Wicked Times, chapter 12
I haven't been out of the house for what seems years, even though it's only be a hand full of days. I still hurt all over from the accident, but I'm not on any pills now. I still couldn't remember why I landed in the hospital.
One day I had enough courage to ask Billie "What did I do to myself?"
Billie looked at me and said "No one really knows. Someone found you laying on the road, you weren't moving, so they called an ambulance."
There was silence between us for a few moments.
Billie added "You'd better be lucky that the person who found you, reported it.. something worse could have happened to you."
Tears swelled up in my eyes. I said "I know, I know."
"Look, lets put this behind us, ok?"
I just nodded. I couldn't say a word. Billie hugged me and left the room.
I got up from the seat in the kitchen, grabbed my car keys, and left the house. I drove until I reached Tre's house. I knocked on the door.
There was Claudia standing in the doorway. She looked at me in surprise and said "Hey Alex!" in a somewhat cheerful voice.
Hearing her voice automatically made me smile and say "Hey! Is Tre here?"
She said "No I'm sorry hun he went to take Frankito to the park, with Angela."
I just said "Uh... ok."
She looked at me concerned and asked "Is there anything you want to talk about?"
I shook my head, smiled a little, and said "Thank you." while I got into my car.
I didn't feel up to talking to Claudia. I had lied to her. I didn't think that was the least of my worries though. I drove to Mike's house. I did the same routine that I had at Tre's house, other than Mike was the one to answer the door.
He just looked at me.
I looked at him and said "Hi."
He smiled at me a little and asked "Anything wrong?"
I said "No, No. Why would you think that?"
He laughed. "When I see you something usually is wrong."
I looked at him and said "Sorry, Mike."
He looked back at me and said "It was just a joke, Alexis."
I mumbled an "Oh..."
He cheerfully said "Come in."
I walked inside his house and sat on the couch. He sat on the chair next to me.
He asked me again "What's wrong?"
I said "Nothing..."
He looked at me and then asked me another question "Why did you come here?"
I was stumped, I hadn't made up a lie fast enough. I really had to stop lying, it's a bad habit, I know. He caught me, because it took me a few minutes to answer. He could tell I was stalling-lying, but he never bombed me with so many questions I couldn't answer.
I sighed and thanked my lucky stars for that.
"Your sad, I can tell. How about Billie, Tre, you, and me just watch a movie together? No one else, just the band."
I looked at Mike. I nodded with a little hint of a smile.
I asked "When do we want to watch the movie?"
One day I had enough courage to ask Billie "What did I do to myself?"
Billie looked at me and said "No one really knows. Someone found you laying on the road, you weren't moving, so they called an ambulance."
There was silence between us for a few moments.
Billie added "You'd better be lucky that the person who found you, reported it.. something worse could have happened to you."
Tears swelled up in my eyes. I said "I know, I know."
"Look, lets put this behind us, ok?"
I just nodded. I couldn't say a word. Billie hugged me and left the room.
I got up from the seat in the kitchen, grabbed my car keys, and left the house. I drove until I reached Tre's house. I knocked on the door.
There was Claudia standing in the doorway. She looked at me in surprise and said "Hey Alex!" in a somewhat cheerful voice.
Hearing her voice automatically made me smile and say "Hey! Is Tre here?"
She said "No I'm sorry hun he went to take Frankito to the park, with Angela."
I just said "Uh... ok."
She looked at me concerned and asked "Is there anything you want to talk about?"
I shook my head, smiled a little, and said "Thank you." while I got into my car.
I didn't feel up to talking to Claudia. I had lied to her. I didn't think that was the least of my worries though. I drove to Mike's house. I did the same routine that I had at Tre's house, other than Mike was the one to answer the door.
He just looked at me.
I looked at him and said "Hi."
He smiled at me a little and asked "Anything wrong?"
I said "No, No. Why would you think that?"
He laughed. "When I see you something usually is wrong."
I looked at him and said "Sorry, Mike."
He looked back at me and said "It was just a joke, Alexis."
I mumbled an "Oh..."
He cheerfully said "Come in."
I walked inside his house and sat on the couch. He sat on the chair next to me.
He asked me again "What's wrong?"
I said "Nothing..."
He looked at me and then asked me another question "Why did you come here?"
I was stumped, I hadn't made up a lie fast enough. I really had to stop lying, it's a bad habit, I know. He caught me, because it took me a few minutes to answer. He could tell I was stalling-lying, but he never bombed me with so many questions I couldn't answer.
I sighed and thanked my lucky stars for that.
"Your sad, I can tell. How about Billie, Tre, you, and me just watch a movie together? No one else, just the band."
I looked at Mike. I nodded with a little hint of a smile.
I asked "When do we want to watch the movie?"
