Crazy 'Bout You ✰ Izzaxl

1.3; Tommy's Party

Since the fight, that happened a week ago, no one has talked. Izzy's gotten worse, his eyes begged for sleep and he had stayed cooped up in his room, burning even more spoons.

Everyone felt too awkward to hang out. Slash pressured Duff, Axl, and Steven to pick sides; it was him or Izzy. Axl didn't like to be in the middle of others conflicts anyway; that usually brought him to being apart of the situation. Izzy just acted as if wasn't happening, passing time in his bedroom.

/ Lafayette, Indiana \
/ Izzy's room \
/ Monday, June 9nd - 8:21 pm \

As Izzy lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, the phone started ringing beside his bed. He picked it up, trying to untangle the cord the best he could. "Hello?" Izzy asked.

"Hey, it's Duff."

"Oh...hey." It was weird because they haven't talked in a week, which is super off for the group.

"You wanna come to my house, just us? We haven't spent time together lately." He asked. Izzy didn't want to at all. He just wanted to stay in his room all summer, but he didn't want his friends worrying.

"Yeah, sure. Let me tell my mom and I'll be right over."

"Alright, man. See ya."

"See ya." Izzy hung up and grabbed the pillow, muffling an irritated yell. After the much needed yell, Izzy got up and found his mother cooking dinner. "Is it cool if I stay at Duff's tonight?" He asked, leaning on the counter slightly.

"Yeah, that's fine. Maybe Duff can help you sleep." His mom said before he walked out the door, found Duff's apartment, and knocked. Duff opened the door with a bright smile, "Hey, Izz! I feel like it's been forever." Duff went in for a hug.

Izzy didn't really enjoy hugs, but Axl and Duff were exceptions. "So what did you plan on us doing?" Izzy asked, scratching the back of his neck. "You just wanna chill in my room until we think of something?" Duff asked. Izzy nodded and followed him to his room.

When they got there, Duff shoved Izzy in the room and locked the door behind them before barricading the door with his lanky figure. "What the hell?!" Izzy yelled before turning around to find Steven, Axl...and Slash sitting in the room.

"What the fuck is he doing here?!" Slash looked confused and angry. Izzy looked the same, "Let me out." Izzy looked up at Duff. "You wanna try me? Neither of you are gettin' out of this room until you listen to us." Duff stood his ground.

"Just go sit." Steven sighed. "No. Fuck all of this, I could be doing something way better than listening to this." Izzy didn't sit.

"Izz..please just sit." Axl said with impatience, and a hint of tiredness; he was tired of arguing. Izzy complied with a sigh, sitting down next to Axl, and mumbling, "This is fuckin' kidnapping, just so you all know."

"Oh, shut it, you decided to come over." Steven rolled his eyes. "Yeah, and I didn't know I was going to be locked in a bedroom with four dudes before agreeing to come over, now did I?" Izzy asked, a little bit of humor in his dry tone. Slash let out a small, breathy laugh at that.

"See? We're already off to a good start!" Duff, enthusiastically, made a note at Slash's laugh. "Oh, go fuck yourself." Slash rolled his eyes. "Okay...we still need some work." Duff nodded before sitting down next to Steven.