Joey, chapter 4
I did as I was told, straight away. My dad sighed, standing by the fire, stroking his stubble, thinking of the right words to use. He glanced over, and licked his lips.
"Joseph, what is wrong with your attitude? It stinks." he asked.
"I dunno, she started it" I muttered.
"She? Who's she!? The cat's mother!? Joey I am not impressed with you right now. You don't receive any allowance until further notice and, you are grounded from t.v, guitar and going out for a week!" he told me.
"Whatever. Just do me one thing?" I asked him.
"Huh?" he asked looking up.
"Talk to mom, please" I pleaded. He nodded.
"Go on to your room" he sighed. I left and went to my room. This sucks, no t.v! No guitar! Fuck. I need to practise. A week with out a guitar it is like my life. I sat down, and listened intently to see if I could hear them talking. Too right I heard them... yelling.
"Adie, I just said sorry, jeez! Gimme a break!" my dad yelled.
"No Billie Joe! I love you more than words can say, but you ignore that, you brush me off like a flee. You don't appreciate me!" my mom yelled back.
"Believe me Adie, I do appreciate you. All the songs, all the sleepless nights I spend on tour thinking of you, thinking of us." He said to her, by now I was out on the stairs. There was silence for a while.
"you never thought about that did you?" asked my dad, breaking the silence, I could tell from his quavering voice, that he was trying not to cry.
"I'm sorry Bill, I never thought of it like that, I never thought about the meaning behind your songs." she confessed. "Sure I knew they were about me. God I feel like shit now." She said, starting to sob.
"Adie come on, I just don't want us to be like this, I want us to be together. Forever." he told her, then I heard them kiss. I returned to my room, smiling to myself.
Later that day, I went downstairs. Mom and dad when lying together on the couch and Jakob was playing xbox.
"I'm sorry Joey" my mom said, sitting up.
"It's ok mom I am just so happy you and dad are back together" I said smiling. She smiled at me.
"Yeah we are. Forever" she told me, smiling herself.
For the rest of the day, I played Jakob on xbox. It was school tomorrow. Another day of hell. Another day being pretty much all alone. My friends would be with their girl friends. I couldn't trust many of the girls I had been out with. I haven't even had a first kiss and I am almost 15. Life sucks. But I love my parents. My dad didn't know he would be a famous musician. I went to bed that night, happy that my parents had finally made things up.... But for how long?
"Joseph, what is wrong with your attitude? It stinks." he asked.
"I dunno, she started it" I muttered.
"She? Who's she!? The cat's mother!? Joey I am not impressed with you right now. You don't receive any allowance until further notice and, you are grounded from t.v, guitar and going out for a week!" he told me.
"Whatever. Just do me one thing?" I asked him.
"Huh?" he asked looking up.
"Talk to mom, please" I pleaded. He nodded.
"Go on to your room" he sighed. I left and went to my room. This sucks, no t.v! No guitar! Fuck. I need to practise. A week with out a guitar it is like my life. I sat down, and listened intently to see if I could hear them talking. Too right I heard them... yelling.
"Adie, I just said sorry, jeez! Gimme a break!" my dad yelled.
"No Billie Joe! I love you more than words can say, but you ignore that, you brush me off like a flee. You don't appreciate me!" my mom yelled back.
"Believe me Adie, I do appreciate you. All the songs, all the sleepless nights I spend on tour thinking of you, thinking of us." He said to her, by now I was out on the stairs. There was silence for a while.
"you never thought about that did you?" asked my dad, breaking the silence, I could tell from his quavering voice, that he was trying not to cry.
"I'm sorry Bill, I never thought of it like that, I never thought about the meaning behind your songs." she confessed. "Sure I knew they were about me. God I feel like shit now." She said, starting to sob.
"Adie come on, I just don't want us to be like this, I want us to be together. Forever." he told her, then I heard them kiss. I returned to my room, smiling to myself.
Later that day, I went downstairs. Mom and dad when lying together on the couch and Jakob was playing xbox.
"I'm sorry Joey" my mom said, sitting up.
"It's ok mom I am just so happy you and dad are back together" I said smiling. She smiled at me.
"Yeah we are. Forever" she told me, smiling herself.
For the rest of the day, I played Jakob on xbox. It was school tomorrow. Another day of hell. Another day being pretty much all alone. My friends would be with their girl friends. I couldn't trust many of the girls I had been out with. I haven't even had a first kiss and I am almost 15. Life sucks. But I love my parents. My dad didn't know he would be a famous musician. I went to bed that night, happy that my parents had finally made things up.... But for how long?
