So the surgery on my hand went well, just everything feels really stiff and there's only so much I can do. I can just about type with two hands again so here is this raging insanity. Enjoy :D
"I mean, come on, look you got to do whatever it is in life that gets you up the most." Ruby said shrugging. After his chat with Uncle Alfie he had decided that he would talk to Crystal and get everything out in the open. He thought that if he did that then she would find his gesture terribly romantic and would fall into his open arms. She had other ideas.
"Yeah but maybe I don't consider my life anymore as being me, me, me." Crystal stated. "Maybe I've discovered something outside of myself that I care about and maybe you should too Ruby."
"That's a bit harsh," he stated. "because I care about you."
"No Ruby, you care about you." Crystal stated. "You care about me in relation to how I affect you there's a difference."
"No that's not true." Ruby stated. "I love you Crystal."
"No Ruby you don't you..." The rest of what Crystal had been about to say was cut off by Ruby grabbing her face with both of his hands and kissing her. She just about managed to push him off and was about to shout at him some more when he glanced over her shoulder and his eyes widened.
"Jesus fucking Christ!" he exclaimed. She turned round to see Silver sitting on the roof with no clothes on looking horrified. She ran to the window and heaved it open.
"Silver what the hell are you doing?" she cried. "Come back in here and put your clothes on this instant."
"I saw you kissing him!" Silver shouted.
"I wasn't kissing him, I promise you." Crystal told him. "What are you doing we're at a bloody funeral!"
"I'll jump!" Silver shouted. Crystal's face fell.
"Don't be silly." she said trying to sound brighter than she felt.
"I'll jump right now." Silver said again. "I swear to you."
"Silver don't do this." Crystal stated. "Do you remember you've got drugs in you so, please, just calm down. Silver will you look at me?" She thought that if she could get him too focus on her long enough then she might be able to talk him back inside. It was at that moment, though, that Ruby decided to appear at her shoulder. "Ruby will you get the fuck out of here!" she snapped.
"I'm going to jump!" Silver shouted and began to climb higher up onto the roof. Crystal began to follow him, climbing out of the window after him. Ruby ran down to Professor Oak's office where he had seen Sapphire going in earlier. He knocked on the door.
"Sapphire are you in there?" he asked. He heard some scrambling around before the door opened a crack and Red's face appeared. "Hi Red, where's Sapphire." Sapphire's face appeared at the door.
"I'm here." she said.
"Sapphire you've got to come and see this." Ruby said gleefully. "Silver's totally fucking lost it."
"What's going on?" Gold asked his face also appearing in the small gap.
"Silver's on the roof." Ruby said still unable to hide the glee in his voice. "He's totally fucking stakers and he's threatening to jump."
"Jesus!" Gold cried and made to follow Ruby outside.
"Where are you going?" Red asked.
"I have to go out there." he said. "If he jumps – I'm fucked." Red poked his head out of the door and saw a large number of people beginning to file outside to watch what was happening up on the roof. Green was passing to join them and he grabbed her arm.
"Are you ok?" she asked.
"I think I can get rid of this guy but I need you to stay outside and make sure that no one comes in." he told her.
"Sure thing." she replied nodding. Red kissed her forehead before darting back inside the office.
"Everyone's outside so we have to move the body now." he stated.
"Brilliant." Blue said. He grabbed Peter's arms while Red grabbed his legs. Sapphire opened the door.
"Stay here and make sure no one comes in." Red told her as they passed.
"Ok." she nodded. Just as Red and Blue had disappeared with the body she saw Reverend Davis making his way towards her. "Hello Reverend." she said brightly.
"Hello." Reverend Davis nodded at her and made to walk past her but she stepped in front of him.
"How is God doing today?" she asked.
"Excuse me?" Reverend Davis asked.
"I wanted to ask you about religion..." Sapphire hedged.
"We have to do this right?" Blue said as he opened the lid of the coffin and he and Red heaved Peter – who was surprisingly heavy – into it. Once they had him inside Blue sniggered childishly as Peter's head was between Professor Oaks legs and Peter's were either side of professor Oak's head.
"God we can't leave them like that." Red said.
"You know in a strange way maybe this is what Gramps would have wanted." Blue sniggered. Red stared at him.
"For god's sake Blue can't you take anything seriously?" he asked.
"Why do you say I can't take anything seriously?" Blue asked as if this was news to him. Red exhaled theatrically through his nose. He had just about had enough of Blue's shit today and now seemed as good a time as any to call him up on it.
"I'll tell you why." he snapped. "Because you disappear off the face of the earth and you hardly ever come back to see your friends or family and you don't have an excuse for that because you're practically the next town over. Because you spend the last of your money on a first class ticket when you know that you were supposed to give me half for the funeral. Because you live your life as if you're on a fairground ride and because you never, ever, gave a shit about anyone but yourself."
"Well don't hold back Red." Blue stated sarcastically. "Say what you mean."
"There you go again." Red snapped. "Making jokes and pretending as if everything is ok, well it's not fucking ok!"
"Has it never occurred to you that I have to make jokes?" Blue asked. "Has it ever occurred to you that that is how I cope with everything going on in my life because, despite how it seems my life is not perfect. Maybe the reason I don't come back here very often is because too much is expected of me and I haven't found a way to deal with that yet. So maybe you should have a good hard think about what it's like for me before you go ahead and judge me. Alright?"
"Alright..." Red replied quite taken aback by Blue's outburst.
"Alright." Blue nodded. "Now shall we get back to the task at hand?"
Sapphire was beginning to flag. She had gone through everything that she possibly could to try to keep Reverend Davis from going any further inside until she'd had some kind of signal from Red and Blue that the coast was all clear. The Reverend made to get past her again, looking desperate.
"Please, I really need to get to a phone." he told her. "Someone needs to do something about this disturbed young man on the roof."
"I have a confession to make." Sapphire blurted out, clutching at straws. "I sometimes have these thoughts about pushing a pen up my bum!" The Reverend stopped suddenly and stared down at her.
"Pardon?"
"Silver, this is really dangerous." Crystal said as she picked her way over the roof over to where Silver was sitting. "Please come back inside."
"Leave me alone." Silver shouted. He shook his head sadly. "I'll never be good enough. Not for you dad, not for you. I'll never be rich enough, I'll never be cool enough."
"Silver stop talking nonsense and come back inside." Crystal begged him.
"No you go back inside!" Silver shouted.
"Come with me." Crystal begged again.
"Why?"
"Because we're going to have a baby." Crystal said after a short pause.
"What?"
"We're going to have a child together." she said, a little slower this time so that Silver would understand her.
"You're pregnant?" he asked, his entire face lighting up. She nodded.
"And I won't be able to do it without you." she said. Silver stood up and slowly made his way over to her. He wrapped his arms around her and she kissed him. The crowd that had formed on the ground bellow them began to clap and cheer. Silver turned round to face them in all his naked glory.
"We're going to have a baby!" he shouted happily. Crystal laughed.
"Let's go back inside." she said. She took hold of his hand and began to lead him back to the open bathroom window and the two of them climbed back in. As she was beginning to help Silver back into his clothes she heard an angry knock at the door.
"Crystal," her father's voice said angrily. "open this door." Crystal rolled her eyes but unlocked the door all the same. Uncle Victor stormed into the bathroom. "Thank god you're safe." he said before turning to Silver. "You absolute idiot! What were you thinking? I want you to stay away from my daughter."
"Look Dad..." Crystal began.
"Crystal stay out of this." Uncle Victor snapped.
"Dad we're getting married." Crystal told him.
"What?"
"We're getting married." Silver said smiling goofily up at Crystal as she got him back into his shirt. Uncle Victor took a deep breath.
"Crystal you don't have to marry this man just because you're pregnant." he stated. "We can deal with this."
"I'm marrying him because I love him." Crystal replied.
"You can't."
"Yes I can." Crystal said defiantly turning to face her father. "It's my life and this is my choice and I'm sorry if you don't like it but that's just tough. And I will tell you something else – if you don't sort out your attitude you're going to end up a very lonely bitter old man." She took hold of Silver's hand and led him out of the bathroom. As he left Silver stroked Uncle Victor's face, grinning at him though the drug fuelled haze.
"Dad..."
