An Everlasting Friendship And Undying Love, chapter 3
-Meanwhile-
"Billie? Billie? BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG?!" Mike and Tre yelled in Billie's ears in unison.
"Billie snapped back into reality. His head was still spinning after he hit the lockers.
"Oh fuck... Whahappened?" Billie felt the back of his head. There was a lump on his head where he hit the locker.
"You were fighting with Kati Carter... Again." Tre rolled his eyes at the thought.
"Why do you even bother picking a fight with her?" Mike hoisted Billie Joe up from the ground.
"Hey, she is the one who likes to come and bother us, okay? It's not my fucking problem if she interrupts! What do you care?! It's not like I pick a fight with every fucking girl I see!" Billie glared at Mike while trying to steady himself.
"BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG! YOU HAVE BEEN BEATING UP AND PICKING FIGHTS GIRLS THAT LOOK LIKE PUNKS EVER SINCE! SO DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE SAY SHE IS THE FIRST! I for one have grown SICK and TIRED of you picking fights with punk girls! There's no wonder WHY there aren't any around anymore!" Mike yelled so loud, his voice echoed around the school hallways.
Silence fell among the trio. Billie hung his head and leaned on the lockers. Mike was exhaling heavily while Tre watched the two best friends in silence.
"This is about Suzanne isn't it?" Mike blurted out at angrily. Tre's jaw dropped at Mike's question.
"No it isn't!" Billie shot his head up. His green eyes were wide with anger and fear.
"We KNOW Suzanne looked like Kati! Her style, everything! LONG before she changed! Even you do, Billie Joe! She was everything like Kati!"
Billie didn't say anything. He held back his tears and looked at his shoes.
"We know, Billie Joe. But you have to let go... " Mike placed his hand on Billie's shoulder while Tre patted Billie's back.
***Billie's flash back***
"Sue!"
Billie ran up to the girl he loved so much with his arms wide open. Billie hugged Suzanne tightly as she returned the greeting.
"Billie Joe... It has been a month since I've seen you... "
"I know. I missed you so badly!" Suzanne smiled as Billie Joe held her in his arms.
"Hey, whats wrong, sweets?" Billie Joe backed off. Suzanne didn't look like the girl Billie Joe knew. Instead of her usual jeans and black shirt... She was in high-heels, a mini-skirt and a tank top. She changed her usually streaked hair into her natural blonde. Her make-up was cherry-red lipstick, blush and everything... She wasn't wearing her usual black eyeliner or anything punky. She changed into a preppy chic from a punk in a month.
"Sue? Suzy, baby, what happened to you? Why... Why are you dressed up like a... Prep?"
"Billie Joe, I... We need to talk... "
***Billie's flash back was interrupted***
"Fine. Lets go home Billie. You don't want to let your mom know you were fighting again."
The trio walked silently back to Billie's house. No one spoke through the entire trip back.
"Well... Uh... I guess I'll be leaving... Later... " Tre walked off to the house next to Billie's and disappeared into it. Mike opened the door and greeted Billie's mom.
"Hi, Ollie. We're back."
"Why, hello Mike! How was school?" Ollie hugged Mike and planted a kiss on his forehead. "Where's Billie?" just then, Billie ran past Mike and his mom straight to his room muttering:
"Hi, mom. Bye, mom."
"... What happened to him? Bad day?"
"Maybe. I'll go check up on him."
Mike went up to Billie's room. The door was slightly open. Mike peered through the open door. "Billie? Billie, can I come in?"
"Meh." Billie was lying on his bed looking at the ceiling of his room. His ceiling was filled with posters of bands and so were the walls. His little CD player, tucked between his CD collection, was blasting with music. Mike walked to the player and shut it off.
"Hey! Why'd you do that for?!" Billie sat up and stared at Mike.
"Something's up with you."
"... Nothings up. Other then being beaten up by Kati today I don't think so."
"Yes there is. It's written all over you. Your, face, your eyes... "
"Oy, oy, Shad dap already." Billie fell back onto his bed and sighed.
"Whats up, Billie Joe?" Mike sat at the end of Billie's bed cross-legged.
"Nothing! You're almost as annoying as Kati when she insults us!"
Mike rolled his eyes. Almost every sentence Billie Joe said had the word Kati in it.
"I don't know, Mike... It's just that... What you said to me today... I just... I don't know... I don't KNOW why I always like to beat up and pick fights with Girls... Maybe it IS about Suzanne... But... Aww I just don't know." Billie Joe turned away from Mike. Looking at his CD collection from a distance.
"Actually, Billie Joe. You only PICK fights with Kati. The other girls... You just scared them away. The only girl you kept fighting with since junior high school was Kati. Kati, Kati, Kati and only Kati." Billie just lay on his bed silently. He blinked and looked at Mike.
"Really?"
"Yep. I remember the first fight you had with her. Damn... All of us got beaten up bad... Mrs. Danker cut the fight short though." Mike laughed and Billie joined in.
"Ha-ha... Man... That was years ago. 4 years to be exact... The year Suzanne-"
"Nuh-uh! Don't start that with me, Billie Joe. You have to move on." Mike cut into Billie's sentence just before he could say anything more.
Billie sighed. "Hey, I remember that bruise on your leg. Kati pushed you when I tried to tackle her into the drain. Instead I ran into you! Oh, oh and that one on you arm! She kicked us remember? And-and look here, remember? Kati shoved us into the tables that day during lunch and-" Billie rolled up his sleeve to reveal a bruise to Mike.
"Okay! Okay! I remember!"
"What?"
"Kati this... Kati that... Ever since you met her that's all you have been talking about! Other then Suzanne the only two people's names I hear are Suzanne's and Kati's! I knew this a long time ago but now it's just plain annoying."
"Suzanne, I talk lots about, but not that much about Kati! Right?"
"Wrong dude. So wrong."
Billie looked at Mike. His jaw hung and his eyes wide. Billie smirked and got up to face Mike "Yo-your k-kidding. Right?"
"Nope."
"Uh... Whats your point?"
"Billie Joe, I've noticed your behavior towards Kati, and so has Tre. You have that look in your eyes... Now I want to confirm this."
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"Do you, Billie Joe Armstrong, like Kati Carter?"
"Billie? Billie? BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG?!" Mike and Tre yelled in Billie's ears in unison.
"Billie snapped back into reality. His head was still spinning after he hit the lockers.
"Oh fuck... Whahappened?" Billie felt the back of his head. There was a lump on his head where he hit the locker.
"You were fighting with Kati Carter... Again." Tre rolled his eyes at the thought.
"Why do you even bother picking a fight with her?" Mike hoisted Billie Joe up from the ground.
"Hey, she is the one who likes to come and bother us, okay? It's not my fucking problem if she interrupts! What do you care?! It's not like I pick a fight with every fucking girl I see!" Billie glared at Mike while trying to steady himself.
"BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG! YOU HAVE BEEN BEATING UP AND PICKING FIGHTS GIRLS THAT LOOK LIKE PUNKS EVER SINCE! SO DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE SAY SHE IS THE FIRST! I for one have grown SICK and TIRED of you picking fights with punk girls! There's no wonder WHY there aren't any around anymore!" Mike yelled so loud, his voice echoed around the school hallways.
Silence fell among the trio. Billie hung his head and leaned on the lockers. Mike was exhaling heavily while Tre watched the two best friends in silence.
"This is about Suzanne isn't it?" Mike blurted out at angrily. Tre's jaw dropped at Mike's question.
"No it isn't!" Billie shot his head up. His green eyes were wide with anger and fear.
"We KNOW Suzanne looked like Kati! Her style, everything! LONG before she changed! Even you do, Billie Joe! She was everything like Kati!"
Billie didn't say anything. He held back his tears and looked at his shoes.
"We know, Billie Joe. But you have to let go... " Mike placed his hand on Billie's shoulder while Tre patted Billie's back.
***Billie's flash back***
"Sue!"
Billie ran up to the girl he loved so much with his arms wide open. Billie hugged Suzanne tightly as she returned the greeting.
"Billie Joe... It has been a month since I've seen you... "
"I know. I missed you so badly!" Suzanne smiled as Billie Joe held her in his arms.
"Hey, whats wrong, sweets?" Billie Joe backed off. Suzanne didn't look like the girl Billie Joe knew. Instead of her usual jeans and black shirt... She was in high-heels, a mini-skirt and a tank top. She changed her usually streaked hair into her natural blonde. Her make-up was cherry-red lipstick, blush and everything... She wasn't wearing her usual black eyeliner or anything punky. She changed into a preppy chic from a punk in a month.
"Sue? Suzy, baby, what happened to you? Why... Why are you dressed up like a... Prep?"
"Billie Joe, I... We need to talk... "
***Billie's flash back was interrupted***
"Fine. Lets go home Billie. You don't want to let your mom know you were fighting again."
The trio walked silently back to Billie's house. No one spoke through the entire trip back.
"Well... Uh... I guess I'll be leaving... Later... " Tre walked off to the house next to Billie's and disappeared into it. Mike opened the door and greeted Billie's mom.
"Hi, Ollie. We're back."
"Why, hello Mike! How was school?" Ollie hugged Mike and planted a kiss on his forehead. "Where's Billie?" just then, Billie ran past Mike and his mom straight to his room muttering:
"Hi, mom. Bye, mom."
"... What happened to him? Bad day?"
"Maybe. I'll go check up on him."
Mike went up to Billie's room. The door was slightly open. Mike peered through the open door. "Billie? Billie, can I come in?"
"Meh." Billie was lying on his bed looking at the ceiling of his room. His ceiling was filled with posters of bands and so were the walls. His little CD player, tucked between his CD collection, was blasting with music. Mike walked to the player and shut it off.
"Hey! Why'd you do that for?!" Billie sat up and stared at Mike.
"Something's up with you."
"... Nothings up. Other then being beaten up by Kati today I don't think so."
"Yes there is. It's written all over you. Your, face, your eyes... "
"Oy, oy, Shad dap already." Billie fell back onto his bed and sighed.
"Whats up, Billie Joe?" Mike sat at the end of Billie's bed cross-legged.
"Nothing! You're almost as annoying as Kati when she insults us!"
Mike rolled his eyes. Almost every sentence Billie Joe said had the word Kati in it.
"I don't know, Mike... It's just that... What you said to me today... I just... I don't know... I don't KNOW why I always like to beat up and pick fights with Girls... Maybe it IS about Suzanne... But... Aww I just don't know." Billie Joe turned away from Mike. Looking at his CD collection from a distance.
"Actually, Billie Joe. You only PICK fights with Kati. The other girls... You just scared them away. The only girl you kept fighting with since junior high school was Kati. Kati, Kati, Kati and only Kati." Billie just lay on his bed silently. He blinked and looked at Mike.
"Really?"
"Yep. I remember the first fight you had with her. Damn... All of us got beaten up bad... Mrs. Danker cut the fight short though." Mike laughed and Billie joined in.
"Ha-ha... Man... That was years ago. 4 years to be exact... The year Suzanne-"
"Nuh-uh! Don't start that with me, Billie Joe. You have to move on." Mike cut into Billie's sentence just before he could say anything more.
Billie sighed. "Hey, I remember that bruise on your leg. Kati pushed you when I tried to tackle her into the drain. Instead I ran into you! Oh, oh and that one on you arm! She kicked us remember? And-and look here, remember? Kati shoved us into the tables that day during lunch and-" Billie rolled up his sleeve to reveal a bruise to Mike.
"Okay! Okay! I remember!"
"What?"
"Kati this... Kati that... Ever since you met her that's all you have been talking about! Other then Suzanne the only two people's names I hear are Suzanne's and Kati's! I knew this a long time ago but now it's just plain annoying."
"Suzanne, I talk lots about, but not that much about Kati! Right?"
"Wrong dude. So wrong."
Billie looked at Mike. His jaw hung and his eyes wide. Billie smirked and got up to face Mike "Yo-your k-kidding. Right?"
"Nope."
"Uh... Whats your point?"
"Billie Joe, I've noticed your behavior towards Kati, and so has Tre. You have that look in your eyes... Now I want to confirm this."
"Wh-what do you mean?"
"Do you, Billie Joe Armstrong, like Kati Carter?"
