Coming Clean, chapter 3
"Eh sorry about that , I never thought my mom would be back so early." Billie Joe said bright red in the face.
"Oh, it's ok do you eh..want your pants ?"
"Em ye sure,heres your ." Billie Joe laughed passing Cloe her pants.
"Do you think we should phone Mike and Tre, they kind of just dissappeared."
"yeah ok,the phone's in the hall."Billie Joe said showing her to the phone.
"Hi Mike it's Cloe,what the hell!How did you know that...did Billie Joe tell you,you what!Oh my god,anyway where did you go?Oh right.Oh ok I'll tell him .Well ok I'll see you later.bye mwah!"Cloe hung up.
"Why did you give him a kiss over the phone and what was all that about?"Billie Joe said, a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"Don't get all jealous!"Cloe teased.
"I'm not jealous..well ok maybe a wee bit...ok but what was all that about you didn't seem to happy with Mike."
"How did Mike know that we..did it ."Cloe asked grinning.
Billie Joe suddenly found the lamp next to him very interesting.
"Billie Joe would you stop playing with the lamp shade and answer me !"
"Oh eh I dunno."
"That's strange Mike seems to think that you saw him and Tre walk in on us on the couch ,why didn't you say anything?"
"Oh that yeah,well they walked in but I gave them a really bad look and they went so they didn't see anything"Billie Joe said looking down at the floor.
"Oh ok and I think you'd be interested to know that you've got an interview tomorrow with some magazine,Kerrang! or something like that."Cloe said.
"Really oh my god great,Oh crap."Billie Joe said uncomfortably.
"What ,what's wrong?One minute it's great and the next it's crap!"
"No it's just I'm meeting someone."
"Who?"
"Em no one special just em my mum's friends ...son."
Cloe looked at him funny ,she could already tell when he was lying.
"Are you sure that's who you're meeting?"Cloe asked suspisciously.
"Yeah,em do you want me to give you a ride home ?"Billie Jow said quickly changing the subject.
"Ye ok I suppose it's getting late."
Billie Joe drove Cloe home ,when he got home Billie Joe quickly got on the phone Mike.
"Mike fuck!You know how we've got that interview with Kerrang!?"
"Yeah..."Mike said on the other side of the phone.
"I said I'd meet Crystal down by starbucks ."
"Crystal!After what you did with Cloe?!"Mike began to laugh.
"This isn't funny Mike what am I gonna do ?"
"Phone Tre I'm not good with problems.Bye!"Mike hung up.
"Well fuck you."Billie Joe mumbled as he dialed Tres number.
"Hello?Billie Joe what the hell are you calling at this time for?"Tre said in a muffled voice.
"Tre I know it's late but you gotta speak up , I can't hear you."
"Yeah ok,but what is it I'm in my fucking bed!"
"Well you know how I slept with Cloe earlier?"
"You've not got over Crystal yet have yet,have you?"Tre laughed.
"Well no,I'm meant to be meeting up with Crystal tomorrow when we're gonna be having an interview with Kerrang!Plus how am I supposed to let Crystal down gently and lie to Cloe at the same time?!"
"Woah,you have got your self in a mess Billie Joe."Tre sniggered.
"Tre come on what am I gonna do ?"
"Well the best thing to do is call Crystal bright and early tomorrow morning and tell her that you've met someone else and that you two are over,tell Cloe the truth and promise her that you've sorted it out and take Cloe with you to the interview to show her nothings happening between you and Crystal because otherwise you'd be with Crystal and not with her at the interview ,ae you with me?."Tre said.
"You know what Tre?You are a life saver!"
"Well you know what they say."Tre laughed.
"Thankyou !and eh bye!"
"Bye"Tre whispered as he fell asleep.
The next day Billie Joe was getting ready to face his so called"mum's friend's son".That morning Cloe phoned.
"Hi Cloe,I have something important to tell you."
"What,tell me."
"Well you know how we're kinda seeing each other?"
"What!We're not seeing each other!"
"What?We're not ,did last night count for nothing?"
"No I was just kidding,anyway as you were saying.."
"Christ ,you nearly had me going,anyway ,you know how we're kind of seeing each other?Well I had a girlfriend,Crystal and I was supposed to be seeing her today but I broke up with her and everythings sorted out ,I promise because I want you to be my girlfriend."
"Well that's come s a suprise ,you should have told me before but I'm glad you've been honest about it."
"Tre's always right"Billie Joe thought to himself.
"What's funny?"
"Oh nothing I'm just thinking about something ,anyway we've got that interview this afternoon,do you wanna come along?"
"Yeah sure,what time ?"
"I'll be round at 2 ,to pick you up."
"Oh, it's ok do you eh..want your pants ?"
"Em ye sure,heres your ." Billie Joe laughed passing Cloe her pants.
"Do you think we should phone Mike and Tre, they kind of just dissappeared."
"yeah ok,the phone's in the hall."Billie Joe said showing her to the phone.
"Hi Mike it's Cloe,what the hell!How did you know that...did Billie Joe tell you,you what!Oh my god,anyway where did you go?Oh right.Oh ok I'll tell him .Well ok I'll see you later.bye mwah!"Cloe hung up.
"Why did you give him a kiss over the phone and what was all that about?"Billie Joe said, a hint of jealousy in his voice.
"Don't get all jealous!"Cloe teased.
"I'm not jealous..well ok maybe a wee bit...ok but what was all that about you didn't seem to happy with Mike."
"How did Mike know that we..did it ."Cloe asked grinning.
Billie Joe suddenly found the lamp next to him very interesting.
"Billie Joe would you stop playing with the lamp shade and answer me !"
"Oh eh I dunno."
"That's strange Mike seems to think that you saw him and Tre walk in on us on the couch ,why didn't you say anything?"
"Oh that yeah,well they walked in but I gave them a really bad look and they went so they didn't see anything"Billie Joe said looking down at the floor.
"Oh ok and I think you'd be interested to know that you've got an interview tomorrow with some magazine,Kerrang! or something like that."Cloe said.
"Really oh my god great,Oh crap."Billie Joe said uncomfortably.
"What ,what's wrong?One minute it's great and the next it's crap!"
"No it's just I'm meeting someone."
"Who?"
"Em no one special just em my mum's friends ...son."
Cloe looked at him funny ,she could already tell when he was lying.
"Are you sure that's who you're meeting?"Cloe asked suspisciously.
"Yeah,em do you want me to give you a ride home ?"Billie Jow said quickly changing the subject.
"Ye ok I suppose it's getting late."
Billie Joe drove Cloe home ,when he got home Billie Joe quickly got on the phone Mike.
"Mike fuck!You know how we've got that interview with Kerrang!?"
"Yeah..."Mike said on the other side of the phone.
"I said I'd meet Crystal down by starbucks ."
"Crystal!After what you did with Cloe?!"Mike began to laugh.
"This isn't funny Mike what am I gonna do ?"
"Phone Tre I'm not good with problems.Bye!"Mike hung up.
"Well fuck you."Billie Joe mumbled as he dialed Tres number.
"Hello?Billie Joe what the hell are you calling at this time for?"Tre said in a muffled voice.
"Tre I know it's late but you gotta speak up , I can't hear you."
"Yeah ok,but what is it I'm in my fucking bed!"
"Well you know how I slept with Cloe earlier?"
"You've not got over Crystal yet have yet,have you?"Tre laughed.
"Well no,I'm meant to be meeting up with Crystal tomorrow when we're gonna be having an interview with Kerrang!Plus how am I supposed to let Crystal down gently and lie to Cloe at the same time?!"
"Woah,you have got your self in a mess Billie Joe."Tre sniggered.
"Tre come on what am I gonna do ?"
"Well the best thing to do is call Crystal bright and early tomorrow morning and tell her that you've met someone else and that you two are over,tell Cloe the truth and promise her that you've sorted it out and take Cloe with you to the interview to show her nothings happening between you and Crystal because otherwise you'd be with Crystal and not with her at the interview ,ae you with me?."Tre said.
"You know what Tre?You are a life saver!"
"Well you know what they say."Tre laughed.
"Thankyou !and eh bye!"
"Bye"Tre whispered as he fell asleep.
The next day Billie Joe was getting ready to face his so called"mum's friend's son".That morning Cloe phoned.
"Hi Cloe,I have something important to tell you."
"What,tell me."
"Well you know how we're kinda seeing each other?"
"What!We're not seeing each other!"
"What?We're not ,did last night count for nothing?"
"No I was just kidding,anyway as you were saying.."
"Christ ,you nearly had me going,anyway ,you know how we're kind of seeing each other?Well I had a girlfriend,Crystal and I was supposed to be seeing her today but I broke up with her and everythings sorted out ,I promise because I want you to be my girlfriend."
"Well that's come s a suprise ,you should have told me before but I'm glad you've been honest about it."
"Tre's always right"Billie Joe thought to himself.
"What's funny?"
"Oh nothing I'm just thinking about something ,anyway we've got that interview this afternoon,do you wanna come along?"
"Yeah sure,what time ?"
"I'll be round at 2 ,to pick you up."
