This Is Your Captain Crashing

Till I Cry

Izzy and Merida were fast asleep in bed, snuggling together peacefully when the princess' phone started buzzing again. Only this time it seemed more frantic, so it made them both wake up. The archer rolled over and picked her phone up, answering the call and bringing it to her ear.

"What?" She tiredly hissed as Izzy buried her face in her own pillow. "Me and Izzy are trying to sleep!"

"Look, I get that", Caleb's voice sounded off from the other end. "But I just needed to make sure you both were okay. The others were really worried when you were eliminated, and because we never got a chance to call you about Izzy. So... Yeah..."

"But you wanted to leave us be?" The princess rubbed her face, trying to wake up a bit more.

"Yeah, I did. Because I knew you two needed to be alone. The last thing you need is to have all of us fussing over you two constantly. Plus... I mean, there's not a whole lot we can do that doesn't involve us literally interfering with the show. So yeah..."

The archer nodded and tuned her whole body so she was sitting on the edge of the bed, her bare feet resting on the carpeted floor. "Aye, yeah, that makes sense... How's Baby, by the way?"

"She's honestly back to her old self... for the most part." Caleb sighed. "She's okay, but is refusing to go back to her pizzeria. We still don't have the full picture yet, but I do have a vague idea..."

"Cool, that's good to hear." Merida stretched and stood up, ruffling her messy bush of bed head. "Look, Caleb, I really think we should cut-"

"Wait wait wait!" Caleb said frantically. "Put me on speaker."

The princess fell silent, looking over her shoulder at her girlfriend, and did as she was told.

"Izzy?" Caleb asked through the speaker.

The Psycho Hose Beast tensed for a moment, then shifted to just barely look at the phone. "Y-Yeah...?"

"I... I miss you. I miss you both a lot. You have no idea how hard it was for me to not just run over there after the third Aftermath." Merida's eyes widened a bit in surprise as Izzy shifted more to look at the device. "You and Merida are both my sisters, and seeing you torn up so much because... because of something I did and allowed kills me."

Caleb sighed, then continued, his voice becoming a bit shaky. "I've been supporting both of you since the season began. And when you two kissed back in London... All of us here exploded in joy. He all love you two, and Zomboss distinctly said how he needed to be stopped by Amy and Rory from just kidnapping you..."

He bitterly laughed as the tearfulness in his voice became more prominent. "Just... Promise me you'll get here soon. We all miss you so much."

Izzy, at this point, was sitting up and crying. Her heart was touched, and she felt more at peace than ever before. She sniffled and nodded. "I-I promise, C-Caleb."

Caleb could be heard wetly chuckling. "I know you do, Iz. Now, before we wrap this up... I have one last little surprise..."

There was some mumbling, and then a shout. "WE LOVE YOU, IZ!"

Merida and Izzy were caught off guard to hear the whole group shout that, plus what seemed to be one new additional voice. But the sentiment and love was there, and it helped repair Izzy's heart that bit more.

"I-I love you guys, too..." She whispered shakily.

Caleb laughed with emotion. "Yeah… Well, I'll leave you two alone now. Merida, keep an eye on Izzy, and you have my permission to deck anyone in the face who decided to push Izzy or you around."