Uptight, chapter 1
"Billie, Adie" my dad said to his best friends, "I have a brain tumor. Doctors say I only have a week left. I want to ask you guys a last favor." Billie Joe and Adrienne looked at eachother, shocked and wide-eyed. "You were there when Ryan was born, and you've been there with me for a good portion of my life. But you are the only people I know who can take care of my daugher. She'll still live with her mom, just keep an eye on her.
We all know her mother can't take care of her right. Just look after her, for me when I'm gone. I trust you'll take good care of my baby. I know if you help raise her she won't end up shit like her mother."
Billie Joe and Adrienne were now standing by the hospital bed crying. They've been friends with Mark for years, now they're listening to him make plans for his only daughter when he's dead.
He always put me first. They didn't want him to die, I didn't want him to die, but there's no stopping it.
"We won't let you down," Said Billie "She'll be okay.
******5 YEARS LATER******
"Get up" I felt my mother's hands slap my face.
"What the fuck, mom?" I said jumping out of bed.
"What do you mean?" she said pissed as hell "You overlept, again. Now hurry and get ready for school."
"How am I gonna get there?" I asked
"I don't know, figure it out. Maybe you should thought of that before you stay out all night." she said walking away
"Fucking Bitch!" I yelled at her as she was walking away.
My car was getting fixed, my step-dad was at work, I had no way to get to school. So I did what I always did when this shit happened. I called my godfather.
"Billie?" I asked over the phone.
"No, Ryan, It's Adie. I'll go get him for you"
"Ryan," He said sadly "you overslept again" I started trying to explain
"Save it." he said "Don't say anything, I'm comming over."
~AT SCHOOL~
Oh my fucking god. I learned this shit in the sixth grade. I was speaking in my head.
"Joey..." I whispered shaking him "Joseph!" I kicked his desk.
"Aw, fucking shit!" he yelled waking up. The math teacher glared at him. "What, I was on my last life" said Joey explaining his dream. " And I died. I tripped over one of your coordanate planes and died."
"Mr. Armstong," said Mrs. Bell "Could we please keep the outburst and blasphamy to a minimum?" she looked annoyed "Thank You." and continued her lession.
I looked at him and laughed. "You stupid fucker." I said as the bell rang.
~AT LUNCH~
"Seriously," started Joey "why do we need this? When am I ever gonna say 'hey, can I use that coordinate plane to kill myself. ' It's really gay."
I looked at him with a half uncertain, half stoned look. "You're so fucking crazy."
"Don't I know it." He said smiling his father's smile.
"I wonder where you get it from?" I said sarcastincly.
"I don't know, It couldn't be from my dad." he said joking
"Naw, that couldn't be where you got your fucking insanity."
We both started laughing.
We were inturrupted by Joey's girlfriend. "You didn't call me last night." she said in her usual bitchy voice. She sat down.
"Oh, Heather, sorry." He said. Oh how pathetic he was with her. I hated it. "Ryan's band had a show, and after that we all hung out at the park last night."
She glared at me. She hated me. Not as much as I hated her.
"Jesus Crist, Heather, he has a life, too."
She held up a hand to my face. "I wasn't talking to you, was I?"
"I think I'm gonna go to class. See ya later, Joey."
"Bye, Ryan." he replied sadly.
I heard Heather giving him shit, while Joey tryed to defend me, but to no avail.
~THE NEXT NIGHT-ON THE PHONE~
"I'm not suprised she was just using you."
"I guess I just wanted to believe she actually liked me."
"I told you not to fuck her, too. But you did, and that pissed me off, because I knew that bitch would hurt you. But yet, even after I told you, you still did it. Not just once, not just 9 times, no 14 times. And everythime you told me you did, I told you she would do it. I mean-"
"Alright," he cut me off "I get it. Don't yell at me, Ryan, please. I hate it when you do that."
"Sorry" I said "I'm coming over. It's friday night so we should go see who's playing tonight."
"Okay, see ya"
"Bye"
After we hung up I wrote my mom a note. Not that I needed to. She'll probably be gone untill tomorrow night. She always stays out days at a time.
I opened the door to his house.
"Hey, Ryan." Billie said as I waled into the living room.
"Hey, Billie." I replied "Where's your two bitches?" I sat next to him on the couch.
"Who?" he said "Mike and Tre are at their homes."
"Oh I said, I'm suprised you're not up eachother's asses."
He laughed "Shut up. Joey's in Jakob's room playing some game."
I laughed with him a minute and went back to Jakob's room. They hadn't noticed I'd walked in.
"Ah, pocket aces, beat that." I heard Jokob say to Joey laying his cards down.
"HA. You don't have shit! I win, you lose, again. Suck it up, Joey."
"You went all in with a 3-4 offsuit?" I said walking compleatly in. "You suck."
"I know" Joey replied getting up off of his brother's floor. " I did that on purpose, though, so you can't say anyting."
All of a sudden Jakob started running around the room like a madman. Knocking stuff over and yelling " I am the king of all hold 'em poker!"
Joey and I looked at eachother.
"And you pinned me has the crazy one." he said laughing.
"You are crazy. But you have your dad's crazyness. And as for Jakob, well..."
We looked at eachother and at the maniac climbing his bookshelf than at the same time said "Tre." shaking our heads and laughing.
"Jakob," Adrienne walked in the room "get down from there and clean up this mess."
"But, mom" Jakob said climbing down from the bookshealf "I'm the king of all Texas Hold 'Em Poker."
"You're not gonna be shit if you don't clean up this mess."
All of us, exept for Jakob walked out.
"I swear to god that son of yours," Adrienne said sitting next to her husband on the couch. They laughed and than kissed.
"Hey" I said inturrupting them, "We're gonna go see who's playing tonight. Joey'll probably stay over."
"Alright" Billie Joe said "Be careful."
*****
We saw 3 new bands and than went to my house at about 10:30. We sat up in my room talking and watching TV like we've done since we were kids.
"Do you have anymore Newports?" asked Joey
"This is my last one." I said holding up my ciggarette.
"Can I have the rest?" He asked
"Sure" I said getting up from the floor and going over to my bed where Joey was. I handed the rest of my ciggarette to him.
"I'll go down to my mom's room. She has 3 cartons in her closet." I said walking out. "I'll bring some food and some beer up, too."
We watched some TV, smoked some more cigarettes, and finished off our beers. Than suddenly we found ourselves staring into eachother's eyes. OH NO I repeated to myself. I can't be thinking like this. Is it worth ruining 17 years of friendship. Oh god. We'll find out.
We leaned in twords eachother and behgan to kiss. First our lips, than our tounges. Oh god, what were we doing.
We all know her mother can't take care of her right. Just look after her, for me when I'm gone. I trust you'll take good care of my baby. I know if you help raise her she won't end up shit like her mother."
Billie Joe and Adrienne were now standing by the hospital bed crying. They've been friends with Mark for years, now they're listening to him make plans for his only daughter when he's dead.
He always put me first. They didn't want him to die, I didn't want him to die, but there's no stopping it.
"We won't let you down," Said Billie "She'll be okay.
******5 YEARS LATER******
"Get up" I felt my mother's hands slap my face.
"What the fuck, mom?" I said jumping out of bed.
"What do you mean?" she said pissed as hell "You overlept, again. Now hurry and get ready for school."
"How am I gonna get there?" I asked
"I don't know, figure it out. Maybe you should thought of that before you stay out all night." she said walking away
"Fucking Bitch!" I yelled at her as she was walking away.
My car was getting fixed, my step-dad was at work, I had no way to get to school. So I did what I always did when this shit happened. I called my godfather.
"Billie?" I asked over the phone.
"No, Ryan, It's Adie. I'll go get him for you"
"Ryan," He said sadly "you overslept again" I started trying to explain
"Save it." he said "Don't say anything, I'm comming over."
~AT SCHOOL~
Oh my fucking god. I learned this shit in the sixth grade. I was speaking in my head.
"Joey..." I whispered shaking him "Joseph!" I kicked his desk.
"Aw, fucking shit!" he yelled waking up. The math teacher glared at him. "What, I was on my last life" said Joey explaining his dream. " And I died. I tripped over one of your coordanate planes and died."
"Mr. Armstong," said Mrs. Bell "Could we please keep the outburst and blasphamy to a minimum?" she looked annoyed "Thank You." and continued her lession.
I looked at him and laughed. "You stupid fucker." I said as the bell rang.
~AT LUNCH~
"Seriously," started Joey "why do we need this? When am I ever gonna say 'hey, can I use that coordinate plane to kill myself. ' It's really gay."
I looked at him with a half uncertain, half stoned look. "You're so fucking crazy."
"Don't I know it." He said smiling his father's smile.
"I wonder where you get it from?" I said sarcastincly.
"I don't know, It couldn't be from my dad." he said joking
"Naw, that couldn't be where you got your fucking insanity."
We both started laughing.
We were inturrupted by Joey's girlfriend. "You didn't call me last night." she said in her usual bitchy voice. She sat down.
"Oh, Heather, sorry." He said. Oh how pathetic he was with her. I hated it. "Ryan's band had a show, and after that we all hung out at the park last night."
She glared at me. She hated me. Not as much as I hated her.
"Jesus Crist, Heather, he has a life, too."
She held up a hand to my face. "I wasn't talking to you, was I?"
"I think I'm gonna go to class. See ya later, Joey."
"Bye, Ryan." he replied sadly.
I heard Heather giving him shit, while Joey tryed to defend me, but to no avail.
~THE NEXT NIGHT-ON THE PHONE~
"I'm not suprised she was just using you."
"I guess I just wanted to believe she actually liked me."
"I told you not to fuck her, too. But you did, and that pissed me off, because I knew that bitch would hurt you. But yet, even after I told you, you still did it. Not just once, not just 9 times, no 14 times. And everythime you told me you did, I told you she would do it. I mean-"
"Alright," he cut me off "I get it. Don't yell at me, Ryan, please. I hate it when you do that."
"Sorry" I said "I'm coming over. It's friday night so we should go see who's playing tonight."
"Okay, see ya"
"Bye"
After we hung up I wrote my mom a note. Not that I needed to. She'll probably be gone untill tomorrow night. She always stays out days at a time.
I opened the door to his house.
"Hey, Ryan." Billie said as I waled into the living room.
"Hey, Billie." I replied "Where's your two bitches?" I sat next to him on the couch.
"Who?" he said "Mike and Tre are at their homes."
"Oh I said, I'm suprised you're not up eachother's asses."
He laughed "Shut up. Joey's in Jakob's room playing some game."
I laughed with him a minute and went back to Jakob's room. They hadn't noticed I'd walked in.
"Ah, pocket aces, beat that." I heard Jokob say to Joey laying his cards down.
"HA. You don't have shit! I win, you lose, again. Suck it up, Joey."
"You went all in with a 3-4 offsuit?" I said walking compleatly in. "You suck."
"I know" Joey replied getting up off of his brother's floor. " I did that on purpose, though, so you can't say anyting."
All of a sudden Jakob started running around the room like a madman. Knocking stuff over and yelling " I am the king of all hold 'em poker!"
Joey and I looked at eachother.
"And you pinned me has the crazy one." he said laughing.
"You are crazy. But you have your dad's crazyness. And as for Jakob, well..."
We looked at eachother and at the maniac climbing his bookshelf than at the same time said "Tre." shaking our heads and laughing.
"Jakob," Adrienne walked in the room "get down from there and clean up this mess."
"But, mom" Jakob said climbing down from the bookshealf "I'm the king of all Texas Hold 'Em Poker."
"You're not gonna be shit if you don't clean up this mess."
All of us, exept for Jakob walked out.
"I swear to god that son of yours," Adrienne said sitting next to her husband on the couch. They laughed and than kissed.
"Hey" I said inturrupting them, "We're gonna go see who's playing tonight. Joey'll probably stay over."
"Alright" Billie Joe said "Be careful."
*****
We saw 3 new bands and than went to my house at about 10:30. We sat up in my room talking and watching TV like we've done since we were kids.
"Do you have anymore Newports?" asked Joey
"This is my last one." I said holding up my ciggarette.
"Can I have the rest?" He asked
"Sure" I said getting up from the floor and going over to my bed where Joey was. I handed the rest of my ciggarette to him.
"I'll go down to my mom's room. She has 3 cartons in her closet." I said walking out. "I'll bring some food and some beer up, too."
We watched some TV, smoked some more cigarettes, and finished off our beers. Than suddenly we found ourselves staring into eachother's eyes. OH NO I repeated to myself. I can't be thinking like this. Is it worth ruining 17 years of friendship. Oh god. We'll find out.
We leaned in twords eachother and behgan to kiss. First our lips, than our tounges. Oh god, what were we doing.
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