Feelings And Scars Are Permanent (Sequel to Why Do Bad Things Always Happen To Us?), chapter 8
It has been a week since I moved in with Billie Joe and his mom, Ollie. Life has been a lot better without my dad. But it does get sad sometimes. I miss Lexi a lot. Yes, she is very annoying, but all sisters are. Doesn't make her any less important to me. As for Billie Joe and Ollie, they've been awesome. They've been so nice to me. I actually feel somewhat at home. In only a week! Hopefully it won't change.
***
I opened my eyes sometime that Saturday on my side. While yawning, I turned onto my back and stretched. Slowly I sat up on my bed with my legs crossed indian style, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I stretched and yawned again as I got off my bed. Hmm.. my bed. I walked in front of my mirror and began to observe myself. Pajamas. Black shorts and an orange t-shirt that says "Penguins will take over the world!" with a penguin holding a machine gun on it. I got it from Mike for my 13th birthday. It wasn't originaly suppose to be a pajama top but I couldn't wear it to school. I did one time and I got sent home for the day because the teachers found it 'unacceptable' because of the machine gun. Morons.
I walked out of my room and headed towards the bathroom. After I used it, I brushed my hair and put it in a bun. Then I washed my face and examined it in the bathroom mirror before exiting the bathroom and walking into the kitchen. I saw Ollie sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading a magazine.
She looked up from her magazine and greeted me with a warm smile and said, "Good morning, Stephanie."
I greeted her back with another smile. I walked towards the cupboards and made myself a bowl of cereal. I then took it to the kitchen table and began eating.
"Where's Billie Joe?" I asked as I ate a spoonful of cereal.
"Still asleep as far as I know." Ollie said. "You know. I knew you liked Billie Joe the first time he invited you over here."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"How didja know?"
"Just something women know I guess. Probably by the way you smiled at him I guess. And the way he smiled back. I just had a feeling you two would be together at some point or another. Whether it was serious or not."
I smiled, "Yeah. I did like him. He was so sweet to me and I liked him a lot. Not saying Mike wasn't sweet. He was too. But.. it was different with Billie. You know?"
"Yes. I know all too well about crushes and love. Every mother does. Just comes from experience. And having other children too."
I nodded.
I had finished my cereal and placed it in the sink. I walked into the living room and sat on the couch and turned on the TV, beginning to channel surf. After about 10 minutes of watching nothing very interesting, I heard a door open and close. Must be Billie Joe using the bathroom. I then heard him go into the kitchen.
"Boring. Boring. Boring. Boring." I said as I went from channel to channel trying to find something to watch.
You think on Saturday mornings you could find something.
About another 5 minutes later of this, Ollie came walking through the kitchen and to the front door.
"I have to go to work now. I'll be back at 8:00 p.m., okay Steph?" She said.
I looked at the clock which showed 10 minutes to 11:00 a.m. and said, "Okay. Bye Ollie."
She said bye and walked out the door. I yawned and stretched as Billie Joe walked past the living room to probably go to his room.
"Hey." He said as he continued walking.
"Hey." I said.
I flipped through about 3 more channels, which I had seen about 10 times already, and turned off the TV, bored with it. I walked into my room and grabbed a magazine as I layed on my bed on my back with my knees up reading it. I had read only 2 pages when I heard a knock at my door.
"Come in." I said, already knowing who it was.
Billie Joe walked into my room closing the door and sitting next to me on my bed.
"Hey babe. Whatcha doing?" He asked.
"Reading the magazine. But mostly being bored."
"I see."
I closed the magazine and threw it on my desk and looked at Billie Joe with a smile. He smiled back as he layed down next to me on his side, looking at me. I turned to my side as well. I shivered as a breeze came through my open window.
"Aha! See what you get for wearing short shorts?" He said.
"What? I'm not wearing short shorts... Am I?" I asked.
"Yes, I believe you are. They are rather short."
"You should try on short shorts for a day."
"What?! No! I'd look.. weird."
"Tre would probably call you gay. Knowing him."
"He probably would.. Wait! Are you calling me gay?"
"No. But you are bi."
"So? You make that sound like a bad thing."
I sighed, "Billie, I'm bi!"
"Oh yeah.. I forgot.... Kinky."
We both began to laugh after that. Billie Joe grabbed my hand and began to stroke it with his finger. I looked at our hands as he did this until he looked at me. I looked back at him and he smiled. He moved his head closer to mine until we finally kissed. It was a nice long passionate kiss. We pulled away and we both smiled. He went back in for another kiss and let go of my hand and moved his hand to my face. I kissed him back and by placed my hand on his face too as we kissed. We pulled away.
"I love you, Stephanie." He said.
"I love you too, Billie." I said.
I smiled and went back for another kiss. I was able to hold back my smile this time. However, Billie's slipped out. He then slipped his tongue into my mouth and massaged mine with his. I did the same to him. By this time we were basicly making out. Then Billie gently pushed me all the way on my back as he crawled on top of me still kissing me. He pulled away and kissed my cheek then began to leave soft kisses upon my neck. I caused us to role over making me on top. Billie Joe gave me a mischevious smile.
"Ooo, Stephanie's a naughty girl."
"Well, what can I say? You're always in control. This time I want to be. And you make me this way, Billie." I said kissing his neck.
Billie Joe chuckled closing his eyes and said, "Nonsense. You were born a naughty girl."
"Yeah." I said kissing him on the lips. "But you bring it out in me."
He opened his eyes and nodded. I chuckled as I began to now leave soft kisses on Billie Joe's neck. I lifted up his shirt a little and placed my cold hand on his stomach causing him to shiver a bit. I kissed his neck harder as I rubbed his lower stomach. Billie Joe let out a deep sigh and kissed my lips. I giggled.
"Feel good?" I asked kissing his neck again.
"Yes.. but you knew that. Which is why you did it in the first place."
"Nonsense. I'm not like that Billie. I'm a good girl."
"No your not."
"Hmm.. you're right. But you're not a good boy."
"Hmm.. you're also right. I'm a bad boy."
Billie Joe made us roll over again making him once again on top. I sighed and giggled again, shaking my head.
"Ahh, I'm sorry." He said kissing me on the lips.
I kissed him back as our kisses began to once again get deeper. We were getting very passionate and into it. We were making out again. Billie Joe moved his hands to my hips and rubbed them as we continued to kiss. I let out a giggle as we kissed, but was stopped immediently by Billie Joe's lips. I lifted up his shirt a little again. I then removed his shirt from his body. But once it was off our lips were then again attached. Billie Joe lifted up my t-shirt a little bit with his eyes closed. He pulled away for a breath and opened his eyes.
"Am I doing too much?" He asked.
"Whatcha mean?" I sad kissing him on the lips.
He pulled away. "I mean... " He looked down at his hand.
My eyes followed.
"Oh.. Uh. I don't know. I like what you're doing, but I'm afraid that something might happen along the way. You know? We might go too far and do something that we'll both regret. Because I'm still not sure I want to have sex Billie. I'm sorry." I said looking down.
He kissed my nose, "Stephanie. Don't be sorry. I don't wanna force you into having sex. Having sex with you right now would be taking advantage of you. Because we'd be getting caught up in everything. I'm not an asshole. And you're not a slut who fucks me because I want you too. Whenever we have sex it'll be because we want to."
He put emphasis on the we's.
I smiled and nodded.
"But," I said kissing him on the lips. "We can still have fun nonetheless."
Billie Joe smiled mischeiviously and kissed me back.
***
"Hello?" Billie Joe said answering the phone.
We had been watching a scary movie until the phone rang, scaring the shit out of me. That made Billie Joe laugh... of course.
"Oh hey, Tre... What's up?... No. Not doing anything... Shut up, Tre. Fucktard... Maybe. I dunno... Call back later and we'll see, okay?.. Bye." He hung up.
"What did Tre want? And why did you call him a fucktard?" I asked as Billie Joe sat down next to me on the couch.
"He wanted to know if we were busy and if we wanted to do something now. I told him to call back. And you don't want to know."
"I see. And you're probably right." I paused for a moment. "Tell me anyways!"
"Why?"
"Because I hate not knowing things. What did he say?"
"He asked if we were busy. Then he asked if we were busy dong 'stuff'."
"I knew it!" I said throwing my arms in the air.
Billie Joe raised an eyebrow at me and shook his head, looking back to the TV. I looked back as well, with my arms now down. It was all calm, the movie, until some ugly scary fuck popped out. I screamed.
"Ahh! Fucker! Trying to give me a heartattack!" I screamed at the TV.
Billie Joe laughed, "It can't hear you babe."
"I'll make it!"
"But-"
"No buts! I know what I'm talking about! And stop laughing at me! It's not funny! It's scary and stupid!"
"Sorry.. but.." He paused laughing. "It is sorta funny. And I know it's scary. But, you take the horror out of it."
I gave him a shove and wrapped the blanket closer around me, ready for something to pop out. I hated that I was so easily scared at times. But I loved scary movies. I looked around for a clock. It was 5:15. The movie was getting stupid and now I was becoming bored.
"Well, this movie went down the drain."
"Yeah. So what do you wanna do?" Billie asked me turning off the TV and standing up to stretch.
"I dunno." I said folding the blanket and standing up. "Wanna call Tre back and see what he had in mind?"
Billie nodded walking over to the phone and calling Tre back.
"Tre? Yeah well, what did you have in mind?"
***
About 20 minutes later we all were at Gilman street. We meaning Billie, Tre, Mike, me, and some girl who was here with Tre. I wasn't sure if they were dating or not. A great band was playing. They never did mention their name. But they kicked ass.
"Want a beer?" Billie yelled over the music.
"Um.. sure."
Billie Joe returned a moment later with two beers.
"Thanks." I said taking mine. "Do you like them?"
"The band?"
I nodded.
"Yeah, they're pretty good. Do you?"
"Mhm." I said taking a sip from my beer. "Where's Tre and Mike?"
"Getting a beer for themselves I think. Well, Mike is. Tre I'm not too sure. He's probably in the crowd with Jen."
"Jen? That's her name?"
"Yeah. She asked him out."
"Really? And he said yes?"
"Yes. And so this is their date. I can see a little attraction between them. But I don't know if they really do like eachother. But you can never really know."
"Yeah. Have they known eachother for a while?"
"He said that they've had a few classes together for a while."
"How long exactly is a while?"
Billie Joe shrugged. I smiled at looked away from Billie and to the band on stage as they finished their song. I nodded to the beat of the new song now playing. I turned around to face the bar area and took a gulp of my beer. Mike walked over from somewhere all sweaty.
"What have you been doing?" I said taking a drink. "Having hot passionate sex?"
"Yeah I wish."
I almost spit out my drink.
"I'm sure you do."
"I was in the mosh pit. That band really livens it up. I almost got hit in the face. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two dudes got into a rumble. Their asses got kicked out. It was hilarious you should've been there!"
"I'll probably go into the mosh pit once I'm done with my drink. I feel hyper for no reason."
Billie Joe popped into the conversation and said, "Maybe you're excited."
"Maybe.."
I looked at Mike and Billie Joe's facial expressions. It was then that I figured out what they meant.
"Horny-asses!" I said pushing Billie Joe and Mike. "I'm going into the mosh pit."
Billie and Mike busted out into a fit of laughter but then came into the most pit with me. It was so awesome being in the it. Especially with this band playing. They really did liven up the band. We weren't in the exact mosh pit. We were sorta at the edges of it. But after a song passed we made our way into the mosh pit. And at the best timing. The next song was a loud and energetic one. Everybody started jumping around. Once the song was over and the band got off stage people calmed down a bit. A new band was probaby gonna come on.
"Do you guys think that your band will ever get to play here?"
"We've talked to them about letting us play. They said they're gonna think about it." Billie Joe said.
"You mean this skinny assh kid here can actually play an instrument?" A slightly drunked guy asked me.
"Why yes he can. And he plays damn well."
"Pfft, can't see that. He looks like a punk to me."
"Well, whether or not that is true it's hard to tell. You're drunk remember? So you can't probably tell the difference between a door and the knob."
"Yeah that may be so, but I can see talent a mile away. And as far as I can see this boy here can't play worth a shit."
"Why don't you just shut the hell up?"
"Oo the punk speaks. You got something to say?"
"I believe I just said it didn't I? Shut the hell up. Your voice is annoying and no one wants to hear it. So do us all a favour and shut up."
"Why don't you calm your punk ass down before you hurt yourself boy?"
"Fuck you."
"No, fuck you."
Billie Joe was already pissed so instead of saying anything back, he just punched the guy in the face. The guy stumbled back a bit before charging at Billie to the floor along with himself.
"Ah, shit." I said running over to where they were.
Mike followed me but grabbed my arm pulling me back as he went over to help Billie.
Billie Joe was unfortunatly on the ground underneath the guy. As Mike was pulling the guy off of Billie Joe, I ran over to help Billie Joe up. The guy pushed Mike off of him.
"Yeah, let your bitch help you." He said.
"Fuck you asshole!" I said pushing him back roughly. "I should fucking kick your ass for that!"
"Yeah like you could even hurt with those little arms." He said grabbing my arm.
"Let go of me fuckface!" I said breaking my arm free and smacking him across the face with it. "Now fuck off!"
"Ow! Fucking slut!" He said.
Billie Joe got up and punched that guy in the face. Then we all started running out because he fell over. Tre and Jen were still in there but they probably didn't see anything and they could just enjoy their date in peace.
"That wasn't exactly how I thought tonight would end." Mike said.
I looked at him, "Who says it has to end? We all could do something. Uhh.. something." I looked over at Billie Joe. "Are you okay?"
"Billie, not to be mean, but you seem to think you can take big ass guys like that guy in there on and win."
"Doesn't everyone when their pissed? I know I think that way. And besides. Who wouldn't get pissed off at that guy. He was a drunk asshole."
"Yeah. Stupid fuck." Billie Joe muttered.
Clearly he was still sorta pissed. He looked at me and I gave him a weak smile. He gave me one back.
"So what do you guys wanna do? Walk around or something?" I asked.
"I don't care." Billie said.
"Me neither. But how about we don't have neighbors run after us. Tre told me about what happened to you guys. That was hilarious. See what you get for being loud?"
Billie Joe and I began laughing our asses off.
"Oh my god. Remember that! He was chasing us! That was so fucking funny!"
I was leaning against the building wall laughing. Billie Joe was bending over while he laughed. Mike scratched the back of his neck and chuckled a bit rolling his eyes.
"You guys are on pot." He said shaking his head.
"Dude, I've never been on pot. But if it's this much fun then give me some! Wow that rhymed. Holy shit I'm gonna stop breathing!"
I was now sitting on the ground still leaning against the building wall. Billie Joe was some how still standing. Maybe that beer was getting to me. But I've drank more without getting tipsy.
"Hell, there's a first time for everything. Maybe I'm getting drunk off one beer for once since I first tried it. God that was fun."
I was taking deep breaths and both Billie Joe and I weren't laughing anymore. Or well, as much.
"You find the weirdest things funny." Mike said putting a hand out to help me up.
I took it and said, "Yeah I know but it makes life a lot more interesting."
Billie got up and nodded.
"So yah guys still wanna walk around or whatever?"
Mike and I said sure and we started walking down the street. I began skipping because I was hyper. I grabbed Billie's arm and Mike's arm and began dragging them down the street as I was skipping. We stopped and as I was in the middle we put out arms through eachothers arms as if we were doing a ho-down and started skipping. Again, we started laughing. But Mike was too this time.
We started again and we all tripped on the sidewalk. I fell first, pulling them with me, and of course, someone had to fall on me. It was Mike though. I'm just lucky Billie Joe didn't too. I can only handle one person on me at a time. That sounded interesting.
"Mike..could you.. get off of me. You're squishing me. Oww.. Damn! You think someone as skinny as you wouldn't land so goddamn hard! Ow.." I said struggling to get Mike off of me.
He pushed himself up leaning over me and said, "Wow we've never been this close." He laughed and roled off of me.
I was just laying there shaking because I was laughing. Just laying there. In the grass. On my back. Laughing and shaking. Billie Joe was on his knees and crawled over to me. He put his hand on my mouth, trying to stop my laughing, but instead he made me laugh more.
"Oh I think I'm gonna die. My stomach hurts so much." I said after pushing Billie's hand away.
Both Billie Joe and Mike got up. Billie put his hand out to help me up and I took it. Once I was up I wiped my butt and back off. It had grass on it!
"Dude, Steph, I think you need to go to sleep. You seem a little tired and shit." Billie said.
"Yeah. I think someone spiked your drank." Mike said jokingly.
"Perhaps," I said thinking, "Perhaps, BILLIE DID IT!"
"Me?! What? Why would I do it?!" He said.
"I don't know."
"Well, dudes. You guys are seriously on pot. Let's go back to Billie's place because we're not doing anything else." Mike suggested.
"Yeah. Wanna Billie?" I asked him.
"Sure." Billie Joe said as we set off to home.
***
I opened my eyes sometime that Saturday on my side. While yawning, I turned onto my back and stretched. Slowly I sat up on my bed with my legs crossed indian style, rubbing the sleep out of my eyes. I stretched and yawned again as I got off my bed. Hmm.. my bed. I walked in front of my mirror and began to observe myself. Pajamas. Black shorts and an orange t-shirt that says "Penguins will take over the world!" with a penguin holding a machine gun on it. I got it from Mike for my 13th birthday. It wasn't originaly suppose to be a pajama top but I couldn't wear it to school. I did one time and I got sent home for the day because the teachers found it 'unacceptable' because of the machine gun. Morons.
I walked out of my room and headed towards the bathroom. After I used it, I brushed my hair and put it in a bun. Then I washed my face and examined it in the bathroom mirror before exiting the bathroom and walking into the kitchen. I saw Ollie sitting at the kitchen table drinking coffee and reading a magazine.
She looked up from her magazine and greeted me with a warm smile and said, "Good morning, Stephanie."
I greeted her back with another smile. I walked towards the cupboards and made myself a bowl of cereal. I then took it to the kitchen table and began eating.
"Where's Billie Joe?" I asked as I ate a spoonful of cereal.
"Still asleep as far as I know." Ollie said. "You know. I knew you liked Billie Joe the first time he invited you over here."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"How didja know?"
"Just something women know I guess. Probably by the way you smiled at him I guess. And the way he smiled back. I just had a feeling you two would be together at some point or another. Whether it was serious or not."
I smiled, "Yeah. I did like him. He was so sweet to me and I liked him a lot. Not saying Mike wasn't sweet. He was too. But.. it was different with Billie. You know?"
"Yes. I know all too well about crushes and love. Every mother does. Just comes from experience. And having other children too."
I nodded.
I had finished my cereal and placed it in the sink. I walked into the living room and sat on the couch and turned on the TV, beginning to channel surf. After about 10 minutes of watching nothing very interesting, I heard a door open and close. Must be Billie Joe using the bathroom. I then heard him go into the kitchen.
"Boring. Boring. Boring. Boring." I said as I went from channel to channel trying to find something to watch.
You think on Saturday mornings you could find something.
About another 5 minutes later of this, Ollie came walking through the kitchen and to the front door.
"I have to go to work now. I'll be back at 8:00 p.m., okay Steph?" She said.
I looked at the clock which showed 10 minutes to 11:00 a.m. and said, "Okay. Bye Ollie."
She said bye and walked out the door. I yawned and stretched as Billie Joe walked past the living room to probably go to his room.
"Hey." He said as he continued walking.
"Hey." I said.
I flipped through about 3 more channels, which I had seen about 10 times already, and turned off the TV, bored with it. I walked into my room and grabbed a magazine as I layed on my bed on my back with my knees up reading it. I had read only 2 pages when I heard a knock at my door.
"Come in." I said, already knowing who it was.
Billie Joe walked into my room closing the door and sitting next to me on my bed.
"Hey babe. Whatcha doing?" He asked.
"Reading the magazine. But mostly being bored."
"I see."
I closed the magazine and threw it on my desk and looked at Billie Joe with a smile. He smiled back as he layed down next to me on his side, looking at me. I turned to my side as well. I shivered as a breeze came through my open window.
"Aha! See what you get for wearing short shorts?" He said.
"What? I'm not wearing short shorts... Am I?" I asked.
"Yes, I believe you are. They are rather short."
"You should try on short shorts for a day."
"What?! No! I'd look.. weird."
"Tre would probably call you gay. Knowing him."
"He probably would.. Wait! Are you calling me gay?"
"No. But you are bi."
"So? You make that sound like a bad thing."
I sighed, "Billie, I'm bi!"
"Oh yeah.. I forgot.... Kinky."
We both began to laugh after that. Billie Joe grabbed my hand and began to stroke it with his finger. I looked at our hands as he did this until he looked at me. I looked back at him and he smiled. He moved his head closer to mine until we finally kissed. It was a nice long passionate kiss. We pulled away and we both smiled. He went back in for another kiss and let go of my hand and moved his hand to my face. I kissed him back and by placed my hand on his face too as we kissed. We pulled away.
"I love you, Stephanie." He said.
"I love you too, Billie." I said.
I smiled and went back for another kiss. I was able to hold back my smile this time. However, Billie's slipped out. He then slipped his tongue into my mouth and massaged mine with his. I did the same to him. By this time we were basicly making out. Then Billie gently pushed me all the way on my back as he crawled on top of me still kissing me. He pulled away and kissed my cheek then began to leave soft kisses upon my neck. I caused us to role over making me on top. Billie Joe gave me a mischevious smile.
"Ooo, Stephanie's a naughty girl."
"Well, what can I say? You're always in control. This time I want to be. And you make me this way, Billie." I said kissing his neck.
Billie Joe chuckled closing his eyes and said, "Nonsense. You were born a naughty girl."
"Yeah." I said kissing him on the lips. "But you bring it out in me."
He opened his eyes and nodded. I chuckled as I began to now leave soft kisses on Billie Joe's neck. I lifted up his shirt a little and placed my cold hand on his stomach causing him to shiver a bit. I kissed his neck harder as I rubbed his lower stomach. Billie Joe let out a deep sigh and kissed my lips. I giggled.
"Feel good?" I asked kissing his neck again.
"Yes.. but you knew that. Which is why you did it in the first place."
"Nonsense. I'm not like that Billie. I'm a good girl."
"No your not."
"Hmm.. you're right. But you're not a good boy."
"Hmm.. you're also right. I'm a bad boy."
Billie Joe made us roll over again making him once again on top. I sighed and giggled again, shaking my head.
"Ahh, I'm sorry." He said kissing me on the lips.
I kissed him back as our kisses began to once again get deeper. We were getting very passionate and into it. We were making out again. Billie Joe moved his hands to my hips and rubbed them as we continued to kiss. I let out a giggle as we kissed, but was stopped immediently by Billie Joe's lips. I lifted up his shirt a little again. I then removed his shirt from his body. But once it was off our lips were then again attached. Billie Joe lifted up my t-shirt a little bit with his eyes closed. He pulled away for a breath and opened his eyes.
"Am I doing too much?" He asked.
"Whatcha mean?" I sad kissing him on the lips.
He pulled away. "I mean... " He looked down at his hand.
My eyes followed.
"Oh.. Uh. I don't know. I like what you're doing, but I'm afraid that something might happen along the way. You know? We might go too far and do something that we'll both regret. Because I'm still not sure I want to have sex Billie. I'm sorry." I said looking down.
He kissed my nose, "Stephanie. Don't be sorry. I don't wanna force you into having sex. Having sex with you right now would be taking advantage of you. Because we'd be getting caught up in everything. I'm not an asshole. And you're not a slut who fucks me because I want you too. Whenever we have sex it'll be because we want to."
He put emphasis on the we's.
I smiled and nodded.
"But," I said kissing him on the lips. "We can still have fun nonetheless."
Billie Joe smiled mischeiviously and kissed me back.
***
"Hello?" Billie Joe said answering the phone.
We had been watching a scary movie until the phone rang, scaring the shit out of me. That made Billie Joe laugh... of course.
"Oh hey, Tre... What's up?... No. Not doing anything... Shut up, Tre. Fucktard... Maybe. I dunno... Call back later and we'll see, okay?.. Bye." He hung up.
"What did Tre want? And why did you call him a fucktard?" I asked as Billie Joe sat down next to me on the couch.
"He wanted to know if we were busy and if we wanted to do something now. I told him to call back. And you don't want to know."
"I see. And you're probably right." I paused for a moment. "Tell me anyways!"
"Why?"
"Because I hate not knowing things. What did he say?"
"He asked if we were busy. Then he asked if we were busy dong 'stuff'."
"I knew it!" I said throwing my arms in the air.
Billie Joe raised an eyebrow at me and shook his head, looking back to the TV. I looked back as well, with my arms now down. It was all calm, the movie, until some ugly scary fuck popped out. I screamed.
"Ahh! Fucker! Trying to give me a heartattack!" I screamed at the TV.
Billie Joe laughed, "It can't hear you babe."
"I'll make it!"
"But-"
"No buts! I know what I'm talking about! And stop laughing at me! It's not funny! It's scary and stupid!"
"Sorry.. but.." He paused laughing. "It is sorta funny. And I know it's scary. But, you take the horror out of it."
I gave him a shove and wrapped the blanket closer around me, ready for something to pop out. I hated that I was so easily scared at times. But I loved scary movies. I looked around for a clock. It was 5:15. The movie was getting stupid and now I was becoming bored.
"Well, this movie went down the drain."
"Yeah. So what do you wanna do?" Billie asked me turning off the TV and standing up to stretch.
"I dunno." I said folding the blanket and standing up. "Wanna call Tre back and see what he had in mind?"
Billie nodded walking over to the phone and calling Tre back.
"Tre? Yeah well, what did you have in mind?"
***
About 20 minutes later we all were at Gilman street. We meaning Billie, Tre, Mike, me, and some girl who was here with Tre. I wasn't sure if they were dating or not. A great band was playing. They never did mention their name. But they kicked ass.
"Want a beer?" Billie yelled over the music.
"Um.. sure."
Billie Joe returned a moment later with two beers.
"Thanks." I said taking mine. "Do you like them?"
"The band?"
I nodded.
"Yeah, they're pretty good. Do you?"
"Mhm." I said taking a sip from my beer. "Where's Tre and Mike?"
"Getting a beer for themselves I think. Well, Mike is. Tre I'm not too sure. He's probably in the crowd with Jen."
"Jen? That's her name?"
"Yeah. She asked him out."
"Really? And he said yes?"
"Yes. And so this is their date. I can see a little attraction between them. But I don't know if they really do like eachother. But you can never really know."
"Yeah. Have they known eachother for a while?"
"He said that they've had a few classes together for a while."
"How long exactly is a while?"
Billie Joe shrugged. I smiled at looked away from Billie and to the band on stage as they finished their song. I nodded to the beat of the new song now playing. I turned around to face the bar area and took a gulp of my beer. Mike walked over from somewhere all sweaty.
"What have you been doing?" I said taking a drink. "Having hot passionate sex?"
"Yeah I wish."
I almost spit out my drink.
"I'm sure you do."
"I was in the mosh pit. That band really livens it up. I almost got hit in the face. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. Two dudes got into a rumble. Their asses got kicked out. It was hilarious you should've been there!"
"I'll probably go into the mosh pit once I'm done with my drink. I feel hyper for no reason."
Billie Joe popped into the conversation and said, "Maybe you're excited."
"Maybe.."
I looked at Mike and Billie Joe's facial expressions. It was then that I figured out what they meant.
"Horny-asses!" I said pushing Billie Joe and Mike. "I'm going into the mosh pit."
Billie and Mike busted out into a fit of laughter but then came into the most pit with me. It was so awesome being in the it. Especially with this band playing. They really did liven up the band. We weren't in the exact mosh pit. We were sorta at the edges of it. But after a song passed we made our way into the mosh pit. And at the best timing. The next song was a loud and energetic one. Everybody started jumping around. Once the song was over and the band got off stage people calmed down a bit. A new band was probaby gonna come on.
"Do you guys think that your band will ever get to play here?"
"We've talked to them about letting us play. They said they're gonna think about it." Billie Joe said.
"You mean this skinny assh kid here can actually play an instrument?" A slightly drunked guy asked me.
"Why yes he can. And he plays damn well."
"Pfft, can't see that. He looks like a punk to me."
"Well, whether or not that is true it's hard to tell. You're drunk remember? So you can't probably tell the difference between a door and the knob."
"Yeah that may be so, but I can see talent a mile away. And as far as I can see this boy here can't play worth a shit."
"Why don't you just shut the hell up?"
"Oo the punk speaks. You got something to say?"
"I believe I just said it didn't I? Shut the hell up. Your voice is annoying and no one wants to hear it. So do us all a favour and shut up."
"Why don't you calm your punk ass down before you hurt yourself boy?"
"Fuck you."
"No, fuck you."
Billie Joe was already pissed so instead of saying anything back, he just punched the guy in the face. The guy stumbled back a bit before charging at Billie to the floor along with himself.
"Ah, shit." I said running over to where they were.
Mike followed me but grabbed my arm pulling me back as he went over to help Billie.
Billie Joe was unfortunatly on the ground underneath the guy. As Mike was pulling the guy off of Billie Joe, I ran over to help Billie Joe up. The guy pushed Mike off of him.
"Yeah, let your bitch help you." He said.
"Fuck you asshole!" I said pushing him back roughly. "I should fucking kick your ass for that!"
"Yeah like you could even hurt with those little arms." He said grabbing my arm.
"Let go of me fuckface!" I said breaking my arm free and smacking him across the face with it. "Now fuck off!"
"Ow! Fucking slut!" He said.
Billie Joe got up and punched that guy in the face. Then we all started running out because he fell over. Tre and Jen were still in there but they probably didn't see anything and they could just enjoy their date in peace.
"That wasn't exactly how I thought tonight would end." Mike said.
I looked at him, "Who says it has to end? We all could do something. Uhh.. something." I looked over at Billie Joe. "Are you okay?"
"Billie, not to be mean, but you seem to think you can take big ass guys like that guy in there on and win."
"Doesn't everyone when their pissed? I know I think that way. And besides. Who wouldn't get pissed off at that guy. He was a drunk asshole."
"Yeah. Stupid fuck." Billie Joe muttered.
Clearly he was still sorta pissed. He looked at me and I gave him a weak smile. He gave me one back.
"So what do you guys wanna do? Walk around or something?" I asked.
"I don't care." Billie said.
"Me neither. But how about we don't have neighbors run after us. Tre told me about what happened to you guys. That was hilarious. See what you get for being loud?"
Billie Joe and I began laughing our asses off.
"Oh my god. Remember that! He was chasing us! That was so fucking funny!"
I was leaning against the building wall laughing. Billie Joe was bending over while he laughed. Mike scratched the back of his neck and chuckled a bit rolling his eyes.
"You guys are on pot." He said shaking his head.
"Dude, I've never been on pot. But if it's this much fun then give me some! Wow that rhymed. Holy shit I'm gonna stop breathing!"
I was now sitting on the ground still leaning against the building wall. Billie Joe was some how still standing. Maybe that beer was getting to me. But I've drank more without getting tipsy.
"Hell, there's a first time for everything. Maybe I'm getting drunk off one beer for once since I first tried it. God that was fun."
I was taking deep breaths and both Billie Joe and I weren't laughing anymore. Or well, as much.
"You find the weirdest things funny." Mike said putting a hand out to help me up.
I took it and said, "Yeah I know but it makes life a lot more interesting."
Billie got up and nodded.
"So yah guys still wanna walk around or whatever?"
Mike and I said sure and we started walking down the street. I began skipping because I was hyper. I grabbed Billie's arm and Mike's arm and began dragging them down the street as I was skipping. We stopped and as I was in the middle we put out arms through eachothers arms as if we were doing a ho-down and started skipping. Again, we started laughing. But Mike was too this time.
We started again and we all tripped on the sidewalk. I fell first, pulling them with me, and of course, someone had to fall on me. It was Mike though. I'm just lucky Billie Joe didn't too. I can only handle one person on me at a time. That sounded interesting.
"Mike..could you.. get off of me. You're squishing me. Oww.. Damn! You think someone as skinny as you wouldn't land so goddamn hard! Ow.." I said struggling to get Mike off of me.
He pushed himself up leaning over me and said, "Wow we've never been this close." He laughed and roled off of me.
I was just laying there shaking because I was laughing. Just laying there. In the grass. On my back. Laughing and shaking. Billie Joe was on his knees and crawled over to me. He put his hand on my mouth, trying to stop my laughing, but instead he made me laugh more.
"Oh I think I'm gonna die. My stomach hurts so much." I said after pushing Billie's hand away.
Both Billie Joe and Mike got up. Billie put his hand out to help me up and I took it. Once I was up I wiped my butt and back off. It had grass on it!
"Dude, Steph, I think you need to go to sleep. You seem a little tired and shit." Billie said.
"Yeah. I think someone spiked your drank." Mike said jokingly.
"Perhaps," I said thinking, "Perhaps, BILLIE DID IT!"
"Me?! What? Why would I do it?!" He said.
"I don't know."
"Well, dudes. You guys are seriously on pot. Let's go back to Billie's place because we're not doing anything else." Mike suggested.
"Yeah. Wanna Billie?" I asked him.
"Sure." Billie Joe said as we set off to home.
