The Day Billie's and Mike's Life Came Crashing Down, chapter 1
"Where are we going Mike?" Billie asked moodily.
"Wait and see Billie, don't be so impatient," Mike replied. It was only 8:30 on a Saturday and Mike had woke Billie up and told him that he wanted to tell Billie and Tre something but they would have to wait a couple of hours until they reached the top of the hill.
**2 hours later**
"Mike, I hope you haven't just woke me and Tre up to see the view, even though it is nice I can come up here anytime to see it," Billie said.
"Yeah Mike, what's the deal?" Tre said tiredly.
"Well you know Billie said that if we had important matters to discuss to go to the top of the hill and say it, well..." Mike started to say but Billie interrupted him.
"I didn't mean literally, I just meant you should just get up the courage and say it you idiot."
"Oh, well we're here now so let me tell you what I need to tell without you interrupting me or it'll take longer and I'll just lose track and I'll have to start again, so try to keep yourself quiet."
"Oh, for fuck sake Mike, just tell us," Tre said starting to get annoyed.
"All right, you know a couple of weeks ago I said that I needed to take a break for a while, well, when I look over my life I see myself on my own. Even though I know that you are here with me by my side I still feel like I have no one, so what I'm trying to tell you is that I love you guys so much but I just can't go on feeling like that, so I have decided to put an end to my life for good!"
"No Mike, you can't kill yourself I mean me and Tre love you too much to stand by and hear you talk like that and even though you feel empty if you care at all for me or Tre then you won't do that to yourself, I should know what it feels like to lose someone and I know you wouldn't put me in that position again, would you? You knew what it was like for me when my dad died, even though I was only ten years old I tried to kill myself didn't I, just to be with him. So if you kill yourself you will leave me with alot of guilt from all the shit that's gone on in my life and I wouldn't be able to control myself anymore. Even though I am still on the anti-depressant pills it doesn't work, even though it has been 20 years since my dad died I felt like trying again and if you do kill yourself then that is the end of me asw ell, you are my best friend and I couldn't bear to lose you!" Billie said almost in tears.
"STOP IT! LISTEN TO YOURSELVES! WHAT ABOUT ME?! I KNOW YOU TWO ARE BEST FRIENDS BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE BEST FUCKING FRIENDS I HAVE EVER HAD AND IF YOU TWO DO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO I WILL HAVE NO ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR AND WHO WILL LOOK OUT FOR ME!? WELL, WHO WOULD? NO ONE CARES ABOUT TRE COOL DO THEY? NOOOO, SO YOU TWO GO AHEAD AND DO IT BUT DON'T THINK ABOUT ME WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT. NOT THAT YOU EVER DO!" With that Tre stormed off leaving Billie and Mike looking upset and a bit worried as well.
"He's right, I couldn't do that to you two especially you as you've been through it all before and I couldn't bear to put you through it again. I'm so sorry Billie," Mike said.
"That's all right but let's go and find Tre and apologize before he does something he'll regret later or what he'll make us regret."
"Ok, let's go!" With that they ran to the car but it was gone!
"Tre must have taken it, he always carries a spare key to it just in case I lose mine. It's a good job we don't live by any rivers or gorges as he could drive off over them if he thought that was what we would do, well not drive off the edge but you know," Mike said.
"Yeah I do know but how are we going to get home?" Billie asked.
"We'll have to run and run fast, if we get back before midday I know where he will be, but after that he goes off by himself and I haven't been bothered to find out where," Mike said starting to sound more worried.
"Ok, it will take a few hours maybe more so let's head out now." So off they set on a long, winding trail back home.
*Back at Billie's house*
"God, I'm exhausted," Billie said, collapsing onto his most welcoming couch.
"Yeah, me too but think about Tre we have to find him," Mike said, pulling Billie to his feet.
"Yeah come on then, what's the time? 12:30, he'll be out on one of his drives around town, let's take my cars and split up, you take one half of the city and I'll take the other, if either of us find him, ring each other's cell phone immediatly, got it!" Billie said chucking Mike a spare key to one of his cars.
"Okay, I'll take the west side of the city," Mike said.
*Half an hour later*
"Where are you Tre?" Mike asked himself. Suddenly his cell phone began to ring. "Hello? Billie?"
"Hey Mike, I found him."
"You did! Where?"
"Outside the park, he almost went straight into a brick wall but managed to swerve but he..." Billie had tears in his eyes. Mike knew that Billie was really upset so he asked in a quiet, calm voice.
"But he what Billie?"
"He drove into a heavy goods vehicle and..." Billie stopped to take some deep, calming breaths then said, "He's on his way to the hospital by our house so I'll meet you there as soon as you can."
"Ok, he will be fine Billie, I promise." Then he hung up, what a stupid thing to tell Billie, of course Tre's not going to ok he collided with a great, big bloody heavy goods vehicle for crying out loud. He probably won't pull through but Tre is a strong, funny guy he'll pull pull through, I can feel it.Then Mike made his way to the hosital, careful not to get caught by the police cars or the speed cameras that were around.
*At the hospital*
Billie and Mike were waiting in the waiting room when the doctor came in. He had a solem face and it was hard to tell if Tre was alright or not. But finally he came over to them and said, "Mr. Dirnt, Mr. Armstrong, I'm Dr. Relva, you're a bit anxious at what I'm going to say well, Mr. Cool is in the intensive care unit, resting. He was rushed in here just in time, a minute longer without paramedics while he was in the car, he would have died. He is recovering quite well but he will be checked on every few hours or so just to check how he's doing. You can see him but he probably won't know that you are there. Whoever found him, found him in time, he is a very lucky man to be alive, but he is an even luckier man to have friends like you."
Relieved that their friend is now safe and recovering, they followed Dr. Relva into their friends room. They couldn't help feeling guilty, after all they were the reason why Tre stormed off in the first place. When they entered his room they were shocked. Tre had wires and tubes sticking out of him and bandages were covering his arms where the glass had cut through his skin. He looked so peaceful lying there, but it hurt them to see their friend in a hospital bed just because of what they had said, it seems so pathetic now, thinking it over but they couldn't change what happened now. It was hard but after 5 minutes or so they sat down by Tre's bed in silence, Billie was silently crying when Mike looked at him with guilt.
"This is all my fault if I hadn't dragged you out of bed and up to the hill, he wouldn't be here now," Mike said.
"Don't blame yourself Mike, it's not your fault, we should have payed more attention to him in the past. If you can hear us Tre, we just want to tell you that we do care about you and if you die we're coming with you, no matter what you think," Billie said and then ran out of the room in tears just as Tre opened his eyes.
"Tre, thank god you're okay we were so worried about you," Mike said.
"I know and I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to upset you or Billie," Tre said weakly.
"Hey don't don't worry about it, it's not your fault it's mine and don't worry about Billie once he knows you're awake and fine he'll be alright."
"Yeah, but it's not your fault. It's mine, I shouldn't have stormed off like that and I should have kept my eyes on the road if I did then I wouldn't have collided with that heavy goods vehicle," Tre said back.
After a few minutes of silence, Mike got up and went to Tre and said, "You know we care about you, don't you?"
"Yeah," Tre said, but as soon as the hospital closes and he gets checked for the last time, then he was gonna finish what he started.
*The next morning*
Billie had woken to the sound of his cell phone ringing. "Hello?"
"Mr. Armstrong?"
"Yeah, who wants to know?"
"I'm sorry, It's me Dr. Relva from St. Jimmy hospital, I have some bad news to tell you and Mr. Dirnt I suggest that you come to the hospital ASAP."
"Ok, we will."
*At the hospital*
"Ah, good you made it," Dr. Relva said.
"Yeah, why?" Mike asked.
"I think that you ought to follow me into the relatives and friends room." With that Billie and Mike silently followed Dr. Relva into the room.
"What's going on?" Billie asked starting to get scared.
"I'm afraid that your friend, Mr.Cool, is dead," Dr. Relva said with a sad but solemn face.
"What! How did it happen? When did it happen?" Billie asked, tears streaming down his face, Mike remained silent with his head bowed down low.
"We think that it happened when we last checked him last night, we think he pulled the wires out of the life support machine that he was on but when we came to check on him this morning his body was limp and stone cold and he also had this in his hand." Dr. Relva handed Billie an envelope with a cartoon picture of all three of them together. On the envelope was written: 'To Billie and Mike'. "I am so sorry, I'll give you a few minutes."
Billie sat down and started to cry, Mike got up and gave him a comforting hug. "I can't believe he did that to us, after what he said to us yesterday and what we said to him." Mike stopped to take a deep breath and wiped some tears away before continuing. "Would you like to open the envelope or should I?" he asked.
"You can," is all that Billie could say before he burst out in tears again.
The letter said:
Dear Billie and Mike,
I was thinking over what you said to me and what I said to you last night and I'm really sorry to have upset you now but I can't take anymore pain. Sorry, if you breakdown Billie, I really am so all I have left to say is goodbye and that I'll always love and miss you and also Mike I'm so sorry about your car. Take care my best friends in the whole wide world and I'll always love you. Good-bye.
Tre x x x x x x
When Billie read the letter he ran out of the room in bursts of tears. Mike followed and managed to grab him before a car rammed into him. "Hey, hey it will be alright..." Mike started but Billie had just brokedown into more tears and said,
"How can you fucking say that? Our best friend and drummer has just died and you don't even seem to care, we're never gonna play another gig again and it's all because of a stupid thing that was said yesterday." He dropped to his knees and started to cry into his hands. Mike knelt down and started to hug him.
"I do care that he died it's just that you are more emotional than I am and well, I handle my emotion in another way, I play my bass to take all the emotion out of me and because Tre died I will be playing it for hours crying silent tears, but, I just can't cry infront of you because I feel that it will start you off again and I can't bear to see you so upset. Come on let's go home."
"Ok," Billie said, getting up with tears still streaming down his face, he walked to the car with the comforting arm of Mike around him.
"Wait and see Billie, don't be so impatient," Mike replied. It was only 8:30 on a Saturday and Mike had woke Billie up and told him that he wanted to tell Billie and Tre something but they would have to wait a couple of hours until they reached the top of the hill.
**2 hours later**
"Mike, I hope you haven't just woke me and Tre up to see the view, even though it is nice I can come up here anytime to see it," Billie said.
"Yeah Mike, what's the deal?" Tre said tiredly.
"Well you know Billie said that if we had important matters to discuss to go to the top of the hill and say it, well..." Mike started to say but Billie interrupted him.
"I didn't mean literally, I just meant you should just get up the courage and say it you idiot."
"Oh, well we're here now so let me tell you what I need to tell without you interrupting me or it'll take longer and I'll just lose track and I'll have to start again, so try to keep yourself quiet."
"Oh, for fuck sake Mike, just tell us," Tre said starting to get annoyed.
"All right, you know a couple of weeks ago I said that I needed to take a break for a while, well, when I look over my life I see myself on my own. Even though I know that you are here with me by my side I still feel like I have no one, so what I'm trying to tell you is that I love you guys so much but I just can't go on feeling like that, so I have decided to put an end to my life for good!"
"No Mike, you can't kill yourself I mean me and Tre love you too much to stand by and hear you talk like that and even though you feel empty if you care at all for me or Tre then you won't do that to yourself, I should know what it feels like to lose someone and I know you wouldn't put me in that position again, would you? You knew what it was like for me when my dad died, even though I was only ten years old I tried to kill myself didn't I, just to be with him. So if you kill yourself you will leave me with alot of guilt from all the shit that's gone on in my life and I wouldn't be able to control myself anymore. Even though I am still on the anti-depressant pills it doesn't work, even though it has been 20 years since my dad died I felt like trying again and if you do kill yourself then that is the end of me asw ell, you are my best friend and I couldn't bear to lose you!" Billie said almost in tears.
"STOP IT! LISTEN TO YOURSELVES! WHAT ABOUT ME?! I KNOW YOU TWO ARE BEST FRIENDS BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE THE BEST FUCKING FRIENDS I HAVE EVER HAD AND IF YOU TWO DO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO I WILL HAVE NO ONE TO LOOK OUT FOR AND WHO WILL LOOK OUT FOR ME!? WELL, WHO WOULD? NO ONE CARES ABOUT TRE COOL DO THEY? NOOOO, SO YOU TWO GO AHEAD AND DO IT BUT DON'T THINK ABOUT ME WHILE YOU'RE DOING IT. NOT THAT YOU EVER DO!" With that Tre stormed off leaving Billie and Mike looking upset and a bit worried as well.
"He's right, I couldn't do that to you two especially you as you've been through it all before and I couldn't bear to put you through it again. I'm so sorry Billie," Mike said.
"That's all right but let's go and find Tre and apologize before he does something he'll regret later or what he'll make us regret."
"Ok, let's go!" With that they ran to the car but it was gone!
"Tre must have taken it, he always carries a spare key to it just in case I lose mine. It's a good job we don't live by any rivers or gorges as he could drive off over them if he thought that was what we would do, well not drive off the edge but you know," Mike said.
"Yeah I do know but how are we going to get home?" Billie asked.
"We'll have to run and run fast, if we get back before midday I know where he will be, but after that he goes off by himself and I haven't been bothered to find out where," Mike said starting to sound more worried.
"Ok, it will take a few hours maybe more so let's head out now." So off they set on a long, winding trail back home.
*Back at Billie's house*
"God, I'm exhausted," Billie said, collapsing onto his most welcoming couch.
"Yeah, me too but think about Tre we have to find him," Mike said, pulling Billie to his feet.
"Yeah come on then, what's the time? 12:30, he'll be out on one of his drives around town, let's take my cars and split up, you take one half of the city and I'll take the other, if either of us find him, ring each other's cell phone immediatly, got it!" Billie said chucking Mike a spare key to one of his cars.
"Okay, I'll take the west side of the city," Mike said.
*Half an hour later*
"Where are you Tre?" Mike asked himself. Suddenly his cell phone began to ring. "Hello? Billie?"
"Hey Mike, I found him."
"You did! Where?"
"Outside the park, he almost went straight into a brick wall but managed to swerve but he..." Billie had tears in his eyes. Mike knew that Billie was really upset so he asked in a quiet, calm voice.
"But he what Billie?"
"He drove into a heavy goods vehicle and..." Billie stopped to take some deep, calming breaths then said, "He's on his way to the hospital by our house so I'll meet you there as soon as you can."
"Ok, he will be fine Billie, I promise." Then he hung up, what a stupid thing to tell Billie, of course Tre's not going to ok he collided with a great, big bloody heavy goods vehicle for crying out loud. He probably won't pull through but Tre is a strong, funny guy he'll pull pull through, I can feel it.Then Mike made his way to the hosital, careful not to get caught by the police cars or the speed cameras that were around.
*At the hospital*
Billie and Mike were waiting in the waiting room when the doctor came in. He had a solem face and it was hard to tell if Tre was alright or not. But finally he came over to them and said, "Mr. Dirnt, Mr. Armstrong, I'm Dr. Relva, you're a bit anxious at what I'm going to say well, Mr. Cool is in the intensive care unit, resting. He was rushed in here just in time, a minute longer without paramedics while he was in the car, he would have died. He is recovering quite well but he will be checked on every few hours or so just to check how he's doing. You can see him but he probably won't know that you are there. Whoever found him, found him in time, he is a very lucky man to be alive, but he is an even luckier man to have friends like you."
Relieved that their friend is now safe and recovering, they followed Dr. Relva into their friends room. They couldn't help feeling guilty, after all they were the reason why Tre stormed off in the first place. When they entered his room they were shocked. Tre had wires and tubes sticking out of him and bandages were covering his arms where the glass had cut through his skin. He looked so peaceful lying there, but it hurt them to see their friend in a hospital bed just because of what they had said, it seems so pathetic now, thinking it over but they couldn't change what happened now. It was hard but after 5 minutes or so they sat down by Tre's bed in silence, Billie was silently crying when Mike looked at him with guilt.
"This is all my fault if I hadn't dragged you out of bed and up to the hill, he wouldn't be here now," Mike said.
"Don't blame yourself Mike, it's not your fault, we should have payed more attention to him in the past. If you can hear us Tre, we just want to tell you that we do care about you and if you die we're coming with you, no matter what you think," Billie said and then ran out of the room in tears just as Tre opened his eyes.
"Tre, thank god you're okay we were so worried about you," Mike said.
"I know and I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to upset you or Billie," Tre said weakly.
"Hey don't don't worry about it, it's not your fault it's mine and don't worry about Billie once he knows you're awake and fine he'll be alright."
"Yeah, but it's not your fault. It's mine, I shouldn't have stormed off like that and I should have kept my eyes on the road if I did then I wouldn't have collided with that heavy goods vehicle," Tre said back.
After a few minutes of silence, Mike got up and went to Tre and said, "You know we care about you, don't you?"
"Yeah," Tre said, but as soon as the hospital closes and he gets checked for the last time, then he was gonna finish what he started.
*The next morning*
Billie had woken to the sound of his cell phone ringing. "Hello?"
"Mr. Armstrong?"
"Yeah, who wants to know?"
"I'm sorry, It's me Dr. Relva from St. Jimmy hospital, I have some bad news to tell you and Mr. Dirnt I suggest that you come to the hospital ASAP."
"Ok, we will."
*At the hospital*
"Ah, good you made it," Dr. Relva said.
"Yeah, why?" Mike asked.
"I think that you ought to follow me into the relatives and friends room." With that Billie and Mike silently followed Dr. Relva into the room.
"What's going on?" Billie asked starting to get scared.
"I'm afraid that your friend, Mr.Cool, is dead," Dr. Relva said with a sad but solemn face.
"What! How did it happen? When did it happen?" Billie asked, tears streaming down his face, Mike remained silent with his head bowed down low.
"We think that it happened when we last checked him last night, we think he pulled the wires out of the life support machine that he was on but when we came to check on him this morning his body was limp and stone cold and he also had this in his hand." Dr. Relva handed Billie an envelope with a cartoon picture of all three of them together. On the envelope was written: 'To Billie and Mike'. "I am so sorry, I'll give you a few minutes."
Billie sat down and started to cry, Mike got up and gave him a comforting hug. "I can't believe he did that to us, after what he said to us yesterday and what we said to him." Mike stopped to take a deep breath and wiped some tears away before continuing. "Would you like to open the envelope or should I?" he asked.
"You can," is all that Billie could say before he burst out in tears again.
The letter said:
Dear Billie and Mike,
I was thinking over what you said to me and what I said to you last night and I'm really sorry to have upset you now but I can't take anymore pain. Sorry, if you breakdown Billie, I really am so all I have left to say is goodbye and that I'll always love and miss you and also Mike I'm so sorry about your car. Take care my best friends in the whole wide world and I'll always love you. Good-bye.
Tre x x x x x x
When Billie read the letter he ran out of the room in bursts of tears. Mike followed and managed to grab him before a car rammed into him. "Hey, hey it will be alright..." Mike started but Billie had just brokedown into more tears and said,
"How can you fucking say that? Our best friend and drummer has just died and you don't even seem to care, we're never gonna play another gig again and it's all because of a stupid thing that was said yesterday." He dropped to his knees and started to cry into his hands. Mike knelt down and started to hug him.
"I do care that he died it's just that you are more emotional than I am and well, I handle my emotion in another way, I play my bass to take all the emotion out of me and because Tre died I will be playing it for hours crying silent tears, but, I just can't cry infront of you because I feel that it will start you off again and I can't bear to see you so upset. Come on let's go home."
"Ok," Billie said, getting up with tears still streaming down his face, he walked to the car with the comforting arm of Mike around him.
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