"Hurt"

Paul's POV
       "How did you know?" Benji questioned.    
       "Benji, it was so obvious, how could anyone not know?" I told him I have to protect Billy, I can't let Benji do that to him again.
       "if it was so obvious, why didn't Joel find out?" questioned Benji.
       "What didn't I find out? Where's Billy?"
       "He ran off up to your room as Benji was insulting him.  Benji has something he wants to tell you.  It's about him and Billy."
       I ran upstairs and knocked on Joel's door "Billy?"
       "Go away, leave me alone."  I could hear him sobbing inside and it shattered my heart into a million pieces.
       "Billy, please, it's Paul, let me in," I said, pleadingly.
       I hear the lock click open, and I open the door just in time to find Billy lying face down on the floor, crying and shaking.  I walked over and sat next to him, trying to get him to look at me.  He looked up at me with those sad blue (a/n I don't know what color his eyes are a/n) eyes, filled with tears.  He sat up next to me, and cried into my shoulder.  I put my arms gingerly around him and pulled his head to my chest.  I could feel his tears hit my shirt, and soon my shirt was soaked through.  I got up and closed the door so he wouldn't listen to them talk.  I sat back down and just held him for a little while.
Joel's POV
       "Benji, what don't I know?" I asked.
       "I..I....I hurt someone" he babbled.
       "Yeah, when you hit me you hurt me."
       "Not you, I hurt someone else" A wave of regret and fear washed over his face.
       "Who? How?"I pestered him.  Who did he hurt? I wondered.  He was crying now, I could see his blackened tears run down his face, smearing his eyeliner.
       "Billy" he said in a small voice, not looking up at me.
       He hurt Billy? What the hell? "How did you hurt Billy? When?"
       "Joel, it happened when we went out.  I used to hurt him, hit him.  It gave me a sense of security.  I know, it sounds horrible, and it makes me sick inside to think about it now."
       I just stared at him, my jaw dropped.  "Benji, how could you do that?  Billy's one of our best friends! Is that why he stutters and runs away when you're in the room?"
       "You're right, I know, but I really did love him, and he broke my heart when he broke up with me."
       "He broke up with you because he couldn't stand it anymore." screamed Paul from upstairs.  "And you hurt him enough, so he tried to give back what you gave to him."
       At hearing this Benji ran outside.  I could hear his Jeep Wrangler start up and then speed away.  I went and layed down on the couch.  I closed my eyes.....
*SLAM*  I hear the front door slam shut.  I ran up to my room to see if Billy and Paul were there.  They had apparently left.  I walked downstairs to see Benji lying on the couch, trying to sleep.
       I walk down the hall to see Billy step out of the shadows of the kitchen doorway.
       "What's a matter"

~The End of Chapter 4~