Afterlife (A7X)

Chapter 26: Thoughts On What To Do

~~~~CHAPTER 26~~~~

Thoughts On What To Do~~~~

~~~~Zacky's Point of View~~~~

"Yeah Matt; how can I help?"

"Hey man, where're you at the moment?" Matt asked from the other end of the line.

"I'm out at the moment," I said, glancing at Jessie who gave me a bit of a smile in return. "Why?"

"Ok, well if you're busy then don't worry about it," Matt said. "Was just gonna head back home and was wondering if you were there."

I frowned. "Wait, you're not home? I thought you were waiting for Brian to come over?"

"Yeah, had a minor change of plans. I'm actually leaving the hospital with Brian now and we're headed back to my place."

"Is everything ok? Why were you guys at the hospital?" I asked, looking to Jessie again and giving her a shrug. "Something happen?"

"It's ah, complicated," Matt said. "Brian's broken his hand; crushed it in the door when he was heading out. We think it could be related, but I don't wanna talk about it over the phone; too many people lurking around to overhear it."

I sighed. "Alright, well did you want me to head back?"

"Like I said, if you're too busy we can wait. I don't wanna pull you away from whatever you're doing."

"Well just give me a bit and I'll head on back to your place," I said, leaning my head on my hand. "Will you guys be right to just wait it out 'til I can get back?"

"Yeah, we'll be fine," Matt said. "We're walking back now, but we'll probably detour and get something to eat before we get back, so you've got a bit of extra time, seeing as you can't walk and all; might make Brian feel a bit better anyway."

I smiled in amusement. "Alright Matt; I'll head on back in a few minutes. Let me know if the plan changes."

"Always."

He hung up and I placed my phone face down on the table, looking across at Jessie.

"Looks like we've got a slight change of plans," I said, Jessie just returning my look. "We need to head back to Matt's; Brian's gotten hurt and they think it's something to do with the ghost. I'm sorry Jessie; I know this kinda ruins our day."

Jessie gave a shrug, understanding that this was more important right now.

"It's fine Zacky; we should head back seeing as it's probably gonna take you a bit," she said, making me smile in amusement.

She stood up from where she was sitting, me following suit and grabbing my crutches before indicating for us to leave.

"We'll have to have a day out some other time," I suggested as Jessie held the café door open for me and I gave a smile of thanks.

"Just let me know when and I'll make sure I'm not too busy," she said with a smile as we headed down the sidewalk, a group of people luckily moving out of our way so I could get past.

"Yeah well, at this rate I feel like I might be busy for a while to come."

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Twenty minutes after getting back to Matt's place, Jessie and I heard Matt outside the garage, talking to someone who I automatically assumed was Brian, as he was with him last time I'd heard. The door opened and Matt forwarded in, followed by a rather miserable looking Brian.