Is It Harder?, chapter 11
"Well we better go home now Brooke." Said Cass as she put her dishes in the dishwasher. "Thanks for everything." She said. I nodded and her and Mike left. I finished my food and put the plate in the dishwasher. I sighed and went down to the studio where I sat at a beautiful green drum kit. Without thinking about Tre I banged and smashed away. In the middle of Platypus I looked up and Tre was standing there with his arms crossed. I blushed and put the sticks down. "That was really good." He said as I walked over to him. "Thanks. I'm really sorry I woke you. I just kind of had to get some of my anger out you know?" he nodded in understanding. I have to go get Frankie and Mona from Billie's. Claudia's picking them up today." He said. I nodded. We walked upstairs together. He left and I went into the room Madison had killed herself in. There was still some blood. I noticed her diary peeking out from under the bed. I opened it and a note fell out.
Dear Brooke,
I am so sorry. I just had to leave this world. Mike was in love with Cass. You were right. He never liked me. I'm sure. Please go on to live you're life normally. Tell Cass to too. And Mike. Tell them it's nobody's fault but my own. Nothing was going right. I was a loser. I loved you and I will watch over you. Please make the right decisions and make me proud that I've known you since we were five. Congratulations on getting married. You and Tre were meant for each other. I love you. I love you.
-Madison Alyssa Smith. Xoxoxo
I put down the letter. Tears spilled out of my eyes. Madison was now watching over me. She was an angel. I walked back to my room and put the letter in a safe box I kept in my drawer. I would keep it forever. I heard the door shut downstairs. I went down and saw Tre talking to his kids. When Mona saw me she ran over and hugged me tight. Frankie soon came too. Then Tre. We all hugged until there was the sound of the doorbell. Tre opened it and Claudia was there. She said hellos and goodbyes and the kids were gone. I decided not to tell anyone about the note. But I would give Cass and Mike the message she asked me to tell them when the time was right. "Billie asked me to come over to his house. Mike's coming too. Is that okay if I go?" asked Tre. "Of course." I answered. He smiled and walked out the door to Billie Joe's.
Cass's POV
Mike and I walked over to Billie Joe's house. The guys had wanted to talk. When we got there I sat with Jess and the kids while the guys went into the studio. "I'm just going to ask if any of them want a drink." I said to Jess as tickled Jakob. She nodded and I walked down the wood stairs. I opened the door a bit and heard them talking. I didn't open it further because I heard my voice. It was Mike's. "I really loved Madison guys. I love Cass but with Madison I was really in love. I was going to tell her that when I found her." Said Mike. I stood there dumfounded. Is he serious? I stifled a cough as the tears began to rush in. I ran out of the house. I ran for so long. I was at a water front. A bay. How could he say that? I thought he loved me. I loved him so much. I felt a weight in my pocket. I zipped it open and there was the gun Madison had used to kill herself. I felt around it.
Mike's POV
"She heard me say that!" I yelled at myself as I drove along 12th street. I drove until I found her. She was standing at the shore of the bay. Oh my gosh. She had a gun on her head. I jumped out of the car. "Cass! Noo!" I screamed as I ran towards her. There was a loud deafening boom. Cass had shot herself. She blew her brains out into the bay.
Dear Brooke,
I am so sorry. I just had to leave this world. Mike was in love with Cass. You were right. He never liked me. I'm sure. Please go on to live you're life normally. Tell Cass to too. And Mike. Tell them it's nobody's fault but my own. Nothing was going right. I was a loser. I loved you and I will watch over you. Please make the right decisions and make me proud that I've known you since we were five. Congratulations on getting married. You and Tre were meant for each other. I love you. I love you.
-Madison Alyssa Smith. Xoxoxo
I put down the letter. Tears spilled out of my eyes. Madison was now watching over me. She was an angel. I walked back to my room and put the letter in a safe box I kept in my drawer. I would keep it forever. I heard the door shut downstairs. I went down and saw Tre talking to his kids. When Mona saw me she ran over and hugged me tight. Frankie soon came too. Then Tre. We all hugged until there was the sound of the doorbell. Tre opened it and Claudia was there. She said hellos and goodbyes and the kids were gone. I decided not to tell anyone about the note. But I would give Cass and Mike the message she asked me to tell them when the time was right. "Billie asked me to come over to his house. Mike's coming too. Is that okay if I go?" asked Tre. "Of course." I answered. He smiled and walked out the door to Billie Joe's.
Cass's POV
Mike and I walked over to Billie Joe's house. The guys had wanted to talk. When we got there I sat with Jess and the kids while the guys went into the studio. "I'm just going to ask if any of them want a drink." I said to Jess as tickled Jakob. She nodded and I walked down the wood stairs. I opened the door a bit and heard them talking. I didn't open it further because I heard my voice. It was Mike's. "I really loved Madison guys. I love Cass but with Madison I was really in love. I was going to tell her that when I found her." Said Mike. I stood there dumfounded. Is he serious? I stifled a cough as the tears began to rush in. I ran out of the house. I ran for so long. I was at a water front. A bay. How could he say that? I thought he loved me. I loved him so much. I felt a weight in my pocket. I zipped it open and there was the gun Madison had used to kill herself. I felt around it.
Mike's POV
"She heard me say that!" I yelled at myself as I drove along 12th street. I drove until I found her. She was standing at the shore of the bay. Oh my gosh. She had a gun on her head. I jumped out of the car. "Cass! Noo!" I screamed as I ran towards her. There was a loud deafening boom. Cass had shot herself. She blew her brains out into the bay.
