Well…I think because you've read this far, you've achieved the right to know what actually happened on that dreadful blizzard night … thru the eyes of Billy

Epilogue

Billy stood over the now fading Mandy. Her eyes were low and hazy and her breathing was stagnant. She seemed to be faint and her mind was not on the current disaster. Billy now shook at her shoulder, in an attempt to bring her back to reality.

'Mandy!' he yelled right to her face 'we're not in my house, we're at school, in the gym…now please stay awake' Billy pleaded.

Billy's words seemed to reach her for a second but then she fell back into her daze

'Please Mandy…for me' Billy said, his eyes swelling slightly

'Billy' she said 'Billy…I'm…sorry'. Billy looked at her with confusion in his eyes.

'Sorry?' he asked gently 'what do you have to be sorry about'. He had never heard Mandy say that word to him before, not this seriously at least. She opened her eyes as wide as she could and stared at him

'For everything Billy…for the…for the way I've treated you' she struggled to say. Billy grabbed her back and pulled her until she sat upright 'I'm sorry for hitting you all those times…and calling you names…and an idiot…I know your not one when…it comes down to it'.

Billy's heart pounded, his hands ached form the cold, his nose dripped, but his face was warm and bright red. Mandy did care for him after all. Her eyes started to flutter shut once more and her breathing slowed.

'Mandy, wake up!' Billy yelled at her 'You do those things because that's you Mandy, you don't need to apologize for anything'. Billy had known this to be true, but under other circumstances he wouldn't have had the guts to say it

'Billy…I, only did those thing's…so, you would…hang around, because I…I…' Mandy's eyes started to close once more

'C'mon Mandy, stay awake…we just need to keep you moving' Billy said. He looked around and spied the empty dance floor. It was dusty and bits of metal littered it, but it was mostly clean. He then looked at the clock and noticed the time.

'There is still ten minutes left of the dance Mandy, there's still enough time for one last dance'. Billy picked her up and she flopped into his arms. She was heavier then he remembered her being, and it took some effort to take her to the dance floor.

He moved her along to the music that played in his mind, waltzing clumsily left and right. But she was not responsive. She began to sag down in his arms as he lost his grip on her. He desperately grabbed at the back of her clothes, just holding her up.

The building crashed quite loudly and a large chunk of metal crashed down with great force onto the ground where Billy and Mandy were just sitting. Billy stared at the piece of metal with wide eyes. If they had just stayed there for another minute or two then they would have been crushed.

Billy's attention quickly shot back to Mandy as she started slipping out of his hands and down onto the floor. Billy felt a warm droplet of water roll down his cheek and fall onto Mandy's cheek. She slipped down out of his hands and onto the floor

'Mandy' Billy yelped as he knelt down beside her 'Mandy…' he said again. But she wasn't moving at all.

He slowly put his ear to her chest…she wasn't breathing.

A pang of shock ran down Billy's chilled back.

'Mandy!' he said again. His brain ached as he thought back to his first aid classes 'ah, why didn't I pay attention!' he yelled.

'Okay then' he reasoned 'place your palm flat on the person's chest, and open their airway's'. Billy shuddered as he parted Mandy's lips apart. He bent his face down until it was inches away from Mandy's. He took one jumpy breath inwards…then took the plunge.

Mandy's lips were very cold under Billy's, but so was everything else. He pulled away and started to slowly push on Mandy's chest. He attempted to sniff back his tears, but they were falling to quickly now

'Mandy's' Billy sobbed 'please wake up…please…I need you'.

He pursed his mouth over hers again and gave her air. He then shot back up and started applying pressure again

'Mandy please' He said with a little more composure 'ever since my parents left I haven't been able to live without you' more tears started to flow freely and his voice cracked 'you don't think I see you doing all those things to help me, but I do Mandy…and I like it'.

A loud crash hit the door and Billy quickly flicked his gaze in its direction. To his shock he saw shadows moving just beyond the door windows.

"Could it be" he thought to himself "people". Billy strained his voice trying to yell, but all that escaped was a squeaky yelp of words.

The door window suddenly shattered inwards as a shovel was forced thru it. Instantly the wind whistled thru the hole, snow flying inwards

Billy lent down once more and Breathed for Mandy, rising to apply pressure to Mandy's chest.

'Is anyone in there?' a booming voice yelled as the door crashed again. Billy tried with all his might to form a word, the only word he could form at the time

'Help!' he almost yelled.

He could here muffled shouting, then the doors burst open and a group of large men burst into the room, collapsing on the floor. The true force of the storm blew thru the gym, instantly making everything seem more alive and real to Billy.

A man in a bright yellow Jacket that was different from the rest was the first man to reach the boy. He fell to his knees next to the boy and looked at Mandy.

'She won't breathe mister' Billy whimpered 'she won't breath'.

Suddenly Billy was grabbed from behind, and before he could realize, he was being dragged away from Mandy.

'Don't worry' the yellow coated man said 'she'll be fine'

*

They had wrapped Billy in the warmest blanket he had ever felt and rushed him into an ambulance. He was soon joined by two people he assumed were the paramedics, pulling in Mandy who was lying motionless on a stretcher.

The ride in the ambulance was quick and blurry in Billy's mind. He vaguely remembered getting a needle from one of the paramedics, and he also just remembered Bandage the man wrapped around Billy's bleading head. But all that worried him was Mandy.

When they finally got to the hospital they were met by a small army of doctors and nurses that instantly drove Mandy on her bed into the large hospital ans down the corridor. Billy felt a compulsion to follow her everywhere, to be as close as he could

'Get an E.P.G in her' one doctor said

'She's streaming' another replied.

'It looks like her arm is broken'

They finally stopped her in a large, warm round room that was mostly empty. The one or two patients who lingered in there were quickly alerted to the excitement…

'We need a Vencor Anthemia drip'

'She's starting respiratory failure'

'Bring that up nurse'

Billy could do nothing but stand slightly back, unable to see Mandy thru all of the doctors and nurses. All he could do was hope. He didn't give a second thought to the doctor analyzing him, shining lights in his eyes and checking his bandaged head as he stood there…

'She's slipping into full respiratory failure'

'Performing C.P.R'

'Get that respiratory breather!'

Billy could feel his hands shaking by his sides, but all he could do was watch…all he could do was pray…

'She's almost in full neural shutdown'

'I know!'

'Damn, she's gone into cardiac arrest'

'Charging dephribulator'

He felt like the room had faded away, and all that was left was him and Mandy. He looked into Mandy's eyes, she looked back at him

"I…chose…you…" she seemed to say in the silence

'Clear'

'Nothing, charge again'

'Clear'

'She's not pulling thru'

'…I'm calling it…time of death…twenty one thirty fiv-' the Doctor stopped as he saw the small boy in the corner of his eye, watching everything.

Billy wanted to say something…something very important…but he couldn't…

…She was gone…

And that's it folks…The End. I must say that this story has been quite a journey. Its taken approximately a year and a half of slow, painful writing to achieve something that I am proud to post on fan fiction. I would like to thank anyone who reviewed and read thru it and put up with the spelling and grammar mistakes. And also I would like to thank CatHatGirl…for inspiring this story with her mega famous BillyxMandy story "The Billy Incident". You're too great to me. Listen to me, I sound like I've just won an award. I guess I'm just proud that I finished.

And just for the people that are confused about the ending I think I should clear it up. I first of all refer you to chapter nine: flashes of a life not empty. In the part where Mandy's inner self gives her the option of life or Billy, she chooses Billy. Also in chapter ten: the morning after the mourning, she asks if this is the afterlife.

Then I refer you to Chapter eleven: Rest and Recuperation. Where she asks herself, "Why am I alive".

So by choosing Billy, She crossed over to the afterlife.

There hopefully you understand now. If not, tell me and I'll try better to explain.

Thanks again…