my tragic romance chapter 14

Chapter fourteen - problems with the concert

My eyes opened slowly. Frank was leaning over me talking but I couldn’t make out the words. I saw Gerard running over with someone following him.
There was a lot of noise but I couldn’t make out any of it.
“frank, I’m scared. I can’t tell what’s going on!” I screamed. I couldn’t move with out it hurting. I could feel someone touching my arms. I kept my eyes locked on frank. I looked at his lips trying to see what he was saying. All I got out of it was, it’s going to be okay and then the rest was a blur. I closed my eyes. It hurt too much to keep them open. I felt someone grab my hand. I couldn’t move to figure out who it was. frank…. Help me.

[Gerard’s POV]
I paced the floor.
“Gerard. Sit.” Mikey grabbed my hand.
“NOT UNTIL I KNOW SHE IS OKAY!” I yelled pulled my hand out of his grip. “it was a mistake for me to say that. It was a mistake for me to ask her to perform live.”
“Gerard. It wasn’t your fault.” Frank said. “no one could have expected her to get hurt like that.”
“frank, I can’t help but feel guilty. She’s my little sister. If she gets hurt, I panic. If she dies, I die. God, don’t you remember how I panicked when she fell off her skateboard and almost broke her wrist? It didn’t even faze her but it was killing me!”
“I know gee. But you can’t stop anything from happening. It’s all fate.” Ray said putting his hand on my shoulder.
I sat in a chair and covered my head. It was taking longer then normal for us to find out if she was okay. I looked over at Frank. He was handling it worse then I was but he wouldn’t show it. He was sitting with his head back, gripping the arms on the chair tightly. His eyes were all watery and red. It made sense for him to take it hard since he did love her a lot. She loves him the same way.

“I’ve been thinking. Even if Alex is okay after this, there is no way in hell I will let her perform on stage tonight.” I said as I stood up.
“understandable.” mikey said, “even if you wanted too I wouldn’t let her. She hurt her hand and now she has some problem. I couldn’t let her go out and get hurt.”
I nodded, “I’d feel like shit if she got hurt worse.”
It was silent. We all stared at something.
“ I need a fucking cigarette.” Frank said as he stood up to walk out side.
“same here.” I got up and followed him out. We were silent for a few moments.
“Frank what’s wrong? You’re never this quiet.” I said as I lit the cigarette and took a drag.
“I’m worried as fuck. I can’t believe this is happening.” he took a drag off his cigarette.
“I know.” I looked at the ground.
“I may have only been dating her for a few days, I feel like I couldn’t survive with out her.”
“frank, you’ve also been around her since she was about 13. You had always had her around you. She was there for you when you had a problem and crap.” I said as I took another drag.
“exactly. She always helped… without her it… it’ll just hurt a lot.” he looked at the ground and wiped under his eyes.
I nodded in agreement, “it won’t be the same. We just have to pray she’s okay.”
He nodded and sat on the ground.
“you won’t think less of me if I start crying right?” he looked up at me.
“no.” I said sitting next to him. He started to cry. He covered his face.

Frank wiped his eyes when his cigarette went out.
“can we go back in now?” he coughed.
“yeah. Come on.” I helped him up. We headed back to were the guys were waiting. Bob was sitting in a chair and mikey and ray were gone.
“come with me.” Bob said getting up and walking down the hallway. I followed him closely since he was probably taking us to where Alex was.
He opened the door to a room. Mikey and Ray were sitting in chairs at one side of the room. Alex was in the bed. She didn’t seem to be awake yet. I sat next to mikey.
“what did they say?”
“she’s okay. Just slight bruising from when she fell and her hand is okay. She should be okay by tonight.” he said.
“thank god.” I let out a sigh of relief. “so nothing major?”
“nope. She’s okay. She’s just asleep at the moment. She should be up soon.” Mikey smiled. I smiled and leaned back in the chair.

[regular POV]
My eyes opened slowly. It still hurt a lot to move but it was much easier. I sat up slowly. I rubbed my eyes despite the fact it still hurt. Frank walked over and kneeled next to the bed.
“Alex, how do you feel?” he looked up at me.
“I still feel sore but a lot better now.” I smiled as he stood up and hugged me. He let go and looked at me.
“I’m glad you’re okay.” he smiled. I looked at his eyes. They were red and it looked like he had been crying. “what happened anyway?”
“I got nervous when gee said it was sold out. My knees gave out and I fainted. When I opened my eyes I didn’t hear anything. It just sounded like a lot of noise. I screamed but I felt like no one heard. I kept looking at you, trying to read your lips. Then I just closed my eyes again and then I woke up here.” I felt tears building up in my eyes. “when I couldn’t hear anything but a lot of noises I got scared. I just wanted you to be holding me and telling me it was just a dream. But it wasn’t.” I started to cry as frank grabbed a hold of me, pulling me close to him.
“it’s okay now Alex. I’m here and you’re okay now.” his voice was breaking. I pulled him in closely and cried harder. I closed my eyes tightly. I could feel the pain shooting up my back and arms but I didn’t care. All that mattered was I was with frank now.
“Alex.” Gerard walked over when frank let go. “I won’t make you perform live with us. If you want to, it’s your choice. I won’t force you. Not after that. I’d be too afraid you’d get hurt again.” he smiled and hugged me. “we’ll play Helena without you up there.”
“Gerard, I want to be up there with you when you play it for the first time, but I get nervous.” I said as I hugged him back. “I am going to play, whether you don’t want me to or not. I have to be up there with you since it means a lot to us.”
“Alex, are you sure?” Mikey asked.
“mikey, I’m positive. I need to do this. I have to concur my fear. This should help a lot.”
“Gerard… should we let her?” Mikey asked Gerard nervously.
“she wants to. We should just let her.” Gerard looked at me and smiled. “we just have to leave soon.”
“I’ll go ask a doctor…. And find coffee.” mikey said walking out of the room. I snickered as he left.
“thanks gee. I really want to do this now. I am less nervous.” I smiled.
“just be careful. Okay?”
“geez, you sound like mom.” I stuck my tounge out.
Mikey walked in with a doctor and a cup of coffee.
“LOOK GEE! COFFEE!! … oh and I found the doctor.” mikey said as he walked over to Gerard.
The doctor examined me one last time.
“everything seems fine. She just has a few bruises. She is okay to leave now.” the doctor smiled as he left the room. I grabbed my clothes from the table next to the bed and went into the bathroom. I put on my skirt, underwear and socks. I looked in the mirror. My back was covered with bruises and my hand was wrapped in a bandage. I put on my bra and shirt. I redid my make up and put on my boots. I walked back out. I grabbed my tie off of the table and put it on.
“ready?” frank said picking me up.
I laughed, “duh. Let’s go do a sound check!”