The Day Billie's and Mike's Life Came Crashing Down, chapter 11
. . live!" Mike said, glad that he didn't choose death.
"Very well Mr Dirnt. We'll do whatever we can to make sure that he stays with us. But if we can't . . . ."
"Then you can let him go. He would hav said the same thing if it was me. He would want me to be away from pain but he would also want to see if I would recover so that's what I'm doing for him. He deserves the chance to live," Mike said wiping more tears away and lying back down.
"Very well," Dr Relva said leaving the room and going back to Billie.
"Thank you Mike. I'm really happy that you didn't let them kill Billie. And I am really sorry for what I done and I hope you can forgive me." Tre said wiping a tear away.
"Of course I forgive you so stop staying sorry. Don't get your hopes up for Billie he still might not pull through. I only done that because I want to see if he would pull through but he could still die by himself and then I'll be left on my own without anyone here to comfort me because you'll both be dead," Mike said bursting into tears and huggin his pillow.
"Look I'll go into the theatre and see if Billie will pull through and I'll come back and tell you how he's doing, ok?" Tre asked sitting next to
Mike.
"Thanks. I just hope that he does pull through."
Tre left Mike crying into his pillow while he went to check how Billie is doing in Theatre.
*In Theatre*
Billie was hooked up to loads of machines and wires were everywhere. His hair was out of place and his eyes were closed. There was three or four doctors standing around him trying to get the cut on his chest to heal. Tre started to cry at the sight of his friend and wanted to help him but he just didn't know how. Mike had no idea what condition Billie was in and Tre didn't think that he had the heart to tell him. There was a beeping sound coming from one of Billie's machines, it was his heart monitor. Billie's heart was stopping.
"Come on everyone let's get his heart working again, let's go!" Dr Relva said getting the shock pads out and placing them onto Billie's chest and started to charge up the pads. One shock and his heart was back to normal, for now. Tre was crying so hard that he couldn't see, his vision was getting blurry and he was losing sight of Billie. He walked up to Billie and leant in towards him and whispered,
"Come on Billie, wake up, please. Mike needs you to stay with him. He's really worried about you. Please you have to wake up. Please fight the pain you can do it, I know that you can. Think of your dad, think of me, please you must pull through. For Mike. You can do it just fight the pain you can do it. Please Billie wake up so you can help Mike. Please I love you, you have to wake up."
Billie suddenly started to move his fingers and then very slowly his eyes started to open.
"We've got him he's awake," Dr Relva said to the others and went round shaking their hands.
"Well done everyone!" The nurse said coming up to Billie.
"Mr Armstrong, how do you feel?" Dr Relva asked.
"Tired. Weak. Cold," Billie said shaking.
"It's alright, I'm going to give you something to put you to sleep for a few hours and while you're asleep I'm going to move you back up to Mr Dirnts room. He was really worried about you. But you'll be able to talk to him in a couple of hours alright. You just relax and get some sleep, alright. I'm going to take you up to Mike now." Dr Relva said and put the injection in Billie's arm to help him sleep. After a few seconds Billie was out into a deep sleep.
"Right help me move him up into Mr Dirnts room and be careful you don't knock any of the machines off. He still may need them. Right lets get him moving." Dr Rlva said getting Billie ready to go back up to Mike.
*In Mike's Room*
Mike was still crying and couldn't help but think about Billie. He broke down into even more tears when he saw the state Billie was in when he got bought back up.
"Billie! Billie! Can you hear me? Billie!" Mike said reaching for Billie's hand.
"He's fine Mr Dirnt, his heart stopped but we got him back and he has woken up already but he needs a little bit of rest so we've put him to sleep for a few hours and we've also got a drip attached to him so he can get a little bit of weight back. He should be fine but I'll check back in a couple of hours to see if he's awake ok?" Dr Relva said placing a blanket around Billie to stop him shivering.
"Thank you for not letting him die."
"That's alright but there is a small chance that he may pass away. I hope you know that but we'll keep an eye on him ok. I'll see you in a couple of hours," Dr Relva said and then left the room leaving Mike holding Billie's hand and crying at the state of him, with all those wires and machines he looks like an experiment more than a person.
"Hey, how are you holding up?" Tre asked Mike, returning from looking in to see if little Tre was alright.
"Yeah not bad. I want him to wake up Tre. Even though he's here next to me I miss him. I mean look at him. They've got him hooked up like some experiment. Dr Relva said that there's still a small chance that he could die. I don't won't him to die Tre," Mike said bursting out into even more tears.
"Hey it's going to be alright. You've just got to keep on believing that Billie will pull through. I know he will, but you've got to believe that to. I know that you are worried about him but, just think about this for a moment. Who is he really fighting for his life for? You Mike. He loves you so much. You two have through more stuff together than anyone I know and you've survived. This is just another obstacle that you're going to have to tackle and when it's over, you're going to be so happy because you'll be together at home looking after little Tre. I just know that it's going to turn out all right for you two. Don't worry about the small chance of him dying because he's got a greater chance of living," Tre said putting a arm round Mike as he sat down next to him.
"You're right. Everythings going to be fine. Thanks Tre." Mike said and he fell asleep in Tre's arms.
*Ten minutes later*
Dr Relva came in to have a look at Mike's progress and saw how much that Billie is loved by Mike. They were both asleep holding each others hand and there was a calm, happy expression on Mike's face. Dr Relva loved seeing the look on people's faces when he's done a good job. It made him happy to see that they are with each other with a hope that they will both recover.
*Two hours later*
Billie was coming round and saw Mike lying next to him in the next bed with his arm hanging over the edge.
"Mike?" Billie said weakly.
At the sound of his voice Mike snapped awake.
"Billie are you alright? How are you feeling? I was so worried about you I thought that you were going to die I was so scared," Mike said so fast that Billie had to take a few seconds to catch what he was saying.
"Mike slow down about, please. I'm alright I guess. I'm still a bit cold. Don't worry I'm not going anywhere for a while so don't be scared." Billie said still shivering slightly.
"But I was scared Billie they wanted me to give them permission to let you go because you were slipping away and your heart stopped and they said that you had a very small chance of dying. I didn't want to lose you," Mike said with tears forming in his eyes.
"Don't worry and thank you for not letting me die. I love you and I can't believe that you would want me to stay with you and fight the pain. When I was in theatre unconcious I heard Tre talking to me he told me to think of him and my dad and to fight the pain because you were worried about me and as soon as he said that I woke up," Billie said shivering so much now.
"Billie are you alright?" Mike asked looking Billie worried that he might die right here and now.
"Yeah, I'm just cold. It's freezing in here," Billie said pulling the blanket tighter around him.
"Do you need more? You can have mine," Mike said carefully getting up to put his blanket around Billie.
"It's still freezing," Billie replied.
Mike rang the buzzer and Dr Relva came in.
"What's wrong?" He asked Mike.
"Billie says that it's freezing in here and he can't stop shivering," Mike said.
"Well that shouldn't be happening he should be quite warm. I think that we should take another look at you Mr Armstrong."
"It's Billie. I don't like being called Mr Armstrong," Billie said shakily and then fainted with a gasp of air.
"Billie! Billie! Please wake up!" Mike screamed but Dr Relva was dragging him back to his own bed.
"Mr Dirnt please, I need you to calm down. It's the heart monitor it's crashed. He's not breathing." Dr Relva said putting an oxygen mask on billie then he started to perform CPR on Billie's chest after a few minutes he gave up.
"Why are you stopping for you have to get him back!" Mike screamed at Dr Relva.
"Mr Dirnt theres nothing more I can do his heart has stopped and he's not responding to the CPR I'm really sorry."
Mike went over to Billie and started to cry. Dr Relva tried to put Mike back onto his bed but Mike kept pushing him away and shaking Billie screaming,
"BILLIE! BILLIE, GET UP PLEASE YOU HAVE TO GET UP! COME ON. DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME ON MY OWN! COME ON GET UP! THINK ABOUT TRE AND YOUR DAD COME ON THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING TO ME AND LITTLE TRE. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME PLEASE GET UP, PLEASE!"
"Very well Mr Dirnt. We'll do whatever we can to make sure that he stays with us. But if we can't . . . ."
"Then you can let him go. He would hav said the same thing if it was me. He would want me to be away from pain but he would also want to see if I would recover so that's what I'm doing for him. He deserves the chance to live," Mike said wiping more tears away and lying back down.
"Very well," Dr Relva said leaving the room and going back to Billie.
"Thank you Mike. I'm really happy that you didn't let them kill Billie. And I am really sorry for what I done and I hope you can forgive me." Tre said wiping a tear away.
"Of course I forgive you so stop staying sorry. Don't get your hopes up for Billie he still might not pull through. I only done that because I want to see if he would pull through but he could still die by himself and then I'll be left on my own without anyone here to comfort me because you'll both be dead," Mike said bursting into tears and huggin his pillow.
"Look I'll go into the theatre and see if Billie will pull through and I'll come back and tell you how he's doing, ok?" Tre asked sitting next to
Mike.
"Thanks. I just hope that he does pull through."
Tre left Mike crying into his pillow while he went to check how Billie is doing in Theatre.
*In Theatre*
Billie was hooked up to loads of machines and wires were everywhere. His hair was out of place and his eyes were closed. There was three or four doctors standing around him trying to get the cut on his chest to heal. Tre started to cry at the sight of his friend and wanted to help him but he just didn't know how. Mike had no idea what condition Billie was in and Tre didn't think that he had the heart to tell him. There was a beeping sound coming from one of Billie's machines, it was his heart monitor. Billie's heart was stopping.
"Come on everyone let's get his heart working again, let's go!" Dr Relva said getting the shock pads out and placing them onto Billie's chest and started to charge up the pads. One shock and his heart was back to normal, for now. Tre was crying so hard that he couldn't see, his vision was getting blurry and he was losing sight of Billie. He walked up to Billie and leant in towards him and whispered,
"Come on Billie, wake up, please. Mike needs you to stay with him. He's really worried about you. Please you have to wake up. Please fight the pain you can do it, I know that you can. Think of your dad, think of me, please you must pull through. For Mike. You can do it just fight the pain you can do it. Please Billie wake up so you can help Mike. Please I love you, you have to wake up."
Billie suddenly started to move his fingers and then very slowly his eyes started to open.
"We've got him he's awake," Dr Relva said to the others and went round shaking their hands.
"Well done everyone!" The nurse said coming up to Billie.
"Mr Armstrong, how do you feel?" Dr Relva asked.
"Tired. Weak. Cold," Billie said shaking.
"It's alright, I'm going to give you something to put you to sleep for a few hours and while you're asleep I'm going to move you back up to Mr Dirnts room. He was really worried about you. But you'll be able to talk to him in a couple of hours alright. You just relax and get some sleep, alright. I'm going to take you up to Mike now." Dr Relva said and put the injection in Billie's arm to help him sleep. After a few seconds Billie was out into a deep sleep.
"Right help me move him up into Mr Dirnts room and be careful you don't knock any of the machines off. He still may need them. Right lets get him moving." Dr Rlva said getting Billie ready to go back up to Mike.
*In Mike's Room*
Mike was still crying and couldn't help but think about Billie. He broke down into even more tears when he saw the state Billie was in when he got bought back up.
"Billie! Billie! Can you hear me? Billie!" Mike said reaching for Billie's hand.
"He's fine Mr Dirnt, his heart stopped but we got him back and he has woken up already but he needs a little bit of rest so we've put him to sleep for a few hours and we've also got a drip attached to him so he can get a little bit of weight back. He should be fine but I'll check back in a couple of hours to see if he's awake ok?" Dr Relva said placing a blanket around Billie to stop him shivering.
"Thank you for not letting him die."
"That's alright but there is a small chance that he may pass away. I hope you know that but we'll keep an eye on him ok. I'll see you in a couple of hours," Dr Relva said and then left the room leaving Mike holding Billie's hand and crying at the state of him, with all those wires and machines he looks like an experiment more than a person.
"Hey, how are you holding up?" Tre asked Mike, returning from looking in to see if little Tre was alright.
"Yeah not bad. I want him to wake up Tre. Even though he's here next to me I miss him. I mean look at him. They've got him hooked up like some experiment. Dr Relva said that there's still a small chance that he could die. I don't won't him to die Tre," Mike said bursting out into even more tears.
"Hey it's going to be alright. You've just got to keep on believing that Billie will pull through. I know he will, but you've got to believe that to. I know that you are worried about him but, just think about this for a moment. Who is he really fighting for his life for? You Mike. He loves you so much. You two have through more stuff together than anyone I know and you've survived. This is just another obstacle that you're going to have to tackle and when it's over, you're going to be so happy because you'll be together at home looking after little Tre. I just know that it's going to turn out all right for you two. Don't worry about the small chance of him dying because he's got a greater chance of living," Tre said putting a arm round Mike as he sat down next to him.
"You're right. Everythings going to be fine. Thanks Tre." Mike said and he fell asleep in Tre's arms.
*Ten minutes later*
Dr Relva came in to have a look at Mike's progress and saw how much that Billie is loved by Mike. They were both asleep holding each others hand and there was a calm, happy expression on Mike's face. Dr Relva loved seeing the look on people's faces when he's done a good job. It made him happy to see that they are with each other with a hope that they will both recover.
*Two hours later*
Billie was coming round and saw Mike lying next to him in the next bed with his arm hanging over the edge.
"Mike?" Billie said weakly.
At the sound of his voice Mike snapped awake.
"Billie are you alright? How are you feeling? I was so worried about you I thought that you were going to die I was so scared," Mike said so fast that Billie had to take a few seconds to catch what he was saying.
"Mike slow down about, please. I'm alright I guess. I'm still a bit cold. Don't worry I'm not going anywhere for a while so don't be scared." Billie said still shivering slightly.
"But I was scared Billie they wanted me to give them permission to let you go because you were slipping away and your heart stopped and they said that you had a very small chance of dying. I didn't want to lose you," Mike said with tears forming in his eyes.
"Don't worry and thank you for not letting me die. I love you and I can't believe that you would want me to stay with you and fight the pain. When I was in theatre unconcious I heard Tre talking to me he told me to think of him and my dad and to fight the pain because you were worried about me and as soon as he said that I woke up," Billie said shivering so much now.
"Billie are you alright?" Mike asked looking Billie worried that he might die right here and now.
"Yeah, I'm just cold. It's freezing in here," Billie said pulling the blanket tighter around him.
"Do you need more? You can have mine," Mike said carefully getting up to put his blanket around Billie.
"It's still freezing," Billie replied.
Mike rang the buzzer and Dr Relva came in.
"What's wrong?" He asked Mike.
"Billie says that it's freezing in here and he can't stop shivering," Mike said.
"Well that shouldn't be happening he should be quite warm. I think that we should take another look at you Mr Armstrong."
"It's Billie. I don't like being called Mr Armstrong," Billie said shakily and then fainted with a gasp of air.
"Billie! Billie! Please wake up!" Mike screamed but Dr Relva was dragging him back to his own bed.
"Mr Dirnt please, I need you to calm down. It's the heart monitor it's crashed. He's not breathing." Dr Relva said putting an oxygen mask on billie then he started to perform CPR on Billie's chest after a few minutes he gave up.
"Why are you stopping for you have to get him back!" Mike screamed at Dr Relva.
"Mr Dirnt theres nothing more I can do his heart has stopped and he's not responding to the CPR I'm really sorry."
Mike went over to Billie and started to cry. Dr Relva tried to put Mike back onto his bed but Mike kept pushing him away and shaking Billie screaming,
"BILLIE! BILLIE, GET UP PLEASE YOU HAVE TO GET UP! COME ON. DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME ON MY OWN! COME ON GET UP! THINK ABOUT TRE AND YOUR DAD COME ON THINK ABOUT WHAT YOUR DOING TO ME AND LITTLE TRE. YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME PLEASE GET UP, PLEASE!"
