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Desclaimer: This definitely happened in another universe, but not here. I make no money. I don't know any of these people. Cool, Dirnt and the Armstrongs all own themselves. The creepy voice in the background is me.

Warning: This is my first story, sorry if I screwed something up (especially with the codes).

AU: Adie's Billie's best friend (well, duh), Mike and Billie are dating. Tre's everyone's shoulder to cry on.

Summary: Billie and Mike are having relationship problems. Because...  I have big plans for this story, if you consider it worthy of a continuation.

 This is so fucked up

Billie kissed Mike’s neck but got no reaction from his boyfriend.

“What’s wrong?” Billie set on the couch beside Mike.

“Nothing. Just not in the mood” Mike replied, his eyes still glued to the screen.

“You’re never in the mood!” Billie jumped up and almost ran upstairs.

“Oh shit!” Mike followed his partner realizing that something might happen now. This has been brewing for a long time and this time they had to face the fact that they need to talk.

“Bill, don’t be silly, open the door”

Billie locked himself in the bedroom. Mike thought he might be crying.

“Open the fucking door, Billie, this is stupid!”

Mike heard the door unlock. He entered the room and saw Billie sit on the floor. He wasn’t crying, he was just very serious and that scared the hell out of Mike.

“What the hell is happening to us, Mike? Have we lost it? Are we through?”

“Bill, I just wasn’t in the mood, come on! It’s not the end of the fucking world. Everyone is not in the mood every once in…”

“Oh shut up!” Billie cut him off “You know what I’m talking about. It’s not just tonight, or yesterday. You don’t fucking want me anymore!” Billie’s eyes were filled with something between anger and fear.

“That’s not true. Of course, I want you, I’ve just been stressy lately, I’m sorry”

“Don’t lie to me…”

Mike was now sitting on the floor next to Billie. They weren’t looking at each other. For some reason it was easier to have a serious conversation when you don’t see your partner’s eyes. Especially when you realize this conversation might lead to a break up.

“Bill, listen.” Mike hugged his lover from behind still standing on his knees on the floor “Listen, I know I’ve been cold lately and I’m sorry. Listen, let’s just try to fix this, okay? Couples go through this sometimes. We’ll just reinvent…I don’t know…let’s do…something.”

Billie turned around to face Mike:

“Do you want to?”

“Absolutely”

“Are you sure?”

“Of course, I’m sure, Bill. I love you” Mike kissed Billie on the lips. His tongue asked for entrance and Billie granted one. They started a passionate kiss but Mike broke it after feeling a tear running down Billie’s cheek.

“What’s wrong?” He wiped the tear away.

“I’m not sure this is gonna work, Mike” He failed to suppress a sob “I’m just not sure, you know”

Mike pulled him close and wrapped his arms around Billie’s waist:

“You never know, unless you try” He could feel Billie’s body shaking in his arms “We should try, right?” He broke the hug to look into Billie’s eyes “Right?”

Billie nodded and Mike hugged him again.

Billie was right. Something was fatally wrong. And Mike knew it too – only he knew more. He knew what exactly was wrong. He loved Billie, but he wasn’t in love with him anymore. He was in love with someone else.

With Tre.

 The next morning they woke up on different sides of the bed. Is that a sign? Billie thought.

Mike said he was going to visit Tre that day, and Billie was gonna see Adie. So, after performing their morning rituals they kissed goodbye, got in their cars and drove of in opposite directions.

On his way to Adie’s house Billie was thinking over their previous night’s conversation. This is so fucked up, this is so fucked up…Kept running through his head. This is so fucked up, this is so fucked up.

He parked and knocked on Adie’s door nervously.

“Hey, Bill”

“This is so fucked up!”

“I’m glad to see you too…”

“I think Mike and I are gonna break up”

“What?” Adie knew that Billie tended to overreact, but this is not something he would joke about. “Why? What happened?”

“He just doesn’t want me anymore? I can feel it. He says he loves me, but something’s lost”

Adie lowered her eyes as Billie went on:

“There’s no sparkle no passion. It’s gone, fucking gone!”

They set in silence for a few minutes.

“He wants to try to do something about it, go on, you know…”

“And you?”

“I don’t know. I love him, I want to be with him. But why save a relationship that’s already gone?”

“How do you know it’s gone?”

“I fucking do, okay?!!!” He screamed out, but then realized that Adie didn’t deserve to be screamed at and it just made him think of how fucked up everything is. He hugged her and started to cry: “I’m sorry, I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to scream at you”

“It’s okay. I understand”

  Meanwhile, at Tre’s house, Mike was spilling his gut to his best friend:

 “I don’t know what to do, man.”

“Well, do you still love him?”

“Sure I love him, I just think I’m not in love with him anymore”

“Well, that happens.”

“What do I do now?”

“I don’t know, you might want to try and repair this if you don’t have anything else in mind.” Tre lit a cigarette “Do you?”

“Do I what?”

“Have something else in mind? Have you fallen for someone else?”

Oh shit, does he know? Mike’s first reaction was to deny everything, but he didn’t want to lie to his best friend. It would be just too wrong. “Well, yeah, that’s the problem”

“Huh?” Tre was all attention now. “You’ve fallen for someone?”

“Kind of…” Mike felt that this is the time to tell, but what if he doesn’t understand?

“Who?”

“I don’t think you should know”

“Come on, man, you can trust me! You know I won’t give it away”

“Yeah, well…” Mike could practically feel his face turn red

“Who?” Mike couldn’t recall seeing Tre so interested in something since the time Billie announced that he and Mike were now officially dating. Billie…damn, this is so fucked up.

“Leave it, Tre! Forget it”

“Nooo, no way, now you’ll have to tell me or I’ll hold you hostage and torture you with coffee deprivation”

“Drop it, Tre”

“No fucking way, dude! Tell me!” He grabbed Mike’s hand as his friend tried walking away and pulled him back on the couch “Tell me, tell me, tell me! Who is it?”

“It’s you! Fucking happy now?”

Tre’s face forgot all expressions…”What?”

“It’s you. I love you. Now you know, happy?”

“A..are you sure?”

“Of course, I’m sure” Mike smirked at the ridiculousness of the question.

“Wow…” Tre was staring at Mike in something between shock and interest. Mike decided this could be the chance to see if telling him was a huge mistake, so he leaned over to give Tre a kiss.

Surprisingly, Tre didn’t resist. Then Mike decided to take a further step and tried to provoke Tre for a more passionate kiss my slipping his tongue between his best friend’s lips. This seemed to have a wake up call effect on Tre.

“No!” He pushed Mike away. “No, dude, this is wrong. You’re still with Billie. And he fucking loves you! Fuck this!”

Tre stormed out of his own house slamming the door behind him.

“Great, fucking great!” Mike heard Tre start his car. “This is so fucked up…”