It's Not As Easy As It Looks, chapter 15
"Have you seen Lily's yellow blanket?" Raych asked me, looking around her house frantically.
"No" I managed to say with a mouthful of cornflakes shoved in my mouth.
"Why?"
"It's..not there" Raych scratched her forehead and thought.
"I bet that stupid dog has it again"
"Now that's not very nice calling Billie Joe that!" I laughed as Billie's ear perked up on the other side of the table.
"What? Call me what?"
"If you listened to the conversation you would know"
"What? Eh?" I rolled my eyes at Billie Joe before getting up and walking to Billie Joe side.
"I JUST INSULTED YOU!" I shouted, deafening Billie Joe and waking up the whole neighborhood in the process.
"And made ME deaf! God, why did you have to do that for?!"
"So you could hear me" I smiled before sitting back down and returning back to eating my cornflakes.
"Well I can't now"
"Neither can I" Raych giggled, walking off to find her 'stupid dog'.
"You're an idiot" Billie Joe mumbled in my direction, I sighed and nodded.
"I know but ya just gotta pay attention more, I mean if you did you would of figured I'm an idiot sooner and wouldn't of come on this stupid trip with me"
"Oh, I figured it aloooong time ago, just never wanted to tell you, incase you took it badly" I raised an eyebrow at him and laughed quietly to myself, biting the inside of my mouth.
"Well, mr. 'I'm so smart I know everything', I bet you didn't know that I'm
actually quite smart as well"
"Really? I never knew that"
"See..yah don't know everything"
"Yeh well no ones perfect" I smiled and looked down to my cornflakes, I groaned, moving them to the side whilst resting my head onto the cool table.
"Yes, your not perfect"
"Well maybe I'm not perfect, you're not perfect because-" Think of an ending to your fantastic sentence Jenni.
"Because?" Billie asked narrowing his eyes.
"I don't know" I mumbled and watched Raych come down the stairs with a bitter attitude.
"S'up?"
"I can't find the blanket" Raych sighed, sitting down next to me.
"Buy another one" I shrugged smiling at her.
"Thanks for letting me and Billie stay"
"No probably hunny, it was the least I could do after all that's happened, I'm not going to be a bitch like Jaz, who phoned last night"
"She did?"
"Yeh, she was saying how sorry she was"
"Ugh" I mumbled, looking away. Why bother acting like that if in the end your
just going to apologize?
"Well whatever, I don't have time for her, I'm going to try and sell my house
today or tomorrow, go to my parents on the last day before I leave, in between
that I think i'll just explore the town or something" Raych nodded and cleared
away the bowls off the table.
"So what you going to do today if your not selling your house?"
"Eh I don't know..nothing?" I said innocently, Raych rolled her eyes at me and passed me the cordless phone.
"Maybe you should phone up Jasmine"
"But-"
"No" Raych shook her head, I groaned and called her number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jaz it's me Jenni, I uh..I didn't really want to talk to you but Raych is forcing me"
"Hey Jaz, it's me Jenni"
"Oh..hey"
"I'm sorry for leaving the country without telling you, your one of my closest friends and I'm really sorry, but you gotta understand I was running away and you just don't stop to see friends when your running away..and you of all people should know that"
"Yeh yeh, I'm PMSing, sorry"
"You know I'm sick of hearing that from you"
"But I am sorry though"
"I know you are, but stop getting into situations where you have to say your sorry"
"Yeh I know, but I'm going through a bad time"
"What can be that bad? What? You gained 3 pounds? You-"
"I'm pregnant"
"W-What?!"
"And I don't know who the father is"
"Oh crap" I put my hand over my mouth in total shock.
"How did this happen?"
"I got drunk at a party, slept with some guy..3 weeks later BAM! I find out I'm pregnant, there is no daddy for the little fucker either"
"Aw man.."
"Don't say sorry" I wasn't I sighed and looked to the clock. Just gone midday.
"How did you get yourself into this mess?"
"I really don't know, and I'm stuck with the consequences of my actions"
"Well..I hope you find the father and everything, but remember a step father can sometimes be better then your biological one"
"Mine wasn't"
"Shush! Your ruining my example" Jaz laughed on the other end of the conversation, but quickly quietened down.
"I have to go, my article's deadline is tomorrow and I haven't even started it yet, I've been so worried with all of this, best of luck with your career" You mean the one that doesn't exist anymore?
"Uh, thanks, good luck with the baby, i'll see you soon, i'll try and visit later on in the year, I mean it's not like I'm that busy"
"Your job?"
"I haven't got one anymore, I was fired on Christmas Eve..and my last opportunity for a job.." I glanced to Billie who's eyes were focused on the newspaper infront of him.
"..didn't go down so well"
"No? How come"
"Complications"
"Right"
"Okay then, have fun with your dead line"
"Haha, I'll try" She muttered sarcastically, I giggled with my hand over the receiver I took it off and smiled.
"Bye bye Jasmine"
"See yah Jen" We hung up on each other as I got out of my chair and put the cordless phone on it's stand.
"Have you got anything for me to do?" I asked Raych who was busy cleaning the kitchen.
"Clean?"
"NOOO" I shouted and ran out the kitchen, I ran into the living room and turned on the Tv.
"So much better" Billie eventually followed me and sat next to me, he quirked an eyebrow, looking from the Tv to me.
"Seriously, why are you watching cartoons?"
"We've had this discussion before..I have the mind of a 5 year old..they're just great, what? You want me to watch the news and get bored?"
"At least you'd know what's going on in the world"
"Nah, Spongebob is so much better I mean LOOK! He's showing kids how to tie they're shoes!"
"You know how to tie your shoes!"
"Uh..yeh, but I like this programme so shush!" After a moment I started joining in the with song that was playing on Spongebob.
"You gotta loop de loop and pull, and your shoes are looking cool-"
"Shut up"
"No"
"Yes"
"Shut it Walker!"
"Be quiet Armstrong" I mocked laughing as he tackled me.
"RAPE! HELP! RAPE!!" Raych ran into the room with a surprised look on her face, she narrowed her eyes at us and shook her head quietly laughing.
"Kids" She tutted and walked back into her kitchen.
"Hmm..I'll be 25 in nearly a month..that's scary" I said looking for the remote control that was knocked off when Billie tackled me.
"Yeh, I'm 34 in 6 days..I didn't even think about that" Billie smirked as he slipped the remote behind his back so I wouldn't find it.
"God I have to get you a Birthday present"
"No you don't"
"Yep..I do"
"Don't"
"Do"
"Be quiet Jen, just don't get me anything kay?"
"Fine" I lied, knowing I'd get something when he didn't know about it.
"Where's the god damn remote control!?" I shouted getting rather annoyed that
it had just disappeared.
"What are you smiling about?" I quirked an eyebrow at his goofy grin.
"Spill" Billie laughed and got the remote from behind his back, I gasped and shook my head.
"You lil' devil, gimme it back!" I shouted, pointing my finger at him.
"Or?"
"I'll..er..poke you?" Billie did a high pitched girl scream, I laughed as he chucked the remote at me.
"Evil"
"I know you are but what am I?" I retorted, turning the Tv off with the remote.
"Er..evil?"
"WRONG!" I stood up and shrugged.
"Wanna go out?"
"Where?"
"Let's go walk around Cannock town center"
"You sure?" Billie asked rather unsure, I nodded and ran upstairs, I came back down with Billie's hat and sun glasses, he shook his head and smiled.
"There can't be that many Green Day fans here..this place is tiny"
"True, but I don't want you molested"
"Gah, never will happen, let's go then"
"LET'S GO BARBIE GIRL!"
"What the fuck?!"
"Don't ask" I smirked and walked out the door, quickly waving to Raych in the kitchen.
"Be back soon" I shouted and turned round to Billie.
"Be prepared..this place can be pretty damn disturbing at times"
"Okay" Billie narrowed his eyes at me like I was going crazy I rolled my eyes and smirked.
"Don't look at me like that"
"What?"
"Like I'm going mad!"
"Your not going mad, you've already gone mad" He sniggered, I just bit my lip and shook my head.
"Your a bully, jeez"
"Meh" He shrugged as we walked down a long road that eventually led us to Cannock town center, we found ourselves making our way over to McDonald's, putting all the weight and maybe more of what we just lost by walking there on. We told our orders and sat down in the small restaurant, we ate the food we had and walked out.
"Hey wanna go to blockbusters?" I asked since it was opposite McDonald's.
"Why?"
"I don't know..I like it in there, it's always so quiet..and peaceful"
"That isn't a good thing"
"Well Ok, where do ya wanna go then?" Billie just shrugged and looked at me as I looked around and smiled, realizing I was finally home.
***
"Tré calm down it couldn't of gone far"
"Well I've looked everywhere for the fucking hamster! If Ramona finds out then her mother will kill me!" Tré put his hand to his tired face as Mike looked around his house, after awhile Mike laughed quietly, as he saw a furry creature running behind the couch.
"I think I've found it!" Mike shouted, looking behind the couch at the hamster, he picked it up but only to be bitten by it.
"OUCH! Mother fuck just bit me"
"Exactly why I hate that little evil bastard" Mike went to hand it over to Tré, who backed away.
"Dude, I ain't touching it!"
"Where's the cage then?" Tré shrugged as his eyes darted across the room.
"Oh shit"
"You've lost the cage to!?"
"I know! I'll put it in the cookie jar" Mike rolled his eyes before looking pathetically at the younger man.
"Cookie jar?! That's animal cruelty"
"Well that things cruel to me, a taste of his own medicine I say!"
"It's defended itself, it's only do what's natural to him"
"To bite chunks of my skin outta me!? I don't like his natural thing then"
"Mainly why people don't get hamsters" Tré muttered something before retorting to the kitchen to grab an empty cookie jar to store the hamster temporarily in.
"I'll pop to the pet shop, whilst it's in here"
"Tré, it will be oxygen starved! It will die in there" Mike groaned, emphasising the word 'die'.
"I'll leave it slightly open then, besides i'll be gone for a second, you can watch it" Mike shook his hands infront of his face.
"No no no no! I'll come with you, you are not leaving me to look after a hamster"
"Fine" Tré mumbled as he grabbed his car keys.
"Let's go then" Mike nodded and stepped out the house with him, he hopped into the front passengers seat of Tré's car and they drove off to the local pet store.
Once they had gotten there, Tré ran to the front of the store and rung the bell to
grab the owners attention.
"I'd like to buy a hamster cage"
"How big"
"Oh he's like this big" Tré made a small gap in between in his hands showing the
size of his hamster.
"The cage..not the hamster" The old man smirked as Tré sighed.
"I dunno..medium? Anything..come on dude! Hurry up, the hamsters in a frickin' cookie jar!"
"What?!"
"Er..I need to get the cage so I can go to the hookie bar" Mike shook his head at the drummer and walked away, acting like he wasn't with Tré.
"Riiight, okay, here's your medium hamster cage, $25 please"
"$25?! It's just metal"
"Do you want the damn hamster cage or not"
"Yes yes yes, sorry..jeez" Tré said, giving him the money and grabbing the cage.
"Thanks" He mumbled quietly before walking out the shop to find Mike sitting in his car.
"Too embarrassed?"
"Actually..yes" Mike admitted, sitting up in the seat and adjusting his seat belt. Tré started the car and they arrived back to his house to give the hamster it's new home.
"I still don't know how you can lose the hamster and the cage!"
"Oh be quiet Mike" Tré groaned as they got into the house and got the cookie jar.
"I wonder how Jenni and Billie are doing" Mike said out of the blue.
"Probably making out or something" Tré sighed as he took the hamster out of
the cookie jar.
"Why are you so annoyed?" The hamster seemed calm until Tré went to put him inside the metal cage, the hamster bit Tré, it landed on the floor with a thud and ran off somewhere.
"BASTARD!"
"Billie is?"
"No that damn hamster, it bit me"
"Oh"
"Well I suppose Billie is a bastard"
"Why?"
"He won the bet, remember? He got Jenni first..meaning I have to take the punishment"
"I'm glad I stayed out of that"
"Well..I would of won, but Jenni pulled away when I went to kiss her.."
"She wasn't ready, can't blame her"
"But is Billie playing the game or does he really like her? I mean..I sorta did" Tré admitted and looked around.
"Mike?" He said, grabbing Mike's attention.
"Yeh?"
"Where's the hamster?"
"No" I managed to say with a mouthful of cornflakes shoved in my mouth.
"Why?"
"It's..not there" Raych scratched her forehead and thought.
"I bet that stupid dog has it again"
"Now that's not very nice calling Billie Joe that!" I laughed as Billie's ear perked up on the other side of the table.
"What? Call me what?"
"If you listened to the conversation you would know"
"What? Eh?" I rolled my eyes at Billie Joe before getting up and walking to Billie Joe side.
"I JUST INSULTED YOU!" I shouted, deafening Billie Joe and waking up the whole neighborhood in the process.
"And made ME deaf! God, why did you have to do that for?!"
"So you could hear me" I smiled before sitting back down and returning back to eating my cornflakes.
"Well I can't now"
"Neither can I" Raych giggled, walking off to find her 'stupid dog'.
"You're an idiot" Billie Joe mumbled in my direction, I sighed and nodded.
"I know but ya just gotta pay attention more, I mean if you did you would of figured I'm an idiot sooner and wouldn't of come on this stupid trip with me"
"Oh, I figured it aloooong time ago, just never wanted to tell you, incase you took it badly" I raised an eyebrow at him and laughed quietly to myself, biting the inside of my mouth.
"Well, mr. 'I'm so smart I know everything', I bet you didn't know that I'm
actually quite smart as well"
"Really? I never knew that"
"See..yah don't know everything"
"Yeh well no ones perfect" I smiled and looked down to my cornflakes, I groaned, moving them to the side whilst resting my head onto the cool table.
"Yes, your not perfect"
"Well maybe I'm not perfect, you're not perfect because-" Think of an ending to your fantastic sentence Jenni.
"Because?" Billie asked narrowing his eyes.
"I don't know" I mumbled and watched Raych come down the stairs with a bitter attitude.
"S'up?"
"I can't find the blanket" Raych sighed, sitting down next to me.
"Buy another one" I shrugged smiling at her.
"Thanks for letting me and Billie stay"
"No probably hunny, it was the least I could do after all that's happened, I'm not going to be a bitch like Jaz, who phoned last night"
"She did?"
"Yeh, she was saying how sorry she was"
"Ugh" I mumbled, looking away. Why bother acting like that if in the end your
just going to apologize?
"Well whatever, I don't have time for her, I'm going to try and sell my house
today or tomorrow, go to my parents on the last day before I leave, in between
that I think i'll just explore the town or something" Raych nodded and cleared
away the bowls off the table.
"So what you going to do today if your not selling your house?"
"Eh I don't know..nothing?" I said innocently, Raych rolled her eyes at me and passed me the cordless phone.
"Maybe you should phone up Jasmine"
"But-"
"No" Raych shook her head, I groaned and called her number.
"Hello?"
"Hey Jaz it's me Jenni, I uh..I didn't really want to talk to you but Raych is forcing me"
"Hey Jaz, it's me Jenni"
"Oh..hey"
"I'm sorry for leaving the country without telling you, your one of my closest friends and I'm really sorry, but you gotta understand I was running away and you just don't stop to see friends when your running away..and you of all people should know that"
"Yeh yeh, I'm PMSing, sorry"
"You know I'm sick of hearing that from you"
"But I am sorry though"
"I know you are, but stop getting into situations where you have to say your sorry"
"Yeh I know, but I'm going through a bad time"
"What can be that bad? What? You gained 3 pounds? You-"
"I'm pregnant"
"W-What?!"
"And I don't know who the father is"
"Oh crap" I put my hand over my mouth in total shock.
"How did this happen?"
"I got drunk at a party, slept with some guy..3 weeks later BAM! I find out I'm pregnant, there is no daddy for the little fucker either"
"Aw man.."
"Don't say sorry" I wasn't I sighed and looked to the clock. Just gone midday.
"How did you get yourself into this mess?"
"I really don't know, and I'm stuck with the consequences of my actions"
"Well..I hope you find the father and everything, but remember a step father can sometimes be better then your biological one"
"Mine wasn't"
"Shush! Your ruining my example" Jaz laughed on the other end of the conversation, but quickly quietened down.
"I have to go, my article's deadline is tomorrow and I haven't even started it yet, I've been so worried with all of this, best of luck with your career" You mean the one that doesn't exist anymore?
"Uh, thanks, good luck with the baby, i'll see you soon, i'll try and visit later on in the year, I mean it's not like I'm that busy"
"Your job?"
"I haven't got one anymore, I was fired on Christmas Eve..and my last opportunity for a job.." I glanced to Billie who's eyes were focused on the newspaper infront of him.
"..didn't go down so well"
"No? How come"
"Complications"
"Right"
"Okay then, have fun with your dead line"
"Haha, I'll try" She muttered sarcastically, I giggled with my hand over the receiver I took it off and smiled.
"Bye bye Jasmine"
"See yah Jen" We hung up on each other as I got out of my chair and put the cordless phone on it's stand.
"Have you got anything for me to do?" I asked Raych who was busy cleaning the kitchen.
"Clean?"
"NOOO" I shouted and ran out the kitchen, I ran into the living room and turned on the Tv.
"So much better" Billie eventually followed me and sat next to me, he quirked an eyebrow, looking from the Tv to me.
"Seriously, why are you watching cartoons?"
"We've had this discussion before..I have the mind of a 5 year old..they're just great, what? You want me to watch the news and get bored?"
"At least you'd know what's going on in the world"
"Nah, Spongebob is so much better I mean LOOK! He's showing kids how to tie they're shoes!"
"You know how to tie your shoes!"
"Uh..yeh, but I like this programme so shush!" After a moment I started joining in the with song that was playing on Spongebob.
"You gotta loop de loop and pull, and your shoes are looking cool-"
"Shut up"
"No"
"Yes"
"Shut it Walker!"
"Be quiet Armstrong" I mocked laughing as he tackled me.
"RAPE! HELP! RAPE!!" Raych ran into the room with a surprised look on her face, she narrowed her eyes at us and shook her head quietly laughing.
"Kids" She tutted and walked back into her kitchen.
"Hmm..I'll be 25 in nearly a month..that's scary" I said looking for the remote control that was knocked off when Billie tackled me.
"Yeh, I'm 34 in 6 days..I didn't even think about that" Billie smirked as he slipped the remote behind his back so I wouldn't find it.
"God I have to get you a Birthday present"
"No you don't"
"Yep..I do"
"Don't"
"Do"
"Be quiet Jen, just don't get me anything kay?"
"Fine" I lied, knowing I'd get something when he didn't know about it.
"Where's the god damn remote control!?" I shouted getting rather annoyed that
it had just disappeared.
"What are you smiling about?" I quirked an eyebrow at his goofy grin.
"Spill" Billie laughed and got the remote from behind his back, I gasped and shook my head.
"You lil' devil, gimme it back!" I shouted, pointing my finger at him.
"Or?"
"I'll..er..poke you?" Billie did a high pitched girl scream, I laughed as he chucked the remote at me.
"Evil"
"I know you are but what am I?" I retorted, turning the Tv off with the remote.
"Er..evil?"
"WRONG!" I stood up and shrugged.
"Wanna go out?"
"Where?"
"Let's go walk around Cannock town center"
"You sure?" Billie asked rather unsure, I nodded and ran upstairs, I came back down with Billie's hat and sun glasses, he shook his head and smiled.
"There can't be that many Green Day fans here..this place is tiny"
"True, but I don't want you molested"
"Gah, never will happen, let's go then"
"LET'S GO BARBIE GIRL!"
"What the fuck?!"
"Don't ask" I smirked and walked out the door, quickly waving to Raych in the kitchen.
"Be back soon" I shouted and turned round to Billie.
"Be prepared..this place can be pretty damn disturbing at times"
"Okay" Billie narrowed his eyes at me like I was going crazy I rolled my eyes and smirked.
"Don't look at me like that"
"What?"
"Like I'm going mad!"
"Your not going mad, you've already gone mad" He sniggered, I just bit my lip and shook my head.
"Your a bully, jeez"
"Meh" He shrugged as we walked down a long road that eventually led us to Cannock town center, we found ourselves making our way over to McDonald's, putting all the weight and maybe more of what we just lost by walking there on. We told our orders and sat down in the small restaurant, we ate the food we had and walked out.
"Hey wanna go to blockbusters?" I asked since it was opposite McDonald's.
"Why?"
"I don't know..I like it in there, it's always so quiet..and peaceful"
"That isn't a good thing"
"Well Ok, where do ya wanna go then?" Billie just shrugged and looked at me as I looked around and smiled, realizing I was finally home.
***
"Tré calm down it couldn't of gone far"
"Well I've looked everywhere for the fucking hamster! If Ramona finds out then her mother will kill me!" Tré put his hand to his tired face as Mike looked around his house, after awhile Mike laughed quietly, as he saw a furry creature running behind the couch.
"I think I've found it!" Mike shouted, looking behind the couch at the hamster, he picked it up but only to be bitten by it.
"OUCH! Mother fuck just bit me"
"Exactly why I hate that little evil bastard" Mike went to hand it over to Tré, who backed away.
"Dude, I ain't touching it!"
"Where's the cage then?" Tré shrugged as his eyes darted across the room.
"Oh shit"
"You've lost the cage to!?"
"I know! I'll put it in the cookie jar" Mike rolled his eyes before looking pathetically at the younger man.
"Cookie jar?! That's animal cruelty"
"Well that things cruel to me, a taste of his own medicine I say!"
"It's defended itself, it's only do what's natural to him"
"To bite chunks of my skin outta me!? I don't like his natural thing then"
"Mainly why people don't get hamsters" Tré muttered something before retorting to the kitchen to grab an empty cookie jar to store the hamster temporarily in.
"I'll pop to the pet shop, whilst it's in here"
"Tré, it will be oxygen starved! It will die in there" Mike groaned, emphasising the word 'die'.
"I'll leave it slightly open then, besides i'll be gone for a second, you can watch it" Mike shook his hands infront of his face.
"No no no no! I'll come with you, you are not leaving me to look after a hamster"
"Fine" Tré mumbled as he grabbed his car keys.
"Let's go then" Mike nodded and stepped out the house with him, he hopped into the front passengers seat of Tré's car and they drove off to the local pet store.
Once they had gotten there, Tré ran to the front of the store and rung the bell to
grab the owners attention.
"I'd like to buy a hamster cage"
"How big"
"Oh he's like this big" Tré made a small gap in between in his hands showing the
size of his hamster.
"The cage..not the hamster" The old man smirked as Tré sighed.
"I dunno..medium? Anything..come on dude! Hurry up, the hamsters in a frickin' cookie jar!"
"What?!"
"Er..I need to get the cage so I can go to the hookie bar" Mike shook his head at the drummer and walked away, acting like he wasn't with Tré.
"Riiight, okay, here's your medium hamster cage, $25 please"
"$25?! It's just metal"
"Do you want the damn hamster cage or not"
"Yes yes yes, sorry..jeez" Tré said, giving him the money and grabbing the cage.
"Thanks" He mumbled quietly before walking out the shop to find Mike sitting in his car.
"Too embarrassed?"
"Actually..yes" Mike admitted, sitting up in the seat and adjusting his seat belt. Tré started the car and they arrived back to his house to give the hamster it's new home.
"I still don't know how you can lose the hamster and the cage!"
"Oh be quiet Mike" Tré groaned as they got into the house and got the cookie jar.
"I wonder how Jenni and Billie are doing" Mike said out of the blue.
"Probably making out or something" Tré sighed as he took the hamster out of
the cookie jar.
"Why are you so annoyed?" The hamster seemed calm until Tré went to put him inside the metal cage, the hamster bit Tré, it landed on the floor with a thud and ran off somewhere.
"BASTARD!"
"Billie is?"
"No that damn hamster, it bit me"
"Oh"
"Well I suppose Billie is a bastard"
"Why?"
"He won the bet, remember? He got Jenni first..meaning I have to take the punishment"
"I'm glad I stayed out of that"
"Well..I would of won, but Jenni pulled away when I went to kiss her.."
"She wasn't ready, can't blame her"
"But is Billie playing the game or does he really like her? I mean..I sorta did" Tré admitted and looked around.
"Mike?" He said, grabbing Mike's attention.
"Yeh?"
"Where's the hamster?"
