Tripping Over Raindrops, chapter 2
Jess woke up the next morning feeling a lot better. She was half on the couch and half on the floor but at least she still had her pillow under her head. Her head, which was starting to throb, but she would rather have throbs than nausea. Jess pulled herself back up onto the couch and sat up. 'Man, what time is it?' she thought standing up slowly. Wow, she actually didn't have a sudden urge to throw up. She shuffled her way to the kitchen and looked at the clock. 9:30am. Good. No one else should be up for another 3 hours. Jess decided to call the doctor's office and see if she could get in today, while she was feeling okay.
"Hello, Dr. Sharp's office. How may I help you today?" Said a light lady's voice.
"Um, yes. Are there any openings for an appointment today?" Jess asked.
"Hold on one moment, please." The lady's voice said.
A few moments later it came back on the line, "Yes, ma'am, there is one opening at ten o'clock. Would you like me to put you down for it?"
"Yes, please, I would apprciate it." Jess said thankfully.
"Okay, see you soon." The voice replied.
"Bye." Jess said as she hung up.
Jess decided to go ahead and leave now so she could take as long as she wanted to get there. She walked up the stairs and to her room. The house was so quiet. 'I wonder if Mikey even came home last night. Maybe they decided to stay at Tre's for once, ha, that'd be new.' Jess thought as she opened the door to her bedroom. Her blinds had been closed so it was still dark, she was just about to turn on the light when she heard Billie Joe shift. This made her jump, 'I knew it.' she thought. Jess tried to be as quiet as possible as she walked over to the bed to see if it was Billie or Tre. Billie Joe. Okay, that was fine, she didn't mind him sleeping there. Not that she had a problem with Tre sleeping there, of course, but he drooled and that was gross. Jess turned quietly and walked to her closet. She grabbed some clothes and turned towards the door.
"Not even gonna say good morning?" Billie Joe's groggy voice said from the bed.
"Well, I didn't think." Jess started.
"I know, I'm just kidding." Billie Joe said sitting up, "So you feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm about to go to the doctor." Jess replied, it was a good thing the room was dark because she could feel her cheeks burning at the sound of Billie's voice.
"That's good." Billie Joe said getting up and walking towards her.
"Um... yeah, I guess." Jess said pushing her hair out of her face.
"It is. Do you need someone to walk with you down there?" Billie Joe said stepping in front of her.
"I... uh... well... I'm a big girl, Billie Joe. I can do it by myself." Jess replied stepping back into her dresser.
"I know, but you know if you ever do need help I'm always here." he said quietly.
"Um... well I have to go... I'll talk to you later, Billie Joe. Y'all are having band practice today, right?" She said shuffling her way around him to the door.
"Er... um... yeah. Yeah, we are, you gonna come?" Billie Joe said hopefully.
"I don't know, I'll try my best depending on how I feel." Jess said opening the door. "Oh and BJ?"
"Yeah?"
"I love the blonde hair." Jess replied with a small laugh. She closed the door and walked down the hall to the bathroom, leaving Billie Joe still standing in the middle of her room. Billie Joe ran his hand through his messy hair and sighed, she was the coolest girl ever. He quietly walked back over to her bed and laid down.
That afternoon Jess came home to find the guys already practicing. She walked into the garage and set her stuff down as she sat on the couch. She loved watching them play, they were so full of energy. The past week had been so disappointing not being able to watch them. So now it was that many times as good. Jess watched as Billie Joe put everything he had into the music, all of them did. None of them seemed to even notice she was there until they finally decided to take a break three songs later.
"Hey Jessie, how was the doctor?" Mike said sitting down next to her.
"Good, he gave me some different medicine. He said I was allergic to that other stuff and it was making me more sick than I already was. I have to take this after I eat in the afternoon." Jess replied handing Mike the bottle. He sat there a second reading it while Billie Joe and Tre sat down in two chairs in front of them.
"So when are you going to be able to give me my couch back?" Tre said smiling.
Jess laughed, "Well, the doctor said I should start feeling better as soon as I start taking these, so any day now."
"Good, because I miss that couch." Tre said getting up and walking inside.
Billie Joe had been watching them converse the whole time quietly. He didn't really say much around Jess unless someone started talking to him.
"So what's been up with you BJ?" Jess said pushing his knee.
"Huh? Oh, nothing, just the usual, ya know? Writing, playing, whatever." He said looking up.
"Yeah. Well I'm going to go on up to my room, I need to catch up on my laundry." She said getting up.
"Alright." Billie Joe said.
"Okay, see you later Jess, but oh hey!" Mike said.
"Yeah?" Jess asked turning around.
"Who's Ray?" Mike said seriously.
"Ray? Oh... he's um... a friend... from, uh, school. Why?" Jess replied quickly.
"He called for you." Mike said getting up.
"Okay, thanks Mikey." Jess said turning and quickly walking into the house.
"I didn't like the sound of that Billie... I really didn't." Mike said turning back to Billie Joe.
"What? Mike you shouldn't worry too much, I'm sure she's just helping him study or something." Billie Joe said watching Mike sit down.
"Yeah, well maybe. But he sounded cocky on the phone. I don't like him." Mike said looking back at the door.
"Mike, you don't even know the guy." Billie Joe said leaning back in his chair.
"I don't have to, I can just tell." Mike said looking back at Billie Joe.
"Hello, Dr. Sharp's office. How may I help you today?" Said a light lady's voice.
"Um, yes. Are there any openings for an appointment today?" Jess asked.
"Hold on one moment, please." The lady's voice said.
A few moments later it came back on the line, "Yes, ma'am, there is one opening at ten o'clock. Would you like me to put you down for it?"
"Yes, please, I would apprciate it." Jess said thankfully.
"Okay, see you soon." The voice replied.
"Bye." Jess said as she hung up.
Jess decided to go ahead and leave now so she could take as long as she wanted to get there. She walked up the stairs and to her room. The house was so quiet. 'I wonder if Mikey even came home last night. Maybe they decided to stay at Tre's for once, ha, that'd be new.' Jess thought as she opened the door to her bedroom. Her blinds had been closed so it was still dark, she was just about to turn on the light when she heard Billie Joe shift. This made her jump, 'I knew it.' she thought. Jess tried to be as quiet as possible as she walked over to the bed to see if it was Billie or Tre. Billie Joe. Okay, that was fine, she didn't mind him sleeping there. Not that she had a problem with Tre sleeping there, of course, but he drooled and that was gross. Jess turned quietly and walked to her closet. She grabbed some clothes and turned towards the door.
"Not even gonna say good morning?" Billie Joe's groggy voice said from the bed.
"Well, I didn't think." Jess started.
"I know, I'm just kidding." Billie Joe said sitting up, "So you feeling better?"
"Yeah, I'm about to go to the doctor." Jess replied, it was a good thing the room was dark because she could feel her cheeks burning at the sound of Billie's voice.
"That's good." Billie Joe said getting up and walking towards her.
"Um... yeah, I guess." Jess said pushing her hair out of her face.
"It is. Do you need someone to walk with you down there?" Billie Joe said stepping in front of her.
"I... uh... well... I'm a big girl, Billie Joe. I can do it by myself." Jess replied stepping back into her dresser.
"I know, but you know if you ever do need help I'm always here." he said quietly.
"Um... well I have to go... I'll talk to you later, Billie Joe. Y'all are having band practice today, right?" She said shuffling her way around him to the door.
"Er... um... yeah. Yeah, we are, you gonna come?" Billie Joe said hopefully.
"I don't know, I'll try my best depending on how I feel." Jess said opening the door. "Oh and BJ?"
"Yeah?"
"I love the blonde hair." Jess replied with a small laugh. She closed the door and walked down the hall to the bathroom, leaving Billie Joe still standing in the middle of her room. Billie Joe ran his hand through his messy hair and sighed, she was the coolest girl ever. He quietly walked back over to her bed and laid down.
That afternoon Jess came home to find the guys already practicing. She walked into the garage and set her stuff down as she sat on the couch. She loved watching them play, they were so full of energy. The past week had been so disappointing not being able to watch them. So now it was that many times as good. Jess watched as Billie Joe put everything he had into the music, all of them did. None of them seemed to even notice she was there until they finally decided to take a break three songs later.
"Hey Jessie, how was the doctor?" Mike said sitting down next to her.
"Good, he gave me some different medicine. He said I was allergic to that other stuff and it was making me more sick than I already was. I have to take this after I eat in the afternoon." Jess replied handing Mike the bottle. He sat there a second reading it while Billie Joe and Tre sat down in two chairs in front of them.
"So when are you going to be able to give me my couch back?" Tre said smiling.
Jess laughed, "Well, the doctor said I should start feeling better as soon as I start taking these, so any day now."
"Good, because I miss that couch." Tre said getting up and walking inside.
Billie Joe had been watching them converse the whole time quietly. He didn't really say much around Jess unless someone started talking to him.
"So what's been up with you BJ?" Jess said pushing his knee.
"Huh? Oh, nothing, just the usual, ya know? Writing, playing, whatever." He said looking up.
"Yeah. Well I'm going to go on up to my room, I need to catch up on my laundry." She said getting up.
"Alright." Billie Joe said.
"Okay, see you later Jess, but oh hey!" Mike said.
"Yeah?" Jess asked turning around.
"Who's Ray?" Mike said seriously.
"Ray? Oh... he's um... a friend... from, uh, school. Why?" Jess replied quickly.
"He called for you." Mike said getting up.
"Okay, thanks Mikey." Jess said turning and quickly walking into the house.
"I didn't like the sound of that Billie... I really didn't." Mike said turning back to Billie Joe.
"What? Mike you shouldn't worry too much, I'm sure she's just helping him study or something." Billie Joe said watching Mike sit down.
"Yeah, well maybe. But he sounded cocky on the phone. I don't like him." Mike said looking back at the door.
"Mike, you don't even know the guy." Billie Joe said leaning back in his chair.
"I don't have to, I can just tell." Mike said looking back at Billie Joe.
