Running Away With Billie Joe, chapter 5
Two full days past. I had lost a lot of weight from running on the beach and running into town. My stomach was almost back to normal. Billie never really got over losing the baby. He was an expert at hiding his feeling the first day, but had to cry himself to sleep that night. I tried talking about it with him, but he just pushed me away.
He now slept somewhere far away on the beach. I didn’t see much of him at all. He came back every once in a while to get food and clothes and then talk to me about how he needed to be left alone right now. He was in a place that I’m not sure was a place that I wanted him to be in at the time. Sure, I thought about running away, and leaving him, but I couldn’t do that to him. He needed me right now. I couldn’t just leave him a note saying that I’ve gone. So, the third day, I decided to go and talk to him. I wanted to start a life, without running, with him. I wanted to put the baby behind us and just start fresh. Maybe change our names again and move away from California. I walked around the beach, looking for his secret hideout. I found him sitting on the rock that I sat on all the time. I went up to him and stood there, waiting for him to look at me. He slowly turned his head and said, “I said I needed time alone!�
“I know, but I wanted to talk to you about that. See, I want to put the baby behind us and forget all about that. I was thinking that maybe we could somehow start a new life.� he just looked at me with this questioning stare. He got up and hugged me, and we walked back to the barn. We fell asleep in each others’ arms.
He now slept somewhere far away on the beach. I didn’t see much of him at all. He came back every once in a while to get food and clothes and then talk to me about how he needed to be left alone right now. He was in a place that I’m not sure was a place that I wanted him to be in at the time. Sure, I thought about running away, and leaving him, but I couldn’t do that to him. He needed me right now. I couldn’t just leave him a note saying that I’ve gone. So, the third day, I decided to go and talk to him. I wanted to start a life, without running, with him. I wanted to put the baby behind us and just start fresh. Maybe change our names again and move away from California. I walked around the beach, looking for his secret hideout. I found him sitting on the rock that I sat on all the time. I went up to him and stood there, waiting for him to look at me. He slowly turned his head and said, “I said I needed time alone!�
“I know, but I wanted to talk to you about that. See, I want to put the baby behind us and forget all about that. I was thinking that maybe we could somehow start a new life.� he just looked at me with this questioning stare. He got up and hugged me, and we walked back to the barn. We fell asleep in each others’ arms.
