From the Depths of My Dreams, chapter 4
Bille walked up the stairs and into his room. It was dark in there so he figured Renee had gone to sleep or was in the bathroom. He yanked off his shirt and turned to get a new shirt from his closet when he was startled by a figure hunched over on his bed, guitar in hand, just playing some chords.
"Woah! I didn*t see you there." Billie said startled.
"Oh, hey, sorry. I saw your guitar and was tempted." She began to stand up and put the guitar away when Billie stopped her.
"It*s okay. I figured you played guitar though."
"How did you guess that one?" Renee asked.
"Oh, well when I gave you a piggy back ride I noticed your fingers were all calloused. I just kinda figured."
"Oh cool." There was an awkward pause. "Listen, about what happened before on the way back here, I*m sorry. I was just kinda tempted." Renee said shyly.
"Seems you are tempted quite easily. I*ll have to keep an eye on you..." Bille joked. "But yeah, I didn*t mind. I mean I know we just met today, but I don*t know... I kinda like you."
Neither of them spoke for what seemed like minutes when it was only a few short seconds.
"Well, I kinda like you too." Renee replied. "I was just kinda nervous because my last relationship didn*t work out too well. My last boyfriend was abusive so he kinda made me scared of all guys."
"Oh. I*m sorry if I scared you or anything. I didn*t know."
"It*s okay. I mean normally I*m not as open with guys as I am with you. There*s something different about you though. I like it because it helps me show myself. I just feel more confident when I*m with you."
"Well, I*m glad I could help." Billie smiled. "And I don*t mean to spoil this or whatever but I have to wake up early. We should probably go to sleep."
Renee and Billie finished getting ready for bed. Renee started to drift into a peaceful sleep when Billie said something.
"I was just wondering... Where does this leave us? Like I mean are we uh..." Billie attempted to ask Renee 'the question.' Luckily she caught on before he got even more embarassed.
"Yeah Billie, we are."
The awkward and stale silence turned into a peaceful and relieved silence. Rather comfortable.
They began sleeping and Billie wrapped his arm around Renee*s waist. They fell asleep with the feeling of comfort lingering in their touch.
**Morning of the next day**
Billie had left early for weekend detention so Renee woke up alone. Feeling more welcomed to the house, she wandered downstairs in her pajamas. As she entered the kitchen still half asleep, she heard a comforting and rather familiar voice.
"Well good morning." It was David. "Have a nice night with my little brother?" Renee could instantly tell that David wasn*t going to let go of her and Billie*s 'thing.'
"Very funny, David. But yeah I did."
"Well, that*s nice and all but I wanted to talk to you about Billie. I just wanna make sure that he isn*t going to get hurt like he has before."
"David I would nev-." Renee was cut off.
"Yeah I know you would never but I just want to make sure that you never even think about hurting Billie. He came into my room last night and he told me that he really likes you and all. He says there*s something different about you that makes him attracted to you and he*s said that before about almost all of his other girlfriends but this time it was different." David sighed. "When he talked about you his whole face light up and his body just became alive. No girl has ever had that affect on him."
Renee was speechless. It was funny how hearing this made her realize that she was just as bad. No guy has ever made her feel like he did and it*s weird because they*ve only known eachother for a little under a day. A goofy grin appeared on her face as she walked over to the cuppboard and got out some cereal.
"You alright?" David finally broke the silence.
Renee just looked up from her bowl with the same goofy grin on her face. It was as if that look was plastered to her head.
Breakfast was finished in silence and Renee walked out of the kitchen with still that same look on her face. She grabbed her stuff from Billie*s room and left a note on his dresser.
"Well I gotta go get my car back from the party house. I*ll talk to you later David."
"Oh okay. See ya later Renee."
She left it at that and walked out of the house.
**Later that day**
**Billie*s P.O.V.**
"David? Mom? I*m home!"
'Hm.. guess no one*s home.. oh well.'
"Lets see, I need some music.." Billie wandered around in search of some music when he came upon a note
'Ooh a note.' Billie thought.
Billie,
Meet me at 8:30 in the park. I wanna do something fun.
Don*t leave me there.
<3 Renee
Billie looked over at the clock and it read 3:30.
'5 hours until my rendesvous at the park. What to do until then..'
Billie resumed his postition on his bed and whipped out his trusty music book. It contained all his finished songs and poetry and all his unfinished material too. He strummed the open strings just to make sure they were tuned. He started just playing some random mixes of riffs and power chords. 'Hmm... I*m not really in the mood to write some new stuff right now. I*ll just edit some of my other songs.' He thought.
Time passed quickly and Billie realized tha he had to meet Renee in a half an hour. 'Shit!'
He scrambled around his bedroom trying to find something decent to wear. He was running down the stairs when he tripped on a shoe and fell.
"AH! FUCK!"
He was awake for a moment after he hit the floor and then everything went black.
**The Next Morning**
**Normal P.O.V.**
"Billie Joe? What the hell are you doing on the floor by the stairs? Get your ass up and go to school." Billie*s mom told him as she was coming down the stairs.
"Yeah yeah alright."
**At school**
"Billie wait up!" It was Mike.
"Woah hey mike. Sorry, I was kinda dazed. What*s up?"
"Renee called me last night."
"Oh fuck! I was supposed to meet her at the park at 8:30 last night."
"Yeah that*s what she told me.What happened?" Mike asked.
"Well it was about 8:10 and i was rushing down the stairs to get ready and I tripped on a shoe and fell down from liek the top step. I guess i got knocked out because i woke up this morning with a killer headache at the bottom of the stairs."
"Oh... I*m guessing that*s why the right side of your face is bruised?"
"Yeah probably." Billie and Mike laughed.
"Listen Bill, just call her. She thought you were blowing her off for some other girl."
"Oh okay."
First bell rang.
"Well, I*ll catch ya later Billie."
"Yeah, peace."
With that they walked in opposite directions to their first period class.
**After School**
Billie and Mike are walking home from school. They passed a payphone and Billie stopped.
"What*s up Billie?" Mike asked.
"Listen, I*m going to call Renee. I*ll catch up."
"Oh okay."
Billie picked up the phone and called Renee.
'Please pick up.' he thought.
"Hello?" Renee answered in a very spry voice.
"Hey Renee? It*s Billie."
Her voice dulled. "Oh.. hey.''
"Listen about last nigh-"
"It*s okay Billie. I don*t wanna know. Just promise me that you wont do that to me again?"
"Okay. I promise. I*m really sorry though."
"Like I said Billie, it*s okay."
"Okay good. Listen you wanna hang tonight?" Billie asked.
"Renee?" A voice came from the background.
"Hold on."Renee said. She covered the mouth piece but Billie could still hear. "What? Can*t you see I*m on the phone? Go back to my room. I*ll be there in a second."
"Oh ok babe." The guy said.
"I can*t hang tonight. I*m having a friend come over and work on a lab with me."
"Oh okay. Well I*ll talk to you later then I guess."
"Okay. Bye." Renee quickly hung up.
"Bye?" Billie was confused.
'What the hell was that?' Billie thought. 'Did that guy just call her babe? Man I need to get it together and find out what*s up.'
"Hey Mike! Wait up!" Billie shouted from down the road.
"Oh hey Bill. How*d things go with Renee?"
"I don*t know. I called her up and tried to tell her what happened but she was just like 'I don*t wanna know.' It was weird. And then I heard some guy in the background and he called Renee 'babe.' I don*t wanna think she*s cheating on me, I mean we*ve only been going out for a little while."
"I don*t know Billie. That*s pretty weird, but hey- do you wanna come to my house and we can jam for a little?" Mike asked.
"Yeah sure. That will take my mind off of things for a while."
**Back at Mike*s House**
"Well, I just called Al to see if he wanted to come over and jam but he can*t. He*s studying for the SATs. He says that he really needs to get into a good college."
"Haha. College, what a joke. I*m going to do music for the rest of my life. But if Al does leave us and go to college we*ll have to find a backup drummer. I mean, this band is my life." Billie*s voice saddened.
"Yeah, but we will think about that later, if we have to.. which we won*t."
"Okay."
"Hey B. You wanna go to Gilman street tonight? Some cool band uh.. whatever, I forget the name. But a good group is supposed to be playing."
"Yeah sure. Can I just go home and change clothes? I got all gross from gym today."
"Sure thing Bill."
Billie padded down the stairs of his house with fresh clothes on.
"Okay, Mike I*m ready."
"Woah! I didn*t see you there." Billie said startled.
"Oh, hey, sorry. I saw your guitar and was tempted." She began to stand up and put the guitar away when Billie stopped her.
"It*s okay. I figured you played guitar though."
"How did you guess that one?" Renee asked.
"Oh, well when I gave you a piggy back ride I noticed your fingers were all calloused. I just kinda figured."
"Oh cool." There was an awkward pause. "Listen, about what happened before on the way back here, I*m sorry. I was just kinda tempted." Renee said shyly.
"Seems you are tempted quite easily. I*ll have to keep an eye on you..." Bille joked. "But yeah, I didn*t mind. I mean I know we just met today, but I don*t know... I kinda like you."
Neither of them spoke for what seemed like minutes when it was only a few short seconds.
"Well, I kinda like you too." Renee replied. "I was just kinda nervous because my last relationship didn*t work out too well. My last boyfriend was abusive so he kinda made me scared of all guys."
"Oh. I*m sorry if I scared you or anything. I didn*t know."
"It*s okay. I mean normally I*m not as open with guys as I am with you. There*s something different about you though. I like it because it helps me show myself. I just feel more confident when I*m with you."
"Well, I*m glad I could help." Billie smiled. "And I don*t mean to spoil this or whatever but I have to wake up early. We should probably go to sleep."
Renee and Billie finished getting ready for bed. Renee started to drift into a peaceful sleep when Billie said something.
"I was just wondering... Where does this leave us? Like I mean are we uh..." Billie attempted to ask Renee 'the question.' Luckily she caught on before he got even more embarassed.
"Yeah Billie, we are."
The awkward and stale silence turned into a peaceful and relieved silence. Rather comfortable.
They began sleeping and Billie wrapped his arm around Renee*s waist. They fell asleep with the feeling of comfort lingering in their touch.
**Morning of the next day**
Billie had left early for weekend detention so Renee woke up alone. Feeling more welcomed to the house, she wandered downstairs in her pajamas. As she entered the kitchen still half asleep, she heard a comforting and rather familiar voice.
"Well good morning." It was David. "Have a nice night with my little brother?" Renee could instantly tell that David wasn*t going to let go of her and Billie*s 'thing.'
"Very funny, David. But yeah I did."
"Well, that*s nice and all but I wanted to talk to you about Billie. I just wanna make sure that he isn*t going to get hurt like he has before."
"David I would nev-." Renee was cut off.
"Yeah I know you would never but I just want to make sure that you never even think about hurting Billie. He came into my room last night and he told me that he really likes you and all. He says there*s something different about you that makes him attracted to you and he*s said that before about almost all of his other girlfriends but this time it was different." David sighed. "When he talked about you his whole face light up and his body just became alive. No girl has ever had that affect on him."
Renee was speechless. It was funny how hearing this made her realize that she was just as bad. No guy has ever made her feel like he did and it*s weird because they*ve only known eachother for a little under a day. A goofy grin appeared on her face as she walked over to the cuppboard and got out some cereal.
"You alright?" David finally broke the silence.
Renee just looked up from her bowl with the same goofy grin on her face. It was as if that look was plastered to her head.
Breakfast was finished in silence and Renee walked out of the kitchen with still that same look on her face. She grabbed her stuff from Billie*s room and left a note on his dresser.
"Well I gotta go get my car back from the party house. I*ll talk to you later David."
"Oh okay. See ya later Renee."
She left it at that and walked out of the house.
**Later that day**
**Billie*s P.O.V.**
"David? Mom? I*m home!"
'Hm.. guess no one*s home.. oh well.'
"Lets see, I need some music.." Billie wandered around in search of some music when he came upon a note
'Ooh a note.' Billie thought.
Billie,
Meet me at 8:30 in the park. I wanna do something fun.
Don*t leave me there.
<3 Renee
Billie looked over at the clock and it read 3:30.
'5 hours until my rendesvous at the park. What to do until then..'
Billie resumed his postition on his bed and whipped out his trusty music book. It contained all his finished songs and poetry and all his unfinished material too. He strummed the open strings just to make sure they were tuned. He started just playing some random mixes of riffs and power chords. 'Hmm... I*m not really in the mood to write some new stuff right now. I*ll just edit some of my other songs.' He thought.
Time passed quickly and Billie realized tha he had to meet Renee in a half an hour. 'Shit!'
He scrambled around his bedroom trying to find something decent to wear. He was running down the stairs when he tripped on a shoe and fell.
"AH! FUCK!"
He was awake for a moment after he hit the floor and then everything went black.
**The Next Morning**
**Normal P.O.V.**
"Billie Joe? What the hell are you doing on the floor by the stairs? Get your ass up and go to school." Billie*s mom told him as she was coming down the stairs.
"Yeah yeah alright."
**At school**
"Billie wait up!" It was Mike.
"Woah hey mike. Sorry, I was kinda dazed. What*s up?"
"Renee called me last night."
"Oh fuck! I was supposed to meet her at the park at 8:30 last night."
"Yeah that*s what she told me.What happened?" Mike asked.
"Well it was about 8:10 and i was rushing down the stairs to get ready and I tripped on a shoe and fell down from liek the top step. I guess i got knocked out because i woke up this morning with a killer headache at the bottom of the stairs."
"Oh... I*m guessing that*s why the right side of your face is bruised?"
"Yeah probably." Billie and Mike laughed.
"Listen Bill, just call her. She thought you were blowing her off for some other girl."
"Oh okay."
First bell rang.
"Well, I*ll catch ya later Billie."
"Yeah, peace."
With that they walked in opposite directions to their first period class.
**After School**
Billie and Mike are walking home from school. They passed a payphone and Billie stopped.
"What*s up Billie?" Mike asked.
"Listen, I*m going to call Renee. I*ll catch up."
"Oh okay."
Billie picked up the phone and called Renee.
'Please pick up.' he thought.
"Hello?" Renee answered in a very spry voice.
"Hey Renee? It*s Billie."
Her voice dulled. "Oh.. hey.''
"Listen about last nigh-"
"It*s okay Billie. I don*t wanna know. Just promise me that you wont do that to me again?"
"Okay. I promise. I*m really sorry though."
"Like I said Billie, it*s okay."
"Okay good. Listen you wanna hang tonight?" Billie asked.
"Renee?" A voice came from the background.
"Hold on."Renee said. She covered the mouth piece but Billie could still hear. "What? Can*t you see I*m on the phone? Go back to my room. I*ll be there in a second."
"Oh ok babe." The guy said.
"I can*t hang tonight. I*m having a friend come over and work on a lab with me."
"Oh okay. Well I*ll talk to you later then I guess."
"Okay. Bye." Renee quickly hung up.
"Bye?" Billie was confused.
'What the hell was that?' Billie thought. 'Did that guy just call her babe? Man I need to get it together and find out what*s up.'
"Hey Mike! Wait up!" Billie shouted from down the road.
"Oh hey Bill. How*d things go with Renee?"
"I don*t know. I called her up and tried to tell her what happened but she was just like 'I don*t wanna know.' It was weird. And then I heard some guy in the background and he called Renee 'babe.' I don*t wanna think she*s cheating on me, I mean we*ve only been going out for a little while."
"I don*t know Billie. That*s pretty weird, but hey- do you wanna come to my house and we can jam for a little?" Mike asked.
"Yeah sure. That will take my mind off of things for a while."
**Back at Mike*s House**
"Well, I just called Al to see if he wanted to come over and jam but he can*t. He*s studying for the SATs. He says that he really needs to get into a good college."
"Haha. College, what a joke. I*m going to do music for the rest of my life. But if Al does leave us and go to college we*ll have to find a backup drummer. I mean, this band is my life." Billie*s voice saddened.
"Yeah, but we will think about that later, if we have to.. which we won*t."
"Okay."
"Hey B. You wanna go to Gilman street tonight? Some cool band uh.. whatever, I forget the name. But a good group is supposed to be playing."
"Yeah sure. Can I just go home and change clothes? I got all gross from gym today."
"Sure thing Bill."
Billie padded down the stairs of his house with fresh clothes on.
"Okay, Mike I*m ready."
