Redundant, chapter 17
*Billie Joe's Point of View*
I started walking down my street, thinking about Adrienne and trying to think of a way for her to love me again. I put my hand in my pocket and fished out the necklace. It was the only thing I had left of the girl I loved. I dug the necklace back into my pocket and continued walking.
I left my street and started walking again. As I was walking, someone called out my name. I couldn't recognise the voice because this person was fairly close to me. I turned around and punched whoever called my name in the face, only to realise that it was Mike.
"Oh dude, sorry for that!" I squealed as I kneeled down on my knees to make sure my blue eyed friend was okay. "You alright? I thought you were someone I hated."
"Nah, I'm fine." He said. I let out a relieved sigh and helped Mike to his feet.
"Mike, I need you help!" I pleaded as I shook my friend whilst having a tight grasp on his shoulders "80 dumped me and I don't know where she is!"
He looked at me with wide eyes. He tried to release my hands from his shoulders. I forgot that I was holding on to him.
"Oh, sorry Mike. I didn't know I was still holding you." I said as I released my hands. He continued to look at me. He opened his mouth ready to say something but closed it again. He did it several times.
"Why did she leave you?" he finally asked with a sorry voice. I looked down to my feet and sighed. I brought my head up again.
"She said that she heard you talking about our band." I murmured.
Cold tears started falling down my cheeks just by the thought of Adrienne. I kept thinking about where she could be and if she's safe or not. As the tears continued flushing out of my eyes, I bowed my head once again. I attempted to wipe my tears away but they continued to run down. All of a sudden, Mike grabbed my head and brought it closer to his chest. He started stroking my hair.
"I know how you feel right now," he started "I've been dumped several times before and it was all my fault. I kept secrets away from them that I was going to tell them in the future but never got the chance to. That's why I entered Dumpsville."
Dumpsville. That sort of cheered me up. I could just imagine the entrance to it. All shitty looking with many ugly chicks that look like Courtney Love smoking around flaming trash cans and in the middle of the flame is some guy who got dumped by one of the girls. I smiled at the thought of it. I tried to imagine Taylor in there, getting laughed at by the chicks, Adrienne and Me. Mustn't forgets Mike and Tré laughing with me.
I broke away from Mike and looked at him. I gave him a suspicious smile.
"You're gonna help me." I said to him.
He gave me a confused look. "Come Again?"
"I said you're gonna help me," I said to him "Help me to get Adrienne back. Capeesh?"
He continued giving me the look. "Um, how?" he said slowly.
"Well first of all," I started "We need Tré. Follow me."
*~*~*
"HEY TRÉ COOL!" I yelled out in Tré's back yard "GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"
Tré looked down at us from his bedroom window. He opened it and leaned against the ledge.
"I can't come now;" he started "I'm scoring with a chick in here."
I looked at Mike who just let out an angry moan.
"LOOK MR. TRÉ DUMB," he started "YOUR FRIEND HERE HAS JUST LOST A CHICK AND NEEDS HER BACK AND ALL YOU DO ABOUT IT IS JUST SIT IN BED WITH YOUR DOG WHICH YOU NAMED 'SAMANTHA' AFTER THE CHICK YOU DUMPED YOU FOR KISSING A CAT. NOW GET DOWN HERE AND STOP BEING SUCH A JERK!"
It was kinda funny to watch that because I have never seen Mike get so pissed off in all my life. It was funny watching Tré's expression change from a grumpy love machine to a wussy school girl.
"Okay," Tré started in a whiny voice "I'll come down. I'll come down!"
He walked away from his window and started heading towards the back door. He came out with something sticking out of his fly.
"Um, Tré," I started "What the hell is that?"
Tré looked down and blushed. He pulled it out and quickly zipped his fly. Apparently, the object was an oversized pair of pink pyjama pants.
"I told you it was a bad idea to buy him those!" I murmured in Mike's ear.
Mike rolled his eyes as he watched the idiot trying to throw the pants through his window. He finally got them through. He turned to face me and Mike. We started shaking our heads in disgust at the red-headed drummer.
"Sorry guys. Don't hate me for this!" he squealed as he covered his face with his arms as he kneeled down to the ground.
I looked at my watch. It took about 10 minutes for him to get ready. Mike walked up to him and grabbed him by the arm and pulled him up from the ground. He slapped him across the face a few times.
"STOP BEING SUCH AN IDIOT WILL YOU!" Mike yelled to Tré. Mike looked at his hand which turned red after slapping the idiot. He turned to me and sighed.
"Okay, what is it that you want to do to get Adrienne back to you?" he asked me.
"Well," I started "First we need to find Adrienne. Get your instruments ready."
*~*~*
It took several hours but we found Adrienne sitting all alone. I turned to the bois.
"Okay, this is what I want you to do..."
Adrienne was sitting alone at the Strongbadia Park crying. I wanted to know what she was crying about but I wanted to do this first.
I started playing a tune on my guitar. Once I started playing, Adrienne turned her head to face us. She was quite surprised by the sight she just saw.
"I Sit Alone In My Bedroom
Staring At The Walls
I've Been Up All Damn Night Long
My Pulse Is Speeding
My Love Is Yearning
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And
Dream About Her
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
She couldn't stop looking at me. She turned her whole body around and continued watching. She had a smile on her face. All I knew was that she might come back to me if my plan works.
"I Sit Outside And Watch The Sunrise
Lookout As Far As I Can
I Can't See Her, But In The Distance
I Hear Some Laughter
We Laugh Together
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And...
Dream About her
'Cause she's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
A tear fell down Adrienne's cheek. Her cheeks started turning red as she continued watching our little performance...
"I Sit Alone In My Bedroom
Staring At The Walls
I've Been Up All Damn Night Long
My Pulse Is Speeding
My Love Is Yearning
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And
Dream About Her
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
The song came to a close. I removed my guitar and dropped it on the floor. Adrienne stood up and started walking towards me. Her smile was still there. Her cheeks were still red and she didn't wipe her tears away.
"Will you take me back 80?" I asked her in a teary voice.
"Of course I will," she whispered to me.
"Good," I started "because I still love you."
We wrapped our arms around each other and hugged tightly. We kissed for the first time in a while and it felt good!
"I love you too." She murmured as we kissed.
As we were kissing, Mike and Tré were still standing there. Mike was leaning on his bass while he was cleaning his fingernails. And Tré, he collapsed on his drums.
"Why did you make me carry each drum piece here by myself?" Tré asked Mike with a gasp in between every second word. Mike turned to face the gasping whiny.
"That's because you're an idiot." he said as he turned back to cleaning his fingernails.
As Tré continued to lie on the drums and Mike continued cleaning his nails, me and Adrienne were still together, kissing away. But as we were kissing, something hit me hard in the back of the head. So hard that I fell apart from Adrienne. I fell to the floor and hit my head again.
My eyesight went fuzzy and I couldn't see anything...
I started walking down my street, thinking about Adrienne and trying to think of a way for her to love me again. I put my hand in my pocket and fished out the necklace. It was the only thing I had left of the girl I loved. I dug the necklace back into my pocket and continued walking.
I left my street and started walking again. As I was walking, someone called out my name. I couldn't recognise the voice because this person was fairly close to me. I turned around and punched whoever called my name in the face, only to realise that it was Mike.
"Oh dude, sorry for that!" I squealed as I kneeled down on my knees to make sure my blue eyed friend was okay. "You alright? I thought you were someone I hated."
"Nah, I'm fine." He said. I let out a relieved sigh and helped Mike to his feet.
"Mike, I need you help!" I pleaded as I shook my friend whilst having a tight grasp on his shoulders "80 dumped me and I don't know where she is!"
He looked at me with wide eyes. He tried to release my hands from his shoulders. I forgot that I was holding on to him.
"Oh, sorry Mike. I didn't know I was still holding you." I said as I released my hands. He continued to look at me. He opened his mouth ready to say something but closed it again. He did it several times.
"Why did she leave you?" he finally asked with a sorry voice. I looked down to my feet and sighed. I brought my head up again.
"She said that she heard you talking about our band." I murmured.
Cold tears started falling down my cheeks just by the thought of Adrienne. I kept thinking about where she could be and if she's safe or not. As the tears continued flushing out of my eyes, I bowed my head once again. I attempted to wipe my tears away but they continued to run down. All of a sudden, Mike grabbed my head and brought it closer to his chest. He started stroking my hair.
"I know how you feel right now," he started "I've been dumped several times before and it was all my fault. I kept secrets away from them that I was going to tell them in the future but never got the chance to. That's why I entered Dumpsville."
Dumpsville. That sort of cheered me up. I could just imagine the entrance to it. All shitty looking with many ugly chicks that look like Courtney Love smoking around flaming trash cans and in the middle of the flame is some guy who got dumped by one of the girls. I smiled at the thought of it. I tried to imagine Taylor in there, getting laughed at by the chicks, Adrienne and Me. Mustn't forgets Mike and Tré laughing with me.
I broke away from Mike and looked at him. I gave him a suspicious smile.
"You're gonna help me." I said to him.
He gave me a confused look. "Come Again?"
"I said you're gonna help me," I said to him "Help me to get Adrienne back. Capeesh?"
He continued giving me the look. "Um, how?" he said slowly.
"Well first of all," I started "We need Tré. Follow me."
*~*~*
"HEY TRÉ COOL!" I yelled out in Tré's back yard "GET YOUR ASS DOWN HERE!"
Tré looked down at us from his bedroom window. He opened it and leaned against the ledge.
"I can't come now;" he started "I'm scoring with a chick in here."
I looked at Mike who just let out an angry moan.
"LOOK MR. TRÉ DUMB," he started "YOUR FRIEND HERE HAS JUST LOST A CHICK AND NEEDS HER BACK AND ALL YOU DO ABOUT IT IS JUST SIT IN BED WITH YOUR DOG WHICH YOU NAMED 'SAMANTHA' AFTER THE CHICK YOU DUMPED YOU FOR KISSING A CAT. NOW GET DOWN HERE AND STOP BEING SUCH A JERK!"
It was kinda funny to watch that because I have never seen Mike get so pissed off in all my life. It was funny watching Tré's expression change from a grumpy love machine to a wussy school girl.
"Okay," Tré started in a whiny voice "I'll come down. I'll come down!"
He walked away from his window and started heading towards the back door. He came out with something sticking out of his fly.
"Um, Tré," I started "What the hell is that?"
Tré looked down and blushed. He pulled it out and quickly zipped his fly. Apparently, the object was an oversized pair of pink pyjama pants.
"I told you it was a bad idea to buy him those!" I murmured in Mike's ear.
Mike rolled his eyes as he watched the idiot trying to throw the pants through his window. He finally got them through. He turned to face me and Mike. We started shaking our heads in disgust at the red-headed drummer.
"Sorry guys. Don't hate me for this!" he squealed as he covered his face with his arms as he kneeled down to the ground.
I looked at my watch. It took about 10 minutes for him to get ready. Mike walked up to him and grabbed him by the arm and pulled him up from the ground. He slapped him across the face a few times.
"STOP BEING SUCH AN IDIOT WILL YOU!" Mike yelled to Tré. Mike looked at his hand which turned red after slapping the idiot. He turned to me and sighed.
"Okay, what is it that you want to do to get Adrienne back to you?" he asked me.
"Well," I started "First we need to find Adrienne. Get your instruments ready."
*~*~*
It took several hours but we found Adrienne sitting all alone. I turned to the bois.
"Okay, this is what I want you to do..."
Adrienne was sitting alone at the Strongbadia Park crying. I wanted to know what she was crying about but I wanted to do this first.
I started playing a tune on my guitar. Once I started playing, Adrienne turned her head to face us. She was quite surprised by the sight she just saw.
"I Sit Alone In My Bedroom
Staring At The Walls
I've Been Up All Damn Night Long
My Pulse Is Speeding
My Love Is Yearning
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And
Dream About Her
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
She couldn't stop looking at me. She turned her whole body around and continued watching. She had a smile on her face. All I knew was that she might come back to me if my plan works.
"I Sit Outside And Watch The Sunrise
Lookout As Far As I Can
I Can't See Her, But In The Distance
I Hear Some Laughter
We Laugh Together
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And...
Dream About her
'Cause she's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
A tear fell down Adrienne's cheek. Her cheeks started turning red as she continued watching our little performance...
"I Sit Alone In My Bedroom
Staring At The Walls
I've Been Up All Damn Night Long
My Pulse Is Speeding
My Love Is Yearning
I Hold My Breath And Close My Eyes And
Dream About Her
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
She Holds My Mala kite So Tight so...
Never Let Go
'Cause She's 2000 Light Years Away
Years Away!"
The song came to a close. I removed my guitar and dropped it on the floor. Adrienne stood up and started walking towards me. Her smile was still there. Her cheeks were still red and she didn't wipe her tears away.
"Will you take me back 80?" I asked her in a teary voice.
"Of course I will," she whispered to me.
"Good," I started "because I still love you."
We wrapped our arms around each other and hugged tightly. We kissed for the first time in a while and it felt good!
"I love you too." She murmured as we kissed.
As we were kissing, Mike and Tré were still standing there. Mike was leaning on his bass while he was cleaning his fingernails. And Tré, he collapsed on his drums.
"Why did you make me carry each drum piece here by myself?" Tré asked Mike with a gasp in between every second word. Mike turned to face the gasping whiny.
"That's because you're an idiot." he said as he turned back to cleaning his fingernails.
As Tré continued to lie on the drums and Mike continued cleaning his nails, me and Adrienne were still together, kissing away. But as we were kissing, something hit me hard in the back of the head. So hard that I fell apart from Adrienne. I fell to the floor and hit my head again.
My eyesight went fuzzy and I couldn't see anything...
