So Long and Goodnight

Gerard POV

We're at the emergency room, and I'm almost asleep. It has to be after midnight. I'm surprised these kid's parents aren't looking for them.
Katie yawns and walks up to the pamphlet section, taking a few papers, bored. "Anyone wanna take an eye test?" she asks quietly. We shake our heads. I look over to see what the rest of those kids are doing.
Ridley's going on, talking to Zepplin without a breath in between, but he's looking at Katie instead.
"Yeah." she says, blindly. "I really wanna fly jets when I get older. My dad used to fly army jets, that's how he died. I wanted to since I was about five. I've worked hard ever since, because I know I will one day."
I smile to myself. A teenager with an ambition. Katie's just sitting on the floor, not knowing that Zepplin's looking at her, playing with her hair. Max isn't here. He went into the room with Lily.
It's surprising how much exhaustion can do to you. I mean, really. We basically just killed someone today, and nobody's acting the slightest bit off.
Eventually, Lily comes back out with Max by her side and a brace on her hand. She signs a few papers and we silently head out to the car. I don't think I can drive, I'm so fxcking tired. But I get in the driver's seat and we head home, swerving a bit here and there.
I can barely get my keys out of my pocket and shove them crudely in the lock, opening he door. We go upstairs, into room 25 and Zepplin turns on the lights. I'm practically blinded before my eyes adjust. We all collapse into the seats in front of us, and I rest my head on my desk. "So..." I say, groggily. "Why aren't your parent's looking for you?"
Zepplin looks out the window, tired like the rest of us. "II don't know about you guys, but my parent's are on vacation, together. Home alone for me. What about you Ridley?"
Ridley leans on the desk in front of her. "I dunno. I guess my mom thinks I'm out at a party or something. "
Max sighs. "Orphan."
Lily signs shakily with her other hand. 'My parent's are probably passed out drunk, somewhere.'
Katie doesn't say anything. We look at her, expecting her to tell us why her parent's aren't slamming down this door right now. She looks up at us. "Oh, me? Yeah, my parent's are weed addicts, so..."
I guess that makes sense.
"SHXT!" says Zepplin, jolting up instantly, running over to his laptop, waking us all up.
"What? What is it?" I say, looking over at him.
"I left the Bluetooth recording! Shxt!"
"Play it!" says Ridley.
"I AM." he presses a few keys and we hear the recording start from where we stopped listening to it last time.
"Motherfxcker..." says Mr H to himself, it sounds like he's pacing, from what we can hear. He dials a few number on his phone and we hear the dial tone. "Jennifer?" he says. "It happened again."

Notes

Hopefully I'll be posting the first chapter of Never Coming Home soon, so look out for that. ^ _ ^