Lucky 13
The commercials seemed to somehow kick my mind back into reality and I realized that I was no longer a part of Criss's life. I slouched back onto the couch and searched the coffee table for my cell phone.
- 0 Missed Calls -
Just what I figured. I held the phone open in the palm of my hand for a long moment debating whether or not I should call Kristy or Holly or maybe even Lindsay even though we really weren't the best of friends. I shut it closed and sighed aggravated within my situation. What would I even say to them. I could imagine the awkward conversation, "Hey ____ This is Sarah, obviously now you know I'm not the one trying to murder Criss anymore so could you just do me a favor and tell me if he's doing alright?"
That sounded pathetic and I didn't want to push my luck with him. I genuinely did want to know how his conditions were but on the other hand I didn't want to make it seem like I was going out of my way to make myself look like his personal stalker. If he wanted me there then he could tell someone, so forget it. After all he was the one who had kicked me out on unnecessary terms.
The next morning I woke to a phone call from Elaine.
"Hey, sorry to wake you…" She buzzed in my ear.
"It's alright, what time is it?" I yawned as I tried to narrow in on the red digital numbers on my alarm clock.
"It's 9am." She replied. "But, I wanted to ask you if you had heard the news yet?" Her voice dropped about 2 octaves and I instantly sat up.
"News… this doesn't sound good?" I fidgeted with the bed sheets.
Elaine paused for a moment and I heard her car engine cut off in the back around. I assumed she must have just arrived at work.
"Well, that's why I wanted to ask you first if you heard anything… but I was on my way to work just now and I heard on KISS FM that supposedly Criss was poisoned last night at TAO?" She seemed to question.
"Yeah, I heard that he had to be rushed to the intensive care last night on MTV News… but other than that you know more than I do." I replied.
Elaine's car door shut. "I think it's really bad Sarah… they said that he's still in the hospital and that he's not responding to treatment. I don't want to be shitty by saying this but you know that's what happened with Matt and I honestly don't want that to happen to Criss even if he fucked you over."
I glanced at the alarm clock again and drew in a deep breath.
"I'll let you get to work, that's where you are heading now, right?" I asked.
Elaine sighed. "Yeah, but promise me you'll at least think about what I said?"
Nodding to the phone I replied, "Sure, have a good day at work Hun."
"Alright, I'll try. Talk to you later."
I figured the least I could do was call Holly and let her know what exactly had happened to Matt. Maybe the doctors could do something different for Criss if they in fact knew about the poison possibly being slipped into a drink. When I called her she seemed shocked but excited to hear from me. Maybe Criss hadn't told her about why we broke up? She said that Criss hadn't improved any since last night and when he was at the club he only had 3 drinks but she couldn't remember a specific one that stood out to be suspicious. She told me that he did pass out and stay in comatose state just like Matt had and had said he felt dizzy and sick. The scenario was way too similar. I knew it had be the same poison that Matt had drank. Whatever it was it must be something newer because whatever treatments the doctors were doing weren't helping at all. Holly told me that she would explain the story to them right away and that she would demand them to switch treatments if they could.
I could hear Criss's mom in the background the entire phone call. It sounded like she was saying a rosary of some sort. Maybe it was that serious. Holly invited me to come but I turned her offer down feeling that if it wasn't straight from the "horse's" mouth then I shouldn't accept it. I hung up feeling worse than when he had kicked me out. I didn't know if it was the fact that everyone was there by his side but me or the fact that I couldn't do anything to help him but I fell back asleep until the numbers on my alarm read passed 1pm.
Holly called me the next afternoon and informed me that the doctor had switched Criss's treatment and that he was up and talking again. She said that he should be discharged by the next day. I kept our call short and down to the subject matter. I didn't want to know anymore or any less. Now the ball was in his court. Secretly, I wished that Holly would tell him that it was me who called and told her to switch the treatment plan so he knew I had pretty much saved his life. I wanted to rub it in his ignorant face that I was the trying to be there for him not fucking murder him. Either way I knew it didn't much matter anymore. What was done was done and we were ended. It was obvious. If I was important to him someone would have called me and had me there in that hospital by his bed because he wanted me there. I remember the time he broke his leg and staged that it was serious just to see me. This was much more sever than a broken bone and so was my broken heart.
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