Billie Joe and Adie...A Bond That Will Rock On Forever!, chapter 3
Billie Joe jumped on the couch with a can of beer.
"Hey Bill, how's life as a high school drop out doing ya?!" smirked Terry, collapsing on the couch next to Billie Joe and snatching his beer.
"How you doing with the band?"
"Its great! we're working on our second album and I guess all the pieces are coming into place, we're a pretty fucking cool band!" croaked Billie.
"You OK???" asked terry.
"Yeah, I just feel like shit, must be a bug or something."
"Umm yeah, this might not be a good time then," said terry suddenly looking uncomfortable
"But John wants quits."
There was a silence.
After a five minute silence Billie Joe got up from the couch and tried to mutter something
"But....Why?"
"I dunno, probably because you guys are getting too big" he replied looking away from Billie Joe's eyes." Billie immediately ran outside and grabbed the pay phone (they didn't have their own in the little rat infested squat) and rang John.
"So, we're selling out huh ???" he yelled "Me and Mike finally get somewhere in life and all you can do is throw us a load of crap!!!"
"Billie, look, I'm not walking out on you because we're getting big, I mean for the last 3 or 4 years Green Day is all we've done and I'm realising that there's more to life than drinking beer and playing in a band." There was a pause
"I'm going to move to collage."
Billie Joe slammed the phone down, he knew deep down that if this is what John wanted to do there was no stopping him but for the last 6 years Green Day was all Billie Joe and Mike had done, they had no other skills and seeing as Billie Joe had recently dropped out of high school to focus on his music it looked like they were heading no where. Mike was just as frustrated as Billie Joe when he heard the news. Billie felt bad, the last time he felt this bad was when he had to say goodbye to a girl he met about a year ago in Minneapolis. That girl had always stuck in Billie's head, she wasn't like any other girl he had ever met, he really did genuinely like her but as a consequence to Billie Joe's fondness of weed and alcohol he had forgotten her name!!! He remembered staring into her eyes and kissing her. Actually, he remembered kissing her ALOT, it was funny because although her name was like a blank piece of paper he remembered kissing her so vividly. Next thing he knew he has written a song and it was a pretty damn good one.
"Hey Bill, what ya doing???" said Mike walking into the room.
"MIIIIKE," cried Billie wrapping his arms around Mike and crying into his shoulder. "
I'm soooo fucking confused, everyone's growing up without me, I feel so fucked up, maybe we should just call it quits we should get a job and toss Green day." Mike was taken Back
"Look, we've gotten so far, we kick ass you can work at a dead end job for all I care but if I were you I'd get your arms off me before we end up having sex and get out there and find a new drummer, one that isn't a quitter!!!" Mike said. Billie Joe laughed and went back to thinking about the girl with no name. He didn't have a drummer and was in love with another girl he could barley remember but the one thing he was sure about was that he did have a good friend. maybe one day he'll meet this Minnesota girl again.
"Hey Bill, how's life as a high school drop out doing ya?!" smirked Terry, collapsing on the couch next to Billie Joe and snatching his beer.
"How you doing with the band?"
"Its great! we're working on our second album and I guess all the pieces are coming into place, we're a pretty fucking cool band!" croaked Billie.
"You OK???" asked terry.
"Yeah, I just feel like shit, must be a bug or something."
"Umm yeah, this might not be a good time then," said terry suddenly looking uncomfortable
"But John wants quits."
There was a silence.
After a five minute silence Billie Joe got up from the couch and tried to mutter something
"But....Why?"
"I dunno, probably because you guys are getting too big" he replied looking away from Billie Joe's eyes." Billie immediately ran outside and grabbed the pay phone (they didn't have their own in the little rat infested squat) and rang John.
"So, we're selling out huh ???" he yelled "Me and Mike finally get somewhere in life and all you can do is throw us a load of crap!!!"
"Billie, look, I'm not walking out on you because we're getting big, I mean for the last 3 or 4 years Green Day is all we've done and I'm realising that there's more to life than drinking beer and playing in a band." There was a pause
"I'm going to move to collage."
Billie Joe slammed the phone down, he knew deep down that if this is what John wanted to do there was no stopping him but for the last 6 years Green Day was all Billie Joe and Mike had done, they had no other skills and seeing as Billie Joe had recently dropped out of high school to focus on his music it looked like they were heading no where. Mike was just as frustrated as Billie Joe when he heard the news. Billie felt bad, the last time he felt this bad was when he had to say goodbye to a girl he met about a year ago in Minneapolis. That girl had always stuck in Billie's head, she wasn't like any other girl he had ever met, he really did genuinely like her but as a consequence to Billie Joe's fondness of weed and alcohol he had forgotten her name!!! He remembered staring into her eyes and kissing her. Actually, he remembered kissing her ALOT, it was funny because although her name was like a blank piece of paper he remembered kissing her so vividly. Next thing he knew he has written a song and it was a pretty damn good one.
"Hey Bill, what ya doing???" said Mike walking into the room.
"MIIIIKE," cried Billie wrapping his arms around Mike and crying into his shoulder. "
I'm soooo fucking confused, everyone's growing up without me, I feel so fucked up, maybe we should just call it quits we should get a job and toss Green day." Mike was taken Back
"Look, we've gotten so far, we kick ass you can work at a dead end job for all I care but if I were you I'd get your arms off me before we end up having sex and get out there and find a new drummer, one that isn't a quitter!!!" Mike said. Billie Joe laughed and went back to thinking about the girl with no name. He didn't have a drummer and was in love with another girl he could barley remember but the one thing he was sure about was that he did have a good friend. maybe one day he'll meet this Minnesota girl again.
