Bleeding Hearts, chapter 12
I opened my eyes. I was shivering all over and lights were flashing out of the corner of my eye.
"One of 'em is awake. Quick."
"Which one?"
"Tre."
"Yes! Now I can get his autograph."
"He is patient first and celebrity second. You are not to get his autograph now."
"But I already have Mikes and Billie Joe's, I need his for my collection to be complete."
I listened to this conversation, which went on for about two minutes when someone reminded them that I was still awake.
"Can you see me?" A paramedic asked me as he leaned over me.
I nodded. I was so confused. I was meant to be dead. How did I survive?
"Can you hear me?" He asked.
One of the others looked confused to now. "Of course he can hear you. Otherwise he wouldn't have answered your question."
The man standing over me shot his head up to the look at the other one. "Shut up." He said in a deadly voice.
"Yes I can hear you. I can see you. I can smell you I can feel you and I could probably taste you but I have no intention of doing so."
A young woman in a nurse uniform ran over. "I wouldn't mind if you tasted me. In fact I would be quite grateful."
She was quite hot and I wouldn't of minded either but the doctor put a stop to it. "JAN!" The doctor yelled to her.
This slipped me right back into a depressed state of mind. She was called Jan. That really didn't help. I lay back and looked up. I noticed I was still out side on the riverbank spread out across the grass and Gavin was next to me, still unconscious.
"TRE!" I hear a familiar voice say.
I looked up to see Mike. "Hello" I replied. "You don't sound to happy."
"Really?" He said. His voice was dripping with sarcasm. "No. I'm perfectly happy. One of my friends tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend. Plus to cap it all off my other friend and band mate is now not willing to talk to my friend who tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend. So all in all, it has been an absolutely wonderful day." He kicked me and walked off.
I clutched my side in pain. Why wasn't Billie Joe talking to me? Oh well. He would get over it.
*Meanwhile *
Billie Joe was sitting in bed. When he last saw Tre he had been pretty upset but hopefully nothing drastic. He looked down at Adrienne who was sleeping calmly.
Suddenly the phone rung and broke the silence in the room.
"Hey" Billie Joe answered.
He heard a sigh. "Are you sitting down?" Mike asked.
"Yeh. I'm lying on my bed." He said back.
Mike took a deep breath. "Good... Well... Um... I don't quite know how to say this but they have pulled Tre's car out of the river. He is still unconscious and so is Gavin."
Billie Joe was in shock. He said nothing. He sat with his eyes wide open not able to say anything. He jabbed Adrienne in the side and she woke up. He passed her the phone and tried to process all this in his mind.
"Hello Mike. What is going on? Billie Joe seems to be in shock." She looked up and he was breathing heavily. "Oh fuck... I think he is having a panic attack. Can I call you back?"
"Yeh of course... Actually can you come down to the river?"
Adrienne stood up and walked over to Billie. "Come on Billie, breathe properly it's ok... Yeh that should be fine Mike." She hung up and slid the phone across the floor to the other side of the room.
After about 15 minutes she managed to calm Billie Joe down and they got into the car.
"So what has happened then?" Adrienne asked as she pulled out of the drive.
Billie Joe took a deep breath. "Tre tried to kill himself and Gavin. He tried to kill his daughter's best friend. Gavin is only 12 or 13 for god sake. He almost killed him. And himself. He was throwing his life away. Luckily they pulled him and Gavin out of the car. Fuck sake. I'm gonna bloody kill that idiot."
"He is obviously hurt inside. He hurt so bad he wanted to die. Ok it was quite stupid for him to do that to Gavin as well but you can't blame him."
"I can blame him and that is what I'm doing. I'm just not gonna talk to him. At the moment I could not be more angry at him." He hit the car seat with his fist as they pulled up onto the pavement near the lake river where an ambulance and a police car were parked.
Billie Joe climbed out the car and was instantly greeted by Mike who basically tackled him to the floor. "Tre-is-waking-up-and-you-need-to-come-quick-no-time-to-explain-come-come-come." He took a deep breath after saying all this in one go then started again "come-come-come... " He pulled on Billie Joes arm but he held back.
"No. I'm not going to talk to him. He tried to kill himself for god sake. I'm not gonna cut him any slack by just forgiving him. Remember when I was really depressed and wanted to die. He was always shouting at me for being so stupid that I wanted to die but now look what he goes and does. Fuck sake." Billie Joe ran his hands through his hair in frustration.
Mike sighed. "Well you aren't exactly helping the matter. One of my best friends tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend and now my other best friend isn't talking to my previously mentioned best friend... If that makes any sense." He looked at Billie Joe with a look that could kill a man at ten paces. "Anyways. Can you please come and talk to him. They have found drugs in his blood stream and in Gavin's. If he survives, which they think he will he will probably get sent to jail. Now go over there and talk to him."
Billie Joe gave Mike the same look. "No!"
Mike threw his arms into the air and started walking towards the group of doctors around Tre. "Fine Then Billie Joe. I will just tell him that."
"OK!" Billie Joe yelled more cheerful than before. "Come on Adie. Lets go home. I'm not talking to Tre and Gavin isn't awake so there is nothing keeping us here."
Adie gave Claudia, who she had started talking to a quick hug and clambered in the car with a look of disappointment on her face at her husband's childish behaviour.
"One of 'em is awake. Quick."
"Which one?"
"Tre."
"Yes! Now I can get his autograph."
"He is patient first and celebrity second. You are not to get his autograph now."
"But I already have Mikes and Billie Joe's, I need his for my collection to be complete."
I listened to this conversation, which went on for about two minutes when someone reminded them that I was still awake.
"Can you see me?" A paramedic asked me as he leaned over me.
I nodded. I was so confused. I was meant to be dead. How did I survive?
"Can you hear me?" He asked.
One of the others looked confused to now. "Of course he can hear you. Otherwise he wouldn't have answered your question."
The man standing over me shot his head up to the look at the other one. "Shut up." He said in a deadly voice.
"Yes I can hear you. I can see you. I can smell you I can feel you and I could probably taste you but I have no intention of doing so."
A young woman in a nurse uniform ran over. "I wouldn't mind if you tasted me. In fact I would be quite grateful."
She was quite hot and I wouldn't of minded either but the doctor put a stop to it. "JAN!" The doctor yelled to her.
This slipped me right back into a depressed state of mind. She was called Jan. That really didn't help. I lay back and looked up. I noticed I was still out side on the riverbank spread out across the grass and Gavin was next to me, still unconscious.
"TRE!" I hear a familiar voice say.
I looked up to see Mike. "Hello" I replied. "You don't sound to happy."
"Really?" He said. His voice was dripping with sarcasm. "No. I'm perfectly happy. One of my friends tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend. Plus to cap it all off my other friend and band mate is now not willing to talk to my friend who tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend. So all in all, it has been an absolutely wonderful day." He kicked me and walked off.
I clutched my side in pain. Why wasn't Billie Joe talking to me? Oh well. He would get over it.
*Meanwhile *
Billie Joe was sitting in bed. When he last saw Tre he had been pretty upset but hopefully nothing drastic. He looked down at Adrienne who was sleeping calmly.
Suddenly the phone rung and broke the silence in the room.
"Hey" Billie Joe answered.
He heard a sigh. "Are you sitting down?" Mike asked.
"Yeh. I'm lying on my bed." He said back.
Mike took a deep breath. "Good... Well... Um... I don't quite know how to say this but they have pulled Tre's car out of the river. He is still unconscious and so is Gavin."
Billie Joe was in shock. He said nothing. He sat with his eyes wide open not able to say anything. He jabbed Adrienne in the side and she woke up. He passed her the phone and tried to process all this in his mind.
"Hello Mike. What is going on? Billie Joe seems to be in shock." She looked up and he was breathing heavily. "Oh fuck... I think he is having a panic attack. Can I call you back?"
"Yeh of course... Actually can you come down to the river?"
Adrienne stood up and walked over to Billie. "Come on Billie, breathe properly it's ok... Yeh that should be fine Mike." She hung up and slid the phone across the floor to the other side of the room.
After about 15 minutes she managed to calm Billie Joe down and they got into the car.
"So what has happened then?" Adrienne asked as she pulled out of the drive.
Billie Joe took a deep breath. "Tre tried to kill himself and Gavin. He tried to kill his daughter's best friend. Gavin is only 12 or 13 for god sake. He almost killed him. And himself. He was throwing his life away. Luckily they pulled him and Gavin out of the car. Fuck sake. I'm gonna bloody kill that idiot."
"He is obviously hurt inside. He hurt so bad he wanted to die. Ok it was quite stupid for him to do that to Gavin as well but you can't blame him."
"I can blame him and that is what I'm doing. I'm just not gonna talk to him. At the moment I could not be more angry at him." He hit the car seat with his fist as they pulled up onto the pavement near the lake river where an ambulance and a police car were parked.
Billie Joe climbed out the car and was instantly greeted by Mike who basically tackled him to the floor. "Tre-is-waking-up-and-you-need-to-come-quick-no-time-to-explain-come-come-come." He took a deep breath after saying all this in one go then started again "come-come-come... " He pulled on Billie Joes arm but he held back.
"No. I'm not going to talk to him. He tried to kill himself for god sake. I'm not gonna cut him any slack by just forgiving him. Remember when I was really depressed and wanted to die. He was always shouting at me for being so stupid that I wanted to die but now look what he goes and does. Fuck sake." Billie Joe ran his hands through his hair in frustration.
Mike sighed. "Well you aren't exactly helping the matter. One of my best friends tried to kill himself and his dead daughters best friend and now my other best friend isn't talking to my previously mentioned best friend... If that makes any sense." He looked at Billie Joe with a look that could kill a man at ten paces. "Anyways. Can you please come and talk to him. They have found drugs in his blood stream and in Gavin's. If he survives, which they think he will he will probably get sent to jail. Now go over there and talk to him."
Billie Joe gave Mike the same look. "No!"
Mike threw his arms into the air and started walking towards the group of doctors around Tre. "Fine Then Billie Joe. I will just tell him that."
"OK!" Billie Joe yelled more cheerful than before. "Come on Adie. Lets go home. I'm not talking to Tre and Gavin isn't awake so there is nothing keeping us here."
Adie gave Claudia, who she had started talking to a quick hug and clambered in the car with a look of disappointment on her face at her husband's childish behaviour.
