A Little Patience

20. No. No. No

"Lilly," Axl called. "Lilly! I'm home!" Axl had been in the studio half the day so he was happy to come home to his wife. (Kyle was at school) 

Axl walked into his room and saw Lilly curled on the bed. "Lilly! What's wrong? Did I do something wrong? I'm sorry!" Axl said. "You didn't do anything wrong, Axl. Kurt left for rehab and I'm worried about him that's all," Lilly said. "It's fine you can go see him," Axl said. "California," Lilly said. "Oh," Axl said. He crawled into the bed and held Lilly in his arms and kissed her head.  

"It'll be alright," Axl said. "I promise." 

. . . . . . . . . 

Frances often stayed at Axl and Lilly's while Courtney did whatever she wanted. Lilly suffered a lot during that time leaving Axl to care for the kids after he got back from the studio. 

"I'm sorry, I'm being such a burden," Lilly said as Axl brought her some coffee after he took the kids to school. "Nonsense," Axl said sitting beside her. "Kurt has been so bad lately. And... And I don't know what I'm supposed to do," Lilly said. Axl nodded. "It'll be alright though. We'll get through this," he said. Lilly smiled and kissed Axl's lips. 

They were interrupted when someone knocked on the door. Axl crawled out of bed to see a six-foot bassist. But it wasn't his bassist. It was Krist. "Where's Lilly?" he asked. He looked upset and panicked. "Come in, I'll get her," Axl said.

Krist walked in and Axl went to Lilly's room to tell her Krist was there. It had surprised Axl when Krist had shown up in the middle of a panic attack. Clearly, something was wrong. And it worried Axl. 

"What is it, Krist?" Lilly asked the bassist. "It's Kurt. I don't want to worry you, Lilly. But he escaped rehab," Krist said. "What?! Is he okay? Where is he?" Lilly asked. "I don't know. That's the thing. We don't know where Kurt is. He had escaped and is gone. However, Dylan called us. He said Kurt had bought a gun from him!" Krist said. Lilly started crying. Axl ran to her and brought her into a hug. "He's going to kill himself!" Lilly cried. "No! We... We don't know that!" Krist said. "Why would he buy a gun then, Krist?" Lilly asked. 

Krist hung his head. He knew Lilly was right. He knew about Kurt's past suicide attempts. He knew what heroin can do to someone and if Kurt doesn't shoot himself he'll overdose. 

"Have you called the cops yet?" Axl asked. "Courtney did. She called a private investigator. But she claimed she doesn't want him to know she's looking for Kurt. Smart. But it won't do much. Of course, no one really knows Kurt's gone so no one's going to look out for him. What I'm saying is, the private investigator isn't going to help much because of the lack of people looking for Kurt," Krist said. "What are you saying? It's up to us?" Lilly asked pulling herself away from Axl. 

As much as Lilly wanted to stay in Axl's arms forever and cry. She knew she couldn't. 

Axl decided to call Duff, Slash, and Steven and ask if any of them had seen Kurt in L.A. 

"Hello?" 
"Duff! We heard Kurt had jumped the fence of the rehab center. We wanna know if you had seen him." 
"Oh! I'm not in L.A anymore. I flew to Seattle last night with Steven. But Kurt sat beside me on the plane." 
"Did he say where he was going?" 
"No." 
"Damn it. Well, tell me if you know any more." 
"Alright, man, will do." 
"Thanks." 

"Well?" Lilly asked as Axl walked back into the living room. "Kurt sat beside him on the plane here to Seattle. But he didn't say where he was going," Axl explained. Lilly and Krist nodded. "We'll need to alert more people. I'll call Dave and Pat. Axl can call Slash and Meegan," Krist said. Axl nodded. 

The bigger the search team the better.