Adam Armstrong, chapter 4
I woke up the next morning with a splitting headache. I walked to the kitchen were I found Jakob sitting down at the table.
"What are you doing down here?" I asked.
"I couldn't sleep." He replied.
"I think you should go to bed Jakob."
"How come you're up?"
"I have to start packing for Miami."
"What about Joey?"
"I'm going to go looking for him when I'm done."
"Can I come with you?"
"I don't know."
"Please?"
"Of course you can come. Only, if you get a bit of sleep."
"O.k."
"I'll wake you up when I'm done." Jakob went off up to his room and I started packing.
I grabbed my suitcase from under my bed and threw everything I needed into it. Then I got dressed and woke Jakob up. I went downstairs and left a note for Billie Joe and Adrienne, saying that we are going to be back in a while. Then Jakob and I left.
We came across an abandoned house. We walked towards it and the door was opened.
"Adam I'm scared." Jakob said.
"As long as you're with me you will be fine." I said. We walked into the hallway. All of a sudden we heard a boy screaming. Joey!
"Jakob hold onto my hand and be very quiet o.k.?" I asked a frightened looking child.
"O.k." he replied. We walked up the stairs as slowly and as quietly as possible. There was a door opened with a child lying down tied up on a bed and a man standing over him.
"Alright you little punk, tell me where you live?" he asked Joey.
"No"
"Listen to me very carefully, if you don't tell me where you live I can't send a ransom note and I'm going to have to kill you if I don't get money, understand?"
"The police will find me before you get a chance to kill me."
"Is that so? Well I'm just going to have to kill you now aren't I?" I heard him cock a gun.
"NOOO, shoot me instead." Jakob had ran out in front of the man and was about to get himself killed.
"Jakob go get help." Joey responded.
"No, I think I will take you brother's life instead." He was about to kill Jakob.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." I ran out in front of Jakob and I took the bullet. Everything went blurry and then I realised I was asleep.
"ADAM!!" Joey and Jakob screamed. Jakob grabbed a cell phone which was on a desk and ran downstairs with it.
"GET BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The man yelled. Jakob kept on running and dialled 911.
The police came almost immediately and arrested the person that kidnapped Joey. I was taken to hospital.
"Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong I'm afraid I don't have good news." The nurse said.
"Adam is in a coma. He was shot in the right shoulder. If he doesn't come out of his coma within a few days I'm afraid he will die." The two of them started balling their eyes out.
"Billie I don't want to lose another child."
"Neither do I." The two of them sat down next to my bed, I could feel one of them rubbing my hand. It started to get late so they went home. Then I saw something white, I was standing and I couldn't feel anything around me, it was a dream.
"Adam!" I heard somebody yell.
"What?" I answered. I could see somebody coming towards me, who was it?
"Adam!" It was Harry!
"Harry! Is that you?"
"Yes it is, listen you must try and wake yourself up."
"How?"
"Only you know how, if you die, all the Jedi's will die!"
"What?"
"I'm dead, so I can't help you put the force back into balance, is it up to you now." Then he started to disappear.
"Wait!" He was gone, how was I going to wake up from a coma? It's impossible. Then all of a sudden I couldn't breathe, I felt my heart stop. What was happening? JESUS CHRIST!!! I just felt a shock go through me. The doctors were trying to bring me back. I felt another shock then I started breathing again. Oh great they just put a fucking tube down my throat!
"Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong your son stopped breathing last night."
"What?" Billie Joe said.
"We have put a tube down his throat so hopefully that wont happen again." My mother was standing next to my bed, patting my head. Then I started to open my eyes, I started coughing as well.
"Nurse, he's waking up!" I could hear my mother say with happiness. They removed the tube from my throat and I could breathe properly.
"You worried us buddy!" said dad. I did it I don't know how but I pulled through. Later on that evening I went home. I was in so much fucking pain, but at least I was alive. I couldn't go to work for a while because of my shoulder. But I can make up for that at some other point.
May 31st:
Well tomorrow I'm going to be 13 years old! The parents are acting kind of weird, I hope they haven't forgotten!
"Hey, dad" I said as I came into the living room.
"Hey kid" he replied. I sat down and started watching South Park, it got boring after a
while . I went back upstairs, grabbed my skateboard and headed for the front door, but I was stopped.
"Adam?" My mother said.
"Ya?"
"I would like it if you didn't go out today, do you mind?"
"No I don't mind, but can I ask why?"
"I just don't want you to go out today."
"Alright mom, I'll stay in." Why did she ask me to stay in? Are they hiding something from me? I don't know? I decided to and ask dad about it.
"Dad, do you know why mom asked me to stay in?" I asked him.
"Sorry, can't help ya." He replied. Well that went well. I went back up to my room and started listening to "And Love Said No" By HIM. Before I knew it my brothers were home.
"Adam can I talk to you about something?" Joey asked me.
"Sure, what is it?"
"I really like some girl at school." Jesus, the kid's only 9 and, wanting a girlfriend already?
"Ahh I see you want to ask her out on a date don't you?" He nodded in agreement.
"Well Joey, in my opinion I think you're a bit too young for a girlfriend."
"What, why?"
"Joey, just because you like a girl, doesn't mean that you can go out on a date with her straight away."
"But I really like her. What age were you when you had your first girlfriend?"
"12, and it didn't last very long either." He gave me an angry look.
"Joey, you have all the time in the world for a girlfriend, enjoy your childhood while you still have one, I never had a childhood, I was always depressed and I still am."
"You're right, maybe I should wait a bit longer?"
"I agree."
"What happened during your childhood? When you were kidnapped?"
"I don't know if I should be telling you this? Just don't tell Jakob." He nodded.
"When I was kidnapped, when I was a baby, I was molested every time I did something wrong."
"WHAT!!!!!! Do mom and dad know?"
"No"
"Adam, you have to tell them!"
"No"
"All they know is that Horatio's ex-wife beat the crap out of you. They don't know that you were molested!"
"Joey, it's not easy to tell somebody that you were molested when you were very young!"
"They worry about you like fuck. They are always wondering why you are depressed. They know that every day you wake up and put a smile on your face, and they can see right through it, they know you're really depressed, it might be a little easier for them if they know, please will you tell them?"
"No"
"You're older than me and I know what to do!"
"Joey, if you were molested would you come running home and tell them straight away? No you wouldn't, because you are afraid of what they are going to say to you, if they believe you or not, worried if they are going to take you to the hospital, and what the doctors and nurses are going to do to you, if your parents don't believe you they are going to send you to a mental hospital."
"Your right, I wouldn't tell them right away."
"Don't tell anybody."
"I won't, does anybody else know?"
"No"
"Not even Horatio?"
"No" Joey left after that. I felt like crying. Just even, talking to somebody about it, made me feel sick inside. I slowly walked over to my bed and fell down on it. It's not easy to get over things like that.
"ADAM" roared my mother. A for fuck sake, don't tell me Joey told them! I walked downstairs and into the living room.
"Yes, mother?" I said in a posh accent, I was in a goofy mood.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing, why?"
"You look a bit upset about something, what is it?"
"Nothing, I don't feel upset." I lied.
"Really, cause you look like it all day?"
"Mom, there is nothing wrong with me."
"Then, how come you told Joey that you were molested and not us!" Jesus fucking Christ! That kid can't keep his mouth shut for 1 minute! I stayed silent.
"Adam, why the fuck didn't you tell us? Or, Horatio?"
"I don't know? It was a long time ago!"
"I don't care you still should have told somebody!"
"I'm sorry."
"Adam, you have nothing to be sorry about!"
"Is he in jail?"
"No"
"Adam, we have to tell Horatio, he could do it again to you, then you will be more depressed and you will try to kill yourself again!"
"Look, I'll tell Horatio the next time I'm going to work."
"You better, because your father isn't going to be a bit happy when he comes home."
"Ya, I know." I went back upstairs. I couldn't be bothered to go and argue with Joey.
"What are you doing down here?" I asked.
"I couldn't sleep." He replied.
"I think you should go to bed Jakob."
"How come you're up?"
"I have to start packing for Miami."
"What about Joey?"
"I'm going to go looking for him when I'm done."
"Can I come with you?"
"I don't know."
"Please?"
"Of course you can come. Only, if you get a bit of sleep."
"O.k."
"I'll wake you up when I'm done." Jakob went off up to his room and I started packing.
I grabbed my suitcase from under my bed and threw everything I needed into it. Then I got dressed and woke Jakob up. I went downstairs and left a note for Billie Joe and Adrienne, saying that we are going to be back in a while. Then Jakob and I left.
We came across an abandoned house. We walked towards it and the door was opened.
"Adam I'm scared." Jakob said.
"As long as you're with me you will be fine." I said. We walked into the hallway. All of a sudden we heard a boy screaming. Joey!
"Jakob hold onto my hand and be very quiet o.k.?" I asked a frightened looking child.
"O.k." he replied. We walked up the stairs as slowly and as quietly as possible. There was a door opened with a child lying down tied up on a bed and a man standing over him.
"Alright you little punk, tell me where you live?" he asked Joey.
"No"
"Listen to me very carefully, if you don't tell me where you live I can't send a ransom note and I'm going to have to kill you if I don't get money, understand?"
"The police will find me before you get a chance to kill me."
"Is that so? Well I'm just going to have to kill you now aren't I?" I heard him cock a gun.
"NOOO, shoot me instead." Jakob had ran out in front of the man and was about to get himself killed.
"Jakob go get help." Joey responded.
"No, I think I will take you brother's life instead." He was about to kill Jakob.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOO." I ran out in front of Jakob and I took the bullet. Everything went blurry and then I realised I was asleep.
"ADAM!!" Joey and Jakob screamed. Jakob grabbed a cell phone which was on a desk and ran downstairs with it.
"GET BACK HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!" The man yelled. Jakob kept on running and dialled 911.
The police came almost immediately and arrested the person that kidnapped Joey. I was taken to hospital.
"Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong I'm afraid I don't have good news." The nurse said.
"Adam is in a coma. He was shot in the right shoulder. If he doesn't come out of his coma within a few days I'm afraid he will die." The two of them started balling their eyes out.
"Billie I don't want to lose another child."
"Neither do I." The two of them sat down next to my bed, I could feel one of them rubbing my hand. It started to get late so they went home. Then I saw something white, I was standing and I couldn't feel anything around me, it was a dream.
"Adam!" I heard somebody yell.
"What?" I answered. I could see somebody coming towards me, who was it?
"Adam!" It was Harry!
"Harry! Is that you?"
"Yes it is, listen you must try and wake yourself up."
"How?"
"Only you know how, if you die, all the Jedi's will die!"
"What?"
"I'm dead, so I can't help you put the force back into balance, is it up to you now." Then he started to disappear.
"Wait!" He was gone, how was I going to wake up from a coma? It's impossible. Then all of a sudden I couldn't breathe, I felt my heart stop. What was happening? JESUS CHRIST!!! I just felt a shock go through me. The doctors were trying to bring me back. I felt another shock then I started breathing again. Oh great they just put a fucking tube down my throat!
"Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong your son stopped breathing last night."
"What?" Billie Joe said.
"We have put a tube down his throat so hopefully that wont happen again." My mother was standing next to my bed, patting my head. Then I started to open my eyes, I started coughing as well.
"Nurse, he's waking up!" I could hear my mother say with happiness. They removed the tube from my throat and I could breathe properly.
"You worried us buddy!" said dad. I did it I don't know how but I pulled through. Later on that evening I went home. I was in so much fucking pain, but at least I was alive. I couldn't go to work for a while because of my shoulder. But I can make up for that at some other point.
May 31st:
Well tomorrow I'm going to be 13 years old! The parents are acting kind of weird, I hope they haven't forgotten!
"Hey, dad" I said as I came into the living room.
"Hey kid" he replied. I sat down and started watching South Park, it got boring after a
while . I went back upstairs, grabbed my skateboard and headed for the front door, but I was stopped.
"Adam?" My mother said.
"Ya?"
"I would like it if you didn't go out today, do you mind?"
"No I don't mind, but can I ask why?"
"I just don't want you to go out today."
"Alright mom, I'll stay in." Why did she ask me to stay in? Are they hiding something from me? I don't know? I decided to and ask dad about it.
"Dad, do you know why mom asked me to stay in?" I asked him.
"Sorry, can't help ya." He replied. Well that went well. I went back up to my room and started listening to "And Love Said No" By HIM. Before I knew it my brothers were home.
"Adam can I talk to you about something?" Joey asked me.
"Sure, what is it?"
"I really like some girl at school." Jesus, the kid's only 9 and, wanting a girlfriend already?
"Ahh I see you want to ask her out on a date don't you?" He nodded in agreement.
"Well Joey, in my opinion I think you're a bit too young for a girlfriend."
"What, why?"
"Joey, just because you like a girl, doesn't mean that you can go out on a date with her straight away."
"But I really like her. What age were you when you had your first girlfriend?"
"12, and it didn't last very long either." He gave me an angry look.
"Joey, you have all the time in the world for a girlfriend, enjoy your childhood while you still have one, I never had a childhood, I was always depressed and I still am."
"You're right, maybe I should wait a bit longer?"
"I agree."
"What happened during your childhood? When you were kidnapped?"
"I don't know if I should be telling you this? Just don't tell Jakob." He nodded.
"When I was kidnapped, when I was a baby, I was molested every time I did something wrong."
"WHAT!!!!!! Do mom and dad know?"
"No"
"Adam, you have to tell them!"
"No"
"All they know is that Horatio's ex-wife beat the crap out of you. They don't know that you were molested!"
"Joey, it's not easy to tell somebody that you were molested when you were very young!"
"They worry about you like fuck. They are always wondering why you are depressed. They know that every day you wake up and put a smile on your face, and they can see right through it, they know you're really depressed, it might be a little easier for them if they know, please will you tell them?"
"No"
"You're older than me and I know what to do!"
"Joey, if you were molested would you come running home and tell them straight away? No you wouldn't, because you are afraid of what they are going to say to you, if they believe you or not, worried if they are going to take you to the hospital, and what the doctors and nurses are going to do to you, if your parents don't believe you they are going to send you to a mental hospital."
"Your right, I wouldn't tell them right away."
"Don't tell anybody."
"I won't, does anybody else know?"
"No"
"Not even Horatio?"
"No" Joey left after that. I felt like crying. Just even, talking to somebody about it, made me feel sick inside. I slowly walked over to my bed and fell down on it. It's not easy to get over things like that.
"ADAM" roared my mother. A for fuck sake, don't tell me Joey told them! I walked downstairs and into the living room.
"Yes, mother?" I said in a posh accent, I was in a goofy mood.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Nothing, why?"
"You look a bit upset about something, what is it?"
"Nothing, I don't feel upset." I lied.
"Really, cause you look like it all day?"
"Mom, there is nothing wrong with me."
"Then, how come you told Joey that you were molested and not us!" Jesus fucking Christ! That kid can't keep his mouth shut for 1 minute! I stayed silent.
"Adam, why the fuck didn't you tell us? Or, Horatio?"
"I don't know? It was a long time ago!"
"I don't care you still should have told somebody!"
"I'm sorry."
"Adam, you have nothing to be sorry about!"
"Is he in jail?"
"No"
"Adam, we have to tell Horatio, he could do it again to you, then you will be more depressed and you will try to kill yourself again!"
"Look, I'll tell Horatio the next time I'm going to work."
"You better, because your father isn't going to be a bit happy when he comes home."
"Ya, I know." I went back upstairs. I couldn't be bothered to go and argue with Joey.
