What's With This Girl?, chapter 6
I woke up in the hospital, hardly remembering what happened last night. I was hurting everywhere; I couldn't even sit up in the bed. I didn't know what to do. But I did know that I wanted to see Tre. "TRE! TRE!" I started screaming. I got no answer. "TRE! TRE!" Billie ran in to the room. "Kira, Kira it's okay stop yelling." "What happened? Where's Tre?" "You don't know?" I just shoke my head no. "Do you remember anything that happened last night?" "No." Billie and me were quiet for a while. "Could you tell me what happened?" "I don't think that's a good idea. Like in your condition and all... " "Billie, just tell me. Please?" Billie took a deep breath and began to explain what happened last night.
"After you went home, Tre told me and Mike what happened between you two, and he made us promise not to tell anyone, not even Adie. Later that night, I got a call from Drexel telling me that you locked yourself in your room. She said Brian had done something to you, but she didn't know what. The guys and me came to your house and we got into a pretty big fight with Brian and...." Billie stopped talking. He had this look on his face like someone died. I started to get worried. "Billie, where's Tre?" I asked. "When we were fighting, Brian threw Tre into a glass table. He fell through the table and... A huge piece of glass cut him down his back, and he hit his head on the brass part of the table." "Billie?" I said, "Are you trying to tell me that Tre's dead." "No, no Tre's alive. He's just been unconscious sense last night." "He's in the hospital?" "Yeah." "Can I see him?" "I don't know if the nurses want me taking you out of bed. They say you're really weak and you've lost a lot of blood." "Billie please." "Ok fine." Billie put me in a wheelchair and started to roll me out of the room. "Wait Billie, bring the I. V." "Calm down I got it." On our way to Tre's room we ran into Adie. "Billie where are you taking her? You're not trying to sneak her out of here are you?" "What? No. I'm taking her to see Tre." "Oh. Well, I'd be careful if I were you. Claudia's in there and she's a little hysterical." "She probably thinks it's my fault." I said. "Kira don't think like that." Adie said. "None of this is your fault."
Billie, Adie, and me all went down to see Tre. We went into the room and saw Darby and Claudia already there. "Kira!" Darby screamed. He ran over to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss. "You've finally wakened up. What are you doing out of bed?" "I wanted to see Tre."
I saw Tre who was in the bed. He had bandages wrapped around his head. Damn, I fucking feel terrible. I looked over at Claudia who didn't say a word to any of us. "Hi Claudia." "Hi." She said back. I could feel her bitterness in her voice. I could tell she was pissed. And she was probably pissed at me. "How is he?" "The doctor said it was a possibility that he might make it out of the coma." Darby told me. "Is that just a nice way of saying he could die?" I asked. "That's a possibility. But I'm not saying it's definitely going to happen." "This is all your fault." Claudia said to me. "Claudia, I know you're upset, but you can't blame any of this on her." Billie said. "I told Tre it was a stupid idea to go over there. But he wouldn't' t listen to me. Now look what's happened. If it wasn't for you, this wouldn't have happened." "Oh please Claudia." Adie said. "Kira is Tre's friend. If you had a friend who was in trouble you would help them." "I don't understand why they're friends anyway. Tre's a grown man. He shouldn't be talking to 17 year olds. That girl is nothing but a dirty little slut." "Don't you talk about her like that!" Adie said. "Shut up you bitch!" "Don't fucking talk to my wife like that!" Billie yelled. The three of them just kept arguing. They screamed a few more "sluts" and "bitches" "wanabee Jim Morrison" at each other until the nurse finally came in. "What the hell is going on?" the nurse said. "I can hear you all the way down the hall." "Well we're really sorry." Darby said. The nurse shook her head and looked at me. "And what are you doing out of bed?" She said. "I wanted to see Tre." "Well you are still really weak. You shouldn't be out of bed. I'm taking you back to your bed." She took my wheelchair and rolled me back to my hospital room. Billie and Adie were behind me.
Mike, Donnie, Ricky, and BeBe were in the room waiting for me. "Kira thank God you're alive!" BeBe said. "You weren't in the room and I thought something bad happened to you." "Well you shouldn't think like that." I said. "What are you doing out of bed"? Mike asked. "I wanted to see Tre. But that didn't work out so well." "Yeah, Claudia went fucking crazy on her." Billie said. "I guess I deserved that." "No you don't Kira, no one deserves that." Adie said. They didn't know what I was talking about. I was really talking about kissing Tre. I was still feeling pretty bad about it. "Are you feeling any better?" Donnie asked me. "Truthfully, I don't even feel like there's something wrong with me. I feel fine." "Yeah well that's not what the doctor said." Says BeBe. "The doctor said you should stay off your feet for a while." "So when am I going home." "Well the doctor wants you to stay here fro a while." "How long?" "About a week? 10 days, tops." "A WEEK! Are you saying I'm gonna be here for my birthday?" "Well... Yeah, you're gonna be here for you birthday." Ricky said. "You know I'm actually not mad. I knew something bad was going to happen on my 18th birthday. I just didn't know what. I mean, come on BeBe, everyone in our family had a pretty messed up 18th birthday. Darby spent his birthday in a reformatory. BeBe spent her birthday in the hospital. And let's not forget the infamous 18th birthday of Drexel when she spent the night in jail for demolishing her exboyfriend's car." "Hey you can't blame her. She caught him cheating with our cousin on her birthday. I would have done the same thing." BeBe said. "Where are Monty and Drexel?" Everyone was silent for a minute "Well? Where are they?" "They're down at the police station for questioning." Ricky said. "What? Why?" "Drexel's pressing charges against Brian. Man is your mom pissed." Donnie said. "Well good I hope he rots in jail. Fucking loser."
A few hours went by and everyone left. It was around 8:00 when the nurse came in. "Kira, your mom is here to see you." The nurse said. My mother walked in behind the nurse. "Hey Kira, honey, How are you feeling?" "Fine." I said. "I think I'll leave you two alone." The nurse said. It was pretty quiet for a while, finally my mom said something. "So the doctor said you'll be here all week." "Yup. I'm in here for my birthday." "Well so much for breaking the18th birthday curse." "Yeah." We were quiet again. "So how are you doing?" She asked. "Fine, I feel fine. I don't even think something's wrong with me." "That's not what the doctor said." I knew she really wanted something, I just couldn't figure out what. "Mom I know you want something. What is it?" "Well, you know Drexel has pressed charges against Brian for hitting you." "I wouldn't describe what he did to me as just hitting me." "You know the police are going to question you." "Yeah, so?" "I wanted to know what you were going to say." "I'm going to tell the truth." "And what's the truth?" "The truth is that I sneaked out of the house, I admitted to it, you hit me, Brian locked Drexel out of the room and he beat me up, and he raped me." "But he didn't rape you?" "Yes he did." "No he didn't Kira. You don't have to lie to me." "What are you talking about? I'm not lying." "Kira, Brian told me that you admitted to him that you were with Tre that night and that he was the one who raped you." "WHAT! And you believe that?" "We'll I told you not to hang out with those boys." "Tre did not rape me. I'm telling you the truth." "Kira I'm not going to tell anyone. Just admit it." "THERE IS NOTHING I HAVE TO ADMIT TO! I AM NOT LYING!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I couldn't believe she was taking Brian's side over her own daughter. "There's no need to try to protect him. As soon as he comes out of that coma, they're putting him in jail until the case is over." "Not if I can do something about it. Tre is not going to jail for something he didn't do." I was getting so pissed at her. But I was trying to stay calm, though she was making it really hard. "Why are you lying to me?" "WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?" I yelled. "Why are you doing this to me? I know you don't like Brian, but blaming him for something he didn't do is not the way to do this." "Mom, are you deaf, seriously, are you deaf? How many times do I have to tell you Tre did not do it! Why are you taking up for him? I'm your daughter! And the worst part is, you didn't even bother to ask me my side of the story. Whatever Brian says is what you believe. It makes me sick. I just can't do this anymore. I need you to leave mom." My mom quietly walked out of the room. Before she left she turned around and said, "Please don't ruin this for me. I love him, and if he goes to jail I'll lose him." "If I'm ruining your life so much, maybe I'll just leave the house and live with Drexel or BeBe." "Fine, then. We'll straighten it out when you get out " My mom just left, without saying another word to me. How could she choose him over me? I'm not even that upset about that. I'm pissed that when I said I was going to leave, she didn't care. I bet she wouldn't be like this if dad was still alive. I couldn't go to sleep that night. I kept thinking about Tre. I was praying that he wouldn't wake up when I wasn't there, or worse, die. Finally I went to sleep. When I finally woke up, the nurse told me I had been asleep for three days, which meant I slept through my birthday. I have no idea how I slept that long. The nurse said it could have been the medication they gave me.
A few days went passed and I still hadn't seen Tre. I wanted to see him so bad. It was 2 in the morning, one night. All the patients are probably asleep and the nurses are doing paper work or something like that. Would I have the chance to sneak out of the room? It wouldn't hurt to try. I crawled out of bed and peaked out of my door. No one was in the hallway and everyone's door was closed. I took this to my advantaged and tip toed down the hall to Tre's room. But then I stopped at the door, hoping Claudia wasn't there. I cracked the door open and peaked inside. Claudia wasn't there so I went in. "Hey Tre." I said, praying I would get some kind of reaction, but I got nothing. "You know you're big trouble when you wake up. They want to put you in jail. But I'm not going to let them. They may not believe us, but all that matters is that we know the truth. You know you didn't do it and I know you didn't do it, and that's all that matters. You got to promises me something Tre. Promise you won't leave me, not now. I really need you to get through this. You are the only one who I can really talk to. Some of the stuff I told you I haven't even told Monty. Things have just gotten so fucked up and if you leave, then things will just get worse. I need you here Tre." I gave Tre a kiss on the cheek and whispered in his ear, "I love you Tre" and walked away. "Mmmm.... Mmmmm....." I heard Tre murmur. "Tre?" I ran back over to his bed and held his hand. "Tre say something. Say something, Tre." "Mmmmmm...... Mmmmmmm...... " "Tre say something else!" "Mmm.... Kira....." "TRE!" I was so happy. He started to open his eyes and held my hand tighter. "Kira..... I....... Love you too."
"After you went home, Tre told me and Mike what happened between you two, and he made us promise not to tell anyone, not even Adie. Later that night, I got a call from Drexel telling me that you locked yourself in your room. She said Brian had done something to you, but she didn't know what. The guys and me came to your house and we got into a pretty big fight with Brian and...." Billie stopped talking. He had this look on his face like someone died. I started to get worried. "Billie, where's Tre?" I asked. "When we were fighting, Brian threw Tre into a glass table. He fell through the table and... A huge piece of glass cut him down his back, and he hit his head on the brass part of the table." "Billie?" I said, "Are you trying to tell me that Tre's dead." "No, no Tre's alive. He's just been unconscious sense last night." "He's in the hospital?" "Yeah." "Can I see him?" "I don't know if the nurses want me taking you out of bed. They say you're really weak and you've lost a lot of blood." "Billie please." "Ok fine." Billie put me in a wheelchair and started to roll me out of the room. "Wait Billie, bring the I. V." "Calm down I got it." On our way to Tre's room we ran into Adie. "Billie where are you taking her? You're not trying to sneak her out of here are you?" "What? No. I'm taking her to see Tre." "Oh. Well, I'd be careful if I were you. Claudia's in there and she's a little hysterical." "She probably thinks it's my fault." I said. "Kira don't think like that." Adie said. "None of this is your fault."
Billie, Adie, and me all went down to see Tre. We went into the room and saw Darby and Claudia already there. "Kira!" Darby screamed. He ran over to me and gave me a big hug and a kiss. "You've finally wakened up. What are you doing out of bed?" "I wanted to see Tre."
I saw Tre who was in the bed. He had bandages wrapped around his head. Damn, I fucking feel terrible. I looked over at Claudia who didn't say a word to any of us. "Hi Claudia." "Hi." She said back. I could feel her bitterness in her voice. I could tell she was pissed. And she was probably pissed at me. "How is he?" "The doctor said it was a possibility that he might make it out of the coma." Darby told me. "Is that just a nice way of saying he could die?" I asked. "That's a possibility. But I'm not saying it's definitely going to happen." "This is all your fault." Claudia said to me. "Claudia, I know you're upset, but you can't blame any of this on her." Billie said. "I told Tre it was a stupid idea to go over there. But he wouldn't' t listen to me. Now look what's happened. If it wasn't for you, this wouldn't have happened." "Oh please Claudia." Adie said. "Kira is Tre's friend. If you had a friend who was in trouble you would help them." "I don't understand why they're friends anyway. Tre's a grown man. He shouldn't be talking to 17 year olds. That girl is nothing but a dirty little slut." "Don't you talk about her like that!" Adie said. "Shut up you bitch!" "Don't fucking talk to my wife like that!" Billie yelled. The three of them just kept arguing. They screamed a few more "sluts" and "bitches" "wanabee Jim Morrison" at each other until the nurse finally came in. "What the hell is going on?" the nurse said. "I can hear you all the way down the hall." "Well we're really sorry." Darby said. The nurse shook her head and looked at me. "And what are you doing out of bed?" She said. "I wanted to see Tre." "Well you are still really weak. You shouldn't be out of bed. I'm taking you back to your bed." She took my wheelchair and rolled me back to my hospital room. Billie and Adie were behind me.
Mike, Donnie, Ricky, and BeBe were in the room waiting for me. "Kira thank God you're alive!" BeBe said. "You weren't in the room and I thought something bad happened to you." "Well you shouldn't think like that." I said. "What are you doing out of bed"? Mike asked. "I wanted to see Tre. But that didn't work out so well." "Yeah, Claudia went fucking crazy on her." Billie said. "I guess I deserved that." "No you don't Kira, no one deserves that." Adie said. They didn't know what I was talking about. I was really talking about kissing Tre. I was still feeling pretty bad about it. "Are you feeling any better?" Donnie asked me. "Truthfully, I don't even feel like there's something wrong with me. I feel fine." "Yeah well that's not what the doctor said." Says BeBe. "The doctor said you should stay off your feet for a while." "So when am I going home." "Well the doctor wants you to stay here fro a while." "How long?" "About a week? 10 days, tops." "A WEEK! Are you saying I'm gonna be here for my birthday?" "Well... Yeah, you're gonna be here for you birthday." Ricky said. "You know I'm actually not mad. I knew something bad was going to happen on my 18th birthday. I just didn't know what. I mean, come on BeBe, everyone in our family had a pretty messed up 18th birthday. Darby spent his birthday in a reformatory. BeBe spent her birthday in the hospital. And let's not forget the infamous 18th birthday of Drexel when she spent the night in jail for demolishing her exboyfriend's car." "Hey you can't blame her. She caught him cheating with our cousin on her birthday. I would have done the same thing." BeBe said. "Where are Monty and Drexel?" Everyone was silent for a minute "Well? Where are they?" "They're down at the police station for questioning." Ricky said. "What? Why?" "Drexel's pressing charges against Brian. Man is your mom pissed." Donnie said. "Well good I hope he rots in jail. Fucking loser."
A few hours went by and everyone left. It was around 8:00 when the nurse came in. "Kira, your mom is here to see you." The nurse said. My mother walked in behind the nurse. "Hey Kira, honey, How are you feeling?" "Fine." I said. "I think I'll leave you two alone." The nurse said. It was pretty quiet for a while, finally my mom said something. "So the doctor said you'll be here all week." "Yup. I'm in here for my birthday." "Well so much for breaking the18th birthday curse." "Yeah." We were quiet again. "So how are you doing?" She asked. "Fine, I feel fine. I don't even think something's wrong with me." "That's not what the doctor said." I knew she really wanted something, I just couldn't figure out what. "Mom I know you want something. What is it?" "Well, you know Drexel has pressed charges against Brian for hitting you." "I wouldn't describe what he did to me as just hitting me." "You know the police are going to question you." "Yeah, so?" "I wanted to know what you were going to say." "I'm going to tell the truth." "And what's the truth?" "The truth is that I sneaked out of the house, I admitted to it, you hit me, Brian locked Drexel out of the room and he beat me up, and he raped me." "But he didn't rape you?" "Yes he did." "No he didn't Kira. You don't have to lie to me." "What are you talking about? I'm not lying." "Kira, Brian told me that you admitted to him that you were with Tre that night and that he was the one who raped you." "WHAT! And you believe that?" "We'll I told you not to hang out with those boys." "Tre did not rape me. I'm telling you the truth." "Kira I'm not going to tell anyone. Just admit it." "THERE IS NOTHING I HAVE TO ADMIT TO! I AM NOT LYING!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I couldn't believe she was taking Brian's side over her own daughter. "There's no need to try to protect him. As soon as he comes out of that coma, they're putting him in jail until the case is over." "Not if I can do something about it. Tre is not going to jail for something he didn't do." I was getting so pissed at her. But I was trying to stay calm, though she was making it really hard. "Why are you lying to me?" "WHY AREN'T YOU LISTENING TO ME?" I yelled. "Why are you doing this to me? I know you don't like Brian, but blaming him for something he didn't do is not the way to do this." "Mom, are you deaf, seriously, are you deaf? How many times do I have to tell you Tre did not do it! Why are you taking up for him? I'm your daughter! And the worst part is, you didn't even bother to ask me my side of the story. Whatever Brian says is what you believe. It makes me sick. I just can't do this anymore. I need you to leave mom." My mom quietly walked out of the room. Before she left she turned around and said, "Please don't ruin this for me. I love him, and if he goes to jail I'll lose him." "If I'm ruining your life so much, maybe I'll just leave the house and live with Drexel or BeBe." "Fine, then. We'll straighten it out when you get out " My mom just left, without saying another word to me. How could she choose him over me? I'm not even that upset about that. I'm pissed that when I said I was going to leave, she didn't care. I bet she wouldn't be like this if dad was still alive. I couldn't go to sleep that night. I kept thinking about Tre. I was praying that he wouldn't wake up when I wasn't there, or worse, die. Finally I went to sleep. When I finally woke up, the nurse told me I had been asleep for three days, which meant I slept through my birthday. I have no idea how I slept that long. The nurse said it could have been the medication they gave me.
A few days went passed and I still hadn't seen Tre. I wanted to see him so bad. It was 2 in the morning, one night. All the patients are probably asleep and the nurses are doing paper work or something like that. Would I have the chance to sneak out of the room? It wouldn't hurt to try. I crawled out of bed and peaked out of my door. No one was in the hallway and everyone's door was closed. I took this to my advantaged and tip toed down the hall to Tre's room. But then I stopped at the door, hoping Claudia wasn't there. I cracked the door open and peaked inside. Claudia wasn't there so I went in. "Hey Tre." I said, praying I would get some kind of reaction, but I got nothing. "You know you're big trouble when you wake up. They want to put you in jail. But I'm not going to let them. They may not believe us, but all that matters is that we know the truth. You know you didn't do it and I know you didn't do it, and that's all that matters. You got to promises me something Tre. Promise you won't leave me, not now. I really need you to get through this. You are the only one who I can really talk to. Some of the stuff I told you I haven't even told Monty. Things have just gotten so fucked up and if you leave, then things will just get worse. I need you here Tre." I gave Tre a kiss on the cheek and whispered in his ear, "I love you Tre" and walked away. "Mmmm.... Mmmmm....." I heard Tre murmur. "Tre?" I ran back over to his bed and held his hand. "Tre say something. Say something, Tre." "Mmmmmm...... Mmmmmmm...... " "Tre say something else!" "Mmm.... Kira....." "TRE!" I was so happy. He started to open his eyes and held my hand tighter. "Kira..... I....... Love you too."
