"I've Done Twins", chapter 26
<p>The phone rang at the beach hut.<br />
"Bill, can you get that?" Asked Courtney.<br />
"Hello?" Billie answered.<br />
"Hello, this is Dr. Grant Gilbert of Brisbane Private Hospital. We were wondering if
Miss Courtney Jade Prescott was available?"<br />
"Uh... yeah, I'll just get her. Is it an emergency?"<br />
"I can't release that information to anyone but Courtney Jade Prescott, sir. May I talk to her?"<br />
"Yeah, hold on a sec." He turned to Courtney, "Courts, honey. It's for you. It's the
hospital."<br />
Courtney grabbed the phone off Billie with horror in her eyes, "Hello?"<br />
"Hello, Miss Prescott?"<br />
"Speaking," Courtney replied nervously.<br />
"This is Dr Grant Gilbert of Brisbane Private Hospital, I'm calling about your twin
sister... I believe. Leah Marie?"<br />
"Shit!" Courtney gasped, "Is she ok?"<br />
"Afraid not, Miss. If you could come down to the hospital. We have some things to
talk about."<br />
"Certainly. I'll be there in a second."<br />
Courtney slowly hung up and instantly shook with tears.<br />
"Courts, what's wrong?"<br />
"She's hurt."<br />
Courtney ran to tell Mike what had happen.<br />
"And I thought today couldn't get ANY FUCKING BETTER!" He shouted
sarcastically.<br />
"If we stayed in Townsville, like Leah insisted, this would have never happened," Said Courtney quietly.<br />
"Oh, so we're playing the 'Blame Game' now, huh?!" Tre piped up, "I blame Global
Warming..."<br />
Billie slapped the back of Tre's head.</p>
At The Hospital...
<p.Courtney paced around the waiting room. Dr Gilbert busted into the room and saw Courtney.<br />
"Miss Prescott. I'm so sorry..."<br />
"She isn't dead, is she?" Asked Mike.<br />
"No, sir. May I ask your relation to the patient at question?"<br />
"Leah's my girlfriend," Mike answered, "And I want to know exactly what happened
to her."<br />
"Leah has been brutally... attacked," He tried to find words that would explain it
gently. Courtney nearly fell over, Billie grabbed her and helped her into a chair. "This must be so tough, Miss Prescott..."<br />
"Courtney," She corrected.<br />
"I know it's hard. You're twins, you must be close."<br />
Courtney couldn't talk.<br />
"Extremely," Billie answered for her, "So... what else?"<br />
"Leah was abused badly. She's very badly hurt... and... she's been raped."
Courtney burst into tears. Mike started feeling dizzy, and sick to his stomach at the thought of some sick fuck (or in this case, sick fucks) doing such things to his girlfriend.<br />
"You're... you're kidding?" Stammered Billie, sitting in the chair across from Courtney and letting her cry on his shoulder.<br />
"I'm so sorry, guys. I really, really am."<br />
"Can we see her?" Sniffed Courtney.<br />
"Not yet. In about an hour. Once we stabilise her." Dr Gilbert walked away solemnly.<br />
"Courtney, I'm sorry, baby. I really am."<br />
"When I find out who did it..." She mumbled, "I'll kill him!"<br />
Mike looked through the window, that was in the door into Leah's room. She still
looked stunning in his eyes. Her right eye was bruised slightly and she had cuts on her lip and her hair was a messy, but Mike still couldn't help but star adoringly at her.<br />
Courtney cried onto Billie for most of the hour. Billie tried to cheer her up, kinda. And Mike just stared into the window.</p>
<p>"Excuse me..." Someone tapped Mike's shoulder. He turned around and saw a gothic girl, who was about sixteen standing behind him. "I was the one who found that girl, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry."<br />
The girl had the darkest eyes, hair, make up, lips, everything. She wore a black dress with fishnet stockings and big black boots. She had a couple of piercings and a beautiful face.<br />
"You were the one that found Leah?!" Asked Courtney, "THANK YOU! Thank you
so much! What can I do to make it up to you?"<br />
"Well," She blushed. Her red cheeks were practically the only colour on her, except
her dark, dark red lips. Her cheeks looked cute with a red tinge on her porcelain white skin, "I wouldn't mind... an autograph, from... Billie Joe and Mike."<br />
"Sure, anything!" Mike said, as she handed him some things to sign. Billie gladly
signed a message for her, but then remembered to ask her name.<br />
"So... what's your name?"<br />
"Don't laugh," She warned, "It's Angel."<br />
"Angel?" Scoffed Mike, "You look the furtherest thing from an Angel!"<br />
"Well... my parents are spiritual... hippy... weird pot smokin' freaks."<br />
"I can see what you mean," Billie joked.<br />
"Angel's a nice name though," Smiled Courtney, "It's pretty."<br />
"Trust you to say that, Courts," Teased Mike.<br />
Angel went away happily, after asking where Tre was and how their next CD would
be.<br />
"I think we found a friend in that girl," Smiled Mike.<br />
"Yeah," Courtney wiped her tears away, "I think so too."<br />
"Um... Excuse me... Miss Prescott... and friends. You may now go see... erm... Miss Prescott..." The nurse looked up confused.<br />
"We're sisters," Courtney explained. The nurse smiled, obviously she could
comprehend, she nodded and stepped away from the door.
Mike opened the door and quietly walked inside. Courtney ran to her twin's side. Billie stood at the door and stared at the two girls.<br />
"God," He whispered, "This is awful."<br />
"It honestly makes me sick," Mumbled Mike, "How could they do that to her?"</p>
<p>Tre and Jason were facing each other at the table a while later. The two girls were preparing dinner and Tre and Jason were waiting.<br />
"So..." Tre said nervously.<br />
"Yeah," Jason replied.<br />
"Uh..."<br />
"Yep," He said, "Er..."<br />
"Hmm," Tre grumbled.<br />
They started talking about Leah. Then about all the stupid things she did to make them laugh.<br />
"I miss having you as a best friend, Jase," Tre admitted.<br />
"I miss having you as a best friend, too, Tre."<br />
They jumped up and hugged each other. Jess and Hayley walked in just in time to see them hugging each other with big grins on their faces.<br />
"Aww," Cooed Jess.<br />
"Hate to break the love, guys. But dinner's ready," Hayley smiled, placing a pasta dish in front of them.<br />
"What are the chances of Leah coming home tonight?" Tre asked while shoving his dinner in his mouth.<br />
"Slim to none," Sighed Jess, "Courtney may have exaggerated but she sounds really hurt."<br />
"Do they know exactly what happened?" Asked Jason.<br />
"No," Replied Hayley, "They didn't call back. They gave us a message when they got to the hospital... that's it."<br />
"Great," Mumbled Tre, "It's not a party without Little Leah."</p>
<p>The hospital ward that Mike, Courtney and Billie were in was quiet. Leah was still sleeping and so was Billie and Courtney. Mike couldn't force himself to sleep. He stared at her, thinking how she must of felt while these big, nasty men totally violated her. Mike watched her, her fingers twitched. He nearly jumped out of his seat. Leah twitched her fingers and frowned in her sleep, her head started to toss. Mike ran to her side.<br />
"Lee? C'mon, wake up. It's me, Mike," He whispered to her.<br />
"Mike?" She whispered, opening her eyes, "I'm so sorry."<br />
"Don't be sorry, baby. You've got nothing to be sorry about."<br />
Thinking about everything he'd read in her diary, Mike tried not to shout at her.<br />
"Mike, you didn't read it, did you?" She asked, with a sore voice that couldn't get
higher then a whisper.<br />
"No, of course not. It's private."<br />
Oh God, He thought, Someone put a bullet in my head now.<br />
"I'm sorry for taking off. I'm... it was stupid."<br />
"Look where you ended up," He smiled softly, "I was fucking worried, baby. Don't
fucking ever do that to me again."<br />
"I promise," She chuckled quietly, "I won't ever run away from you again."<r />
He kissed her forehead, "Are you ok now?"<br />
"I've been better," She pulled his shirt, Mike leaned down and kissed her again.<br />
"Do you remember who did this to you?"<br />
"No," Leah answered, "I hardly remember anything."<br />
"Is..." He sighed, "Is there a chance you could be... pregnant?"<br />
"NO!" She tried to shout, "No. Rapists aren't stupid. If they got a girl pregnant they use the baby's DNA to track the..."<br />
"Leah, I know. I'm not stupid either."<br />
She smiled, "Sorry."<br />
"Stop saying that," Mike snapped.<br />
"Sorry... oh... Shit." They both chuckled and kissed again.<br />
"I love you, Leah. But you're like a thorn in the ass sometimes."<br />
"I know," She grinned, "Proud of it."</p>
<p>"Ice cream, ice cream..." Tre stuck his head in the freezer and looked around for ice cream. "Shit! We're in the hell is all the ice cream?!"<br />
"There is none," Jess answered, "I forgot to buy some. Sorry."<br />
Tre gasped and pressed himself against the fridge. "No ice cream?!" He squeaked, "NO ICE CREAM!?"<br />
"I'm sorry," She smiled, "Really."<br />
Tre slammed the freezer door shut and slid his back down the fridge door.<br ?>
"I'll start going into withdrawal now," He snapped. He messed up his hair, clutched his knees to his chest and rocked back and forth, shaking and with wide eyes. Jess laughed.<br />
"Have fun," She smiled, "I'm going for a shower."<br />
Tre looked up cheekily and grinned, "Want me to come?"<br />
"Not really," She answered with a sarcastic look.<br />
"Need someone to wash your back?"<br />
She giggled, "Well..."<br />
Tre's eyes widened.<br />
"No, I should be fine by myself," She smiled, "I'll call out for you if I need assistance."<br />
"Don't hesitate," He laughed.<br />
"I won't."<br />
"Ooh, who's the little man whore now?" Asked Jason, coming into the kitchen and
kicking Tre out of the way of the fridge.<br />
"What?" Snapped Tre defensively, "I haven't had sex in a while, ok? Cut me some
slack!"<br />
"Ok, ok," Jason said calmly. "...Man whore."</p>
"Bill, can you get that?" Asked Courtney.<br />
"Hello?" Billie answered.<br />
"Hello, this is Dr. Grant Gilbert of Brisbane Private Hospital. We were wondering if
Miss Courtney Jade Prescott was available?"<br />
"Uh... yeah, I'll just get her. Is it an emergency?"<br />
"I can't release that information to anyone but Courtney Jade Prescott, sir. May I talk to her?"<br />
"Yeah, hold on a sec." He turned to Courtney, "Courts, honey. It's for you. It's the
hospital."<br />
Courtney grabbed the phone off Billie with horror in her eyes, "Hello?"<br />
"Hello, Miss Prescott?"<br />
"Speaking," Courtney replied nervously.<br />
"This is Dr Grant Gilbert of Brisbane Private Hospital, I'm calling about your twin
sister... I believe. Leah Marie?"<br />
"Shit!" Courtney gasped, "Is she ok?"<br />
"Afraid not, Miss. If you could come down to the hospital. We have some things to
talk about."<br />
"Certainly. I'll be there in a second."<br />
Courtney slowly hung up and instantly shook with tears.<br />
"Courts, what's wrong?"<br />
"She's hurt."<br />
Courtney ran to tell Mike what had happen.<br />
"And I thought today couldn't get ANY FUCKING BETTER!" He shouted
sarcastically.<br />
"If we stayed in Townsville, like Leah insisted, this would have never happened," Said Courtney quietly.<br />
"Oh, so we're playing the 'Blame Game' now, huh?!" Tre piped up, "I blame Global
Warming..."<br />
Billie slapped the back of Tre's head.</p>
At The Hospital...
<p.Courtney paced around the waiting room. Dr Gilbert busted into the room and saw Courtney.<br />
"Miss Prescott. I'm so sorry..."<br />
"She isn't dead, is she?" Asked Mike.<br />
"No, sir. May I ask your relation to the patient at question?"<br />
"Leah's my girlfriend," Mike answered, "And I want to know exactly what happened
to her."<br />
"Leah has been brutally... attacked," He tried to find words that would explain it
gently. Courtney nearly fell over, Billie grabbed her and helped her into a chair. "This must be so tough, Miss Prescott..."<br />
"Courtney," She corrected.<br />
"I know it's hard. You're twins, you must be close."<br />
Courtney couldn't talk.<br />
"Extremely," Billie answered for her, "So... what else?"<br />
"Leah was abused badly. She's very badly hurt... and... she's been raped."
Courtney burst into tears. Mike started feeling dizzy, and sick to his stomach at the thought of some sick fuck (or in this case, sick fucks) doing such things to his girlfriend.<br />
"You're... you're kidding?" Stammered Billie, sitting in the chair across from Courtney and letting her cry on his shoulder.<br />
"I'm so sorry, guys. I really, really am."<br />
"Can we see her?" Sniffed Courtney.<br />
"Not yet. In about an hour. Once we stabilise her." Dr Gilbert walked away solemnly.<br />
"Courtney, I'm sorry, baby. I really am."<br />
"When I find out who did it..." She mumbled, "I'll kill him!"<br />
Mike looked through the window, that was in the door into Leah's room. She still
looked stunning in his eyes. Her right eye was bruised slightly and she had cuts on her lip and her hair was a messy, but Mike still couldn't help but star adoringly at her.<br />
Courtney cried onto Billie for most of the hour. Billie tried to cheer her up, kinda. And Mike just stared into the window.</p>
<p>"Excuse me..." Someone tapped Mike's shoulder. He turned around and saw a gothic girl, who was about sixteen standing behind him. "I was the one who found that girl, and I just wanted to say I'm sorry."<br />
The girl had the darkest eyes, hair, make up, lips, everything. She wore a black dress with fishnet stockings and big black boots. She had a couple of piercings and a beautiful face.<br />
"You were the one that found Leah?!" Asked Courtney, "THANK YOU! Thank you
so much! What can I do to make it up to you?"<br />
"Well," She blushed. Her red cheeks were practically the only colour on her, except
her dark, dark red lips. Her cheeks looked cute with a red tinge on her porcelain white skin, "I wouldn't mind... an autograph, from... Billie Joe and Mike."<br />
"Sure, anything!" Mike said, as she handed him some things to sign. Billie gladly
signed a message for her, but then remembered to ask her name.<br />
"So... what's your name?"<br />
"Don't laugh," She warned, "It's Angel."<br />
"Angel?" Scoffed Mike, "You look the furtherest thing from an Angel!"<br />
"Well... my parents are spiritual... hippy... weird pot smokin' freaks."<br />
"I can see what you mean," Billie joked.<br />
"Angel's a nice name though," Smiled Courtney, "It's pretty."<br />
"Trust you to say that, Courts," Teased Mike.<br />
Angel went away happily, after asking where Tre was and how their next CD would
be.<br />
"I think we found a friend in that girl," Smiled Mike.<br />
"Yeah," Courtney wiped her tears away, "I think so too."<br />
"Um... Excuse me... Miss Prescott... and friends. You may now go see... erm... Miss Prescott..." The nurse looked up confused.<br />
"We're sisters," Courtney explained. The nurse smiled, obviously she could
comprehend, she nodded and stepped away from the door.
Mike opened the door and quietly walked inside. Courtney ran to her twin's side. Billie stood at the door and stared at the two girls.<br />
"God," He whispered, "This is awful."<br />
"It honestly makes me sick," Mumbled Mike, "How could they do that to her?"</p>
<p>Tre and Jason were facing each other at the table a while later. The two girls were preparing dinner and Tre and Jason were waiting.<br />
"So..." Tre said nervously.<br />
"Yeah," Jason replied.<br />
"Uh..."<br />
"Yep," He said, "Er..."<br />
"Hmm," Tre grumbled.<br />
They started talking about Leah. Then about all the stupid things she did to make them laugh.<br />
"I miss having you as a best friend, Jase," Tre admitted.<br />
"I miss having you as a best friend, too, Tre."<br />
They jumped up and hugged each other. Jess and Hayley walked in just in time to see them hugging each other with big grins on their faces.<br />
"Aww," Cooed Jess.<br />
"Hate to break the love, guys. But dinner's ready," Hayley smiled, placing a pasta dish in front of them.<br />
"What are the chances of Leah coming home tonight?" Tre asked while shoving his dinner in his mouth.<br />
"Slim to none," Sighed Jess, "Courtney may have exaggerated but she sounds really hurt."<br />
"Do they know exactly what happened?" Asked Jason.<br />
"No," Replied Hayley, "They didn't call back. They gave us a message when they got to the hospital... that's it."<br />
"Great," Mumbled Tre, "It's not a party without Little Leah."</p>
<p>The hospital ward that Mike, Courtney and Billie were in was quiet. Leah was still sleeping and so was Billie and Courtney. Mike couldn't force himself to sleep. He stared at her, thinking how she must of felt while these big, nasty men totally violated her. Mike watched her, her fingers twitched. He nearly jumped out of his seat. Leah twitched her fingers and frowned in her sleep, her head started to toss. Mike ran to her side.<br />
"Lee? C'mon, wake up. It's me, Mike," He whispered to her.<br />
"Mike?" She whispered, opening her eyes, "I'm so sorry."<br />
"Don't be sorry, baby. You've got nothing to be sorry about."<br />
Thinking about everything he'd read in her diary, Mike tried not to shout at her.<br />
"Mike, you didn't read it, did you?" She asked, with a sore voice that couldn't get
higher then a whisper.<br />
"No, of course not. It's private."<br />
Oh God, He thought, Someone put a bullet in my head now.<br />
"I'm sorry for taking off. I'm... it was stupid."<br />
"Look where you ended up," He smiled softly, "I was fucking worried, baby. Don't
fucking ever do that to me again."<br />
"I promise," She chuckled quietly, "I won't ever run away from you again."<r />
He kissed her forehead, "Are you ok now?"<br />
"I've been better," She pulled his shirt, Mike leaned down and kissed her again.<br />
"Do you remember who did this to you?"<br />
"No," Leah answered, "I hardly remember anything."<br />
"Is..." He sighed, "Is there a chance you could be... pregnant?"<br />
"NO!" She tried to shout, "No. Rapists aren't stupid. If they got a girl pregnant they use the baby's DNA to track the..."<br />
"Leah, I know. I'm not stupid either."<br />
She smiled, "Sorry."<br />
"Stop saying that," Mike snapped.<br />
"Sorry... oh... Shit." They both chuckled and kissed again.<br />
"I love you, Leah. But you're like a thorn in the ass sometimes."<br />
"I know," She grinned, "Proud of it."</p>
<p>"Ice cream, ice cream..." Tre stuck his head in the freezer and looked around for ice cream. "Shit! We're in the hell is all the ice cream?!"<br />
"There is none," Jess answered, "I forgot to buy some. Sorry."<br />
Tre gasped and pressed himself against the fridge. "No ice cream?!" He squeaked, "NO ICE CREAM!?"<br />
"I'm sorry," She smiled, "Really."<br />
Tre slammed the freezer door shut and slid his back down the fridge door.<br ?>
"I'll start going into withdrawal now," He snapped. He messed up his hair, clutched his knees to his chest and rocked back and forth, shaking and with wide eyes. Jess laughed.<br />
"Have fun," She smiled, "I'm going for a shower."<br />
Tre looked up cheekily and grinned, "Want me to come?"<br />
"Not really," She answered with a sarcastic look.<br />
"Need someone to wash your back?"<br />
She giggled, "Well..."<br />
Tre's eyes widened.<br />
"No, I should be fine by myself," She smiled, "I'll call out for you if I need assistance."<br />
"Don't hesitate," He laughed.<br />
"I won't."<br />
"Ooh, who's the little man whore now?" Asked Jason, coming into the kitchen and
kicking Tre out of the way of the fridge.<br />
"What?" Snapped Tre defensively, "I haven't had sex in a while, ok? Cut me some
slack!"<br />
"Ok, ok," Jason said calmly. "...Man whore."</p>
