Billie Joe and Adie...A Bond That Will Rock On Forever!, chapter 16
Billie Joe Armstrong lifted up his feet and rested them on Larry Livermoor's desk. Larry gave an uncertain grunt and cautiously picked up Billie's grimey bare feet off his nicely arranged desk and bent over to put them on the floor. Billie shrugged and ballanced his beer can on his knees. The room was in silence.
Billie let out a sigh..
"Sooo?.." he said, pausing. "I take it you got us a gig tonight?"
Billie gulped the rest of his beer down and threw the empty can in the waste paper bin. Larry was sorting out some demo tapes and completely forgot Billie was sitting opposite him, waiting for Tre and Mike to turn up.
"Well...helloooOooo???" chanted Billie against the ticking of the clock.
"What? Huhh? Oh yeah... wait till Mike and Tre get here," Stammered Larry, his brain still focused on labelling the tapes. About 3 minutes past then Mike came bursting in through the door with his girlfriend, Anastacia, glued to his hip. He had his arm around her and they were laughing. Billie rolled his eyes.
"Hey Mike, thanks for turning up half an hour late!" nagged Billie as Mike got two chairs out for him and Anastacia. Billie and Ana smiled at each other and Mike bent over the chair to kiss Ana.
"Hey you guys! get a room!" Laughed Billie ."Im getting jealous Mikes not kissing me!" the four people laughed and Tre slipped into the room, unnoticed.
"Woah! where did you come from!" Jumped Mike turning to his side to see tre sitting there smiling at him like a puppy.
"Magic!" smirked Tre.
"Riiiiiight?" nodded Billie.."Now can you tell us where we're playing?" he said impatiently.
Larry sat up in his chair and looked at the guys.
"OK. You are aware that Kerplunk's selling thousands and I've just had a new 500 pressings made?" They all nodded. "Your selling out every Gilman show you play?" Tre interrupted...
"Where is this going Larry?
Billie then took over.
"And we're out growing the underground scene?" he suggested.
Larry Nodded "Lookout records can't handle you!"
All 4 of them sat there shocked. To tell the truth, Billie, Tre and Mike had been wondering about the future of Green Day alot lately... They all knew they were out-growing lookout records, were they gonna sign to a major label? They all started chatting about record labels and gigs, Anastacia had to go to work so she left the guys there to figure stuff out. They came to a conclusion that they might have to sign to a major label, but what would their friends think?
"I got you a gig at some collage party tonight, I know its not what your used too but its not about money or publicity, theres gonna be some people from Epitaph records there, i got a tip off." Instructed Larry.
Green Day arrived at a typical Californian house in Rodeo, there was a big garage with music blasting out from it.
"Man, im hungry," Moaned Tre as they all carried their equiptment up to the open garage. They set up the amps and wondered off among the crowds of Collage kids to get some booze. Billie passed through to the kitchin diner and saw two green haired punk girls chatting and smoking joints. He made his way over there hoping to get a fix.
"Hey, can you believe I got Green day to play at my party?" Asked one of the girls.
"Yeah, i know!!! Since all the rumors that Green Day are signing to a major label started flying, I recon their just playing the party to make themselves look good, or to impress my dad so he'll sign them!" replied the other girl.
Billie paused in his foot steps and the whole room seemed to freeze. Green Day were sell outs? And then it occured to him... what the fuck where they doing thinking about leaving the underground scene, they were betrayers!
Billie, Mike and Tre had played a good show that night, despite the fact that Billie was knocked after hearing those girls, a few joints and about 7 beers and he had completely forgotten.
Dizzily, Billie made his way up the stairs, dodging drunk and knocked out couples making out on the stairs and even having sex! He made it up to the landing and the room started spinning. Billie headed for the first room he saw, or more importantly the first bed! He fell into a room with dolphin stickers on the door and buried himself under a huge pile of coats.
"Oooo... jeez he moaned to himself, he had taken a shot of cocaine and wasnt used to it, he wasnt sure if he liked it.
Next thing he knew he woke up in a small room, buried under a pile of coats and sitting on the camper bed. Music was still pumping downstairs and for some reason Billie felt clearer, it was still night but he was not as drunk.. or had a hangover, wtf?
He brightly sat up in the bed but left the coats covering him, he wasn't sure if he had puked or not??? "There we go!" croaked Billie to himself, taking a joint out of his pocket lighting up. Suddenly the door swung open and a girl about Billies age stood there blinking at him. Billie smiled lazily at the girl, he was stoned out of him mind.
"Damn!" she said kicking an empty beer can "I thought i put a lock on this door so i wouldn't get any drunk half wit's coming in my room to have sex???" she glared at Billie who was lying on her bed with his head propped up on the wall.
"Well, you got the drunk half-wit part right but trust me, I'm not having sex." smiled Billie. The girl gave out a little snort of laughter and Billie scooted over. "So I guess your gonna throw me out so you can have sex with your boyfriend or something?"
She smiled and gently shook her head, Billie looked her up and down. She had light blonde hair up to her shoulders with flecks of chestnut in there, big blue eyes and small almost elfin features, she was wearing bondage pants and a wooly jumper. Very different from billie's usual girlfriends, she bit her lip and looked at the black and blue haired punk rocker, a little confused.
"Your the lead singer from that band, arn't you, Billie Joe is it??
"The one and only!"
She had a big bottle of vodka in one hand and an ash tray in the other, Billie scooted over on the bed and patted the space next to him smiling. She gladdly sat down. "So now you know my name... whats yours? asked Billie, looking at the hot blonde punk as she lit up a cigarette.
"Maria."
Billie let out a sigh..
"Sooo?.." he said, pausing. "I take it you got us a gig tonight?"
Billie gulped the rest of his beer down and threw the empty can in the waste paper bin. Larry was sorting out some demo tapes and completely forgot Billie was sitting opposite him, waiting for Tre and Mike to turn up.
"Well...helloooOooo???" chanted Billie against the ticking of the clock.
"What? Huhh? Oh yeah... wait till Mike and Tre get here," Stammered Larry, his brain still focused on labelling the tapes. About 3 minutes past then Mike came bursting in through the door with his girlfriend, Anastacia, glued to his hip. He had his arm around her and they were laughing. Billie rolled his eyes.
"Hey Mike, thanks for turning up half an hour late!" nagged Billie as Mike got two chairs out for him and Anastacia. Billie and Ana smiled at each other and Mike bent over the chair to kiss Ana.
"Hey you guys! get a room!" Laughed Billie ."Im getting jealous Mikes not kissing me!" the four people laughed and Tre slipped into the room, unnoticed.
"Woah! where did you come from!" Jumped Mike turning to his side to see tre sitting there smiling at him like a puppy.
"Magic!" smirked Tre.
"Riiiiiight?" nodded Billie.."Now can you tell us where we're playing?" he said impatiently.
Larry sat up in his chair and looked at the guys.
"OK. You are aware that Kerplunk's selling thousands and I've just had a new 500 pressings made?" They all nodded. "Your selling out every Gilman show you play?" Tre interrupted...
"Where is this going Larry?
Billie then took over.
"And we're out growing the underground scene?" he suggested.
Larry Nodded "Lookout records can't handle you!"
All 4 of them sat there shocked. To tell the truth, Billie, Tre and Mike had been wondering about the future of Green Day alot lately... They all knew they were out-growing lookout records, were they gonna sign to a major label? They all started chatting about record labels and gigs, Anastacia had to go to work so she left the guys there to figure stuff out. They came to a conclusion that they might have to sign to a major label, but what would their friends think?
"I got you a gig at some collage party tonight, I know its not what your used too but its not about money or publicity, theres gonna be some people from Epitaph records there, i got a tip off." Instructed Larry.
Green Day arrived at a typical Californian house in Rodeo, there was a big garage with music blasting out from it.
"Man, im hungry," Moaned Tre as they all carried their equiptment up to the open garage. They set up the amps and wondered off among the crowds of Collage kids to get some booze. Billie passed through to the kitchin diner and saw two green haired punk girls chatting and smoking joints. He made his way over there hoping to get a fix.
"Hey, can you believe I got Green day to play at my party?" Asked one of the girls.
"Yeah, i know!!! Since all the rumors that Green Day are signing to a major label started flying, I recon their just playing the party to make themselves look good, or to impress my dad so he'll sign them!" replied the other girl.
Billie paused in his foot steps and the whole room seemed to freeze. Green Day were sell outs? And then it occured to him... what the fuck where they doing thinking about leaving the underground scene, they were betrayers!
Billie, Mike and Tre had played a good show that night, despite the fact that Billie was knocked after hearing those girls, a few joints and about 7 beers and he had completely forgotten.
Dizzily, Billie made his way up the stairs, dodging drunk and knocked out couples making out on the stairs and even having sex! He made it up to the landing and the room started spinning. Billie headed for the first room he saw, or more importantly the first bed! He fell into a room with dolphin stickers on the door and buried himself under a huge pile of coats.
"Oooo... jeez he moaned to himself, he had taken a shot of cocaine and wasnt used to it, he wasnt sure if he liked it.
Next thing he knew he woke up in a small room, buried under a pile of coats and sitting on the camper bed. Music was still pumping downstairs and for some reason Billie felt clearer, it was still night but he was not as drunk.. or had a hangover, wtf?
He brightly sat up in the bed but left the coats covering him, he wasn't sure if he had puked or not??? "There we go!" croaked Billie to himself, taking a joint out of his pocket lighting up. Suddenly the door swung open and a girl about Billies age stood there blinking at him. Billie smiled lazily at the girl, he was stoned out of him mind.
"Damn!" she said kicking an empty beer can "I thought i put a lock on this door so i wouldn't get any drunk half wit's coming in my room to have sex???" she glared at Billie who was lying on her bed with his head propped up on the wall.
"Well, you got the drunk half-wit part right but trust me, I'm not having sex." smiled Billie. The girl gave out a little snort of laughter and Billie scooted over. "So I guess your gonna throw me out so you can have sex with your boyfriend or something?"
She smiled and gently shook her head, Billie looked her up and down. She had light blonde hair up to her shoulders with flecks of chestnut in there, big blue eyes and small almost elfin features, she was wearing bondage pants and a wooly jumper. Very different from billie's usual girlfriends, she bit her lip and looked at the black and blue haired punk rocker, a little confused.
"Your the lead singer from that band, arn't you, Billie Joe is it??
"The one and only!"
She had a big bottle of vodka in one hand and an ash tray in the other, Billie scooted over on the bed and patted the space next to him smiling. She gladdly sat down. "So now you know my name... whats yours? asked Billie, looking at the hot blonde punk as she lit up a cigarette.
"Maria."
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