There's The Rub (S4:E5)

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I sit on the Gallagher couch with Carl while Debbie sits on the floor making a weird art piece because her boyfriend dumped her. Carl was looking at his incoming armpit hair with a mirror.

"Looking at it is not gonna make more grow." I say to Carl he chuckles and the door opens. I turn and see Lip.

"Hey." Lip says. We all jump up and hug him. "Thought it was time to stopped by, check in."

"How are the coeds?" Carl asks.

"Oh, it varies by coed." Lip says. He goes to hug Liam and asks, "Hey, you guys heard anything from Ian?"

"Not for weeks and Fiona doesn't care." Debbie says.

"What about the U.S Army?" Lip asks. Carl know he did but he said no.

"Why the army?" I ask.

"Because Ian joined up." Lip says.

"Cool." Carl says.

"Is he old enough?" Debbie asks.

"No, he used my name and social when he signed up." Lip says.

"How'd he get your social." I ask.

"You tell me." Lip says with a chuckle. "Alright I'm gonna head out."

"Where are you going?" Debbie asks.

"Ask around, see if anyone's seen Ian." Lip says. I turn to look at Lip.

"Can I go too?" I ask. Lip looks at me for a moment and nods. I get up, grab my coat, kiss Carl on the cheek, and head out with Lip.

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Once we step outside Lip looks at me and asks, "Are you two a thing?" I look at him confused.

"What?" I say. Lip shakes his head and pulls out a cigarette and lights it.

"Don't act dumb, you and Carl?" He says. I smile and shake my head. 

"No, we are still just friends." I say. Lip looks at me and says, "Then what was that smile for."

"Shut up, we're here." I say. He looks up and there stands Mickey smoking a cigarette and drinking on his porch.

"Hey." Lip says. Mikey looks at us.

"Mandy ain't here." Mikey says and takes another swig of his drink.

"That's good because we are here to talk to you." I say. Mikey looks at me.

"The fuck you guys want?"

"You hear anything from Ian?" Lip asks. Mickey shakes his head no.

"It's important." I say.

"So you think I give a shit because I worked with the guy." Mickey says.

"You're gonna make me spell it out?" Lip says with a smile. Mickey got a little annoyed.

"What the fuck you getting at?" He says.

"Nothing, we're just worried about him. That's all." I say shoving Lip a bit because of what he said.

"Well, I haven't seen him."

"How hard was that?" Lip says with a smirk. We take a step and Mickey says,

"He in trouble?" I nod. "What kind of trouble?"

"We'll tell you when we find out." Lip says. We start to walk but I stop. Lip turns to me with a confused expression.

"Hold on." I say, I run over to Mickey and give him a big hug. He hugs back. We pull away and I ask, "You got any drugs?" He rolls his eyes and smiles.

"Get out of here kid." I smile at him and run back to Lip. Mikey helped me when I was getting bullied in 3rd grade. Now we have a sister brother bond.

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I walk into my house and take my coat off.

"Hey, hun." V says. I smile at her and she hands me a plate of food. I gladly take it and sit on the couch and eat. V and dad sit down on the couch.

"So, how was your day?" Dad asks. I shrug.

"Hung out with Carl like I normally do. I also visited Mickey with Lip." I say. My dad looks confused.

"Since when did you hang out with Lip?" V asks while eating.

"He went to ask Mickey if he knew where Ian was and I asked to join and he said yeah." I say. The both just nod and I put my plate away and tell them goodnight and go to my room.

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I watch as Carl takes the gas from the gas tank of one of our school buses. I didn't really ask why he was doing it nor did I care why.

"Carl! Y/n! Carl!" I hear a voice yell. That voice belonged to the one and only Frank Gallagher. We both turn around and he was walking to us on crutches. "Hey, I got a job for you two."

"I'm busy." Carl says.

"No, this is better. We're gonna build a sweat lodge. Great big rocks, heated by a big fire, and a tepee." Frank says and Carl's face lights up when Frank says big fire. Then a women with blond hair and a chunky little boy come from behind the bus.

"This is Sammi, your big sister. It's time you met." Frank says.

"Hi." Sammi says. Carl says the same back. Carl pulled Frank to the side to go talk. I was stuck with Sammi and Chuckie. That's was the little boys name.

"So are you my sister too?" Sammi asks. I shake my head.

"No, I'm Carl's best friend, Y/n." I say. She just smiles and nods.

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Me and Carl help build the sweat lodge and left to go party with my parents and Fiona. We walk in and my dad picks me up and start to dance with me. I laugh and he puts me down. I go to V and she's eating Doritos. I laugh and she grabs my hand and twirls me.

"Carl, come dance with my daughter!" V yells to Carl. Carl smirks and grabs me by the waist and dances with me. I laugh loud and hard and so dose he. Lip and Debbie get here and I hug both of them. Debbie starts to walk to the kitchen and I follow her.

"The cake looks great." I say. She smiles and nods.

"Yeah, it was only—." But before she could finish she gasps. I look and see Liam on the floor, unconscious, with white powder on his nose. "Fiona!" I scream. Me and Debbie both kneel down and try to wake Liam up. As we shake him he doesn't wake up. My eyes water and V tries to walk him up too while Lip calls the ambulance.

The ambulance comes and takes Liam away. We all drive to the hospital and wait for him in the waiting room. As we do Fiona gets arrested.

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