"Where are you, you stupid star?" Billy grumbled as he looked for Cetus through his telescope. He had been looking for this certain star for a good five minutes & he was beginning to get fed up with it since every time he started to follow a path in the stars, clouds would get in his way & he would have to start all over again. "Okay, there's Pleiades... And there's the Aries constellation." He bit his lip slightly , furrowing his brow as he turned the telescope slightly until he finally found the star. He smiled & moved away from the telescope, looking up at Cetus. "I knew I'd find you sooner or later."
"You know Billy, people are going to wonder if someone catches you talking to yourself," came a chuckling voice from behind him, startling him. "Jumpy much?"
Billy turned around & looked at Benji, who wore a shit-eating grin. "Oh fuck you Madden," he said, glaring at Benji.
"I told him to the ring the doorbell," said Joel, who stood beside his brother with his arms folded over his chest. "Or at least knock on the gate before we came back here."
"Thank you for thinking of the possible heart attack your bro was going to cause," Billy said as he looked up to see clouds covering the sky. He frowned & looked at Joel & Benji. "So, you coming over to help your friend finish his home?"
Joel nodded. "When dip shit here finally came back to the house & told me that he left you alone to take care of this giant place by yourself, I told him off & after ranting & raving enough, he finally agreed to come here with me."
"Well that's nice & all Joel, but I'm already done," Billy smiled as he walked pass the twins.
"Done? How could you possibly be done? You had an entire house, full of rooms, to take care of. All by yourself. How the hell could you be done?" Joel asked as he & Benji followed Billy inside, his jaw dropping when he saw what the inside looked like. The entire place was done & looking great, fitting Billy quite well. Joel looked at Billy. "How did you get all this done in five hours? With just you, it should have taken longer," he said.
"Yeah, I know," Billy said as he motioned for them to follow him as he made his way through the finished rooms. "But one of my neighbors came over & helped me out. She was able to help me fit this place to me."
"You let some chick help you when you wouldn't even let me help you?" Benji asked. "Why did some chick get to help instead of me?"
"Because she's an interior decorator. And she has a name Benji. It's Tisha, not �some chick'," Billy said as he rolled his eyes. "Don't get so bent out of shape Benj. The girl came over to see if I needed help."
"But I came over-"
"Benji, drop it," Joel chuckled. "Billy can choose who helps him with his house & who doesn't."
"Thank you for understanding Joel," Billy smiled.
"Eh, no prob."
"So, since you guys came all the way over here, you wanna go ahead & just stay the night with me so I don't have to spend the first night in my home alone?" Billy asked, looking at the twins with hopeful eyes. "Please?"
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That night as Billy lay in his bed, his eyes closed as he tried to fall asleep, he heard a soft knock at his door. "Come in," he said softly, but loud enough for the person on the other side to hear him. He raised an eyebrow as Joel came in the room & shut the door behind himself. "Hey Joel, what is it?"
"I didn't wake you, did I?" Joel asked.
"No, you didn't wake me Joel. Is something wrong?"
"I couldn't sleep & I needed someone to talk to, but Benji's in too deep of a sleep."
"What do you need to talk about?"
Joel sat on the edge of the water bed, his legs hanging over the wooden frame that held the bed in place. He took a deep breath before he looked at Billy's face, biting his lip. "Billy, you know I'm with Rienna & I love her, right?" When Billy nodded, he went on. "Well, lately, I can't... get it up for her... I get it up fine without her, or when I'm with her, I think of another person & that works just as well, but when I'm with her, it's dead. She just doesn't excite me anymore."
"Do you know why?" Billy asked as he sat up in the bed, making little waves inside the plastic that held the water.
"You see that's the thing. I know why. I know damn well why Rienna isn't enough for me to get up anymore."
"What is it then?"
"Remember how I said I have to imagine another person at times?"