Stuck with me!, chapter 8

"Yeah it's me!" he laughed.

I hugged him tight.

"How are you man!" I said hugging him tighter.

"Well your choking me Billie! And well I need to ask you something."

"Sure go ahead!"

"Well me and my dad has this huge fight so I walked out and I was wondering can I live with you?"

I was silent. I never knew Mike and his dad had problems.

"Well yeah you can. I have to ask but I'm sure you can!"

"Jesus Billie, what happened to your eye?" he asked.

"I need to tell you something... "

I began to tell him about my step dad abusing me. He reacted the same way as Katie and told me to tell my mum.

Like my mum would care. She'd just ignore me and pretend to care and 'have words' with my step dad. I fucking hated him. I missed my dad. I knew that that bastard was trouble when I saw him ever since the first time he hit me in the face.


FLASHBACK

My mom and my siblings had just gone out. I sat in my room strumming my guitar. The door opened and my step dad walked in.

"Hey!" I said in a cheery voice.

He smiled and sat next to me.

"Play me something then!" he shouted in a demanding voice.

I ignored his tone and strummed. He patted his knees in time and suddenly stopped. He grabbed the neck of Blue and threw it to the ground. I gawped and picked it back up.

"I put it on the ground for a reason twat! Put it back!!" he yelled spitting in my face.

I wiped it away and placed the guitar back on the floor.

"Good boy now lay on the bed!" he said clenching a fist.

"What the fuck!?"

"Language bastard! Lay on the bed!"

I was scared I lay down he pounced on me and help my wrists hard. I tried to struggle but he had got me firm.

"What are you doing?!" I cried.

I looked in his eyes. Something wasn't right. He held out his fist and punched it down to my face. I heard a crack in my nose and it bled.

"Awww Billie you're bleeding! Poor Billie Joe!" he said in a cruel sarcastic tone laughing at the pain in my face.

He let go of my wrist and punched me again in the face. I cried out and tears ran down my face. Blood flew everywhere and he walked out laughing. I wiped my nose still confused of what had just happened.

He came back in the room with something behind his back. I tried to look at what it was.

"If you tell anybody about this and what is going to happen now I will kill you" he said calmly.

I shivered and he pulled what was behind his back out. A knife. He laid me on the bed again and held me down. He pulled my top up and pressed the knife slightly against my skin and pulled down making a small deep cut. I screamed out as the knife dragged against my skin and it bled hard.

He walked out again shutting the door leaving me to clean up and rest. I grabbed an old t-shirt and wrapped it around my cut.

FLASHBACK END

I put my hand up my shirt and felt the scar.

Mike looked at me uncertain and lifted my top up and glared at the scar. He hugged me tightly and I pulled him into my house.

I found my mum and asked her about Mike. She agreed sympathetically. She let him rent the room at the side of my house I showed him in and helped him get settled.

After his dad dropped off his stuff we started to get Sweet Children back together.

"Shit what about Katie! She was our old bassist!" I realised.

"She won't mind will she? She's always supported us!" he said picking up his bass.

"I'm gonna go get her ok?"

"Yeah sure!" he said.

I walked out leaving Mike smiling happily knowing he was home. I walked down the street kicking things that were on the road.

I saw my step dad staggering down the road. I dived into someone's garden so he wouldn't see. He walked stupidly down the street he walked by me and I smelt alcohol I ran as soon as he went by.

I ran all the way to Katie's. I knocked on the door and was greeted by her mum.

"Hello Mrs Wilson!" I smiled blushing.

"Hello" she muttered.

"Is Katie in? It's really important!"

"I suppose she is," she said rolling her eyes.

I felt uncomfortable in front of her because she saw me naked. She went to get Katie. I stood in the doorway and clicked my fingers impatiently.

She ran to me and kissed me hard. I held her in my arms and stuck my tongue in.
I interlocked my fingers in hers and pulled her away from her house. Her mum watched from the window as we walked down the street. I clenched her hand hard and stroked it with my thumb. She snuggled into my body as we walked.

"I have a surprise for you!" I said kissing her head.

She hugged me tighter. She was so warm and cuddly.

We reached my house and walked into the room. I opened the door and she burst through.

"SURPRISE!!" Mike shouted.

"Mike!!" She squealed he hugged her and kissed her cheek. She walked back over to me and kissed me softly.

"Hey Katie you ok?" Mike said getting up and hugging us all tightly.

"Yeah! What are you doing here? How long are you staying for?" she asked.

"I'm staying at Billie's until we both move out together!" he said slapping my hand.

"I wish you could stay at mine too!" I laughed.

I hugged her warmly. I heard a slam of a door. I shivered and hid under mike's bed.

I grabbed Katie and Mike and pulled them under. The door creaked open and I hugged them both closely.

I started to shake and Katie rubbed my body gently. I smelt my step dad edging closer and closer. His feet stood at the side of Mike's bed. I clenched Katie's hand so tight I could feel her bones crush. She kicked me to stop. His feet turned and he headed for the door.

I relaxed and kissed Katie on the head. His feet turned around fast and he ran to the bed. I clenched my eyes. He grabbed me from under the bed and pulled me by my wrists.

"GET OUT!!!" he screamed under the bed.

Katie came out shivering and so did Mike. Mike grabbed Katie's hand firmly.

"GET OFF ME!!!" I yelled at my step dad. Trying to get out of his grip.

"DON'T YOU DARE YELL AT ME AGAIN YOU TWAT!!!" he spat.

I shut up instantly. Katie burst out crying. He let go of me and grabbed her.

"GET OFF HER!!" I shrieked running to her aid.

He slapped me out of the way hard and I clutched my cheek in pain.

"Get on the bed bitch!" he yelled to Katie.

"Don't!" I whimpered trying to grab her.

"Just do what I say!" he spat in her face.

She crawled on Mike's bed whimpering. Mike had a look of disgust. I swept the hair out of my eyes and stared at her lifeless on the bed.

Her hands shaking. Her lips trembling.

I watched him pin her to the bed breathing in her face down her neck making her shiver. I stood with my mouth open wondering what was coming next. He pulled something out of his pocket.

It was the knife again. I ran towards him and he stabbed out at me. He missed as I looked down at my unhurt body. He ran the cool blade over her body as she started to scream.

He held a hand to her mouth glaring down at her.

My flashback came back to me. It was this same position. I knew what was coming next. I ran as fast as I could, knocking my step dad to the ground so that I was pinning him to the ground.

He overthrew me holding the knife at my throat. He turned his head sharply as Katie sat with her nails dug into his neck. He got off me and ran for her.

The door opened again and in came my mum. Her mouth wide open. She started at the situation. My step dad holding a knife at Katie and Mike huddled in a corner. And finally me laid on the floor with a red hand mark across my face.

"GET OUT!!!!" my mum yelled at him.

"Whatever bitch" he yelled.

I ran over to Katie who had fallen to the floor. I squeezed her hand tight. She sobbed hugging me tight.

Mike reappeared from behind his hands and joined in the hug.

A few minutes later there were sirens. I ran out of Mike's room and looked outside.

I saw my step dad being forced into a police car.

My mum stood at the side of me with an arm around me.

"Billie why didn't you tell me?"
"
He said he'd kill me if I did" I shivered starting to cry.

"We're safe now. That's all that matters"

Katie appeared from Mike's room. She stood in front of me opening her arms for me to hug her. I held her in my arms rocking her slightly.

My mum decided to leave us alone.

"I'm so sorry Katie," I whispered.

"Don't be it wasn't you," she whispered back kissing my quivering lips.

She brushed the hair out of my eyes and looked deeply into them.

"You saved me Billie Joe," she said starting to cry.

I smiled broadly and kissed her.

"Sleep at mine?" I asked.

She nodded. We rang her mum and told her what happened. She was a little reluctant to letting her stay but agreed.

We sat in Mike's room writing songs and playing instruments. I knew that Mike and me were going to be in a band from now on.

I smiled to myself realising I had everything good in my life back. Mike jokingly pointed to his mouth like he used to do when I was around Katie.

My life was good again. I was going to suffer no more abuse from that twat.

Katie sat between my legs and I wrapped my arms around her. I didn't want to lose her. Her blonde hair tickled my face.

Mike sat smiling knowing he was home. Still one thing was missing. We still needed a drummer.

Mike got into bed and we all said goodnight.

My mum forbid Katie to sleep in the same bed as me. I snuck her in anyway. I lent her one of my t-shirts. I stripped and got in my bed.

I pulled her in my bed and curled my body around her. I smiled as she laughed softly.

I tickled her hand with my finger moving it over all of her body. She shivered when I reached her neck. I kissed it lightly knowing that I was comfy lying next to her. I saw her smile broaden and mine did the same.

I started to hum a tune I made up. She quivered under the covers as I woke her. Her hair tickled my face as I rested my cheek on it. I watched her chest rise and fall and her eyes flicker slightly.

I could hear a slight pluck of a bass. I laughed softly at Mike. I love Mike I always will.

I tangled Katie's legs in mine. Feeling her warm body touch mine, I knew what I felt for her. I kissed her tenderly as the moonlight shone on my pillow. She stirred and woke.

"Hey" she whispered tickling my face.

"Katie... "

"Yeah"

"I love you," I said hiding my face in the covers. She pulled them down and stared at me with her mouth open. I stroked her face as she spoke.

"I love you," she whispered back