as I speed out of the driveway.
End Flashback
"But what caused her to go into the comma?" Billie asked as I cried even harder.
"What you found three bottles of, she Overdosed," I said "She's been addicted for years off and on, she wasn't when she moved in with me and now she is."
"So you're saying it worked a little too fast, she fell asleep and then fell and banged her head tonight but overdosed before?" He asked.
"Yeah. Lizzie's quit after that incident, she hates needles, she hates hospitals, and to have all kinds of shit in her she almost went into another comma. I sat with her until she got to leave because she couldn't even look at her arms." I said.
Flashback
"Carl?" Lindsey asked as she woke up. I had been there everyday, just sitting there, waiting.
"Yeah baby." I said and held her hand.
"What am I doing here," She said as she looked down "OH GOD!" She screamed and started to cry "My... .my... arms... .they have shit in them! OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!!!"
"Shhh..it's ok, it's ok, don't cry." I said as I got in the bed with her. "I know you're afraid, I know you don't like needles." I said as I got my CD player out and turned on Insomniac and held her. "I won't leave you, I love you, you've know that for 6 months." Then, the nurse that hated me walked in.
"Oh, you're up." She said coldly and looked at Lindsey. "Sir, now that she is visiting hours are over."
"Yeah, sure they are, but ya wanna know what? I'M NOT LEAVING BITCH! So you can just go fuck yourself, good bye and good fucking riddance." I told her and she stormed off.
"Ha Ha, Good Riddance." Lizzie laughed. It was so good to hear her laugh again.
End Flashback
"Now all we can do is wait... .." I said.
"And if she doesn't wake up soon, needles or no needles, hospitals or no hospitals she's going. No one is dying on my fucking tour." Billie finished. He sat down on my side of the bed and saw the ring box and picked it up. "So when were you gonna you know... ?" He asked quietly and broke the silence.
"Tomorrow, during Longview." I answered. " And still will if I get the chance... "
All I could do was sit there and think about tomorrow. Tomorrow would be the best day or the worse day of my life. I had chosen to propose during Longview. Everyone loves Longview. And there was the fact that Mike Dirnt had proven you could write a #1 bass line while high. My thoughts got interrupted by my cell that started ringing right after I had gotten all the way through my proposal once. It was Billie Joe, god what now.
"Hello" I said.
"Hey, I know it's like 8 but I was wondering if I could run a few things by you about tomorrow. I want to switch a few times when I'm suppose to change guitars." He said.
"Yeah sure, just come down, me and Lizzie will be here all night." I told him thinking about what he wanted to run by me.
"Ok, see ya in a few." And then Billie hung up. About 5 minutes later he knocked on my door and we started talking about guitars, music, and tour stories. Right in the middle of it all I heard a huge thump from the bathroom.
"Holy shit what was that?!?" Billie exclaimed I got up and knocked on the door.
"Lindsey?... .Lindsey?" I said but she never answered. "LINDSEY!!!" I screamed as I pounded on the door. "Shit not again!!" I couldn't help but scream. I think I already knew what had happened.
"What in the hell do you mean again? What in the fuck is going on?" Billie screamed at me.
"Not the time! Stay here I'll be back." I said as I ran out of the room and through the hall. I had to get the doorknob off and the tools I needed I could get off the bus. I knew for a fact that you couldn't break down hotel doors, don't ask how. I ran down and back up in what had to be the world's best damn track record. I ran back in the room and Billie still looked puzzled but worried. I started taking the doorknob off and finally it all came off. And there she was, sprawled across the tub and floor. I wrapped her in a towel because she was still naked and started to cry as I picked her up and set her on the bed under the covers.
"Lizzie... " I choked out through tears. She had one huge ass bump on her head. "She's either unconscious or just asleep." I said as I watched her chest rise and fall.
"Ok, so she fell asleep and fell. Isn't that rather odd?" Billie Joe asked me.
"Umm... .No?" I lied, I know she takes her Night Quill before she takes a shower because it takes it a while to kick in.
"Kid, you seriously suck at lying," He told me "If she has to go to the hospital, we'll all know what's going on, either some jackass tells me or you do."
"Well, I've known Lizzie since she was 13." I said still crying slightly. "I thought she had a nice ass but we were just friends back then. I was 15. When she was 15 and I was 17 we started dating. That was when she had a little accident. She was in a comma for a week and a half. Those were the shittest weeks of my life.
Flashback
"Honey, phone for you!" My mom called up the stairs.
"Ok I got it!" I called back as I picked up the phone.
"Hello Carl, it's Ms. Hamilton, Lindsey's mother."
"Hi, Ms. Hamilton, what's up?" I asked innocently.
"Well, I'm not sure how to put this sweetheart, but I guess just saying it is the best. Lindsey's in a comma. She's at United Hope Hospital." She said, I could tell she had been crying, her voice was week. I sat there in silence for god knows how long.
"Carl, are you still there?" Ms. Hamilton asked.
"What room?" I asked holding back tears.
"1056, on the second floor dear." She answered.
"I'll be there in a few minutes." I said and grabbed my phone & keys and hung up.
"I guess I should take my CD player too, when she wakes up she will freak out she hates needles." I thought.
"Mom, Lizzie's in the hospital, I'll be back when I feel like it." I screamed as I ran out the door and into the car. God, I hope I don't get pulled over as I speed out of the driveway.
End Flashback
"But what caused her to go into the comma?" Billie asked as I cried even harder.
"What you found three bottles of, she Overdosed," I said "She's been addicted for years off and on, she wasn't when she moved in with me and now she is."
"So you're saying it worked a little too fast, she fell asleep and then fell and banged her head tonight but overdosed before?" He asked.
"Yeah. Lizzie's quit after that incident, she hates needles, she hates hospitals, and to have all kinds of shit in her she almost went into another comma. I sat with her until she got to leave because she couldn't even look at her arms." I said.
Flashback
"Carl?" Lindsey asked as she woke up. I had been there everyday, just sitting there, waiting.
"Yeah baby." I said and held her hand.
"What am I doing here," She said as she looked down "OH GOD!" She screamed and started to cry "My... .my... arms... .they have shit in them! OH GOD OH GOD OH GOD!!!"
"Shhh..it's ok, it's ok, don't cry." I said as I got in the bed with her. "I know you're afraid, I know you don't like needles." I said as I got my CD player out and turned on Insomniac and held her. "I won't leave you, I love you, you've know that for 6 months." Then, the nurse that hated me walked in.
"Oh, you're up." She said coldly and looked at Lindsey. "Sir, now that she is visiting hours are over."
"Yeah, sure they are, but ya wanna know what? I'M NOT LEAVING BITCH! So you can just go fuck yourself, good bye and good fucking riddance." I told her and she stormed off.
"Ha Ha, Good Riddance." Lizzie laughed. It was so good to hear her laugh again.
End Flashback
"Now all we can do is wait... .." I said.
"And if she doesn't wake up soon, needles or no needles, hospitals or no hospitals she's going. No one is dying on my fucking tour." Billie finished. He sat down on my side of the bed and saw the ring box and picked it up. "So when were you gonna you know... ?" He asked quietly and broke the silence.
"Tomorrow, during Longview." I answered. " And still will if I get the chance... "
