Tre's Drum Lessons, chapter 17
RECAP
We're all up early getting ready for the trip to Kansas. I can't wait to start the tour. I'm nervous about playing in front of thousands of people, but it might be the break through we have been waiting for. We have all had a shower and have packed up the room. There's a knock at the door. I answer it. It's Billie Joe.
"Hey!" I said, very excitedly.
"You all ready to go?" Billie asks.
"Yeah... Let's go!" exclaims Ash, and we leave the hotel, and get into the tour bus awaiting us at the hotel doors.
And let the tour begin... .
END RECAP
We step into the tour bus. It's huge! There's a fridge, big T.V, stereo, stove (part of the mini kitchen), beds ECT...
"Where do we put our stuff?" I ask.
"Just stuff them in this closet" directs Tre. I put my suitcase in the closet and the girls follow. Tre then takes me by the hand and leads me to a separate room on the bus. He opens the door and reveals a studio!
"Oh God! This is fucking awesome!" I exclaim.
There's a drum kit, guitars, basses, amps, P.A's ECT... It's a musicians dream.
Erin, Ash and Nat come to see what the fuss is about. They're mouths drop as they see all the stuff.
"WOW!" exclaims Ash.
"Jesus! Look at all that?!" exclaims Erin, also.
"Sheesh!" says Nat.
"Yeah that's where we practice when were on tour." Says Tre.
"It's so cool." I said.
Tre then shows us around the tour bus, and before we know it, were all lying down watching the T.V and talking. Mike is frustratingly flicking through the channels trying to find something to watch, when he finds a channel with the holiday clip on it.
"Fuck, change it Mike!" yells Billie. Mike quickly changes the channel.
"No! We want to watch it!" I exclaim.
"Yeah, give me the remote Mike!" exclaims Erin.
"No!" says Mike pouting.
Erin wrestles him to the ground and gets the remote. She throws it to me and I change it back.
"I love this clip!" I proclaim. Tre is sitting next to me, laughing at Erin and Mike play fighting each other.
"Oh Oh my favorite part!" I said, as the part with Tre in drag comes on the screen.
"Oh fuck!" he moans. "How embarrassing"
"Aww no... it's cute!" I say as I run my fingers through his hair. "Just don't let me catch you dressed in my clothes!" I laugh.
"Not anytime soon" he says with a grin on his face.
***6 hours later***
Before we knew it, we were eating waffles with syrup for dinner. Yes it's strange, but that's what you get for trusting Tre to cook. He insisted, even though Erin and Mike are both great cooks. We finished eating.
"Those were some great waffles, Tre!" I say and peck him on the cheek. He grabs my hand and runs towards the bed. He throws me on it and starts kissing me.
"Oh get a fucking room!" exclaims Billie.
"Shut up Billie!" Tre laughs.
We sit up and everyone comes and sits down on their own beds. Take note that the bus is all one room except the drivers hut thingy, the band room, and the bathroom/toilet. We all go to bed and get ready for the big day ahead. It had been a big day of traveling and we were arriving in Kansas in the morning.
***NEXT DAY***
It's the morning and Mike and Erin wake us all up.
"We're here!" they exclaim, pulling all our sheets off our beds.
"You bastard" Tre moans at Mike who pulls our blankets off.
"Wake up mountain boy!" Mike says in Tre' ear. Tre play slaps him in the face. We all laugh at them wrestling on the floor. We get dressed and the bus comes to a halt. Billie gets out of the bus to go speak with the driver. He comes back 5 minutes later and says "Hey we got to go inside the arena and sound check".
"Alright, lets go." Says Tre. We all follow inside the arena. It's big! Some executive guys talk us through performing and all the boring stuff. We just listen and have to sign these forms to be able to perform and crap. Green Day go up and sound-check first. They're awesome as always. I watch Tre playing and I smile. He's so great. I love him so much. I look over at Erin and she's doing the same, but with Mike.
It's our turn to sound-check now. Tre sits beside me near the kit while we play. I'm using the sticks he gave me. I'm going to use them tonight as well. We finally finish sound-check. I hug Tre.
"I'm so nervous" I whisper.
"I know I can feel you shaking. Don't worry, you will be absolutely fine! You all will!" he said, as he hugged me tighter. As we pulled away, I looked into his eyes and smiled. Just knowing that he was there gave me enough courage to even run on the stage naked! His eyes were so beautiful; it was like looking at the ocean.
"What are you thinking?" he asked.
"I'm just thinking about how much I love you, and that having you here with me gives me all the courage in the world to do anything;" I replied. He took my hands in his.
"I love you too. And don't worry; I won't let anything happen to you. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. Remember that." He said.
"Thank you, that means alot." I reply. I hug him again and then we have to go into make-up.
***5 hours later***
It's time. The boys are about to go on stage.
"Good luck out there" I say to Tre as I kiss him goodbye.
"Thanks baby" he replies, and they all run out on stage.
"Hello Kansas!" yells Billie. The crowd goes wild.
I sit down and talk to Erin. Ash is fiddling around with her guitar.
***Ash's POV***
"Fuck this mother fucking lead!" I yell. It keeps stuffing up I don't know what's wrong with it.
"Need some help?" asks a guys voice. I look up only to see a gorgeous guy. His hair was black and he had hazel eyes. He was about my age, also.
"Hey... my leads playing up." I reply.
"I can help with that... I'm Billie Joe's guitar techie." He said. I was entranced by his eyes. They were emerald green on the outside, and brown in the middle.
"Thanks." I said. He fiddles around with the lead, and plugs it into the amp.
"Pass me the guitar." He says. I hand it to him and he plugs it in. He strums the guitar and Waa Laa! It worked!
"Oh thank you so much!" I exclaim.
"No problem... my names James, but you can call me Jimmy, everyone else does." He laughs.
"Cool, my names Ash." I reply.
"Hi Ash." He says.
"Hey Jimmy!" I reply.
"So are you playing tonight?" he asks.
"Yeah, were Dollhouse, I don't know if Billie told you." I said.
"Oh yeah... he told me... apparently you guys rock!" he said.
"Oh really, he said that? How sweet!" I said.
I pause and listen to Billie Joe, who just finished playing Basket Case. The crowd went wild.
"Now I want to introduce you to our best friends, they're an all girl band, and they kick ass! Give it up for Dollhouse!" yelled Billie. He ran off stage and came back stage.
"You're on! Good luck guys!" he said and gave us all a high five as we went up on stage.
"I'll see you when I get off stage... don't go anywhere." I say to Jimmy as I run onto stage. Danni, Erin and Nat follow.
***Danni's POV***
Billie calls us on stage. They all run backstage as we run on. Tre gives me a hug quickly then I run onto the stage. The crowd is going wild. This is cool! Nat introduces us one by one. Then we start playing Playgirl.
"1... 2...1... 2... 3... 4!!!" I yell, counting us in. We start playing and the crowd is loving it. I look over to my right and see Tre watching from the side. I smile at him and he gives me thumbs up. I bash at the cymbals and we finish the song in a drum solo. It was the most fun I've ever had in my life! Then we start playing some other songs, including some covers. We finished playing and the crowd loved us. It was so awesome. I ran off stage and jumped on Tre.
"That was so fun! Oh my God! Thank you so much!" I yelled as I hugged him tight.
"No problems, you guys were great!" he said. "I got to go back on now, I'll talk to you soon" he said as he gave me a quick peck on the cheek and ran back on stage. Pheeeeew...that was fun. I can't wait...in two days we'll be playing again. Meanwhile...Ash is talking to that Jimmy guy again, they look deep in conversation. Billie and the guys come off stage. "We're finished. Good work guys!" he says as he gives everyone a high five.
"It's time to go now though...I'm tired and I'm guessing you guys are too." Says Billie.
"Yeah, let's go." I said. Ash and Jimmy exchange numbers. Ooooh I wonder what that's leading to. We all hop onto the tour bus and were traveling once again. But this time, we all fall asleep fairly quickly. I fall asleep with my forehead against Tre's, and Erin's snuggled up to Mike. Ash is pinning Jimmy's phone number into her phone, and Nat's already asleep. So is Billie. We have had a big day today...and it's not going to get any easier.
We're all up early getting ready for the trip to Kansas. I can't wait to start the tour. I'm nervous about playing in front of thousands of people, but it might be the break through we have been waiting for. We have all had a shower and have packed up the room. There's a knock at the door. I answer it. It's Billie Joe.
"Hey!" I said, very excitedly.
"You all ready to go?" Billie asks.
"Yeah... Let's go!" exclaims Ash, and we leave the hotel, and get into the tour bus awaiting us at the hotel doors.
And let the tour begin... .
END RECAP
We step into the tour bus. It's huge! There's a fridge, big T.V, stereo, stove (part of the mini kitchen), beds ECT...
"Where do we put our stuff?" I ask.
"Just stuff them in this closet" directs Tre. I put my suitcase in the closet and the girls follow. Tre then takes me by the hand and leads me to a separate room on the bus. He opens the door and reveals a studio!
"Oh God! This is fucking awesome!" I exclaim.
There's a drum kit, guitars, basses, amps, P.A's ECT... It's a musicians dream.
Erin, Ash and Nat come to see what the fuss is about. They're mouths drop as they see all the stuff.
"WOW!" exclaims Ash.
"Jesus! Look at all that?!" exclaims Erin, also.
"Sheesh!" says Nat.
"Yeah that's where we practice when were on tour." Says Tre.
"It's so cool." I said.
Tre then shows us around the tour bus, and before we know it, were all lying down watching the T.V and talking. Mike is frustratingly flicking through the channels trying to find something to watch, when he finds a channel with the holiday clip on it.
"Fuck, change it Mike!" yells Billie. Mike quickly changes the channel.
"No! We want to watch it!" I exclaim.
"Yeah, give me the remote Mike!" exclaims Erin.
"No!" says Mike pouting.
Erin wrestles him to the ground and gets the remote. She throws it to me and I change it back.
"I love this clip!" I proclaim. Tre is sitting next to me, laughing at Erin and Mike play fighting each other.
"Oh Oh my favorite part!" I said, as the part with Tre in drag comes on the screen.
"Oh fuck!" he moans. "How embarrassing"
"Aww no... it's cute!" I say as I run my fingers through his hair. "Just don't let me catch you dressed in my clothes!" I laugh.
"Not anytime soon" he says with a grin on his face.
***6 hours later***
Before we knew it, we were eating waffles with syrup for dinner. Yes it's strange, but that's what you get for trusting Tre to cook. He insisted, even though Erin and Mike are both great cooks. We finished eating.
"Those were some great waffles, Tre!" I say and peck him on the cheek. He grabs my hand and runs towards the bed. He throws me on it and starts kissing me.
"Oh get a fucking room!" exclaims Billie.
"Shut up Billie!" Tre laughs.
We sit up and everyone comes and sits down on their own beds. Take note that the bus is all one room except the drivers hut thingy, the band room, and the bathroom/toilet. We all go to bed and get ready for the big day ahead. It had been a big day of traveling and we were arriving in Kansas in the morning.
***NEXT DAY***
It's the morning and Mike and Erin wake us all up.
"We're here!" they exclaim, pulling all our sheets off our beds.
"You bastard" Tre moans at Mike who pulls our blankets off.
"Wake up mountain boy!" Mike says in Tre' ear. Tre play slaps him in the face. We all laugh at them wrestling on the floor. We get dressed and the bus comes to a halt. Billie gets out of the bus to go speak with the driver. He comes back 5 minutes later and says "Hey we got to go inside the arena and sound check".
"Alright, lets go." Says Tre. We all follow inside the arena. It's big! Some executive guys talk us through performing and all the boring stuff. We just listen and have to sign these forms to be able to perform and crap. Green Day go up and sound-check first. They're awesome as always. I watch Tre playing and I smile. He's so great. I love him so much. I look over at Erin and she's doing the same, but with Mike.
It's our turn to sound-check now. Tre sits beside me near the kit while we play. I'm using the sticks he gave me. I'm going to use them tonight as well. We finally finish sound-check. I hug Tre.
"I'm so nervous" I whisper.
"I know I can feel you shaking. Don't worry, you will be absolutely fine! You all will!" he said, as he hugged me tighter. As we pulled away, I looked into his eyes and smiled. Just knowing that he was there gave me enough courage to even run on the stage naked! His eyes were so beautiful; it was like looking at the ocean.
"What are you thinking?" he asked.
"I'm just thinking about how much I love you, and that having you here with me gives me all the courage in the world to do anything;" I replied. He took my hands in his.
"I love you too. And don't worry; I won't let anything happen to you. You can do anything if you put your mind to it. Remember that." He said.
"Thank you, that means alot." I reply. I hug him again and then we have to go into make-up.
***5 hours later***
It's time. The boys are about to go on stage.
"Good luck out there" I say to Tre as I kiss him goodbye.
"Thanks baby" he replies, and they all run out on stage.
"Hello Kansas!" yells Billie. The crowd goes wild.
I sit down and talk to Erin. Ash is fiddling around with her guitar.
***Ash's POV***
"Fuck this mother fucking lead!" I yell. It keeps stuffing up I don't know what's wrong with it.
"Need some help?" asks a guys voice. I look up only to see a gorgeous guy. His hair was black and he had hazel eyes. He was about my age, also.
"Hey... my leads playing up." I reply.
"I can help with that... I'm Billie Joe's guitar techie." He said. I was entranced by his eyes. They were emerald green on the outside, and brown in the middle.
"Thanks." I said. He fiddles around with the lead, and plugs it into the amp.
"Pass me the guitar." He says. I hand it to him and he plugs it in. He strums the guitar and Waa Laa! It worked!
"Oh thank you so much!" I exclaim.
"No problem... my names James, but you can call me Jimmy, everyone else does." He laughs.
"Cool, my names Ash." I reply.
"Hi Ash." He says.
"Hey Jimmy!" I reply.
"So are you playing tonight?" he asks.
"Yeah, were Dollhouse, I don't know if Billie told you." I said.
"Oh yeah... he told me... apparently you guys rock!" he said.
"Oh really, he said that? How sweet!" I said.
I pause and listen to Billie Joe, who just finished playing Basket Case. The crowd went wild.
"Now I want to introduce you to our best friends, they're an all girl band, and they kick ass! Give it up for Dollhouse!" yelled Billie. He ran off stage and came back stage.
"You're on! Good luck guys!" he said and gave us all a high five as we went up on stage.
"I'll see you when I get off stage... don't go anywhere." I say to Jimmy as I run onto stage. Danni, Erin and Nat follow.
***Danni's POV***
Billie calls us on stage. They all run backstage as we run on. Tre gives me a hug quickly then I run onto the stage. The crowd is going wild. This is cool! Nat introduces us one by one. Then we start playing Playgirl.
"1... 2...1... 2... 3... 4!!!" I yell, counting us in. We start playing and the crowd is loving it. I look over to my right and see Tre watching from the side. I smile at him and he gives me thumbs up. I bash at the cymbals and we finish the song in a drum solo. It was the most fun I've ever had in my life! Then we start playing some other songs, including some covers. We finished playing and the crowd loved us. It was so awesome. I ran off stage and jumped on Tre.
"That was so fun! Oh my God! Thank you so much!" I yelled as I hugged him tight.
"No problems, you guys were great!" he said. "I got to go back on now, I'll talk to you soon" he said as he gave me a quick peck on the cheek and ran back on stage. Pheeeeew...that was fun. I can't wait...in two days we'll be playing again. Meanwhile...Ash is talking to that Jimmy guy again, they look deep in conversation. Billie and the guys come off stage. "We're finished. Good work guys!" he says as he gives everyone a high five.
"It's time to go now though...I'm tired and I'm guessing you guys are too." Says Billie.
"Yeah, let's go." I said. Ash and Jimmy exchange numbers. Ooooh I wonder what that's leading to. We all hop onto the tour bus and were traveling once again. But this time, we all fall asleep fairly quickly. I fall asleep with my forehead against Tre's, and Erin's snuggled up to Mike. Ash is pinning Jimmy's phone number into her phone, and Nat's already asleep. So is Billie. We have had a big day today...and it's not going to get any easier.
