Broken, chapter 2
The night that Xanthe last came 'round was the night she found out about all of this. Jasmine, her best friend phoned her cell and told her. Jasmine must have seen me. I tried to explain to Xanthe it was an accident but she didn't want to know, so now all I have left are memories and an engagement ring.
Trè's Pov
We arrived in the studio about 8:30 am, quite late actually seeing as we woke up about 6:30 am and we don't live that far away, but Billie was having a hard time getting ready. Xanthe and him had just broken up so we had to be fair on him, but he's had girlfriends before but when they broke up he was never upset as much as he is now. I think he was in love with her.
Mike and I decided that because Billie wasn't really in the mood we wouldn't do much recording today and we had the afternoon off so it would be a good time for Billie to relax and take it easy.
We drove back home about 11:00 am. We still had "She's A Rebel", "Homecoming", "Give Me A Novacaine" and "Whatshername" left to do but we can fit that into tomorrow.
Mike's pov
I walked outside and noticed Billie smoking. I walked over to him "Hey man, feeling better?" Billie gave me a dirty look and continued smoking. "What?" I asked confused.
Billie sighed "nuffin" he mumbled. I hated seeing him like this, he was one of my best friends and he was so depressed.
"Umm Billie" I said quietly, he nodded and looked at me, "Smoking isn't gonna help anything you know?" He had been smoking about 20 cigs a day for a long time but he had recently stopped and now he's starting again. "You think I don't know?" he said sternly.
I took a deep breath, "Well it's just your dad died of cancer, so it's in your family and I don't want you too increase y... " Billie cut me off "Shut up!" he yelled his green eyes flashing with anger. "Sorry I-I am j-just saying I... "
"I told you to shut up!" Billie yelled again and this time I saw his arm reach out and I blanked out, I opened my eyes and realised I was on the ground and Billie was no longer there.
Billie's pov
I punched Mike in the face and he fell to the ground, I hesitated for a moment. What have I done? I walked off quickly scared of what might happen to Mike.
I didn't mean to punch him but he got me so angry I hate it when people tell me what I should and shouldn't do and then he brought up my father, that's something I'm definitely not in the mood to hear about!
I ran inside towards Trè. "Trè, I think you should go and see Mike, he's on the floor." That came out wrong. Trè looked at me strangely. "What happened?" he asked.
"Just go and see if Mike's ok." I said. I didn't really want to explain what had happened. Trè ran outside.
Trè's pov
I ran outside and saw Mike lying on the floor, his face was bruised and his arm was bleeding. WHAT THE HELL? "Shit Mike, what happened?" I asked bending down and helping him up.
I pulled Mike up, something bad had just happened. I could sense it. "So what happened?" I asked taking him inside and giving him an ice pack to put on his face and putting a plaster on his cut arm.
Mike didn't answer me. "Mike what happened?" I asked again. "Billie." Mike mumbled. "What?" I asked promptly. "Billie, did he do something?"
"Uh no." Mike said "forget I said that."
"Mike what the fuck happened, something happened, just tell me what it was," I demanded. Why did he find it so hard to tell me?
Mike regarded me for a moment. "Ok, promise you won't say anything?"
I nodded "I promise" I said.
"Well I got Billie mad so he kinda lashed out on me."
"So it was Billie." I said. Mike nodded. Ok I guess he was in a bad mood but I never thought he'd lash out on Mike, they had been best friends before I even met them, which was years ago.
"What did you say?" I asked not sure what might have triggered Billie to get so mad.
"I caught him smoking so I told him it aint gonna help anything and that his dad died of cancer and I didn't want him to increase his chance of getting it. But before I even finished saying all of this, he was yelling at me to shut up."
"OK." I said. Poor guy. "I'm gonna go and look for him" I told Mike, he wasn't anywhere downstairs so I went and knocked on his bedroom door, there was no reply. I opened his door slowly and looked in but he wasn't there.
Trè's Pov
We arrived in the studio about 8:30 am, quite late actually seeing as we woke up about 6:30 am and we don't live that far away, but Billie was having a hard time getting ready. Xanthe and him had just broken up so we had to be fair on him, but he's had girlfriends before but when they broke up he was never upset as much as he is now. I think he was in love with her.
Mike and I decided that because Billie wasn't really in the mood we wouldn't do much recording today and we had the afternoon off so it would be a good time for Billie to relax and take it easy.
We drove back home about 11:00 am. We still had "She's A Rebel", "Homecoming", "Give Me A Novacaine" and "Whatshername" left to do but we can fit that into tomorrow.
Mike's pov
I walked outside and noticed Billie smoking. I walked over to him "Hey man, feeling better?" Billie gave me a dirty look and continued smoking. "What?" I asked confused.
Billie sighed "nuffin" he mumbled. I hated seeing him like this, he was one of my best friends and he was so depressed.
"Umm Billie" I said quietly, he nodded and looked at me, "Smoking isn't gonna help anything you know?" He had been smoking about 20 cigs a day for a long time but he had recently stopped and now he's starting again. "You think I don't know?" he said sternly.
I took a deep breath, "Well it's just your dad died of cancer, so it's in your family and I don't want you too increase y... " Billie cut me off "Shut up!" he yelled his green eyes flashing with anger. "Sorry I-I am j-just saying I... "
"I told you to shut up!" Billie yelled again and this time I saw his arm reach out and I blanked out, I opened my eyes and realised I was on the ground and Billie was no longer there.
Billie's pov
I punched Mike in the face and he fell to the ground, I hesitated for a moment. What have I done? I walked off quickly scared of what might happen to Mike.
I didn't mean to punch him but he got me so angry I hate it when people tell me what I should and shouldn't do and then he brought up my father, that's something I'm definitely not in the mood to hear about!
I ran inside towards Trè. "Trè, I think you should go and see Mike, he's on the floor." That came out wrong. Trè looked at me strangely. "What happened?" he asked.
"Just go and see if Mike's ok." I said. I didn't really want to explain what had happened. Trè ran outside.
Trè's pov
I ran outside and saw Mike lying on the floor, his face was bruised and his arm was bleeding. WHAT THE HELL? "Shit Mike, what happened?" I asked bending down and helping him up.
I pulled Mike up, something bad had just happened. I could sense it. "So what happened?" I asked taking him inside and giving him an ice pack to put on his face and putting a plaster on his cut arm.
Mike didn't answer me. "Mike what happened?" I asked again. "Billie." Mike mumbled. "What?" I asked promptly. "Billie, did he do something?"
"Uh no." Mike said "forget I said that."
"Mike what the fuck happened, something happened, just tell me what it was," I demanded. Why did he find it so hard to tell me?
Mike regarded me for a moment. "Ok, promise you won't say anything?"
I nodded "I promise" I said.
"Well I got Billie mad so he kinda lashed out on me."
"So it was Billie." I said. Mike nodded. Ok I guess he was in a bad mood but I never thought he'd lash out on Mike, they had been best friends before I even met them, which was years ago.
"What did you say?" I asked not sure what might have triggered Billie to get so mad.
"I caught him smoking so I told him it aint gonna help anything and that his dad died of cancer and I didn't want him to increase his chance of getting it. But before I even finished saying all of this, he was yelling at me to shut up."
"OK." I said. Poor guy. "I'm gonna go and look for him" I told Mike, he wasn't anywhere downstairs so I went and knocked on his bedroom door, there was no reply. I opened his door slowly and looked in but he wasn't there.
