CC'S P.O.V

Drinks later, we are all crashed out on the couch.

Andy gets up suddenly and whispers something to Jake. His eyes slide over to me and he nods.

Andy gets up and beckons me to follow.

I untangle myself from a sleeping Viv and catch up to him.

Andy closes the door, takes a deep breath and looks at me.

"Dude, what? Was the whole ‘New Drummer’ thing a prank?"

He shakes his head

"Defiantly not, Sandra is really leaving; she said it to me after she told us all"

Something rises in my chest.

"But what I want to talk about is what happened in the hospital".

Whatever it was that rose in my chest plummets down like an elevator.

"What…?" I ask slowly, stretching the word out.

"It’s about the operation cost. If you don’t like what we did, too bad. It’s done". Andy says.

I’m seriously confused.

Seeing the look on my face, Andy continues

"When Jake was driving me home from the station; I told him that you weren’t likely to survive if you didn’t get the operation. So, uh… Jake said…umm…"

This is ridiculous

"Come on, man, spit it out" I say flatly. He takes a deep breath

"Jake said that maybe the BVB army could help out, so we asked them to donate some money, and they did. We had about $3,000 left they were the generous. So..Um…yeah" He finishes.

I am awestruck, people who I don’t even know, who don’t even know me, payed for my operation. $13,000 in total.

Shit!

"Hey, CC? Are you with me?" Andy asks gently.

"I’ve got to thank them" I mumble.

Then I look Andy straight in the eye.

"I HAVE to thank them!" I say determinedly.

"It’s okay CC, when you come to the recording studio for the next CD, you can put whatever you want on our website". He assures me.

"Thanks" I breathe

"I’m just a little surprised, yeah? People…who don’t even know me, payed for my operation".

Andy laughs and shakes his head

"Oh they know you alright. We posted a video of you playing on stage with us before…before the crash. Three million hits on YouTube. Not three thousand, three million".

Wow.

Wow wow wow wow WOW!

I can’t stop laughing

-

We walk back into the lounge-room.

Andy makes himself comfortable on a single lounge chair and curls up for a nap.

Viv is stretching awake, yawning.

I stand in front of her.

She looks up at me, bleary eyed.

"‘Nggghhh" she groans

"You’re gonna have one fucking bad hangover in the morning" I laugh

"I know, babe. No n-need to r-r-rub" she yawns "it in"

Then she straightens her arms in front of her, waving at me and gesturing for a hug.

She is so cute when she is drunk.

Rolling my eyes, I pick her up bridal style. I nuzzle her cheek with my nose and she wraps her arms around my neck.

I walk up the stairs to her room. On the landing I whisper "Say goodbye to BVB"

She opens her eyes. "B-bye, Bye" she says, sounding like a baby and flapping her hand about in a retarded wave.

Jinxx yawns. Ash is fully awake somehow and he winks at me. I laugh and shake my head.

There is no use making a move on a drunk a wise man once said.

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