Walking Down The Line, chapter 3

Time seemed to slow down for emerald. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came out. Luckily, Tre had quick reflexes, being a drummer and all. He threw the wheel to the left, and they were out of the way.
"Shit, I'm sorry 'bout that. Are you ok?"
"Yeah," Em gasped, shaking her head to rid herself of the shock. "Yeah, I'm fine."
"I just forgot where I was for a moment, won't happen again, I promise."
Neither of them spoke 'til they drew up behind a black BMW ten minutes later. Emerald got out of the car, and looked at the building.
"Hey, I've heard of this place, it's..."
"Mike's cafe, yeah," Tre cut in. "And, ah, here we go, right on cue."
Two figures were walking towards them. The shorter, with black spiky hair and a frown on his face, looked angry; the taller, with blonde hair, and a grin, burst out laughing.
"It's not funny Mike, that's the fifth time he's been late this month!" Billie snapped, shutting Mike up immediately. Bille stopped in front of Tre. "I'm sure he can explain though."
Before Tre could answer, Mike cut in. "Hey, who are you?" He asked Emerald.
"This is Emerald, she's the reason I'm late," Tre answered, throwing Em a look. "I stopped to help her, and realised I was running late, so invited her along, is that ok?"
"Yeah, sure. I'm Mike, pleased to meet you Emerald."
She shook his hand, feeling suddenly in awe now she was faced with all three of them. Billie grinned at her.
"And I'm Billie Joe. Come on, we have a table, though they may give it away soon!"

* an hour later *

"Right, we need to go to this photoshoot. I'll take Em in my car, we'll follow you Billie, is that ok?"
"Yeah, sure, whatever Tre, let's just go!"
Em climbed back into the SUV, feeling a little worried.
"Tre," she ventured as he started up the car and moved off after Billie and Mike. "What's this photoshoot for?"
"Our new album. This stuff is for the cover and the booklet. It's gonna be great, I get to dress in drag again!"
Em chuckled, then got serious again. "And you're sure I'm not gonna be in the way? I could always go home if I was."
He looked round at ehr again, and smiled.
"Look, the reason we nearly hit that lorry is 'cos I couldn't take my eyes off you. I dunno why, there's just something about you, I just know it's a good thing to have you around. Don't worry, you won't be in the way. In fact..."
He picked up his mobile in one hand, and pressed a speed-dial.
"Mike? Yeah, it's Tre. Listen, are we still needing extras for the photos? And is there plenty of green hair dye? Perfect, ok, speak to you soon."
He hung up, and grinned at Em.
"Oh, this is gonna be so much fun!"
"Tre, what...?"
"You'll see." he said, an evil grin spreading across his face. Em's eyes grew wide in fright...