Violence of Summer, chapter 34
The three boys were in the small room rehearsing for their forthcoming show that night. Billie stopped playing his guitar in mid song as he spun around and looked at Tre.
"For fuck sake Frank! That's like the zillionth time you've done that!" Billie groaned.
"Done what?" Tre grumbled.
"Oh my god... " Billie let out closing his eyes tightly looking at the floor. He looked back up glancing over to Mike. "He doesn't even realize he's doing it... you don't even realize your missing the beats man!"
"Seriously dude... " Mike said looking at Tre sympathetically. "I've been trying to keep quiet about it but... get your act together man!" He said loudly.
Tre just frowned at the two of them rubbing his forehead with his drumstick still in his hand. "Okay... " he mumbled tiredly. "Sorry... I've just got a lot of things on my mind... "
"Well get them out of your mind Franky boy." Billie said stretching his arms turning back round to face the microphone. "Let's start Hitchin' a Ride again then... " Billie said into the microphone.
"Urm Bill... " Tre said loudly. "Can we like... take a break maybe?"
Mike sighed heavily strumming on his bass as Billie turned around again raising an eyebrow at Tre. "No. You can learn to play the fucking song before you go take a break."
Tre scowled at Billie putting his drum sticks down on the snare. "You know... " he said suddenly. "I don't need you to tell me when I can have a break. I'm in this band too if you haven't already noticed."
"But you're obviously not focused! If you have a break now you're gonna be less focused! Now stop being such a whiney whore and let's play!"
"But it's okay if you wanna take a break BJ ain't it!" Tre argued.
"At least I memorize the fucking words to the songs!"
"Ugh would you two just shut the fuck up your giving me a head ache." Mike groaned.
"Well tell that sissy to keep his blonde muff hair on his head then... " Billie mumbled turning back to the microphone.
"Maybe if your songs were a bit less shitty I wouldn't forget them so easy... " Tre said quietly but Billie heard him as he spun around to look at the drummer.
"What did you say!?" Billie said as his green eyes flashed with anger.
"Guys please cut it out!" Mike sighed.
"I can't quite see us making a hit out of someone sucking your dick like rat chewing on cheese can you?" Billie spat.
"It's better than listening to you drone on about your shitty love life." Tre said rolling his eyes.
"My shitty love life!?" Billie laughed sarcastically. "Have you taken a look at yourself in the mirror lately?"
"I know ain't I just beautiful!" Tre said fluttering his eyelashes. Billie was about to go forward and swing one but Mike quickly stepped in pushing Billie back by the chest.
"Break it up ladies... " Mike said calmly as Billie stared at Tre menacingly. Tre just made a childish face at him before the door of the room suddenly opened and he almost fell off his stool.
Mike and Billie turned around to see Ricky stood in the doorway looking slightly distressed but he smiled a fake icy smile.
"Oh hi Ricky." Mike said merrily.
"Hey guys." Ricky replied. "You haven't seen Charlie anywhere have you? She said Adie had asked to go to the show but she wasn't sure. Thought she'd be here?"
Billie shook his head shrugging his shoulders. "Nope sorry. Haven't seen her all day. Mike?"
Mike shook his head as Ricky looked at him. "No sorry... Tre you seen her around?"
Tre looked up avoiding any eye contact with Ricky. He hadn't seen Charlie since that day he had gone to apologize, and that was two weeks ago. In fact he hadn't even talked to her since then. He could feel Ricky's piercing eyes burning onto him as he scanned the room frantically for something to look at other than him.
"Urm no... " he mumbled quietly. Billie and Mike frowned at Tre quite surprised at his sudden change of attitude. They turned back to look at Ricky who was still stood in the doorway.
"We'll let her know you're looking for her if we see her. She's probably with Adie." Billie said.
"'Kay thanks." Ricky said nodding his head. He took one last look at Tre who was hiding his head behind the drums before closing the door exiting the room.
Mike and Billie turned back round to look at Tre who was hitting the symbol softly with the drumstick.
"What the flippin' hell was that all about?" Mike asked.
Tre looked at Mike trying to look surprised. "What are you on?"
"Er... uuuh... .urm NO!" Billie said in a high voice mocking Tre. "You pussy."
"Fuck you... " Tre said quietly.
"What's going on with you and Ricky?" Billie asked.
Tre looked at Billie trying to look as if he had no idea what he was going on about. "Nothing's going on with me and Rick the prick."
"Oooo... " Mike giggled. "Someone is not impressed!"
Tre shrugged hitting the snare drum as hard as he could with both sticks. "So are we gonna fucking play or what?"
***
Adrienne leaned over passing Charlie her drink as she sat back in her chair. "Is there a good reason you're not coming to the show tonight?" Adrienne smiled sipping on the milkshake through the straw.
Charlie lifted a shoulder picking up her drink. "I just don't fancy it... smelly teenagers and all that stuff." She smirked.
Adrienne couldn't help but giggle at the twenty five year old. "We used to be smelly teenagers not so long ago."
"I know... " Charlie sighed. "And when I really think about it. It doesn't seem that long ago."
"So how are things?" Adrienne asked.
"Good... " Charlie said quietly. After a couple of seconds she looked up at Adrienne and sighed. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You know why!" Adrienne laughed. "It's because... " she lowered her voice slightly. "Everything is not good... is it?"
"Everything is fine... " Charlie whispered.
"Ah fine... " Adrienne nodded.
"Adie... " Charlie groaned.
"Charlie... " Adrienne groaned back making Charlie chuckle. "What's on your mind?"
Charlie looked at Adrienne for a long time before looking around the café that was pretty bustling. She moved forward closer to Adrienne swallowing hard. "If I told you something... " she whispered. "Would promise not to tell anyone. And when I mean anyone I even mean Billie Joe." She said seriously.
"Oh god... " Adie whispered back. "Should I dread this?"
"Promise on Joey's life Adie. Promise on the noble ones... "
"I promise I promise!" Adrienne said starting to get impatient. "I promise on everyone I love just tell me... "
Chaz looked at the juice in her glass swirling it around with her straw before talking. "Couple of weeks ago... The day after our anniversary party, Tre came over to the house... " she paused slightly as Adrienne listened intently. "He said he'd come to apologize for being a dick... " she looked back up at Adrienne who was staring at her. "Remember how much of a dick he was that night?"
"Yes I remember he was a complete asswipe." Adrienne blinked. "Keep going... "
"Well... " Charlie took a big deep breath before continuing. "We... "
"Oh my god you slept with him didn't you!" Adrienne burst.
"Adie!" Charlie said loudly.
"Sorry sorry... " Adrienne said putting her hands over her mouth. She widened her eyes at Charlie taking her hands from her mouth. "Oh my god ... Chaz... how?"
"What do you mean how?" Charlie said skewing her mouth to one side.
"As in how!? How the hell did that happen?"
"I don't know... " Charlie said burying her head in her hands. "Ugh... It just happened I don't... know... one minute we were arguing the next we were on the kitchen floor ripping each others clothes off... "
"Wow... kitchen floor eh?" Adie smirked.
"Adie this is not a good situation!" Charlie said. "It really isn't... If Ricky finds out he'll... oh god I dunno what he'll do... " she said putting a hand on her forehead leaning her elbow on the table.
"Hey look... " Adie said putting a reassuring hand on Charlie's arm. "You made a mistake okay... "
"Yeah but Adie... " Charlie said in a shaky voice. "Tre and I had sex... " she whispered looking up at her. "I'm married... so is Tre... "
Adrienne licked her lips nervously. "Okay so you had sex but-"
"It gets worse-" Charlie said cutting her off.
Adrienne raised her eyebrows looking at Charlie. "It does?" She asked in a worried tone.
"I'm pregnant."
Adie almost fell off her chair from shock and excitement. "Holy fuck!" Adrienne screeched. She grabbed Charlie's hands biting her lip. "That is a good thing right...Tell me it's a good thing!"
Charlie looked at Adrienne with a scared look. "That's the thing... " she mumbled. "I don't know whether its Ricky's or Tre's... "
"For fuck sake Frank! That's like the zillionth time you've done that!" Billie groaned.
"Done what?" Tre grumbled.
"Oh my god... " Billie let out closing his eyes tightly looking at the floor. He looked back up glancing over to Mike. "He doesn't even realize he's doing it... you don't even realize your missing the beats man!"
"Seriously dude... " Mike said looking at Tre sympathetically. "I've been trying to keep quiet about it but... get your act together man!" He said loudly.
Tre just frowned at the two of them rubbing his forehead with his drumstick still in his hand. "Okay... " he mumbled tiredly. "Sorry... I've just got a lot of things on my mind... "
"Well get them out of your mind Franky boy." Billie said stretching his arms turning back round to face the microphone. "Let's start Hitchin' a Ride again then... " Billie said into the microphone.
"Urm Bill... " Tre said loudly. "Can we like... take a break maybe?"
Mike sighed heavily strumming on his bass as Billie turned around again raising an eyebrow at Tre. "No. You can learn to play the fucking song before you go take a break."
Tre scowled at Billie putting his drum sticks down on the snare. "You know... " he said suddenly. "I don't need you to tell me when I can have a break. I'm in this band too if you haven't already noticed."
"But you're obviously not focused! If you have a break now you're gonna be less focused! Now stop being such a whiney whore and let's play!"
"But it's okay if you wanna take a break BJ ain't it!" Tre argued.
"At least I memorize the fucking words to the songs!"
"Ugh would you two just shut the fuck up your giving me a head ache." Mike groaned.
"Well tell that sissy to keep his blonde muff hair on his head then... " Billie mumbled turning back to the microphone.
"Maybe if your songs were a bit less shitty I wouldn't forget them so easy... " Tre said quietly but Billie heard him as he spun around to look at the drummer.
"What did you say!?" Billie said as his green eyes flashed with anger.
"Guys please cut it out!" Mike sighed.
"I can't quite see us making a hit out of someone sucking your dick like rat chewing on cheese can you?" Billie spat.
"It's better than listening to you drone on about your shitty love life." Tre said rolling his eyes.
"My shitty love life!?" Billie laughed sarcastically. "Have you taken a look at yourself in the mirror lately?"
"I know ain't I just beautiful!" Tre said fluttering his eyelashes. Billie was about to go forward and swing one but Mike quickly stepped in pushing Billie back by the chest.
"Break it up ladies... " Mike said calmly as Billie stared at Tre menacingly. Tre just made a childish face at him before the door of the room suddenly opened and he almost fell off his stool.
Mike and Billie turned around to see Ricky stood in the doorway looking slightly distressed but he smiled a fake icy smile.
"Oh hi Ricky." Mike said merrily.
"Hey guys." Ricky replied. "You haven't seen Charlie anywhere have you? She said Adie had asked to go to the show but she wasn't sure. Thought she'd be here?"
Billie shook his head shrugging his shoulders. "Nope sorry. Haven't seen her all day. Mike?"
Mike shook his head as Ricky looked at him. "No sorry... Tre you seen her around?"
Tre looked up avoiding any eye contact with Ricky. He hadn't seen Charlie since that day he had gone to apologize, and that was two weeks ago. In fact he hadn't even talked to her since then. He could feel Ricky's piercing eyes burning onto him as he scanned the room frantically for something to look at other than him.
"Urm no... " he mumbled quietly. Billie and Mike frowned at Tre quite surprised at his sudden change of attitude. They turned back to look at Ricky who was still stood in the doorway.
"We'll let her know you're looking for her if we see her. She's probably with Adie." Billie said.
"'Kay thanks." Ricky said nodding his head. He took one last look at Tre who was hiding his head behind the drums before closing the door exiting the room.
Mike and Billie turned back round to look at Tre who was hitting the symbol softly with the drumstick.
"What the flippin' hell was that all about?" Mike asked.
Tre looked at Mike trying to look surprised. "What are you on?"
"Er... uuuh... .urm NO!" Billie said in a high voice mocking Tre. "You pussy."
"Fuck you... " Tre said quietly.
"What's going on with you and Ricky?" Billie asked.
Tre looked at Billie trying to look as if he had no idea what he was going on about. "Nothing's going on with me and Rick the prick."
"Oooo... " Mike giggled. "Someone is not impressed!"
Tre shrugged hitting the snare drum as hard as he could with both sticks. "So are we gonna fucking play or what?"
***
Adrienne leaned over passing Charlie her drink as she sat back in her chair. "Is there a good reason you're not coming to the show tonight?" Adrienne smiled sipping on the milkshake through the straw.
Charlie lifted a shoulder picking up her drink. "I just don't fancy it... smelly teenagers and all that stuff." She smirked.
Adrienne couldn't help but giggle at the twenty five year old. "We used to be smelly teenagers not so long ago."
"I know... " Charlie sighed. "And when I really think about it. It doesn't seem that long ago."
"So how are things?" Adrienne asked.
"Good... " Charlie said quietly. After a couple of seconds she looked up at Adrienne and sighed. "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"You know why!" Adrienne laughed. "It's because... " she lowered her voice slightly. "Everything is not good... is it?"
"Everything is fine... " Charlie whispered.
"Ah fine... " Adrienne nodded.
"Adie... " Charlie groaned.
"Charlie... " Adrienne groaned back making Charlie chuckle. "What's on your mind?"
Charlie looked at Adrienne for a long time before looking around the café that was pretty bustling. She moved forward closer to Adrienne swallowing hard. "If I told you something... " she whispered. "Would promise not to tell anyone. And when I mean anyone I even mean Billie Joe." She said seriously.
"Oh god... " Adie whispered back. "Should I dread this?"
"Promise on Joey's life Adie. Promise on the noble ones... "
"I promise I promise!" Adrienne said starting to get impatient. "I promise on everyone I love just tell me... "
Chaz looked at the juice in her glass swirling it around with her straw before talking. "Couple of weeks ago... The day after our anniversary party, Tre came over to the house... " she paused slightly as Adrienne listened intently. "He said he'd come to apologize for being a dick... " she looked back up at Adrienne who was staring at her. "Remember how much of a dick he was that night?"
"Yes I remember he was a complete asswipe." Adrienne blinked. "Keep going... "
"Well... " Charlie took a big deep breath before continuing. "We... "
"Oh my god you slept with him didn't you!" Adrienne burst.
"Adie!" Charlie said loudly.
"Sorry sorry... " Adrienne said putting her hands over her mouth. She widened her eyes at Charlie taking her hands from her mouth. "Oh my god ... Chaz... how?"
"What do you mean how?" Charlie said skewing her mouth to one side.
"As in how!? How the hell did that happen?"
"I don't know... " Charlie said burying her head in her hands. "Ugh... It just happened I don't... know... one minute we were arguing the next we were on the kitchen floor ripping each others clothes off... "
"Wow... kitchen floor eh?" Adie smirked.
"Adie this is not a good situation!" Charlie said. "It really isn't... If Ricky finds out he'll... oh god I dunno what he'll do... " she said putting a hand on her forehead leaning her elbow on the table.
"Hey look... " Adie said putting a reassuring hand on Charlie's arm. "You made a mistake okay... "
"Yeah but Adie... " Charlie said in a shaky voice. "Tre and I had sex... " she whispered looking up at her. "I'm married... so is Tre... "
Adrienne licked her lips nervously. "Okay so you had sex but-"
"It gets worse-" Charlie said cutting her off.
Adrienne raised her eyebrows looking at Charlie. "It does?" She asked in a worried tone.
"I'm pregnant."
Adie almost fell off her chair from shock and excitement. "Holy fuck!" Adrienne screeched. She grabbed Charlie's hands biting her lip. "That is a good thing right...Tell me it's a good thing!"
Charlie looked at Adrienne with a scared look. "That's the thing... " she mumbled. "I don't know whether its Ricky's or Tre's... "
