1988, chapter 2
"Guys I wrote another new song yesterday" mumbled a 16 year old Billie Joe
"Really?" asked Mike while plucking his strings on his bass
"Yeah it's called 16"
"Cool" Al said looking up from the drum kit "play it then" he added
"Um, okay" Billie Joe then gently played 16 on 'Blue', when he finished Billie Joe sat back down on the scruffy old sofa
"WOW! Billie Joe- that's really good" Mike clapped
"Do you wanna put it to drums and bass then?"
"Yeah sure!" Mike and Al said in unison. After 3 whole hours of practising they finally got the right sound. Al got up
"Billie Joe, Mike I better go"
"Ok Al" Billie Joe said putting 'Blue' down on its stand
"See ya later Al" waved Mike, Al walked out of the garage and grabbed his backpack
"Yup, see you guys tomorrow!" Al shouted as he got into his beat up old car. Mike reached up to close the garage door when he noticed a real estate agent taking the sign from the house next door, he turned
"Hey Bill, were getting new neighbours"
"So?" answered Billie Joe, Mike rolled his eyes and closed the garage door.
The next day like always Billie Joe slept in until Mike walked in and opened up Billie Joe's curtains
"URGH!!!" moaned Billie Joe as he covered his face with his pillow
"For fuck sake Billie Joe it's 11:30"
A very muffled "so?" came from under the pillow
"Your mum made pancakes before she left, which was like 5 minutes ago" Billie Joe threw the pillow off his face
"Pancakes?"
"That's what I just said!"
"Get out so I can get dressed then"
"Eww, Bill too much information!" Mike then walked out of Billie Joe's room and closed the door. Billie Joe sat up and stretched. He got changed into a 'Dead Kennedy's' shirt and black 'Dickies' pants. He walked to the kitchen and sat down at the table and piled 5 pancakes onto his plate and licked his lips while taking the syrup from Mike
"Hey!" snarled Mike. They both cut up their pancakes and pilled some into their mouths.
"Do you know when Al's coming over?" Billie Joe managed to say with a mouth full of pancake, Mike swallowed his
"No, he didn't say" and packed more in his mouth, they continued eating silently till they were finished and went to the garage to practise. They mucked around for a while when Billie Joe noticed a moving truck pull up next door.
"Some one's moving next door!" shouted Billie Joe to mike
"Billie Joe I said that yesterday!" Mike shouted back
"Well I didn't hear you"
"Yeah you did! You said so?"
"Well I can't remember, hey Al's here!"
"Finally" Mike called back
"Hey guys I'm sorry I'm late"
"You're late?" asked Billie Joe picking up 'Blue'; they started playing 'Why Do You Want Him?' When Billie Joe noticed another car pull up at the house next door. Some kid's older then himself jumped out of the car, he continued playing and singing, he then saw a girl about the same age as himself jump out of the car. He could just make out that she was wearing a 'Operation Ivy' shirt on, he continued playing, she turned around and started watching him, he could feel his cheeks growing Crimson, He looked up at her still playing, their eyes meet and she smiled. Billie Joe kept playing not noticing that Mike and Al had finished, Billie Joe continued looking at her, and she started laughing 'Jesus she can probably see me blushing' he thought.
"Bill the songs finished unless you've added a guitar solo?" Mike asked, she walked to the door still laughing
"BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG! HELLO IN THERE?" Mike moved his hand up and down in front of Billie Joe's eyes
"Huh? Oh sorry, just day dreaming" he trailed off
"More like checking out that chick" laughed Al
"I think I've seen her before- Billie Joe you're blushing!" Mike laughed more "You were checking her out!" now Mike and Al were rolling around laughing
"Shut Up!" screamed Billie Joe "I was not! Now can we play another sone or not?"
Mike picked himself up "yeah but not if you decide to have another guitar solo - and check your new next door neighbour" Al started laughing again this caused Mike to start again as well.
"URGH!" Billie Joe groaned and sat down on the old sofa; he lay down and turned his head so he could see the next door house and hopefully her again.
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'He's pretty hot' Maria thought to herself as she picked up one of her boxes and walked to the room her mother had assigned her to. The moving guys had earlier put her bed, mattress, wardrobe and desk in there. She sat the box down on the floor, then laid down on the mattress and sighed. 'Where's my guitar?' she thought and then stood up, walking outside to collect her guitar. She looked over at his garage, she could see him lying on an old sofa, she bit her lip and waved, he waved back. She smiled.
"Really?" asked Mike while plucking his strings on his bass
"Yeah it's called 16"
"Cool" Al said looking up from the drum kit "play it then" he added
"Um, okay" Billie Joe then gently played 16 on 'Blue', when he finished Billie Joe sat back down on the scruffy old sofa
"WOW! Billie Joe- that's really good" Mike clapped
"Do you wanna put it to drums and bass then?"
"Yeah sure!" Mike and Al said in unison. After 3 whole hours of practising they finally got the right sound. Al got up
"Billie Joe, Mike I better go"
"Ok Al" Billie Joe said putting 'Blue' down on its stand
"See ya later Al" waved Mike, Al walked out of the garage and grabbed his backpack
"Yup, see you guys tomorrow!" Al shouted as he got into his beat up old car. Mike reached up to close the garage door when he noticed a real estate agent taking the sign from the house next door, he turned
"Hey Bill, were getting new neighbours"
"So?" answered Billie Joe, Mike rolled his eyes and closed the garage door.
The next day like always Billie Joe slept in until Mike walked in and opened up Billie Joe's curtains
"URGH!!!" moaned Billie Joe as he covered his face with his pillow
"For fuck sake Billie Joe it's 11:30"
A very muffled "so?" came from under the pillow
"Your mum made pancakes before she left, which was like 5 minutes ago" Billie Joe threw the pillow off his face
"Pancakes?"
"That's what I just said!"
"Get out so I can get dressed then"
"Eww, Bill too much information!" Mike then walked out of Billie Joe's room and closed the door. Billie Joe sat up and stretched. He got changed into a 'Dead Kennedy's' shirt and black 'Dickies' pants. He walked to the kitchen and sat down at the table and piled 5 pancakes onto his plate and licked his lips while taking the syrup from Mike
"Hey!" snarled Mike. They both cut up their pancakes and pilled some into their mouths.
"Do you know when Al's coming over?" Billie Joe managed to say with a mouth full of pancake, Mike swallowed his
"No, he didn't say" and packed more in his mouth, they continued eating silently till they were finished and went to the garage to practise. They mucked around for a while when Billie Joe noticed a moving truck pull up next door.
"Some one's moving next door!" shouted Billie Joe to mike
"Billie Joe I said that yesterday!" Mike shouted back
"Well I didn't hear you"
"Yeah you did! You said so?"
"Well I can't remember, hey Al's here!"
"Finally" Mike called back
"Hey guys I'm sorry I'm late"
"You're late?" asked Billie Joe picking up 'Blue'; they started playing 'Why Do You Want Him?' When Billie Joe noticed another car pull up at the house next door. Some kid's older then himself jumped out of the car, he continued playing and singing, he then saw a girl about the same age as himself jump out of the car. He could just make out that she was wearing a 'Operation Ivy' shirt on, he continued playing, she turned around and started watching him, he could feel his cheeks growing Crimson, He looked up at her still playing, their eyes meet and she smiled. Billie Joe kept playing not noticing that Mike and Al had finished, Billie Joe continued looking at her, and she started laughing 'Jesus she can probably see me blushing' he thought.
"Bill the songs finished unless you've added a guitar solo?" Mike asked, she walked to the door still laughing
"BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG! HELLO IN THERE?" Mike moved his hand up and down in front of Billie Joe's eyes
"Huh? Oh sorry, just day dreaming" he trailed off
"More like checking out that chick" laughed Al
"I think I've seen her before- Billie Joe you're blushing!" Mike laughed more "You were checking her out!" now Mike and Al were rolling around laughing
"Shut Up!" screamed Billie Joe "I was not! Now can we play another sone or not?"
Mike picked himself up "yeah but not if you decide to have another guitar solo - and check your new next door neighbour" Al started laughing again this caused Mike to start again as well.
"URGH!" Billie Joe groaned and sat down on the old sofa; he lay down and turned his head so he could see the next door house and hopefully her again.
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'He's pretty hot' Maria thought to herself as she picked up one of her boxes and walked to the room her mother had assigned her to. The moving guys had earlier put her bed, mattress, wardrobe and desk in there. She sat the box down on the floor, then laid down on the mattress and sighed. 'Where's my guitar?' she thought and then stood up, walking outside to collect her guitar. She looked over at his garage, she could see him lying on an old sofa, she bit her lip and waved, he waved back. She smiled.
