Billie, Bob, Jayde, and Sarah. Mike, too., chapter 14
Still Billie's POV:
Oh. My.... Damnit! Forget this slow realization, Tre's dead! What the hell am I supposed to do now? I did the only thing I could do... I cried. He couldn't die, I didn't want him to. Tears streaking down my face I slumped onto Tre's cold, shaking body. Wait a minute... shaking? I heard his monitor start to make sounds of life again. "Tre!" I shouted loudly. I hugged him. His eyes squinted up at me.
"Thanks Billie." His voice was so weak.
"What?" I was confused but happy.
"I can sense other powers Billie. You saved me."
"I can stop death?"
"No. Well, yes. You can stop anything. Anything in the world.
"Tre, why'd you do that?"
He was slowly slipping in and out of consciousness; he was very weak from loss of blood. "Jayde," he whispered before falling into a deep, healing sleep.
Sarah's POV:
I knew something was wrong, terribly wrong, with Tre. I hadn't seen him in forever today! I can't sense anything... I think... I think I... lost my power-- OMD! OHMYDOG! Nononononoo, he can't be dead, or hurt, or heartbroken, nononononono!!!! That's the only thing, my mom told us, that can end our curse. And a curse it is, to hear people's thoughts, to be able to hear or see anything, to predict the future. You can't sit back and watch the beauty in life. Enough of that, where's my brother? I gulped slowly, dryly, and I called Billie's house.
"Hello?" came a gasp.
"Jayde?"
"Yeah. Billie..." Jayde trailed off, and I could tell she'd been crying.
"What, Jay, what?"
"It's Tre... Billie called me... Tre tried to... he tried to..."
"What?" I asked dumbly. Then it hit me. "You bitch! I hate you! I fucking hate you! You nearly killed my brother! I HATE YOU!" I slammed down the phone and cried myself to sleep.
***
I woke up from a sweaty, shaking, scared nightmare. Tre... dead. What if he was dead? Gone. No more fights, no more anything, gone. Fuck. I knew it wasn't really Jayde's fault. In fact, she'd probably tried to kill herself too, because she thought everyone killed her. As soon as the thought hit I gasped desperately for breath. Shit. Closing my eyes I concentrated. Hoping my power was back, I willed myself into Jayde's mind. I felt her pain, her horrible pain. Then everything went black.
Jayde's POV:
I can't believe it. Tre... trying to die because of me? I want to die now... I can't hurt him again. But no, death isn't the way... maybe I should dump Billie... That doens't sound too bad, although I know he'll be hurt. I sighed as I heard the door open. I knew my eyes were bloodshot and puffy, and my hair was a mess, like before, and I rested my head in my hands. Billie slowly came into the room, afraid of what was going to happen, I bet. Somehow he must have known.
"Jayde... just go. Go to him, Jay." His eyes closed and he exhaled a long, deep breath.
He sat next to me. "Go," he whispered. A silent tear slid down his face, as if scared to leave. I kissed his cheek and left him there, all by himself. Sounds like something Tre sang once... A dagger sliced through my heart as the realization came back. Tre. He tried to kill himself. I ran to the hospital as fast as I could. When I got there, the visiting hours had just ended, and when no one was looking, I slipped into his room. No one was there except the horrible pile called Tre. I locked the door.
"Tre?" I whispered. His eyes flickered open. He looked away from me. I remembered back to that night when he transferred some of his power to me. My eyes bored into his face and I concentrated on thoughts.
'Please, just leave,' his mind said to me. 'Please, I've hurt you too much.'
'No, Tre,' I thought back. 'I'VE hurt YOU too much. I'M the one who should be in your place. I feel so guilty.'
'No.' By now he looked like he was going back to sleep. 'No, I should have ended it instead of hurting you again. You feel guilty when you shouldn't. I'm the one who hurt myself, I'm the one who was a jerk and selfish, I'm the one who should...' He didn't finish the thought.
'Tre...'
'No. I should have never told you how I felt when I KNEW how much you love Billie. I'm so sorry.'
'That's the thing, Tre.' I sighed. 'I love you too...' His eyes snapped open and he looked at me with an awed expression.
"What?" he squeaked. Then, a powerful force came over us, and we were both knocked unconscious.
Oh. My.... Damnit! Forget this slow realization, Tre's dead! What the hell am I supposed to do now? I did the only thing I could do... I cried. He couldn't die, I didn't want him to. Tears streaking down my face I slumped onto Tre's cold, shaking body. Wait a minute... shaking? I heard his monitor start to make sounds of life again. "Tre!" I shouted loudly. I hugged him. His eyes squinted up at me.
"Thanks Billie." His voice was so weak.
"What?" I was confused but happy.
"I can sense other powers Billie. You saved me."
"I can stop death?"
"No. Well, yes. You can stop anything. Anything in the world.
"Tre, why'd you do that?"
He was slowly slipping in and out of consciousness; he was very weak from loss of blood. "Jayde," he whispered before falling into a deep, healing sleep.
Sarah's POV:
I knew something was wrong, terribly wrong, with Tre. I hadn't seen him in forever today! I can't sense anything... I think... I think I... lost my power-- OMD! OHMYDOG! Nononononoo, he can't be dead, or hurt, or heartbroken, nononononono!!!! That's the only thing, my mom told us, that can end our curse. And a curse it is, to hear people's thoughts, to be able to hear or see anything, to predict the future. You can't sit back and watch the beauty in life. Enough of that, where's my brother? I gulped slowly, dryly, and I called Billie's house.
"Hello?" came a gasp.
"Jayde?"
"Yeah. Billie..." Jayde trailed off, and I could tell she'd been crying.
"What, Jay, what?"
"It's Tre... Billie called me... Tre tried to... he tried to..."
"What?" I asked dumbly. Then it hit me. "You bitch! I hate you! I fucking hate you! You nearly killed my brother! I HATE YOU!" I slammed down the phone and cried myself to sleep.
***
I woke up from a sweaty, shaking, scared nightmare. Tre... dead. What if he was dead? Gone. No more fights, no more anything, gone. Fuck. I knew it wasn't really Jayde's fault. In fact, she'd probably tried to kill herself too, because she thought everyone killed her. As soon as the thought hit I gasped desperately for breath. Shit. Closing my eyes I concentrated. Hoping my power was back, I willed myself into Jayde's mind. I felt her pain, her horrible pain. Then everything went black.
Jayde's POV:
I can't believe it. Tre... trying to die because of me? I want to die now... I can't hurt him again. But no, death isn't the way... maybe I should dump Billie... That doens't sound too bad, although I know he'll be hurt. I sighed as I heard the door open. I knew my eyes were bloodshot and puffy, and my hair was a mess, like before, and I rested my head in my hands. Billie slowly came into the room, afraid of what was going to happen, I bet. Somehow he must have known.
"Jayde... just go. Go to him, Jay." His eyes closed and he exhaled a long, deep breath.
He sat next to me. "Go," he whispered. A silent tear slid down his face, as if scared to leave. I kissed his cheek and left him there, all by himself. Sounds like something Tre sang once... A dagger sliced through my heart as the realization came back. Tre. He tried to kill himself. I ran to the hospital as fast as I could. When I got there, the visiting hours had just ended, and when no one was looking, I slipped into his room. No one was there except the horrible pile called Tre. I locked the door.
"Tre?" I whispered. His eyes flickered open. He looked away from me. I remembered back to that night when he transferred some of his power to me. My eyes bored into his face and I concentrated on thoughts.
'Please, just leave,' his mind said to me. 'Please, I've hurt you too much.'
'No, Tre,' I thought back. 'I'VE hurt YOU too much. I'M the one who should be in your place. I feel so guilty.'
'No.' By now he looked like he was going back to sleep. 'No, I should have ended it instead of hurting you again. You feel guilty when you shouldn't. I'm the one who hurt myself, I'm the one who was a jerk and selfish, I'm the one who should...' He didn't finish the thought.
'Tre...'
'No. I should have never told you how I felt when I KNEW how much you love Billie. I'm so sorry.'
'That's the thing, Tre.' I sighed. 'I love you too...' His eyes snapped open and he looked at me with an awed expression.
"What?" he squeaked. Then, a powerful force came over us, and we were both knocked unconscious.
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