Call It What You Like - I Don't Care, chapter 19

I'd been sitting out in this courtyard for about 10 minutes now, I knew Billie Joe would be looking for me but I didn't really care right then. I wiped my eyes on my sleeve for the millionth time that morning when I heard a voice behind be.

"Bella? What's wrong?"

I turned around to see who had spoken...Jamie and a girl about 12 years old wearing plain blue jeans and an American Idiot t-shirt walked up to me.

"Hi Jamie," I said, trying to hide the fact that I'd been crying. Didn't quite work though. He say down next to me and out an arm around my shoulder.

"Nothing, I'm just upset about Tre that's all," I said. The young girl looked up when she heard the name...I guess Tre wasn't exactly a common name.

"You're lying," Jamie said simply.

"I'm not, I swear," In truth, I wasn't really lying, I was upset about Tre, but in a different way to what Jamie was thinking.

"So where's Billie Joe?" Jamie asked. The girl perked up even more when she heard that name.

"He's... somewhere, I kind of ran away. He's probably in Tre's room now," I replied.

"So I take it he doesn't know where you are?"

"No...and I don't really want to go talk to him right now..." I said.

"Care to share why?"

"Not really," I said.

"Then I'll go ask him," Jamie said, standing up.

"You do that, just go up the stairs and it's about the 4th door on your left," I said.

"Right, Isa, you stay here," Jamie said to the girl sitting a few feet away from me.

"Oh and Jamie, Mike's there by the way, don't make a fool of yourself," I grinned as he rolled his eyes and went back inside.

"So you're Isabella?" I asked the girl.

"Yeah, how do you know my dad?" She asked me.

"Hasn't he told you about me yet? I'm your aunt," I replied.

"Oh! Right, he did mention you to mum, so you're my aunt Bella?" She said happily.

"Yep," I replied.

"So, Billie Joe, Mike and Tre..." She started.

"What about them?" I replied, feeling like being annoying for no particular reason.

"Are they...?" She trailed off.

"People?" I offered, "I'm not sure."

"I think I've seen you before, in a photo or something..." She said slowly.

"Your dad's seen pictures of me, maybe he showed one to you," I offered.

"No, he's never mentioned you before," She opened the magazine she was holding and began to flip through the pages.

"Really? That's not very nice of him."

"So why are you here anyway?" I asked.

"Oh, we think my brother broke his hand...Mum's with him getting it x-rayed," She replied, not taking her eyes off the magazine.

She looked at the magazine then back to me giving me a weird look, "Holy shit!" She exclaimed. I raised an eyebrow at her. "You're Bellatrix Cruiser! Aren't you? Like, the Bellatrix Cruiser, Billie Joe Armstrong's girlfriend!"

"Maybe... "

"You are! I know you are!" She screeched.

"So I am..." I said.

"Oh my god! Can I PLEASE meet Billie Joe? I'll do anything!" She said excitedly, dropping to her knees in front of me.

"Get up...you can meet him...hopefully I'll stay with him and you'll get to meet him heaps, and Mike and Tre too."

Oh my god! Thank you so much!" She said excitedly, hugging me so hard that I thought my eyeballs would pop out.

We sat talking for a while, just about Isabella in general. I also found out that she would be 13 in a week. I already knew what I was going to get her too, something that would make up for 13 years worth of birthday presents.

After a few more minutes of talking, mostly about Green Day, Jamie and Billie Joe walked out into the courtyard. Billie Joe quietly sat down on the bench next to Isabella without her noticing due to the fact she was in full swing about how she just had to get tickets to the concert.

"You know, they're not that good..." Billie Joe said in a weird voice that was hardly recognizable as his own.

She turned around to face whoever had spoken, "Are you mental? They're the best..." She stopped dead as her eyes landed on Billie Joe's face.

He grinned at her as her eyes widened and she stared in disbelief.

"You were saying..."

"Holy fuck..." She squeaked out.

"God, Isa, he's not that great..." Jamie muttered.

"Might I remind you how you were when you met Mike?" Billie Joe said.

Jamie's face went red and he looked down, making Billie Joe crack up laughing.

Isabella then went into full swing about how Green Day was the best band in the world and how she had all of their albums and what her favourite songs were. Billie Joe just sat there and nodded every now and then just to show that he was listening, meanwhile Jamie turned to me, "What did Tre say to you?"

"Afraid I can't tell you that," I said casually, trying not to make myself to obvious.

"Uh-huh, And why is that?"

"Top secret, he doesn't want anyone to know, I'm gonna respect that."

Jamie seemed to take that as a reasonable response. He nodded and turned back to where Billie Joe was copping an ear bashing from Isabella.

Just then a pretty woman walked out into the courtyard being followed by a young boy sporting a plastic cast on his left hand and a huge lollipop in his mouth.

"Daddy!' He squealed as Jamie lifted him up into his arms.

"Did they hurt you buddy?" Jamie asked, placing the little boys on his hip and turned to give the woman a quick kiss on the lips.

The little boy gave a small nod but then his face lit up again, "But I'm better now, 'cause I'm tough!"

Jamie chuckled and turned around to face everyone, "Bella, Billie, this is my wife Millie," He said, indicating the woman, "And our son Jason. Jason, Millie, this is my sister Bella and her boyfriend Billie Joe."

Jason gave a cute little wave and then looked over to Billie Joe, "You're that guy what's on the telly that Isa likes," He pointed out.

"Yeah I am," Billie Joe said

Jason just looked at him for a minute then said, "You say naughty words in your songs...like the words daddy says..."

"Well I'm very sorry about that," Billie Joe said with a chuckle.

"Come one Isa, we have to go," Jamie said, "See ya later," He said to me and Billie Joe.

Isabella looked highly disappointed as she reluctantly turned to follow her family, "It was awesome to meet you both..."

"You'll have to come visit some time," Jamie said to me.

Billie Joe flashed Isabella a grin as she walked through the glass doors with a final wave.

Billie Joe and I were walking hand in hand down the corridor back to Tre's room. A man wearing a black baseball cap pulled low to cover his face walked past us, flashing us both a grin as he made his way hastily down the corridor.

Billie Joe and I glanced at him with a confused look on our faces and continued down to Tre's room. Just as we were about to enter Mike came up the corridor from the other way and stopped us.

"Bella, you know why he did that don't you?" Mike said seriously.

"I don't, ok? He just wanted to talk to me; it had nothing to do with this..." I was cut off by a loud bang that echoed around the building.

Mike's P.O.V

I wrenched the door open and charged into Tre's room with Bella and Billie Joe closely following me. Not paying full attention to where I was going. I put my foot in a puddle of something slippery and skidded along the ground.

When I looked up I was met with the most horrible sight I had ever seen. Tre was lying face down on the bed, the top of his scalp ripped, his skull completely crushed and blood covering everything.

"Oh my god..." I muttered, felling the air leave my lungs...literally.

I couldn't breathe... It was as though part of me had just died, and it didn't help that I already had a heart condition.

I dropped to my knees, clutching my chest and gasping for air. The pain was so intense, both physically and emotionally, it felt like my chest was being ripped apart, all I could do kneel on the ground, yelling in pain...

Until it ended.

Bella's P.O.V

I stared in disbelief at what had just happened...Tre's blood covered body spread across the bed, Mike's lifeless body curled up on the floor and Billie Joe standing right next to me, in a state of shock so severe all he could do was stare, not being able to tear his eyes away from the scene in front of him.

I let out a sob and ran from the room, leaving Billie Joe on his own with his two best friends dead at his feet.

Billie Joe's P.O.V

I felt Bella leave my side but it didn't matter...

Nothing mattered.

I'd just died...

Although I was still able to walk and talk and breathe I was dead inside.

Nothing had any point anymore...

Looking around the room I noticed a small piece of paper on the table next to the bed. I picked it up and read the one line of messy scrawl that looked as though it had been written with shaking hands,

Don't fall into it, do what you think is right, you're a good man.

I stared at the paper, wondering what it meant when the door flew open and was just as quickly locked as Bella and Jamie came in.

"Bella," I was cut short when I saw the grin on her face.

My eyes widened, it was the sickest feeling, just seeing the grin on her face. I'd been in love with this girl.

"It's amazing how ignorant some one can be..." Jamie started.

I cut him off, swinging my fist into his face. I got him good too.

He clutched his face, blood pouring from his nose. I took my chance while he was down. I launched myself at him and got in as many good punches and kicks as I could until Bella grabbed me from behind, twisting one arm behind my back while Jamie jumped up and grabbed the other, forcing me up against the wall.

Bella grabbed the gun out of Tre's hand and pressed it up to my head forcing me to stand up straight.

Jamie glanced at the bodies on the floor and laughed softly, "Such an awful loss..."

I wanted so badly to hurt him, to make him feel my pain but with a gun pressed into my temple I figured I'd be safer not to, this isn't how I wanted to die, pressed up against a wall, the person I thought I loved holding a gun to my head and still not knowing what was happening.

I wanted to die proudly.

I took a swipe at the gun in Bella's hand, missing only by a fraction of an inch.

"Uh-uh Billie, I'm sorry but that ain't the way it works," Bella laughed as Jamie moved closer to me, one hand reaching down to my belt, the gun bow being pressed harder against my head.

He unbuckled my belt and slowly pulled down the zip on my pants, grinning in my face as he did so. Bella grabbed me roughly by the shoulders and swung me around, the gun always pressed to my head, making me do follow her orders.

Jamie pressed himself against my back whispering something in my ear as he slipped his hands into the waistline and started to work my trousers down my legs.

Once he got them down and slipped one hand into the front of my boxers I couldn't stand any more.

I felt disgusting, I felt used, and I didn't care of I lived or died.

They didn't want me dead, not yet...

I swung around and grabbed the gun out of Bella's hand instantly pointing it in her face darting it between her and Jamie while also pulling my pants back up and doing up the zip.

They both tried to act cool but I could see the fear in Bella's eyes. I pointed the gun at Jamie but he merely smiled at me, "You're not going to kill me are you Billie."

I thought about what he had said, and what Tre had written. They were right. I was a good man. I wasn't going to kill them. "No, I guess I'm not..."

"Good, then give me the gun, before you make a huge mistake..." Jamie started, slowly advancing on me.

Just for a reaction I put the gun up to my head and put my finger on the trigger.

Bella's eyes widened and even Jamie looked scared, "Go ahead, what's it to me?" He said this calmly but he was having trouble trying to stop his voice from shaking.

I pulled it away again and dropped my hand loosely down by my side. Jamie and Bella both looked relived.

With that I started to inch my way back towards the bed and stood in between my best friend's bodies. I pulled my cell phone and flipped it open.

Bella looked absolutely terrified.

"This is no joke i wouldnt lie about this im in room 213 at the local hospital all the cops and get them here now. tre and mike r dead & im about 2 b--"

I typed quickly sending it to most of my contacts hoping that some one would have their phone.
I waited maybe 10 minutes holding Bella and Jamie off with the gun, neither of them daring to move, knowing they'd been framed.

The door burst open and a few cops came into the room, holding their hand guns in front of them, exactly like they do it in the movies.

They hand-cuffed Bella and Jamie and pulled them out of the room, "We'll find you Billie Joe," Bella muttered angrily.

They stood in the corridor for a moment as one of the cops and went to say something.

I stepped back in between Mike and Tre and held the gun to my head.

I grinned at Bella and Jamie, and pulled the trigger.

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YOU ALL HATE ME NOW DON'T YOU?
In truth I actually planned this from the beginning :D And yes I know it's a crappy ending but you see, that's the point of it...I can't believe I had you all on for that long...this story SUCKS.