What do I know? I am just the new guy after all. Nobody has to inform me of anything that is going on. No big deal. At least paul looks confused too. I know I am not alone then. He must've still been asleep when whatever happened.
The only thing that I do know is that the R.V is on a major slant and it keeps gettin worse and worse as I mvove closer to the front. I can hear traffic passing us so I kow that we are near a road. That is about it.
"Benji said to get off the Rv. Something bad has happened. That is all I know." Paul informed me.
"Yeah...so I see." I reply.
There is blood on the dashboard, things aren't looking to good right now. Paul gets off the bus and after a few quick glances around I follow. I immeditally relize we're in a ditch. Can you believe that..I am not talking a slight slope..I mean a full on ditch. How the heck are we going to get Birtha out of this?
To make matters worse Billy is lying on the ground holding his head practically in tears. Benji is Bleeding from a pretty bad cut above his eye and has a slight limp in his walk. Not to mention all the pacing Joel is doing back and forth is driving me crazy.
"I drove Birtha into a ditch." He explained without really needing to, "Billy hit his head pretty hard on the passenger side window and Benji didn't have his belt on. He was between the two seats and was thrown into the dash."
"Joel, don't worry about my head..I'll be ok." Billy said, "Well I mean after all the pain goes away and everything stops spinning."
"I can't believe that this happened.I am so sorry to you both. How can I ever make it up to you?"
"Get B.B. out of this ditch. and onto the road again." Benji spoke, "We has a show to make.."
"Oh...and please let somebody else drive." Billy added.
"Joel is the one that crashed?"
I couldn't say anything else. I never thought in a milllion years I would live to see the day where Joel would crazh. He is always so careful. I can't believe it.
Benji began to laugh while nodding 'yes' and billy slightly smiled before he began to cry again.
I can't believe that I just crashed Birtha... and Benji is laughing about it! This isn't funny! Billy could be really hurt..I think he is down-playing it alot..I think Benj is to. They probally don't want to make me feel bad but I feel worse. What are we sopposta do now?
"Ok..." Paul began, "I guess the first thing we should do is call a tow truck...and get B.b outta this ditch."
"Yeah." Chris agreed, "We should also probably take Billy and Benji somewhere to get looked at. I mean they shouldn't be playing unless the doctor says they can, ya know?"
"Hey, Chris, I am ok. Okay? Granted there is a little blood and my leg hurts a little bit..Billy is really the one you need to worry about. What was the side the RV whet down on and he hit the window harder than I did tha dash. I was at least a little ready for it." Benji said.
"Look I am real sorry about all of this.." I tried to say but my mouth was real dry.
I felt horrible.
"Look bro, don't worry about it, ok? We all make mistakes, right?"
I nodded. I knew this was going to be one of those things that Benj would bring back up when we are fighting like five years from now. I'll never live it down. Ever.
I feel like I have just suffered a massive blow to the head...hmmm I wonder why that could be. I am so dizzy. I feel like I am going to get sick, but I can't get myself off the ground to go anywhere. I think I need a doctor. This hurts really bad.
"Billy, you ok still?" Paul asked, "Ya still holding in there?"
I gave him a thumbs up. Yeah right. Why doesn't he try smashing his head on the window and see if he is hanging in there.
"The truck if on it's way." Joel mumbled.
I wasn't going to stay mad at him. I knew he felt bad enough about it. Why hold a grudge? As long as he buys the extra strength Advil I am ok.
"Joel don't worry about it."
I don't know if he had even heard me and even if he had I don't know if he could understand me. Everything sounded slurred to me.
"Billy, I am so so sorry!" He cried, "I am so stupid."
Wow, he is taking this really hard.
"Joel..Don't worry about it..I am not dying." I slurred again.
"He ignored it once more and went on. He was only making my headache worse I think.
Joel needs to calm down and chill out. She is completely losing it right now. Granted he did drive the Rv into the ditch but hey...it happens to the best of us. Him pacing and freaking out is not helping me any...and it is definately not helping Billy.
"So..how long is it going to take for the truck ot get here?" Paul asked.
"I am not sure." Joel replied, "about ten minutes I guess. As soon as it gets here and get's Birtha out of the ditch we can get Billy and Benji to the hospital."
"Don't worry about me." I said, "I just need to wash my face and I will be fine. A little bit of blood never hurt anybody. I am not going to bleed to death or anything like that."
"You may need stiches.." Chris commented, "That cut does look pretty bad, and what is up with that limp?"
I srugged my sholders, "My leg hurts, ok?"
I didn't want to make Joel feel any worse. He already feels bad enough. I am just trying to downplay everything as much as possible. I doubt it's working...we have that twin thing. He knows I am lying. i am just trying to stay focused on getting to our show on time.
I don't want to dissapoint our fans. They are the reason why we are here. They are my reason for living, they are giving me a great oppertunity. I have the oppertunity to make music for them and music is my life. We live for our fans.
I know what Benji is doing. He is trying to act like everything is fine so I don't panic. I know he means well by it, he really does. I hate it when he does this. Can't he be like a normal brother and yell or something? Sometimes I really hate this twin bond we have.
"Benj, your not ok." I began, "Your hurt, I can tell you are. You can't deney it."
"Joel, man! Just don't worry about that now. We have alot on our plate for right now...we have to get Birtha outta this ditch..we need to get Billy to the hospital...we need to get to our show. That is all we have time to worry about for right now. So please just let this go for right now, ok? We can talk about it later."
I let it go.