Take Me With You, chapter 7
I walk downstairs to meet Billie's mom.
"Mom this is Melissa Andrews." Billie intorduced me.
"Hi sweetie. I'm sure Billie has told you but you're welcome to stay as long as you want." she said with a smile.
"Thank you so much I really aprieciate it. And I've already told Billie but if I become any kind of bother or I'm to much to handle just let me know and I'll be out of here." I explained to his mom.
"To much to handle? Sweetie I raised 6 children. I don't think there is anything I can't handle." she said with a smile.
"Now Billie I'm going to trust you two in the house alone while I'm gone." she said in a warning tone to Billie.
"Oh my mom is going on vacation for about two weeks with her boyfriend of the month." Billie explained to me while rolling his eyes.
"It's not 'boyfriend of the month' Billie Joe. We're leaving today and we'll be back in a couple weeks." she said.
"Oh sounds like fun. Have a great time." I said with a smile.
"See Billie why can't you be sweet like that?" she said before smacling Billie in the back of his head.
She gave us a smile and walked into her room to finish packing before her boyfriend came to pick her up. Billie and I sat and drank coffee. I gave him a uncomfortable look, unfortunatly he noticed.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yea I'm fine. It's just... Nevermind." I answered.
"No what were you going to say?" he asked interested.
"It's just you never asked if I was pregnant." I said while turning a very red color.
"Oh. Well I knew you weren't." he said confidently.
"What do you mean you 'knew'"? I asked.
"Well I knew if you were pregnant you wouldn't have drank as much as you were." he answered.
"Oh." I said while looking down remembering the whole incident.
"Hey it's ok. You're with me now everything is gonna be ok." Billie said while kissing me on the cheek. "Come watch tv with me." he said while running and jumping on the couch in the living room.
The news was on. We heard someone honk from the driveway.
"The bastard doesn't even come up to the door." Billie said looking out the window.
"Ok well. I'll see you two later. Don't do anything stupid. Bye." Billie's mom said while leaving the house and entering the car and driving away.
Billie continued to watch the news. Until I dropped my coffee cup shattering it on the floor. There was a news bulleton about my mom. They said they found a Mrs. Diane Andrews dead in a hotel somewhere in Washington. Billie looked at me quickly and back at the screen then his head snapped back to me. I had turned pale and was shaking horribly. Billie ran over to me and caught me just before I hit the ground.
"It's ok baby I'm here it's ok. You're just having a panic attack. You're gonna be ok." Billie said while rocking me and trying to calm me down.
***Billie's POV***
God she's shaking so bad. I don't know what to do. Whenever I had panic attacks I just had to calm down but how do I tell her to calm down when her mom left her and then turned up dead.
"Shhhh... It's ok." I said still trying to calm her down.
She started to breath heavily. I wasn't sure if I should take her to the hostpital or not. I picked her up and walked over to the couch where I sat down with her in my lap. She clung to me as if I was the only thing keeping her safe. After a while her breathing began to slow down and her shaking started to get less and less.
"I'm sorry." I heard her whisper.
"Sorry? You don't have to be sorry." I said hugging her tightly.
A few minutes later she broke from me and stood up and walked to the kitchen. I followed her. I stood and watched as she grabbed a bottle of alcohol that was sitting on the counter and walked upstairs to the guest bedroom. I ran after her.
"Mel? Baby open the door." I yelled.
"Billie just leave me alone." she yelled back I could tell she was crying.
I decided to pick the lock. I couldn't let her drink herself away again. I successfully picked the lock and ran into the room. Finding her in the corner hald the bottle was gone.
"Billie what are you doing?" she asked.
I didn't answer. I grabbed the bottle and threw it across the room shattering it on the wall.
"No Billie nooooo!" she screamed.
She went to get up but I caught her in a hug.
"Oh my God!" she yelled into the hug as she began to cry.
***normal POV***
I cried so hard I couldn't breath. My mom was dead, she was gone forever. No one was ever coming back for me... No one. After what felt like hours of crying I fell asleep in Billie's arms.
"Mom this is Melissa Andrews." Billie intorduced me.
"Hi sweetie. I'm sure Billie has told you but you're welcome to stay as long as you want." she said with a smile.
"Thank you so much I really aprieciate it. And I've already told Billie but if I become any kind of bother or I'm to much to handle just let me know and I'll be out of here." I explained to his mom.
"To much to handle? Sweetie I raised 6 children. I don't think there is anything I can't handle." she said with a smile.
"Now Billie I'm going to trust you two in the house alone while I'm gone." she said in a warning tone to Billie.
"Oh my mom is going on vacation for about two weeks with her boyfriend of the month." Billie explained to me while rolling his eyes.
"It's not 'boyfriend of the month' Billie Joe. We're leaving today and we'll be back in a couple weeks." she said.
"Oh sounds like fun. Have a great time." I said with a smile.
"See Billie why can't you be sweet like that?" she said before smacling Billie in the back of his head.
She gave us a smile and walked into her room to finish packing before her boyfriend came to pick her up. Billie and I sat and drank coffee. I gave him a uncomfortable look, unfortunatly he noticed.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yea I'm fine. It's just... Nevermind." I answered.
"No what were you going to say?" he asked interested.
"It's just you never asked if I was pregnant." I said while turning a very red color.
"Oh. Well I knew you weren't." he said confidently.
"What do you mean you 'knew'"? I asked.
"Well I knew if you were pregnant you wouldn't have drank as much as you were." he answered.
"Oh." I said while looking down remembering the whole incident.
"Hey it's ok. You're with me now everything is gonna be ok." Billie said while kissing me on the cheek. "Come watch tv with me." he said while running and jumping on the couch in the living room.
The news was on. We heard someone honk from the driveway.
"The bastard doesn't even come up to the door." Billie said looking out the window.
"Ok well. I'll see you two later. Don't do anything stupid. Bye." Billie's mom said while leaving the house and entering the car and driving away.
Billie continued to watch the news. Until I dropped my coffee cup shattering it on the floor. There was a news bulleton about my mom. They said they found a Mrs. Diane Andrews dead in a hotel somewhere in Washington. Billie looked at me quickly and back at the screen then his head snapped back to me. I had turned pale and was shaking horribly. Billie ran over to me and caught me just before I hit the ground.
"It's ok baby I'm here it's ok. You're just having a panic attack. You're gonna be ok." Billie said while rocking me and trying to calm me down.
***Billie's POV***
God she's shaking so bad. I don't know what to do. Whenever I had panic attacks I just had to calm down but how do I tell her to calm down when her mom left her and then turned up dead.
"Shhhh... It's ok." I said still trying to calm her down.
She started to breath heavily. I wasn't sure if I should take her to the hostpital or not. I picked her up and walked over to the couch where I sat down with her in my lap. She clung to me as if I was the only thing keeping her safe. After a while her breathing began to slow down and her shaking started to get less and less.
"I'm sorry." I heard her whisper.
"Sorry? You don't have to be sorry." I said hugging her tightly.
A few minutes later she broke from me and stood up and walked to the kitchen. I followed her. I stood and watched as she grabbed a bottle of alcohol that was sitting on the counter and walked upstairs to the guest bedroom. I ran after her.
"Mel? Baby open the door." I yelled.
"Billie just leave me alone." she yelled back I could tell she was crying.
I decided to pick the lock. I couldn't let her drink herself away again. I successfully picked the lock and ran into the room. Finding her in the corner hald the bottle was gone.
"Billie what are you doing?" she asked.
I didn't answer. I grabbed the bottle and threw it across the room shattering it on the wall.
"No Billie nooooo!" she screamed.
She went to get up but I caught her in a hug.
"Oh my God!" she yelled into the hug as she began to cry.
***normal POV***
I cried so hard I couldn't breath. My mom was dead, she was gone forever. No one was ever coming back for me... No one. After what felt like hours of crying I fell asleep in Billie's arms.
