There Were Places We Would Go At Midnight..., chapter 7
PRESENT DAY
"Look, Adie, I know it seems like a really stupid idea, but... ok I'm going to be straight with you, but you can't freak out. Let's just say it looks like you and Billie are even now." Tre held the phone away form his ear as Adie's voice reached a dangerous volume. Finally he tried to calm her down once more. "Adie..he was really drunk ok. And we did the same thing to him! Now, I'm just saying if you told him..it might save everything." Tre was still trying to calm her down when he heard a movement behind him. Slowly he turned, and there was Billie, his mouth slightly open, looking like the world had just come to an end.
"Sh-she cheated on me?" Billie walked forward and grabbed the phone out of Tre's hand.
"YOU CHEATED ON ME??" Tre plopped on the bed as the conversation he had dreaded came to life before his eyes.
"Yeah, well at least I was drunk! But you-you were fine! And yet you still- I don't know, Adie some chick here to see the show. Oh yeah, well I'd ask the same of you. W-what? Adie, that's not funny, I told you now you have to be serious with me. Y-you... but he's my best-" And suddenly the phone was down by Billie's side, and he was looking at Tre with the most hateful expression Tre had ever seen. And then his fist was out, headed for Tre's face- and the world was dark.
"Oh, shit. Oh, shit, Tre? Tre come on wake up. TRE!" Mike turned to Billie, who was standing over he and Tre looking dazed. "What the fuck did you do to him?"
"HE SLEPT WITH MY WIFE!"
"So you KILL him? Look, Bill, this might not be the best time to tell you this but- Tre wasn't the first one. So instead of dwelling on this we need to help your BEST FRIEND. I mean who are you more mad at? Your practically life-long friend who made a stupid mistake..much like you made today. Or your wife who has cheated on you repeatedly?" Billie ran his hand through his hair and plopped down onto the bed, staring down at the floor. Finally, he spoke, his voice hoarse and quivering.
"How many times?"
"Wha- I don't know man. Three or four?" Mike turned back to Tre. "Tre..Tre come on man, please." Billie saw a tear trail down Mike's face. "Mike, he's gonna be ok, right?" Mike didn't take his eyes off of Tre. "I don't know man. You broke his nose, and I've never seen anyone stay out this long." But suddenly Tre's eyes were flickering. And Mike hung his head and breathed a sigh of relief as Tre smiled up at him. Mike ran his hand through Tre's hair. "You, ok buddy?" Tre continued to smile. "Yeah. Don't I look ok?" Mike laughed, and leaned in and kissed Tre's cheek. "I was so scared. I was so fucking scared." And then Tre was lifting his head towards Mike's and then their lips were locked, and Billie's were hanging open.
"WHAT THE FUCK?" Billie shouted.
Mike pulled back and hung his head. "Oh, shit."
"Oops," Tre muttered.
"What the fuck is up with you two?" Billie was losing it.
"Look, we were going to tell you man. We really were.." Mike strugged to try to explain what had just happened.
"I need to get out of here." And Billie was out the door, and he was charging down the hall, and he didn't know where he was going, but suddenly he was knocking on a door. And it was opening, and there she was And before he knew what he was doing he had grabbed her face and pulled her forward and their lips were locked, and her hands were in his hair- "Oh, shit. Now I'm starting to remember."- and she was pulling him into the room, and he kicked the door shut with his foot, and they were falling back onto the bed.
"Look, Adie, I know it seems like a really stupid idea, but... ok I'm going to be straight with you, but you can't freak out. Let's just say it looks like you and Billie are even now." Tre held the phone away form his ear as Adie's voice reached a dangerous volume. Finally he tried to calm her down once more. "Adie..he was really drunk ok. And we did the same thing to him! Now, I'm just saying if you told him..it might save everything." Tre was still trying to calm her down when he heard a movement behind him. Slowly he turned, and there was Billie, his mouth slightly open, looking like the world had just come to an end.
"Sh-she cheated on me?" Billie walked forward and grabbed the phone out of Tre's hand.
"YOU CHEATED ON ME??" Tre plopped on the bed as the conversation he had dreaded came to life before his eyes.
"Yeah, well at least I was drunk! But you-you were fine! And yet you still- I don't know, Adie some chick here to see the show. Oh yeah, well I'd ask the same of you. W-what? Adie, that's not funny, I told you now you have to be serious with me. Y-you... but he's my best-" And suddenly the phone was down by Billie's side, and he was looking at Tre with the most hateful expression Tre had ever seen. And then his fist was out, headed for Tre's face- and the world was dark.
"Oh, shit. Oh, shit, Tre? Tre come on wake up. TRE!" Mike turned to Billie, who was standing over he and Tre looking dazed. "What the fuck did you do to him?"
"HE SLEPT WITH MY WIFE!"
"So you KILL him? Look, Bill, this might not be the best time to tell you this but- Tre wasn't the first one. So instead of dwelling on this we need to help your BEST FRIEND. I mean who are you more mad at? Your practically life-long friend who made a stupid mistake..much like you made today. Or your wife who has cheated on you repeatedly?" Billie ran his hand through his hair and plopped down onto the bed, staring down at the floor. Finally, he spoke, his voice hoarse and quivering.
"How many times?"
"Wha- I don't know man. Three or four?" Mike turned back to Tre. "Tre..Tre come on man, please." Billie saw a tear trail down Mike's face. "Mike, he's gonna be ok, right?" Mike didn't take his eyes off of Tre. "I don't know man. You broke his nose, and I've never seen anyone stay out this long." But suddenly Tre's eyes were flickering. And Mike hung his head and breathed a sigh of relief as Tre smiled up at him. Mike ran his hand through Tre's hair. "You, ok buddy?" Tre continued to smile. "Yeah. Don't I look ok?" Mike laughed, and leaned in and kissed Tre's cheek. "I was so scared. I was so fucking scared." And then Tre was lifting his head towards Mike's and then their lips were locked, and Billie's were hanging open.
"WHAT THE FUCK?" Billie shouted.
Mike pulled back and hung his head. "Oh, shit."
"Oops," Tre muttered.
"What the fuck is up with you two?" Billie was losing it.
"Look, we were going to tell you man. We really were.." Mike strugged to try to explain what had just happened.
"I need to get out of here." And Billie was out the door, and he was charging down the hall, and he didn't know where he was going, but suddenly he was knocking on a door. And it was opening, and there she was And before he knew what he was doing he had grabbed her face and pulled her forward and their lips were locked, and her hands were in his hair- "Oh, shit. Now I'm starting to remember."- and she was pulling him into the room, and he kicked the door shut with his foot, and they were falling back onto the bed.
