Basket Case, chapter 2
Adrienne walked, dazed, down the hospital corridor, getting further away from her husband. She couldn't cry anymore. He had been ill for so long she had given up hope that he was going to get better.
As she walked out to her car, she thought back to when this had all started, when Billie had first become ill like this. It had been not long after Green Day's last album, Dookie, came out, and not long after they had got married. He had become convinced he was world famous, began drifting in and out of consciousness and the real world. Billie had been like this for 10 years, and living perminentley in a hospital for the last 3.
Adrienne did cry, then, when she thought back to that final night when it had become too much. Billie had shouted at her, yelled so loud when she had tried to tell him it was all in his head, he was not famous. And then he had hit her. Right in front of their kids. It wasn't hard, but it shocked her, and the doctor finally stamped him "dangerous and impossible to live with", and he had been living in a phyciatric unit ever since.
When she reached her house, she pulled into the driveway and wiped the tears away from her eyes. She walked through the door, and Mike and Tré, who had been there lookig after Joseph and Jakob, went over to her.
"How is he?" Mike asked her.
Suddenley she couldn't take it anymore. She collapsed into tears in their arms. They guided her over to the sofa, and Mike put his arm around her.
"He'll be okay. I promise." He tried to reassure her.
"Hoe can you say that? She demanded. "He was supposed to be getting better, but he's NOT, he's WORSE. Every time, I have to tell him he's imagining things, and it's not RIGHT! How could he do this to his kids, to me?"
"He dosen't know he's doing it, he can't help it, and it's because he's not taking him medication."Mike replied. "The doctors know, they'll make him better. Iv'e heatrd lots of people recover from this sort of stuff. Iv'e been looking into it, it is possible, I know.........."
He trailed off, because at that moment, Joseph and Jakob walked through the door to the living room, having being woken uo by the shouting going on.
As she walked out to her car, she thought back to when this had all started, when Billie had first become ill like this. It had been not long after Green Day's last album, Dookie, came out, and not long after they had got married. He had become convinced he was world famous, began drifting in and out of consciousness and the real world. Billie had been like this for 10 years, and living perminentley in a hospital for the last 3.
Adrienne did cry, then, when she thought back to that final night when it had become too much. Billie had shouted at her, yelled so loud when she had tried to tell him it was all in his head, he was not famous. And then he had hit her. Right in front of their kids. It wasn't hard, but it shocked her, and the doctor finally stamped him "dangerous and impossible to live with", and he had been living in a phyciatric unit ever since.
When she reached her house, she pulled into the driveway and wiped the tears away from her eyes. She walked through the door, and Mike and Tré, who had been there lookig after Joseph and Jakob, went over to her.
"How is he?" Mike asked her.
Suddenley she couldn't take it anymore. She collapsed into tears in their arms. They guided her over to the sofa, and Mike put his arm around her.
"He'll be okay. I promise." He tried to reassure her.
"Hoe can you say that? She demanded. "He was supposed to be getting better, but he's NOT, he's WORSE. Every time, I have to tell him he's imagining things, and it's not RIGHT! How could he do this to his kids, to me?"
"He dosen't know he's doing it, he can't help it, and it's because he's not taking him medication."Mike replied. "The doctors know, they'll make him better. Iv'e heatrd lots of people recover from this sort of stuff. Iv'e been looking into it, it is possible, I know.........."
He trailed off, because at that moment, Joseph and Jakob walked through the door to the living room, having being woken uo by the shouting going on.
