Billie The Bully, chapter 9
The next day Lucy was surprisingly refreshed and was up and ready for school. She got dressed in her red cord trousers and put on one of her favourite tops: black, but the poloneck is red like her trousers. She added a silver chain, and put on her black Converse too.
She was about to set off for school when there was a knock at the door. Rachel went to answer it and came back with Mike.
"Mikey! Hey!" Lucy said. She ran and hugged him, smiling up at him, then let go and introduced him to her older and younger sisters.
"Well, we'd better be off." Lucy said. She hugged her sisters then linked arms with Mike and they were off to school.
"Are we meeting Tre and Bill at school?" Lucy asked.
Mike nodded. "Yeah."
"Cool."
Mike looks preoccupied, Lucy thought.
"Hey Mikey, are you OK?"
Mike sighed. "You know Billie Joe? Did you know he's, uhm, bi?"
Lucy nodded. "Yeah. He told me last night."
"Last night?" Mike frowned. "When?"
"I went out with him real late," She explained, "Cause he came knocking at my window. I guess he wanted to talk."
Mike wondered if Billie had told Lucy that he liked her. Maybe she was too embarrassed to tell him? She might have rejected him or something.
"Well...anyway...oh God." He bit his liip. He looked really, really embarrassed. "I haven't told anyone else about this...uhhh...oh jeez...it's just...there's a guy...who I know...you know him too...and I...I kinda...like him."
Lucy gawped at him. Mike's bi? Or maybe he was even gay?!
Wow.
"Oh." Was all Lucy could say. "Err...have you, like...who is it?"
Mike groaned. "I can't say!"
"Go on!" Lucy urged. "I won't tell anyone."
"Oh God Lucy." Mike muttered. "I just wish I didn't. It'll fuck everything up." He bit his lip yet again and looked away, then back at her. "Let's put it this way? It isn't Billie. Thank God."
It took Lucy a moment to figure it out. She thought it would be some guy from school, not one of them.
TRE?!
"God," Lucy breathed. "Tre."
Mike looked like he was in pain. "I...every time I see him...when he smiles at me...Lu, I've got it bad. I can't stop thinking about him!! He fucking kissed me the other day. On the forehead. As a joke. I nearly fucking died!"
"What about Jess?" Lucy asked. Mike and Jess had gotten on so well it was unbelievable. What had happened to that?
"I was confused," He said, "I...I had to make sure, you know? That it was Tre I liked. Oh God, Lu, please don"t hate me. Jess is amazing, really, but it's Tre. I think I...she has a boyfriend. Jess. She felt guilty too. We kinda talked."
"Did you tell her you liked Tre?" Lucy asked. She had assumed she'd been the first to know.
Mike shook his head. "I just told her. I didn't say a name."
They were at school now. Billie and Tre were heading towards them.
She quickly turned to Mike. "Do you want me to tell Bill?"
Mike shook his head. "No. I will. In my own time."
Billie watched as Lucy rode ahead on Mike's back, clinging to his shoulders. Tre was running ahead like a mad man and they looked so happy together.
Then she looked back at him. She said something to Mike. He looked back, nodded, let her down. Tre got on his back instead - Mike went kinda red - and they sped off, leaving Lucy with Billie Joe.
It was the end of their first day back. Lucy had been in a good mood: Billie had been close to killing someone. So it balanced out.
He felt her link arms with him and his heart began to beat faster. He looked at her and she smiled.
"Billie," She spoke, "Come on, come for a run with us."
"I don't feel like it," Billie replied. "Sorry."
"Are you OK?" She asked.
He differed. Should he tell her about last night?
"Bill?" She looked really worried. "Billie, please, tell me. Please?"
So he did.
Well, showed her, to be precise.
He took off his jacket and then his t-shirt, revealing his bare chest. Lucy was a little surprised, but that soon turned to shock as she saw the deep red gash-bruise that was turning blue, straight across his pecs and down his stomach.
"Oh my God." She gasped. "Oh Billie!"
She ran her hands along his chest, causing him to wince slightly.
"Oh my God." She hadn't realized she'd started to sob.
Billie felt bad for making her so upset. He pulled his t-shirt and jacket back on.
"Sorry," He mumbled.
"Sorry? What the fuck have you got to be sorry for?!"
"Making you cry." He said.
"Oh Billie." She uttered for the second time. "Oh God Bill."
She wrapped her arms around hm, hugging him tightly. He leaned against her hair, tears welling in his eyes.
"I love you." He whispered.
He hadn't meant to say it. As if he'd say that deliberately!
He stiffened.
Thankfully, Lucy replied with a smile. "I love ya too Billie. You're such a god friend. I can't believe I ever hated you. And I'll try, I really will try to stop this from happening to you from now on."
Billie's heart sank.
She loves me. But just as a friend...
She was about to set off for school when there was a knock at the door. Rachel went to answer it and came back with Mike.
"Mikey! Hey!" Lucy said. She ran and hugged him, smiling up at him, then let go and introduced him to her older and younger sisters.
"Well, we'd better be off." Lucy said. She hugged her sisters then linked arms with Mike and they were off to school.
"Are we meeting Tre and Bill at school?" Lucy asked.
Mike nodded. "Yeah."
"Cool."
Mike looks preoccupied, Lucy thought.
"Hey Mikey, are you OK?"
Mike sighed. "You know Billie Joe? Did you know he's, uhm, bi?"
Lucy nodded. "Yeah. He told me last night."
"Last night?" Mike frowned. "When?"
"I went out with him real late," She explained, "Cause he came knocking at my window. I guess he wanted to talk."
Mike wondered if Billie had told Lucy that he liked her. Maybe she was too embarrassed to tell him? She might have rejected him or something.
"Well...anyway...oh God." He bit his liip. He looked really, really embarrassed. "I haven't told anyone else about this...uhhh...oh jeez...it's just...there's a guy...who I know...you know him too...and I...I kinda...like him."
Lucy gawped at him. Mike's bi? Or maybe he was even gay?!
Wow.
"Oh." Was all Lucy could say. "Err...have you, like...who is it?"
Mike groaned. "I can't say!"
"Go on!" Lucy urged. "I won't tell anyone."
"Oh God Lucy." Mike muttered. "I just wish I didn't. It'll fuck everything up." He bit his lip yet again and looked away, then back at her. "Let's put it this way? It isn't Billie. Thank God."
It took Lucy a moment to figure it out. She thought it would be some guy from school, not one of them.
TRE?!
"God," Lucy breathed. "Tre."
Mike looked like he was in pain. "I...every time I see him...when he smiles at me...Lu, I've got it bad. I can't stop thinking about him!! He fucking kissed me the other day. On the forehead. As a joke. I nearly fucking died!"
"What about Jess?" Lucy asked. Mike and Jess had gotten on so well it was unbelievable. What had happened to that?
"I was confused," He said, "I...I had to make sure, you know? That it was Tre I liked. Oh God, Lu, please don"t hate me. Jess is amazing, really, but it's Tre. I think I...she has a boyfriend. Jess. She felt guilty too. We kinda talked."
"Did you tell her you liked Tre?" Lucy asked. She had assumed she'd been the first to know.
Mike shook his head. "I just told her. I didn't say a name."
They were at school now. Billie and Tre were heading towards them.
She quickly turned to Mike. "Do you want me to tell Bill?"
Mike shook his head. "No. I will. In my own time."
Billie watched as Lucy rode ahead on Mike's back, clinging to his shoulders. Tre was running ahead like a mad man and they looked so happy together.
Then she looked back at him. She said something to Mike. He looked back, nodded, let her down. Tre got on his back instead - Mike went kinda red - and they sped off, leaving Lucy with Billie Joe.
It was the end of their first day back. Lucy had been in a good mood: Billie had been close to killing someone. So it balanced out.
He felt her link arms with him and his heart began to beat faster. He looked at her and she smiled.
"Billie," She spoke, "Come on, come for a run with us."
"I don't feel like it," Billie replied. "Sorry."
"Are you OK?" She asked.
He differed. Should he tell her about last night?
"Bill?" She looked really worried. "Billie, please, tell me. Please?"
So he did.
Well, showed her, to be precise.
He took off his jacket and then his t-shirt, revealing his bare chest. Lucy was a little surprised, but that soon turned to shock as she saw the deep red gash-bruise that was turning blue, straight across his pecs and down his stomach.
"Oh my God." She gasped. "Oh Billie!"
She ran her hands along his chest, causing him to wince slightly.
"Oh my God." She hadn't realized she'd started to sob.
Billie felt bad for making her so upset. He pulled his t-shirt and jacket back on.
"Sorry," He mumbled.
"Sorry? What the fuck have you got to be sorry for?!"
"Making you cry." He said.
"Oh Billie." She uttered for the second time. "Oh God Bill."
She wrapped her arms around hm, hugging him tightly. He leaned against her hair, tears welling in his eyes.
"I love you." He whispered.
He hadn't meant to say it. As if he'd say that deliberately!
He stiffened.
Thankfully, Lucy replied with a smile. "I love ya too Billie. You're such a god friend. I can't believe I ever hated you. And I'll try, I really will try to stop this from happening to you from now on."
Billie's heart sank.
She loves me. But just as a friend...
