Kill Me When September Starts, chapter 1
It was September 10th. Late at night. She walked down the street. Her clothes were tattered and torn, but no one seemed to notice. She went home but when she tried to open the door she realized she could walk right through it. She walked into the living room and saw him sitting there, crying.
"Billie what's wrong? Billie? Billie Joe? Why aren't you answering me?"
He said nothing. Then he stood up and walked over to his bedroom. She followed, yelling desperately, "Billie? Billie Joe? Billie please answer me!"
He walked to the closet without saying a word, and took out a pistol. Pointing it at his head, his finger on the trigger.
"BILLIE NO!" She screamed. "BILLIE PLEASE DON'T DO IT! I LOVE YOU! I'M NOT DEAD! I CANT BE! BILLIE PLEASE NO!" She kept screaming. Hoping, prying he would hear her. But she knew he heard nothing.
He was just about to pull the trigger, when he heard a little voice.
"Daddy?"
"Joey? Jakob what are you...? Shouldn't you guys be in bed?"
"Daddy when is Mommy coming home?"
Billie Joe looked at them, his two little boys, he had to tell them. They needed to know. The tears coming back to his eyes he said quietly, "she's not."
"What?"
"She's not coming back you guys. She... She's gone... She died."
They all stood for a second, frozen, not knowing what to say.
"Why do you have a gun daddy?" asked Jakob. "Your not leaving us too, are you?"
Billie didn't know what to say. He couldn't lie to his kids, but he couldn't tell them the truth either.
"I love you guys. So, so much. But I can't... I can't live without your mom. I can't keep loosing people I love."
"No Billie! You didn't loose me! I'm right here! Please Billie! Please see me, please hear me!" She screamed, but he heard nothing.
"But. But we don't want to loose you dad."
"I'm sorry guys. I love you."
With tears in his eyes, he pulled the trigger. He took his life because he couldn't live without her.
She ran to his side, trying to fight the tears. "No Billie. Please get up. Please. You can't do this Billie Joe, please get up."
The boys just stood there, shocked, unable to move, or say anything. As Adie screamed, unheard.
"What do we do now?" Jakob asked, tears in his eyes, trying not to cry. "We're all alone. We have no one."
"Lets call Uncle Mike. He can help. He'll no what to do." Joey said, also crying now.
"I want Mommy and Daddy."
"Me too. But it'll be ok Jakob. We'll be ok. We just have to call Mike."
Mike was sitting at home, watching T. V. When the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Mike?"
"Hey Joey. What's up?"
"Mike can you help us?"
"Um. Yeah. Where's your mom and dad?"
"Gone. They're both gone."
"What do you mean "gone"?"
"... Dead."
"What!? Joey this better not be a joke."
"It's not. I promise."
"Ok are you at home? Is Jake there?"
"Yeah... Yeah we're both home."
"Ok. Um, just stay there. OK? Me and Tre will be right over."
"OK. Hurry. We're scared."
"OK just hang on. It'll be ok."
"Bye"
15 minutes later Mike and Tre arrived.
"Jakob? Joey?" yelled Mike when they walked in.
"Mike!"
"Tre! We're in here."
"You guys what's going on?" Tre asked as they walked into Billie and Adie's room, but all he got for an answer was Jakob pointing at Billie Joe's body, lying there motionless.
"Oh my god." Tre said, tears starting to come to his eyes as he stared at the body not wanting to believe that it was his friend.
"Joey. What happened?" Mike asked.
"I don't know. We walked in and he had the gun to his head. He said mom was gone and he shot himself."
They looked over at the T. V.. It was on the news, saying a woman got hit by a truck and died instantly.
"She's really gone," Tre said quietly.
Mike thought for a second. "Oh my god." He said under his breath. "Tre quick what day is it?" He asked quickly.
"Um... The 10th. Why?"
"Oh god no."
"What?"
"It's September 10th."
"Yeah I know that. I just told you that remember."
"Billie Joe's dad died on September 10th."
"Ooooooh... What's your point?"
"When Adie died on the same day it was probably to much for him to take. He has been depressed all week because of the anniversary of the day his dad died and today was the worst. Then Adie, the one person he loved and cared most about died. He couldn't handle it."
"Oh."
There was a long silence. No one knew what to say.
"Mike? Tre? What's going to happen to us?" Joey asked.
"I don't know, kid."
Joey walked over and knelt down beside his father's body.
"I loved you dad. Why'd you have to do this? Why'd you leave us? I thought you cared. Well I can't live like this either." Joey whispered. And without saying a word, before anyone could notice, or stop him, he took the gun from his dad's hand and shot himself in the head. When everyone turned and looked they saw Joey fall over, dead next to his father.
"NOOOOOO!" She screamed. "NOT MY LITTLE BOY TOO! Not Joey too! No."
Now Jakob was alone. His mom was dead. He watched his dad and brother kill themselves. "This isn't supposed to happen." He thought. "This shouldn't be my life. This shouldn't be something a 7 year old has to go threw." He couldn't take it. He couldn't be left alone like this. He ran over to Billie Joe and Joey. Mike tried to grab his arm but missed, and before anyone could do or say anything Jakob had the gun.
"No Jakob please don't!" she screamed, hoping her son wouldn't pull the trigger. But she knew he couldn't hear her and she knew he would pull it.
BAM!
The shot went off and Jakob fell next to his brother and father.
She couldn't handle the pain of seeing her husband and sons die. She wanted to die. But she already was dead. Then the next thing she knew, Billie Joe was shaking her.
"Adie, wake up. What's wrong?"
"Billie? Billie Joe?"
"Yeah. It's ok, I'm here."
"Where's Joey and Jakob?"
"Asleep."
"Don't ever leave me Billie."
He looked at her surprised. "I would never leave you. I love you."
"It was all a dream. Just a dream."
"Yeah. And it's over now. So don't worry."
"I love you Billie. So, so much."
"I love you too. More then anything."
She looked at the clock. Noon. Then she thought for a second. "Billie?"
"Yeah?"
"What day is it?"
"Um... The 10th."
"Oh shit. I'm late. I have to be somewhere. I'll be back tonight."
"OK."
That night Billie sent Joey and Jakob to bed. Adie still wasn't home. He sat down and turned on the news. What he saw made him start to cry as he got up and walked to the bedroom.
"Billie what's wrong? Billie? Billie Joe? Why aren't you answering me?"
He said nothing. Then he stood up and walked over to his bedroom. She followed, yelling desperately, "Billie? Billie Joe? Billie please answer me!"
He walked to the closet without saying a word, and took out a pistol. Pointing it at his head, his finger on the trigger.
"BILLIE NO!" She screamed. "BILLIE PLEASE DON'T DO IT! I LOVE YOU! I'M NOT DEAD! I CANT BE! BILLIE PLEASE NO!" She kept screaming. Hoping, prying he would hear her. But she knew he heard nothing.
He was just about to pull the trigger, when he heard a little voice.
"Daddy?"
"Joey? Jakob what are you...? Shouldn't you guys be in bed?"
"Daddy when is Mommy coming home?"
Billie Joe looked at them, his two little boys, he had to tell them. They needed to know. The tears coming back to his eyes he said quietly, "she's not."
"What?"
"She's not coming back you guys. She... She's gone... She died."
They all stood for a second, frozen, not knowing what to say.
"Why do you have a gun daddy?" asked Jakob. "Your not leaving us too, are you?"
Billie didn't know what to say. He couldn't lie to his kids, but he couldn't tell them the truth either.
"I love you guys. So, so much. But I can't... I can't live without your mom. I can't keep loosing people I love."
"No Billie! You didn't loose me! I'm right here! Please Billie! Please see me, please hear me!" She screamed, but he heard nothing.
"But. But we don't want to loose you dad."
"I'm sorry guys. I love you."
With tears in his eyes, he pulled the trigger. He took his life because he couldn't live without her.
She ran to his side, trying to fight the tears. "No Billie. Please get up. Please. You can't do this Billie Joe, please get up."
The boys just stood there, shocked, unable to move, or say anything. As Adie screamed, unheard.
"What do we do now?" Jakob asked, tears in his eyes, trying not to cry. "We're all alone. We have no one."
"Lets call Uncle Mike. He can help. He'll no what to do." Joey said, also crying now.
"I want Mommy and Daddy."
"Me too. But it'll be ok Jakob. We'll be ok. We just have to call Mike."
Mike was sitting at home, watching T. V. When the phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Mike?"
"Hey Joey. What's up?"
"Mike can you help us?"
"Um. Yeah. Where's your mom and dad?"
"Gone. They're both gone."
"What do you mean "gone"?"
"... Dead."
"What!? Joey this better not be a joke."
"It's not. I promise."
"Ok are you at home? Is Jake there?"
"Yeah... Yeah we're both home."
"Ok. Um, just stay there. OK? Me and Tre will be right over."
"OK. Hurry. We're scared."
"OK just hang on. It'll be ok."
"Bye"
15 minutes later Mike and Tre arrived.
"Jakob? Joey?" yelled Mike when they walked in.
"Mike!"
"Tre! We're in here."
"You guys what's going on?" Tre asked as they walked into Billie and Adie's room, but all he got for an answer was Jakob pointing at Billie Joe's body, lying there motionless.
"Oh my god." Tre said, tears starting to come to his eyes as he stared at the body not wanting to believe that it was his friend.
"Joey. What happened?" Mike asked.
"I don't know. We walked in and he had the gun to his head. He said mom was gone and he shot himself."
They looked over at the T. V.. It was on the news, saying a woman got hit by a truck and died instantly.
"She's really gone," Tre said quietly.
Mike thought for a second. "Oh my god." He said under his breath. "Tre quick what day is it?" He asked quickly.
"Um... The 10th. Why?"
"Oh god no."
"What?"
"It's September 10th."
"Yeah I know that. I just told you that remember."
"Billie Joe's dad died on September 10th."
"Ooooooh... What's your point?"
"When Adie died on the same day it was probably to much for him to take. He has been depressed all week because of the anniversary of the day his dad died and today was the worst. Then Adie, the one person he loved and cared most about died. He couldn't handle it."
"Oh."
There was a long silence. No one knew what to say.
"Mike? Tre? What's going to happen to us?" Joey asked.
"I don't know, kid."
Joey walked over and knelt down beside his father's body.
"I loved you dad. Why'd you have to do this? Why'd you leave us? I thought you cared. Well I can't live like this either." Joey whispered. And without saying a word, before anyone could notice, or stop him, he took the gun from his dad's hand and shot himself in the head. When everyone turned and looked they saw Joey fall over, dead next to his father.
"NOOOOOO!" She screamed. "NOT MY LITTLE BOY TOO! Not Joey too! No."
Now Jakob was alone. His mom was dead. He watched his dad and brother kill themselves. "This isn't supposed to happen." He thought. "This shouldn't be my life. This shouldn't be something a 7 year old has to go threw." He couldn't take it. He couldn't be left alone like this. He ran over to Billie Joe and Joey. Mike tried to grab his arm but missed, and before anyone could do or say anything Jakob had the gun.
"No Jakob please don't!" she screamed, hoping her son wouldn't pull the trigger. But she knew he couldn't hear her and she knew he would pull it.
BAM!
The shot went off and Jakob fell next to his brother and father.
She couldn't handle the pain of seeing her husband and sons die. She wanted to die. But she already was dead. Then the next thing she knew, Billie Joe was shaking her.
"Adie, wake up. What's wrong?"
"Billie? Billie Joe?"
"Yeah. It's ok, I'm here."
"Where's Joey and Jakob?"
"Asleep."
"Don't ever leave me Billie."
He looked at her surprised. "I would never leave you. I love you."
"It was all a dream. Just a dream."
"Yeah. And it's over now. So don't worry."
"I love you Billie. So, so much."
"I love you too. More then anything."
She looked at the clock. Noon. Then she thought for a second. "Billie?"
"Yeah?"
"What day is it?"
"Um... The 10th."
"Oh shit. I'm late. I have to be somewhere. I'll be back tonight."
"OK."
That night Billie sent Joey and Jakob to bed. Adie still wasn't home. He sat down and turned on the news. What he saw made him start to cry as he got up and walked to the bedroom.
