What You Remind Me Of, chapter 7
It had been three days since Billie had "moved in". He seemed to being better.
But, what was going to happen in the end?
Billie's POV
I was completely finished with the song. Soon, we would go in the studio and put the finishing touches on our new album. "American Idiot" would be our first rock opera. But, before that, I had to finish the song. And, like I said, I did. Now, I was going to let Mel hear it. "Mel, can you listen to this," I asked as I walked out of the bedroom and into the living room where she sat, waiting on me to finish my 'alone time'.
"Yeah."
"Ok, here it goes," and I began to play.
//Thought I ran into you down on the street/Then it turned out to only be a dream/I made a point to burn all of the photographs/She went away and then I took a different path/I remember the face but I can't recall the name/Now I wonder how whatsername has been/Seems that she disappeared without a trace/Did she ever marry old what's his face/I made a point to burn all of the photographs/She went away and then I took a different path/I remember the face but I can't recall the name/Now I wonder how whatsername has been/Remember, whatever/It seems like forever ago/Remember, whatever/It seems like forever ago/The regrets are useless/In my mind/She's in my head
I must confess/The regrets are useless/In my mind/She's in my head/From so long ago/And in the darkest night/If my memory serves me right/I'll never turn back time/Forgetting you, but not the time//
"Ok," I said looking at her, "whatdayathink?"
"I think you should go home, and talk to Adi. If that doesn't work, then come back, but can you just try, for me? Please?"
"Adi and I are over. I will go home, though, to see my boys and get my stuff. And, I want you to come."
"Billie, I'm not sure that would be such a hot idea."
"Please? I can't do it alone."
Melody's POV
SO, here I am, sitting outside of Billie's house, waiting on him. And I'm worried. How's he gonna tell his boys? How will he handle that?
Billie's POV
"You guys know that this isn't your fault, right?"
"Yeah, Dad," Joey said as I pulled him in for a hug.
"Daddy," Jake asked with tears falling from his eyes, "will I ever see you again?"
"Yes, little man, of course. You know that I would do anything to see you boys. I love you two."
"I love you, dad," they said at the same time. And I held them, for how long, I don't know. But I did let go, and I walked past Adi, and out of the door.
I didn't expect things to go the way they did with Adi, in the beginning anyway. I always thought I would be with her for the rest of my life. And, that I would spend forever wondering about Mel, and where the hell she was. Funny how, life works, isn't it?
"Are you gonna be ok?" she was so sweet. So innocent, still.
"I think so," I say, looking over at her from the road, for a brief second.
"Billie?"
"Yeah Mel?" she says nothing, but instead, she reaches over and grabs my hand. And we ride the rest of the way home like this. She and I. Billie and Melody. Hand-in-hand.
But, what was going to happen in the end?
Billie's POV
I was completely finished with the song. Soon, we would go in the studio and put the finishing touches on our new album. "American Idiot" would be our first rock opera. But, before that, I had to finish the song. And, like I said, I did. Now, I was going to let Mel hear it. "Mel, can you listen to this," I asked as I walked out of the bedroom and into the living room where she sat, waiting on me to finish my 'alone time'.
"Yeah."
"Ok, here it goes," and I began to play.
//Thought I ran into you down on the street/Then it turned out to only be a dream/I made a point to burn all of the photographs/She went away and then I took a different path/I remember the face but I can't recall the name/Now I wonder how whatsername has been/Seems that she disappeared without a trace/Did she ever marry old what's his face/I made a point to burn all of the photographs/She went away and then I took a different path/I remember the face but I can't recall the name/Now I wonder how whatsername has been/Remember, whatever/It seems like forever ago/Remember, whatever/It seems like forever ago/The regrets are useless/In my mind/She's in my head
I must confess/The regrets are useless/In my mind/She's in my head/From so long ago/And in the darkest night/If my memory serves me right/I'll never turn back time/Forgetting you, but not the time//
"Ok," I said looking at her, "whatdayathink?"
"I think you should go home, and talk to Adi. If that doesn't work, then come back, but can you just try, for me? Please?"
"Adi and I are over. I will go home, though, to see my boys and get my stuff. And, I want you to come."
"Billie, I'm not sure that would be such a hot idea."
"Please? I can't do it alone."
Melody's POV
SO, here I am, sitting outside of Billie's house, waiting on him. And I'm worried. How's he gonna tell his boys? How will he handle that?
Billie's POV
"You guys know that this isn't your fault, right?"
"Yeah, Dad," Joey said as I pulled him in for a hug.
"Daddy," Jake asked with tears falling from his eyes, "will I ever see you again?"
"Yes, little man, of course. You know that I would do anything to see you boys. I love you two."
"I love you, dad," they said at the same time. And I held them, for how long, I don't know. But I did let go, and I walked past Adi, and out of the door.
I didn't expect things to go the way they did with Adi, in the beginning anyway. I always thought I would be with her for the rest of my life. And, that I would spend forever wondering about Mel, and where the hell she was. Funny how, life works, isn't it?
"Are you gonna be ok?" she was so sweet. So innocent, still.
"I think so," I say, looking over at her from the road, for a brief second.
"Billie?"
"Yeah Mel?" she says nothing, but instead, she reaches over and grabs my hand. And we ride the rest of the way home like this. She and I. Billie and Melody. Hand-in-hand.
