Wedding for us, funeral for you (sequel to Breaking up the Band), chapter 3
"Do you happen to have pink hair dye?"
The clerk looked at her oddly and adjusted his glasses." Um, I'll have to check the inventory."
"I'd appreciate it very much..."
"Holy shit.." The clerk said as he whipped off his glasses and peered at her." Lia? Is that you?"
"What?" She asked, looking at him closely. Then, suddenly it occured to her.
"Mike! Since when did you have glasses?"
"Since when did you carry rubber gloves along with you?" He laughed, pointing to the rubber gloves still on Lia's hands from earlier. She hastily pulled them off.".. Actually, I'm wearing the glasses to hide.. There's so many fans around you can't be too careful."
"Yeah, I saw the video for Longview, it's all over Mtv.." Lia said." Why'd you need to take up a job here? I mean, you'd get plenty of money from Longview being aired so much and your album.."
"It keeps me preoccupied when we're not on tour," He answered." What brings you here?"
"I just got into a spat with my jackass ex.. I say ex because I just handed him the papers." She answered.
"Oh.. Well, at least he's gone now.. Er, now to check the inventory.." He said, looking at the computer screen.
After typing in a few things and clicking around, Mike looked up.
"Yeah, it's in stock, about three aisles back."
Lia thanked him." Nice to see you."
"Nice to see you too." Mike muttered as she walked away.
"Pink hair dye, pink hair dye.." Lia muttered as she turned the corner. "Ah, here it is."
There was only one box left. She picked it up, smiled to herself, and walked down to the checkout line.
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"You can go?"
"I didn't say I could, I said I might, Bill. I'm tryng to dye my hair, jeez!" Lia exclaimed, cellphone in hand.
"In a public bathroom in McDonalds?"
"Yes! Hold on." She leaned over so she could apply dye with her free hand.
"Okay, I'm back." She said, pulling herself up to the sink edge.
"Are you damn coming or not? It's only going to be a small affair in the backyard."
"Then why do you want me to take a date?"
"They're single." Billie said devilishly.
"And?" Lia said.
Someone knocked on the door. "Go away! Can't you use the men's room instead?" She yelled.
"Me?" He asked.
"No, not you Billie." She added hastily, checking her watch." I have an hour to go for my hair."
"How thrilling." Billie said sarcastically." Mike saw you in the grocery store."
"Yeah, I know. I had to check the inventory."
"Please," Billie said." Please just say you'll come!"
"Fine, I'll come."
"YES!" Billie shouted." Mike or Tre?"
"That can wait, Bill." Lia said exasperatedly.
"Ohh! Pick me! Me! C'mon Lia, don't you want a date with handsome Tre Cool?" A voice said in the background.
"Shut up, Tre." Billie said.
"I thought you hated me." Lia said, puzzled.
"And I now I don't. Pleaaaase?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"Alright already!" Billie yelled." Tre, could you please go away?"
"Fine." Tre said.
"Choose." Billie said.
"I choose.."
The clerk looked at her oddly and adjusted his glasses." Um, I'll have to check the inventory."
"I'd appreciate it very much..."
"Holy shit.." The clerk said as he whipped off his glasses and peered at her." Lia? Is that you?"
"What?" She asked, looking at him closely. Then, suddenly it occured to her.
"Mike! Since when did you have glasses?"
"Since when did you carry rubber gloves along with you?" He laughed, pointing to the rubber gloves still on Lia's hands from earlier. She hastily pulled them off.".. Actually, I'm wearing the glasses to hide.. There's so many fans around you can't be too careful."
"Yeah, I saw the video for Longview, it's all over Mtv.." Lia said." Why'd you need to take up a job here? I mean, you'd get plenty of money from Longview being aired so much and your album.."
"It keeps me preoccupied when we're not on tour," He answered." What brings you here?"
"I just got into a spat with my jackass ex.. I say ex because I just handed him the papers." She answered.
"Oh.. Well, at least he's gone now.. Er, now to check the inventory.." He said, looking at the computer screen.
After typing in a few things and clicking around, Mike looked up.
"Yeah, it's in stock, about three aisles back."
Lia thanked him." Nice to see you."
"Nice to see you too." Mike muttered as she walked away.
"Pink hair dye, pink hair dye.." Lia muttered as she turned the corner. "Ah, here it is."
There was only one box left. She picked it up, smiled to herself, and walked down to the checkout line.
----
"You can go?"
"I didn't say I could, I said I might, Bill. I'm tryng to dye my hair, jeez!" Lia exclaimed, cellphone in hand.
"In a public bathroom in McDonalds?"
"Yes! Hold on." She leaned over so she could apply dye with her free hand.
"Okay, I'm back." She said, pulling herself up to the sink edge.
"Are you damn coming or not? It's only going to be a small affair in the backyard."
"Then why do you want me to take a date?"
"They're single." Billie said devilishly.
"And?" Lia said.
Someone knocked on the door. "Go away! Can't you use the men's room instead?" She yelled.
"Me?" He asked.
"No, not you Billie." She added hastily, checking her watch." I have an hour to go for my hair."
"How thrilling." Billie said sarcastically." Mike saw you in the grocery store."
"Yeah, I know. I had to check the inventory."
"Please," Billie said." Please just say you'll come!"
"Fine, I'll come."
"YES!" Billie shouted." Mike or Tre?"
"That can wait, Bill." Lia said exasperatedly.
"Ohh! Pick me! Me! C'mon Lia, don't you want a date with handsome Tre Cool?" A voice said in the background.
"Shut up, Tre." Billie said.
"I thought you hated me." Lia said, puzzled.
"And I now I don't. Pleaaaase?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"Alright already!" Billie yelled." Tre, could you please go away?"
"Fine." Tre said.
"Choose." Billie said.
"I choose.."
