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amybsack87 we're both so proud of you honey! Great job!———
"So, how are you?" Joe asked, setting a mug of hot coffee in front of Bethany before sitting opposite her at his small dining table.
"Pretty good. I miss Seb and I'm very seriously considering quitting my job." She took a sip of her coffee.
"How come?" Joe asked, pushing his glasses up.
"It's a terrible environment and other than the woman who's desk is closest to mine I don't like anyone there and for what I'm being paid it just doesn't feel worth it. I'm sending out resumes and everything."
"That sucks." He agreed. "Where are you thinking of applying?"
"Well, other than my boss I actually really enjoy being a receptionist," she said, "so I'm looking at positions like that. I'm trying to avoid waitressing because the one summer I did that was enough to know I never want to do it again." Joe laughed.
"Yeah, customer service stuff sucks." Bethany sighed and sat back in her chair so she could put her feet up in the one diagonal to her.
"Honestly I'd love if my music could be full time, but BBM is kinda done, I think. Emmett bailed for understandable reasons, but no one else wants to sing."
"You could sing." Joe took a drink of his coffee and stood up. "I'm gonna have a piece of banana bread, want one?"
"Sure. Thanks." Bethany replied, "I mean, I guess, I could be the singer, but then who'd play the drums? And I love the drums a lot. I don't really wanna give that up. Not after all the time I put into learning them."
"That's fair." Joe offered her a piece of banana bread before sitting down again.
"Alright, enough about me. How are you? How's Karina?"
"I'm good. She's good. We're good. Really good actually. I'm thinking about asking her to move in with me."
"Really?! That's great!"
"Yeah, yeah." Bethany spent most of the afternoon at Joe's before going home.———
"Hello?" Andy answered the phone.
"Hey, Andy, it's Sebastian. Have you heard from Bethany recently?"
"No. . . Why?"
"She's not answering her phone and I'm worried. And no, before you ask, we didn't have a fight. I don't know why she would be ignoring me." Sebastian sounded distraught. "She hasn't answered me since yesterday afternoon."
"Shit." Andy muttered. "Alright. I'm gonna go check on her." And without another word hung up on Sebastian.———
Andy broke the speed limit and yelled at people several times on his trip to Sebastian and Bethany's apartment. There was no response when he knocked, but when he tried the door it wasn't locked.
"Peanut?" The apartment was a mess. There dishes all over the kitchen, laundry piled on the couch and in general very cluttered. "Peanut, you home?"
"'M in here." She finally responded. He made his way into the bedroom and found Bethany propped on the bed. Her hair was a rats nest and her face was red and blotchy.
"Hey. You look awful." Bethany didn't respond. "Are you alright? Sebastian's worried about you. Says you haven't answered your phone since yesterday afternoon."
"Well I've been in agony off and on since yesterday afternoon. It kept me up all night. I'm nauseous so I haven't taken anything for pain. And my phone fell behind the bed and I feel way too awful to get down there and find it."
"Do you want me to take you to the ER?" Bethany started to cry. "Peanut, you can't stay like this."
"No. But yes." She carefully pulled the blankets off and slid out of bed.
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If Not For You(Sequel to IML)
FanfictionThe continuing adventures of Sebster and Bumblebee. Watch them grow and learn and love. It won't all be pretty or perfect. But it's close enough. ++++ "If not for you, my sky would fall Rain would gather, too Without your love I'd be nowhere at all ...