What? I Can Dream Too..., chapter 10
Three hours later and Billie Joe, Hannah, Mike and Tre had been joined in their hotel room by Lisa and Jo. The remains of the 'breakfast' that Tre had ordered earlier surrounded them on the sofa as they all watched the video that they'd found and brought with them from years ago.
"What the fuck are you two doing there?!" Billie Joe pointed at the TV screen that was now showing Hannah and Jo, handcuffed together walking round what looked like a museum.
"We got bored." Jo spoke as if it was perfectly normal to get bored then handcuff yourselves together.
"There's a limit to how exciting a museum about fishing can be when you don't like fish." Hannah agreed with Jo.
"I suppose." Billie Joe carried on watching the video, "But why couldn't you ahve just not gone?"
"GB Camp. You do what you're told or you don't go away. Its all planned out before we go, then we go do it." Hannah explained.
"Sounds...fun..." Mike looked across at Hannah.
"It was actually. You'd be surprised how exciting stealing somebody elses pants can be...and night hike. Is that on here?" Hannah turned to Jo and Lisa.
"Yes indeed - complete with us singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams at the top of our voices on the beach and the coast guard bloke looking very very scared." Lisa started to giggle, filling Billie Joe with dread by the look on his face. A mixture of pure terror and amusement.
Soon the screen went black, followed by the green light of night-vision and the beginnings of a Blair Witch style narration.
"We're going up a hill, there are some trees and a bat - oh look a bat - look at the bat. How fun."
"Where?! I don't see the bat!" Tre had his nose pressed to the TV's screen.
"Well neither can the rest of us..." Mike picked up one of Hannah's crutches and used it to push Tre across the TV screen and onto the floor sideways. "Now, shhh, I want to hear about Night Hike..." Mike preempted any arguement that Tre was going to put up.
Twenty minutes later and the video had finished. Tre had crawled off round the back of the sofa to find himself the can of cream that had been brought up with the breakfast, with which he proceeded to lean over the back of the couch and squirt it straight down the back of Jo's t-shirt, she immeadiately retaliated by reaching back and pushing him onto his arse.
"Oh - there's another one! This must be the best bit..." Lisa raised her eybrow as she shoved another video into the machine and hit the play button. Immeadiately, the screen brought up an image of Hannah, Jo and Lisa sitting round a table, each dressed as a member of Green Day, Hannah as Mike, Lisa as a long haired Billie Joe and Jo as a rather stoned looking Tre. As the video carried on, they were joined onscreen by a woman who pushed a sewing kit into each of their hands before moving onto the next table and doing the same to the girls there.
"What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!" the Hannah on the video looked distinctly unimpressed at the prospect of spending the afternoon sewing. After a while the videoed Hannah had managed to tie her sewing up in a knot and was sulking "Why do we have to do this - its silly."
A voice came from somewhere off screen, "Well, if Green Day with it, you'd do it." Everybody onscreen burst out laughing, followed by Hannah, Jo and Lisa (in Green Day mode) pretending to have a tea party.
"What the hell was that?!" Billie Joe looked like they'd done something completely different on the video.
"I have no idea what that was - but I think I want to go!" Mike looked incredibly excited at the idea of spending a week doing strange things.
"What? Where are we going?" Tre was lying on the floor against the side of the sofa looking confused.
"A building full of girls - very few if any guys Tre." Jo explained calmly.
"WHERE!? WHEN!?" Tre was excited now.
"In the summer Tre." Jo explained once again, trying to hold Tre down.
"I'm bored, lets go drinking." Tre jumped free of Jo and ran for the door, followed slowly by everyone else.
"When did it get so dark?" Tre turned and found he was talking to himself, shrugging it off, he carried on towards their car.
Eventually they were all in the car and ready to go.
"So where are we going?" Mike twisted himself round in his seat to look at Jo and Lisa.
"Why are you looking at us?" Lisa asked.
"Well, you two have been here before? We haven't."
"Ah yeah. Ummm...go round by the ski place, theres a bar there I think, or on the main street." Lisa and Jo both shrugged.
"OK. So to the ski place yeah?"
"Just drive, I'm thirsty and bored." Tre was starting to sound like a little kid again.
Most of the drive was accompanied by the lot of them singing loudly to the radio, anything that came on got sung to, everything from The Clash to Donny and Marie Osmond.
"Are we there yet?" The sound of Tre and Jo moaning filled the car, drowning out whatever the DJ was saying.
"Does it look like it?"
"I dunno - its dark," Jo peered out of the window, her nose pushed against the glass, "except for the really bright light moving towards us."
"What the fuck are you two doing there?!" Billie Joe pointed at the TV screen that was now showing Hannah and Jo, handcuffed together walking round what looked like a museum.
"We got bored." Jo spoke as if it was perfectly normal to get bored then handcuff yourselves together.
"There's a limit to how exciting a museum about fishing can be when you don't like fish." Hannah agreed with Jo.
"I suppose." Billie Joe carried on watching the video, "But why couldn't you ahve just not gone?"
"GB Camp. You do what you're told or you don't go away. Its all planned out before we go, then we go do it." Hannah explained.
"Sounds...fun..." Mike looked across at Hannah.
"It was actually. You'd be surprised how exciting stealing somebody elses pants can be...and night hike. Is that on here?" Hannah turned to Jo and Lisa.
"Yes indeed - complete with us singing "Boulevard of Broken Dreams at the top of our voices on the beach and the coast guard bloke looking very very scared." Lisa started to giggle, filling Billie Joe with dread by the look on his face. A mixture of pure terror and amusement.
Soon the screen went black, followed by the green light of night-vision and the beginnings of a Blair Witch style narration.
"We're going up a hill, there are some trees and a bat - oh look a bat - look at the bat. How fun."
"Where?! I don't see the bat!" Tre had his nose pressed to the TV's screen.
"Well neither can the rest of us..." Mike picked up one of Hannah's crutches and used it to push Tre across the TV screen and onto the floor sideways. "Now, shhh, I want to hear about Night Hike..." Mike preempted any arguement that Tre was going to put up.
Twenty minutes later and the video had finished. Tre had crawled off round the back of the sofa to find himself the can of cream that had been brought up with the breakfast, with which he proceeded to lean over the back of the couch and squirt it straight down the back of Jo's t-shirt, she immeadiately retaliated by reaching back and pushing him onto his arse.
"Oh - there's another one! This must be the best bit..." Lisa raised her eybrow as she shoved another video into the machine and hit the play button. Immeadiately, the screen brought up an image of Hannah, Jo and Lisa sitting round a table, each dressed as a member of Green Day, Hannah as Mike, Lisa as a long haired Billie Joe and Jo as a rather stoned looking Tre. As the video carried on, they were joined onscreen by a woman who pushed a sewing kit into each of their hands before moving onto the next table and doing the same to the girls there.
"What the hell am I supposed to do with this?!" the Hannah on the video looked distinctly unimpressed at the prospect of spending the afternoon sewing. After a while the videoed Hannah had managed to tie her sewing up in a knot and was sulking "Why do we have to do this - its silly."
A voice came from somewhere off screen, "Well, if Green Day with it, you'd do it." Everybody onscreen burst out laughing, followed by Hannah, Jo and Lisa (in Green Day mode) pretending to have a tea party.
"What the hell was that?!" Billie Joe looked like they'd done something completely different on the video.
"I have no idea what that was - but I think I want to go!" Mike looked incredibly excited at the idea of spending a week doing strange things.
"What? Where are we going?" Tre was lying on the floor against the side of the sofa looking confused.
"A building full of girls - very few if any guys Tre." Jo explained calmly.
"WHERE!? WHEN!?" Tre was excited now.
"In the summer Tre." Jo explained once again, trying to hold Tre down.
"I'm bored, lets go drinking." Tre jumped free of Jo and ran for the door, followed slowly by everyone else.
"When did it get so dark?" Tre turned and found he was talking to himself, shrugging it off, he carried on towards their car.
Eventually they were all in the car and ready to go.
"So where are we going?" Mike twisted himself round in his seat to look at Jo and Lisa.
"Why are you looking at us?" Lisa asked.
"Well, you two have been here before? We haven't."
"Ah yeah. Ummm...go round by the ski place, theres a bar there I think, or on the main street." Lisa and Jo both shrugged.
"OK. So to the ski place yeah?"
"Just drive, I'm thirsty and bored." Tre was starting to sound like a little kid again.
Most of the drive was accompanied by the lot of them singing loudly to the radio, anything that came on got sung to, everything from The Clash to Donny and Marie Osmond.
"Are we there yet?" The sound of Tre and Jo moaning filled the car, drowning out whatever the DJ was saying.
"Does it look like it?"
"I dunno - its dark," Jo peered out of the window, her nose pushed against the glass, "except for the really bright light moving towards us."
