What'd You Think?

Chapter Two

Luke rushes to get his shoes and runs out to his car. He instantly starts it and drives off to the hospital.

"Do you guys know where CaRtOoNz is? He hasn't answered his phone." Tyler asks, and what they didn't know was his phone was left on the counter, all the way in North Carolina, a few miles away from the hospital Delirious was now at. 

"Jonathan Dennis?!" Luke sprints up to the front desk. The young nurse looks through a stack of papers and looks back at Luke, "Room 130." Luke nods, "Thank you so much." He nearly runs to the end of the hallway and slides at the room number. "130." He nearly whispers. He steps up to the white door and peaks in to see his friend, but all he can see is the curtains around him. Luke knocks and waits for a shout from his buddy, but no answer is heard. Instead, a blonde nurse walks to the door and let's Luke in. "Why are there curtains?"

"The damage was bad."

"What damage? What happened?!" 

"There was a fire at a local bakery and Jon of course took the job. Everyone was out of the bakery... except for a little girl, her name was-" 

"Eleonora..." A muffled voice says. Its from behind the curtains. The nurse and Luke gasp. "Jonathan?" They say in sync. The nurse looks at Luke and slides the curtains open. They both gasp. Delirious has a weird mask on that looks like it'd either be used in a hockey game, or to murder off a few horny teens. Plus, a huge bandage wrapped around his right arm. "Juggs?" (Pronounced J-oo-ugh-s kinda like jugs, but with an o, but not jog, it's a nickname we use for my uncle Jonathan figured I'd use it) Luke uses the nickname they came up with in 7th grade. 

"She told me her name was Ele, for Eleonora. She didn't like her name, but I told her it was beautiful... right before the building crashed on us... I still wish to God the concrete blocks fell on me and not her..." 

"Jon..."

"Luke... her eyes sparkled, even if they were a dark brown... they sparkled." 

"I didn't know..." 

"Now, I have these damn scars to show my failure to save her..." Delirious takes off the mask and he has a scar going from his left eye, over the bridge of his nose, and ending at the edge of his cheek. He pulled off the bandage to show a red scar over the tattoo down his arm. Looking at the scars Luke watches a tear fall onto the arm and slide down the thorns of the rose. The tattoo Jonathan got after the death of his mother. She loved roses. "She reminded me of Mom... her hair was a very dark brown, nearly black... just like her's-" The crack in his voice is audible. Luke squeezes the hell out of the clown. He was sobbing so hard Luke thought he was trying to attack him. An idea pops into the bearded man's head. If he can't cheer up Jonathan himself, maybe a few friends can. 

"Seriously, I wonder where they hell he went." Craig wonders. All of the guys are concerned for their friends. 

"Wait! I got a message from Luke! He said get on Skype in like 5." 

5 minutes later all the guys are in a Skype call waiting for Delirious. Finally, Luke pops up. 

"Where de hell have ye been?" David asks. 

"I actually just got back from the hospital..."

"WHAT?!" Evan stands up and his gaming chair rolls away. "Is Delirious okay? What's the damage? Oh God-"

"Evan, calm your tits, let the man speak." Tyler says, giving a weird look to Evan and receiving a glare. 

"Anyway, Jon- I mean Delirious... is a firefighter-"

"Oh my Go-"

"EVAN!" 

"He got into some trouble at a bakery. He nearly risked his life for a little girl... who didn't make it." 

"Oh shit..." Wildcat leans onto his desk, getting interested in the story. 

"He's got a scar on his face and a scar down his arm... he said they'll always be there to remind him of his failures. And the little girl reminded him of his mother... who past away two years ago."

"Is that why he was gone from YouTube for like three weeks?" Craig asks.

"Yeah... he was really torn and I wasn't a good enough coping therapist." 

"Fuck." Tyler breathes out. 

"So, I'm inviting you guys down to visit him, but we'll have to take it slow. I'm sure he wouldn't mind showing his face to his actual online friends, rather than like over 9 million people." 

The guys continue discussing the idea and when this is happening, but Evan drifts off. Seeing Delirious... being in fucking North Carolina made him nervous enough. He's going to actually see his best friend. He wonders what he'll look like, just like he did last night. And lets be honest, the owl is hella excited. 

"So, you got all that? Evan?" 

"Uh... just to be sure can you repeat everything you just said?"

All the guys breath heavy and then start laughing with the Asian. 

"Dammit Evan... you've been hangin' out with Delirious too much." 

Evan's heart was ready to explode. 

A crush was developing. 

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