Redundant, chapter 5
"Billie Joe, you're coming home right now!" Brad yelled at me while he grabbed my ear lobe and started pulling me away. I struggled to release my ear but he was holding it pretty damn tight. I finally got loose.
"I'm not coming home," I yelled "not if you're going to treat me this way! You lied to me. That is why I never want to see you again." he looked at me with flaming eyes. I could tell that he was really pissed off now. He grabbed me by the neck and lifted me off the ground. His hand got tighter around my neck and I couldn't breathe. I was squealing for help. Adrienne was looking at me, feeling helpless.
"What are you doing you freak?" she yelled at him as she ran up to him and started hitting him. It was no use. He pushed her away and continued to choke me. All of a sudden, mom came and she was watching what he was doing.
"BRAD! What are you doing?" she yelled "that is no way to treat my son or his girlfriend!" he released me and I fell. I started coughing as Adrienne ran up to me. "Billie Joe, baby! Are you okay?" he asked me in a hurt voice. I looked into her brown eyes while I was trying to breathe normally. "Yeah, I'm fine." I answered with a weak smile on my face
As mom started yelling at Brad for what he did, my face drew closer to Adrienne's. We kissed passionately for a while. After mom finished yelling, she picked me up and took me away. "You are to never see that girl again!" she yelled at me as she dragged me. I looked back at Adrienne. She started to cry.
"Don't leave me, Addie!" I yelled to her me with a tear rolling down my cheek
"I love you!"
Adrienne watched me get dragged away. Tears continued to fall out of her eyes as she wiped them away with her sleeve. She got up and started walking off.
*Adrienne's Point of View*
I started walking away. I had no where to go now that Billie Joe was torn away from me. The only place I knew was Mike's house. I started heading back, hoping that he'll help me.
I walked up to Mike's front door and knocked.
*Knock! * *Knock! *
No reply.
*Knock! * *Knock! *
Still no reply.
I knocked for the third time. The door knob slowly opened and there was Mike holding a baseball bat. He swung the bat behind his head and dropped it when he noticed that it was me.
"Oh, it's only you," he said relieved "What's wrong? Have you been crying?" I gave him a hug and started crying again. He pulled me away and looked at me. "Adie you can tell me anything. Now tell me what's wrong."
"It's Billie Joe," I started "He was caught and he was taken away! His step-dad caught him kissing me and started choking him." I looked into his blue eyes then looked away. I started crying again. "I just don't know what to do!" I said as he hugged me. "Don't worry. I will help you" he said to me "I will do anything you want" I wiped the tears away with the back of my sleeve. "Thank you!" I said to him.
*Billie Joe's Point of View*
"Why did you run away from home like that?!?" mom started yelling at me when we got home "I was worried sick about you and I find you kissing another girl after you were grounded!" I wasn't paying attention to anything they were saying. I just continued to stare out the window in my room, thinking about Adrienne. Brad had enough of me ignoring mom so he turned my face towards his.
"Answer your mother, dammit!" he yelled as he slapped me across the face. It was so hard that I fell to the floor. Once my whole body was down, I seriously hit the boiling point.
"I am so damn sick of you treating me like a piece of shit, Brad!" I yelled at the top of my voice. My face was turning red from anger as I started pushing him as I continued to yell. "You are the reason I ran away!" I felt like my lungs were going to collapse as I continued to yell.
"Me? What have I ever done wrong?" he yelled "I haven't done anything to you!" I got totally confused. "You just did something to me!" I continued to yell "you slapped me across the face like a million times and you left bruises!" I pointed to the big purple bruise that was on my face from previous slaps. Brad folded his arms and looked at me. He started laughing quietly.
"I did those to you. Did I?" he asked in a calm voice "Why, I'd never do such a thing in my life!" I looked back at him with squinting eyes. "Don't you ever lie to me, Brad," I said in a low angry voice "I am sick of lies and child abuse..." I lifted my hand and gave him the bird.
"... I hate you!"
"I'm not coming home," I yelled "not if you're going to treat me this way! You lied to me. That is why I never want to see you again." he looked at me with flaming eyes. I could tell that he was really pissed off now. He grabbed me by the neck and lifted me off the ground. His hand got tighter around my neck and I couldn't breathe. I was squealing for help. Adrienne was looking at me, feeling helpless.
"What are you doing you freak?" she yelled at him as she ran up to him and started hitting him. It was no use. He pushed her away and continued to choke me. All of a sudden, mom came and she was watching what he was doing.
"BRAD! What are you doing?" she yelled "that is no way to treat my son or his girlfriend!" he released me and I fell. I started coughing as Adrienne ran up to me. "Billie Joe, baby! Are you okay?" he asked me in a hurt voice. I looked into her brown eyes while I was trying to breathe normally. "Yeah, I'm fine." I answered with a weak smile on my face
As mom started yelling at Brad for what he did, my face drew closer to Adrienne's. We kissed passionately for a while. After mom finished yelling, she picked me up and took me away. "You are to never see that girl again!" she yelled at me as she dragged me. I looked back at Adrienne. She started to cry.
"Don't leave me, Addie!" I yelled to her me with a tear rolling down my cheek
"I love you!"
Adrienne watched me get dragged away. Tears continued to fall out of her eyes as she wiped them away with her sleeve. She got up and started walking off.
*Adrienne's Point of View*
I started walking away. I had no where to go now that Billie Joe was torn away from me. The only place I knew was Mike's house. I started heading back, hoping that he'll help me.
I walked up to Mike's front door and knocked.
*Knock! * *Knock! *
No reply.
*Knock! * *Knock! *
Still no reply.
I knocked for the third time. The door knob slowly opened and there was Mike holding a baseball bat. He swung the bat behind his head and dropped it when he noticed that it was me.
"Oh, it's only you," he said relieved "What's wrong? Have you been crying?" I gave him a hug and started crying again. He pulled me away and looked at me. "Adie you can tell me anything. Now tell me what's wrong."
"It's Billie Joe," I started "He was caught and he was taken away! His step-dad caught him kissing me and started choking him." I looked into his blue eyes then looked away. I started crying again. "I just don't know what to do!" I said as he hugged me. "Don't worry. I will help you" he said to me "I will do anything you want" I wiped the tears away with the back of my sleeve. "Thank you!" I said to him.
*Billie Joe's Point of View*
"Why did you run away from home like that?!?" mom started yelling at me when we got home "I was worried sick about you and I find you kissing another girl after you were grounded!" I wasn't paying attention to anything they were saying. I just continued to stare out the window in my room, thinking about Adrienne. Brad had enough of me ignoring mom so he turned my face towards his.
"Answer your mother, dammit!" he yelled as he slapped me across the face. It was so hard that I fell to the floor. Once my whole body was down, I seriously hit the boiling point.
"I am so damn sick of you treating me like a piece of shit, Brad!" I yelled at the top of my voice. My face was turning red from anger as I started pushing him as I continued to yell. "You are the reason I ran away!" I felt like my lungs were going to collapse as I continued to yell.
"Me? What have I ever done wrong?" he yelled "I haven't done anything to you!" I got totally confused. "You just did something to me!" I continued to yell "you slapped me across the face like a million times and you left bruises!" I pointed to the big purple bruise that was on my face from previous slaps. Brad folded his arms and looked at me. He started laughing quietly.
"I did those to you. Did I?" he asked in a calm voice "Why, I'd never do such a thing in my life!" I looked back at him with squinting eyes. "Don't you ever lie to me, Brad," I said in a low angry voice "I am sick of lies and child abuse..." I lifted my hand and gave him the bird.
"... I hate you!"
