can't shut my heart up 2

aftermath

~~~two days later~~~

Violet POV

                     This sling is itchy i don't like it. I've been watching the news since they got everything working again yesterday-

Reporter: breaking news, we've reported word it is now safe to leave your homes. All the unstable have been taken into custody and/or are already in the local jail

                        They show a clip of officers shoving ruby into the cell

V: *gasp* ruby

                      They probably aren't even taking visitors and i doubt they'd even get yard time now... wait... what is that? Her hand looks... see-thru. They show the other unstable... they all seem to have a part of them faded away... this can't be good-

Alanis POV

Alan: knock knock

G: alan?

Alan: aye gabs

G: w-what are you doing here? i thought you'd be working

Alan: oh i am... well was, i mean if I'm the owner no one can fire me for taking a day off yanno?

                              She sits up in her bed

Alan: hey hey, stay down okay? you're still pretty sick

G: how's rose doing? is the town okay?

Alan: she's doing fine, i heard the unstables are in jail so now we just gotta rebuild some buildings and from what i know considering it takes less than a week for the workers to build one of us a house i think we'll be fine

G: but lexie would be in charge of it

Alan: I'm sure they can rebuild a couple buildings without her... anyways i got ya something

                              I hand her a warm coffee

Alan: i know it ain't exactly how ya like it... turns out your favorite cafe burned down... but I'm sure once more of the townspeople who evacuated come back it'll up and running... or after it's rebuilt at least

G: thank you alan

Alan: no problem gabs, what are friends for yanno?

G: r-right *cough* 

                          Shit she's coughing up blood again. I grab some tissues and hand em to her

Alan: here... gabbie i really think we should tell someone

G: i can't

Alan: why the hell not?

G: because i don't know what it is

                             ... then we NEED to get her checked the fuck out

Alan: they can figure it out, you're the mayor they'd give you the best treatment they could

G: and what if they don't figure it out? i shouldn't bother anyone with it, it'll clear up

Alan: ... did atsras' "clear up"?

                             She looks at me hurt

G: i... w-well-

Alan: astra wouldn't want you keeping this a secret the way she did... but um... I'll leave you for now okay? just think bout it? or yanno what?... I'm going to tell rose myself... i can't watch you hurting like this anymore 

G: ...

Alan: sorry... bye

Jack POV

Gr: aye jack, how ya doing?

J: my nose is broken and I've just been informed i need a brace for my leg because apparently it got injured without me even noticing it... so gee, i don't know, you tell me

Gr: well damn... sorry

J: *chuckle* it's fine i guess, I'm just all sorts of messed up right now... be honest, does my nose look that bad?

Gr: well it'll be swollen for a couple of weeks since we did the sugary yesterday... it should heal perfectly fine if you take care of it and maybe even look the same way it did before

J: i said does it LOOK that bad?

Gr: we'll... i mean i ain't the prettiest thing to look at right now

J: *sigh* yeah... how's my brother?

Gr: well normally concussions take a couple days to clear up

J: define "a couple days"

Gr: about a week or two

J: damn

Gr: can i get you anything?

J: my brother?

Gr: geez, you two are like the same person i swear... look, for safety reasons I'm not allowed to put you in the same room yet... it ain't my rules 

J: well uh... how's he doing? like is he waking up?

Gr: yeah but he also tends to knock out time to time