Chapter 14: Suicide and Ice Cream
Elle's party,
"Hey, thanks for coming." Elle said, welcoming some people into her house.
Talkback and Jax were on the couch talking to Shelley. Mush was by Elle at the punch bowl. Shelley and Talkback joined them leaving Jax alone on the couch. He was fine for a few minutes but then he noticed The Cat. The Cat hated just about everybody, except Kyle who was afraid of it and Paul who brought it home.
But The Cat really hated Jax. Jax watched it as it crouched down into what would be the pouncing position. The Cat then pounced on Jax's feet and starting chewing on them. Jax started kicking trying to get The Cat off of him... it wasn't working.
Shelley nudged Elle and winked. She nudged Mush and told him to go and get rid of The Cat. Mush turned around and walked over to The Cat.
"Go away." Mush said.
Well, that didn't do anything. So Mush picked it up and put it outside. He walked back over to Jax and sat down next to him. "Are you okay?"
Jax nodded. "Yeah, I think I might need new socks though."
Mush laughed, "Well, I'll buy you some socks."
"Look, they're talking. They're so cute." Shelley said.
"'Skittish Little White Boy saved by Beefy Boy from Cat.'" David broadcasted.
Everyone turned to look at him. This whole 'I'm going to school for Journalism' thing was going a bit too far. He had been announcing everything in headlines ever since he decided he wanted to do that. It was a bit annoying.
"Davey, are you sure there isn't something you'd like to tell us?" Spot asked, smirking.
"I'm straight! Mush is beefy. It's just a fact." David said.
"Uh-huh, sure, I'll uh, see you later, Dave." Spot said, walking away.
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A few days later Blink was sitting on the window seat playing his guitar. The phone rang and he groaned. He didn't feel like answering it so the machine got it.
"We're not home right now but our answering machine is," Blink's voice rang out, "So you can talk to it."
"I can't believe yo-" David's voice got cut off by the beep.
"We've really gotta change our answering machine, Blink it's me. Pickup please." David said.
Blink got up and picked up the phone, "Yeah?"
"Can you come and get me?" David asked.
"Where are you?" Blink asked.
"The hospital."
"What?! Why?" Blink asked.
"I'll tell you when you get here. You know where it is right?" David asked.
"Yeah, I'll be there in a few minutes." Blink said, hanging up.
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Blink arrived at the hospital and went to the receptionist.
"Excuse me; do you know where David Jacobs is?" He asked.
"David Jacobs? He's on floor 2 in room 2106." The receptionist said.
"Thanks." Blink walked away and saw that the line for the elevator was too long and he didn't want to be crammed in there with a bunch of little kids.
He saw the sign for the stairs and took them. He got to floor number 2 and looked on the wall to see where David's room would be. To the left, alright. He went to his left and searched for 2106. Once found he opened the door and saw David sitting on the bed.
"What happened? Are you alright?" Blink asked, grabbing David's shoulders.
"Calm down, I'm fine. I just have a broken wrist. That's all." David said, flashing Blink his neon orange cast.
"Oh lord, I need sunglasses. How'd you do that?" Blink asked, looking at it.
"Well, I was filming in the park and I didn't notice this skateboard in front of me. I stepped on it and I went a few feet until I hit this hole in the ground. I flew off the board and in order to save my camera I had to shield it. So I tried to brace myself and I landed on my wrist. I heard this comforting crack when I landed and I was welcomed with pain." David said.
"Jesus, David. Well, come on. Let's go." Blink said, picking up David's camera.
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The days following David's accident were weird. David was being all emo and quiet. Blink didn't like it. He'd try not to leave David alone in fear of him doing something. Blink was just afraid that David was going to do something extremely bad.
Well, Blink had been plagued with horrible suicide attempts, but suicide attempts none the less by David.
After being yelled at continually and being threatened with a shrink, David laid off the suicide. He was actually doing pretty well. He was still all emo and quiet but occasionally he'd speak.
Blink had gone to the store for a half an hour, and when he came back he was greeted by the usual quiet that loomed over the loft. He put the groceries on the table and called for David. He didn't hear anything. No rustling, no footsteps, no doors opening, nothing.
He began to panic. He searched all of the rooms for David and when he found no trace of him, he went onto the roof. He walked around the edges and looked on the ground just in case, but David wasn't there either.
He went to Spot, Race, and Mush's place and he wasn't there. He wasn't at Skittery, Specs, or Itey's either. They didn't know what going on so they followed Blink back to the loft.
Blink looked at the coffee table and saw a piece of paper. He ran over and grabbed it.
To whomever it may concern:
I cannot stand this anymore. This feeling of being utterly alone. I have nothing left. So, I've decided to do something with my loneliness, I'm going away. Don't try to stop me, I've made up my mind and I'm not changing it. I have Izzy with me and she's coming with me. We know what we're doing, so don't worry about us.
Signed,
David Allen Jacobs
Blink's eye widened and the guys were standing there.
"What's that?" Race asked, taking it.
Blink grabbed the phone and called Elle. He told her what had happened and told her to call Shelley and to get to the loft as fast as they could.
When Race was done reading it everyone took it and it got passed around.
"That little prick's convinced Izzy to commit suicide with him. If he isn't dead when I find him, I'll kill him." Race said.
"What's going on?" Elle asked.
Mush handed her the note. She rolled her eyes and handed it to Shelley. "What an idiot."
"Alright, now we've gotta find them. At least David. Izzy's smart enough not to commit suicide, but she might let David just out her own enjoyment. So, let's split up into groups of two." Blink said.
Itey paired up with Specs, Shelley paired up with Mush, and Race paired off with Elle because Blink told them too, and Blink paired up with Skittery, leaving Spot by himself.
"I'll elect to stay behind and search around here, just incase they would come to their senses and return." Spot said.
"Alright, now, everyone have their phones?" Blink asked.
There was nodding all around and Blink asked where they would be going.
"Mush and I'll take the Broadway scene." Shelley said, "Izzy loves musicals so we'll check there in case."
"Itey and I'll search in and around Central Park." Specs said.
"Alright, Skitts and I'll do Times Square and Rockefeller Center." Blink said. "And that leaves you two."
Race and Elle sighed. "Just tell us where to go." Elle said.
"Okay, uhm, check the other parks, cafés, and stuff like that." Blink said.
"Alright," Race said.
"Let's go. If you find them call everyone!" Blink called, grabbing Skitt's arm and they headed to the subway.
Everyone went their separate ways. But we are going to follow Race and Elle on their excursion through Washington Square Park.
"This is just great, not only does he cheat on me, he decides to be suicidal. and take one of my best friends with him." Elle said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Yeah, well, she's my girlfriend and I'd like to keep her alive." Race grumbled.
Elle spotted a bench and sat down. Race followed.
"I can't believe they'd do this." They both said.
"I mean, Dave can do whatever he wants but Izzy better not be hurt or I'll... I don't know what I'll do exactly but it'll be bad and it'll hurt." Race said, looking around.
Elle smiled. "Well, we should look around. Let's go."
They stood up and walked around the park and saw no sign of David or Izzy. They gave up on Washington Square and walked around it. They went on some side streets and noticed little shops. They looked in the windows and didn't see anything.
They spotted a little ice cream parlor. "Wanna go in?" Elle asked.
"Sure, I could go for some Fudge Swirl." Race said, opening the door and motioning for Elle to go in.
Race and Elle sat in a booth by a window and behind the bar. At said bar, were two people, a boy and a girl.
David sat there on his stool, picking at his 3rd bowl of orange dream sickle ice cream. "How many bowls have you had?" He asked.
"David, this is my first sundae. I'm not a pig like you when it comes to ice cream." Izzy said.
"Don't make fun of me; I'm paying for your food." David said.
"Why are you paying? You're poor. My parents are loaded. Let's use their money." Izzy said.
David raised his eyebrows, "Alright. We'll use their money."
Izzy nodded and picked at her sundae.
"What can I get you two?" The waitress asked.
"Fudge Swirl, please." Race said.
"And you?"
"Uhm. I'll just have vanilla." Elle said.
"Alright, I'll be back in a minute." She said, leaving.
They continued to look out the window and sighed.
An hour later,
"Well, we should get going. Not like they'll be worried but still." David said, getting up.
"Yeah, let's go." Izzy said, jumping off her stool.
They left the ice cream place and got on the subway and sat down. Blink and Skittery were on that very same subway car discussing where they were going next.
"So, where now?" Skittery asked.
"Rockefeller Center. So, how many stops is that?" Blink asked, looking at the map.
"I'll look, you settle down." Skittery said.
Blink sighed and looked around the car. He spotted a man with dark, curly locks but he couldn't tell if it was David because the man had his head facing the other way. He had on black and white Vans, brown corduroys, a white-button down shirt, and an old, gray, manly type of peacoat, and this God awful green and black scarf.
"Wait a minute." Blink said. He looked at the scarf closely, "That is David's God awful green and black scarf."
The man's head turned and Blink got a look of who it was. It was David. Blink jumped up. "David!" He yelled, running to him.
David looked over to see a crazed person run at him. He felt a weight on his lap and Blink's face.
"David! Oh thank God you're alive!" Blink flung his arms around David. "We were so worried about you! Let me look at you."
Blink grabbed David's left wrist, nothing on it. No scratches nothing. That was good. He was going to check the other wrist but then remembered David had a cast. Blink looked at David's face. "You look a little peaky. You didn't swallow anything did you? Choke! Spit them out, bring them back!" Blink shouted, shaking David.
"Blink, I'm fine. Get off of me." David said, pushing on Blink.
"Don't lie to me, David!" Blink said.
"Blink, he's fine. He hasn't swallowed anything, except 5 bowls of ice cream, and he hasn't done anything bad. He's fine." Izzy said.
"Izzy!" Blink said, hugging her.
"Get. Off. Of. Me!" She gritted.
Skittery had gotten up and pulled Blink off of Izzy. "Blink, you need to calm down. You're getting too over-dramatic. I'm gonna call everyone and let them know we found 'em." Skitts said, taking out his phone. He looked and saw no service. He sighed. "Whose bright idea was it to have no service on a subway? An idiot no doubt!"
"Where were you guys?" Blink asked, grabbing a pole with Skittery.
"We went to an ice cream parlor where we had some ice cream. We talked about our problems." David said.
"We just got together so we could talk." Izzy said.
"Yeah, we'd talk with you guys but we felt as though you didn't understand." David.
"Well, next time you decide to do that, please don't make your note suicidal." Blink said, handing them the note.
"David! This is horrible! Race is probably going to kill you." Izzy said.
"Oh, he is." Skittery said.
"That's not funny." David said.
"I'm not being funny. I'm being serious. He really is." Skittery said.
David sunk into the subway seat, "Great."
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"David, I'm gonna kill you!" Race said.
David ran and hid behind Blink. "What do you think I'm going to do? Race scares me when he's like this, I'm not getting in his way, and I could get hurt."
"Very rational Blink, now move." Race said.
Blink stepped behind the table and David ran behind the couch and tripped. He fell face first onto the floor. Race stopped and laughed.
"Ow!" David screamed, but it got muffled into the floor.
"Come on, Dave, get off the floor. I'm not gonna kill you." Race said.
David sat up and looked at them. "I hate you all."
"We know." They said.
He glared at them and they just laughed more.