Two Twins, Their Idol, And A Green Day Competition, chapter 5
"Right" Billie said as he turned to look at us. "You got everything? We're going to pick the guys up then we're on our way to Miami!"
I was in the front with Billie,
"Don't worry, you'll get your turn." I said to Hannah, who scowled at me.
There was silence for a bit until Billie started a conversation.
"So who let you come on this once in a life time trip? Your parents?"
"Well no not really, you see we don't have parents." I replied
"Oh I'm sorry." Billie apologised and looked at me as if to say 'I didn't mean to bring it up like that'.
"No it's okay, they're not dead." I said "they just left."
"Oh, that's okay then." He said, he then bit his lip, "No it's not okay because they've gone but... " he said.
"No honest its fine." I said interrupting him.
We didn't speak for the rest of the journey to Mike's house.
We arrived at Mike's house, there they were, the other two thirds of Green Day. My stomach started doing somersaults again as it did when we met Billie, but I ignored it. Tré noticed we had pulled up; he practically skipped over to the van and opened my door.
"Hi, I'm Tré Cool, but I think you already know that, yeah?" he smiled and I laughed.
"Yeah we do, I'm Vicki by the way." I put my hand out for a handshake but Tré grabbed it and pulled me in for a hug.
"Yeah Tré, I love you too." I said through Tré's coat, somebody laughed, I didn't know who it was though. Tré let go of me as soon as he saw Hannah getting out of the van.
"Hi" he said. Hannah looked at him, and looked at him, and looked at him.
"Err I said 'hi'" he said again.
"Oh, yeah err... sorry... hi err Tré, my names err Hannah." She smiled a nervous smile. Tré gave her a hug too.
"Is that the way he always treats his guests?" I whispered to Billie.
"Yeah he does it with every fan we talk to, half of them are practically falling over by the time he's finished!" He laughed and I laughed too.
Just then Mike came over to us.
"What are you two laughing at?" he asked.
"We're just commenting on how Tré welcomes his guests." Billie said as his face broke out into a smile.
"Oh yeah, typical Tré." Mike said. His eyes trailed off Billie and onto me. "And you are?" he asked.
"Oh I'm Vicki, and that girl being hugged by Tré, that's Hannah." i said. She must've heard me because her hand rose and she waved. Then and only then, Tré let go of her.
"Thanks Tré." Hannah said, going red just a little bit.
The guys put all their stuff in the van, Tré with his drums, Mike with his two basses and then Billie Joe with his acoustic and a few electric guitars.
"And this little baby." He said as he pulled a little box out of his pocket. He opened it revealing a small silver harmonica.
"I've played this in every 'Minority', through the tour." He started playing it, I recognised the tune and before I knew it I was singing.
"One Light, One Mind Flashing In The Dark, Blinded By The Silence Of A Thousand broken Hearts, "For Crying Out Loud" She Screamed Unto Me, A Free For All, Fuck 'em All You Are Your Own Sight. 'Cause I Wanna Be... " I looked around everyone was looking at me, Billie had stopped playing.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." They all said in unison. I just got in the van. Hannah jumped up back, in between Mike and Tré. I sat up front again, next to Billie.
*5 minutes later*
Hannah was talking to Mike and Tré about stuff, she was saying she liked coffee more thank Mike but he was having none of it.
"So you know all the words to 'Minority' do you?" Billie asked.
"Yeah I'm the only one sad enough to listen to your music everyday and learn all the words. I know most of them and a few stray ones like Tré's 'All By Myself'. That's a great song."
"Yeah it is." Billie replied. "here." He said handing me the harmonica, "You can play it if you want." He smiled at me. It made me feel all warm inside.
"I don't play." I said.
"It doesn't matter; all you have to do is breathe in and out and move it left and right to get the different notes." I started to play. It wasn't good, but I was enjoying myself. I gave it him back, I wanted to keep it but it was his after all. He put it back in the box and placed it on the seat next to him.
"Err, Vicki?" Billie asked.
"Yeah?" I replied. I didn't take my eyes from looking out of the window.
"Err. About earlier." He said, I looked at him, he had that sorry face on again that he had earlier.
"It doesn't matter." I said to him, I forced a smile. He smiled too. "Just don't mention it again okay?" he nodded. I looked out of the window again, silent tears started to roll down my face. I don't think he noticed though.
*20 minutes later*
Hannah was still arguing with Mike and Tré, they had gone onto another subject though by now. They were interrupted by the sound of an overhead aeroplane.
"Here we are, now once we've parked up, grab your stuff and run to the check-in gate, we want to avoid being seen as much as possible okay? If we get noticed, we'll never get to the plane!" he said smiling. Tré had to add something didn't he.
"If we get noticed run like your running away from some maniac who is trying to fucking kill you!"
"Err. Okay." We said looking puzzled.
"But why do you want your fans not to notice you?" I asked.
"Well they're ok for a bit, then it attracts more, who then want to hug you and kiss you and get bloody autographs, it kinda gets dumb after a while, and quite frankly I can't be bothered with it, I'm catching a plane, it shouldn't be an expedition." Billie said.
"Yeah okay, I see what you mean." I said.
"On the count of three run towards check-in gate 4, it's the one right in the corner. 1, 2, 3!" Mike said. We ran like hell, dodging trolleys. People and luggage, we got to the gate and the woman practically fainted on seeing Billie. She gave us the tickets, took autographs off the guys and we ran to the boarding gate. We were allowed to board earlier because of the guys. We were directed to our seats they sat in rows of three, Hannah dibbed the seat next to Mike and Jason, so I sat behind them in between Billie and Tré.
*3 hours later*
A few autographs from young rich fans, lunch and a seat next to Billie later we touched down in Miami.
"We are performing on the outskirts of Miami so we're stopping in Orlando for some reason.." Billie said breathlessly, seens we had just ran through the airport. "We are staying in a real nice hotel." He said as we got into the taxi. The driver asked for an autograph for his daughter, then we went to the hotel.
I was in the front with Billie,
"Don't worry, you'll get your turn." I said to Hannah, who scowled at me.
There was silence for a bit until Billie started a conversation.
"So who let you come on this once in a life time trip? Your parents?"
"Well no not really, you see we don't have parents." I replied
"Oh I'm sorry." Billie apologised and looked at me as if to say 'I didn't mean to bring it up like that'.
"No it's okay, they're not dead." I said "they just left."
"Oh, that's okay then." He said, he then bit his lip, "No it's not okay because they've gone but... " he said.
"No honest its fine." I said interrupting him.
We didn't speak for the rest of the journey to Mike's house.
We arrived at Mike's house, there they were, the other two thirds of Green Day. My stomach started doing somersaults again as it did when we met Billie, but I ignored it. Tré noticed we had pulled up; he practically skipped over to the van and opened my door.
"Hi, I'm Tré Cool, but I think you already know that, yeah?" he smiled and I laughed.
"Yeah we do, I'm Vicki by the way." I put my hand out for a handshake but Tré grabbed it and pulled me in for a hug.
"Yeah Tré, I love you too." I said through Tré's coat, somebody laughed, I didn't know who it was though. Tré let go of me as soon as he saw Hannah getting out of the van.
"Hi" he said. Hannah looked at him, and looked at him, and looked at him.
"Err I said 'hi'" he said again.
"Oh, yeah err... sorry... hi err Tré, my names err Hannah." She smiled a nervous smile. Tré gave her a hug too.
"Is that the way he always treats his guests?" I whispered to Billie.
"Yeah he does it with every fan we talk to, half of them are practically falling over by the time he's finished!" He laughed and I laughed too.
Just then Mike came over to us.
"What are you two laughing at?" he asked.
"We're just commenting on how Tré welcomes his guests." Billie said as his face broke out into a smile.
"Oh yeah, typical Tré." Mike said. His eyes trailed off Billie and onto me. "And you are?" he asked.
"Oh I'm Vicki, and that girl being hugged by Tré, that's Hannah." i said. She must've heard me because her hand rose and she waved. Then and only then, Tré let go of her.
"Thanks Tré." Hannah said, going red just a little bit.
The guys put all their stuff in the van, Tré with his drums, Mike with his two basses and then Billie Joe with his acoustic and a few electric guitars.
"And this little baby." He said as he pulled a little box out of his pocket. He opened it revealing a small silver harmonica.
"I've played this in every 'Minority', through the tour." He started playing it, I recognised the tune and before I knew it I was singing.
"One Light, One Mind Flashing In The Dark, Blinded By The Silence Of A Thousand broken Hearts, "For Crying Out Loud" She Screamed Unto Me, A Free For All, Fuck 'em All You Are Your Own Sight. 'Cause I Wanna Be... " I looked around everyone was looking at me, Billie had stopped playing.
"What?" I asked.
"Nothing." They all said in unison. I just got in the van. Hannah jumped up back, in between Mike and Tré. I sat up front again, next to Billie.
*5 minutes later*
Hannah was talking to Mike and Tré about stuff, she was saying she liked coffee more thank Mike but he was having none of it.
"So you know all the words to 'Minority' do you?" Billie asked.
"Yeah I'm the only one sad enough to listen to your music everyday and learn all the words. I know most of them and a few stray ones like Tré's 'All By Myself'. That's a great song."
"Yeah it is." Billie replied. "here." He said handing me the harmonica, "You can play it if you want." He smiled at me. It made me feel all warm inside.
"I don't play." I said.
"It doesn't matter; all you have to do is breathe in and out and move it left and right to get the different notes." I started to play. It wasn't good, but I was enjoying myself. I gave it him back, I wanted to keep it but it was his after all. He put it back in the box and placed it on the seat next to him.
"Err, Vicki?" Billie asked.
"Yeah?" I replied. I didn't take my eyes from looking out of the window.
"Err. About earlier." He said, I looked at him, he had that sorry face on again that he had earlier.
"It doesn't matter." I said to him, I forced a smile. He smiled too. "Just don't mention it again okay?" he nodded. I looked out of the window again, silent tears started to roll down my face. I don't think he noticed though.
*20 minutes later*
Hannah was still arguing with Mike and Tré, they had gone onto another subject though by now. They were interrupted by the sound of an overhead aeroplane.
"Here we are, now once we've parked up, grab your stuff and run to the check-in gate, we want to avoid being seen as much as possible okay? If we get noticed, we'll never get to the plane!" he said smiling. Tré had to add something didn't he.
"If we get noticed run like your running away from some maniac who is trying to fucking kill you!"
"Err. Okay." We said looking puzzled.
"But why do you want your fans not to notice you?" I asked.
"Well they're ok for a bit, then it attracts more, who then want to hug you and kiss you and get bloody autographs, it kinda gets dumb after a while, and quite frankly I can't be bothered with it, I'm catching a plane, it shouldn't be an expedition." Billie said.
"Yeah okay, I see what you mean." I said.
"On the count of three run towards check-in gate 4, it's the one right in the corner. 1, 2, 3!" Mike said. We ran like hell, dodging trolleys. People and luggage, we got to the gate and the woman practically fainted on seeing Billie. She gave us the tickets, took autographs off the guys and we ran to the boarding gate. We were allowed to board earlier because of the guys. We were directed to our seats they sat in rows of three, Hannah dibbed the seat next to Mike and Jason, so I sat behind them in between Billie and Tré.
*3 hours later*
A few autographs from young rich fans, lunch and a seat next to Billie later we touched down in Miami.
"We are performing on the outskirts of Miami so we're stopping in Orlando for some reason.." Billie said breathlessly, seens we had just ran through the airport. "We are staying in a real nice hotel." He said as we got into the taxi. The driver asked for an autograph for his daughter, then we went to the hotel.
