It's Comedy And Tragedy, chapter 14
Rai walks in target looking down at her shopping list. First is the necessities, which includes
-shampoo
-Conditioner
-Tooth paste
-Razors
-Snacks
After picking those items up she heads to the music dept. to gaze. Across the aisle from music was home décor, just where she needed to be. She finds a pink and black bed set she really took a liking to. She see's a mini fridge, which she doesn't really need, and places it in her red shopping cart. She also picks up picture frames, a lamp, clothes and some notebooks. Her final stop is trying to find a desk. She thinks to herself "nope, too big, to small, perfect" all while walking in the isle. She knows she can't carry it so she taps a male worker on the shoulder.
"Rai?!?"
"James?!?"
"Wow, how have you been since...well... you know?" he asked
"I've been great, I finally saved up enough money to decorate my room, how about you?" she said
"Fine, are you and Billie still together?"
"No, I haven't spoken to him since he drove me to Danielle's" she said while fidgeting with her necklace out of habit.
She was nervous thinking about Billie, she hasn't seen him in about a month. She wondered how he was holding up. How Joey and Jake were too. She actually had a feeling of miss in her heart.
"Rai... Rai... .Rai..."
"Oh...sorry" she said with a sad look on her face, but quickly took it off.
"Well my shift is over in 10 minutes, would you like to go to Starbucks with me?" he asked
"Oh...I would love to!" she said with delight.
He walked her up to the register and to her car. They drove separately and met Starbucks and ordered.
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She quickly flipped open her cell phone and said "hello?"
"Rai! Where the fuck are you?" Came a familiar voice.
"I'm at starbucks with James" she said
"Well...you have been gone for 5 hours" she said
"Holy shit... what time is it?" she asked
"Its 5:00" she said
"Shit shit shit!" she said as she was closing her phone.
"Look I am so so sorry...but I am late for work, I have to go. Hurry up and write your # on the back of my hand so I won't lose it" she said as she handed him a pen.
"Goodbye James!" she said while walking towards the door.
"Bye" he mumbled as she was already out the door.
He had a sad look on his face and was worried he would never see her again. He thought to himself, no I won't let this happen again. I am not going to lose her. He got up and ran out the door hoping to catch her. He was too late.
***
Billie walks in the studio thinking about what to write about on this record. He hasn't been inspired lately. Joey and Jakob have been seeing counselors because of Adi. That incident tore the whole family apart. Billie blames himself for it cause of what he was doing with Rai. He quickly got the thought out of his head when he heard Mike say "Hey man"
"Hi" Billie said.
Rob then walked into the mixing room and was glad to see the band... and Billie. Rob hasn't seen him since the funeral. Tre walked in from the recording room.
"Hey guys, look I have been working with this loopy kind of drum beat, like Longview" he said with excitement.
"Billie, have you thought of any lyrics yet?" asked Rob.
"No, I've been out of it this past month" he said but not quite thinking of that. He was off in his own little world at the time. Thinking of Adi.
Rob tapped him on his shoulder, "Billie, maybe you could write about... you know... Adi"
Billie then had a pissed off look to his face and said "You're kidding me right?"
"No, I am not... it might be good... I mean look how Wake me up When September Ends turned out." Rob said.
"No fucking way am I going to write about Adi! How dare you ask me to do something like that only a month afterwards! It took me 23 fucking years to even write about my own father! I still get choked up when I sing that song." He screamed and stormed out of the room. Mike being the wise friend he is said to Rob "Look he has just lost his temper... I'll go talk to him, don't be mad" Mike walked out of the room and found Billie sitting in the parking lot next to his blue ford fairline.
"Bill, look we all know you're going through a very hard time. Rob shouldn't have asked you to write about it, but we need your help on this dude. You haven't been to the past 4 meetings about the album." Mike said calmly. Billie looked at him in a way that he hadn't in a good while. Mike was surprised, he placed his hand on Billie's shoulder and said "C'mon lets go talk to Rob and see what the other alterative is."
"Okay" Billie said.
As they were walking in, Billie felt a change inside him... it was a happy one. He had felt better then he did in a long time. Mike could tell, he just had a simple smile on.
"Hey, glad to see you're back, but look I am sorry for what I did. I shouldn't have expected you to be over her yet." said Rob in a sincere voice.
"Its ok, I shouldn't have snapped like that" Billie said.
"Let's get to work shall we?" Tre said.
-shampoo
-Conditioner
-Tooth paste
-Razors
-Snacks
After picking those items up she heads to the music dept. to gaze. Across the aisle from music was home décor, just where she needed to be. She finds a pink and black bed set she really took a liking to. She see's a mini fridge, which she doesn't really need, and places it in her red shopping cart. She also picks up picture frames, a lamp, clothes and some notebooks. Her final stop is trying to find a desk. She thinks to herself "nope, too big, to small, perfect" all while walking in the isle. She knows she can't carry it so she taps a male worker on the shoulder.
"Rai?!?"
"James?!?"
"Wow, how have you been since...well... you know?" he asked
"I've been great, I finally saved up enough money to decorate my room, how about you?" she said
"Fine, are you and Billie still together?"
"No, I haven't spoken to him since he drove me to Danielle's" she said while fidgeting with her necklace out of habit.
She was nervous thinking about Billie, she hasn't seen him in about a month. She wondered how he was holding up. How Joey and Jake were too. She actually had a feeling of miss in her heart.
"Rai... Rai... .Rai..."
"Oh...sorry" she said with a sad look on her face, but quickly took it off.
"Well my shift is over in 10 minutes, would you like to go to Starbucks with me?" he asked
"Oh...I would love to!" she said with delight.
He walked her up to the register and to her car. They drove separately and met Starbucks and ordered.
RRRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG... .RRRRRRRIIIIIINNNNNNGGGGG.
She quickly flipped open her cell phone and said "hello?"
"Rai! Where the fuck are you?" Came a familiar voice.
"I'm at starbucks with James" she said
"Well...you have been gone for 5 hours" she said
"Holy shit... what time is it?" she asked
"Its 5:00" she said
"Shit shit shit!" she said as she was closing her phone.
"Look I am so so sorry...but I am late for work, I have to go. Hurry up and write your # on the back of my hand so I won't lose it" she said as she handed him a pen.
"Goodbye James!" she said while walking towards the door.
"Bye" he mumbled as she was already out the door.
He had a sad look on his face and was worried he would never see her again. He thought to himself, no I won't let this happen again. I am not going to lose her. He got up and ran out the door hoping to catch her. He was too late.
***
Billie walks in the studio thinking about what to write about on this record. He hasn't been inspired lately. Joey and Jakob have been seeing counselors because of Adi. That incident tore the whole family apart. Billie blames himself for it cause of what he was doing with Rai. He quickly got the thought out of his head when he heard Mike say "Hey man"
"Hi" Billie said.
Rob then walked into the mixing room and was glad to see the band... and Billie. Rob hasn't seen him since the funeral. Tre walked in from the recording room.
"Hey guys, look I have been working with this loopy kind of drum beat, like Longview" he said with excitement.
"Billie, have you thought of any lyrics yet?" asked Rob.
"No, I've been out of it this past month" he said but not quite thinking of that. He was off in his own little world at the time. Thinking of Adi.
Rob tapped him on his shoulder, "Billie, maybe you could write about... you know... Adi"
Billie then had a pissed off look to his face and said "You're kidding me right?"
"No, I am not... it might be good... I mean look how Wake me up When September Ends turned out." Rob said.
"No fucking way am I going to write about Adi! How dare you ask me to do something like that only a month afterwards! It took me 23 fucking years to even write about my own father! I still get choked up when I sing that song." He screamed and stormed out of the room. Mike being the wise friend he is said to Rob "Look he has just lost his temper... I'll go talk to him, don't be mad" Mike walked out of the room and found Billie sitting in the parking lot next to his blue ford fairline.
"Bill, look we all know you're going through a very hard time. Rob shouldn't have asked you to write about it, but we need your help on this dude. You haven't been to the past 4 meetings about the album." Mike said calmly. Billie looked at him in a way that he hadn't in a good while. Mike was surprised, he placed his hand on Billie's shoulder and said "C'mon lets go talk to Rob and see what the other alterative is."
"Okay" Billie said.
As they were walking in, Billie felt a change inside him... it was a happy one. He had felt better then he did in a long time. Mike could tell, he just had a simple smile on.
"Hey, glad to see you're back, but look I am sorry for what I did. I shouldn't have expected you to be over her yet." said Rob in a sincere voice.
"Its ok, I shouldn't have snapped like that" Billie said.
"Let's get to work shall we?" Tre said.
