Better Thank Your Lucky Stars..., chapter 2
"This one is different" Billie insists
"Yeah... aren't they all" Mike chuckles to himself, remembering a past girlfriend.
An hour later Mike and Billie finish work at Rod's. Seeing no sign of Rachel in the front bar, they head out the back anyway.
Sure enough, there she's standing, waiting for them.
"Hey," says Billie as he approaches her "How long have you been waiting here for?"
"Oh, 'bout a minute. I've been looking around town while you finished up. It's so different around here" Rachel replies
"Different, eh? That's funny. Nothing ever seems to change around here," Mike says "Didn't you say you lived around here?"
Shit. Rachel's cheeks went red. She had said the wrong thing. Now what was she gonna do?
"Um, well, you could say...I haven't lived here for a while, or at least... not yet" she replies, getting a bit confused
Billie and Mike give her a strange look "Have you been smoking already?" Billie asks, smiling
Rachel laughs "God, no"
Billie flips a joint from out of his pocket and lights it "You guys wanna joint? They don't call me Two-Dollar Bill for nothing... " he says, a huge and slightly wicked grin crossing his face. He takes a hit of the joint. Pretty soon he's high.
Mike laughs at his friend "God, you go get stoned straight after work? That would be right" he catches the joint Billie throws at him...and pockets it instead. "Y'know, we should probably save these 'till after band practice" he says.
Billie Joe looks over at Rachel "Hey! You wanna come over and see us play? I really want you to come see us play. I can play the best...I'm a fucking god...Mike is okay too..."
Mike takes the joint out of Billie Joe's mouth and steps on it.
Rachel cracks up laughing " That'd be awesome" she says
"God damn Van Damme! That's a waste of a perfectly good joint!" Billie says back
Mike shakes his head and laughs "He always says that when he's stoned. We're gonna start band practice pretty soon. We always go to Billie's for it... .infact, we do pretty much everything at Billie's place" he says to Rachel
"Cool" She replies, absolutely awestruck by the fact that she's going to see Green Day, or at least 'Sweet Children' play for her.
*About half an hour later*
Rachel stands out the front of Billie Joes' house for the first time. It is incredible. Not so much the house...but the actual fact that Billie Joe actually lives there. She stares in awe.
Billie comes up behind her "Um, I know it's not the best house you've ever seen... " he says
"I love it. It's the most awesome house," She turns and looks deep into Billie Joe's green eyes "I can't believe I'm standing here"
Billie laughs, still on a high, he puts his arms around Rachel's waist "You'd better believe it" He still has a huge grin on his face as he looks back into her darker green eyes. Just then another guy appears infront of them. He is taller than Billie, with scruffy brown hair. He looks about the same age as them.
He smiles at the two. "Got a new girl, have we Billie?" Rachel recognises him. It's Al Sobrante!
"Dude, go get your own" Billie smirks, then realises he's supposed to give an introduction "Oh..Rachel, this is Al... Al Sobrante. His real name is John though. He's our drummer," Billie turns to John "And dude, this... " (points to Rachel) "this is my...Rachel."
Al Sobrante looks at Rachel "Well hi, Billie's Rachel, nice to meet you" and he shakes her hand.
Al looks back at Billie and puts on a sarcastic sad face. "Man, you got stoned without me? What kind of frontman are you?"
Billie laughs "The burnt-out kind."
Al shakes his head and walks over to the garage where Mike has already set up. Billie turns to Rachel, gives her a kiss on the cheek and goes off to get the band ready.
Rachel goes and waits on a couch in front of them. Pretty soon they start to play.
Billie Joe walks up to the microphone and looks out onto his one-person audience, giving the facial expression that it is a massive, screaming crowd. "Heellloo America!" he cries "I'm fucking happy to be here tonight. I'm stoned, This is Mike and that's Al Sobrante...and we are Sweet Children!!"
Mike rolls his eyes.
Rachel is in hysterics.
Sweet Children start to play afew songs. They are incredible, awesome and fantastic all at once.
Rachel thinks to herself 'if only Tre was here too...'
They played on until it got dark. Rachel was still in awe. Billie Joe even dedicated afew songs to her.
Finally, Al stopped playing.
"Shit. The time! I gotta go guys... " He said in panic as he starts packing up his drums. Billie puts down Blue at last and goes to help Al pack up.
Mike turns to Rachel. "You want another coffee? I know I need one... "
"I'll never get tired of coffee" Rachel replies. Mike laughs as he walks out of the garage and into Billie's house.
Al had left by the time he got back with coffees for Billie, Rachel and himself.
Billie and Rachel were waiting on the couch.
Mike sits himself down on a chair and passes the coffees around. Rachel takes a sip of her coffee and stops.
"Mike...are you sure this is coffee? 'cause it sure doesn't taste like coffee... "
Mike grins "Actually I'm pretty sure it isn't" he says. He sips his coffee and Billie and him look at each other and smile.
Three mugs of... 'coffee' later, all three of them are a little tipsy. Rachel infact, is pretty much plastered.
Mike, Rachel and Billie Joe lay on the couch...still in the garage. And to Rachel's surprise, nothing has really happened yet.
She looks over at the two. "You guys gonna do anything yet? I reckon we need some music... "
Rachel gets up, wobbling a little. Mike and Billie watch her curiously. She stumbles over and picks up Billie's guitar in the corner. It is still plugged in. She fiddles with the strap for a second and doesn't even think before she starts to play.
Her fingers find the chords easily. All those times she spent alone in her room, relentlessly nutting out every single chord on her guitar, to every single Green Day song has paid off.
She laughs and belts out the chords to American Idiot. Her feet are almost giving way on her as she gets to the chorus. Suddenly she wakes up to herself. Reality smacks Rachel in the face.
"Oh... fuck.."
Mike and Billie Joe are gaping at her.
"Wow. That was AWESOME!!!" Billie Joe and Mike shout in unison as they jump off the couch. "What song is that!? I love it! Who wrote it? Tell me!!!" they are both talking madly at once.
Rachel looks blankly at them.
"Yeah... aren't they all" Mike chuckles to himself, remembering a past girlfriend.
An hour later Mike and Billie finish work at Rod's. Seeing no sign of Rachel in the front bar, they head out the back anyway.
Sure enough, there she's standing, waiting for them.
"Hey," says Billie as he approaches her "How long have you been waiting here for?"
"Oh, 'bout a minute. I've been looking around town while you finished up. It's so different around here" Rachel replies
"Different, eh? That's funny. Nothing ever seems to change around here," Mike says "Didn't you say you lived around here?"
Shit. Rachel's cheeks went red. She had said the wrong thing. Now what was she gonna do?
"Um, well, you could say...I haven't lived here for a while, or at least... not yet" she replies, getting a bit confused
Billie and Mike give her a strange look "Have you been smoking already?" Billie asks, smiling
Rachel laughs "God, no"
Billie flips a joint from out of his pocket and lights it "You guys wanna joint? They don't call me Two-Dollar Bill for nothing... " he says, a huge and slightly wicked grin crossing his face. He takes a hit of the joint. Pretty soon he's high.
Mike laughs at his friend "God, you go get stoned straight after work? That would be right" he catches the joint Billie throws at him...and pockets it instead. "Y'know, we should probably save these 'till after band practice" he says.
Billie Joe looks over at Rachel "Hey! You wanna come over and see us play? I really want you to come see us play. I can play the best...I'm a fucking god...Mike is okay too..."
Mike takes the joint out of Billie Joe's mouth and steps on it.
Rachel cracks up laughing " That'd be awesome" she says
"God damn Van Damme! That's a waste of a perfectly good joint!" Billie says back
Mike shakes his head and laughs "He always says that when he's stoned. We're gonna start band practice pretty soon. We always go to Billie's for it... .infact, we do pretty much everything at Billie's place" he says to Rachel
"Cool" She replies, absolutely awestruck by the fact that she's going to see Green Day, or at least 'Sweet Children' play for her.
*About half an hour later*
Rachel stands out the front of Billie Joes' house for the first time. It is incredible. Not so much the house...but the actual fact that Billie Joe actually lives there. She stares in awe.
Billie comes up behind her "Um, I know it's not the best house you've ever seen... " he says
"I love it. It's the most awesome house," She turns and looks deep into Billie Joe's green eyes "I can't believe I'm standing here"
Billie laughs, still on a high, he puts his arms around Rachel's waist "You'd better believe it" He still has a huge grin on his face as he looks back into her darker green eyes. Just then another guy appears infront of them. He is taller than Billie, with scruffy brown hair. He looks about the same age as them.
He smiles at the two. "Got a new girl, have we Billie?" Rachel recognises him. It's Al Sobrante!
"Dude, go get your own" Billie smirks, then realises he's supposed to give an introduction "Oh..Rachel, this is Al... Al Sobrante. His real name is John though. He's our drummer," Billie turns to John "And dude, this... " (points to Rachel) "this is my...Rachel."
Al Sobrante looks at Rachel "Well hi, Billie's Rachel, nice to meet you" and he shakes her hand.
Al looks back at Billie and puts on a sarcastic sad face. "Man, you got stoned without me? What kind of frontman are you?"
Billie laughs "The burnt-out kind."
Al shakes his head and walks over to the garage where Mike has already set up. Billie turns to Rachel, gives her a kiss on the cheek and goes off to get the band ready.
Rachel goes and waits on a couch in front of them. Pretty soon they start to play.
Billie Joe walks up to the microphone and looks out onto his one-person audience, giving the facial expression that it is a massive, screaming crowd. "Heellloo America!" he cries "I'm fucking happy to be here tonight. I'm stoned, This is Mike and that's Al Sobrante...and we are Sweet Children!!"
Mike rolls his eyes.
Rachel is in hysterics.
Sweet Children start to play afew songs. They are incredible, awesome and fantastic all at once.
Rachel thinks to herself 'if only Tre was here too...'
They played on until it got dark. Rachel was still in awe. Billie Joe even dedicated afew songs to her.
Finally, Al stopped playing.
"Shit. The time! I gotta go guys... " He said in panic as he starts packing up his drums. Billie puts down Blue at last and goes to help Al pack up.
Mike turns to Rachel. "You want another coffee? I know I need one... "
"I'll never get tired of coffee" Rachel replies. Mike laughs as he walks out of the garage and into Billie's house.
Al had left by the time he got back with coffees for Billie, Rachel and himself.
Billie and Rachel were waiting on the couch.
Mike sits himself down on a chair and passes the coffees around. Rachel takes a sip of her coffee and stops.
"Mike...are you sure this is coffee? 'cause it sure doesn't taste like coffee... "
Mike grins "Actually I'm pretty sure it isn't" he says. He sips his coffee and Billie and him look at each other and smile.
Three mugs of... 'coffee' later, all three of them are a little tipsy. Rachel infact, is pretty much plastered.
Mike, Rachel and Billie Joe lay on the couch...still in the garage. And to Rachel's surprise, nothing has really happened yet.
She looks over at the two. "You guys gonna do anything yet? I reckon we need some music... "
Rachel gets up, wobbling a little. Mike and Billie watch her curiously. She stumbles over and picks up Billie's guitar in the corner. It is still plugged in. She fiddles with the strap for a second and doesn't even think before she starts to play.
Her fingers find the chords easily. All those times she spent alone in her room, relentlessly nutting out every single chord on her guitar, to every single Green Day song has paid off.
She laughs and belts out the chords to American Idiot. Her feet are almost giving way on her as she gets to the chorus. Suddenly she wakes up to herself. Reality smacks Rachel in the face.
"Oh... fuck.."
Mike and Billie Joe are gaping at her.
"Wow. That was AWESOME!!!" Billie Joe and Mike shout in unison as they jump off the couch. "What song is that!? I love it! Who wrote it? Tell me!!!" they are both talking madly at once.
Rachel looks blankly at them.
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