Lost For Words, chapter 7
-A WEEK LATER-
A while had past before Steph decided to come out, during the day. Normally she came out, at night when the guys were asleep. She walked down the stairs and peered into the lounge. Mike was sitting there alone.
‘Mikey’, she called, softly from the stairs. Mike turned around and looked at her. Tears started streaming down her face.
‘Come here. We’ll talk’, he told her. Steph rushed down the stairs and sat down next to him, grabbing a beer from Mike’s left. She sculled for a while and then settled down.
‘So you going to tell me what happened?’, he asked her. Her eyes started swelling again.
‘Mikey, its Tre’, she blurted out, before she rested her head on Mike.
‘Yeah what about him?’, Mike asked. Steph took in a deep breath.
‘Well, remember about NYE when I told you Tre and I were considering dating?’, she let out.
‘Yeah’, Mike said, worryingly.
‘Well he told me there was this other girl and that he didn’t want to see me again, so Billie was there and well, he comforted me...and now Tre's gone all wake, like he tried to hurt me a few nights ago, and then we had a fight in the kitchen, then another while they were smoking and then he pushed me off the pier, but last night well...a kiss happened...’, she let out, stoping for breaths at irregular intervals.
‘Wait wait wait. He tried to hurt you? How? Then you had a fight? Was that when you were locked in the kitchen? And then he pushed you off the pier......and then you kissed him? Whoa that’s mind blowing’, Mike finished, looking at his little sister, ‘I’m gonna kill him’.
‘No Mike relax, I just wanna know how he’s feeling, but well he wont tell me’, Steph told Mike. She got cut off again by Mike screaming.
‘He did what to you?’, Mike asked curiously.
‘He forced me down’, Steph said weakly her eyes becoming discoloured.
‘OMG YOU HAD SEX WITH TRE?’, Mike asked loudly giggling. Steph looked behind her to make sure no-one was listening.
‘Mike take this seriously’, Steph told him.
‘Alright, alright’, he said after his small laughing fit, ‘So you have feelings for Tre. Oh Love triangle’, he finished before he burst out laughing again.
‘Mike be serious please’, Steph asked him again.
‘Alright, just tell them, your confused and you want time out for a while’, Mike told her.
‘But Mike I don’t wanna hurt them’, Steph told him.
‘You wont, the most Billie will do is get angry and then drink, and for Tre he’ll just go find another girl’.
‘Mike they wont. Billie will kill me and then Tre will try getting revenge’, Steph cried. They heard the door open.
‘Well I don’t know what else to say, I cant be your mentor for the rest of your life, I wish I could but I cant’.
‘Mike you have to talk to Tre please, just find out how he’s feeling, 'cause he won't tell me?’, Steph pleaded quickly.
‘Steph, I......no I......fine’, he told her, just as the person came in.
-A Few Hours Later-
‘Steph you alright?’, Billie asked her, cuddling up next to her, on her bed. She froze for a moment and then turned around to him.
‘Yeah, I’m fine sweetie’, she told him, bring her in closer to him. She looked into his eyes, before she shut hers and started talking to him.
‘I really don’t want Christmas to come’, she let out.
‘Don’t worry it’s like a week away’, he told her.
‘Yeah but Billie, mum and dad died the day before Christmas’, she told him, before she started crying.
‘Aww, Steph, I’m sorry. I forgot all about that’, he told her, wiping the tears away from her eyes. He tried to get a smile out of her but it was no use, she would, there was nothing that could get her happy at them moment. He kissed her on the forehead and sung to her, to try calm her down.
‘Bill its no use, stop trying to make me happy’, she told him, rolling over so her back was towards him. He crept over towards her, and looked over her shoulder at see her face.
‘Do you wanna be alone for a while?’, he asked her calmly. Steph nodded and wiped more tears away from her eyes. Billie got up off of the bed, and walked out of her room, locking the door behind him, so that Steph could be left alone for as-long as she wanted.
‘Hey, she in there?’, Mike asked, walking past Billie down the hallway.
‘Yeah’, Billie told him, looking down at the ground. His eyes were darker than usual and it almost looked like he had just been discarded. Mike smiled awkwardly and went to open Steph’s door.
‘Steph, its Mikey you in there?’, he asked. No answer came, but he could hear the soft crying of his sister.
‘Steph I spoke to Tre for you’, he told her. The door unlocked.
‘Wow that was quick’, Mike thought. He pushed the door open and stepped in. the room was quiet. Too quiet, but the silence didn’t say for long.
‘MIKE, YOU BASTARD GET BACK HERE’, he could hear Tre screaming from the basement, where he had been left tied up.
‘Serves him right’, Mike thought to himself, opening up his sister’s wardrobe.
‘Hi Mikey’, Steph let out. Mike looked down. Steph had hidden herself, in the dark corner behind all the hanging items she had.
‘Get outta there, I got stuff to say to you’, he told her, putting out his hand, to help her out.
‘Like what?’, Steph asked him, standing up.
‘Like that Tre’s waiting in the basement for you all tied up’, Mike told her smiling.
‘Why did you leave him like that for?’, Steph asked him, pushing past him.
‘Well you wanted me to talk to him for you’, Mike told her, brushing himself off.
‘Yeah, I guess I did. I’m sorry Mike’, Steph apologized, giving her brother a hug, ‘Thankyou’.
‘Its alright, but you might want to go talk to him’, Mike said to her, letting go, so that’s she could walk away.
-At the Basement-
*the flash back to the argument*
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‘Tre tell me what you did to her?’, Mike asked furiously.
‘Nothing, I swear, I didn’t hurt her, I wouldn’t want to’, Tre said kicking the table over to release anger instead of taking it out on one of his best friends. He was tied up with his arms behind him attached to the seat he sat in, ‘Just let me go’.
‘Just tell me, did you mean what you told her?’, Mike asked him, again looking down upon him. Tre looked up and then his eyes dropped to the ground.
‘What that I wouldn’t kill her, that I wanted to be friends or that I loved her’, Tre asked, furiously.
‘Just tell me if any of its true’, Mike asked calmer than what he had been previously.
‘Alright, I won’t kill her, I want to be friends, and well maybe I do love her. Just let me go’, he screamed again, fidgeting in his seat, trying to get out of the ropes that held him there.
‘Then why didn’t you tell her, when you had the chance?’, Mike asked.
‘I couldn’t, Billie loves her. I don’t want to hurt them. If I confess to Steph, Billie will hate me’, Tre let out. It seemed like the words had come from his heart, not his head which was a change.
‘Tre they won’t. She won’t. She’s inlove with you’, Mike explained frantically.
‘No she loves Billie, now just let me go’, Tre continued whining.
‘Fine then think that way’, Mike told him, walking away up to the door that lead outside.
‘What are you doing? Come back and untie me’, Tre yelled.
‘Nah might just leave you there’, Mike told him, climbing up the stairs.
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*end of flashback*
‘Tre you in here?’, Steph yelled, coming down the stairs.
‘Mike, you jerk, get here and untie me’, Tre continued wailing. His voice had become weaker.
‘Tre, Mike’s not here, it’s just me’, Steph informed him, walking closer to him. She saw that he was tied.
‘Just please untie me’, Tre pleaded, with tears streaming down his face..
A while had past before Steph decided to come out, during the day. Normally she came out, at night when the guys were asleep. She walked down the stairs and peered into the lounge. Mike was sitting there alone.
‘Mikey’, she called, softly from the stairs. Mike turned around and looked at her. Tears started streaming down her face.
‘Come here. We’ll talk’, he told her. Steph rushed down the stairs and sat down next to him, grabbing a beer from Mike’s left. She sculled for a while and then settled down.
‘So you going to tell me what happened?’, he asked her. Her eyes started swelling again.
‘Mikey, its Tre’, she blurted out, before she rested her head on Mike.
‘Yeah what about him?’, Mike asked. Steph took in a deep breath.
‘Well, remember about NYE when I told you Tre and I were considering dating?’, she let out.
‘Yeah’, Mike said, worryingly.
‘Well he told me there was this other girl and that he didn’t want to see me again, so Billie was there and well, he comforted me...and now Tre's gone all wake, like he tried to hurt me a few nights ago, and then we had a fight in the kitchen, then another while they were smoking and then he pushed me off the pier, but last night well...a kiss happened...’, she let out, stoping for breaths at irregular intervals.
‘Wait wait wait. He tried to hurt you? How? Then you had a fight? Was that when you were locked in the kitchen? And then he pushed you off the pier......and then you kissed him? Whoa that’s mind blowing’, Mike finished, looking at his little sister, ‘I’m gonna kill him’.
‘No Mike relax, I just wanna know how he’s feeling, but well he wont tell me’, Steph told Mike. She got cut off again by Mike screaming.
‘He did what to you?’, Mike asked curiously.
‘He forced me down’, Steph said weakly her eyes becoming discoloured.
‘OMG YOU HAD SEX WITH TRE?’, Mike asked loudly giggling. Steph looked behind her to make sure no-one was listening.
‘Mike take this seriously’, Steph told him.
‘Alright, alright’, he said after his small laughing fit, ‘So you have feelings for Tre. Oh Love triangle’, he finished before he burst out laughing again.
‘Mike be serious please’, Steph asked him again.
‘Alright, just tell them, your confused and you want time out for a while’, Mike told her.
‘But Mike I don’t wanna hurt them’, Steph told him.
‘You wont, the most Billie will do is get angry and then drink, and for Tre he’ll just go find another girl’.
‘Mike they wont. Billie will kill me and then Tre will try getting revenge’, Steph cried. They heard the door open.
‘Well I don’t know what else to say, I cant be your mentor for the rest of your life, I wish I could but I cant’.
‘Mike you have to talk to Tre please, just find out how he’s feeling, 'cause he won't tell me?’, Steph pleaded quickly.
‘Steph, I......no I......fine’, he told her, just as the person came in.
-A Few Hours Later-
‘Steph you alright?’, Billie asked her, cuddling up next to her, on her bed. She froze for a moment and then turned around to him.
‘Yeah, I’m fine sweetie’, she told him, bring her in closer to him. She looked into his eyes, before she shut hers and started talking to him.
‘I really don’t want Christmas to come’, she let out.
‘Don’t worry it’s like a week away’, he told her.
‘Yeah but Billie, mum and dad died the day before Christmas’, she told him, before she started crying.
‘Aww, Steph, I’m sorry. I forgot all about that’, he told her, wiping the tears away from her eyes. He tried to get a smile out of her but it was no use, she would, there was nothing that could get her happy at them moment. He kissed her on the forehead and sung to her, to try calm her down.
‘Bill its no use, stop trying to make me happy’, she told him, rolling over so her back was towards him. He crept over towards her, and looked over her shoulder at see her face.
‘Do you wanna be alone for a while?’, he asked her calmly. Steph nodded and wiped more tears away from her eyes. Billie got up off of the bed, and walked out of her room, locking the door behind him, so that Steph could be left alone for as-long as she wanted.
‘Hey, she in there?’, Mike asked, walking past Billie down the hallway.
‘Yeah’, Billie told him, looking down at the ground. His eyes were darker than usual and it almost looked like he had just been discarded. Mike smiled awkwardly and went to open Steph’s door.
‘Steph, its Mikey you in there?’, he asked. No answer came, but he could hear the soft crying of his sister.
‘Steph I spoke to Tre for you’, he told her. The door unlocked.
‘Wow that was quick’, Mike thought. He pushed the door open and stepped in. the room was quiet. Too quiet, but the silence didn’t say for long.
‘MIKE, YOU BASTARD GET BACK HERE’, he could hear Tre screaming from the basement, where he had been left tied up.
‘Serves him right’, Mike thought to himself, opening up his sister’s wardrobe.
‘Hi Mikey’, Steph let out. Mike looked down. Steph had hidden herself, in the dark corner behind all the hanging items she had.
‘Get outta there, I got stuff to say to you’, he told her, putting out his hand, to help her out.
‘Like what?’, Steph asked him, standing up.
‘Like that Tre’s waiting in the basement for you all tied up’, Mike told her smiling.
‘Why did you leave him like that for?’, Steph asked him, pushing past him.
‘Well you wanted me to talk to him for you’, Mike told her, brushing himself off.
‘Yeah, I guess I did. I’m sorry Mike’, Steph apologized, giving her brother a hug, ‘Thankyou’.
‘Its alright, but you might want to go talk to him’, Mike said to her, letting go, so that’s she could walk away.
-At the Basement-
*the flash back to the argument*
____________________________________________________________
‘Tre tell me what you did to her?’, Mike asked furiously.
‘Nothing, I swear, I didn’t hurt her, I wouldn’t want to’, Tre said kicking the table over to release anger instead of taking it out on one of his best friends. He was tied up with his arms behind him attached to the seat he sat in, ‘Just let me go’.
‘Just tell me, did you mean what you told her?’, Mike asked him, again looking down upon him. Tre looked up and then his eyes dropped to the ground.
‘What that I wouldn’t kill her, that I wanted to be friends or that I loved her’, Tre asked, furiously.
‘Just tell me if any of its true’, Mike asked calmer than what he had been previously.
‘Alright, I won’t kill her, I want to be friends, and well maybe I do love her. Just let me go’, he screamed again, fidgeting in his seat, trying to get out of the ropes that held him there.
‘Then why didn’t you tell her, when you had the chance?’, Mike asked.
‘I couldn’t, Billie loves her. I don’t want to hurt them. If I confess to Steph, Billie will hate me’, Tre let out. It seemed like the words had come from his heart, not his head which was a change.
‘Tre they won’t. She won’t. She’s inlove with you’, Mike explained frantically.
‘No she loves Billie, now just let me go’, Tre continued whining.
‘Fine then think that way’, Mike told him, walking away up to the door that lead outside.
‘What are you doing? Come back and untie me’, Tre yelled.
‘Nah might just leave you there’, Mike told him, climbing up the stairs.
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*end of flashback*
‘Tre you in here?’, Steph yelled, coming down the stairs.
‘Mike, you jerk, get here and untie me’, Tre continued wailing. His voice had become weaker.
‘Tre, Mike’s not here, it’s just me’, Steph informed him, walking closer to him. She saw that he was tied.
‘Just please untie me’, Tre pleaded, with tears streaming down his face..
