My Blue Eyed Girl, chapter 4
CRAASH!!
I blacked out for several minutes before I came to. I could hear sirens in the distance. "Oh shit! We hit the truck" I thought. I turned my head to the driver's side and saw Mattie with her head slumped to the side not moving. She had a trickle of blood running from her hair line, and one running from her nose. "Shit! Mattie!! Wake up!!" I cried out trying to move towards her, but I couldn't. I looked down at myself and saw that my right leg was stuck under the dash board. My arm was clearly broken and I had cuts and bruises all over my face and arms.
By this stage the paramedics had reached the car and were asking questions and assessing me and Mattie.
"Help her!!" I screamed out at one of them that was shining a light in my eyes.
"Were doing all we can sir" he replied. "Now can you tell me what happened?"
"Ummmm!.........." I continued to look at Mattie who was being inspected by another paramedic. "We were just driving along and she was laughing... .I warned her about the truck, but she didn't have enough time to stop" I finished tears starting to fall out of my eyes. I couldn't lose her! Not now! She was my life... ...
"Thank you. Now because you are trapped under the dash board, we are going to have to cut the car so as not to make your leg injury any worse than it already is" he said. I wasn't even paying attention. I was staring at Mattie as they pulled her out of the car and began working on her almost immediately. I could tell she was worse than I was. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but from there body language... .I could tell.
The paramedic handed me something that looked like a pen to help me with my pain until they could give me something more. To tell you the truth I couldn't feel any pain in my arm and leg, just the pain in my chest at my heart breaking. I COULDN'T LOSE HER!! I blacked out again and the next thing I knew I woke up and I was in a hospital bed.
"Morning sunshine" I heard Adie say softly from beside me.
"Adie... wh... what happened?" I asked a little unsure about what was going on.
"You and Mattie were in an accident. You broke your arm and your leg was totally smashed up."
"What about Mattie?" I asked with a feeling of dread in my voice.
"She's fine... " I breathed a sigh of relief. "She's just in a different room to you. She bumped her head pretty bad and punctured a lung because the impact broke some of her ribs really bad." She saw the look on my face and responded. "When the others get back we'll organise for you to go and see her ok sweetie?"
I nodded. "Who else is here?"
"Me, Billie, Mike and Sammy" she replied. "Ah speak of the devils" she smiled as they came through the door.
"Hey, you're awake!" Billie said coming over and patting me on the leg.
"Sleeping Beauty arises" Mike laughed and came over to me also.
"Yeah. You've been out of it for a few days" Sammy came over and smiled at me. "Mattie's been asking about you non stop" she giggled.
"So she's ok then?"
"Yeah, we just came back from seeing her. Do you want us to take you up to her?" she laughed at me when I ripped off my covers and tried to move, but realised I couldn't.
"Here man" Billie laughed helping me into the wheelchair that had a special leg rest seeing my whole right leg from hip to toe was covered in a cast. A nurse came and put my arm in a sling and we made our way to the elevators to see Mattie.
I was so happy she was okay.
Mike opened the door and Billie pushed me into the room. Mattie was lying on the hospital bed sleeping peacefully. She had bruises all over her face and an oxygen mask on... but apart from that she seemed ok.
"Wheel me to the bed" I told Billie. Billie did as he was told and parked me next to Mattie's side. I grasped her hand and kissed it. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Hi baby" I smiled at her. She looked at me with eyes wide.
"Oh my god! Tre you're ok!!" she said as excitedly as she could seeing as see was still having trouble breathing. She looked at the casts on my arm and leg and laughed.
"There both green!" she said. I looked down and saw that indeed they were both green. I looked at Billie and Mike... .they had to be behind this. As I looked up at them they each pointed at each other. I raised an eyebrow.
"Well one of you had to be behind this" I said looking at all four of them. "Oh forget it... it doesn't matter any more... all that matters is that were both ok" I had a second thought. "Does the press know yet" I looked at Billie.
"No not yet" he replied. "Bit hard to tell that something didn't happen though" he said gesturing to my arm and leg.
A nurse came into the room. "Sorry guys. But visiting hours are over for now" she said a little timidly obviously realising who we were. She had two trays in her hand that were Mattie and my meals.
"Ok guys, we'll see you a bit later ok" Billie said as Sammy and Adie kissed me and Mattie on the cheek as they left. "Bye" we said in unison as they left.
I turned to the nurse. "Is there any way I could sit up there with her?" I asked gesturing up to Mattie's bed.
"Sure" she replied setting our trays on the table. "It's big enough for 2. Just let me lower it for you so it's easier for you to get on" Mattie flipped the covers back as the nurse lowered the bed. "Jump in soldier" she giggled as the nurse helped me up onto the bed. I laughed as I situated myself so I was comfortable. The nurse placed the trays in front of us and took the lids off for us. "There you go" she said as she left the room.
We had lasagne, a salad and some jelly along with a plastic cup thing full of juice.
"Now Mattie, your gonna have to feed me this, seeing as I'm unco and I'm not used to this thing" I said lifting my arm with the cast slightly.
"How bout I cut your stuff up so then you can eat it by yourself" she said. "I wanna be able to eat my food too" she said giving me puppy dog eyes.
"Awwwwwwwwww!!!" I said kissing her. "I'm soo glad you're ok" I whispered turning back to my food. "I thought I could have lost you."
"I'msh nosht goingsh anywrhere jusht yetsh babysh" she said through a mouthful of the salad.
"Hungry or something?" I asked laughing at her and kissing her forehead before I tucked into my food a bit awkwardly. I was starving, but I put that down to the fact that I hadn't eaten since the day of the accident which was 3 days ago.
I burped. "Man that was some good hospital food" I grinned patting my stomach.
Mattie also burped in satisfaction and we turned the TV on and settled down to watch friends re runs for the rest of the night. Everyone came back to visit at around 7 but they didn't stay for long as Mattie had fallen asleep. I also felt very tired, even though I had been asleep for three days straight. I situated myself a little more comfortably on the bed and drifted off into a light, but much needed sleep.
Matilda's POV
I woke up in the morning with my head on Tre's shoulder and a crick in my neck from the position I had slept in. Tre woke up as I did and appeared to be uncomfortable as well. I grinned at him.
"Morning baby. I'm so glad your ok... I feel like this was all my fault" I rambled slightly. He giggled.
"It wasn't your fault Mattie... I over heard Billie say that the truck driver had confessed to not using his indicators or something. The only reason we crashed is because he's an ass and you didn't have enough time to react properly that's all" he kissed my cheek and then began to scratch at the top of his leg cast furiously.
"Holy crap that itches!!" he squirmed as he tried to get to the itch. Then the doctor came through the door closely followed by Billie, Adie, Mike and Sammy.
"I have good news for you 2 today... I'm here to tell you that you can both go home... I do , however, advise that the both of you, especially Mattie to rest for a few more weeks, but both of you are fine to go home. I'll schedule an appointment for you to have your injuries assessed Tre but apart from that, you're good to go!"
Tre and I looked at each other in excitement. "What are you waiting for? Come help me to get ready to get out of here!!" he shrieked.
The nurse lowered the bed back down and helped him into the wheelchair. As soon as he was in, he was being pushed out the door by Billie with Mike following behind. Sammy and Adie stayed behind to help me out.
"Thanks guys" I said as I carefully got out of bed not wanting to rush things as I was still finding it painful to breathe.
"No problem" they both smiled as they put my few clothes and cards etc into my bag. I was ready within minutes and they helped me out the door to the cars.
As we made it to the car we heard the boys behind us.
"We're gonna beat you Mikey!" Tre shouted as Billie pushed him down a slight embankment. He was dressed back in his white t shirt and army pants, and although he had two limbs in casts and cuts and bruises all over him, I still thought he was the schmexiest man alive. I smiled as we all clambered into cars and headed back towards our place.
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"Careful Tre! You don't wanna break your other leg do you?" I asked as I walked behind him watching him shakily use his crutches. Since his arm was in a cast they had given him the ones that you stick your arm through, not put under your arms as it would be easier for him to manage.
"Nope" he laughed. "But these damn things are gonna take some getting used to" he grunted as he tried to coordinate himself to get up the front steps.
"You took your time!" Mike joked as we finally came through the front door.
"Oh shuddup! I had to make sure he didn't break his other leg didn't I?" I said cringing; gesturing to Tre as he almost stacked it near the couch. Billie and Sammy caught him and helped him sit down.
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Tre and I stayed in the house for the next few weeks. The press had found out about the accident and where practically camping on our doorstep. The guys couldn't even come over because it would cause too much of a commotion. So we stuck to phone conversations and talking through email and msn. One day I was talking to Adie online when Tre came through the door still on his crutches.
"I hate having a shower with a garbage bag on my leg man!" he whined. He had his arm plaster taken off a few days ago so showering was bit easier, but his leg had been so badly broken that he still had the cast on it.
"Aww... poor baby" I said as I held the chair steady as he sat down. "I've just been talking to Adie, and apparently you guys are still gonna be going on tour even though you can't play?" I questioned.
"Haha... yeah, I found that out from Billie earlier. Apparently there shortening the tour a bit and getting Al back to play for them. I'm gonna be like a special guest though. I'll be making an appearance at every show" he said smiling.
"Well she said that the bus is coming in a few days... so we'd better start packing buddy boy" I said handing him his crutches. We made our way to our bedroom and began packing clothes and such for three months on the road.
After the accident, Tre had officially moved in because it was easier than having to go back and forth from Billie's to mine all the time to get his stuff. I opened two huge suitcases and started packing. Tre did what he could from his swivel chair that had become his best friend, but a lot of the time he was instructing me what to do and what to pack.
"Your lucky I love you so much ya know" I said kissing him after stacking it over his leg. "Coz if I didn't, you would have had more than a broken leg" I said cocking an eyebrow and gesturing to his other 3 healthy limbs. "I would've had you in traction by now buddy" I laughed as I picked up makeup bag and the few shirts of Tre's I had dropped.
"Come on. Let's go downstairs and get some food. I'm hungry after all this" he said gesturing to the mess our room had become with his crutch. I followed him downstairs making sure he didn't fall and made my way into the kitchen to see what we had.
"Lasagne?" I asked from the freezer. "That's basically all we've got" I joked as I opened the two packets and stuck them in the oven.
"Wooo! Garlic kisses!" he said sarcastically throwing his arms in the air.
I laughed. "We won't be able to taste it if we both eat it. We are gonna piss the others off on the bus when it comes though" I giggled as I looked over at Tre. He was planning all the ways he could piss everyone off with garlic breath.
We sat in silence eating our garlicky, cheesy, meaty mess and then went upstairs to continue packing. We collapsed on the bed about three hours later. I grabbed my black sharpie from the bed side table.
"I wanna draw another pic on your cast" I said wriggling down a bit trying to find a patch of available green. Since we couldn't go out of the house, we had been amusing our selves by drawing pictures on his cast. This time I drew a big heart with F.E.W III 4 M.A.S in it.
He giggled. "That's cute... . But it is the only time apart from your bracelet that F.E.W III is going to be used ok?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die baby" I said with puppy dog eyes grinning.
We snuggled down under the covers and both got the best nights sleep that we had in a while.
As I awoke the next morning I poked my head out the window and looked around to the front of the house. To my surprise the press had gone.
"Tre wake up!" I said excitedly shaking him awake.
"Ok, ok! I'm awake!! What's the matter?" he asked groaning.
"Nothings the matter... the press are gone!" I said with a huge grin on my face.
"Really?? They must have heard that the tour was still going ahead and given up" he said with an equally large grin plastered on his face.
We got dressed and made our way downstairs. I poked my head out the front door cautiously. There were still a few people that looked a bit suspicious, but nothing too major. I did however notice two guys in hats and sunglasses race towards the door.
"Mattie it's us. Let us in" I opened the door widely as Billie and Mike came through and closed the door.
"The press is gone!" they both grinned.
"Now where's the cripple?" Billie asked loudly taking his hat and sunglasses off.
"Enough with the cripple talk "Tre said wheeling himself into the room. "I may not be able to walk just yet, but I can still kick your ass Billie boy" he laughed gesturing to the heavy cast on his leg.
"Nice to know this hasn't changed you Tre" Mike rolled his eyes as he took off his hat.
"Oh my god! Your hair!" I exclaimed excitedly. It was back to its natural colour of a blondy brown, and had blonde tips. I looked over at Billie. His hair was dyed black and spiked in all directions.
"Makeover" he said. "We couldn't leave our houses much either, so we decided to dye our hair for the tour... and we came over to do him" he finished, cocking his head towards roller boy.
"Lets' go! " I said grabbing Tre's crutches while Billie shoved him towards the stairs on his chair.
We all went into the bathroom and proceeded to dye Tre's hair a really dark red.
"Holy crap!! You're even hotter!" I said as I gelled his hair into a bit of a mohawk.
"I didn't think that was possible in my case... but thanks babe" he grinned tilting his head backwards to kiss me.
The day of the tour starting
Tre's POV
"Come on Mattie!!" I yelled in the direction of our bedroom. She was still getting ready to leave. "She's not the one with her whole leg in a cast and she's still slow" I muttered to myself.
Our two suitcases were at the top of the stairs. After checking that there was nothing breakable in them, I pushed both suitcases down the stairs with my leg. I went downstairs and was greeted a few minutes later by Mattie.
"How did you get them downstairs?" she asked looking between me and the suitcases.
"I shoved them with this" I said swinging my broken leg forward slightly. "But I made sure that there was nothing breakable before I did it though" I finished knowing that that would be the next question she would ask.
She poked her head out the front door to see the tour bus pull up. "Ok the bus is here. You go and get on and I'll take care of these"
"I'll get Mike to come and help!" I yelled over my shoulder at her. "MIKEY!!!" I yelled as I neared the bus.
"WHAT?!?!" he yelled just as loud not realising how close I was and emerging on the buses steps.
"Can you please help Mattie with the bags? She wants to do it all herself, but I'm not gonna let her"
"Sure... just a sec" he said running over to the door where Mattie was trying to carry two suitcases. I hopped up the buses stairs and was greeted by everyone.
"HEY HOPPY!!!" they all shouted in unison.
"Hello, hello" I said as I navigated my way to the back of the bus. "Are we ready to tour our asses off?" I asked before realising that along with Billie, Adie, Jason and Sammy... Al was also sitting. "Hey man" I said extending hand. "Thanks for being the fill in 'best drummer in the world' " I laughed as I swung myself around to the couch and plonked down near Adie.
"How much longer till you get that thing off?" she asked.
"Not till after the tour is done" I replied. All of a sudden I experienced a really bad itch at the foot end of my cast. I grabbed one of the drumsticks that was on the table. "Here... can you stick that in the bottom of the cast and wiggle it a bit... I have an itch" I said throwing Adie the stick and squirming.
"There ya go sweetie" she said doing exactly what I had asked. I sighed in relief.
"Thanks Adie" I said grinning at her.
"It must get pretty bad" she said continuing to wiggle the drumstick at the base of my cast.
"Yeah it does. And its worse when the itch is like halfway down my leg and I can't reach it" I replied giggling.
Mattie and Mike climbed back on the bus. After she said her hellos I gestured for her to come and sit on my lap. She grabbed a pillow before sitting down.
"It's not exactly comfortable baby!" she exclaimed as she sat down and looked at the look of fake hurt on my face.
As we headed towards our first destination, Bakersfield, we cracked open several beers and started the Playstation up. With me being the Playstation king, I was beating everyone that played against me.
"Fuck it Tre!!!! Can't you just let us win for once?" Jason whined throwing the controller down in frustration. I gave him a smile that meant my answer was no. He got up and walked off in a huff.
"Anyone else wanna try and beat me?" I asked the whole bus loudly. No one replied except Mattie who whispered in my ear from behind me.
"Ready to get your ass kicked Soldier?" she licked my ear and jumped over the couch to get the controller that Jason had thrown.
"I bet 50 bucks that Mattie can beat Tre" Billie said suddenly becoming interested in what we were doing. Everyone else agreed and suddenly 300 bucks was on the fact that Mattie could beat me.
"Whoever wins gets the 300" Mike stated as everyone sat around to watch my apparent ass kicking.
"You ready to go down baby?" she asked with a somewhat malicious grin on her face.
"With 300 bucks riding on it?? FUCK NO!!!" I yelled as she chose the game.
Shit! She had chosen The Simpson's Road Rage. She was always better at that than I was. We chose our characters and the game began.
"Go Mattie!!!" Jason screamed.
"Ok Jason quit it with the screaming, but yeah... Go Mattie!!" Adie scolded Jason and cheered Mattie. Everyone else followed suit.
We began playing the game of picking up passengers and taking them to the place they wanted to go. The aim was to get all the passengers and have the highest money after 10 laps. By the time we reached halfway, I was already 6 passengers and 400 bucks behind.
"Maybe I taught you too well" I joked trying to break her concentration. She didn't falter for a second.
"What ever you say isn't gonna stop me babe" she grinned as she delivered another passenger. We continued playing for a few minutes and I finally caught up in passengers.
"Looks like this 300 could go either way!" Mike exclaimed. Mattie and I were both on 8 passengers and I was only 10 bucks behind in fares. We both picked up passenger 9.
"Oooooooooo! Principal Skinner!! I know where he has to go!!" I yelled like a 3 year old. Poking my tongue out as I nearly ran into a wall. I dropped Principal Skinner off and was on to my last passenger. Mattie dropped her fare off seconds later. We both picked up our last fares and the race was on.
"Get outta my way you stupid truck!!!" I yelled as Mattie sped past me. "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!" I cried out in defeat. Everyone else cheered. Mattie had beaten me, I couldn't believe it! She looked at me in shock.
"I seriously didn't expect that to happen baby... I'm sowwy." She frowned and crawled over to give me a sympathy kiss.
"Hey! You're not meant to kiss the loser Mattie!!" Billie exclaimed handing her a wad of cash.
"Shuddup Billie!" I teased. "At least she COULD beat me" I smirked. He stuck his tongue out at me and walked off with his head down. Mattie slapped me on the arm.
"You're such a meanie pants" she giggled.
We continued onto Bakersfield for another hour or so before we stopped.
"Food stop!!" Mike yelled from the front of the bus.
"What??? Food?!? Get outta my way!" Jason yelled running to the front jumping over things and nearly knocking Sammy and Adie over on the way.
"JASON WHITE!!" Mattie yelled. Jason skidded and stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Mattie sheepishly. "Stop running already!! We all wanna eat ya know... and let Tre off first" she said as an after thought.
"Yes Mattie" he replied slightly ashamed at what he did. I smirked at him as I went by on my crutches. "Thanks Jase!" I said overly happy. We all clambered out of the bus and made our way to the smallish diner. We all ordered our food and ate happily. Jason somehow managed to eat almost as much as the rest of us put together.
"Jesus Jason! Stop eating already!!" I said. "I may be able to play guitar but I can't really fill in for you coz you've eaten too much and your spewing ok?" I cocked an eyebrow at him as he stopped chewing the mouthful of fries he had.
"I'shm sworrys Twre" I looked at him.
"In English thanks dude" I said laughing. He swallowed.
"I said I'm sorry Tre... I'll stop eating now" he looked kinda scared that I was going to do something to him.
"It's ok Jase." I joked. "We don't bite... we just don't want to have to find another guitarist 4 hours before the show starts." I said laughing.
It was kinda funny the effect we all had on Jason. He was as mad at me at times, but seemed to get all scared when we told him to do something or told him off for doing something.
We all clambered back onto the bus and continued for another hour to Bakersfield.
After we all arrived and got into our hotel rooms. The limo to take us to the venue arrived.
"COME ON BOYS!!!" Sammy, Adie and Mattie yelled. "With the exception of you babe" Mattie said as she smiled at me.
"Were coming!!" Jason yelled from the window above us.
"Well hurry the fuck up!!" I yelled back.
"Yes mommy" Jason replied sticking his tongue out before shutting the window.
Even though I wasn't playing I didn't want to be late. Finally Billie, Mike, Al and Jason came downstairs and we managed to set off to the gig.
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"Now Bakersfield... "Billie started on the mic. "As you know, Tre won't be able to play with us during this tour." He was met with a loud "Awwwwwwwwwww!!" from the crowd. "But... " Billie continued. "We do have a very special guest tonight... ." Billie waited for the reaction of the crowd as I hopped out onto the stage.
The crowd went nuts. As I made it to the mic I stated. "Gee, thanks guys... I've never felt more loved in my life" and had a fake cry as Billie handed me my guitar and stood just to the side of me, holding my crutches and at the same time being my spot in case I fell.
"Do you guys wanna hear me play???" I asked. They cheered. "I'll take that as a yes... .Ok... .Do we have a stool Billie?? Coz I don't think I can stand without my crutches, play AND sing for two songs and not fall over" the crowd laughed. A stool was brought from side stage and I sat down and began to sing and play.
"Ahem... .this ones called All by myself" I said as the crowd went nuts.
I was alone,I was all by myself
No one was looking, I was thinking of you
Oh yeah, did I mention I was all by myself
All by myself...
All by myself...
All by myself...
I went to your house,but no one was there
I went in your room
I was all by myself
You and me had
Such wonderful times
When I'm all by myself,
I paused to get a reaction from the crowd. They were cheering louder than ever. "You guys aren't only cheering this loud coz I've got a broken leg, and you feel sorry for me are you?" I asked with the sound of fake hurt in my voice.
They all replied with a loud "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" and there were several "We love you Tre's" in there.
"Good... " I said adjusting myself on the chair. "Next song then... if you know it please sing along... .its called Dominated Love Slave... ." They all cheered as I started.
I want to be your dominated love slave
I want to be the one that takes the pain
You can spank me when I do not behave
Mack me in the forehead with a chain
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drive them staples deep
I want you to slap me and call me naughty
Put a beltsander against my skin
I want to feel pain all over my body
Can't wait to be punished for my sins.
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drive them staples deep
Yee-hah!
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drrrriiiveeee.....Staples?
Mikey finished DLS with a bit of a bass solo and the crowd gave a standing ovation. Well most of them were standing already... ..but that's not the point... the ones that weren't standing did! I handed Billie my guitar and he handed me my crutches. I waved a bit before hopping offstage with a humongous grin on my face.
"That was absolutely brilliant Tre!! How loud were they cheering for you?!?!?!" Mattie exclaimed excitedly jumping up and down.
"The highlight of my night and the concert" I grinned kissing her when she stopped jumping.
"As soon as that cast comes off, Solider Cool and Sergeant Mattie have some serious catching up to do" she whispered in my ear as I hugged her close to stop from falling over.
"Your telling me!!!" I smirked at her as the other guys ran offstage.
"Brilliant show boys" I remarked as they gave me the thumbs up and went to kiss their women.
"EWWWWW!!! Mikey!! You're all sweaty and gross!!" Sammy exclaimed pulling away from Mike.
"Ditto" Adie agreed pulling away from Billie. "Go shower and come back later" she giggled.
Billie, Mike, Jason and Al went off to shower while the rest of us settled in the dressing room and began opening the complementary drinks, and I began eating the food.
"And you told Jason off for eating too much!" Mattie giggled as I stuffed my face with sandwiches of some sort. They were goood, whatever they were. I continued to eat.
"Tre!! Leave some for the others!!" Mattie yelled at me clearly agitated at something. Me, Adie and Sammy all looked at her weirdly. She turned red and ran out of the room.
"What's up with her?" I asked after swallowing. They both looked at me and shrugged.
"No idea Tre. She hasn't told me anything." Sammy said with a pained look on her face. I scrunched up my face as I put the plate of sandwiches down.
"I'll go" I said grabbing my crutches and swinging out the door. I went out the door and looked for Mattie. I passed Jason on the way. "Hey dude, you seen Mattie at all?" I asked.
"Yeah, she went thata way" he pointed behind him.
"Thanks Jase" I said patting him on the back and heading in the direction that he pointed. "Mattie???" I called as I went down the corridor. "Where are you beautiful?" I said hoping that that would coax her out of her hiding spot. I heard some soft crying from a bit further down the hall and headed towards it.
I found Mattie sitting on an equipment box with her knees to her chest and her head down. "What's the matter baby?" I asked approaching her.
She lifted her head slightly to see that it was me. "Hey it's you" she whispered through tears.
"Yeah of course it is P.M.D. Who else would it be?" I lifted her head so her eyes met mine. Purple Monkey Dishwasher was a pet/nickname I had given her because of her purple hair. She never liked it much, but it always made her smile.
She looked at me with tear and eyeliner streaked cheeks and smiled. "Im sorry for being like this baby" she said, starting to wipe at her face.
"It's ok" I smiled wiping at her smudged eyeliner with my thumb. "I just wanna know why your all sad." I said giving her puppy dog eyes and frowning.
"Its just stress" she replied sighing. "I know you cant help it and everything... ... but doing everything I have to do... .dealing with the press on our doorstep after the accident...dealing with my injuries...and helping you with stuff you cant do... and now all this...I just cracked" she concluded leaning her back against the wall and crossing her legs.
"Do you feel better now??" I asked moving to the side of the equipment box and also leaning against the wall.
"Yeah. I got it all out for now." She said leaning her head against the wall and turning her head to me.
"For now???" I asked cocking an eyebrow. "You mean this could happen again?" I said fake whining and pouting. She giggled. "Come on" I said wiping the rest of her smudged eyeliner away. "Let go back and have some fun" I said pushing off from the wall and helping her off the box.
We walked back down the corridor to our dressing room with her holding onto my crutch seeing as I needed my hand to hold onto it. As soon as we entered the room we were rushed by everyone in the room.
"Are you ok girl?" Sammy asked taking Mattie into a hug.
"Yeah I'm fine" she replied. "Just the stress of everything that has happened in the last few months finally built up and exploded" she said sighing. "Now lets get this party started!!" she exclaimed.
I blacked out for several minutes before I came to. I could hear sirens in the distance. "Oh shit! We hit the truck" I thought. I turned my head to the driver's side and saw Mattie with her head slumped to the side not moving. She had a trickle of blood running from her hair line, and one running from her nose. "Shit! Mattie!! Wake up!!" I cried out trying to move towards her, but I couldn't. I looked down at myself and saw that my right leg was stuck under the dash board. My arm was clearly broken and I had cuts and bruises all over my face and arms.
By this stage the paramedics had reached the car and were asking questions and assessing me and Mattie.
"Help her!!" I screamed out at one of them that was shining a light in my eyes.
"Were doing all we can sir" he replied. "Now can you tell me what happened?"
"Ummmm!.........." I continued to look at Mattie who was being inspected by another paramedic. "We were just driving along and she was laughing... .I warned her about the truck, but she didn't have enough time to stop" I finished tears starting to fall out of my eyes. I couldn't lose her! Not now! She was my life... ...
"Thank you. Now because you are trapped under the dash board, we are going to have to cut the car so as not to make your leg injury any worse than it already is" he said. I wasn't even paying attention. I was staring at Mattie as they pulled her out of the car and began working on her almost immediately. I could tell she was worse than I was. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but from there body language... .I could tell.
The paramedic handed me something that looked like a pen to help me with my pain until they could give me something more. To tell you the truth I couldn't feel any pain in my arm and leg, just the pain in my chest at my heart breaking. I COULDN'T LOSE HER!! I blacked out again and the next thing I knew I woke up and I was in a hospital bed.
"Morning sunshine" I heard Adie say softly from beside me.
"Adie... wh... what happened?" I asked a little unsure about what was going on.
"You and Mattie were in an accident. You broke your arm and your leg was totally smashed up."
"What about Mattie?" I asked with a feeling of dread in my voice.
"She's fine... " I breathed a sigh of relief. "She's just in a different room to you. She bumped her head pretty bad and punctured a lung because the impact broke some of her ribs really bad." She saw the look on my face and responded. "When the others get back we'll organise for you to go and see her ok sweetie?"
I nodded. "Who else is here?"
"Me, Billie, Mike and Sammy" she replied. "Ah speak of the devils" she smiled as they came through the door.
"Hey, you're awake!" Billie said coming over and patting me on the leg.
"Sleeping Beauty arises" Mike laughed and came over to me also.
"Yeah. You've been out of it for a few days" Sammy came over and smiled at me. "Mattie's been asking about you non stop" she giggled.
"So she's ok then?"
"Yeah, we just came back from seeing her. Do you want us to take you up to her?" she laughed at me when I ripped off my covers and tried to move, but realised I couldn't.
"Here man" Billie laughed helping me into the wheelchair that had a special leg rest seeing my whole right leg from hip to toe was covered in a cast. A nurse came and put my arm in a sling and we made our way to the elevators to see Mattie.
I was so happy she was okay.
Mike opened the door and Billie pushed me into the room. Mattie was lying on the hospital bed sleeping peacefully. She had bruises all over her face and an oxygen mask on... but apart from that she seemed ok.
"Wheel me to the bed" I told Billie. Billie did as he was told and parked me next to Mattie's side. I grasped her hand and kissed it. Her eyes fluttered open.
"Hi baby" I smiled at her. She looked at me with eyes wide.
"Oh my god! Tre you're ok!!" she said as excitedly as she could seeing as see was still having trouble breathing. She looked at the casts on my arm and leg and laughed.
"There both green!" she said. I looked down and saw that indeed they were both green. I looked at Billie and Mike... .they had to be behind this. As I looked up at them they each pointed at each other. I raised an eyebrow.
"Well one of you had to be behind this" I said looking at all four of them. "Oh forget it... it doesn't matter any more... all that matters is that were both ok" I had a second thought. "Does the press know yet" I looked at Billie.
"No not yet" he replied. "Bit hard to tell that something didn't happen though" he said gesturing to my arm and leg.
A nurse came into the room. "Sorry guys. But visiting hours are over for now" she said a little timidly obviously realising who we were. She had two trays in her hand that were Mattie and my meals.
"Ok guys, we'll see you a bit later ok" Billie said as Sammy and Adie kissed me and Mattie on the cheek as they left. "Bye" we said in unison as they left.
I turned to the nurse. "Is there any way I could sit up there with her?" I asked gesturing up to Mattie's bed.
"Sure" she replied setting our trays on the table. "It's big enough for 2. Just let me lower it for you so it's easier for you to get on" Mattie flipped the covers back as the nurse lowered the bed. "Jump in soldier" she giggled as the nurse helped me up onto the bed. I laughed as I situated myself so I was comfortable. The nurse placed the trays in front of us and took the lids off for us. "There you go" she said as she left the room.
We had lasagne, a salad and some jelly along with a plastic cup thing full of juice.
"Now Mattie, your gonna have to feed me this, seeing as I'm unco and I'm not used to this thing" I said lifting my arm with the cast slightly.
"How bout I cut your stuff up so then you can eat it by yourself" she said. "I wanna be able to eat my food too" she said giving me puppy dog eyes.
"Awwwwwwwwww!!!" I said kissing her. "I'm soo glad you're ok" I whispered turning back to my food. "I thought I could have lost you."
"I'msh nosht goingsh anywrhere jusht yetsh babysh" she said through a mouthful of the salad.
"Hungry or something?" I asked laughing at her and kissing her forehead before I tucked into my food a bit awkwardly. I was starving, but I put that down to the fact that I hadn't eaten since the day of the accident which was 3 days ago.
I burped. "Man that was some good hospital food" I grinned patting my stomach.
Mattie also burped in satisfaction and we turned the TV on and settled down to watch friends re runs for the rest of the night. Everyone came back to visit at around 7 but they didn't stay for long as Mattie had fallen asleep. I also felt very tired, even though I had been asleep for three days straight. I situated myself a little more comfortably on the bed and drifted off into a light, but much needed sleep.
Matilda's POV
I woke up in the morning with my head on Tre's shoulder and a crick in my neck from the position I had slept in. Tre woke up as I did and appeared to be uncomfortable as well. I grinned at him.
"Morning baby. I'm so glad your ok... I feel like this was all my fault" I rambled slightly. He giggled.
"It wasn't your fault Mattie... I over heard Billie say that the truck driver had confessed to not using his indicators or something. The only reason we crashed is because he's an ass and you didn't have enough time to react properly that's all" he kissed my cheek and then began to scratch at the top of his leg cast furiously.
"Holy crap that itches!!" he squirmed as he tried to get to the itch. Then the doctor came through the door closely followed by Billie, Adie, Mike and Sammy.
"I have good news for you 2 today... I'm here to tell you that you can both go home... I do , however, advise that the both of you, especially Mattie to rest for a few more weeks, but both of you are fine to go home. I'll schedule an appointment for you to have your injuries assessed Tre but apart from that, you're good to go!"
Tre and I looked at each other in excitement. "What are you waiting for? Come help me to get ready to get out of here!!" he shrieked.
The nurse lowered the bed back down and helped him into the wheelchair. As soon as he was in, he was being pushed out the door by Billie with Mike following behind. Sammy and Adie stayed behind to help me out.
"Thanks guys" I said as I carefully got out of bed not wanting to rush things as I was still finding it painful to breathe.
"No problem" they both smiled as they put my few clothes and cards etc into my bag. I was ready within minutes and they helped me out the door to the cars.
As we made it to the car we heard the boys behind us.
"We're gonna beat you Mikey!" Tre shouted as Billie pushed him down a slight embankment. He was dressed back in his white t shirt and army pants, and although he had two limbs in casts and cuts and bruises all over him, I still thought he was the schmexiest man alive. I smiled as we all clambered into cars and headed back towards our place.
*** ***
"Careful Tre! You don't wanna break your other leg do you?" I asked as I walked behind him watching him shakily use his crutches. Since his arm was in a cast they had given him the ones that you stick your arm through, not put under your arms as it would be easier for him to manage.
"Nope" he laughed. "But these damn things are gonna take some getting used to" he grunted as he tried to coordinate himself to get up the front steps.
"You took your time!" Mike joked as we finally came through the front door.
"Oh shuddup! I had to make sure he didn't break his other leg didn't I?" I said cringing; gesturing to Tre as he almost stacked it near the couch. Billie and Sammy caught him and helped him sit down.
*** ***
Tre and I stayed in the house for the next few weeks. The press had found out about the accident and where practically camping on our doorstep. The guys couldn't even come over because it would cause too much of a commotion. So we stuck to phone conversations and talking through email and msn. One day I was talking to Adie online when Tre came through the door still on his crutches.
"I hate having a shower with a garbage bag on my leg man!" he whined. He had his arm plaster taken off a few days ago so showering was bit easier, but his leg had been so badly broken that he still had the cast on it.
"Aww... poor baby" I said as I held the chair steady as he sat down. "I've just been talking to Adie, and apparently you guys are still gonna be going on tour even though you can't play?" I questioned.
"Haha... yeah, I found that out from Billie earlier. Apparently there shortening the tour a bit and getting Al back to play for them. I'm gonna be like a special guest though. I'll be making an appearance at every show" he said smiling.
"Well she said that the bus is coming in a few days... so we'd better start packing buddy boy" I said handing him his crutches. We made our way to our bedroom and began packing clothes and such for three months on the road.
After the accident, Tre had officially moved in because it was easier than having to go back and forth from Billie's to mine all the time to get his stuff. I opened two huge suitcases and started packing. Tre did what he could from his swivel chair that had become his best friend, but a lot of the time he was instructing me what to do and what to pack.
"Your lucky I love you so much ya know" I said kissing him after stacking it over his leg. "Coz if I didn't, you would have had more than a broken leg" I said cocking an eyebrow and gesturing to his other 3 healthy limbs. "I would've had you in traction by now buddy" I laughed as I picked up makeup bag and the few shirts of Tre's I had dropped.
"Come on. Let's go downstairs and get some food. I'm hungry after all this" he said gesturing to the mess our room had become with his crutch. I followed him downstairs making sure he didn't fall and made my way into the kitchen to see what we had.
"Lasagne?" I asked from the freezer. "That's basically all we've got" I joked as I opened the two packets and stuck them in the oven.
"Wooo! Garlic kisses!" he said sarcastically throwing his arms in the air.
I laughed. "We won't be able to taste it if we both eat it. We are gonna piss the others off on the bus when it comes though" I giggled as I looked over at Tre. He was planning all the ways he could piss everyone off with garlic breath.
We sat in silence eating our garlicky, cheesy, meaty mess and then went upstairs to continue packing. We collapsed on the bed about three hours later. I grabbed my black sharpie from the bed side table.
"I wanna draw another pic on your cast" I said wriggling down a bit trying to find a patch of available green. Since we couldn't go out of the house, we had been amusing our selves by drawing pictures on his cast. This time I drew a big heart with F.E.W III 4 M.A.S in it.
He giggled. "That's cute... . But it is the only time apart from your bracelet that F.E.W III is going to be used ok?"
"Cross my heart and hope to die baby" I said with puppy dog eyes grinning.
We snuggled down under the covers and both got the best nights sleep that we had in a while.
As I awoke the next morning I poked my head out the window and looked around to the front of the house. To my surprise the press had gone.
"Tre wake up!" I said excitedly shaking him awake.
"Ok, ok! I'm awake!! What's the matter?" he asked groaning.
"Nothings the matter... the press are gone!" I said with a huge grin on my face.
"Really?? They must have heard that the tour was still going ahead and given up" he said with an equally large grin plastered on his face.
We got dressed and made our way downstairs. I poked my head out the front door cautiously. There were still a few people that looked a bit suspicious, but nothing too major. I did however notice two guys in hats and sunglasses race towards the door.
"Mattie it's us. Let us in" I opened the door widely as Billie and Mike came through and closed the door.
"The press is gone!" they both grinned.
"Now where's the cripple?" Billie asked loudly taking his hat and sunglasses off.
"Enough with the cripple talk "Tre said wheeling himself into the room. "I may not be able to walk just yet, but I can still kick your ass Billie boy" he laughed gesturing to the heavy cast on his leg.
"Nice to know this hasn't changed you Tre" Mike rolled his eyes as he took off his hat.
"Oh my god! Your hair!" I exclaimed excitedly. It was back to its natural colour of a blondy brown, and had blonde tips. I looked over at Billie. His hair was dyed black and spiked in all directions.
"Makeover" he said. "We couldn't leave our houses much either, so we decided to dye our hair for the tour... and we came over to do him" he finished, cocking his head towards roller boy.
"Lets' go! " I said grabbing Tre's crutches while Billie shoved him towards the stairs on his chair.
We all went into the bathroom and proceeded to dye Tre's hair a really dark red.
"Holy crap!! You're even hotter!" I said as I gelled his hair into a bit of a mohawk.
"I didn't think that was possible in my case... but thanks babe" he grinned tilting his head backwards to kiss me.
The day of the tour starting
Tre's POV
"Come on Mattie!!" I yelled in the direction of our bedroom. She was still getting ready to leave. "She's not the one with her whole leg in a cast and she's still slow" I muttered to myself.
Our two suitcases were at the top of the stairs. After checking that there was nothing breakable in them, I pushed both suitcases down the stairs with my leg. I went downstairs and was greeted a few minutes later by Mattie.
"How did you get them downstairs?" she asked looking between me and the suitcases.
"I shoved them with this" I said swinging my broken leg forward slightly. "But I made sure that there was nothing breakable before I did it though" I finished knowing that that would be the next question she would ask.
She poked her head out the front door to see the tour bus pull up. "Ok the bus is here. You go and get on and I'll take care of these"
"I'll get Mike to come and help!" I yelled over my shoulder at her. "MIKEY!!!" I yelled as I neared the bus.
"WHAT?!?!" he yelled just as loud not realising how close I was and emerging on the buses steps.
"Can you please help Mattie with the bags? She wants to do it all herself, but I'm not gonna let her"
"Sure... just a sec" he said running over to the door where Mattie was trying to carry two suitcases. I hopped up the buses stairs and was greeted by everyone.
"HEY HOPPY!!!" they all shouted in unison.
"Hello, hello" I said as I navigated my way to the back of the bus. "Are we ready to tour our asses off?" I asked before realising that along with Billie, Adie, Jason and Sammy... Al was also sitting. "Hey man" I said extending hand. "Thanks for being the fill in 'best drummer in the world' " I laughed as I swung myself around to the couch and plonked down near Adie.
"How much longer till you get that thing off?" she asked.
"Not till after the tour is done" I replied. All of a sudden I experienced a really bad itch at the foot end of my cast. I grabbed one of the drumsticks that was on the table. "Here... can you stick that in the bottom of the cast and wiggle it a bit... I have an itch" I said throwing Adie the stick and squirming.
"There ya go sweetie" she said doing exactly what I had asked. I sighed in relief.
"Thanks Adie" I said grinning at her.
"It must get pretty bad" she said continuing to wiggle the drumstick at the base of my cast.
"Yeah it does. And its worse when the itch is like halfway down my leg and I can't reach it" I replied giggling.
Mattie and Mike climbed back on the bus. After she said her hellos I gestured for her to come and sit on my lap. She grabbed a pillow before sitting down.
"It's not exactly comfortable baby!" she exclaimed as she sat down and looked at the look of fake hurt on my face.
As we headed towards our first destination, Bakersfield, we cracked open several beers and started the Playstation up. With me being the Playstation king, I was beating everyone that played against me.
"Fuck it Tre!!!! Can't you just let us win for once?" Jason whined throwing the controller down in frustration. I gave him a smile that meant my answer was no. He got up and walked off in a huff.
"Anyone else wanna try and beat me?" I asked the whole bus loudly. No one replied except Mattie who whispered in my ear from behind me.
"Ready to get your ass kicked Soldier?" she licked my ear and jumped over the couch to get the controller that Jason had thrown.
"I bet 50 bucks that Mattie can beat Tre" Billie said suddenly becoming interested in what we were doing. Everyone else agreed and suddenly 300 bucks was on the fact that Mattie could beat me.
"Whoever wins gets the 300" Mike stated as everyone sat around to watch my apparent ass kicking.
"You ready to go down baby?" she asked with a somewhat malicious grin on her face.
"With 300 bucks riding on it?? FUCK NO!!!" I yelled as she chose the game.
Shit! She had chosen The Simpson's Road Rage. She was always better at that than I was. We chose our characters and the game began.
"Go Mattie!!!" Jason screamed.
"Ok Jason quit it with the screaming, but yeah... Go Mattie!!" Adie scolded Jason and cheered Mattie. Everyone else followed suit.
We began playing the game of picking up passengers and taking them to the place they wanted to go. The aim was to get all the passengers and have the highest money after 10 laps. By the time we reached halfway, I was already 6 passengers and 400 bucks behind.
"Maybe I taught you too well" I joked trying to break her concentration. She didn't falter for a second.
"What ever you say isn't gonna stop me babe" she grinned as she delivered another passenger. We continued playing for a few minutes and I finally caught up in passengers.
"Looks like this 300 could go either way!" Mike exclaimed. Mattie and I were both on 8 passengers and I was only 10 bucks behind in fares. We both picked up passenger 9.
"Oooooooooo! Principal Skinner!! I know where he has to go!!" I yelled like a 3 year old. Poking my tongue out as I nearly ran into a wall. I dropped Principal Skinner off and was on to my last passenger. Mattie dropped her fare off seconds later. We both picked up our last fares and the race was on.
"Get outta my way you stupid truck!!!" I yelled as Mattie sped past me. "Nooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!" I cried out in defeat. Everyone else cheered. Mattie had beaten me, I couldn't believe it! She looked at me in shock.
"I seriously didn't expect that to happen baby... I'm sowwy." She frowned and crawled over to give me a sympathy kiss.
"Hey! You're not meant to kiss the loser Mattie!!" Billie exclaimed handing her a wad of cash.
"Shuddup Billie!" I teased. "At least she COULD beat me" I smirked. He stuck his tongue out at me and walked off with his head down. Mattie slapped me on the arm.
"You're such a meanie pants" she giggled.
We continued onto Bakersfield for another hour or so before we stopped.
"Food stop!!" Mike yelled from the front of the bus.
"What??? Food?!? Get outta my way!" Jason yelled running to the front jumping over things and nearly knocking Sammy and Adie over on the way.
"JASON WHITE!!" Mattie yelled. Jason skidded and stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Mattie sheepishly. "Stop running already!! We all wanna eat ya know... and let Tre off first" she said as an after thought.
"Yes Mattie" he replied slightly ashamed at what he did. I smirked at him as I went by on my crutches. "Thanks Jase!" I said overly happy. We all clambered out of the bus and made our way to the smallish diner. We all ordered our food and ate happily. Jason somehow managed to eat almost as much as the rest of us put together.
"Jesus Jason! Stop eating already!!" I said. "I may be able to play guitar but I can't really fill in for you coz you've eaten too much and your spewing ok?" I cocked an eyebrow at him as he stopped chewing the mouthful of fries he had.
"I'shm sworrys Twre" I looked at him.
"In English thanks dude" I said laughing. He swallowed.
"I said I'm sorry Tre... I'll stop eating now" he looked kinda scared that I was going to do something to him.
"It's ok Jase." I joked. "We don't bite... we just don't want to have to find another guitarist 4 hours before the show starts." I said laughing.
It was kinda funny the effect we all had on Jason. He was as mad at me at times, but seemed to get all scared when we told him to do something or told him off for doing something.
We all clambered back onto the bus and continued for another hour to Bakersfield.
After we all arrived and got into our hotel rooms. The limo to take us to the venue arrived.
"COME ON BOYS!!!" Sammy, Adie and Mattie yelled. "With the exception of you babe" Mattie said as she smiled at me.
"Were coming!!" Jason yelled from the window above us.
"Well hurry the fuck up!!" I yelled back.
"Yes mommy" Jason replied sticking his tongue out before shutting the window.
Even though I wasn't playing I didn't want to be late. Finally Billie, Mike, Al and Jason came downstairs and we managed to set off to the gig.
*** ***
"Now Bakersfield... "Billie started on the mic. "As you know, Tre won't be able to play with us during this tour." He was met with a loud "Awwwwwwwwwww!!" from the crowd. "But... " Billie continued. "We do have a very special guest tonight... ." Billie waited for the reaction of the crowd as I hopped out onto the stage.
The crowd went nuts. As I made it to the mic I stated. "Gee, thanks guys... I've never felt more loved in my life" and had a fake cry as Billie handed me my guitar and stood just to the side of me, holding my crutches and at the same time being my spot in case I fell.
"Do you guys wanna hear me play???" I asked. They cheered. "I'll take that as a yes... .Ok... .Do we have a stool Billie?? Coz I don't think I can stand without my crutches, play AND sing for two songs and not fall over" the crowd laughed. A stool was brought from side stage and I sat down and began to sing and play.
"Ahem... .this ones called All by myself" I said as the crowd went nuts.
I was alone,I was all by myself
No one was looking, I was thinking of you
Oh yeah, did I mention I was all by myself
All by myself...
All by myself...
All by myself...
I went to your house,but no one was there
I went in your room
I was all by myself
You and me had
Such wonderful times
When I'm all by myself,
I paused to get a reaction from the crowd. They were cheering louder than ever. "You guys aren't only cheering this loud coz I've got a broken leg, and you feel sorry for me are you?" I asked with the sound of fake hurt in my voice.
They all replied with a loud "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!" and there were several "We love you Tre's" in there.
"Good... " I said adjusting myself on the chair. "Next song then... if you know it please sing along... .its called Dominated Love Slave... ." They all cheered as I started.
I want to be your dominated love slave
I want to be the one that takes the pain
You can spank me when I do not behave
Mack me in the forehead with a chain
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drive them staples deep
I want you to slap me and call me naughty
Put a beltsander against my skin
I want to feel pain all over my body
Can't wait to be punished for my sins.
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drive them staples deep
Yee-hah!
Cause I love feelin' dirty
And I love feelin' cheap
And I love it when you hurt me
So drrrriiiveeee.....Staples?
Mikey finished DLS with a bit of a bass solo and the crowd gave a standing ovation. Well most of them were standing already... ..but that's not the point... the ones that weren't standing did! I handed Billie my guitar and he handed me my crutches. I waved a bit before hopping offstage with a humongous grin on my face.
"That was absolutely brilliant Tre!! How loud were they cheering for you?!?!?!" Mattie exclaimed excitedly jumping up and down.
"The highlight of my night and the concert" I grinned kissing her when she stopped jumping.
"As soon as that cast comes off, Solider Cool and Sergeant Mattie have some serious catching up to do" she whispered in my ear as I hugged her close to stop from falling over.
"Your telling me!!!" I smirked at her as the other guys ran offstage.
"Brilliant show boys" I remarked as they gave me the thumbs up and went to kiss their women.
"EWWWWW!!! Mikey!! You're all sweaty and gross!!" Sammy exclaimed pulling away from Mike.
"Ditto" Adie agreed pulling away from Billie. "Go shower and come back later" she giggled.
Billie, Mike, Jason and Al went off to shower while the rest of us settled in the dressing room and began opening the complementary drinks, and I began eating the food.
"And you told Jason off for eating too much!" Mattie giggled as I stuffed my face with sandwiches of some sort. They were goood, whatever they were. I continued to eat.
"Tre!! Leave some for the others!!" Mattie yelled at me clearly agitated at something. Me, Adie and Sammy all looked at her weirdly. She turned red and ran out of the room.
"What's up with her?" I asked after swallowing. They both looked at me and shrugged.
"No idea Tre. She hasn't told me anything." Sammy said with a pained look on her face. I scrunched up my face as I put the plate of sandwiches down.
"I'll go" I said grabbing my crutches and swinging out the door. I went out the door and looked for Mattie. I passed Jason on the way. "Hey dude, you seen Mattie at all?" I asked.
"Yeah, she went thata way" he pointed behind him.
"Thanks Jase" I said patting him on the back and heading in the direction that he pointed. "Mattie???" I called as I went down the corridor. "Where are you beautiful?" I said hoping that that would coax her out of her hiding spot. I heard some soft crying from a bit further down the hall and headed towards it.
I found Mattie sitting on an equipment box with her knees to her chest and her head down. "What's the matter baby?" I asked approaching her.
She lifted her head slightly to see that it was me. "Hey it's you" she whispered through tears.
"Yeah of course it is P.M.D. Who else would it be?" I lifted her head so her eyes met mine. Purple Monkey Dishwasher was a pet/nickname I had given her because of her purple hair. She never liked it much, but it always made her smile.
She looked at me with tear and eyeliner streaked cheeks and smiled. "Im sorry for being like this baby" she said, starting to wipe at her face.
"It's ok" I smiled wiping at her smudged eyeliner with my thumb. "I just wanna know why your all sad." I said giving her puppy dog eyes and frowning.
"Its just stress" she replied sighing. "I know you cant help it and everything... ... but doing everything I have to do... .dealing with the press on our doorstep after the accident...dealing with my injuries...and helping you with stuff you cant do... and now all this...I just cracked" she concluded leaning her back against the wall and crossing her legs.
"Do you feel better now??" I asked moving to the side of the equipment box and also leaning against the wall.
"Yeah. I got it all out for now." She said leaning her head against the wall and turning her head to me.
"For now???" I asked cocking an eyebrow. "You mean this could happen again?" I said fake whining and pouting. She giggled. "Come on" I said wiping the rest of her smudged eyeliner away. "Let go back and have some fun" I said pushing off from the wall and helping her off the box.
We walked back down the corridor to our dressing room with her holding onto my crutch seeing as I needed my hand to hold onto it. As soon as we entered the room we were rushed by everyone in the room.
"Are you ok girl?" Sammy asked taking Mattie into a hug.
"Yeah I'm fine" she replied. "Just the stress of everything that has happened in the last few months finally built up and exploded" she said sighing. "Now lets get this party started!!" she exclaimed.
