Always Remember Me, chapter 16
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All of the sudden, the door swung open and there stood Adrienne.
I took a step away from the door and gave her a small smile.
"You can go in if you want."
"No, it's fine."
She looked at me confused, "You know why he's crying?"
I thought for a moment. "No," I lied.
"He wanted me to go home and stay with Joey and Jakob. Alright, I'll see you on the ninth, I guess, then."
I nodded and watched her go down the hotel stairs.
Quickly pushing the hotel door open I looked around for Billie.
"How could you do this, Dani?" Billie said, leaning over the sink.
"What do you mean how could I do this? You're the one who hurt me, Billie!"
"When you were kissing Mike...I felt...I don't know, alone."
I shook my head. "Billie, you're married to Adrienne. And when you're around her you don't think I feel alone? When I am in a crowded room with you and Adrienne, I feel like the only person alive on this earth. I don't even know if I want to live anymore because I love you so much and yet I can't have you."
"I...I didn't know," Billie replied, looking at me.
I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Good bye, Billie."
I turned around and walked out the door.
Dec. 9. 04
"Hello?"
"Tre? It's Dani."
"DANI!! I haven't talked to you in forever!"
I could hear Billie, Mike and Adrienne talking in the background.
"Well I talked to Mike every night, pretty much."
"I know."
"Tre, where are you right now?"
"At my party that everyone planned for me." I could tell he was smiling.
I laughed, "Well I wanted to wish you a happy thirty secondth birthday, but I can't come to your party...."
"Oh.."
"I'm so sorry, Tre."
"It's fine. But when will I see you again? I really miss you...."
"I miss you too, maybe we can plan a night to go to a bar or something."
"Alright!"
"Okay, I'll talk to you later Tre. Bye."
"Byee!"
I hung up my phone for it to ring again.
"Hello?"
"Dani.. is that you?"
"M-Mom!?"
"Yes dear."
"I haven't talked to you since I was like....seventeen!"
"Well I went to go see an old friend that was recently put in jail and there I saw John there."
"Oh."
"He said you two weren't together anymore."
"We're not, mom."
"Mom, where are you?"
"Sorry hunny I can't understand what you're saying...my phone is dying. I'll meet you at your house. Bye."
"How does she know where I live?" I thought.
About ten minutes later there was a knock on the door.
Running to the door I unlocked it and there stood my mom. She looked horrible. She had wrinkles all over her face, and her teeth looked yellow from smoking.
"Hunny, there's something I have to tell you."
"Okay..." I let her in and we sat down at the kitchen table.
"I don't know how to say this.."
She just broke down and started to cry, I knew what was coming next.
"I have cancer, Dani."
I just sat there dumbfounded. I could feel my eyes swelling with tears.
Sitting back in my chair I let the tears flow down my cheeks.
"That's all I had to say."
She got up to leave but I pulled her arm.
We hugged each other and cried. "Mom, I want you too stay with me until...."
"Okay."
She fully understood what I meant.
2 years later, 2006
About a year after my mom showed up at my door with cancer, she passed away. I hadn't talked to or seen Billie, Mike and Tre since Tre's thirty second birthday.
I was washing my dishes when they phone rang. I dried my hands and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"HOLY SHIT!! DANI!!???"
"Wow...who is this?" I kind of recognized the voice.
"IT'S TRE! Are we still going to the bar?"
"HOLY SHIT!! TRE!!!!! I haven't talked to you in forever! And yeah I guess, I can't believe you still remember that."
"Here, someone wants to talk to you."
"Hey Dani. I haven't talked to you in forever."
I dropped the phone then quickly picked it up again.
"What was that?"
"I just kinda dropped the phone. It's great hearing your voice again, Billie."
"It's great hearing yours too. It's an awesome early birthday present."
I laughed, "Happy early birthday, Billie. Thirty four already."
"Oh Dani, I have a surprise for you. I'll talk to you real soon."
He quickly hung up and I slowly set the phone down, confused. I went back to my dish washing then sat down and watched some Green Day music videos to remember what they looked like.
Just after I finished watching Longview the doorbell rang.
Quite confused, I slowly walked over to the door and opened it.
Within five seconds I stood there crying.
They grinned and hugged me.
But when it was Billie's turn to hug me I never let go of him.
"Don't ever leave like that again."
I could feel a few tears drop from his eyes.
After the crying fest we all walked in and they had bags loaded with beer.
"We told our families we would be gone for the week cause we'd be hanging out with the coolest person around," Tre said, pulling the beer out of the bags.
I just sighed when Billie put his arm around me.
All of a sudden we heard a kid crying.
"What the hell is that?" Tre remarked.
"It's a kid, Tre. A four year old."
"How do you know how old it is?" Billie said, looking worried.
"Cause it's my kid."
I got up from my chair and went upstairs. I came back downstairs carrying a young four year old girl.
When I sat down on the chair Billie's face went pale.
"Billie, it's not what you think."
"I'm not talking about that."
"Holy shit," Mike and Tre said at the same time when they were looking at Michelle.
"Say hi, Michelle," I said, sitting her on my lap.
She just buried her head in my stomach.
"Billie you okay? You don't look so good," Tre said, sounding actually worried.
"Why didn't you tell me, Dani?"
"You were too busy with home so I didn't want to trouble you with this tike."
"How..." was all Billie could say.
"Go upstairs and get to bed, Michelle."
She nodded shyly and ran upstairs.
"How can you afford to keep her? I could've helped you..."
"Billie, that wouldn't be necessary."
"You said it was negative." Billie looked scared and upset.
"Well the second time you slept with me I lied about it. I didn't want to worry you with another kid, Billie."
"Well I should have been there for her. After all, she is my kid," he replied.
Tre and Mike's jaws dropped.
I took a step away from the door and gave her a small smile.
"You can go in if you want."
"No, it's fine."
She looked at me confused, "You know why he's crying?"
I thought for a moment. "No," I lied.
"He wanted me to go home and stay with Joey and Jakob. Alright, I'll see you on the ninth, I guess, then."
I nodded and watched her go down the hotel stairs.
Quickly pushing the hotel door open I looked around for Billie.
"How could you do this, Dani?" Billie said, leaning over the sink.
"What do you mean how could I do this? You're the one who hurt me, Billie!"
"When you were kissing Mike...I felt...I don't know, alone."
I shook my head. "Billie, you're married to Adrienne. And when you're around her you don't think I feel alone? When I am in a crowded room with you and Adrienne, I feel like the only person alive on this earth. I don't even know if I want to live anymore because I love you so much and yet I can't have you."
"I...I didn't know," Billie replied, looking at me.
I wiped the tears from my eyes.
"Good bye, Billie."
I turned around and walked out the door.
Dec. 9. 04
"Hello?"
"Tre? It's Dani."
"DANI!! I haven't talked to you in forever!"
I could hear Billie, Mike and Adrienne talking in the background.
"Well I talked to Mike every night, pretty much."
"I know."
"Tre, where are you right now?"
"At my party that everyone planned for me." I could tell he was smiling.
I laughed, "Well I wanted to wish you a happy thirty secondth birthday, but I can't come to your party...."
"Oh.."
"I'm so sorry, Tre."
"It's fine. But when will I see you again? I really miss you...."
"I miss you too, maybe we can plan a night to go to a bar or something."
"Alright!"
"Okay, I'll talk to you later Tre. Bye."
"Byee!"
I hung up my phone for it to ring again.
"Hello?"
"Dani.. is that you?"
"M-Mom!?"
"Yes dear."
"I haven't talked to you since I was like....seventeen!"
"Well I went to go see an old friend that was recently put in jail and there I saw John there."
"Oh."
"He said you two weren't together anymore."
"We're not, mom."
"Mom, where are you?"
"Sorry hunny I can't understand what you're saying...my phone is dying. I'll meet you at your house. Bye."
"How does she know where I live?" I thought.
About ten minutes later there was a knock on the door.
Running to the door I unlocked it and there stood my mom. She looked horrible. She had wrinkles all over her face, and her teeth looked yellow from smoking.
"Hunny, there's something I have to tell you."
"Okay..." I let her in and we sat down at the kitchen table.
"I don't know how to say this.."
She just broke down and started to cry, I knew what was coming next.
"I have cancer, Dani."
I just sat there dumbfounded. I could feel my eyes swelling with tears.
Sitting back in my chair I let the tears flow down my cheeks.
"That's all I had to say."
She got up to leave but I pulled her arm.
We hugged each other and cried. "Mom, I want you too stay with me until...."
"Okay."
She fully understood what I meant.
2 years later, 2006
About a year after my mom showed up at my door with cancer, she passed away. I hadn't talked to or seen Billie, Mike and Tre since Tre's thirty second birthday.
I was washing my dishes when they phone rang. I dried my hands and answered the phone.
"Hello?"
"HOLY SHIT!! DANI!!???"
"Wow...who is this?" I kind of recognized the voice.
"IT'S TRE! Are we still going to the bar?"
"HOLY SHIT!! TRE!!!!! I haven't talked to you in forever! And yeah I guess, I can't believe you still remember that."
"Here, someone wants to talk to you."
"Hey Dani. I haven't talked to you in forever."
I dropped the phone then quickly picked it up again.
"What was that?"
"I just kinda dropped the phone. It's great hearing your voice again, Billie."
"It's great hearing yours too. It's an awesome early birthday present."
I laughed, "Happy early birthday, Billie. Thirty four already."
"Oh Dani, I have a surprise for you. I'll talk to you real soon."
He quickly hung up and I slowly set the phone down, confused. I went back to my dish washing then sat down and watched some Green Day music videos to remember what they looked like.
Just after I finished watching Longview the doorbell rang.
Quite confused, I slowly walked over to the door and opened it.
Within five seconds I stood there crying.
They grinned and hugged me.
But when it was Billie's turn to hug me I never let go of him.
"Don't ever leave like that again."
I could feel a few tears drop from his eyes.
After the crying fest we all walked in and they had bags loaded with beer.
"We told our families we would be gone for the week cause we'd be hanging out with the coolest person around," Tre said, pulling the beer out of the bags.
I just sighed when Billie put his arm around me.
All of a sudden we heard a kid crying.
"What the hell is that?" Tre remarked.
"It's a kid, Tre. A four year old."
"How do you know how old it is?" Billie said, looking worried.
"Cause it's my kid."
I got up from my chair and went upstairs. I came back downstairs carrying a young four year old girl.
When I sat down on the chair Billie's face went pale.
"Billie, it's not what you think."
"I'm not talking about that."
"Holy shit," Mike and Tre said at the same time when they were looking at Michelle.
"Say hi, Michelle," I said, sitting her on my lap.
She just buried her head in my stomach.
"Billie you okay? You don't look so good," Tre said, sounding actually worried.
"Why didn't you tell me, Dani?"
"You were too busy with home so I didn't want to trouble you with this tike."
"How..." was all Billie could say.
"Go upstairs and get to bed, Michelle."
She nodded shyly and ran upstairs.
"How can you afford to keep her? I could've helped you..."
"Billie, that wouldn't be necessary."
"You said it was negative." Billie looked scared and upset.
"Well the second time you slept with me I lied about it. I didn't want to worry you with another kid, Billie."
"Well I should have been there for her. After all, she is my kid," he replied.
Tre and Mike's jaws dropped.
