1988, chapter 11
"Thanks for taking me to school Mike"
"Well you're the one that wanted to ask me something privately" Mike gulped Billie Joe was gonna kill him for this and he turned the corner
"um, why does Billie Joe like anyone?" on the inside Mike laughed 'you have no idea'
"hmmm, I don't know"
"oh okay... "
"you like him, Maria?" she giggled
"kinda"
"well I THINK he likes you" she smiled
"thanks". The arrived at the school and Maria gave in her entry form, which her mum had already filled out and she was given a timetable. Mike waited outside for her, leaning against a wall, She came out holding a piece of paper.
"whatya get?"
"um, Math's, Bio, Art, English and some other shit"
"Okay - I've got none of those, I think Bill may have your English though... but don't count on him actually coming" she giggled
"okay"
Billie Joe pulled into the student car park and let Jake out
"Billie Joe is it?"
"Yeah". He locked the doors and walked over to their regular hangout 'Maybe Mike had taken Maria there' and sure enough he had
"hi Mike" he snarled "hi Maria! What happened this morning?" he was gonna kill Mike...
"Oh My God! I totally forgot, I asked Mike to take me to school last night cause you went to bed... shit I feel bad, sorry" he felt a smile appear on his face
"oh it's okay, but you owe me for taking your ass of a brother to school" she laughed
"you had to take Jake?" Billie Joe nodded "ok, I do owe you"
"big time!" The siren went off and Maria was about to walk to her first class when Billie Joe asked" guys where you going?", Mike rolled his eyes
"not today buddy" and he walked off leaving Billie Joe and Maria alone
"your skipping already? Your first day back and my first day here?"
"yeah so?" and he sat up on the bench and pulled out a cigarette packet from his bag, he pulled out one and placed it between his lips "want one?" he said as the cigarette flicked around his mouth as he spoke
"no - thanks, well bye then" and she walked off leaving now just Billie Joe alone, he sighed and lit it up, and breathed the smoke out slowly. Not to long later a spiked haired guy not to much older then himself came over, Billie Joe put his hand up ready to be high-fived, the guy hit his hand with a 'thwack'.
"hey Two Dollar Bill, long time no see? Saw your show at 924 a few weeks ago - cool man, you really listen to the music"
"thanks" and Billie Joe pulled the cigarette from his lips and threading it through his left hand fingers "how much?"
"got paid last week so $20 bucks worth?"
"Big spender huh?" he laughed and pulled a container from his bag and opened it exposing many newly rolled joints, He counted 10 and gave them to the other guy "it's all there"
"Betta be" the other guy handed him a crisp $20 dollars which, Billie Joe stuffed into his front pocket and placed the cigarette back into his mouth. The guy sat down next to him and lit one of his purchases and placed into his mouth. They sat there silent - staring at the school buildings. 2 hours later, they had smoked what they had and shared another joint were now sharing a second.
"Fuck I'm to high to go to any classes today and it's not even the middle!" the spiked hair guy giggled Billie Joe toke it off him and smoked his turn - long and slow. They heard another siren go, The spiked haired guy started laughing again "it sounded like a duck!" and he fell off the bench still laughing, Billie Joe sniggered at his client and his toke another puff. Not long after Maria walked up to Billie Joe and sat her bag down on the floor and jumped up next to her friend
"Wanna go?" Billie Joe asked her offering the joint, she shoke her head "fine more for me" and he took another puff, the guy was still on the floor laughing. By now Billie Joe had figured that the guy was on something more than weed and he turned back to Maria. "Good first classes?" she lifted an eyebrow
"Yeah but you would know if you ha come" this made Billie Joe giggle
"Come" he copied her "he he, your dirty Maria", she rolled her eyes at him
"How much did you spoke?, usually your not this bad"
"two" he said proudly, she sighed
"in just over 2 hours?", he nodded still quite pleased with himself "well I got English next"
"that's what I think I have!" and Billie Joe handed Maria the almost finished joint, which she held in disgust and Billie Joe searched his bag for his timetable he was given last semester "yep English right here" and he pointed to the piece of paper
"Yep we have the same English". The siren went "your com" she stopped mid sentence "you gonna go to class?". He nodded and picked his bag up from beside himself, snatched the joint from Maria, threw it on the ground and stamped it out. Maria picked up her bag and they walked off leaving the spiked hair guy still laughing "what's he on, acid?"
"hmmm... .I don't know"
"Well you're the one that wanted to ask me something privately" Mike gulped Billie Joe was gonna kill him for this and he turned the corner
"um, why does Billie Joe like anyone?" on the inside Mike laughed 'you have no idea'
"hmmm, I don't know"
"oh okay... "
"you like him, Maria?" she giggled
"kinda"
"well I THINK he likes you" she smiled
"thanks". The arrived at the school and Maria gave in her entry form, which her mum had already filled out and she was given a timetable. Mike waited outside for her, leaning against a wall, She came out holding a piece of paper.
"whatya get?"
"um, Math's, Bio, Art, English and some other shit"
"Okay - I've got none of those, I think Bill may have your English though... but don't count on him actually coming" she giggled
"okay"
Billie Joe pulled into the student car park and let Jake out
"Billie Joe is it?"
"Yeah". He locked the doors and walked over to their regular hangout 'Maybe Mike had taken Maria there' and sure enough he had
"hi Mike" he snarled "hi Maria! What happened this morning?" he was gonna kill Mike...
"Oh My God! I totally forgot, I asked Mike to take me to school last night cause you went to bed... shit I feel bad, sorry" he felt a smile appear on his face
"oh it's okay, but you owe me for taking your ass of a brother to school" she laughed
"you had to take Jake?" Billie Joe nodded "ok, I do owe you"
"big time!" The siren went off and Maria was about to walk to her first class when Billie Joe asked" guys where you going?", Mike rolled his eyes
"not today buddy" and he walked off leaving Billie Joe and Maria alone
"your skipping already? Your first day back and my first day here?"
"yeah so?" and he sat up on the bench and pulled out a cigarette packet from his bag, he pulled out one and placed it between his lips "want one?" he said as the cigarette flicked around his mouth as he spoke
"no - thanks, well bye then" and she walked off leaving now just Billie Joe alone, he sighed and lit it up, and breathed the smoke out slowly. Not to long later a spiked haired guy not to much older then himself came over, Billie Joe put his hand up ready to be high-fived, the guy hit his hand with a 'thwack'.
"hey Two Dollar Bill, long time no see? Saw your show at 924 a few weeks ago - cool man, you really listen to the music"
"thanks" and Billie Joe pulled the cigarette from his lips and threading it through his left hand fingers "how much?"
"got paid last week so $20 bucks worth?"
"Big spender huh?" he laughed and pulled a container from his bag and opened it exposing many newly rolled joints, He counted 10 and gave them to the other guy "it's all there"
"Betta be" the other guy handed him a crisp $20 dollars which, Billie Joe stuffed into his front pocket and placed the cigarette back into his mouth. The guy sat down next to him and lit one of his purchases and placed into his mouth. They sat there silent - staring at the school buildings. 2 hours later, they had smoked what they had and shared another joint were now sharing a second.
"Fuck I'm to high to go to any classes today and it's not even the middle!" the spiked hair guy giggled Billie Joe toke it off him and smoked his turn - long and slow. They heard another siren go, The spiked haired guy started laughing again "it sounded like a duck!" and he fell off the bench still laughing, Billie Joe sniggered at his client and his toke another puff. Not long after Maria walked up to Billie Joe and sat her bag down on the floor and jumped up next to her friend
"Wanna go?" Billie Joe asked her offering the joint, she shoke her head "fine more for me" and he took another puff, the guy was still on the floor laughing. By now Billie Joe had figured that the guy was on something more than weed and he turned back to Maria. "Good first classes?" she lifted an eyebrow
"Yeah but you would know if you ha come" this made Billie Joe giggle
"Come" he copied her "he he, your dirty Maria", she rolled her eyes at him
"How much did you spoke?, usually your not this bad"
"two" he said proudly, she sighed
"in just over 2 hours?", he nodded still quite pleased with himself "well I got English next"
"that's what I think I have!" and Billie Joe handed Maria the almost finished joint, which she held in disgust and Billie Joe searched his bag for his timetable he was given last semester "yep English right here" and he pointed to the piece of paper
"Yep we have the same English". The siren went "your com" she stopped mid sentence "you gonna go to class?". He nodded and picked his bag up from beside himself, snatched the joint from Maria, threw it on the ground and stamped it out. Maria picked up her bag and they walked off leaving the spiked hair guy still laughing "what's he on, acid?"
"hmmm... .I don't know"
