What Did I Ever Do To You?, chapter 10
I pulled out my script and started reading it over and over again. I looked at my bedside clock. 12:00 AM. "Shoot," I muttered to myself.
I tried to sleep, but my mouth was extremely dry, so I walked out into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Hey," I said to the figure in front of the sink. He looked up and smiled at me. I smiled back.
"Hey, Holly. Why are you up so late? I thought you said you had to get up at 6 in the morning?" Billie asked me. I smiled again and pushed him away from my sink.
"I do, it's just I'm thirsty. Got a problem with that?" I said, filling my cup up with water.
"Well, no, I was just wondering," Billie said, still smiling.
"What?"
"Can I sleep in your room? Please?" Billie pleaded.
"No!"
"I can't sleep out here!"
"Why not?" I asked, moving into my infamous heel-leaning/hand-on-hip position.
"Because, Tre's in my ear, snoring really loud, and Mike is tossing and turning in his sleep, making a ton of noise also. I can't close my eyes long enough to fall asleep!"
"Well, then you're just going to be really tired tomorrow. You are NOT sleeping in my room!" I said, chugged the rest of my water and turned to leave, but Billie grabbed my arm. I turned around and he kissed me. Deeply and passionately. I reacted a little, but not much. I didn't want to give him a false hope that I wanted to get back together with him. But his mouth was so warm, so I opened my mouth further.
I finally realized I shouldn't be doing this, and tried to pull back, but it was no use. Billie was holding on for dear life until he could have his fill.
"I just want you to know that I really miss you being my girlfriend. I miss holding you and touching you and knowing you're mine. I'll always want to be yours, if you'd have me," Billie said, looking into my eyes. I saw compassion there, and lust. But no true love. Wait, what was I expecting? We had only dated! It's not like I would expect him to LOVE me...
But I still felt a little for him. I mean, come on, who can resist those dreamy green eyes and that heart-warming (and cutely crooked) smile?
I just turned my back on him and went down the hall to my bedroom, thinking about what just happened, and falling asleep.
I woke to my alarm clock going off, signaling to me that I needed to wake up and be at the studio in 2 hours.
"Argh..." I said, searching blindly for the 'snooze' button, since I was still half asleep. I couldn't find it, so I settled for pulling the plug out of the socket. But I was already awake, I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, so I sat up in bed, wiping my eyes. I remembered that Billie had kissed me last night, saying that he missed me being his girlfriend. I sighed. I still liked Billie, somewhat. It had mostly subsided when I went to college. But when Billie helped in beating up Jack, I felt like I wanted him again.
And then there was Mike. I don't know what's hit me, but I've been feeling drawn to Mike, like he was God on Earth, and only wanted me. I could see it in his eyes, he was attracted to me. He laughed at the little quirky things I did. I had only just realized that I had feelings for Mike.
I couldn't get the facts straight in my head. Billie was more straightforward in telling me he wanted me. He was my first kiss, first boyfriend, and first sex partner. We've no doubt gotten better at all of them. Well, maybe he has. I haven't done well in the boyfriend department, obviously.
I shook my head, trying to clear my head of these confusing thoughts. I didn't need to waste any more time on trivial things like this first thing in the morning. So I got up and went in the bathroom. I pulled my hair into a ponytail and put on some light eyeliner, seeing as the makeup artists and hairdressers would be messing me up in no time.
I walked down the hall and saw that everyone was asleep. Mike was twisted in a bunch of blankets, Billie was almost flat against the wall beside his bed, and Tre was falling out. I decided to have a little fun in waking them up. I crept into the living room. I stood at the foot of the couch-bed and yelled, "WAKE UP!" Then I ran out of there so fast, it was like I was never there. Everyone bolted upright, except Tre. I tried to busy myself with making a cup of coffee, but I couldn't suppress a bunch of giggles. I love scaring them.
*Billie's POV*
I shot straight up in bed. I was having a nice dream where Holly and I were on a date, and I was about to kiss her, but then somebody yelled something (not in my dream) and I woke up. Argh! I looked over, and Mike was awake too, but he was having trouble disentangling himself from the sheets, so I laughed.
"What's so funny? At least I wasn't kissing a wall." Mike shot me a death glare. I looked behind me and sure enough there was my spit, on the wall. Probably from when I was kissing Holly earlier in the date...
I poked Tre in the ribs since he was already falling off the mattress, and he still didn't wake up.
BAM!
Mike was on the floor, still in a cocoon of blankets. I laughed again.
"Could you stop laughing and help me here, Bill?" Mike said frustrated. I laughed again and went over to help him.
When Mike was finally free of the blankets we decided to go into the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat. Mike smelled something and dashed in there. I think it was coffee, because now I can smell it. I swear, Mike would go insane if there wasn't coffee in the world. You know how sometimes too much caffeine can make you a little loopy? Well, Mike's the complete opposite.
"Hey, I see you two are awake after my personal alarm clock," Holly chuckled.
"What do you mean, 'personal alarm clock'?" I asked suspiciously. She handed Mike a cup of coffee.
"Holly, I'll love you forever," Mike said as he took a sip of his coffee. "This is the best coffee I've ever had." I got a little jealous of his words 'I'll love you forever'. I mean, Mike may be my best friend, but he has no right saying that! Actually, last night, I had no right to kiss her, but let's not turn this around on me...
Holly blushed a little and handed me a cup. I took a sip and immediately knew why Mike had said that. "I do too. This is awesome!"
"Well thanks, I just bought it from the store yesterday. I don't know what's so special about it," Holly blushed again, she never liked being complimented.
"So, what's your job? You're pretty serious about it if you're gonna get up at 6 o'clock in the freaking morning," Billie said.
Holly's face suddenly fell, but she quickly recovered. That was odd... what's so bad about her job?
*Holly's POV*
He just asked about my job...the second time in two days. OK, so Mike asked yesterday, but somebody still asked. Why are they so interested? It's my life!
"Oh, no, it's not really that important, it's just I have to be there at 8 and I like to laze around when I wake up so I get up 2 hours earlier...scratch that, it's now 7. Hey, is Tre gonna wake up anytime soon?" I hoped that they didn't notice my sudden change of subject. Mike raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. I knew he noticed, but Billie showed no sign of noticing. That doesn't mean that he didn't notice, though, because he's a pretty decent liar.
"No, when he hits his head on the floor he'll wakeup and realize he has a headache," Mike said, and laughed a little bit.
"Well I'm going to have some fun waking him up, you guys wanna come?" I asked. They both nodded and followed me.
I whispered my idea to them, and at first they were skeptical. I assured them it was only fun, and then they finally agreed. I got on top of Tre and kissed him. He put his hand on my neck and pulled me farther into the kiss, but I pulled back and immediately Billie got on top of Tre, hopefully without him noticing.
"Come back, baby." Tre said, and pulled Billie down on him and Billie slapped him on the face. That woke Tre up a bit, but he still wasn't fully awake. Then Mike put his butt right up to Tre's face and farted. That woke Tre up with a start.
"Did you let a skunk in here, Holly?" Tre asked me. I just laughed. I hugged Billie and Mike, thanking them, and went to go get myself a cup of coffee.
*Mike's POV*
I was still jealous of Tre, for being able to kiss Holly within the first 24 hours of knowing her (at least I thought). I didn't care that he was still asleep when he did it, it wasn't fair. I mean, I had known her a lot longer, and did I ever get a kiss? I don't think so. But I was still laughing at Tre. My farts are infamous for being incredibly stinky.
Holly hugged Billie and I and thanked us for helping wake Tre up and went into the kitchen, no doubt getting a cup of that heavenly coffee for herself.
"So, now all of you are jealous because I got a kiss. Ha ha haha ha!!" Tre said, dancing around the room.
"Um...Tre, aren't you...um, nevermind," Billie said.
"Oh, I know, I'm just way too sexy for words," Tre said, waving his butt in Billie's face. I laughed.
*Holly's POV*
I went into the kitchen to make some of my 'heavenly' coffee as Mike and Billie call it now, since apparently it's pretty good. I don't see any difference, but then again, Mike's a coffee addict, so I guess his comment helps.
I made Tre a cup and walked out into the living room where Tre was waving his butt in Billie's face. I laughed, along with Mike.
"You know Tre, I guess you don't deserve my world-famous coffee..." I said, still laughing slightly. "I think you're having too much fun."
"COFFEE!!" Tre said, and leapt at me. He took the cup from me and drank some. He smiled.
"You're right, this IS awesome coffee," Tre said, chugging the rest of it. I looked at the clock in the living room. 7:25. Oh no! I had to leave, pronto.
"Sorry guys, I have to leave now. Um, you can stay here for the morning, or the rest of the day, as long as you don't burn anything or break anything. And don't eat all my food, either!" I said as I ran back into my bedroom to a. grab my jacket and b. to stuff my script into my safe. Yes, we have safes in our apartments. And they don't know my combination, so it should be safe. It occurred to me how stupid it may seem to some people to be hiding a commercial script in a safe, but it made perfect sense to me. If they were going to find out, it would be on their own time when they were watching TV.
I rushed to the front door, them all staring at me.
I stopped. "What?"
"Nothing, except you don't have shoes on," Billie said, pointing to my feet, where I didhave shoes on. I looked up and Billie, Mike, and Tre tackled me.
"AAAHHHH!!"
They all started tickling me. I was ticklish everywhere, Mike and Billie knew it, so they started tickling me and apparently they had filled Tre in so he was tickling me too.
"Can't you call in sick today, please?" Tre said, stopping and looking at me, giving me puppy dog eyes. The tickling stopped and Mike and Billie were giving me puppy dog eyes too.
"No guys, I'm sorry. You don't know how much I really want to skip work today, but I'm kind of key to the whole day, so it wouldn't even be a workday if I wasn't there," I said. I realized I may have said too much, but I was willing to overlook it if they didn't notice.
"Seriously, what do you do?" Billie asked me.
"Get off me, guys, I'm going to be late!" I said, trying to push them off me and ignoring Billie's question. They all got off me and I hugged them goodbye.
"Like I said before, you guys can stay here as long as you don't break anything or burn anything. Or eat everything I have. Have fun!" I said.
"When will you be home?" Tre asked.
"Hmmm..." I said, thinking. We would probably stop shooting around 6, so I should be here by 6:30.
"About 6:30. Are you gonna stay here Tre?"
"Yeah. Billie and Mike are heading north," Tre said. It was then I remembered that Billie and Mike were heading back to Billie's house.
"Oh yea! I forgot about that!" I said, walking up to Billie. "Tell Ollie I said hi, okay?"
"Yeah, I will. We're coming back down here as soon as possible, though," Billie said, hugging me again, only this time tighter.
I hugged Mike again, just because I didn't want him to feel left out, and he hugged me just as hard as Billie did. I smiled.
"OK, then. Have fun!" I said, waving, and stepped out my door. I walked down the stairs and into my car.
The drive to the studio was horrible. I was thinking about how Billie said he would love to be my boyfriend again. I wondered why he didn't just ask me outright to be his girlfriend. I thought about whether I would want to or not.
By the time I got to the studio I had decided what I was going to tell Billie in private when I next saw him.
I could barely concentrate on my lines. When the day ended, everyone was disappointed in me, but I didn't dare tell them why I was distracted. They said to come in on Friday, two days from now, to finish the commercial, and he said I'd better not be distracted or else he was firing me. My agent would kill me if I got fired...FROM A COMMERCIAL. How embarrassing would that be? I mean, a bunch of commercial makers know who I am. According to my agent, I'm the 'it-girl' for commercials right now. He said he's working on getting me on some low-budget, made-for-TV movies. If I got fired now, my marketability would shoot down and then I wouldn't have a career, which means no apartment, which means I'd be living on the streets. What a nice way to start out after getting out of college.
I drove home fast, not wanting to break my promise to Tre about being home at 6:30, because it was already 6:17.
I got home at 6:38. I burst through the door and threw my bag on the counter, which still contained my keys and makeup and other necessities.
"Tre? Are you still here?" I asked. A murmur came from the bathroom.
When I got in there, I couldn't believe what I saw.
I tried to sleep, but my mouth was extremely dry, so I walked out into the kitchen to get a glass of water.
"Hey," I said to the figure in front of the sink. He looked up and smiled at me. I smiled back.
"Hey, Holly. Why are you up so late? I thought you said you had to get up at 6 in the morning?" Billie asked me. I smiled again and pushed him away from my sink.
"I do, it's just I'm thirsty. Got a problem with that?" I said, filling my cup up with water.
"Well, no, I was just wondering," Billie said, still smiling.
"What?"
"Can I sleep in your room? Please?" Billie pleaded.
"No!"
"I can't sleep out here!"
"Why not?" I asked, moving into my infamous heel-leaning/hand-on-hip position.
"Because, Tre's in my ear, snoring really loud, and Mike is tossing and turning in his sleep, making a ton of noise also. I can't close my eyes long enough to fall asleep!"
"Well, then you're just going to be really tired tomorrow. You are NOT sleeping in my room!" I said, chugged the rest of my water and turned to leave, but Billie grabbed my arm. I turned around and he kissed me. Deeply and passionately. I reacted a little, but not much. I didn't want to give him a false hope that I wanted to get back together with him. But his mouth was so warm, so I opened my mouth further.
I finally realized I shouldn't be doing this, and tried to pull back, but it was no use. Billie was holding on for dear life until he could have his fill.
"I just want you to know that I really miss you being my girlfriend. I miss holding you and touching you and knowing you're mine. I'll always want to be yours, if you'd have me," Billie said, looking into my eyes. I saw compassion there, and lust. But no true love. Wait, what was I expecting? We had only dated! It's not like I would expect him to LOVE me...
But I still felt a little for him. I mean, come on, who can resist those dreamy green eyes and that heart-warming (and cutely crooked) smile?
I just turned my back on him and went down the hall to my bedroom, thinking about what just happened, and falling asleep.
I woke to my alarm clock going off, signaling to me that I needed to wake up and be at the studio in 2 hours.
"Argh..." I said, searching blindly for the 'snooze' button, since I was still half asleep. I couldn't find it, so I settled for pulling the plug out of the socket. But I was already awake, I wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, so I sat up in bed, wiping my eyes. I remembered that Billie had kissed me last night, saying that he missed me being his girlfriend. I sighed. I still liked Billie, somewhat. It had mostly subsided when I went to college. But when Billie helped in beating up Jack, I felt like I wanted him again.
And then there was Mike. I don't know what's hit me, but I've been feeling drawn to Mike, like he was God on Earth, and only wanted me. I could see it in his eyes, he was attracted to me. He laughed at the little quirky things I did. I had only just realized that I had feelings for Mike.
I couldn't get the facts straight in my head. Billie was more straightforward in telling me he wanted me. He was my first kiss, first boyfriend, and first sex partner. We've no doubt gotten better at all of them. Well, maybe he has. I haven't done well in the boyfriend department, obviously.
I shook my head, trying to clear my head of these confusing thoughts. I didn't need to waste any more time on trivial things like this first thing in the morning. So I got up and went in the bathroom. I pulled my hair into a ponytail and put on some light eyeliner, seeing as the makeup artists and hairdressers would be messing me up in no time.
I walked down the hall and saw that everyone was asleep. Mike was twisted in a bunch of blankets, Billie was almost flat against the wall beside his bed, and Tre was falling out. I decided to have a little fun in waking them up. I crept into the living room. I stood at the foot of the couch-bed and yelled, "WAKE UP!" Then I ran out of there so fast, it was like I was never there. Everyone bolted upright, except Tre. I tried to busy myself with making a cup of coffee, but I couldn't suppress a bunch of giggles. I love scaring them.
*Billie's POV*
I shot straight up in bed. I was having a nice dream where Holly and I were on a date, and I was about to kiss her, but then somebody yelled something (not in my dream) and I woke up. Argh! I looked over, and Mike was awake too, but he was having trouble disentangling himself from the sheets, so I laughed.
"What's so funny? At least I wasn't kissing a wall." Mike shot me a death glare. I looked behind me and sure enough there was my spit, on the wall. Probably from when I was kissing Holly earlier in the date...
I poked Tre in the ribs since he was already falling off the mattress, and he still didn't wake up.
BAM!
Mike was on the floor, still in a cocoon of blankets. I laughed again.
"Could you stop laughing and help me here, Bill?" Mike said frustrated. I laughed again and went over to help him.
When Mike was finally free of the blankets we decided to go into the kitchen to see if there was anything to eat. Mike smelled something and dashed in there. I think it was coffee, because now I can smell it. I swear, Mike would go insane if there wasn't coffee in the world. You know how sometimes too much caffeine can make you a little loopy? Well, Mike's the complete opposite.
"Hey, I see you two are awake after my personal alarm clock," Holly chuckled.
"What do you mean, 'personal alarm clock'?" I asked suspiciously. She handed Mike a cup of coffee.
"Holly, I'll love you forever," Mike said as he took a sip of his coffee. "This is the best coffee I've ever had." I got a little jealous of his words 'I'll love you forever'. I mean, Mike may be my best friend, but he has no right saying that! Actually, last night, I had no right to kiss her, but let's not turn this around on me...
Holly blushed a little and handed me a cup. I took a sip and immediately knew why Mike had said that. "I do too. This is awesome!"
"Well thanks, I just bought it from the store yesterday. I don't know what's so special about it," Holly blushed again, she never liked being complimented.
"So, what's your job? You're pretty serious about it if you're gonna get up at 6 o'clock in the freaking morning," Billie said.
Holly's face suddenly fell, but she quickly recovered. That was odd... what's so bad about her job?
*Holly's POV*
He just asked about my job...the second time in two days. OK, so Mike asked yesterday, but somebody still asked. Why are they so interested? It's my life!
"Oh, no, it's not really that important, it's just I have to be there at 8 and I like to laze around when I wake up so I get up 2 hours earlier...scratch that, it's now 7. Hey, is Tre gonna wake up anytime soon?" I hoped that they didn't notice my sudden change of subject. Mike raised an eyebrow but didn't say anything. I knew he noticed, but Billie showed no sign of noticing. That doesn't mean that he didn't notice, though, because he's a pretty decent liar.
"No, when he hits his head on the floor he'll wakeup and realize he has a headache," Mike said, and laughed a little bit.
"Well I'm going to have some fun waking him up, you guys wanna come?" I asked. They both nodded and followed me.
I whispered my idea to them, and at first they were skeptical. I assured them it was only fun, and then they finally agreed. I got on top of Tre and kissed him. He put his hand on my neck and pulled me farther into the kiss, but I pulled back and immediately Billie got on top of Tre, hopefully without him noticing.
"Come back, baby." Tre said, and pulled Billie down on him and Billie slapped him on the face. That woke Tre up a bit, but he still wasn't fully awake. Then Mike put his butt right up to Tre's face and farted. That woke Tre up with a start.
"Did you let a skunk in here, Holly?" Tre asked me. I just laughed. I hugged Billie and Mike, thanking them, and went to go get myself a cup of coffee.
*Mike's POV*
I was still jealous of Tre, for being able to kiss Holly within the first 24 hours of knowing her (at least I thought). I didn't care that he was still asleep when he did it, it wasn't fair. I mean, I had known her a lot longer, and did I ever get a kiss? I don't think so. But I was still laughing at Tre. My farts are infamous for being incredibly stinky.
Holly hugged Billie and I and thanked us for helping wake Tre up and went into the kitchen, no doubt getting a cup of that heavenly coffee for herself.
"So, now all of you are jealous because I got a kiss. Ha ha haha ha!!" Tre said, dancing around the room.
"Um...Tre, aren't you...um, nevermind," Billie said.
"Oh, I know, I'm just way too sexy for words," Tre said, waving his butt in Billie's face. I laughed.
*Holly's POV*
I went into the kitchen to make some of my 'heavenly' coffee as Mike and Billie call it now, since apparently it's pretty good. I don't see any difference, but then again, Mike's a coffee addict, so I guess his comment helps.
I made Tre a cup and walked out into the living room where Tre was waving his butt in Billie's face. I laughed, along with Mike.
"You know Tre, I guess you don't deserve my world-famous coffee..." I said, still laughing slightly. "I think you're having too much fun."
"COFFEE!!" Tre said, and leapt at me. He took the cup from me and drank some. He smiled.
"You're right, this IS awesome coffee," Tre said, chugging the rest of it. I looked at the clock in the living room. 7:25. Oh no! I had to leave, pronto.
"Sorry guys, I have to leave now. Um, you can stay here for the morning, or the rest of the day, as long as you don't burn anything or break anything. And don't eat all my food, either!" I said as I ran back into my bedroom to a. grab my jacket and b. to stuff my script into my safe. Yes, we have safes in our apartments. And they don't know my combination, so it should be safe. It occurred to me how stupid it may seem to some people to be hiding a commercial script in a safe, but it made perfect sense to me. If they were going to find out, it would be on their own time when they were watching TV.
I rushed to the front door, them all staring at me.
I stopped. "What?"
"Nothing, except you don't have shoes on," Billie said, pointing to my feet, where I didhave shoes on. I looked up and Billie, Mike, and Tre tackled me.
"AAAHHHH!!"
They all started tickling me. I was ticklish everywhere, Mike and Billie knew it, so they started tickling me and apparently they had filled Tre in so he was tickling me too.
"Can't you call in sick today, please?" Tre said, stopping and looking at me, giving me puppy dog eyes. The tickling stopped and Mike and Billie were giving me puppy dog eyes too.
"No guys, I'm sorry. You don't know how much I really want to skip work today, but I'm kind of key to the whole day, so it wouldn't even be a workday if I wasn't there," I said. I realized I may have said too much, but I was willing to overlook it if they didn't notice.
"Seriously, what do you do?" Billie asked me.
"Get off me, guys, I'm going to be late!" I said, trying to push them off me and ignoring Billie's question. They all got off me and I hugged them goodbye.
"Like I said before, you guys can stay here as long as you don't break anything or burn anything. Or eat everything I have. Have fun!" I said.
"When will you be home?" Tre asked.
"Hmmm..." I said, thinking. We would probably stop shooting around 6, so I should be here by 6:30.
"About 6:30. Are you gonna stay here Tre?"
"Yeah. Billie and Mike are heading north," Tre said. It was then I remembered that Billie and Mike were heading back to Billie's house.
"Oh yea! I forgot about that!" I said, walking up to Billie. "Tell Ollie I said hi, okay?"
"Yeah, I will. We're coming back down here as soon as possible, though," Billie said, hugging me again, only this time tighter.
I hugged Mike again, just because I didn't want him to feel left out, and he hugged me just as hard as Billie did. I smiled.
"OK, then. Have fun!" I said, waving, and stepped out my door. I walked down the stairs and into my car.
The drive to the studio was horrible. I was thinking about how Billie said he would love to be my boyfriend again. I wondered why he didn't just ask me outright to be his girlfriend. I thought about whether I would want to or not.
By the time I got to the studio I had decided what I was going to tell Billie in private when I next saw him.
I could barely concentrate on my lines. When the day ended, everyone was disappointed in me, but I didn't dare tell them why I was distracted. They said to come in on Friday, two days from now, to finish the commercial, and he said I'd better not be distracted or else he was firing me. My agent would kill me if I got fired...FROM A COMMERCIAL. How embarrassing would that be? I mean, a bunch of commercial makers know who I am. According to my agent, I'm the 'it-girl' for commercials right now. He said he's working on getting me on some low-budget, made-for-TV movies. If I got fired now, my marketability would shoot down and then I wouldn't have a career, which means no apartment, which means I'd be living on the streets. What a nice way to start out after getting out of college.
I drove home fast, not wanting to break my promise to Tre about being home at 6:30, because it was already 6:17.
I got home at 6:38. I burst through the door and threw my bag on the counter, which still contained my keys and makeup and other necessities.
"Tre? Are you still here?" I asked. A murmur came from the bathroom.
When I got in there, I couldn't believe what I saw.
