Flasback to Now

Chapter 12

Ty was running late to Haggerty's. Liz wasn't answering her cell phone. He thought it a

little odd, but he decided she was probably just having a good time and ignoring it. For some

reason, he decided to go home and shower before meeting her there. But his neighbor stopped

him in the hall and pulled him into doing a 'quick' favor. A favor that lasted an hour under the

sink working a drain clog. He sighed, scratching the back of his head. Now he really was going

to have to shower. He tried calling Bosco, knowing he'd be at Haggerty's, but Bosco didn't

answer either. He sighed again "Guess they've forgotten me."



The jukebox was playing loudly in the background. Bosco was complaining, he didn't like

the song. Neither did Kim. "You got your gun with you?" Kim asked slyly. "Huh? Why?"

Bosco asked bewildered. Kim sighed, "no reason." Liz giggled, reminded of an old country

song. "Bubba shot the jukebox, last night!" She sang. Bosco looked even more confused, and

Kim laughed. "Come on Liz, lets go find a good song." Soon Steppenwolf was inviting them all

on a magic carpet ride. "I love this song!" Liz exclaimed, as she began moving to the music.

"You gonna dance?" Kim asked. "Yeah, I think so," Liz said, still moving. "Alright, I'm going

to go sit then," Kim said. "Ok!" Liz said cheerily. Kim sat down and for a while Kim, Faith and

Bosco just watched Liz. "There's something about that girl," Faith said. "What's that?" Kim

asked. "I don't know. There's just something odd about her, like her world's not right," Faith

said. "Yeah, yeah I guess. She seems sad sometimes," Kim agreed. Bosco grunted. He was

watching her dance.

Later on, the jukebox was still pounding out the music. Liz had since sit down, but she,

Kim, and Faith were singing loudly as Bosco tried to hide in the corner of the booth. "Clowns to

the left of me, the joker's to the right! Here I am, stuck in the middle with you!" Seeing Bosco's

annoyance, they continued singing even after the song was over. Bosco sat up, "Hey Liz, you

want to dance?" He interrupted. Liz looked taken aback for a moment, "Well, sure Bosco." She

looked back at Kim and gave her a quizzical look as Bosco led her to the dance floor. Pretty

soon she and Bosco were dancing and laughing. He spun her around, and she laughed as she

nearly fell. They continued on for the next few songs, truly having a good time. It was while they

were dancing that Ty walked in, seeing them. He sat down quietly where Liz had been. "Hey

guys," he said. "Hey! Ty! Where've you been?" Kim said cheerfully. "Oh, I went home to take

a shower, and my neighbor needed help with his sink," he said, somewhat glumly. Faith noticed

his looks toward Bosco and Liz. She nodded to Kim knowingly. Kim, feeling badly, asked Ty to

dance. They got up and joined Bosco and Liz on the dance floor. "Hey! Ty!" Liz said,

somewhat slurred. Ty was surprised, he didn't figure her for a drinker. "Hi Liz," he said.

"How's it going?" Bosco spun Liz around again and she laughed, "I'm great! How about you?"

"I'm good, thanks for asking," Ty said as he spun Kim around. "Hey, watch out now! Pretty

soon we'll be doing the boot scootin' boogie!" Liz exclaimed. "What?" Kim yelled. "Never

mind, you city people," Liz laughed. Suddenly their chatter and dancing was interrupted by a

crash as Carlos lurched away from the bar. He was grinning widely and stumbling over to a table

with two women sitting smoking and talking. He nearly fell as he reached their table and caught

himself, hands coming heavily down on their table as he held himself up. "Heeeeeeeey ladies!"

He said. Almost the entire bar laughed as the two women took one look and got up, leaving the

bar muttering to each other. Just as the four were about to go back to their dancing, Liz's cell

phone rang. She was going to ignore it as she had done all night, but this time she decided she'd

better answer it. "Liz, honey, its Nurse Proctor. Come down to the hospital right away,

something's happened."