A Happy Ending?, chapter 1
"Go! Fight! Win!" I say along with my cheer squad. OK I'm Kyleigh Wright, I'm not head of my HS cheer team or president of student council or anything, in fact I'm pretty ordinary. I really like surfing, unfortunately my mom's a TV anchor and got promoted to the Good Morning America station, so instead of being with my friends at the beach surfing back in Huntington Beach I'm stuck here, in NYC. Even though I'm only 15 I know more famous people than most 99 year old people do. I don't have a dad, he died. So the closest thing I have to a dad is my uncle, Uncle Tre. He's my mom's brother, but they are really tight. He's from a band, pretty cool, I guess. I don't know I'm not too into the whole "punk rock" thing like he is, I like classic rock best. Everyone likes either Tre (weird I don't know why, he still eats his buggars and wears Daffy Duck pj's.) or Billie Joe. I think he likes my mom. I saw them kissing. He's pretty cool.
"Oh shit" I mutter under my breath, I'm the one that gets tossed in the air and I'm like a second late. Free fall for a split second. "Ahh!" I scream as I hit the ground without people under me.
The next thing I know I'm in the hospital with a broken leg and a concussion and my mom and... Tre?!
"Tre?!" I laughed at him he was "under cover" as an older lady!!
"Oh, the princess has finally awoken. Now shut up." Tre says looking sternly, but really joking.
"Hunny! Oh my gosh you scared us!" my mom says coming over to my bedside.
"I'm fine." I say as Billie Joe walks in with flowers.
"So, uh, they dropped you?" Billie Joe asks timidly.
"Thank you Captain Obvious. I don't think we would've figured that out without you!" Tre says sarcastically.
"Fuck you." Billie Joe says and hands me some flowers, and went over to kiss my mom. She pushed him away. He gave her a confused look.
"I need to tell you guys something, sit down." My mom says seriously and pauses for a minute.
"Oh my God. Are you pregnant?!" Billie Joe asks in a rushed/nervous voice. We all turn to look at him and then my mom with wide eyes.
"No!" My mom says looking back at us.
"Oh phweew!" Billie Joe said with a look of relief.
"Ew, that's gross." I say. "So what were you going to tell us?"
"OK, don't freak out on me here. Kyleigh, your dad is in town."
"What?!" we all said at once.
"He's dead!" I screamed.
"What does that piece of shit want this time? He's not getting near Kyleigh." Tre said protectively.
"Listen and shut up!" Mom said sternly. "He's here and he wants to see Kyleigh. It's up to you though. Do you want to see him?" My mom asks me.
"Yes! But I'm confused, I thought he died in a car crash, before I was born?"
"No, he was actually put in jail for heroin abuse about 15 years ago." My mom said looking down at her hands.
"OK, no. This isn't right! You've been telling me for my entire life that my dad is dead. Now you tell me he is alive, and trying to contact me!?"
"Yes, I—"
"No! Save it! I'm leaving!" I say and Tre stifles a laugh. I give him a dirty look. We all knew I Couldn't get up. So I crossed my arms and stared threw the window at Tim—TIM! Oh my gosh! I love Tim! Why is he here? Everyone turned out the window to see what I was so stoked about.
"Who's that? You know him?" Tre asks.
"Yes, leave please, and let him in." As they walked outside my hospital door and Tre's "hair" falls off.
"Fuck!" Tre said picking up his "hair." Tim looked at him confused and went in my room with some white roses, my favorite.
"Hey Kyleigh!" Tim said smiling coming in and giving me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Tim!"
"Here... I um brought these for you. Are you OK?"
"Oh ya, I'm OK. I mean my head, arms, back, butt, and legs hurt, but you're here so I'm fine." I say and then I can't believe I just said that. He looked a bit shocked too, but pleased.
"Oh ya, I almost forgot!" He stood up and out of his back pocket pulled out a thin, square, wrapped gift.
"Oh Tim! Thanks! You didn't need to!"
"Oh shut up Ky, just open it!"
"K." I open it. It's a Nirvana CD! I already have it but Tim gave it to me!
"AH! Thank you SO much Tim!" I say opening my arms out and he hugs me. My mom and Tre come in with BJ. My mom held out her cell phone.
"For you...it's your dad." My mom said and handed me her phone.
"Oh my God!!" I screamed and took it. "Hello?" I ask into the phone nervously.
"Hey Kyleigh. Um, I'm your dad."
"H-hey."
"Look I'm really sorry I haven't been there for you these past years."
"Ya, it's OK. It's mainly mom and Tre's fault." I glare at Tre. He shrugs his shoulders.
"No, it's not OK, but I just wanted you to know that I'm coming to see you in a few minutes."
"OK, so like what's your name even? What's your job? Do you even have a job?" I ask.
"My name's Kurt, and my job is being the lead guitarist in a little band."
"Oh, that's cool. K see ya in a bit?" I ask.
"Ya, by Kyleigh." My dad says to me. I get off the phone and hand it to my mom. I smile, I just talked to my dad, for the first time in my life.
"Kurt?" I ask my mom.
"Cobain." Tre says smugly.
"Why don't you like him Tre?"
"Because he's a low-down, good for nothing, scumbag! That's why!" Tre says angrily.
"Well, then leave." I say stubbornly.
"No, I want to see what the scumbag looks like now." Tre says
"Maybe I should leave?" Tim asks.
"No, stay, I want to introduce you guys, and I want you to meet my dad too." I say smiling. "Tim, this is my mom, Jenny, this is my uncle, Tre, and this is Billie Joe, my mom's...boyfriend??" I ask.
"Hm? Oh ya." BJ says looking up from his hands.
"Holy crap! Are you--?" Tim starts to say but is cut off by Tre.
"Ya, ya, ya. And you know who else your going to meet?" Tre asks Tim.
"Who?"
"Kurt Cobain." Tre says with disgust.
"Oh shut up Tre you're not funny! Tim, just ignore him, and Tre, take off your disguise, you look ridiculous. "
"OK, whatever. No one takes me seriously."
"Well, maybe that's because your room is full of sponge bob crap! You gay wad!" I say.
"Gay wad?! Haha who uses that word anymore? Oh ya I forgot you're in 2nd grade! Oooh!" Tre says like a little kid.
"Shut up!" Tim was trying hard not to laugh.
"So Tim, tell us about yourself." My mom asked him.
"Well, I have an older sister, Abbi and parents. I've known Kyleigh since 7th grade and I uhh play the drums." Tim says.
"Oh cool! Me too!" Tre says giddily as my dad walks in. My mom got up and gave him a hug and smiled. BJ clenched his fists while Tre's veins popped out.
"Hey Kyleigh." I saw him for the first time ever. My jaw dropped, Tre groaned, and Tim squealed like a little girl. We all turned to stare at Tim, then back at my dad.
"Hey." I manage to say.
"Oh my gosh!" Tim said looking at the CD he had just given me and then back at him.
"Wow. Are you real? Why are you coming now?" I ask him.
"Because I'm ready now to have a life."
"Now that my childhood is almost over?!"
"Yes, I'm sorry Kyleigh. I didn't even know until a year ago that you thought I was dead! I've tried to contact you for almost 5 years, but thanks to Bozo Butt over here," pointing to Tre. "I couldn't."
Tre glared back at him with pure hate.
"So Kurt Cobain?" I ask curious. "I never would've guessed you were my dad. Maybe Johnny Ramone...but this is so weird." Just then I pass out.
"Kyleigh!" everyone yelled, shaking me. Then Tre got a "bright idea."
"Hey let's dump water on her."
"No!" I say surprising them all.
"Gosh Kyleigh! Don't do that again!" My mom said.
"So what now?" I ask awkwardly.
"Well--" my mom starts but her cell phone rings. "Hold on" she says to us. "Hello? Oh hi Diane. Right now? OK I'll be there ASAP. Bye."
"Where do you have to go?" Tre asks.
"A new story... " is all my mom says.
"Where?" Tre and I demand knowing it could be anywhere.
"Baghdad" My mom says.
"Ugh! Mom! No! Tell them I'm on my deathbed or something!" I say desperately.
"No, I have to go."
"So who's Kyleigh staying with this time?" Tre asks, knowing the answer, him as usual.
"Well I'm gone for 6 days so she'll be here for tonight, go home tomorrow with one of you guys... "
"I'll take her Jenny." My...dad speaks up.
"Absolutely not." Tre says.
"Why do you hate me so much? You're the one who does drugs, smokes, cusses too much, and has hangovers at least ten times a week! Me? No." My dad says fiery.
"Well...at least I wasn't in jail for 8 years."
"Shut up! I'm staying with Billie Joe." I say. Billie Joe looks up from his hands.
"K that's cool."
"OK, settled. I need to go pack." My mom says coming over to give me a hug and kiss, then Billie, and gave Tre a peck on the cheek. She gave Kurt a hug and said by to Tim and walked out the door.
"OK!" Billie Joe claps his hands and asks, "So who wants ice cream?" Of course everyone does. "Hey Tim?" Billie Joe asks him.
"Ya?"
"Do you wanna come with me?"
"Ya!" Tim says and they walk out of the room.
*Billie Joe's POV*
"So do you like Nirvana?" Tim asks me in my car.
"Ya, not so much Kurt, but he's OK. They've got some good songs. Tre hates him though."
"Ha ya I caught onto that pretty quick." Tim says with a grin.
"Haha ya." I say. "So do you like Kyleigh? Don't worry I'm not as protective as Tre."
"Well, ya. I guess I sort of have since like 7th grade."
"Well, why don't you ask her out or something?"
"I don't know. I doubt if she'd go out with me. I'm just a freshman, she's a sophomore. Like in 7th grade I had a bunch of older girlfriends, but now in high school, the older girls like the older guys, not the younger ones, especially freshmen." Tim says.
"Well, dude, just go for what you want! That's what I did, and look at me now!"
"Easy for you to say! I've been to one of your concerts, thousands of girls screaming your
Name."
"Ya, but that's only because I went for what I wanted."
"So what should I do now?" Tim asks me.
"Now that Tim, that's up to you, but right now I'm getting out of the car because we're here."
"Oh ya, Haha me too."
"So what kind do you want? I'll take a Cookies and Cream please." I say to the young girl at the counter.
"I'll take Mint chocolate chip please" Tim says.
"OK, and 2 more C&C's and one cookie dough."
"Coming right up." The girl at the counter working says to us, eyeing me.
*TIM'S POV*
Gosh, even at Cold Stone Billie Joe can get a girl.
"Here you go Billie Joe." The girl says and smiles.
"Thank you." Billie Joe says and looks at her name tag, "Kendra." She giggles and asks for an autograph. He gives it to her and we walk out the door.
"She didn't want my autograph?!" I say and we laugh. WE get into his black Escalade in the dark. He turns on the radio. And guess what comes on? Yup, Nirvana.
"So do you have brothers or sisters?" Billie Joe asks me.
*BJ'S POV*
After I asked him that his face drops.
"Well, I have a sister, Abbi, and I had a little brother, he and my dad were...murdered."
I just know my face probably looked retarded. I didn't care though.
"Wow, geez I'm sorry. I know how you feel, my dad died too."
"Yours died too?" Tim asks me.
"Ya, of lung cancer when I was 10."
"Wow."
"Wait! I saw your dad and bro on TV. I wanna kick that guy's ass so bad. He killed one of my best friends too." I say getting mad.
"Really? Ya that guys in jail now, on death row."
*BILLIE JOE'S POV*
We arrive at the hospital and walk into Kyleigh's room.
"Holy S—" Tim says.
"Tre! Off!" Tre was ready to punch Kurt, and had him on the ground. Kyleigh was asleep, not now though.
"What the fuck is going on?!" I yell furious, pulling the 5'6" man a.k.a. Tre off Kurt.
"Kurt tried to punch me just then!" Tre says.
"Oh B.S. You were about to punch him." I say.
"OK I'm leaving. By Kyleigh, I'll see you soon." Kurt says. "By Billie Joe and Tim."
"By!" Tim and I say.
"By, dad." Kyleigh says awkwardly.
"Ya I better get home too, See ya guys later!" Tim says and leaves.
"By!" we all say.
"He's a cool kid. You should go out with him Kyleigh." I say.
"Oh yes! He's so popular! All the girls love him." Kyleigh says.
"Well, he thinks your way cooler than he is."
"B.S."
"OK I'm leaving." Tre says angry.
"By" we say, again.
"I'll Be right back Kyleigh." I say and walk into the hall.
"BJ!" Someone whispers. I look around. No one. "BJ! Over here. The water fountain!"
"Oh shit. I think I'm stoned." I mutter.
"No, you retard! It's me, Joey." The water fountain says.
"Come out." I say confused at how a water, named Joey was talking to me.
"K" it says "IT" is really Joey Ramone! My best friend.
"Joey!" I say opening my arms out.
"BJ!" He says embracing me.
"Gosh I haven't seen you forever dude!" I say.
"I know, since Johnny died." He says sad.
"Ya. And you know what?" I ask.
"Huh?"
"That bastard that killed Johnny also killed Kyleigh's good friend Tim's dad and little brother."
"Holy shit! No way!"
"Ya. Come in, come see Kyleigh."
"Hey Ky!" Joey says enthusiastically.
"Joey!!" Kyleigh says giving him a hug.
"Here, I brought you something."
"Really?!" Kyleigh says.
"Yes, really you nerd. Here." He gives her a... .
"Omigod, omigod, omigod! You knew too! Why didn't you tell me Joey?! I thought that if you knew you would tell!" Kyleigh screams crying.
"What?!" Joey asks almost to tears looking at me confused. I put my head in my hands.
"Fuck." I mutter under my breath.
"You knew too Joey! Why didn't you tell me?! We tell each other everything!"
"I really don't know what you're talking about Kyleigh!"
"My dad."
"Is dead." Joey finished it for her.
"No, he's not! You knew that!"
"OK...I don't know what you're smoking...but I want some... I haven't had a joint in a long time, it's killing me." Joey says, in thought.
"I'm not smoking anything, I never will/have. Do you really not know my dad?" Kyleigh asks.
"No...and I thought Nirvana was your favorite band... But I'll be more than happy to get you a Ramone's CD." Joey said and flashed a toothy white smile.
"No. Kurt Cobain's my dad Joey." Kyleigh said. Joey's jaw dropped, he looked at me, I nodded.
"Fuck. Why am I so blazed right now??" Joey asks, sorta to himself.
"Your not buggar breath." Kyleigh says sarcastically.
"For real?" Joey asks in disbelief.
"Yes, for real."
"Man, how come I didn't know this?!" Joey asks.
"Because... I don't know Tre's a loser." I say.
"Uhum! I should've been the first one to know!" Kyleigh spurts out.
"Ya but your mom and Tre didn't want you to get hurt." I say.
"Whatever. Good night." Kyleigh says.
"Are you staying here all night?" Joey whispers to me as we walk out into the hall and sit in the chairs outside of her room.
"Ya, I have to, Jen's in Baghdad." I say.
"O ouch. I'll stay too." Joey says.
"K good, go get me food. I'm starving!" I say stubbornly.
"Do you have any money? I don't...Well, actually I do, be right back." Joey says.
"Thanks bro! I love you!" I call after him as he walks down the hall.
*10 MINUTES LATER*
"DUUUUDE! Your song's on!" Joey comes back in a giddy prance.
"Ehmahgod!" I say in a 13 year girl voice. Joey cracks and hands me a...Twinkie.
"Fuck that! Where'd you get that? Your shoe?! It's all smashed and screwed up!"
"Heehee actually it was in my underwear." Joey said giggly.
"Oh! Well, in that case!" I say and take a bite. We laugh and sit down in the chairs outside of Kyleigh's room, half hoping a fan would recognize us. We were really bored.
"So why did Kyleigh's dad come now?" Joey asks me.
"I dunno, I guess he got out of jail a while ago and supposedly he'd been trying to contact her, but Tre wouldn't let him."
"Wow. Kurt Cobain. Geez Kyleigh has a lot of pot smokers in her family!" Joey says laughing.
"Haha ya, especially if she counts me and you!" I say back.
"Ya, so speaking of family...are you and Jenny getting married...or what?" Joey asks.
"Think so. I want to. But we're only 30 so we have a lot of time." I say.
"Ya. But that's what Johnny said. Before he got...murdered." Joey says tearing up a bit. I pat him on the back.
"Well, then, when Jenny comes back I'll pop the question, k?" I say.
"Um, well my soon to be step-bro-in law I think I'm going to check on Kyleigh." Joey says awkwardly then gets up and leaves me in sort of a day dreamy, unreal state. I snap out of it.
"Wait! What?! "My step-bro-in law?" I ask confused. Joey comes back over and sits down.
"K, um, well you know how Jenny had an older half sister?" Joey asks me.
"Ya." I say, a bit confused as to where this was going.
"Well...we were, married."
*JOEY'S POV*
"No way!" Billie Joe says, I start tearing up again.
'Ya. We were both 22. I loved her so much, still do. We were only married for 2 years. I knew her since we were both 7." I say sadly.
"Man, I'm sorry dude." Billie Joe says.
"Tre introduced us at a park. She was a thin, brown haired, blue eyed little thing. A lot like Jenny. She found out she had, Leukemia when she was 19. She didn't tell me though. She just said I couldn't fall in love with her. I didn't realize I loved her so much until she said that." I say taking in a deep breath.
"So when she turned 20 she told me she had cancer. We were going out by that time. I totally flipped. I couldn't believe it. But we got married anyway. She and I both knew she was going to die, but we loved each other so much. I even wrote the song "Yea, Yea" for her." I say starting to cry, this was hard for me. Even though Kristen died years ago, I still miss her so, so much. "I want her back so bad, it would make Jenny so happy to have her. I remember when Jenny was a little girl, about 14; she would cry herself to sleep because Kristen, she missed her. Kristen's about 10 years older than her. Jenny went through a really bad time at that age, always getting in trouble, bad grades, feeling like the stupidest person ever, when her friends were smart. It's not fun or cool to be stupid she says. Then she learned she also had another half sister, she died too. Then her grandpa died. Her favorite person in the world. She was seriously depressed, didn't really show it though. I remember this. At this time she sorta shut people out, even me, one of her closest friends. Tre wasn't as traumatized as Jenny was." I say and take a deep breath.
"Wow, I never knew any of this." Billie Joe says in a faze.
"Ya. Not very many people do. She definitely could have used a sister at these times. But she had Tre, me, and her best friend ever, Alex. I will never forget Alex, ever. She sorta filled in Jenny's need for a sister. I mean considering we were guys and all." I say.
"Wait, so is that why Jenny said she was going to name her next kid Kristen Alexis Hollis?"
"Yup." I say.
"Holy Poop!!" A little miniature lady with a Louie bag walks in looking flustered.
"Haley!!" I say jumping up and embracing her.
"Joey?! Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you in at least 5 years! How are you? How's Kyleigh?" She asks.
"Ah she's good, I'm okay. How are you?" I ask her.
"Good, um, I just lost something." Haley says feeling her skirt pockets.
"What? I ask amused. This is how Haley has always been.
"About $700. It's OK, I'll just stop by the ATM tomorrow I guess.
"About $700?!" Billie Joe butts in.
"Oh ya, Haley, this is my good friend Billie Joe Armstrong. BJ, this is my good friend, Haley." Haley almost tips out of her little tiny high heels.
"OH-MY-GOSH!" She says slowly. "Omigod! I love you!" Haley says and jumps up on BJ and he's "carrying" her as she hugs him. I ca-rack. Billie gives me a "get her off me" look.
"Oh ya, Haley? He's also Jen's boyfriend...or fiancé?" I say and ask him.
"Well, not yet, but soon." Billie Joe says. Haley jumps down.
"Omigod! I had no idea! I'm so sorry!" She says.
"It's OK. I get it a lot." Billie Joe says cockily. I look at Haley and grin, roll my eyes and shake my head, all at the same time, yes I am skilled.
*BILLE JOE'S POV*
Haley looks like a blonde haired Eva Longoria! But she's a little...crazy, but cool.
"So Jenny told me to come and keep an eye on Kyleigh tonight. She also said you would be here." Haley said pointing to Joey. Joey pointed back at her and winked. How cute.
*JOEY'S POV*
"Sooo, where's my Tre?" Haley asks giggly. She was in love with him. I think Tre liked her too.
"Oh, he and Kurt got in a fight. So Tre got pissed and went home." Billie Joe says.
"Oh, darn." Haley says looking disappointed. Then her $800 European cell phone rings. "Spit!" she says as she looks down at who's calling her. She's very modest when it comes to words, she doesn't really cuss.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"Ugh, my ex husband. Hello?" She answers. "Yes Donald, what do you need? Oh thank you...OK...OK bye."
"What happened?" I ask.
"Oh I left one of my Louie bags and a few credit cards at our old house and he found them."
"I didn't know you were married?" I ask.
"Ya...it was even in the newspapers." Haley says nonchalantly.
"Holy fuck! Who were you married to?!" Billie Joe asks. Haley shakes her finger at him.
"Stop the cussing! I was married to, Mr. Trump."
"No way!" me and BJ both say in shock.
"Ya and I just got 30 Billion dollars, our daughter gets 47 Billion, when she is old enough, and he passes off."
"Wow." Is all we could say.
"K, well, where do I sleep?" She asks.
"Here, next to Kyleigh." I say pointing to a chair. Haley makes a face and sits down. Me and BJ laugh. We walk out the door and sit in the chairs we were in.
"So, wanna hit a few bars tonight?" I say, sorta s a joke because I know how drunk Billie Joe can get.
"Haha, no. I told Jenny I would watch Kyleigh, and she sends in Haley, meaning she doesn't think I'm responsible enough. So, no."
"Wow, you're good. Heehee, ya she sent me in too." I say.
"What the fuck?!" BJ says and stands up abruptly. "Go home! I didn't know you were babysitting me!" Wow Billie's pissed.
"NO. I can't...this is my home." I say sadly.
"What? You're full of BS Joey. You have about 10 homes, now pick one and go."
"Billie, you don't understand, I live here now. OK? Jenny sent me down here to keep you company, and Haley down here because Kyleigh might want to see her, and Haley needed somewhere to go."
"Wait, why do you live here? You're not sick, are you Joey?! No! you can't be. You're my best friend. What's wrong? Tell me now Joey." Billie Joe said in a concerned/demanding voice.
"Well, yes, I am." I take off my wig and show him a bald head. Billie Joe brakes down crying in his chair. I pat him on the back.
"Why didn't you tell me Jo?"
"Because, have you ever heard the saying, 'Live like you were dying?' Ya, well that's like saying live life to it's fullest, and I have been. I didn't want everyone around me to treat me any different."
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard Joey. What's wrong? Do you have cancer?"
"Ya, lung cancer."
"Fuck." Billie Joe says.
"Stop smoking. Pretty soon I'm going to be on my deathbed suffocating. You know all that weed we used to do every day? Ya well, I'm going to die from it now. Hell, it was fun at the time. But when you're my age in 10 years, you'll regret it. So stop it now and you'll live longer than me." I say, to Billie Joe, he looks really upset.
"So how long do you have?" He asks me.
"About 9 months."
"No, no, no!" Billie Joe yells making other people in the hall stop and stare.
"Ya, but it's OK. You know that The Bloodhound Gang, the band? "The song where they list the people who have/will go to hell?" I ask.
"Yes, what does that have to do anything with this?!" BJ asks me.
"Well! I'm not in that song! Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are though!" I say.
"Again, that is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard,"
"OK. Whatever." I say.
"Why didn't you fucking tell me?!"
"Because." I say.
"Fine." Billie Joe says and walks into the room, and sits in a chair. Haley was already asleep.
"Ya. But you wanna know something else BJ?" I ask into the room.
"Oh sure!" He says sarcastically.
"Jenny has Leukemia. She has 17 months." His face drops. He drops his lollipop he had in his mouth and ran. Tears streaming down his face he ran out of the hospital and into the lighted up city of San Diego.
*BILLIE JOE'S POV*
"So that's why Jenny's tired a lot. Oh my fucking god. Why?! Why now?! Why her? Why not me?! And Why Joey? Why did Johnny die? Why am I not dead? Why am I just fine?" I mutter to myself through tears. "I can't take this!" I scream and walk into the sand, going to the beach, Jenny's favorite place in the whole world. I sit down right as a huge wave breaks. I bury my head in my hands and sob. I guess I fell asleep, because the next thing I know Joey's laying beside me in his swimsuit, and his board right beside him. He was soaked, but even though it was probably about 2 a.m. it wasn't cold, just perfect. I didn't want to talk to him.
"Come one Billie. Jenny has a chance. She starts her chemo next week I think and the doctor says she has a better chance of getting through this than, dying." Joey says to me.
"Well, why the fuck did you guys not tell me about this? You seem to keep a lot of secrets from me. Are you guys married too?! Does Jenny have another kid I don't know about?! What? I don't seem to know very much about anything anymore!" I say irritated beyond a spork.
"We didn't tell you yet because we couldn't bring ourselves to. OK?! For fuck's sake! Think about us! And no, we are not married!" Joey says, also mad.
"Well, I don't know what else to say. Is there anything wrong with Kyleigh?" I ask.
"No, thankfully. But we better get back." I look at my watch, 3:12 a.m. We start back to the hospital, me and Joey with his surfboard. Boy, he looks skinny and worn out.
"So were you ever going to tell me? Or when one of you guys died, I would just have to come to grips with it, never even saying goodbye." I ask Joey.
"No. I thought we already went through this?! We were going to tell you. Who knows? Jenny may have 3 more days, she might get in a car crash, or she might have 60 more years. We don't know!"
"K, sorry Jo." I say and we walk into the hospital up to Kyleigh's room. Of course, my songs on, "When September Ends," Gosh, why now? Of all times. Joey looks at me sadly. We both crash on 2 chairs and fall asleep.
MORNING *KYLEIGH'S POV* MORNING
I open my eyes and see three of my favorite people! Joey, BJ, and Haley!
"Haley!!" I yell, forgetting Billie Joe and Joey are asleep.
"Hey sweets!" She says coming over to my bed and giving me a big hug. "How are you today?"
"Good. Am I staying with you?!"
"Well, sorta, your mom sent me to stay with Billie Joe and you."
"Yes! This is awesome!" I say.
"Yup, so have you seen Tre lately??" Haley asks me curiously.
"Haha ya, I knew you were going to ask me that. Wow, you haven't seen him in a long time! He's coming this morning, probably anytime now." I say.
"Oh goody!" Haley says jumping up, laughing, and clapping. Billie Joe and Joey wake up.
"Geez could you guys be any louder?" Joey asks grumpily.
"Oh, ya sorry boys." Haley whispers. Tre walks in, with flowers, two bouquets. I'm guessing he knew Haley was here.
"Ahhhh!!" Haley squeals jumping up and running up to him. Tre smiles so big you could fit a size 5A drumstick in there! He sets the flowers down and picks her up and hugs her.
"Haley!"
"Oh my gosh Tre! I've missed you so much!" Haley says still hugging him.
"Me too. Here," he hands her a bouquet of flowers, "here, these are for you." Haley takes them and almost passes out.
"Thank you so much Tre!"
"Welcome. Hey you guys! Hey Ky! Wow you guys look tired, stay up too late?" Tre asks Billie Joe and Joey.
"Uh, ya sure." Joey says.
"So how's Ol' Donald?" Tre asks Haley. Haley looks down.
"I guess he's good. I don't know."
"Oh, I thought you guys were married?" Tre asks cautiously. Haley starts to cry. Tre walks close to her and wraps his arms around her. She cries on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Haley. I didn't know. It's OK, you deserve someone better." Tre says soothingly.
"Like you?" Haley asks, looking up to his face.
"Yes-wait! I don't know, is that what you want?" Tre asks sorta caught off guard. Haley nods her head and Tre wipes her tear stained face.
"Wow. What is this? Some sort of Soap Opera?!" I ask.
*HALEY'S POV*
"Pssh. Ya, no kidding." Billie Joe mutters.
"So Joey and Tre, does Kyleigh know about Jenny?" Billie Joe asks Joey. Joey gives BJ a glare and Tre looks at him at first confused, then shocked and looked at Billie Joe with a mean look.
"Yes, Jenny's in Baghdad. She knows of course." Joey says.
"No silly! I think he's talking about her cancer." I say to Joey. Tre looks, again shocked. He quickly looks at Joey. Joey looks like he's going to kill Billie Joe
"Ya, that's it Haley, thanks!" Billie Joe says to me.
"What? Sorry, I wasn't really listening, my favorite songs on." Kyleigh says to us.
*TRE'S POV*
Holy ca-rap! That was close, way close. "Oh nothing Kyleigh. Never mind."
"K. So, what time is Kurt coming?" Kyleigh asks me.
"I don't know. I don't really care." I say a bit coldly.
"Kurt?" Haley asks with a blank look.
"Kyleigh's dad." Tre says making a face.
"Wow! I've missed a lot!" Haley says. Kurt walks in.
"Hey Kyleigh! Hey everyone!" Kurt says with a smile.
"Hey!" Kyleigh says. "Oh, dad, this is Haley, our family's close friend. Haley, this is my dad, Kurt." Haley's mouth dropped.
"Oh my gosh. You are gorgeous!" Haley says shaking his hand and staring with her mouth open. I almost puke. Wait?! Haley like me/?! I thought...
"Haha um thanks, so are you." Kurt says. Haley look like she might pass out. I give Kurt the meanest Tre Coolest look I've ever given to anyone. His eyes dart from me to Haley, and back to me. Then he puts his hands up, (like he's about to play patty cake." And backs up; showing me, she's mine. I nod.
"So what time am I going home?" Kyleigh asks. I look at my watch, 10:15 a.m.
"Well, you're staying with Billie Joe. Haley, who are you staying with?" I ask.
"Umm I don't know yet."
Well, I've got guest rooms, guest houses, etc., if you want to stay with me?" I say.
"OK! Sounds fun!" Haley says. Billie Joe looks at me, grins, and rolls his eyes. I make a "gun" with my fingers and point it at him and grin.
"Where'd Joey go?" Kyleigh asks.
"I don't know, he was just here I thought." Billie Joe said looking around. "Joey!" he called.
"What the fuck do you want?!" Joey asks peeking his head over the chair he was behind.
"Oh. I found him." BJ says. We all laugh.
"K, let's get Kyleigh all packed up so we can go home." I say. "Joey, you wanna come with us?"
"Um, I can't. I uh...am going somewhere. Sorry." He says.
"OK, but you should swing by sometime later, if you can." I say.
"K, but I'm pretty sure I can't, but we'll see." Joey says and looks down. Billie Joe looks down too.
"Ok, what am I missing here?" I ask confused.
"Nothing." Billie Joe says and looks away. My cell phone rings.
"Hello? Oh hi Melissa." I say and then whisper out to everyone in the room. "Its Jenny's agent." They nod. "What?! Is she okay? Oh my God. OK, I'll t-ttell them...B-bye." The blood drains from my face.
"Y-ou guys?" I start to say. Everyone looks worried.
"Ya Tre?" Billie Joe says, and then I black out.
"Oh shit" I mutter under my breath, I'm the one that gets tossed in the air and I'm like a second late. Free fall for a split second. "Ahh!" I scream as I hit the ground without people under me.
The next thing I know I'm in the hospital with a broken leg and a concussion and my mom and... Tre?!
"Tre?!" I laughed at him he was "under cover" as an older lady!!
"Oh, the princess has finally awoken. Now shut up." Tre says looking sternly, but really joking.
"Hunny! Oh my gosh you scared us!" my mom says coming over to my bedside.
"I'm fine." I say as Billie Joe walks in with flowers.
"So, uh, they dropped you?" Billie Joe asks timidly.
"Thank you Captain Obvious. I don't think we would've figured that out without you!" Tre says sarcastically.
"Fuck you." Billie Joe says and hands me some flowers, and went over to kiss my mom. She pushed him away. He gave her a confused look.
"I need to tell you guys something, sit down." My mom says seriously and pauses for a minute.
"Oh my God. Are you pregnant?!" Billie Joe asks in a rushed/nervous voice. We all turn to look at him and then my mom with wide eyes.
"No!" My mom says looking back at us.
"Oh phweew!" Billie Joe said with a look of relief.
"Ew, that's gross." I say. "So what were you going to tell us?"
"OK, don't freak out on me here. Kyleigh, your dad is in town."
"What?!" we all said at once.
"He's dead!" I screamed.
"What does that piece of shit want this time? He's not getting near Kyleigh." Tre said protectively.
"Listen and shut up!" Mom said sternly. "He's here and he wants to see Kyleigh. It's up to you though. Do you want to see him?" My mom asks me.
"Yes! But I'm confused, I thought he died in a car crash, before I was born?"
"No, he was actually put in jail for heroin abuse about 15 years ago." My mom said looking down at her hands.
"OK, no. This isn't right! You've been telling me for my entire life that my dad is dead. Now you tell me he is alive, and trying to contact me!?"
"Yes, I—"
"No! Save it! I'm leaving!" I say and Tre stifles a laugh. I give him a dirty look. We all knew I Couldn't get up. So I crossed my arms and stared threw the window at Tim—TIM! Oh my gosh! I love Tim! Why is he here? Everyone turned out the window to see what I was so stoked about.
"Who's that? You know him?" Tre asks.
"Yes, leave please, and let him in." As they walked outside my hospital door and Tre's "hair" falls off.
"Fuck!" Tre said picking up his "hair." Tim looked at him confused and went in my room with some white roses, my favorite.
"Hey Kyleigh!" Tim said smiling coming in and giving me a big hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Hey Tim!"
"Here... I um brought these for you. Are you OK?"
"Oh ya, I'm OK. I mean my head, arms, back, butt, and legs hurt, but you're here so I'm fine." I say and then I can't believe I just said that. He looked a bit shocked too, but pleased.
"Oh ya, I almost forgot!" He stood up and out of his back pocket pulled out a thin, square, wrapped gift.
"Oh Tim! Thanks! You didn't need to!"
"Oh shut up Ky, just open it!"
"K." I open it. It's a Nirvana CD! I already have it but Tim gave it to me!
"AH! Thank you SO much Tim!" I say opening my arms out and he hugs me. My mom and Tre come in with BJ. My mom held out her cell phone.
"For you...it's your dad." My mom said and handed me her phone.
"Oh my God!!" I screamed and took it. "Hello?" I ask into the phone nervously.
"Hey Kyleigh. Um, I'm your dad."
"H-hey."
"Look I'm really sorry I haven't been there for you these past years."
"Ya, it's OK. It's mainly mom and Tre's fault." I glare at Tre. He shrugs his shoulders.
"No, it's not OK, but I just wanted you to know that I'm coming to see you in a few minutes."
"OK, so like what's your name even? What's your job? Do you even have a job?" I ask.
"My name's Kurt, and my job is being the lead guitarist in a little band."
"Oh, that's cool. K see ya in a bit?" I ask.
"Ya, by Kyleigh." My dad says to me. I get off the phone and hand it to my mom. I smile, I just talked to my dad, for the first time in my life.
"Kurt?" I ask my mom.
"Cobain." Tre says smugly.
"Why don't you like him Tre?"
"Because he's a low-down, good for nothing, scumbag! That's why!" Tre says angrily.
"Well, then leave." I say stubbornly.
"No, I want to see what the scumbag looks like now." Tre says
"Maybe I should leave?" Tim asks.
"No, stay, I want to introduce you guys, and I want you to meet my dad too." I say smiling. "Tim, this is my mom, Jenny, this is my uncle, Tre, and this is Billie Joe, my mom's...boyfriend??" I ask.
"Hm? Oh ya." BJ says looking up from his hands.
"Holy crap! Are you--?" Tim starts to say but is cut off by Tre.
"Ya, ya, ya. And you know who else your going to meet?" Tre asks Tim.
"Who?"
"Kurt Cobain." Tre says with disgust.
"Oh shut up Tre you're not funny! Tim, just ignore him, and Tre, take off your disguise, you look ridiculous. "
"OK, whatever. No one takes me seriously."
"Well, maybe that's because your room is full of sponge bob crap! You gay wad!" I say.
"Gay wad?! Haha who uses that word anymore? Oh ya I forgot you're in 2nd grade! Oooh!" Tre says like a little kid.
"Shut up!" Tim was trying hard not to laugh.
"So Tim, tell us about yourself." My mom asked him.
"Well, I have an older sister, Abbi and parents. I've known Kyleigh since 7th grade and I uhh play the drums." Tim says.
"Oh cool! Me too!" Tre says giddily as my dad walks in. My mom got up and gave him a hug and smiled. BJ clenched his fists while Tre's veins popped out.
"Hey Kyleigh." I saw him for the first time ever. My jaw dropped, Tre groaned, and Tim squealed like a little girl. We all turned to stare at Tim, then back at my dad.
"Hey." I manage to say.
"Oh my gosh!" Tim said looking at the CD he had just given me and then back at him.
"Wow. Are you real? Why are you coming now?" I ask him.
"Because I'm ready now to have a life."
"Now that my childhood is almost over?!"
"Yes, I'm sorry Kyleigh. I didn't even know until a year ago that you thought I was dead! I've tried to contact you for almost 5 years, but thanks to Bozo Butt over here," pointing to Tre. "I couldn't."
Tre glared back at him with pure hate.
"So Kurt Cobain?" I ask curious. "I never would've guessed you were my dad. Maybe Johnny Ramone...but this is so weird." Just then I pass out.
"Kyleigh!" everyone yelled, shaking me. Then Tre got a "bright idea."
"Hey let's dump water on her."
"No!" I say surprising them all.
"Gosh Kyleigh! Don't do that again!" My mom said.
"So what now?" I ask awkwardly.
"Well--" my mom starts but her cell phone rings. "Hold on" she says to us. "Hello? Oh hi Diane. Right now? OK I'll be there ASAP. Bye."
"Where do you have to go?" Tre asks.
"A new story... " is all my mom says.
"Where?" Tre and I demand knowing it could be anywhere.
"Baghdad" My mom says.
"Ugh! Mom! No! Tell them I'm on my deathbed or something!" I say desperately.
"No, I have to go."
"So who's Kyleigh staying with this time?" Tre asks, knowing the answer, him as usual.
"Well I'm gone for 6 days so she'll be here for tonight, go home tomorrow with one of you guys... "
"I'll take her Jenny." My...dad speaks up.
"Absolutely not." Tre says.
"Why do you hate me so much? You're the one who does drugs, smokes, cusses too much, and has hangovers at least ten times a week! Me? No." My dad says fiery.
"Well...at least I wasn't in jail for 8 years."
"Shut up! I'm staying with Billie Joe." I say. Billie Joe looks up from his hands.
"K that's cool."
"OK, settled. I need to go pack." My mom says coming over to give me a hug and kiss, then Billie, and gave Tre a peck on the cheek. She gave Kurt a hug and said by to Tim and walked out the door.
"OK!" Billie Joe claps his hands and asks, "So who wants ice cream?" Of course everyone does. "Hey Tim?" Billie Joe asks him.
"Ya?"
"Do you wanna come with me?"
"Ya!" Tim says and they walk out of the room.
*Billie Joe's POV*
"So do you like Nirvana?" Tim asks me in my car.
"Ya, not so much Kurt, but he's OK. They've got some good songs. Tre hates him though."
"Ha ya I caught onto that pretty quick." Tim says with a grin.
"Haha ya." I say. "So do you like Kyleigh? Don't worry I'm not as protective as Tre."
"Well, ya. I guess I sort of have since like 7th grade."
"Well, why don't you ask her out or something?"
"I don't know. I doubt if she'd go out with me. I'm just a freshman, she's a sophomore. Like in 7th grade I had a bunch of older girlfriends, but now in high school, the older girls like the older guys, not the younger ones, especially freshmen." Tim says.
"Well, dude, just go for what you want! That's what I did, and look at me now!"
"Easy for you to say! I've been to one of your concerts, thousands of girls screaming your
Name."
"Ya, but that's only because I went for what I wanted."
"So what should I do now?" Tim asks me.
"Now that Tim, that's up to you, but right now I'm getting out of the car because we're here."
"Oh ya, Haha me too."
"So what kind do you want? I'll take a Cookies and Cream please." I say to the young girl at the counter.
"I'll take Mint chocolate chip please" Tim says.
"OK, and 2 more C&C's and one cookie dough."
"Coming right up." The girl at the counter working says to us, eyeing me.
*TIM'S POV*
Gosh, even at Cold Stone Billie Joe can get a girl.
"Here you go Billie Joe." The girl says and smiles.
"Thank you." Billie Joe says and looks at her name tag, "Kendra." She giggles and asks for an autograph. He gives it to her and we walk out the door.
"She didn't want my autograph?!" I say and we laugh. WE get into his black Escalade in the dark. He turns on the radio. And guess what comes on? Yup, Nirvana.
"So do you have brothers or sisters?" Billie Joe asks me.
*BJ'S POV*
After I asked him that his face drops.
"Well, I have a sister, Abbi, and I had a little brother, he and my dad were...murdered."
I just know my face probably looked retarded. I didn't care though.
"Wow, geez I'm sorry. I know how you feel, my dad died too."
"Yours died too?" Tim asks me.
"Ya, of lung cancer when I was 10."
"Wow."
"Wait! I saw your dad and bro on TV. I wanna kick that guy's ass so bad. He killed one of my best friends too." I say getting mad.
"Really? Ya that guys in jail now, on death row."
*BILLIE JOE'S POV*
We arrive at the hospital and walk into Kyleigh's room.
"Holy S—" Tim says.
"Tre! Off!" Tre was ready to punch Kurt, and had him on the ground. Kyleigh was asleep, not now though.
"What the fuck is going on?!" I yell furious, pulling the 5'6" man a.k.a. Tre off Kurt.
"Kurt tried to punch me just then!" Tre says.
"Oh B.S. You were about to punch him." I say.
"OK I'm leaving. By Kyleigh, I'll see you soon." Kurt says. "By Billie Joe and Tim."
"By!" Tim and I say.
"By, dad." Kyleigh says awkwardly.
"Ya I better get home too, See ya guys later!" Tim says and leaves.
"By!" we all say.
"He's a cool kid. You should go out with him Kyleigh." I say.
"Oh yes! He's so popular! All the girls love him." Kyleigh says.
"Well, he thinks your way cooler than he is."
"B.S."
"OK I'm leaving." Tre says angry.
"By" we say, again.
"I'll Be right back Kyleigh." I say and walk into the hall.
"BJ!" Someone whispers. I look around. No one. "BJ! Over here. The water fountain!"
"Oh shit. I think I'm stoned." I mutter.
"No, you retard! It's me, Joey." The water fountain says.
"Come out." I say confused at how a water, named Joey was talking to me.
"K" it says "IT" is really Joey Ramone! My best friend.
"Joey!" I say opening my arms out.
"BJ!" He says embracing me.
"Gosh I haven't seen you forever dude!" I say.
"I know, since Johnny died." He says sad.
"Ya. And you know what?" I ask.
"Huh?"
"That bastard that killed Johnny also killed Kyleigh's good friend Tim's dad and little brother."
"Holy shit! No way!"
"Ya. Come in, come see Kyleigh."
"Hey Ky!" Joey says enthusiastically.
"Joey!!" Kyleigh says giving him a hug.
"Here, I brought you something."
"Really?!" Kyleigh says.
"Yes, really you nerd. Here." He gives her a... .
"Omigod, omigod, omigod! You knew too! Why didn't you tell me Joey?! I thought that if you knew you would tell!" Kyleigh screams crying.
"What?!" Joey asks almost to tears looking at me confused. I put my head in my hands.
"Fuck." I mutter under my breath.
"You knew too Joey! Why didn't you tell me?! We tell each other everything!"
"I really don't know what you're talking about Kyleigh!"
"My dad."
"Is dead." Joey finished it for her.
"No, he's not! You knew that!"
"OK...I don't know what you're smoking...but I want some... I haven't had a joint in a long time, it's killing me." Joey says, in thought.
"I'm not smoking anything, I never will/have. Do you really not know my dad?" Kyleigh asks.
"No...and I thought Nirvana was your favorite band... But I'll be more than happy to get you a Ramone's CD." Joey said and flashed a toothy white smile.
"No. Kurt Cobain's my dad Joey." Kyleigh said. Joey's jaw dropped, he looked at me, I nodded.
"Fuck. Why am I so blazed right now??" Joey asks, sorta to himself.
"Your not buggar breath." Kyleigh says sarcastically.
"For real?" Joey asks in disbelief.
"Yes, for real."
"Man, how come I didn't know this?!" Joey asks.
"Because... I don't know Tre's a loser." I say.
"Uhum! I should've been the first one to know!" Kyleigh spurts out.
"Ya but your mom and Tre didn't want you to get hurt." I say.
"Whatever. Good night." Kyleigh says.
"Are you staying here all night?" Joey whispers to me as we walk out into the hall and sit in the chairs outside of her room.
"Ya, I have to, Jen's in Baghdad." I say.
"O ouch. I'll stay too." Joey says.
"K good, go get me food. I'm starving!" I say stubbornly.
"Do you have any money? I don't...Well, actually I do, be right back." Joey says.
"Thanks bro! I love you!" I call after him as he walks down the hall.
*10 MINUTES LATER*
"DUUUUDE! Your song's on!" Joey comes back in a giddy prance.
"Ehmahgod!" I say in a 13 year girl voice. Joey cracks and hands me a...Twinkie.
"Fuck that! Where'd you get that? Your shoe?! It's all smashed and screwed up!"
"Heehee actually it was in my underwear." Joey said giggly.
"Oh! Well, in that case!" I say and take a bite. We laugh and sit down in the chairs outside of Kyleigh's room, half hoping a fan would recognize us. We were really bored.
"So why did Kyleigh's dad come now?" Joey asks me.
"I dunno, I guess he got out of jail a while ago and supposedly he'd been trying to contact her, but Tre wouldn't let him."
"Wow. Kurt Cobain. Geez Kyleigh has a lot of pot smokers in her family!" Joey says laughing.
"Haha ya, especially if she counts me and you!" I say back.
"Ya, so speaking of family...are you and Jenny getting married...or what?" Joey asks.
"Think so. I want to. But we're only 30 so we have a lot of time." I say.
"Ya. But that's what Johnny said. Before he got...murdered." Joey says tearing up a bit. I pat him on the back.
"Well, then, when Jenny comes back I'll pop the question, k?" I say.
"Um, well my soon to be step-bro-in law I think I'm going to check on Kyleigh." Joey says awkwardly then gets up and leaves me in sort of a day dreamy, unreal state. I snap out of it.
"Wait! What?! "My step-bro-in law?" I ask confused. Joey comes back over and sits down.
"K, um, well you know how Jenny had an older half sister?" Joey asks me.
"Ya." I say, a bit confused as to where this was going.
"Well...we were, married."
*JOEY'S POV*
"No way!" Billie Joe says, I start tearing up again.
'Ya. We were both 22. I loved her so much, still do. We were only married for 2 years. I knew her since we were both 7." I say sadly.
"Man, I'm sorry dude." Billie Joe says.
"Tre introduced us at a park. She was a thin, brown haired, blue eyed little thing. A lot like Jenny. She found out she had, Leukemia when she was 19. She didn't tell me though. She just said I couldn't fall in love with her. I didn't realize I loved her so much until she said that." I say taking in a deep breath.
"So when she turned 20 she told me she had cancer. We were going out by that time. I totally flipped. I couldn't believe it. But we got married anyway. She and I both knew she was going to die, but we loved each other so much. I even wrote the song "Yea, Yea" for her." I say starting to cry, this was hard for me. Even though Kristen died years ago, I still miss her so, so much. "I want her back so bad, it would make Jenny so happy to have her. I remember when Jenny was a little girl, about 14; she would cry herself to sleep because Kristen, she missed her. Kristen's about 10 years older than her. Jenny went through a really bad time at that age, always getting in trouble, bad grades, feeling like the stupidest person ever, when her friends were smart. It's not fun or cool to be stupid she says. Then she learned she also had another half sister, she died too. Then her grandpa died. Her favorite person in the world. She was seriously depressed, didn't really show it though. I remember this. At this time she sorta shut people out, even me, one of her closest friends. Tre wasn't as traumatized as Jenny was." I say and take a deep breath.
"Wow, I never knew any of this." Billie Joe says in a faze.
"Ya. Not very many people do. She definitely could have used a sister at these times. But she had Tre, me, and her best friend ever, Alex. I will never forget Alex, ever. She sorta filled in Jenny's need for a sister. I mean considering we were guys and all." I say.
"Wait, so is that why Jenny said she was going to name her next kid Kristen Alexis Hollis?"
"Yup." I say.
"Holy Poop!!" A little miniature lady with a Louie bag walks in looking flustered.
"Haley!!" I say jumping up and embracing her.
"Joey?! Oh my gosh! I haven't seen you in at least 5 years! How are you? How's Kyleigh?" She asks.
"Ah she's good, I'm okay. How are you?" I ask her.
"Good, um, I just lost something." Haley says feeling her skirt pockets.
"What? I ask amused. This is how Haley has always been.
"About $700. It's OK, I'll just stop by the ATM tomorrow I guess.
"About $700?!" Billie Joe butts in.
"Oh ya, Haley, this is my good friend Billie Joe Armstrong. BJ, this is my good friend, Haley." Haley almost tips out of her little tiny high heels.
"OH-MY-GOSH!" She says slowly. "Omigod! I love you!" Haley says and jumps up on BJ and he's "carrying" her as she hugs him. I ca-rack. Billie gives me a "get her off me" look.
"Oh ya, Haley? He's also Jen's boyfriend...or fiancé?" I say and ask him.
"Well, not yet, but soon." Billie Joe says. Haley jumps down.
"Omigod! I had no idea! I'm so sorry!" She says.
"It's OK. I get it a lot." Billie Joe says cockily. I look at Haley and grin, roll my eyes and shake my head, all at the same time, yes I am skilled.
*BILLE JOE'S POV*
Haley looks like a blonde haired Eva Longoria! But she's a little...crazy, but cool.
"So Jenny told me to come and keep an eye on Kyleigh tonight. She also said you would be here." Haley said pointing to Joey. Joey pointed back at her and winked. How cute.
*JOEY'S POV*
"Sooo, where's my Tre?" Haley asks giggly. She was in love with him. I think Tre liked her too.
"Oh, he and Kurt got in a fight. So Tre got pissed and went home." Billie Joe says.
"Oh, darn." Haley says looking disappointed. Then her $800 European cell phone rings. "Spit!" she says as she looks down at who's calling her. She's very modest when it comes to words, she doesn't really cuss.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"Ugh, my ex husband. Hello?" She answers. "Yes Donald, what do you need? Oh thank you...OK...OK bye."
"What happened?" I ask.
"Oh I left one of my Louie bags and a few credit cards at our old house and he found them."
"I didn't know you were married?" I ask.
"Ya...it was even in the newspapers." Haley says nonchalantly.
"Holy fuck! Who were you married to?!" Billie Joe asks. Haley shakes her finger at him.
"Stop the cussing! I was married to, Mr. Trump."
"No way!" me and BJ both say in shock.
"Ya and I just got 30 Billion dollars, our daughter gets 47 Billion, when she is old enough, and he passes off."
"Wow." Is all we could say.
"K, well, where do I sleep?" She asks.
"Here, next to Kyleigh." I say pointing to a chair. Haley makes a face and sits down. Me and BJ laugh. We walk out the door and sit in the chairs we were in.
"So, wanna hit a few bars tonight?" I say, sorta s a joke because I know how drunk Billie Joe can get.
"Haha, no. I told Jenny I would watch Kyleigh, and she sends in Haley, meaning she doesn't think I'm responsible enough. So, no."
"Wow, you're good. Heehee, ya she sent me in too." I say.
"What the fuck?!" BJ says and stands up abruptly. "Go home! I didn't know you were babysitting me!" Wow Billie's pissed.
"NO. I can't...this is my home." I say sadly.
"What? You're full of BS Joey. You have about 10 homes, now pick one and go."
"Billie, you don't understand, I live here now. OK? Jenny sent me down here to keep you company, and Haley down here because Kyleigh might want to see her, and Haley needed somewhere to go."
"Wait, why do you live here? You're not sick, are you Joey?! No! you can't be. You're my best friend. What's wrong? Tell me now Joey." Billie Joe said in a concerned/demanding voice.
"Well, yes, I am." I take off my wig and show him a bald head. Billie Joe brakes down crying in his chair. I pat him on the back.
"Why didn't you tell me Jo?"
"Because, have you ever heard the saying, 'Live like you were dying?' Ya, well that's like saying live life to it's fullest, and I have been. I didn't want everyone around me to treat me any different."
"That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard Joey. What's wrong? Do you have cancer?"
"Ya, lung cancer."
"Fuck." Billie Joe says.
"Stop smoking. Pretty soon I'm going to be on my deathbed suffocating. You know all that weed we used to do every day? Ya well, I'm going to die from it now. Hell, it was fun at the time. But when you're my age in 10 years, you'll regret it. So stop it now and you'll live longer than me." I say, to Billie Joe, he looks really upset.
"So how long do you have?" He asks me.
"About 9 months."
"No, no, no!" Billie Joe yells making other people in the hall stop and stare.
"Ya, but it's OK. You know that The Bloodhound Gang, the band? "The song where they list the people who have/will go to hell?" I ask.
"Yes, what does that have to do anything with this?!" BJ asks me.
"Well! I'm not in that song! Jimi Hendrix and Kurt Cobain are though!" I say.
"Again, that is one of the stupidest things I've ever heard,"
"OK. Whatever." I say.
"Why didn't you fucking tell me?!"
"Because." I say.
"Fine." Billie Joe says and walks into the room, and sits in a chair. Haley was already asleep.
"Ya. But you wanna know something else BJ?" I ask into the room.
"Oh sure!" He says sarcastically.
"Jenny has Leukemia. She has 17 months." His face drops. He drops his lollipop he had in his mouth and ran. Tears streaming down his face he ran out of the hospital and into the lighted up city of San Diego.
*BILLIE JOE'S POV*
"So that's why Jenny's tired a lot. Oh my fucking god. Why?! Why now?! Why her? Why not me?! And Why Joey? Why did Johnny die? Why am I not dead? Why am I just fine?" I mutter to myself through tears. "I can't take this!" I scream and walk into the sand, going to the beach, Jenny's favorite place in the whole world. I sit down right as a huge wave breaks. I bury my head in my hands and sob. I guess I fell asleep, because the next thing I know Joey's laying beside me in his swimsuit, and his board right beside him. He was soaked, but even though it was probably about 2 a.m. it wasn't cold, just perfect. I didn't want to talk to him.
"Come one Billie. Jenny has a chance. She starts her chemo next week I think and the doctor says she has a better chance of getting through this than, dying." Joey says to me.
"Well, why the fuck did you guys not tell me about this? You seem to keep a lot of secrets from me. Are you guys married too?! Does Jenny have another kid I don't know about?! What? I don't seem to know very much about anything anymore!" I say irritated beyond a spork.
"We didn't tell you yet because we couldn't bring ourselves to. OK?! For fuck's sake! Think about us! And no, we are not married!" Joey says, also mad.
"Well, I don't know what else to say. Is there anything wrong with Kyleigh?" I ask.
"No, thankfully. But we better get back." I look at my watch, 3:12 a.m. We start back to the hospital, me and Joey with his surfboard. Boy, he looks skinny and worn out.
"So were you ever going to tell me? Or when one of you guys died, I would just have to come to grips with it, never even saying goodbye." I ask Joey.
"No. I thought we already went through this?! We were going to tell you. Who knows? Jenny may have 3 more days, she might get in a car crash, or she might have 60 more years. We don't know!"
"K, sorry Jo." I say and we walk into the hospital up to Kyleigh's room. Of course, my songs on, "When September Ends," Gosh, why now? Of all times. Joey looks at me sadly. We both crash on 2 chairs and fall asleep.
MORNING *KYLEIGH'S POV* MORNING
I open my eyes and see three of my favorite people! Joey, BJ, and Haley!
"Haley!!" I yell, forgetting Billie Joe and Joey are asleep.
"Hey sweets!" She says coming over to my bed and giving me a big hug. "How are you today?"
"Good. Am I staying with you?!"
"Well, sorta, your mom sent me to stay with Billie Joe and you."
"Yes! This is awesome!" I say.
"Yup, so have you seen Tre lately??" Haley asks me curiously.
"Haha ya, I knew you were going to ask me that. Wow, you haven't seen him in a long time! He's coming this morning, probably anytime now." I say.
"Oh goody!" Haley says jumping up, laughing, and clapping. Billie Joe and Joey wake up.
"Geez could you guys be any louder?" Joey asks grumpily.
"Oh, ya sorry boys." Haley whispers. Tre walks in, with flowers, two bouquets. I'm guessing he knew Haley was here.
"Ahhhh!!" Haley squeals jumping up and running up to him. Tre smiles so big you could fit a size 5A drumstick in there! He sets the flowers down and picks her up and hugs her.
"Haley!"
"Oh my gosh Tre! I've missed you so much!" Haley says still hugging him.
"Me too. Here," he hands her a bouquet of flowers, "here, these are for you." Haley takes them and almost passes out.
"Thank you so much Tre!"
"Welcome. Hey you guys! Hey Ky! Wow you guys look tired, stay up too late?" Tre asks Billie Joe and Joey.
"Uh, ya sure." Joey says.
"So how's Ol' Donald?" Tre asks Haley. Haley looks down.
"I guess he's good. I don't know."
"Oh, I thought you guys were married?" Tre asks cautiously. Haley starts to cry. Tre walks close to her and wraps his arms around her. She cries on his shoulder. "I'm sorry Haley. I didn't know. It's OK, you deserve someone better." Tre says soothingly.
"Like you?" Haley asks, looking up to his face.
"Yes-wait! I don't know, is that what you want?" Tre asks sorta caught off guard. Haley nods her head and Tre wipes her tear stained face.
"Wow. What is this? Some sort of Soap Opera?!" I ask.
*HALEY'S POV*
"Pssh. Ya, no kidding." Billie Joe mutters.
"So Joey and Tre, does Kyleigh know about Jenny?" Billie Joe asks Joey. Joey gives BJ a glare and Tre looks at him at first confused, then shocked and looked at Billie Joe with a mean look.
"Yes, Jenny's in Baghdad. She knows of course." Joey says.
"No silly! I think he's talking about her cancer." I say to Joey. Tre looks, again shocked. He quickly looks at Joey. Joey looks like he's going to kill Billie Joe
"Ya, that's it Haley, thanks!" Billie Joe says to me.
"What? Sorry, I wasn't really listening, my favorite songs on." Kyleigh says to us.
*TRE'S POV*
Holy ca-rap! That was close, way close. "Oh nothing Kyleigh. Never mind."
"K. So, what time is Kurt coming?" Kyleigh asks me.
"I don't know. I don't really care." I say a bit coldly.
"Kurt?" Haley asks with a blank look.
"Kyleigh's dad." Tre says making a face.
"Wow! I've missed a lot!" Haley says. Kurt walks in.
"Hey Kyleigh! Hey everyone!" Kurt says with a smile.
"Hey!" Kyleigh says. "Oh, dad, this is Haley, our family's close friend. Haley, this is my dad, Kurt." Haley's mouth dropped.
"Oh my gosh. You are gorgeous!" Haley says shaking his hand and staring with her mouth open. I almost puke. Wait?! Haley like me/?! I thought...
"Haha um thanks, so are you." Kurt says. Haley look like she might pass out. I give Kurt the meanest Tre Coolest look I've ever given to anyone. His eyes dart from me to Haley, and back to me. Then he puts his hands up, (like he's about to play patty cake." And backs up; showing me, she's mine. I nod.
"So what time am I going home?" Kyleigh asks. I look at my watch, 10:15 a.m.
"Well, you're staying with Billie Joe. Haley, who are you staying with?" I ask.
"Umm I don't know yet."
Well, I've got guest rooms, guest houses, etc., if you want to stay with me?" I say.
"OK! Sounds fun!" Haley says. Billie Joe looks at me, grins, and rolls his eyes. I make a "gun" with my fingers and point it at him and grin.
"Where'd Joey go?" Kyleigh asks.
"I don't know, he was just here I thought." Billie Joe said looking around. "Joey!" he called.
"What the fuck do you want?!" Joey asks peeking his head over the chair he was behind.
"Oh. I found him." BJ says. We all laugh.
"K, let's get Kyleigh all packed up so we can go home." I say. "Joey, you wanna come with us?"
"Um, I can't. I uh...am going somewhere. Sorry." He says.
"OK, but you should swing by sometime later, if you can." I say.
"K, but I'm pretty sure I can't, but we'll see." Joey says and looks down. Billie Joe looks down too.
"Ok, what am I missing here?" I ask confused.
"Nothing." Billie Joe says and looks away. My cell phone rings.
"Hello? Oh hi Melissa." I say and then whisper out to everyone in the room. "Its Jenny's agent." They nod. "What?! Is she okay? Oh my God. OK, I'll t-ttell them...B-bye." The blood drains from my face.
"Y-ou guys?" I start to say. Everyone looks worried.
"Ya Tre?" Billie Joe says, and then I black out.
