Opposite Sides of the Bridge

Chapter 107: London Calling

Disclaimer: I own Elizabeth, all the rest of the characters unless otherwise noted do not belong to me

~London calling, yes, I was there, too

And you know what they said? Well, some of it was trueLondon calling at the top of the dial
And after all this, won't you give me a smile?~

(The Clash)

Even on the Upper East Side, the laws of physics dictate that what goes up must come down. Even when it feels as if our feet are a million miles off the ground. But when we've hit rock bottom, we hope that some way, somehow, our fortunes will change and that great force will reverse the trend

Elizabeth heard her dad play and she walked into the kitchen. She had brought Ella over to cheer him up.

"Sounds sad" she said

"Yeah" he replied "So, are you meeting with the band today?"

"Yeah now that every member has gotten sick and now better." She said "I can't afford to get sick and ruin my voice for the tour"

"So 10 cities in 7 weeks, busy schedule. Won't have time for Chuck"

"He's gonna come to some of the shows. He was gonna come on the tour and stay with Ella but then you and Lily." She said then he looked away. "Sorry, are you still taking Ella over the summer?"

"I think so. I'll know more in the coming weeks. I guess it all depends on what happens with Lily and me"

"You're Rufus and Lily, you can make it through anything"

"It's a little different this time" he replied.

"I'm sorry Dad" she said

"It will be okay. You just be happy"

"I am" she replied "I should go to my meeting. Are you good with Ella?"

"Of course"

She got to the coffee shop and walked in and spotted Carter.

"Carter" she said. "Why are you here? You are seriously driving me crazy"

"I know I said that I would go to Europe but I couldn't"

"You can't be here Carter. I told you that I need you to..." she replied.

"Can we talk? Take a walk in the park maybe?"

"I have band practice"

"After?" he said. She looked away and then glanced at him and smiled.

"Gelato? And the park" she replied and he nodded.

"Gelato? I think that can be arranged" he said and kissed her cheek.

"I should get to practice" she said.

"Give them hell"

"Always" she smiled and ran down the stairs. She got to their practice room and saw Drew sitting there. "Okay where is Liam and Zach?"

"Liam had a family emergency"

"Well then we should go over set list. We have our first album songs and then we have songs from our new album were working on so we should decide which ones were gonna do this summer. We have 10 sets in 7 weeks. We have to be perfect"

"You sound like you have a song in mind?"
"I do" she said digging into her bag and pulling out sheet music. "It's a song that I've been working on for a while and I finally finished it"