Jimmy’s P.O.V.
I sat down stairs looking at the TV with nothing in my mind. I was numb. Ruby was gone back to work, probably out of my life for good and I wouldn’t care. Abby had left with her since I had promised that she could see Lisa today. Asked me if I wanted to go but I told her that I needed to do some house chores and talk to her uncles today. Even though I had quit the band, they still worried about me.
They were going to come over since I couldn’t move, that and they didn’t want me to drive. I didn’t want to drive since I couldn’t even get off of my couch. I drank a whole pack of beer since Ruby and Abby had left. There was a knock on the door and Matt came inside, fallowed by Johnny and Zacky. Zacky looked like he hadn’t slept, Johnny was growing a beard again and Matt just looked dead. I looked at my friends and they looked at me, Matt giving a small smile and sat down beside me and hugged me.
“How you doing man?” He asked me.
“Confused, not worth a sh*t,” I mumbled to them a drank yet another beer. By this time, I nearly had twelve but did I care, no I didn’t.
“We know James but Brian wouldn’t want you to do this,” Matt said and took the beer from my hand. I got mad but I just looked away from him and tightened my fist. I knew he was right but I just didn’t want to admit it. I couldn’t be mad at my friends since it would bring everything down hill but when Zacky looked at me, this anger in his eyes. I felt myself growl.
“He was with you last,” Zacky growled to me, I was going to jump up and kill him. I swear to God I was going to do it. It wasn’t my fault that he was gone, he made the choice, he did this to him, “You killed him!” He yelled shoving Johnny out of the way, having him trip and fall and a cry of pain came from him, “You f*cking killed him!” He yelled. Mad and filled with pain, I shot off of the couch and attacked Zacky, landing us on the coffee table, letting it bust in half. I was drunk and pissed, my heart hammering making his hurt like heck but I was trying my hardest to ignore the pain.
I punched Zacky over and over again, feeling Matt’s arms wrap around my body and pull me up from Zacky were I fell to my knees and passed out with my hand gripping my chest.
Ruby’s P.O.V.I was at work with Abby and Lisa, having a real fun time. My boyfriend was in the back watching them for a while I did my work. I loved being a tattoo artist, it made me happy but my thoughts kept wondering about Jimmy. What happened with his sister kept bugging me. Why didn’t she ever tell me, what was she saving me from?
I sighed, wiping away the ink on the man’s arm, getting it ready for him to view it in the mirror before we put the wrap over it and such. The man loved it, paid me extra actually which I was grateful for. When he had left, I came in the back with Abby and Lisa playing their tea party game that they were playing before they were interrupted by Jimmy and I saw Mitch standing at the window. I came over to him, wrapping my arm around his waist.
“You alright baby?” I asked him. He looked over to me, shook his head and looked down to the ground.
“I want you and Abby out of here,” He said, he looked up at me looking angry at me. I was shocked to hear this, why was he mad at me?
“Baby what’s wrong?” I asked gently, caressing his arm but he flinched it away from me.
“I said, you and Abby are out of here. I don’t want you near me or my daughter,” He said coldly. I was heart broken to say the least. Why was he shoving me away? That’s all I ever did for him was to be there for him and his child. I loved him, why was he doing this?
“Baby talk to me w-”
“Mitch!” I heard this girl call his name and I turned and saw this blond with a huge smile on her face. She came running to him and leaped in his arms as I stepped back, Lisa getting to her feet and stretching, “Mommy!” My heart fell to the ground, Mitch looking at me with cold eyes. He used me? He…I can’t believe him!
I turned away from him, coming and kneeling down in front of Abby, trying so hard not to cry but I felt her little hands touch my cheek.
“Mommy?” She whispered, “Don’t cry,” She whispered to me. My heart leaped in my chest when she called me her mother. She just lost her mom and she was already calling me one.
“We need to go baby girl,” I said and picked her up the small table, hearing cries of happiness behind me. His wife was gone for a while for her job and I didn’t know about it. He just used me, I felt so useless now, like I was never meant to be on this earth.
I walked out of the tattoo parlor and went to my car, I quit. I quit that job and it just tore me apart. That was my dream, my everything.
My phone rang, it was Jimmy and it made me smile. I got Abby buckled in and answered the phone only to hear a very panicking man.
“Jimmy’s in the hospital,” He told me, “I don’t know you but I know that you can help him, just please help our brother,” He said to me. My heart was broken again and I hung up and drove like a maniac driving to the hospital knowing Abby couldn’t lose someone like Jimmy, that I couldn’t lose someone like Jimmy.