Billie Joe And Me, chapter 2
we got to my house and ran inside as fast as we could. my cousin Dana was just getting her shoes on to leave.
"Kerry, Billie Joe, we have to leave...now"
"Dana, whats wrong? why are we leaving?" I asked, puzzled.
"Your parents...they were in a bad accident. we have to get to the hospital right now" we dashed out to the car and sped to the hospital. we got to the hospital and sprinted ahead into the emergancy room. Dana ran to the nurses station.
"nurse. we're here for Barb and Ed Heikkila." Billie Joe grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight. the nurse led us into the waiting room and directed us to a couch.
"i'll be back later" and the nurse left the room. it had been hours since we got in the waiting room. Dana fell asleep on a chair on the other side of the room and i feel asleep with my head on Billie Joe's shoulder. i was dreaming again when there was a shake on my shoulder. i woke up. the nurse was shaking me.
"Miss Heikkila." i sat up quickly and woke everyone else up.
"we have news for you. follow me." i stood up and walked out with everyone else down the hall with the nurse. Billie Joe grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"im sorry. theyre gone." i was shocked. tears filled my grey eyes and i started to cry. Billie Joe hugged me and let me cry into his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Kerry. i know how it feels to lose a family member."
"but you only lost your dad. not both of your parents!" i cried harder into his shoulder. he wipped my tears away with his thumbs. i looked blurrily at Dana. she wasnt crying at all. she just stood there looking at me.
"what the hell is your problem?" i asked. she just starred blankly at me.
"why should i care? theyre not MY parents. and besides, they hated me anyway. i have no need to cry" i stared at her, my mouth open wide.
"Dana! how could you say that? you and them are the only family i have left! i cant believe you!" i cried hard and ran to the door where the nurse was, Billie Joe running after me. i flung open the door. i stared blankly at my my injured parents. wires, IV bags, and monitors were everywhere. i walked slowly toward them. tears flooded my grey eyes. it was painful to look at them. Billie Joe stood at my side. i went up inbetween the two beds and grabbed one of my moms hands. her hands were icy cold. they made me shiver. i grabbed one of my dads hands. same thing. icy cold. tears spilled out of my eyes and ran down my face.
"i cant believe it. it should've been me instead. they didnt have to die" i said, starting to cry again.
"Dana is moving into her boyfriends house today. now i dont have parents OR a place to live!" Billie Joe handed me a Kleenex to dry my tears.
"thats ok Kerry. you can stay with me!"
"really? your mom wouldnt mind?"
"of course not! she loves you" i smiled and hugged Billie Joe.
"thanks BJ."
***back at Billie Joe's house***
"oh my god! i cant believe it! i just talked to them on the phone!" Billie Joe's mom exclaimed, "im so sorry that had to happen Kerry. i really am."
"thank you"
"well like my dad use to say," she continued, "life is like a box of chocolates. you never know what youre gonna get." i smiled and hugged her.
"so thats ok that i stay here for awhile?"
"of course it is sweetie! you are always welcome in this house"
"thats good. but where am i going to sleep?" i asked. she thought for a moment.
"you can sleep in Billie Joe's room. he has a bunkbed anyway. is that alright with both of you?" we look at each other.
"thats fine with me!" we said together. we smiled. i followed him into his room.
"which bunk do i get?"
"um...which ever one you want i guess."
"fine! top bunk it is!" i said. he laughed. we had stopped over at my house to get my clothes and things before we came here. i started unpacking. i shoved Billie Joe's clothes in the closet over to one side and hung mine up. the room looked interesting when i was finished. there was a mixture of mascara and colonge, lipgloss and video games. i was sorting some of my things when i suddenly got wailed in the back of the head with a pillow. i turned and saw Billie Joe laughing hard.
"o thats it! youre dead!" i grabbed a pillow a wailed Billie Joe in the stomach. i swung again and missed. he took a blow to my stomach and i fell over onto the bed taking him down with me. we laid there laughing. i gazed into his GORGIOUS green eyes. he stared into my grey eyes. just then the door flew open. it was Billie Joe's brother. he opened his mouth to say something but then closed it, staring at us. Billie Joe relized what he was doing and got up of me.
"ooooooo Billie Joe and his girlfriend were getting steamy!" Billie Joe opened his mouth to say something but i exploded at his brother.
"for the last time, we are NOT going out AND it was NOT what it looks like! we had a pillow fight and he fell over! it was NOT the other thing! so shut the fuck up or i'll beat the fucking shit out of you!" i shoved him down the hall and into his room. i closed the door and duct-taped it shut.
"Kerry! get me the fuck outta here right now!" i laughed and walked back into Billie Joe's room.
"woa Kerry. i didnt know you could get so angry!" he laughed. i blushed.
"hey do you wanna watch a PayPerView with me?" he asked
"yea sure!" we sat on his bottom bunk wich could also pull out into a couch so we sat on that. i picked "The Ring 2" because i like scary movies at night. i yawned. Billie Joe's arm wrapped around my shoulder. i felt like melting. 'was he really doing this?' i thought. he squeezed his arm tighter around my shoulder. i leaned my head on his shoulder and i fell asleep.
"Kerry, Billie Joe, we have to leave...now"
"Dana, whats wrong? why are we leaving?" I asked, puzzled.
"Your parents...they were in a bad accident. we have to get to the hospital right now" we dashed out to the car and sped to the hospital. we got to the hospital and sprinted ahead into the emergancy room. Dana ran to the nurses station.
"nurse. we're here for Barb and Ed Heikkila." Billie Joe grabbed my hand and squeezed it tight. the nurse led us into the waiting room and directed us to a couch.
"i'll be back later" and the nurse left the room. it had been hours since we got in the waiting room. Dana fell asleep on a chair on the other side of the room and i feel asleep with my head on Billie Joe's shoulder. i was dreaming again when there was a shake on my shoulder. i woke up. the nurse was shaking me.
"Miss Heikkila." i sat up quickly and woke everyone else up.
"we have news for you. follow me." i stood up and walked out with everyone else down the hall with the nurse. Billie Joe grabbed my hand and squeezed it tightly.
"im sorry. theyre gone." i was shocked. tears filled my grey eyes and i started to cry. Billie Joe hugged me and let me cry into his shoulder.
"I'm so sorry Kerry. i know how it feels to lose a family member."
"but you only lost your dad. not both of your parents!" i cried harder into his shoulder. he wipped my tears away with his thumbs. i looked blurrily at Dana. she wasnt crying at all. she just stood there looking at me.
"what the hell is your problem?" i asked. she just starred blankly at me.
"why should i care? theyre not MY parents. and besides, they hated me anyway. i have no need to cry" i stared at her, my mouth open wide.
"Dana! how could you say that? you and them are the only family i have left! i cant believe you!" i cried hard and ran to the door where the nurse was, Billie Joe running after me. i flung open the door. i stared blankly at my my injured parents. wires, IV bags, and monitors were everywhere. i walked slowly toward them. tears flooded my grey eyes. it was painful to look at them. Billie Joe stood at my side. i went up inbetween the two beds and grabbed one of my moms hands. her hands were icy cold. they made me shiver. i grabbed one of my dads hands. same thing. icy cold. tears spilled out of my eyes and ran down my face.
"i cant believe it. it should've been me instead. they didnt have to die" i said, starting to cry again.
"Dana is moving into her boyfriends house today. now i dont have parents OR a place to live!" Billie Joe handed me a Kleenex to dry my tears.
"thats ok Kerry. you can stay with me!"
"really? your mom wouldnt mind?"
"of course not! she loves you" i smiled and hugged Billie Joe.
"thanks BJ."
***back at Billie Joe's house***
"oh my god! i cant believe it! i just talked to them on the phone!" Billie Joe's mom exclaimed, "im so sorry that had to happen Kerry. i really am."
"thank you"
"well like my dad use to say," she continued, "life is like a box of chocolates. you never know what youre gonna get." i smiled and hugged her.
"so thats ok that i stay here for awhile?"
"of course it is sweetie! you are always welcome in this house"
"thats good. but where am i going to sleep?" i asked. she thought for a moment.
"you can sleep in Billie Joe's room. he has a bunkbed anyway. is that alright with both of you?" we look at each other.
"thats fine with me!" we said together. we smiled. i followed him into his room.
"which bunk do i get?"
"um...which ever one you want i guess."
"fine! top bunk it is!" i said. he laughed. we had stopped over at my house to get my clothes and things before we came here. i started unpacking. i shoved Billie Joe's clothes in the closet over to one side and hung mine up. the room looked interesting when i was finished. there was a mixture of mascara and colonge, lipgloss and video games. i was sorting some of my things when i suddenly got wailed in the back of the head with a pillow. i turned and saw Billie Joe laughing hard.
"o thats it! youre dead!" i grabbed a pillow a wailed Billie Joe in the stomach. i swung again and missed. he took a blow to my stomach and i fell over onto the bed taking him down with me. we laid there laughing. i gazed into his GORGIOUS green eyes. he stared into my grey eyes. just then the door flew open. it was Billie Joe's brother. he opened his mouth to say something but then closed it, staring at us. Billie Joe relized what he was doing and got up of me.
"ooooooo Billie Joe and his girlfriend were getting steamy!" Billie Joe opened his mouth to say something but i exploded at his brother.
"for the last time, we are NOT going out AND it was NOT what it looks like! we had a pillow fight and he fell over! it was NOT the other thing! so shut the fuck up or i'll beat the fucking shit out of you!" i shoved him down the hall and into his room. i closed the door and duct-taped it shut.
"Kerry! get me the fuck outta here right now!" i laughed and walked back into Billie Joe's room.
"woa Kerry. i didnt know you could get so angry!" he laughed. i blushed.
"hey do you wanna watch a PayPerView with me?" he asked
"yea sure!" we sat on his bottom bunk wich could also pull out into a couch so we sat on that. i picked "The Ring 2" because i like scary movies at night. i yawned. Billie Joe's arm wrapped around my shoulder. i felt like melting. 'was he really doing this?' i thought. he squeezed his arm tighter around my shoulder. i leaned my head on his shoulder and i fell asleep.
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