Disclaimer: I own Renee Oliver, Chad McKnight, Jade Scott, and Tyler and Carter Smith.
Summary: All the waiting is now over.
Chapter 9 No More Waiting
Billy held his breath and drank the mixed chemicals. His body became limp. Tommy caught him in time and laid him on the couch.
"Billy," Hayley gasped.
"Wait, Hayley," Kim said, grabbing her hand, "he needs to rest."
"Will he be okay?" she asked.
Tommy turned to Hayley and smiled.
"I'm sure he will," he said.
"Look," Renee smiled.
Renee pointed to Billy's shoes, which were changing from blue Converse to black Nikes.
"It worked," Hayley smiled.
Hayley was jumping up and down.
"This might take some time," Tommy sighed.
"I don't care how long it takes. I'm just glad it's working," Hayley smiled.
"Me too," Kim said.
xxx
Everyone was gathered in the living room.
"This is great," Aisha said.
"How'd you ever do it?" Chad asked Renee.
"It was too easy," she laughed. "Once Uncle Billy got in the throne room, I knew it wouldn't take long for him to find that chemical."
"Amazing," Jade said.
"How is he, Hayley?" Jason asked as she came up from the Command Center.
"He's now out of those overalls permanently," she said.
Kim was the next to exit the Command Center.
"Thanks for staying, Aisha," she said.
"No problem, Kim," she smiled. "I told you I'd stay until everything was fixed."
"I only wish Rocky, Trini, and Zack could be here," Kim sighed.
"Me too," Aisha said.
Kim noticed people were missing.
"Where is everyone?" she asked.
"Trent, Ethan, Tyler, Carter, Adam, and Tanya had things to do tomorrow. They didn't want to have to stay late," Kat said.
"I'm going back down," Hayley replied.
"We'll all go with you, Hayley," Jason said.
xxx
Billy was now to his original self, but he still was not awake yet. It came to the point where everyone had ended up leaving because of the time. They had stayed up way past midnight just waiting.
"Maybe you should be getting to bed," Kim suggested.
Hayley picked up her head from Billy's lap and looked up at Kim.
"I'm not tired," she yawned.
"Sure you're not," Kim laughed. "I'll bring you a pillow and blanket."
"Thanks. What time is it anyway," Hayley asked.
"2:30 a.m.," Kim said.
"Dear God," Hayley moaned.
"Tell me about it. We all need to get rest before Billy awakes," Kim said.
"Yeah, we don't want him waking up while we all are asleep," Hayley moaned.
She laid her head back on Billy's lap and closed her eyes.
"That's for sure," Kim laughed.
She placed the blanket on top of Hayley.
"Goodnight," Kim said.
"Night, Kim," Hayley yawned.
xxx
The next morning, well, later that day, Tommy sat at the computer as Kim came down the stairs of the Command Center with a cup of coffee.
"Are you sure you want to go to work today?" Kim asked. "Both you and Renee only got like 3 hours of sleep."
"I'll be fine," Tommy said.
Kim noticed a certain someone was still sleeping.
"She still asleep?" she asked.
Tommy glanced over at the body laying on the floor next the couch where Billy was.
"Looks like it," he said.
Hayley's body began moving, her hands moved to her face to rub her eyes.
"Morning," Kim smiled.
"Morning," Hayley yawned.
Hayley got up from the floor and sighed looking at a lifeless Billy.
"Don't worry, something tells me he'll be up very soon," Tommy smiled.
Hayley smiled as Kim handed her the coffee cup.
"Thanks," she said.
"Dad, come on, we'll be late for school," yelled a teenager from the stairs.
Tommy did not really feel like teaching. Neither did Renee, but what would be their excuse? He could think of many, but he just decided to go.
"I'm coming," Tommy said.
Kim put her hand on his shoulder as he got up.
"I'll call you as soon as he wakes up," she said.
"Okay," Tommy nodded.
"Try to get through today, all right?" Kim laughed.
"I'll do my best," Tommy sighed.
"See you later. I love you," Kim said.
"I love you, too," Tommy smiled.
"Dad, do you want your daughter being late or what?" Renee snapped.
"We really need to get her a car," Tommy laughed.
xxx
When the bell rang for lunch, Chad walked up the Tommy's desk.
"You look like crap, Mr. Oliver. What time did everyone get to bed last night after we left?" he asked.
"Around two," Tommy said.
"No way," Chad laughed. "Is Renee this tired?"
"A little, but not as much as I am," Tommy said.
Chad noticed that Tommy was grabbing his briefcase.
"Are you going over there right now?" he asked.
"Yeah," Tommy said.
"Man, I wish I could go with you," Chad sighed. "You taking Renee?"
"No, you two just enjoy lunch," Tommy said.
"All right, Mr. Oliver, see you later," Chad replied.
As they walked out they were stopped by Renee.
"I want to go," Renee said.
"Renee, just go with Chad to lunch," Tommy told her.
"Fine," she sighed.
xxx
Tommy immediately went down to the Command Center when he got home.
"How is he doing?" he asked.
"He's been moving, but eyes haven't opened," Hayley said.
Tommy looked over at Billy and sighed. He began to wonder if Billy had taken too much of the antidote.
"Your lunch is on the table," Kim said.
"Thanks, Kim. Come on Billy, stop sleeping and wake your ass up," Tommy laughed.
Kim laughed a little. If he was sleeping, he would not go back to sleep for a while.
"You think we should wake him?" Kim asked.
"If he doesn't wake up before I show up after work, then we'll wake him," Tommy said.
"All right," Hayley sighed.
"Still call if he does…" Tommy began.
"We know the drill, Tommy, now go eat and get back to teach," Kim said.
"See you in a couple of hours," Tommy replied.
"Bye," Kim smiled.
xxx
Chad and Renee walked through the hall hand in hand.
"I'm going home with my dad today. Is that okay?" Renee asked.
Chad turned to Renee and smiled.
"No problem, my parents and I will be over there later anyway," he said.
"Okay, see you then," Renee smiled.
She got up on her tiptoes, put both hands on Chad's shoulders, and kissed him.
"Bye," Renee said.
"Bye," Chad smiled.
xxx
Tommy and Renee had just gotten home. Kim or Hayley had not called him.
"Kim," Tommy called.
Kim came walking up stairs.
"I'm glad you two are here," she smiled. "I was just about to call you."
"What's happening?" Renee asked.
"Billy's beginning to open his eyes," Kim smiled.
"Let's get down there," Tommy said.
Billy was rubbing his eyes when the three were walking down the stairs.
"This is so exciting," Renee squealed, jumping up and down.
"To think it's been a month since he had been stock as a sixteen year old," Hayley sighed.
"Man, what an experience," Billy moaned.
Hayley threw her arms around the waking Billy.
"Billy," she cried.
"Miss me?" he asked.
"Boy did I ever," Hayley smiled.
"You didn't like my sixteen year old self?" Billy laughed.
"Huh?" Hayley asked.
Hayley thought that he would not remember what had happened to him.
"I thought your memory would be erased," Tommy said.
"So did I," Billy sighed.
"How did being sixteen again feel like?" Renee asked.
"I forget just how funny I looked," Billy laughed.
"You weren't that funny looking," Hayley smiled.
"I'll get you something to drink," Kim said.
Billy and Tommy were the only ones left in the room as Kim, Hayley, and Renee walked upstairs.
"Being sixteen again made me realize something else," Billy sighed.
"What's that?" Tommy asked.
"The day Hayley and I got married, that was the most amazing experience of my life," Billy smiled.
"I'm not following you, Billy," Tommy said.
"I want to renew our vowels. Would you help finding a ring?" he asked.
"I'd be honored," Tommy said.
Hayley came back down, holding a cup.
"Here you go, Billy," she said, handing him a glass of water.
"Thanks," he replied.
xxx
About an hour later, Kira, Conner, and Chad were at the Oliver's house. They all were glad to see Billy awake.
"It's good to have you back, Billy," Conner smiled.
"Thanks, Conner," he said.
"You were asleep for a long time," Kira laughed.
"So I've been told," Billy said.
He looked down and closed his eyes.
"Are you okay, Billy?" Hayley asked.
"I hurt a lot of people. I don't know you'll ever forgive me for what I did," he said.
"You were under Mesogog's influence, Billy, don't think about that. You're back. That's all that matters," Hayley smiled.
AN:
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