Scattered, chapter 23
Week later Billie and Dawna
"Why are you home so late?" Dawna asked when Billie walked into the living room
"What are you, my mother? I was with Tre and Mike."
"Really now?"
"Yah."
"No, you weren't. I call them 2 hours ago, and both Mike and Tre said you were on your way home. Now I'll ask you again, where were you?"
"What does it matter now, I'm home aren't I?"
"Yah, and I can smell perfume coming off of you."
"Dawna don't worry about it, we've already went over the whole cheating thing."
"I still wanna know what you were doing, I mean you came home 4 hours late, and your friends didn't even know where you were."
"Again, Dawna are you my mother?" Dawna just got up and walked upstairs. "Fine then Billie, don't tell me I'll just think what I wanna." Dawna yelled before slamming the bedroom door. Billie ran up the stairs and opened the bedroom door.
"There is no need to be slamming my door!"
"Your door?"
"Yah that's right my door, and because its my door I'm the only one allowed to slam it."
"Its our door, we live together." Dawna raised her voice.
"That may be true, but till you start helping pay for bills its my door."
"While I wouldn't have to slam your door if you just told me where you were."
"I told you to not worry about it."
"Ya, cause you were with someone else."
"No I wasn't do you really wanna know what I was doing."
"Ya."
"I was planning something for your birthday party, that's why Tre and Mike wouldn't tell you where I was and I smell like perfume cause I was gonna buy you some and some lady spayed it on me. Happy now?"
"No, now I feel like a jack ass."
"While you better."
"I'm sorry."
"What is it with you and thinking I'm cheating on you all the time?" Billie sat on the bed.
"Don't worry about it."
"Hey, that's my line. But no really?"
"My boyfriends always cheat on me."
"Yah, and I've heard they hit you too." Billie wasn't feeling to sorry for Dawna.
"Mhmm, you know you're the best boyfriend I've every had."
"Sure I am. If I was you wouldn't have left me."
"Me leaving was a stupid thing to do. At that time, I did not notice how lucky I was to have you, until I left. Even if we did fight ever now and then, it never gets out of control."
"While to tell you the truth, I think you like to get me mad, and seeing if I'll lose it."
"It seems that's all I can do lately." Dawna gave a weak smile.
"You said it." Billie grinned.
"Anyways are you hungry?" It was around 10pm, when Dawna asked Billie.
"No I ate before I came home."
"Oh ok."
"But I am going for a shower. I can't stand this perfume anymore."
"Ok."
After Billie's shower, he came back into the bedroom to find Dawna lying in the middle of the bed sleeping. Not wanting to move her, and not too tired himself, Billie went down stairs to watch some TV.
About an hour later Billie heard Dawna yelling, so he went upstairs to see if she was ok.
"Dawna?" Billie turned on the bedroom light to find her still sleeping. "She must be talking in her sleep." Billie said to himself when he shut the light off.
"No wait don't do that Matt." Dawna said in her sleep.
"Matt?" Billie stood listening to Dawna.
"Face it Matt, no don't you tell me its over!" Dawn yelled then calmed down for a little.
"Matt, I knew you were cheating. Oh don't you even bring up me cheating, and anyways he's a better man then you'll ever be." Dawna paused for a moment.
"Ok, I didn't mean it, please don't hit me." Dawna said almost falling off the bed. "Please stop!" Billie could tell she was getting upset, so he woke her up.
"Are you ok?" Billie turned on the lap on the nightstand.
"Please don't!" Dawna was still half asleep.
"Its ok." Billie hugged Dawna who now was crying, and had a cold sweat, making her tremble.
"Billie what happened?"
"You had a bad dream. But your ok now."
"Did I wake you up?" Dawna wiped the tears from her face.
"No, I was downstairs. What were you dreaming about?"
"The first time I broke up with my boyfriend Matt."
"First time?"
"Yah, for some reason I always end up going back to him." Dawna whimpered.
"So Matt's the one who hit you and cheated on you all the time?"
"Yah, but I've had other boyfriend's just different names, but the same story." Dawna was still trembling.
"When you were talking in your sleep you said don't you even bring up me cheating? Does that mean you have cheated?"
"Yah, I guess you could say that, but it was only to get back at Matt for cheating on me."
"Oh?"
"No really." Dawna had stopped crying, and looked at Billie.
"Ok, I didn't say anything about it."
"So if you don't mind me asking who was better man?"
"What?"
"You said that the guy you cheated with was a better man then Matt."
"Oh, that would have been my boyfriend Shane."
"What happened with him?"
"He was a great boyfriend, till he got drunk and hit me."
"So what you broke up with him and went back to Matt?"
"No Matt seen me at the store one day with sunglasses on, and he took them off, and seen I had a black eye."
"So?"
"So, he came with me, when I broke up with Shane, cause I was scared of him, and Matt took me back in cause I though if Shane got drunk again he'd come find me and beat me up again." Dawna seemed ready to cry again.
"And then everything would seem fine till something happened again?" Billie asked.
"Pretty much."
"So if you don't mind me asking, how many times have you gonna back to Matt?"
"I don't know, to many times to count."
"Alright while I'm going to turn the TV, do you want a drink?"
"Some water maybe."
"Sure. I'll be back up soon."
When Billie left the room, Dawna laid back in bed and started to wonder if she had said anything about her sleeping with Matt while with Billie, figuring Billie would have said something about it if she did. Dawna started to think about something else just incase she would dream about it, and talk in her sleep again.
Not to much later Billie came upstairs with a cup of water. "Here."
"Thanks. Hey Billie, how often do I talk in my sleep?"
"Not often. But this time you got really upset and it was your first time talking about Matt."
"Oh ok."
"It was also the longest you have gone on for."
"Do I wake you up when I talk in my sleep?"
"Sometimes, sometimes you talk louder then others."
"Oh, anyways can you turn off the lap now. I think I should be fine to go to sleep now."
"Alright." Billie turned off the lamp and gave Dawna a kiss before falling asleep.
"Why are you home so late?" Dawna asked when Billie walked into the living room
"What are you, my mother? I was with Tre and Mike."
"Really now?"
"Yah."
"No, you weren't. I call them 2 hours ago, and both Mike and Tre said you were on your way home. Now I'll ask you again, where were you?"
"What does it matter now, I'm home aren't I?"
"Yah, and I can smell perfume coming off of you."
"Dawna don't worry about it, we've already went over the whole cheating thing."
"I still wanna know what you were doing, I mean you came home 4 hours late, and your friends didn't even know where you were."
"Again, Dawna are you my mother?" Dawna just got up and walked upstairs. "Fine then Billie, don't tell me I'll just think what I wanna." Dawna yelled before slamming the bedroom door. Billie ran up the stairs and opened the bedroom door.
"There is no need to be slamming my door!"
"Your door?"
"Yah that's right my door, and because its my door I'm the only one allowed to slam it."
"Its our door, we live together." Dawna raised her voice.
"That may be true, but till you start helping pay for bills its my door."
"While I wouldn't have to slam your door if you just told me where you were."
"I told you to not worry about it."
"Ya, cause you were with someone else."
"No I wasn't do you really wanna know what I was doing."
"Ya."
"I was planning something for your birthday party, that's why Tre and Mike wouldn't tell you where I was and I smell like perfume cause I was gonna buy you some and some lady spayed it on me. Happy now?"
"No, now I feel like a jack ass."
"While you better."
"I'm sorry."
"What is it with you and thinking I'm cheating on you all the time?" Billie sat on the bed.
"Don't worry about it."
"Hey, that's my line. But no really?"
"My boyfriends always cheat on me."
"Yah, and I've heard they hit you too." Billie wasn't feeling to sorry for Dawna.
"Mhmm, you know you're the best boyfriend I've every had."
"Sure I am. If I was you wouldn't have left me."
"Me leaving was a stupid thing to do. At that time, I did not notice how lucky I was to have you, until I left. Even if we did fight ever now and then, it never gets out of control."
"While to tell you the truth, I think you like to get me mad, and seeing if I'll lose it."
"It seems that's all I can do lately." Dawna gave a weak smile.
"You said it." Billie grinned.
"Anyways are you hungry?" It was around 10pm, when Dawna asked Billie.
"No I ate before I came home."
"Oh ok."
"But I am going for a shower. I can't stand this perfume anymore."
"Ok."
After Billie's shower, he came back into the bedroom to find Dawna lying in the middle of the bed sleeping. Not wanting to move her, and not too tired himself, Billie went down stairs to watch some TV.
About an hour later Billie heard Dawna yelling, so he went upstairs to see if she was ok.
"Dawna?" Billie turned on the bedroom light to find her still sleeping. "She must be talking in her sleep." Billie said to himself when he shut the light off.
"No wait don't do that Matt." Dawna said in her sleep.
"Matt?" Billie stood listening to Dawna.
"Face it Matt, no don't you tell me its over!" Dawn yelled then calmed down for a little.
"Matt, I knew you were cheating. Oh don't you even bring up me cheating, and anyways he's a better man then you'll ever be." Dawna paused for a moment.
"Ok, I didn't mean it, please don't hit me." Dawna said almost falling off the bed. "Please stop!" Billie could tell she was getting upset, so he woke her up.
"Are you ok?" Billie turned on the lap on the nightstand.
"Please don't!" Dawna was still half asleep.
"Its ok." Billie hugged Dawna who now was crying, and had a cold sweat, making her tremble.
"Billie what happened?"
"You had a bad dream. But your ok now."
"Did I wake you up?" Dawna wiped the tears from her face.
"No, I was downstairs. What were you dreaming about?"
"The first time I broke up with my boyfriend Matt."
"First time?"
"Yah, for some reason I always end up going back to him." Dawna whimpered.
"So Matt's the one who hit you and cheated on you all the time?"
"Yah, but I've had other boyfriend's just different names, but the same story." Dawna was still trembling.
"When you were talking in your sleep you said don't you even bring up me cheating? Does that mean you have cheated?"
"Yah, I guess you could say that, but it was only to get back at Matt for cheating on me."
"Oh?"
"No really." Dawna had stopped crying, and looked at Billie.
"Ok, I didn't say anything about it."
"So if you don't mind me asking who was better man?"
"What?"
"You said that the guy you cheated with was a better man then Matt."
"Oh, that would have been my boyfriend Shane."
"What happened with him?"
"He was a great boyfriend, till he got drunk and hit me."
"So what you broke up with him and went back to Matt?"
"No Matt seen me at the store one day with sunglasses on, and he took them off, and seen I had a black eye."
"So?"
"So, he came with me, when I broke up with Shane, cause I was scared of him, and Matt took me back in cause I though if Shane got drunk again he'd come find me and beat me up again." Dawna seemed ready to cry again.
"And then everything would seem fine till something happened again?" Billie asked.
"Pretty much."
"So if you don't mind me asking, how many times have you gonna back to Matt?"
"I don't know, to many times to count."
"Alright while I'm going to turn the TV, do you want a drink?"
"Some water maybe."
"Sure. I'll be back up soon."
When Billie left the room, Dawna laid back in bed and started to wonder if she had said anything about her sleeping with Matt while with Billie, figuring Billie would have said something about it if she did. Dawna started to think about something else just incase she would dream about it, and talk in her sleep again.
Not to much later Billie came upstairs with a cup of water. "Here."
"Thanks. Hey Billie, how often do I talk in my sleep?"
"Not often. But this time you got really upset and it was your first time talking about Matt."
"Oh ok."
"It was also the longest you have gone on for."
"Do I wake you up when I talk in my sleep?"
"Sometimes, sometimes you talk louder then others."
"Oh, anyways can you turn off the lap now. I think I should be fine to go to sleep now."
"Alright." Billie turned off the lamp and gave Dawna a kiss before falling asleep.
