"He's Gone, Dave."

Chapter 30

The morning came in through the window. Dave stirred awake from the sudden brightness of the light.

The drummer squinted his eyes as he sits up in the bed. Rubbing his eyes. That's when his mind remembered.

He fully opened his honey-browns, glancing over to notice the same flower from last night. Resting on the nightstand.

The ribbon still securely holding the folded note that is attached to the flowers stem.

Curiousness spiked into Dave's mind as he picked up the flower. A memory pops into his head of the time where Kurt and him danced in the meadow of chrysanthemums's.

He smiled at the thought as he undid the ribbon carefully. The ribbon is a bright red. Perfectly matched with the whiteness of the petaled plant.

The ribbon fell onto the hotel's carpeted floor. Dave sighed as unfolded the note.

But this note wasn't like no other.
It's a suicide note.

As Dave's eyes guided across the pages. His heart began to break more and more. His eyes filling with tears as he reached the last part of the note.

" I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU! "
" Peace. Love. Empathy."
" – Kurt Cobain. "

Dave let's out a panicked scream as he quickly went over to grab his shoes. Stuffing the note into his back pocket of worn out jeans.

He slipped his shoes on quickly. Running down the hotel's hallway. Tears streaming down Dave's face as he dashed quickly out of the hotels lobby.

"NO! NO! " Dave cried out as he makes his way to his car. He got into it as fast as he could.

Disregarding the seatbelt. Dave started up the car. Breaking down into dreadful sobs as he sped his way back to Kurt's house.

It took a solid fitheen minutes to arrive. Dave parked his car so angled and incorrect, but he could careless about that.

Opening his car door, Dave left it open. He ran up the stairs of Kurt's large mansion porch.

He opened the front door. Shouting inside the empty house, "KURT?! HEY, KURT!"

But he didn't get a response. Dave let's out a panicked wail as he ran up the stairs.

"KURT?? YOU'RE HERE, RIGHT!? LISTEN, I LOVE YOU!" Dave screamed in the emptiness of the house.

Slamming open the bedroom door, the shotgun wasn't present. Dave's nightmare is coming true. And he is terrified.

"shit.. no..no." Dave whimpered as he left the bedroom. Running down the stairs, the only place he could think of was the tiny little greenhouse in Kurt's garden.

Slamming open the backdoor, Dave ran out to the greenhouse. His body frozen in shock.

There, he sees Kurt's corpse. Laying lifelessly on the ground. Blood splattered on the floor. The weapon beside him. And a few syringes of used heroin next to the body.

Dave's jaw dropped. His heart bursted into a billion peices. He screamed at the top of his lungs.

"KURT, NO!" 

He rushed over to the lifeless body. Holding the lifelessness close to him. Feeling the blood seep onto his hands as Dave screamed out in heartbreak and emotional distress.

He lost his friend.
His shy roommate.
His bandmate.
His lover.
His, everything.

"No.." Dave whispered as he ran his hand into Kurt's messy hair. It had dried blood in it. "No, no.." he repeated as he placed his forehead close.