The Day Billie's and Mike's Life Came Crashing Down, chapter 8
*Back Home*
Billie was helping Mike out of the car and into their house. Tre was quickly following at their heels. Billie set Mike down on the couch while he got the bags out of the car. When he came back in Tre was lying on Mike where he had been stabbed and he was wincing slightly.
"No Tre! Off!" Billie said getting Tre off Mike and set him on the floor.
"Thanks." Mike said rubbing his chest.
"No problem. You'll never guess what he did though!" Billie said looking at Tre.
"What?" Mike asked.
"He was sitting at Tre's drumkit and was beating his tail at the same pace as Tre played and he started to play the start of Holiday!"
"No way, he can't of!"
"He did, I was in the studio in the chair in the corner designing a tattoo in memory of Tre and he started to play the start of holiday. It sounded awesome as well."
"Yeah." Mike said with a look of thought on his face.
"What's wrong?" Billie asked looking at Mike as if he would pass out.
"Nothing, I'm just thinking over what them guys said about Tre before they attacked me and the letter that Tre wrote. There must be a connection somewhere, surely. I just wish there was a way to find out!" Mike said looking at Billie hoping that he might know.
"Wait what did those guys say?" Billie asked.
"Nothing much, just that they heard what had happened to Tre and just asked me if I wouldn't mind finishing off his unfinished buisness."
"That must be what Tre meant by not being able to take anymore pain. He must have had meetings with them and they must have hurt him and he mustn't have been brave enough to tell us!"
"Yeah I suppose so but what do you think that he thought we might say to him if he told us?"
"I don't know but he should have told us what was going on." Billie suddenly stopped and sat upright.
"What?" Mike asked looking at Billie with a scared look on his face.
"I wonder if that's what Tre was going to tell me before he vanished. He could have have been trying to give us a warning about them guys. I just wish that he was here so he could have told us."
"But I am here Billie" A really familiar voice said.
"Tre I can't believe it!" Mike said looking shocked.
"See I told you that he did come and visit me. Anyway Tre why do you keep on appearing?" Billie asked happy to see Tre again.
"Well I just worked that one out actually and everytime that you say you wish that I was here then I appear for as long as I want! How cool is that!"
"Yeah that's very cool!" Billie said wondering how long Tre will stay with them as he didn't want to see Tre disappear again.
"Look Mike, being a ghost and all I can see alot of things and I'm really sorry for what happened to you. I thought that they would have ended it when they heard that I was dead. But I guess not." Tre said looking said and really sorry.
"But I don't get it, what did they want with you in the first place?" Billie asked tears forming in his eyes.
"I wish I knew Billie I really do, but even if I did know I wouldn't have been able to tell you anyway." Tre said with his head hanging down with shame.
"Why not?" Billie asked getting about angry
"BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO ME EVEN IF I DID TELL YOU SO THAT'S WHY!" Tre shouted and he even burst into tears.
"Tre of course we would have listened to you, why would you think that we wouldn't listen to you?" Mike asked holding Billie trying to calm him down abit.
"I just thought that...." But he stopped as Mike was lying Billie down on the floor and checking his breathing.
"What's wrong?" Tre asked looking scared.
"When I was holding him I could feel him burning up and he was getting abit limp. His breathing getting slower. Tre wait here with Billie while I phone for an ambulance!" Mike said, tears streaming down his face.
"There's no time to wait for an ambulance you have to get him to a hospital now before he stops breathing!" Tre said with a scared voice.
"Aren't you coming?" Mike asked picking Billie up.
"I'm a ghost Mike I'll meet you there." Tre said and then vanished.
Mike quickly carried Billie out to the car and layed him on the back seat. He rushed out of the driveway and made his way to the hospital.
*At the hospital*
Mike parked in a parking space as quickly as he could and got out to see if Billie was still alive. He was stil breathing but just barely. Mike picked him up and ran into the hospital with him tightly in his arms.
"HELP! PLEASE I NEED SOME DOCTORS OVER HERE!" Mike yelled struggling to keep hold of Billie.
Four or five doctors came running over to Billie and Mike and took Billie away from Mike while they familiar face of Dr Relva took him to the familiar friends and relatives room. Mike sat down and stared out of the window. It was a few minutes before Dr Relva asked:
"What happened to him?"
"I don't know I was holding him so he would calm down a bit because he was abit angry and the next thing I knew he was burning up and his breathing was slowing down and he was getting limp in my arms aswell." Mike said still looking out of the window with a fresh set of tears rolling down his face.
"It's going to be alright. He's got the some of the best doctors in there with him. He'll be fine. Tell me how has Billie been acting since he was in here?"
"Well, he's been abit more calmer and he's been crying less, why?"
"Well I just wanted to know because when you got brought in he collapsed and was shaking and crying so I had a little chat with him asking him how's been feeling and I gave him some advice to get some of his emotions down in a diary. Have you seen him writing in one?"
"No but I'll go and find it when I got home so at least then I'll know what he is feeling. But I can't believe that he collapsed." Mike said looking at Dr Relva.
"I don't think that you should look for his diary, if he wants to show you what he's written in it then let him do it in his own time okay? Listen I know that these past few weeks have been tough on you and Billie so why don't you try talking to him. It might make you closer than you already are and you can find out how he's feeling about all this. What do reckon are you going to give it a shot?"
"Yeah, but he knows that I am always there for him and he knows that he can tell me anything."
"Yes but you have to make him know that you are always going to be there for him"
"How can I do that! He hardly talks anymore he just sits in a corner with a notepad thinking and writing!"
"Well, stay with him for a couple of days, spend some time together make him know that you are there for him."
"I've been doing that for the past seventeen years it doesn't work! Billie's the type of person who likes to keep his thoughts and feelings to himself."
"Alright but try and get something out of him...." Dr Relva got interupted as his beeper just went off.
"Look I've got to go it's Billie there's something wrong. I'll be back in soon just think over what I said alright." With that he ran out of the room to where Billie was. Mike went back to staring out of the window thinking about Billie and why he kept so much emotion to himself, when Tre appeared next to him.
"Hey, how is he?" Tre asked looking at Mike.
"I don't know but something's wrong Dr Relva just rushed out of the room to go to him so there must be something seriously wrong with him." Mike said looking at Tre with a worried face.
"Hey he'll be alright. I just want to know what's wrong with him."
"So do I, but you know Billie he's always the one who keeps his thoughts and feelings to himself, how are we ever going to know what's wrong with him if he doesn't tell us. He's my best friend and he doesn't even tell me!"
"Yeah I know, but what if there's something going on with him that he's too scared or ashamed to tell us. If he doesn't want to tell us then we should wait until he's ready to talk to us"
"But that's the thing he hardly ever talks anymore and I haven't heard him play
his guitar since you died other than that time he hasn't felt like doing anything!"
"Don't you dare blame this on me!"
"I didn't even mention anything about you!"
"Yes you did you said that he hasn't want to do anything anymore since I died so you can stop trying to blame this on me!"
"Well look back over the last couple of weeks. Look at Billie's behaviour since you died it's been getting worse so it is your fault as you are the one who ended your life and made Billie act like this!" Mike said starting to get angry.
"IF YOU KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME THEM PAST FEW MONTHS THEN YOU WOULDN'T BLAME ME FROM WANTING TO END IT ALL CAN YOU!" Tre said starting to get even more angry than Mike.
"WELL YOU SHOULD TELL ME THEN I WOULD KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BLAME YOU FOR ANYTHING!"
"I'M NOT LISTENING TO THIS SHIT ANYMORE I'M GOING!"
"FINE I JUST THAT BILLIE THINKS THAT YOU WON'T CARE FOR HIM WHEN HE SEES THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE!" Mike shoutd at Tre but he was too late Tre had gone.
He was sitting next to the window when Dr Reva came back. Mike stood up.
"How is he?" He asked looking at Dr Relva with a anxious expression across his face.
"It's not looking good. The reason he blacked out and his breathing was slowling down was because we found something on his arms and chest which I think may have caused him to burn up." Dr Rela said with a sad expression on his face.
"What was it?" Mike asked starting to get really scared.
"We found some gashes on him. He may have done it himself or someone else has done it to him."
"He wouldn't have done that to himself I know he keeps his feelings bottled up but he wouldn't do that to himself."
"Well, he's on a breathing machine to keep his breathing under control but I think that you should come back tomorrow to see him."
"Can't I see him now?"
"I'm afraid not, his condition is critical and he's in a intensive care room for tonight so come back tomorrow. Think about what I said aswell, alright" Dr Relva said escorting Mike out of the hospital.
Mike drove home in a confusing mind and started to wandering if Billie really did put the gashes on himself or if someone had hurt him while he was on his way to the studio or back home at night. He parked the car and went in through the door. He was going to find out what Billie was thinking even if it was something upseting he was going to find out.
*Meanwhile at the hospital*
Tre had appeared in Billie's room and was shocked at what he was he was about to see.
"Billie!" Tre said with tears streaming down his face.
Billie was helping Mike out of the car and into their house. Tre was quickly following at their heels. Billie set Mike down on the couch while he got the bags out of the car. When he came back in Tre was lying on Mike where he had been stabbed and he was wincing slightly.
"No Tre! Off!" Billie said getting Tre off Mike and set him on the floor.
"Thanks." Mike said rubbing his chest.
"No problem. You'll never guess what he did though!" Billie said looking at Tre.
"What?" Mike asked.
"He was sitting at Tre's drumkit and was beating his tail at the same pace as Tre played and he started to play the start of Holiday!"
"No way, he can't of!"
"He did, I was in the studio in the chair in the corner designing a tattoo in memory of Tre and he started to play the start of holiday. It sounded awesome as well."
"Yeah." Mike said with a look of thought on his face.
"What's wrong?" Billie asked looking at Mike as if he would pass out.
"Nothing, I'm just thinking over what them guys said about Tre before they attacked me and the letter that Tre wrote. There must be a connection somewhere, surely. I just wish there was a way to find out!" Mike said looking at Billie hoping that he might know.
"Wait what did those guys say?" Billie asked.
"Nothing much, just that they heard what had happened to Tre and just asked me if I wouldn't mind finishing off his unfinished buisness."
"That must be what Tre meant by not being able to take anymore pain. He must have had meetings with them and they must have hurt him and he mustn't have been brave enough to tell us!"
"Yeah I suppose so but what do you think that he thought we might say to him if he told us?"
"I don't know but he should have told us what was going on." Billie suddenly stopped and sat upright.
"What?" Mike asked looking at Billie with a scared look on his face.
"I wonder if that's what Tre was going to tell me before he vanished. He could have have been trying to give us a warning about them guys. I just wish that he was here so he could have told us."
"But I am here Billie" A really familiar voice said.
"Tre I can't believe it!" Mike said looking shocked.
"See I told you that he did come and visit me. Anyway Tre why do you keep on appearing?" Billie asked happy to see Tre again.
"Well I just worked that one out actually and everytime that you say you wish that I was here then I appear for as long as I want! How cool is that!"
"Yeah that's very cool!" Billie said wondering how long Tre will stay with them as he didn't want to see Tre disappear again.
"Look Mike, being a ghost and all I can see alot of things and I'm really sorry for what happened to you. I thought that they would have ended it when they heard that I was dead. But I guess not." Tre said looking said and really sorry.
"But I don't get it, what did they want with you in the first place?" Billie asked tears forming in his eyes.
"I wish I knew Billie I really do, but even if I did know I wouldn't have been able to tell you anyway." Tre said with his head hanging down with shame.
"Why not?" Billie asked getting about angry
"BECAUSE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE LISTENED TO ME EVEN IF I DID TELL YOU SO THAT'S WHY!" Tre shouted and he even burst into tears.
"Tre of course we would have listened to you, why would you think that we wouldn't listen to you?" Mike asked holding Billie trying to calm him down abit.
"I just thought that...." But he stopped as Mike was lying Billie down on the floor and checking his breathing.
"What's wrong?" Tre asked looking scared.
"When I was holding him I could feel him burning up and he was getting abit limp. His breathing getting slower. Tre wait here with Billie while I phone for an ambulance!" Mike said, tears streaming down his face.
"There's no time to wait for an ambulance you have to get him to a hospital now before he stops breathing!" Tre said with a scared voice.
"Aren't you coming?" Mike asked picking Billie up.
"I'm a ghost Mike I'll meet you there." Tre said and then vanished.
Mike quickly carried Billie out to the car and layed him on the back seat. He rushed out of the driveway and made his way to the hospital.
*At the hospital*
Mike parked in a parking space as quickly as he could and got out to see if Billie was still alive. He was stil breathing but just barely. Mike picked him up and ran into the hospital with him tightly in his arms.
"HELP! PLEASE I NEED SOME DOCTORS OVER HERE!" Mike yelled struggling to keep hold of Billie.
Four or five doctors came running over to Billie and Mike and took Billie away from Mike while they familiar face of Dr Relva took him to the familiar friends and relatives room. Mike sat down and stared out of the window. It was a few minutes before Dr Relva asked:
"What happened to him?"
"I don't know I was holding him so he would calm down a bit because he was abit angry and the next thing I knew he was burning up and his breathing was slowing down and he was getting limp in my arms aswell." Mike said still looking out of the window with a fresh set of tears rolling down his face.
"It's going to be alright. He's got the some of the best doctors in there with him. He'll be fine. Tell me how has Billie been acting since he was in here?"
"Well, he's been abit more calmer and he's been crying less, why?"
"Well I just wanted to know because when you got brought in he collapsed and was shaking and crying so I had a little chat with him asking him how's been feeling and I gave him some advice to get some of his emotions down in a diary. Have you seen him writing in one?"
"No but I'll go and find it when I got home so at least then I'll know what he is feeling. But I can't believe that he collapsed." Mike said looking at Dr Relva.
"I don't think that you should look for his diary, if he wants to show you what he's written in it then let him do it in his own time okay? Listen I know that these past few weeks have been tough on you and Billie so why don't you try talking to him. It might make you closer than you already are and you can find out how he's feeling about all this. What do reckon are you going to give it a shot?"
"Yeah, but he knows that I am always there for him and he knows that he can tell me anything."
"Yes but you have to make him know that you are always going to be there for him"
"How can I do that! He hardly talks anymore he just sits in a corner with a notepad thinking and writing!"
"Well, stay with him for a couple of days, spend some time together make him know that you are there for him."
"I've been doing that for the past seventeen years it doesn't work! Billie's the type of person who likes to keep his thoughts and feelings to himself."
"Alright but try and get something out of him...." Dr Relva got interupted as his beeper just went off.
"Look I've got to go it's Billie there's something wrong. I'll be back in soon just think over what I said alright." With that he ran out of the room to where Billie was. Mike went back to staring out of the window thinking about Billie and why he kept so much emotion to himself, when Tre appeared next to him.
"Hey, how is he?" Tre asked looking at Mike.
"I don't know but something's wrong Dr Relva just rushed out of the room to go to him so there must be something seriously wrong with him." Mike said looking at Tre with a worried face.
"Hey he'll be alright. I just want to know what's wrong with him."
"So do I, but you know Billie he's always the one who keeps his thoughts and feelings to himself, how are we ever going to know what's wrong with him if he doesn't tell us. He's my best friend and he doesn't even tell me!"
"Yeah I know, but what if there's something going on with him that he's too scared or ashamed to tell us. If he doesn't want to tell us then we should wait until he's ready to talk to us"
"But that's the thing he hardly ever talks anymore and I haven't heard him play
his guitar since you died other than that time he hasn't felt like doing anything!"
"Don't you dare blame this on me!"
"I didn't even mention anything about you!"
"Yes you did you said that he hasn't want to do anything anymore since I died so you can stop trying to blame this on me!"
"Well look back over the last couple of weeks. Look at Billie's behaviour since you died it's been getting worse so it is your fault as you are the one who ended your life and made Billie act like this!" Mike said starting to get angry.
"IF YOU KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON WITH ME THEM PAST FEW MONTHS THEN YOU WOULDN'T BLAME ME FROM WANTING TO END IT ALL CAN YOU!" Tre said starting to get even more angry than Mike.
"WELL YOU SHOULD TELL ME THEN I WOULD KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE TO BLAME YOU FOR ANYTHING!"
"I'M NOT LISTENING TO THIS SHIT ANYMORE I'M GOING!"
"FINE I JUST THAT BILLIE THINKS THAT YOU WON'T CARE FOR HIM WHEN HE SEES THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE!" Mike shoutd at Tre but he was too late Tre had gone.
He was sitting next to the window when Dr Reva came back. Mike stood up.
"How is he?" He asked looking at Dr Relva with a anxious expression across his face.
"It's not looking good. The reason he blacked out and his breathing was slowling down was because we found something on his arms and chest which I think may have caused him to burn up." Dr Rela said with a sad expression on his face.
"What was it?" Mike asked starting to get really scared.
"We found some gashes on him. He may have done it himself or someone else has done it to him."
"He wouldn't have done that to himself I know he keeps his feelings bottled up but he wouldn't do that to himself."
"Well, he's on a breathing machine to keep his breathing under control but I think that you should come back tomorrow to see him."
"Can't I see him now?"
"I'm afraid not, his condition is critical and he's in a intensive care room for tonight so come back tomorrow. Think about what I said aswell, alright" Dr Relva said escorting Mike out of the hospital.
Mike drove home in a confusing mind and started to wandering if Billie really did put the gashes on himself or if someone had hurt him while he was on his way to the studio or back home at night. He parked the car and went in through the door. He was going to find out what Billie was thinking even if it was something upseting he was going to find out.
*Meanwhile at the hospital*
Tre had appeared in Billie's room and was shocked at what he was he was about to see.
"Billie!" Tre said with tears streaming down his face.
