We Are The Kids Of War And Peace, chapter 1
"Yep, that's right my daddy's Mr Biwwie Joe Awmstwong", Jared said into the phone. Pippet looked at him and smiled as the young boy played make believe. It was only a few hours after they had gotten home from the hospital and already she was feeling depressed and lonely. She sat down on the couch and turned the tv on to a low setting watching the figures move about on stage.
"MOMMY!", Jared squealed from a few feet away from her. She turned to look at him.
"Yes honey?", she said biting her lip. How much he reminded her of Billie Joe was beyond a joke. The little one even started dressing the dame in admiration of his father.
"It's for you, it's a man from the hospital", he told her handing the phone to her. She reluctantly took it to go along with his little game.
"Hello?", she said thinking nothing of it when eventually there was a voice answering her back.
"Ah hello, is this Mrs Armstrong?", the voice asked her. She gulped and sat back deep in her seat.
"Yes it is, how come?", she asked worryingly. She heard the man shuffle around with some papers before talking into the phone again.
"Well I have some good news and some bad news for you", he told her. She took a deep breath in. 'Bad News'. That was the last thing she wanted to hear right now.
"Okay", she said softly. The man continued to shuffle through paper whilst talking to her.
"Okay the good news is that we've found a liver for your husband, bad news is there's only a 40% chance that the operation will succeed. She smiled to herself wiping tears from her eyes.
"Go through with it", she whispered into the receiver before the man had any more to say to her. She thought to herself that anything would be worth a try then nothing at all, and if it didn't succeed then she hadn't really lost anything else.
"Okay, we'll I'm going to have to have you come down to the hospital to fill in some forms if it does go to plan", he told her. She responded telling them she'd get be there tomorrow morning, and that she wouldn't be able to handle it going in tonight.
"Okay, thankyou for you time ma'am", the voice said hanging up the receiver. She passed the phone back to Jared and smiled at him.
"Mommy all better now?", he asked her climbing into her lap. She smiled and stoked his hair gently as he rested against her.
"Yeah a little better baby", she told him hugging him.
"Can I stay up and watch TV with you?", he asked her. She looked down at him.
"Its way past your bedtime young man", she said letting out a giggle while she pushed her son's fringe back from in front of his eyes.
"But daddy said to take care of you", Jared reminded her of what his father said. She looked at him almost wanting to cry but then gave in.
"Okay you can stay, but on one condition", she told him. His bright green eyes smiled at her and looked at her eagerly.
"And that's that we sit here with the lights turned off", she told him. He quickly got up from where he lay and ran to the light switch turning it off before he made himself comfortable on the couch. Within a half an hour he was knocked out sleeping against her side. Pippet kept her arm around him and stroked his hair gently continuing to watch tv.
"You should really go to bed", Tre told her taking a seat next to her. She looked at him and then back at the television.
"I don't feel like it", she told him in a quiet mumble rubbing up and down Jared's back gently.
"But its not good for you to stay awake after you've had a day as big as this", Tre told her putting an arm around her waist. For a moment and a moment only she felt as if Billie was back, but she knew it wasn't him. It would never be him.
"Tre I'd rather not", she told him again. He turned her head to look at her. She gazed into his eyes trying to search for answers on why everything had turned out like this.
"Hospital rang before", he said softly continuing to look at him.
"What did they say?", he asked her getting closer to her. She bit her lip.
"Billie Joe's having an operation".
"Uh-ha".
"40% chance it will turn out well".
"That's good".
"Yeah it is", she replied slowly releasing the bite she had on her lip as she continued too look into his eyes for answers. Tre always had answers, but why not now. Why not when she really needed them.
"You gonna be okay tonight", he asked her getting closer and more intimate. She nodded.
"Of course I will be", she responded placing her hands in her lap.
"Well if there's anything I can do, just tell me okay?", he told her leaning in until their personal space had basically disappeared.
"Okay Tre I...... ", she said being cut off by a kiss. Tre gently ran his fingers up her side trying to make it last when he knew he shouldn't have even started it.
'She's in love with Billie', he told himself, 'I've just made it more awkward now'. He slowly broke away from her watching her eyes look up at him.
"I'm so sorry", he told her giving her a cuddle. She cried into his arms freely holding none of her tears back.
"Why did he have to have this happen to him Tre? Why?", she asked resting her head against the drummers chest. He rubbed her back gently singing and humming quietly to her.
"Its not him, maybe this was all meant to happen", Tre started telling her, "Fate works in weird ways", he explained. She nodded and turned to look at her son who was still sleeping.
"Wait here okay?", she told Tre walking to the bedroom. She pulled the doona off the bed and dragged it into the lounge room. Pippet took her seat back on the couch lying against Tre's side with Jared cuddled into her arms. Tre put the cover over them and kept watch over them through out the night as they fell asleep gently and harmlessly with him.
-AT THE HOSPITAL-
"How long has Billie been in there for?", Katty asked Mike. He looked up at the clock on the wall of his hospital room.
"6 hours", he said gripping onto her hand tightly.
"That's a long time", she let out kissing Mike's cheek. He smiled.
"Just a little", he told her pulling her close to the bed. She stood up and sat on the edge running her fingers through his hair.
"I feel so bad, that I didn't see Pippet and Jared before they left", she told him looking into her husband's deep blue eyes.
"Don't sweat about it, she was pretty messed up and so was he", Mike said, recalling what of it he had seen. She smiled and lay down next to him cuddling him gently.
"I'm glad you're safe Michael", she told him kissing his neck. He smiled closing his eyes as he cuddled her close.
"Go to bed babe, I'll wake you if I find out anything about Billie", he told her, "Babe?", he continued but it was no use for him to talk anymore she was already sound asleep.
-A FEW HOURS LATER-
Tre rubbed his eyes and looked at the ringing phone.
"Great, just as I was about to fall asleep", he told himself answering.
"Hello?", he spoke into the receiver. He started conversing with the voice on the other line.
"Yes".
"She's here".
"Ahh kind of asleep with her son".
"Yes I can".
"Okay bye", he finished hanging up.
"Pippet, Pippet babe", he whispered to her shaking her gently. She continued to sleep with her son in her arms.
"Pippet, wake up I got news", he told her trying to coax her to wake.
"Mmmm", she mumbled opening an eye too look at him, "What is it Tre?", she asked rubbing her eyes.
"The doctors want you down at the hospital"...............
"MOMMY!", Jared squealed from a few feet away from her. She turned to look at him.
"Yes honey?", she said biting her lip. How much he reminded her of Billie Joe was beyond a joke. The little one even started dressing the dame in admiration of his father.
"It's for you, it's a man from the hospital", he told her handing the phone to her. She reluctantly took it to go along with his little game.
"Hello?", she said thinking nothing of it when eventually there was a voice answering her back.
"Ah hello, is this Mrs Armstrong?", the voice asked her. She gulped and sat back deep in her seat.
"Yes it is, how come?", she asked worryingly. She heard the man shuffle around with some papers before talking into the phone again.
"Well I have some good news and some bad news for you", he told her. She took a deep breath in. 'Bad News'. That was the last thing she wanted to hear right now.
"Okay", she said softly. The man continued to shuffle through paper whilst talking to her.
"Okay the good news is that we've found a liver for your husband, bad news is there's only a 40% chance that the operation will succeed. She smiled to herself wiping tears from her eyes.
"Go through with it", she whispered into the receiver before the man had any more to say to her. She thought to herself that anything would be worth a try then nothing at all, and if it didn't succeed then she hadn't really lost anything else.
"Okay, we'll I'm going to have to have you come down to the hospital to fill in some forms if it does go to plan", he told her. She responded telling them she'd get be there tomorrow morning, and that she wouldn't be able to handle it going in tonight.
"Okay, thankyou for you time ma'am", the voice said hanging up the receiver. She passed the phone back to Jared and smiled at him.
"Mommy all better now?", he asked her climbing into her lap. She smiled and stoked his hair gently as he rested against her.
"Yeah a little better baby", she told him hugging him.
"Can I stay up and watch TV with you?", he asked her. She looked down at him.
"Its way past your bedtime young man", she said letting out a giggle while she pushed her son's fringe back from in front of his eyes.
"But daddy said to take care of you", Jared reminded her of what his father said. She looked at him almost wanting to cry but then gave in.
"Okay you can stay, but on one condition", she told him. His bright green eyes smiled at her and looked at her eagerly.
"And that's that we sit here with the lights turned off", she told him. He quickly got up from where he lay and ran to the light switch turning it off before he made himself comfortable on the couch. Within a half an hour he was knocked out sleeping against her side. Pippet kept her arm around him and stroked his hair gently continuing to watch tv.
"You should really go to bed", Tre told her taking a seat next to her. She looked at him and then back at the television.
"I don't feel like it", she told him in a quiet mumble rubbing up and down Jared's back gently.
"But its not good for you to stay awake after you've had a day as big as this", Tre told her putting an arm around her waist. For a moment and a moment only she felt as if Billie was back, but she knew it wasn't him. It would never be him.
"Tre I'd rather not", she told him again. He turned her head to look at her. She gazed into his eyes trying to search for answers on why everything had turned out like this.
"Hospital rang before", he said softly continuing to look at him.
"What did they say?", he asked her getting closer to her. She bit her lip.
"Billie Joe's having an operation".
"Uh-ha".
"40% chance it will turn out well".
"That's good".
"Yeah it is", she replied slowly releasing the bite she had on her lip as she continued too look into his eyes for answers. Tre always had answers, but why not now. Why not when she really needed them.
"You gonna be okay tonight", he asked her getting closer and more intimate. She nodded.
"Of course I will be", she responded placing her hands in her lap.
"Well if there's anything I can do, just tell me okay?", he told her leaning in until their personal space had basically disappeared.
"Okay Tre I...... ", she said being cut off by a kiss. Tre gently ran his fingers up her side trying to make it last when he knew he shouldn't have even started it.
'She's in love with Billie', he told himself, 'I've just made it more awkward now'. He slowly broke away from her watching her eyes look up at him.
"I'm so sorry", he told her giving her a cuddle. She cried into his arms freely holding none of her tears back.
"Why did he have to have this happen to him Tre? Why?", she asked resting her head against the drummers chest. He rubbed her back gently singing and humming quietly to her.
"Its not him, maybe this was all meant to happen", Tre started telling her, "Fate works in weird ways", he explained. She nodded and turned to look at her son who was still sleeping.
"Wait here okay?", she told Tre walking to the bedroom. She pulled the doona off the bed and dragged it into the lounge room. Pippet took her seat back on the couch lying against Tre's side with Jared cuddled into her arms. Tre put the cover over them and kept watch over them through out the night as they fell asleep gently and harmlessly with him.
-AT THE HOSPITAL-
"How long has Billie been in there for?", Katty asked Mike. He looked up at the clock on the wall of his hospital room.
"6 hours", he said gripping onto her hand tightly.
"That's a long time", she let out kissing Mike's cheek. He smiled.
"Just a little", he told her pulling her close to the bed. She stood up and sat on the edge running her fingers through his hair.
"I feel so bad, that I didn't see Pippet and Jared before they left", she told him looking into her husband's deep blue eyes.
"Don't sweat about it, she was pretty messed up and so was he", Mike said, recalling what of it he had seen. She smiled and lay down next to him cuddling him gently.
"I'm glad you're safe Michael", she told him kissing his neck. He smiled closing his eyes as he cuddled her close.
"Go to bed babe, I'll wake you if I find out anything about Billie", he told her, "Babe?", he continued but it was no use for him to talk anymore she was already sound asleep.
-A FEW HOURS LATER-
Tre rubbed his eyes and looked at the ringing phone.
"Great, just as I was about to fall asleep", he told himself answering.
"Hello?", he spoke into the receiver. He started conversing with the voice on the other line.
"Yes".
"She's here".
"Ahh kind of asleep with her son".
"Yes I can".
"Okay bye", he finished hanging up.
"Pippet, Pippet babe", he whispered to her shaking her gently. She continued to sleep with her son in her arms.
"Pippet, wake up I got news", he told her trying to coax her to wake.
"Mmmm", she mumbled opening an eye too look at him, "What is it Tre?", she asked rubbing her eyes.
"The doctors want you down at the hospital"...............
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