Listen To Your Heart ~ Book One.

In the Hospital part 1

"Hey girl! What's wrong?"

"Everything."

"Well...start at the beginning. Tell me everything!"

(Billie tells Zoe about us. How we meant. How she tried killing herself. How she willingly fucked her brother, and how she was raped. She tells Zoe she's pregnant, but she doesn't know who the father was, and how she feared it was her brother's. Zoe listens, not interrupting Billie once, until she was finished.)

"So... that's basically it, Zoe."

"Girl...you been going thru this shit alone. We're best friends! Why didn't you call me?"

"You're busy promoting your fashion line, Zoe! Besides, what am I supposed to tell you? That I fucked two guys, one of them was my brother...but oh by the way. I may or may not be carrying their baby?"

"Okay. First of all, you and your brother fucking one another is wrong on so many levels...and second, who the hell is this guy you posted a picture of on Instagram?"

"What guy?"

"You posted a picture on Instagram saying my new boyfriend and Shark. Did you forget that?"

(Billie had forgotten.)"Oh...that's this guy here."

(She turns the phone to show me lying in the hospital bed...still unconscious.)

"Oh my God! What happened to him?"

"He...asked me to marry him three times. I said no, because I can't forget about fucking my brother. I also told him the truth, about how I stopped taking my birth control pills, because I wanted a baby to my brother. He got drunk, had an epileptic seizure. Damn it Zoe, if he dies because of me..."

"Do you love him, Billie?"

"Yes, I do...but I can't decide between him and my brother."

"There's nothing to decide, girl! You can't have a sexual relationship with your brother!"

"But Zoe...it felt so..."

"NO! Do not tell me how right it felt! What the two of you did was wrong! Deep inside you know this. Tell me if I'm wrong."

(Billie wipes tears from her eyes.) "No Zoe...you're not wrong. If you were, my parents wouldn't have ripped Finneas and me a new one when they found out...but...what if the baby belongs to my brother?"

"Then you better...hope he marries your ass...because I'm not...doing it." (I mutter.)

"How long have you been awake?"

"Not long. What am I doing here?" I reply.

"You don't remember? You had a seizure!"

"I remember...puking in the toilet. That's about it."

"Umm...this is my best friend, Zoe. Zoe...this is my pain in the ass boyfriend, David."

"HI!"

"Hey Zoe. Sorry about my appearance."

"That's okay."

(I glance at Billie.)"A pain in your ass, huh?"

"You scared the shit out of me. I thought you were going to die!"

"Would've... fixed some problems..."(I reply.)

(Billie begins climbing into my hospital bed.)

"What are you doing?"

(Billie snuggles close to me and lays her head on my chest.)

"Hold me."

(Billie begins to shake.)

"Panic attack!" Zoe says. "Where's her inhaler?"

"I don't know. I got this." I reply.

(I take Billie's hand and place it on my chest.)

"Breath with me, Billie. In...out."

(A few minutes later, Billie's breathing returns to normal. She gives me a hug.)

"Thank you." she whispers.

(I run my fingers thru her hair.)"You're welcome."

(I fall asleep.)

(Whispers)"Aw...he must still be exhausted from his seizure."

"How did he help you with your panic attack?"

"I don't know how he does it, Zoe. He just holds me."

"Girl...you know what you got there?"