The Strange Confessions Of Three Guys In a Band, chapter 2
*Later that day Billie Joe and Mike are sitting on the couch at the crappy recording studio, talking in hushed voices while Tre is setting up his drum kit in the recording booth*
Billie Joe: Do you think he is?
Mike: I dunno... it's always seemed possible with Tre, you know?
Billie Joe: Yeah... but do you think he is?
Mike: Uhm ... I dunno... do you?
Billie Joe: ... ...I dunno.
Mike: How do we tell?
Billie Joe: I dunno. ... .should we ask him?
Mike: ... Dunno... do you think he'd admit that he was if we asked him?
Billie Joe: ... I dunno.
*They sit in silence for a while*
*Mike laughs a little*
Mike: Geez, you think it'd be easy to tell if someone was gay or not.
*Tre comes through from setting up his drum kit and smiles at Billie Joe and Mike*
Billie Joe: Hey Tre, you wanna go out and get drunk with us?
*Tre grins*
Tre: Sure, I just gotta make a phone call first.
*Tre goes over to the "office," - a desk with jumble of paperwork and music sheets all over it - picks up the phone and dials.*
Tre: ... Hey it's me. ... yeah... yeah... . haha yeah... . I dunno ... nah I'm going out, I might see you tomorrow... ... yeah sure... okay... . okay... see you then... . hehe I love you too. ... okay ... bye.
*Tre grins and looks at Billie Joe and Mike*
Tre: I'm ready to get drunk now! - Oh, wait, I gotta get my jacket.
*Tre walks back into the recording booth to get his jacket*
*Billie Joe and Mike exchange a curious glance and Billie Joe gets up, goes over to the phone, presses "redial" and listens as a deep male voice answers on the other end. Billie Joe quickly puts the phone down and gives Mike a shocked look.*
Billie Joe: He definitely is.
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*As the three sit around a table in the old, dark bar, Billie Joe looks at Mike questioningly, Mike nods. Both of them turn and look at Tre as he takes a drink of his beer.*
Billie Joe: Tre...
*Tre looks up*
Mike: We've been meaning to tell you something...
Tre: ... Yeah?
Billie Joe: We know...
*Tre gives them a confused look*
Tre: ... Know what?
Mike: You know...
Tre: ... . No.
Billie Joe: There's no point in hiding it Tre, we know, but it's not like we have a problem with it or anything.
Tre: Have a problem with what?? What the hell are you talking about?
Mike: That you're, you know... gay.
Tre: WHAT?!? I'M NOT GAY!!!
*Tre notices that everyone in the room is looking at him strangely and lowers his voice*
Tre: I'm not gay.
Billie Joe: It's okay, we don't mind.
Tre: But I'm not!
Mike: Tre, denial is the first step to self hatred.
Tre: What?? But, I'm not gay!
Billie Joe: But we heard you talking to your boyfriend on the phone earlier!
Tre: What?!
*Billie Joe nods*
Tre: He's not my boyfriend! - I don't have a boyfriend!
Mike: So who were you talking to on the phone?
Tre: My friend who works at the music store - if you must know. He's getting me a new snare.
Billie Joe: But, what about all the lovey dovey stuff?
*Tre starts laughing*
Tre: Dude, it's just a joke between me and him.
*Billie Joe and Mike look slightly relieved as Tre laughs at them*
Tre: I can't believe you thought I was gay!
Billie Joe: Well how do you explain the pink underwear??
*Tre stops laughing and looks embarrassed*
Tre: How do you know about that??
Billie Joe: I noticed when you crouched down the other day.
Tre: And YOU thought I was gay!
*Mike almost chokes on his drink from laughing*
Billie Joe: I wasn't looking in THAT way!
Tre: yeah I bet you weren't.
Billie Joe: You still haven't explained yet.
*Tre sighs*
Tre: I put a red t-shirt in with my white stuff by accident when I was doing laundry.
*Billie Joe and Mike start laughing*
Mike: So you're not gay?
Tre: No - I mean - yes!
Mike: 100%?
Tre: Well... yeah.
Billie Joe: Wait a minute, what do you mean "well... yeah"?
*Tre turns a slight shade of red*
Tre: Well, there was this one time...
Billie Joe: Do you think he is?
Mike: I dunno... it's always seemed possible with Tre, you know?
Billie Joe: Yeah... but do you think he is?
Mike: Uhm ... I dunno... do you?
Billie Joe: ... ...I dunno.
Mike: How do we tell?
Billie Joe: I dunno. ... .should we ask him?
Mike: ... Dunno... do you think he'd admit that he was if we asked him?
Billie Joe: ... I dunno.
*They sit in silence for a while*
*Mike laughs a little*
Mike: Geez, you think it'd be easy to tell if someone was gay or not.
*Tre comes through from setting up his drum kit and smiles at Billie Joe and Mike*
Billie Joe: Hey Tre, you wanna go out and get drunk with us?
*Tre grins*
Tre: Sure, I just gotta make a phone call first.
*Tre goes over to the "office," - a desk with jumble of paperwork and music sheets all over it - picks up the phone and dials.*
Tre: ... Hey it's me. ... yeah... yeah... . haha yeah... . I dunno ... nah I'm going out, I might see you tomorrow... ... yeah sure... okay... . okay... see you then... . hehe I love you too. ... okay ... bye.
*Tre grins and looks at Billie Joe and Mike*
Tre: I'm ready to get drunk now! - Oh, wait, I gotta get my jacket.
*Tre walks back into the recording booth to get his jacket*
*Billie Joe and Mike exchange a curious glance and Billie Joe gets up, goes over to the phone, presses "redial" and listens as a deep male voice answers on the other end. Billie Joe quickly puts the phone down and gives Mike a shocked look.*
Billie Joe: He definitely is.
* * *
*As the three sit around a table in the old, dark bar, Billie Joe looks at Mike questioningly, Mike nods. Both of them turn and look at Tre as he takes a drink of his beer.*
Billie Joe: Tre...
*Tre looks up*
Mike: We've been meaning to tell you something...
Tre: ... Yeah?
Billie Joe: We know...
*Tre gives them a confused look*
Tre: ... Know what?
Mike: You know...
Tre: ... . No.
Billie Joe: There's no point in hiding it Tre, we know, but it's not like we have a problem with it or anything.
Tre: Have a problem with what?? What the hell are you talking about?
Mike: That you're, you know... gay.
Tre: WHAT?!? I'M NOT GAY!!!
*Tre notices that everyone in the room is looking at him strangely and lowers his voice*
Tre: I'm not gay.
Billie Joe: It's okay, we don't mind.
Tre: But I'm not!
Mike: Tre, denial is the first step to self hatred.
Tre: What?? But, I'm not gay!
Billie Joe: But we heard you talking to your boyfriend on the phone earlier!
Tre: What?!
*Billie Joe nods*
Tre: He's not my boyfriend! - I don't have a boyfriend!
Mike: So who were you talking to on the phone?
Tre: My friend who works at the music store - if you must know. He's getting me a new snare.
Billie Joe: But, what about all the lovey dovey stuff?
*Tre starts laughing*
Tre: Dude, it's just a joke between me and him.
*Billie Joe and Mike look slightly relieved as Tre laughs at them*
Tre: I can't believe you thought I was gay!
Billie Joe: Well how do you explain the pink underwear??
*Tre stops laughing and looks embarrassed*
Tre: How do you know about that??
Billie Joe: I noticed when you crouched down the other day.
Tre: And YOU thought I was gay!
*Mike almost chokes on his drink from laughing*
Billie Joe: I wasn't looking in THAT way!
Tre: yeah I bet you weren't.
Billie Joe: You still haven't explained yet.
*Tre sighs*
Tre: I put a red t-shirt in with my white stuff by accident when I was doing laundry.
*Billie Joe and Mike start laughing*
Mike: So you're not gay?
Tre: No - I mean - yes!
Mike: 100%?
Tre: Well... yeah.
Billie Joe: Wait a minute, what do you mean "well... yeah"?
*Tre turns a slight shade of red*
Tre: Well, there was this one time...
