Crushing Me : Carl Gallagher

5. There's the Rub

Summary: Fiona's bad decisions involving Robbie finally boil over
when he tells Mike about their affair; Sammi helps
Frank pursue a cure for his liver trouble.
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"Hey Lip." Kai smiled laying her feet on Carl's lap. "Lip your home." Debbie smiled pulling brother into a hug.

"Thought it was time I stopped by, check in." Lip shrugged "how are the coeds?" Carl asked

"Oh, it varies by coed." Lip mumbled "what's this?" Lip questioned

"Creepy art she's making because her boyfriend dumped her." Carl smirked "a boyfriend?" Lip asked

"I'm expressing myself creatively. You're counting underarm hair with a mirror." Debbie remarked

"Check it out, four new ones." Carl smirked "get off of me!" Debbie yelled while Kai only rolled her eyes.

"Phillip! How nice! No one told me you'd be home." Sheila smiled coming out the kitchen making Lip's eyebrows furrow

"Sheila, what-what are you doing here?" Lip questioned "good question." Carl mumbled making Kai hit him in the back of his head. "Asshole."

"Well, Fiona is at work, and then she has a barbecue at Mike's house, and I said I'd be happy to watch the kids." Sheila explained

"And you and Liam here having a candle lit dinner?" Lip asked making Sheila turn off her music "well, Fiona said it was okay if I had my date over its actually our fourth date, he's such an interesting man." Sheila smiled

"What's with the music?" Kai signed "oh! Tribal twilight." Sheila grinned making Kai smile at the fact she understood her.

"That would be my succotash hold on." Sheila announced "you guys heard anything from Ian?" Lip asked

"Not for weeks. And Fiona doesn't even care." Debbie frowned "What about the U.S Army? You hear anything from them?" Lip questioned

"No." Kai and Carl lied looking at each other before turning to Lip "why the army?" Kai asked "because Ian joined up." Lip sighed "is he even old enough?" Kai asked

"No, he used my name and social when he sighed up, and then he tried to steal a helicopter and a bunch of other shit. Went AWOL." Lip explained

"Helicopter? Awesome." Carl grinned "Does Fiona or Hayley know." Debbie asked "No, not yet. I'm gonna call Carmen tho. You know when Fiona's gonna be back?" Lip asked

"She doesn't always come home. Lots of Sheila babysitting." Debbie frowned "You could call her." Carl suggested

"No." Lip argued "it's not the kind of news you wanna deliver on the phone."

"Hey, is that your boyfriend with a toothpicks in his head?" Kai asked "I can make that actually happen."

"Maybe. It's sort of abstract. I'm calling it true love." Debbie smiled "Super creepy." Carl mumbled

"collectors would pay millions for it. An early work for Debbie Gallaghers collage phase." Lip joked "I'll see you guys later okay?"

"Where are you going?" Debbie asked "I'm gonna go ask around about Ian. See if anyones heard from him." Lip sighed

"Like you know anything about art." Debbie scoffed looking at her younger brother.

"I do actually." Carl remarked "Kai taught me." Carl smirked "you thought Albert Einstein was a painter." Kai stated making Carl's face fall "he's not?" Carl questioned.

The next day, "I need to talk to too!" Kai announced opening the door to Mickey's room.

"The fuck you want?" Mickey asked glaring at his sister, "have you heard from Ian?" Kai asked