Where Did Green Day Go???, chapter 8
It was half an hour later, and they had followed Billie Joe to Al's liquor store, a run down shop with a homeless guy sitting at the front.
"Spare change?" He croaked. Billie Joe tossed him twenty dollars.
"Gee thanks!" He said and stumbled into the liquor store.
"What was the point in that? He's just going to drink himself to death now." Plumbob said.
"If he wants to do that let him." Billie Joe said. They stood in silence for a while.
"Where is he!" Abby exclaimed. "He's ten minutes late!"
"Tre's always late." Billie said. "He'll be here, don't worry. And uh, I didn't tell him that you guys were with me so he might be a little mad. Just stay behind me and you should be fine."
"Should be?" Magenta asked. She remembered how strong Tre was when he hugged her back in 1994, and Billie Joe looked (and she hated thinking it) a little small to stop Tre.
"That's him!" Billie Joe said. He grinned and waved at a black SUV that spun madly into the parking lot. It screeched to a halt in front of the store and the door flew open. Out stepped Tre, who looked exactly the same except that his hair was mousy brown and spiked up at odd angles, and he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He immediately leapt at Abby, Magenta and Plumbob.
"IT'S YOU!" He screamed. Billie Joe grabbed Tre. They stepped back in alarm. They didn't realise Tre could look so scary.
"Tre calm down let me-"
"YOU RUINED MY LIFE!" He cried. He was still trying to wrestle out of Billie Joe's grip. Suddenly, Billie Joe kicked Tre's legs from underneath him and pinned him to the ground.
"Enough!" Billie yelled. Tre squirmed and pointed at them.
"What the fuck are you doing? They ruined our lives!" Tre yelled.
"We're sorry!" Abby said.
"Sorry? Do you think that makes it all better?" Tre screamed.
"Guys go into the store, I need to talk to Tre." Billie Joe said. They didn't need telling twice. Abby, Magenta and Plumbob practically ran into the place.
They waited patiently as they cautiously picked up bottles and cans. The homeless man was piling bottles of vodka into a basket.
"This stuff is poison!" Plumbob exclaimed. He gingerly put down a bottle of bourbon.
"Hmm yeah, but it tastes good." Magenta said. Abby rolled her eyes.
"Hey you." A gruff voice said. They turned and saw a fat man in a grey vest top glaring at them from behind the counter.
"What?" Abby said.
"Are you guys over twenty one?" He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Uh... yeah. Of course we are!" Magenta said.
"Got ID?" He asked.
"ID? What's ID?" Abby asked.
"Don't get smart with me. Go on, beat it." He jabbed his thumb to the door. They trailed out and back into the street. Billie Joe didn't have Tre pinned down anymore, and Tre didn't try to attack them when he saw them. He just gave them "a look".
"Tre, apologise to Abby, Magenta and Plumbob please." Billie said. Tre mumbled and glared.
"Apologise dammit!" He yelled and was about to pin Tre again.
"OK OK! Sorry." He said. "But I still don't forgive you for what you did. Billie explained it to me but why didn't you erase our memories? Everything would be better if you had." He said and shuffled his feet on the ground.
"I'm so sorry." Abby said. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't fiddled with that stupid elevator then things would be fine. We'd still be in our own time, The Punishers wouldn't be after us and Billie Joe would still have Adrienne."
"And the band would still be together." Tre added.
"WHAT?!" Abby and Magenta screamed.
"Mike got sick of us telling him about you, so he quit." Billie said.
"He thought we were crazy." Tre added. Plumbob groaned and massaged his temples. Tre had to catch Abby as she almost fainted. Magenta sat down on the sidewalk. She was completely speechless.
"When?" Abby croaked. "When did this happen?"
"Last year."" Billie said.
"So it was 2001." Plumbob said.
"We need to go back and change it!" Abby said. "We can show up and PROVE to Mike that we're real."
"No we cant." Plumbob said. "The Punishers will be watching and monitoring the elevator, and even if we could get past them they would track the year we travelled to and capture us."
"What do we do then?" Abby said.
"Go to Mike and explain the situation. He'll think of something. He's the smartest." Billie said.
"And we can finally prove to him that we're not crazy!" Tre pushed Abby to her feet and started to dance with her. Magenta finally got her voice back.
"You don't seem to hold grudges for very long Tre." She said as Tre did the tango with Abby.
"Meh. I cant help it. You're all so cute." He grinned. "Oh except from you Plumbob. You're still an ugly little fucker." He giggled, let go of Abby and jumped into his SUV.
"Lets go already!" He said. They climbed in and sped off as the homeless man walked out of the liquor store.
"Spare change?" He croaked. Billie Joe tossed him twenty dollars.
"Gee thanks!" He said and stumbled into the liquor store.
"What was the point in that? He's just going to drink himself to death now." Plumbob said.
"If he wants to do that let him." Billie Joe said. They stood in silence for a while.
"Where is he!" Abby exclaimed. "He's ten minutes late!"
"Tre's always late." Billie said. "He'll be here, don't worry. And uh, I didn't tell him that you guys were with me so he might be a little mad. Just stay behind me and you should be fine."
"Should be?" Magenta asked. She remembered how strong Tre was when he hugged her back in 1994, and Billie Joe looked (and she hated thinking it) a little small to stop Tre.
"That's him!" Billie Joe said. He grinned and waved at a black SUV that spun madly into the parking lot. It screeched to a halt in front of the store and the door flew open. Out stepped Tre, who looked exactly the same except that his hair was mousy brown and spiked up at odd angles, and he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt. He immediately leapt at Abby, Magenta and Plumbob.
"IT'S YOU!" He screamed. Billie Joe grabbed Tre. They stepped back in alarm. They didn't realise Tre could look so scary.
"Tre calm down let me-"
"YOU RUINED MY LIFE!" He cried. He was still trying to wrestle out of Billie Joe's grip. Suddenly, Billie Joe kicked Tre's legs from underneath him and pinned him to the ground.
"Enough!" Billie yelled. Tre squirmed and pointed at them.
"What the fuck are you doing? They ruined our lives!" Tre yelled.
"We're sorry!" Abby said.
"Sorry? Do you think that makes it all better?" Tre screamed.
"Guys go into the store, I need to talk to Tre." Billie Joe said. They didn't need telling twice. Abby, Magenta and Plumbob practically ran into the place.
They waited patiently as they cautiously picked up bottles and cans. The homeless man was piling bottles of vodka into a basket.
"This stuff is poison!" Plumbob exclaimed. He gingerly put down a bottle of bourbon.
"Hmm yeah, but it tastes good." Magenta said. Abby rolled her eyes.
"Hey you." A gruff voice said. They turned and saw a fat man in a grey vest top glaring at them from behind the counter.
"What?" Abby said.
"Are you guys over twenty one?" He narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"Uh... yeah. Of course we are!" Magenta said.
"Got ID?" He asked.
"ID? What's ID?" Abby asked.
"Don't get smart with me. Go on, beat it." He jabbed his thumb to the door. They trailed out and back into the street. Billie Joe didn't have Tre pinned down anymore, and Tre didn't try to attack them when he saw them. He just gave them "a look".
"Tre, apologise to Abby, Magenta and Plumbob please." Billie said. Tre mumbled and glared.
"Apologise dammit!" He yelled and was about to pin Tre again.
"OK OK! Sorry." He said. "But I still don't forgive you for what you did. Billie explained it to me but why didn't you erase our memories? Everything would be better if you had." He said and shuffled his feet on the ground.
"I'm so sorry." Abby said. "It's all my fault. If I hadn't fiddled with that stupid elevator then things would be fine. We'd still be in our own time, The Punishers wouldn't be after us and Billie Joe would still have Adrienne."
"And the band would still be together." Tre added.
"WHAT?!" Abby and Magenta screamed.
"Mike got sick of us telling him about you, so he quit." Billie said.
"He thought we were crazy." Tre added. Plumbob groaned and massaged his temples. Tre had to catch Abby as she almost fainted. Magenta sat down on the sidewalk. She was completely speechless.
"When?" Abby croaked. "When did this happen?"
"Last year."" Billie said.
"So it was 2001." Plumbob said.
"We need to go back and change it!" Abby said. "We can show up and PROVE to Mike that we're real."
"No we cant." Plumbob said. "The Punishers will be watching and monitoring the elevator, and even if we could get past them they would track the year we travelled to and capture us."
"What do we do then?" Abby said.
"Go to Mike and explain the situation. He'll think of something. He's the smartest." Billie said.
"And we can finally prove to him that we're not crazy!" Tre pushed Abby to her feet and started to dance with her. Magenta finally got her voice back.
"You don't seem to hold grudges for very long Tre." She said as Tre did the tango with Abby.
"Meh. I cant help it. You're all so cute." He grinned. "Oh except from you Plumbob. You're still an ugly little fucker." He giggled, let go of Abby and jumped into his SUV.
"Lets go already!" He said. They climbed in and sped off as the homeless man walked out of the liquor store.
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