Oh, this is gonna be a gas!

Miss Communication

Lizzie was napping on her couch when there was a knock on her door. It was her neighbor Paul Bettany. Paul quickly walked in

"How are you holding up? Anything I can do?"

Lizzie's eyes widened "What's going on?"

"You don't know?!"

"Know what?"

"Look up NBC Los Angeles."

Lizzie quickly grabbed her laptop as Paul followed her to the island countertop. Lizzie's fingers quickly typed across the screen. Paul pointed to a video. Lizzie clicked it. "We are receiving reports that there has been a massive multi-car pileup along I-405."

Lizzie quickly reached for her phone dialing her wife's number. It went to voicemail. She dialed her wife again just as the video showed an aerial view of a pile of cars on the highway. Lizzie looked closely at the screen. She gasped loudly. Paul asked, "Is that-"

"It's Jos' car."

Right there on the screen sat Jos' car crushed. Lizzie knew it was Jos because only Jo's car had a red outline of the Avengers on the roof. Lizzie nearly collapsed as Paul caught her.

One hour later. Jo woke up with a start "Lizzie! Lizzie?!"

"Hey shhh. I'm Dr. Lou you were in a car crash. Do you remember anything?"

"My wife. My wife is in London."

"We tried to reach her but we couldn't. But we did reach a Jarnette Olsen."

"Is she here?"

"I will send her in as soon as I'm finished with you. What do you remember?"

"I was driving. I hung up the phone with Lizzie, my wife. Then uhm I remember screeching than nothing."

"Okay." The doctor clicked a light shining it in her eyes. You have suffered a broken ankle as well as a few fractured ribs and a broken nose."

"How long until I can leave?"

"We will have to keep you for a few days."

"Why?"

"We did see a potential brain bleed so we want to keep you until your CT has cleared up."

Jo swallowed "Okay. Can you send Jarnette in please?"

"Yes."

Jarnette quickly walked in mask on, quickly walking to her daughter-in-law's side. "Oh, Jo."

"Hello, Jarnette."

"I have been trying to reach Lizzie but I can't get her."

"Did she not send you her new number."

"New number?"

"Since she's in London she had to get a new number. She was supposed to send it to you. I guess she forgot. I'm so sorry Jarnette."

Jarnette grabbed a hold of Jo's hand "You need not worry about that."

"Do you know where my phone is?"

"There is a bag over there with your personal belongings let me look." Jarnette took a hold of the bag looking through for the phone, swallowing, and looking over the droplets of blood that painted Jo's clothes. She finally found the phone. She handed it over to Jo. "Be careful. The glass is cracked."

Jo gently took the phone in her hand, opening it to see Lizzie's face and about thirty missed calls from Lizzie along with countless texts. She tapped her wife calling her back. Her phone barely rang once before she heard Lizzie's voice. "Baby! Are you okay? Where are you? Why didn't you pick up? Are you okay?"