Ha ha, you're dead!, chapter 5
"We should buy something for Jim. Flowers or chocolate or something!" Billie said. "I'm really sorry for what I did, Maria. I really am! I just got so angry and..." I shook my head, and whispered that it was okay and that I understood. "But you got to get dressed NOW if we're buying Jim a present. It's already 4pm and the mall closes 6pm!" I said and got Billie some clothes from his closet. A pare of jeans and a stripy shirt. He started to get dressed. "HEY! Don't look!" Billie said and laughed. "Oh sorry, I forgot the ancient rule. After you have had sex with someone you can't see them naked!" I laughed and turned around.
"How about this?" I showed Billie a blue teddy with a rose. "And a get-well-card?" Billie nodded and pointed out the window to show that he wanted to go into the instrument store across the street. "I'll just pay for this, then I'll be there!" I said.
Billie and Mike had a band. Billie played guitar and Mike played bass. They needed a drummer. Their old drummer dropped the band to get an education. "I think I'm in love!" Billie whispered and didn't notice that I was coming up behind him. "Are you cheating on me?" I laughed. Billie smiled, but didn't take his eyes of this blue guitar. "Isn't it beautiful?" He whispered. Like he was afraid the guitar would hear him. I nodded. "I'm sorry, but we're closing now!" The man behind the desk said. I nodded again and dragged Billie outside. "C'mon we have to visit Jim now!"
A nurse followed us into Jim's room and said that we had 15 minutes. "I'm really sorry, dude." Billie said and gave Jim a light hug. "Don't mention it. I told the doctors that I was beat up by a masked man, but that he didn't get to take anything since you guys showed up." Jim said as I gave him a hug and showed him what we bought for him. He mumbled something that sounded like. "Blue's my favorite colour!"
"Mum? I'm home!" I said in my "I'm-a-good-daughter-and-did-not-have-sex-with-Billie" voice. "Maria! You're finally home! Dinner's just ready!" mum smiled and gave me a tight hug. I told her why I was so late. That I had spent the night at Billie's and that we woke up late and had bought a present for Jim and visited him after that. "What happened to Jim?" mum asked while we were eating lasagne, my favorite. "He said some guy had beaten him up, but he had a mask on, but ran away when we got there!" I said and I hoped that I sounded like I was telling the truth. Mum murmured something about assholes that shouldn't have been born. "I'm sorry I have been so harsh on you lately, involving Billie and Mike. You're right. They are nice guys." Mum said and I felt myself smiling. "Mum, I love you!" I said and attacked her with a huge bear hug. "Oh, by the way. You're cousin, you remember Frank? He's coming to stay here for a while." Mum said and my smiled got bigger. My cousin Frank was the coolest guy in the universe. He always spoke his mind had no problem with fooling around with strangers. That little pervert. And he was one of the best drummers I had ever heard. "Oh my God! I have to talk to Billie and Mike!" I yelled and reached for the phone and dialed Mike's number. "Hey it's Mike?" he said and sounded tired. "Hey, it's me can you meet me, and Billie at Billie's in like five minutes? I have great news. REALLY GREAT FUCKING NEWS!" I was so excited. "Yeah. Okay, okay I'll be there... Bye!" Mike said and hung up. I ran over to Billie's house and knocked on the door. Billie's mother opened the door. "Hey Mrs. Armstrong! Is Billie here?" I said and she nodded and let me in to his room. "Oh my God, Billie? You're not going to believe this!" I said and jumped on him. "I have found you a drummer!"
"How about this?" I showed Billie a blue teddy with a rose. "And a get-well-card?" Billie nodded and pointed out the window to show that he wanted to go into the instrument store across the street. "I'll just pay for this, then I'll be there!" I said.
Billie and Mike had a band. Billie played guitar and Mike played bass. They needed a drummer. Their old drummer dropped the band to get an education. "I think I'm in love!" Billie whispered and didn't notice that I was coming up behind him. "Are you cheating on me?" I laughed. Billie smiled, but didn't take his eyes of this blue guitar. "Isn't it beautiful?" He whispered. Like he was afraid the guitar would hear him. I nodded. "I'm sorry, but we're closing now!" The man behind the desk said. I nodded again and dragged Billie outside. "C'mon we have to visit Jim now!"
A nurse followed us into Jim's room and said that we had 15 minutes. "I'm really sorry, dude." Billie said and gave Jim a light hug. "Don't mention it. I told the doctors that I was beat up by a masked man, but that he didn't get to take anything since you guys showed up." Jim said as I gave him a hug and showed him what we bought for him. He mumbled something that sounded like. "Blue's my favorite colour!"
"Mum? I'm home!" I said in my "I'm-a-good-daughter-and-did-not-have-sex-with-Billie" voice. "Maria! You're finally home! Dinner's just ready!" mum smiled and gave me a tight hug. I told her why I was so late. That I had spent the night at Billie's and that we woke up late and had bought a present for Jim and visited him after that. "What happened to Jim?" mum asked while we were eating lasagne, my favorite. "He said some guy had beaten him up, but he had a mask on, but ran away when we got there!" I said and I hoped that I sounded like I was telling the truth. Mum murmured something about assholes that shouldn't have been born. "I'm sorry I have been so harsh on you lately, involving Billie and Mike. You're right. They are nice guys." Mum said and I felt myself smiling. "Mum, I love you!" I said and attacked her with a huge bear hug. "Oh, by the way. You're cousin, you remember Frank? He's coming to stay here for a while." Mum said and my smiled got bigger. My cousin Frank was the coolest guy in the universe. He always spoke his mind had no problem with fooling around with strangers. That little pervert. And he was one of the best drummers I had ever heard. "Oh my God! I have to talk to Billie and Mike!" I yelled and reached for the phone and dialed Mike's number. "Hey it's Mike?" he said and sounded tired. "Hey, it's me can you meet me, and Billie at Billie's in like five minutes? I have great news. REALLY GREAT FUCKING NEWS!" I was so excited. "Yeah. Okay, okay I'll be there... Bye!" Mike said and hung up. I ran over to Billie's house and knocked on the door. Billie's mother opened the door. "Hey Mrs. Armstrong! Is Billie here?" I said and she nodded and let me in to his room. "Oh my God, Billie? You're not going to believe this!" I said and jumped on him. "I have found you a drummer!"
