The Mysterious Guy, chapter 13
"WHAT?!" I said to myself, my eyes filled with tears.
"No!" I said rubbing my eyes.
"I got to do something." I said standing up. I walked to the cafeteria door, as I opened the door a bell ringed (the one on top of the door, so when you open the door it rings).
I looked to my right; there I saw Adie and Billie sitting in the last table. Adie saw me; she was sitting in front of Billie. I could only see Billie's back. When Adie saw me she looked at me with a worried face, then she turned to a big guy who was sitting in the bar table; she make a sign at him and then she pointed me. Then she went back to hold Billie's hands so he couldn't look back to me. This bald guy Adie talked to stood up; it was a big bald man. He was wearing a black suit and black sunglasses; he looked much pretty like a Mafia guy. He walked up to me.
"Excuse me lady but you have to go out." he told me with his deep voice.
He was like two meters taller than me, I looked up to him.
"Why?! This is a public cafeteria," I called
"Sorry but you have to get out," he told me holding my arm
"Sorry but I have to talk with someone," I told him pulling my arm free
"Sorry little girl you have to get out," he said very relaxed as he took my arm and turned me round holding my other arm and pulling me out
"No!! I - must! - talk!" I said trying to release myself free, he opened the door and he pushed me out
"Fuck you!" I screamed back to him as he shut the door, tears were making presence on my eyes again
"NO!" I screamed once again rubbing my eyes "no more tears to cry! I won't give up, there's something I got to do... " I said walking back and staring at the cafeteria building.
I saw someone coming out from between the cafeteria and other building. I walked up there; there was a dark alley, I walked into the alley. I saw a door that said 'EXIT', in the cafeteria wall.
I pushed the door slowly; there it was the kitchen and many cookers making food. I walked in as if it was normal. I walked trough the kitchens and tables.
"It smells good, keep it up," I told a cooker as I smelled a pot.
I kept walking as if nothing, then I saw myself in front of a double door. I saw through a little round window I saw the front of the cafeteria, I saw the bold guy sitting in the bar table, and Billie and Adie talking in the table.
"Hmhmh...I can't go out here the baldie man will see me and he will kick me out again...hmhm," I said to myself as I thought of a way of getting closer to Billie. I walked back to the kitchen, I walked out to the alley. I stepped on top if a huge trash can, I jumped into the roof, I helped my self up with my arms. I walked trough the roof looking for a gate or something
"Aha!" I jumped as I saw a little door in the roof; I kneeled down and open it. As I opened it I saw set of steps, I walked down, I arrived to the attic; it was dark and it smelled like dust. I could hear some voices.
"So when you think we shall do it?" I heard Adie's voice. I followed her voice; I walked till I saw a light, I walked to the light, there was a whole on the floor. I looked down through the whole and I saw Billie and Adie in the table, I was right on top of them.
"I...I don't know... whenever you want," Billie replied to Adie's question.
I kneeled beside the whole.
"Billie! Pst!" I whispered to him, hoping him to look to the roof. But he didn't hear.
"BILLIE!!" I whispered louder.
He looked around "did you hear that?" he asked Adie
"Nope," she answered
"Jesus Christ Billie!!" I whispered once again
"There is again! Did you hear it?" he said again
"Aahah hunny I think you are hearing things, I think we should go home and rest," Adie told Billie putting her hand in his cheek
"Arr!!! No! Billie! Up here!" I whispered again, I couldn't speak any louder or Adie will see me. The idea was to only catch Billie's attention, but if Adie saw me she will call baldie man again he will kick me again.
He looked around, he closed his eyes and stretched "yeah maybe you're right I'm hearing things,"
"Of course you are hearing things I'm whispering to you," I said to myself annoyed.
"Let's go then," said Adie taking her handbag and standing up.
"No wait!" I said leaning into the whole trying to stop them.
I leaned too much into the whole and I fell down bursting into the table seat where Adie was sitting. When I fell into the seat, the door bell ringed; Adie and Billie were gone.
"Ouch..." I said slowly as I pulled myself up rubbing my head.
I looked around, yeah there were gone. I sat there and I held my head with my hands.
"Fuck it..."
I walked out; I took the skate and walked down the street.
"There you are kid," I told the kid as I give him his skate. Then I sat by the sidewalk, the kid skated around.
"What's wrong?" he asked me as he saw my fucked up face
"Hmhmh... you won't understand." I told him, he sat by my side "You're too young boy,"
"Why were you crying?" he asked my looking at my eyeliner that was all spilled in my cheeks. I held my head with my hands again.
"It's because of love,"
"Aaaaah! You are in love, then why are you crying?" he asked disappointed.
"Because my love is gone, he loves another woman and they're going to get married,"I said sadly.
"Ow...but...they aren't married yet" he told me with a smirk, but friendly
"What do you mean?" I said looking down at him.
"That maybe you can still have an opportunity to catch him again," he told me with a sound of hope in his voice. I looked at him, he was smiling
"Thanks kid." I said rubbing his hair.
"Well it was nice to talk to you lady" he said as he stood up "bye."
"Bye kid," I told as he skated away. I looked at the back of his shirt; it said 'GREEN DAY' in green letters. His words gave me a bit of hope.
A car stopped in front of me, I saw the driver window going down
"Joey! Are you ok?" said Jason worried as he opened his door and walked down to me; he leaned in front of me.
"Are you ok?" he asked again affectionate
"Yeah..." I told him looking at the ground; he lifted my head up softly.
"What happened?"
"Nothing..."
"Its ok if you don't want to tell me, but let me help you, you look tired,"
"I'm tired actually, last night I had a party and...now I had to do some Tomb Raider acrobatics to save the love of my life but it didn't work."
"So you got a hangover?"
"Yeah...sort of."
"Well, come, let's go." he took my arms softly and helped my standing up, all my body hurt.
"Agh!" I exclaim holding my head with my hands as I stood up "my head hurts like hell right now, ouch! And my back, and aaaah my arm."
"Your arm is bleeding!" he said as he saw a big cut in my arm, "Come on lets go to my house I'll take care of you," he opened the passengers door for me and then we rushed to his home
When we arrived to his home there was no one, he took me to his bedroom, he took out some medical things and he started to clean the cut in my arm.
"Were you cutting your self?" he asked worried
"No way! The thing is that, I fell off a roof...that's all." he laughed
"How do you fall off a roof?"
"Climbing into one" he finished putting the a band around my arm and then he sat in front of me.
"You look like Corpse Bride." he said staring at me, with the make up all spread in my face, with my skirt, dirty and scratched.
"Don't bother me," I said
"No! I mean, you look, beautiful, I love Corpse Bride."
"Really? Me to," I smiled.
"You weren't going get married, didn't you?" he asked suspiciously.
"No! No...haha, I'm not the one who's getting married... "
"Who then?"
"The...the man that I love..."his smile disappeared, as mine.
"Ow... I'm so sorry Joey."
"Yeah, he was asked today, I tried to stop it, I climbed a roof to stop it! I fell of the roof to stop it... but it was worthless."
"I'm so sorry Joey." he said as he took my hand
"But... I have hope, he isn't married yet isn't he," I said with a little smile, he smiled and he hugged me
He stood up and he went for a glass of water and an aspirin, he also brought a wet towel.
"Thanks," I said as he handle me the glass and the aspirin, the he cleaned my face with the wet towel, softly.
We talked for some hours
"Stacy's a bitch." I said
"Yeah, I know, she's always trying to get along with me, she is always around like 'ooooow my God you're like so! Cool!" he said imitating Stacy
"Hahahah yeah, she's always around me telling I'm a freak, but I really don't care, she always bothers me saying 'hah! If Billie sees me he will fall for me!" I said imitating Stacy.
"Billie?" Jason asked
"Billie... the guy I talked about, the one who is going to get married, the one I love," I told him
"Aaaah! Yeah, you didn't tell me the name, so it's true! You are going out with the lead singer of Green Day!"
"Ah... yeah that Billie."
"Musicians... "he said rolling his eyes, but with a smile
"Yeah... but... I love him so much... what hour is it?" I asked Jason
"12.30am"
"Shit we have talked for hours! Well I got to go now."
"I'll take you home."
Then he took me home as he said
"Bye Jason, thanks for everything."
"Bye Joey, take care." He said as he kissed my cheek
Then I walked to my room
I took my cell phone
"20 missed calls." I read in the screen, they were from Billie
"5 voice messages and 1 text message." I heard the voice messages.
"baby we have to talk." one from Billie "where are you please answer the phone." second from Billie "its important Hun." third, and the rest were like that
I read the text message "baby we have to talk please call me when you read this."
I put on my pajama and crawled into my bed, suddenly I fell asleep.
The sunlight crushed into my face waking me up.
"Aaaagh! Sun! No! Aaagh!" I exclaim.
"Wake up Joey!" my mom screamed as she opened the curtains.
"Why?!"
"Because is Monday."
"Ah... right... "
"School?" she said like it was obvious
"Aaaah yeah... " I said, I forgot about school totally.
I turned around and slept for 5 more minutes, then I stood up lazy, I went downstairs to eat breakfast.
"Pass me the cereals Jack please." I asked jack
"How was the party Joey?" Rachel asked as she ate waffles.
"Fine... I think." I said as I filled my bowl with milk and cereals.
"Did Billie arrive on time?" Jack asked.
"Hmhmh" I nodded eating my cereals.
Then I walked upstairs and got dressed.
I skated to Alie's house.
"Aloha." she greeted
"Ahoy." I replied
"How was the night with Tre?" I asked Alie.
"Great! He is such a sexy man! He first started unfasten his shirt, then his belt, then he started dancing se—"
"Ok, ok I don't want details." I rushed up saying.
"It was.. Great." she said dreaming.
"Hey losers did you get some? HAH I bet you didn't! You would only with some nerd or freak." Stacy said as we walked into the school.
"Oooh... and what about you and a naked Steven in your bedroom?"
Steven was the guy I saw the past morning in Stacy's window.
Steven was the guy that Stacy always make fun of, and Stacy was on a relationship, not with Steven, so if someone know that she was making out with Steven her reputation was going down, down and down.
She looked at me amazed, she opened her mouth
"How do you know?" she asked stunned, but she stood up firmly and asked again "I mean, what did you said?"
"You know what I said" I got closer to her "now you better stop bothering or your little secret is going to be printed in all the walls... " I said, she looked at me stunned, Then I walked by
"Look what we got here! Looooverssss!" Alie said as we saw Frank and Anne walking down the corridor holding hands
"Hey Joey, Alie." Frank greeted us
"You look nice together." I told them, I was happy for them.
Then I walked to my locker.
I opened my locker, I saw the picture of Billie and me, I looked at it and I got lost in his green eyes...
"Boo!"
"Ah!" I screamed I turned around I saw Jason "hey you scared the fuck out of me."
"Haha hey, how are you feeling?" he asked as he kissed me in the cheek
"Fine thanks." I turned around and took my books out.
We walked down the corridors.
"I heard that you scared Stacy the fuck out of her." he told me as we walked.
"A yeah, I told her some truth she needs to know... well" we stopped in front of a class, the bell ringed "Biology class."
"Ok, see you later." said Jason as he walked away; I stood there for a moment thinking... then I walked into the class.
"You're late." the teacher, Miss Lauren told me without taking his eyes off the board
"The bell just rang." I told her walking to my seat.
"Yeah, and you have to be here after the bell rang."
"Sorry miss I was solving a problem." said a kid that just entered to the room.
"Its ok Miss Patterson, but you Joey go for a late pass."
"What?!" I exclaim.
"What you heard." said the teacher as she wrote something on the board.
"But, but! How she! And I? And we! And you! And, and no way this is unfair." I told her firmly.
"Yeah life is unfair isn't it?" she said turning around and taking her glasses off .
"Yeah..." I replied .
"Now go for the late pass."
"No I wont, I was on time for the class."
"You entered before the bell rang."
"Yeah, the bell is for telling the students that they have to go to class, no to tell them they are late."
"Well but for my class, if you arrived after the bell rang you are late."
"Since when?"
"Since now."
"Well then I don't need to go for a late pass, since that new law is since NOW, next time I'll watch to get here on time." I told her sitting, she looked at me annoyed
"Well I say that you have to get a late pass."
"And I say that I won't because its unfair because I wasn't late!"
"I say life in unfair." she said drinking coffee
"Yeah, so, it's unfair, so I will be unfair with you and I won't go for a late pass." I told her
"And why are you being unfair with me?" the teacher asked confused.
"Because you were unfair with me"
"And so?"
"That's the way life goes." I told her, the class laughed at the teacher that looked puzzle.
If I had one more late pass I was going to be suspended, I didn't want that, dad was going to kill me, 5 suspensions in one years isn't a nice thing, and also I hate unfair things, why me and not Patterson? Fuck it .
"I don't care now go-for-a-late-pass."
"And why only me?" I asked
"Because I say so."
"Well then I say I wont go for one, and now could you start the class please there are people waiting to learn." I said pointing at some Childs that were waiting impatient for the class to start, the rest of the class was enjoying the discussion.
"Do you want me to call the director?" she asked like warning me.
"Yeah, then we can talk of how the favoritism from the teachers to some students is increasing so much in school this days? Huh?" the class clapped to that comment.
The teacher looked puzzled
"Ok... lets... start the class."
Then the class went on normally.
Suddenly my cell phone started ringing.
"Shit I didn't turn it off... " I though
"ok give me that cell phone." the teacher turned around and looked at the class, no one moved, she started walking around us, she walked by my side
"AHA!" she said taking the phone out of my hands.
"Let's see who was calling you miss." she said looking at the screen and walking forward to her desk, she read the screen and she smiled
"Ahaaa, it seems that mister Billie Joe is looking for you." she said smirking looking at me, the whole class turned around to see me
"Fuck... "
"Let's see what Mr. Billie Joe have to say." she said as she answered the phone
"It's that Billie Joe from Green day?" some girls whispered
"Who is this?" the teacher asked "Billie Joe? What Billie Joe?" she waited for an answer. "aaaaaaaah mister Billie Joe Armstrong." she said looking at the class.
The whole class started whispering things, some of them looked at me others just looked at the teacher waiting to say something else, everyone was interested in her conversation with Billie, even the ones who wanted to learn threw theirs books away to listen to what the teacher was talking about.
"And Mr. Armstrong why do you want to talk with Joey?" she listened to what he replied, she nodded "aaaah, something important, well you can tell me, I'll tell her." --- "no you cant talk with her, why? Because she is in the middle of Biology class now."
"Aaah fuck, fuck!" I said as I pulled my hands against my face, I could feel everyone's sights on me.
"Well Mr. Armstrong, I have to hang up, I have to teach something to this kids, and oh! I hope you can teach some refined manners to that kid." --- "well, bye Mr. Armstrong." she remarked most the 'Armstrong' part.
"Well Joey, Mr. Armstrong said that he needs to talk to you urgent." she said turning around to keep writing in the board.
"Fuck you... " I whispered holding my head with my hands.
"What did you said?" she said stopping and turning around to me
"Ah, thank you for giving me the message." I said with a fake smile, she gave back another fake smile
The bell for lunch rang, everyone stood up to talk to me, obviously to ask me about Billie Joe, so I rushed outside before they could ask something, I went for a tray for lunch, then I walked out, I looked around for Alie, or Frank, I saw Frank and Anne sitting in a table away from the crowd of people.
"Hey guys." I said as I sat in front of them with my tray.
"Hey, Billie called you during class?" Frank asked as he ate some potatoes.
"Ugh I hate how quick rumors are spread in this school, you fart and everyone knows." I thought.
"Yeah... and Miss Lauren was sure to answer and talk for me." I told him eating tomatoes.
"While I was walking down the corridor I heard a bunch of people saying that you were going out with Billie Joe Armstrong." Anne commented.
"Fuck them, fuck everyone! Why do they have to go around saying stuff like that?" I said as I tok a sip of coke
"Because is true isn't it?" Frank asked
"Yeah... sort of... " I ate fries "he told the teacher he have something important to tell me... I wonder what he have to told me."
"Really? Wow" Frank said
"Joey!! Joey!" two teenie girls sat beside me "hey... ummm it's true that you're going out with Armstrong? I mean he is so hot and cool I can't imagine him going out with a kid." she said
"Well don't imagine then! Fuck off." I told her staring at my pie
"What do you mean? Come on tell us, we are you're friends." I looked up to them, they were of the group of Stacy
"Since when you are my friends?? Since you knew that maybe I'm dating Billie Joe?! Well guess what, I'm not going to tell you, you can't pretend to be my friend because someone said that I'm going out with Billie, what do you want to get if I'm your friend? Introduce you Tre and Mike?" they nodded "well I'll tell you a secret" I told them getting closer to them "if you were my friends... and if I were dating Billie... I WONT INTRODUCE YOU MIKE AND TRE TO YOU! NOT EVEN IF YOU WERE DIEING OF CANCER BITCHES" I stood up with my table and walked away, as I walked trough the garden.
"Hey Green day!" some guys screamed at me as I walked by.
"There goes Billie Joe's giiiirl!" others screamed.
"Fuck off." I replied to them.
I left my tray in a bucket.
"Joey!! Hey Joey! What's on with Billie Joe?" some girls walked up to me.
"Nothing!" I walked away, but everywhere I went there was someone asking or screaming things about Billie.
I ran to the second floor, then I ran upstairs to the third, some girls were running after me, I opened the music room door, I shut is behind me.
"Silence... finally... " I thought.
I walked around, I was alone, I walked trough the drums, troughs the guitars and bass. I took an electric guitar and started playing.
After some minutes the bell rang, but I didn't feel like going to class and answering stupid questions. I stayed there playing guitar.
I couldn't stop thinking about Billie.
"What important thing he want to tell me? That he is going to get married? Or maybe he thought about it and he regret, nah, I don't know... Maybe he wants to say sorry. Wait. Why I'm so relaxed about that... the love of my life... is going to get married, he said yes. FUCK HIM why did he say yes?!?! He is supposed to love me, how can you love two persons at the same time?!?!?! Fuck it." I thought as I played.
"I need to talk to him." I said as I rushed to the Biology class.
There was no one inside, I looked around the corridor, sure that there was no one that could see me, then I turned slowly the key to open the door, I pushed the door slowly, I entered to the room quickly, then I closed the door slowly, I walked to the teachers desk, I opened the second drawer of the desk, I searched trough papers for my cell phone, but it wasn't there, I tried to open the first drawer but it was locked.
"Shit" I whispered as I saw someone walking trough the door window, then I hear someone opening the door, I hide under the teachers' desk.
I heard someone whistling, I looked from down of the desk, I saw two high-heel shoes , then behind those shoes I saw two sneakers. The last one closed the door, then I heard laughers, the high-heel shoes sat on top of the desk, I could see her shaved legs, then the sneaker man stood in front of her, the mans hand started crawling from the bottom of the woman's legs to the top.
"Oh Lauren." said the man.
"Miss Lauren?!" I whispered, I hear kissing noises "ew!"
Then I heard keys noise, then I heard miss Lauren leaving the keys in the desk, I crawled to the chair, I looked up slowly, I there I saw on top of the desk, Miss Lauren and Alex, the P.E teacher, kissing.
"Gross." I thought
I saw the keys on the desk beside Miss Lauren, I stood up carefully, watching out that they don't see me, but they were to busy kissing.
I took the keys slowly, then I opened the drawer, I pulled it out slowly, there I saw my cell phone. I took it out, and then I closed the drawer, slowly. I leave the key where they were.
Alex took Miss Lauren in his arms. I pulled myself down so they wont see me. Alex put Miss Lauren against the windows, there she started unfasten her blouse buttons. They started kissing again.
I stood up slowly, I walked back slowly to the door, watching that they don't see me. I opened the door slowly, and I walked out.
I closed slowly the door, then I breathe out, only then I could breathe easily.
I laughed, was I've just seen was gross and funny.
Then I walked up to the roof, there I could talk with Billie relaxed, now one would ever find me there.
I called him
"Yeah?" Billie answered.
"Hi Billie." I greeted him shy
"Hey love, how are you?"
"Now I'm stunned, I just saw two of my teachers making out, what important thing you have to tell me?" I asked him
"Ow... em... We need to talk, are you in classes?"
"Yeah but I can drop it."
"Great, well see you in that park that is behind your school."
Then we hanged and I went down, hiding, so no one could see me. I walked to the back yard, there were some kids, older than me playing football, but they didn't notice me. I climbed the fence and jumped into the other side. Finally I was out of school. I ran trough the trees. I arrived to the park. Billie hasn't arrived yet, I sat in a swing, I swing softly waiting for Billie, staring at the floor.
Two hands blinded me.
"Guess who."
"Billie." I told him
"Hey Hun." he said kissing my lips, that feeling that come out when his lips touches mine, so beautiful, it make me feel so happy, so complete, maybe I would never fell those lips again.
"Hey." he sat in the swing beside me "what did you wanted to tell me?"
"Am... that... well... " he looked puzzled, I looked at him, I knew what he ad to tell me.
"I know it." I told him looking at the floor
"What?" he said disappointed
"I know that Adie was going to ask you to marry her, and she already did, and you... "
"Joey I didn't know what to do, I... I love her also... but I love you but... "
"But nothing Billie!" I said standing up "you can't love two persons at the same time! It's just... unfair... for the other parson... " I said walking around the swings.
"Joey pleases, I... I'm just confused... "
"Yeah so confused that you could say yes that easily." I said as the tears starting to make place in my eyes.
"Joey I couldn't turn my back to her." I stood in front of him.
"But you could to me!" I told him firmly, and then I turned my back to him.
"Honey... " he said standing up touching my shoulders
"No! No honey! No nothing." I said stepping away from him "Billie I love you! You... you... I don't know I only know that I love YOU, and that now the love of my life is going to get married!" I said as I turned around to him, the tears fell off my eyes.
"Joey I'm so sorry." he said as he jumped over me and hugged me tight "I love you but I didn't knew what to do, if you could see her in the moment that she asked me... I couldn't say no! I know I screwed it, but... but... I just didn't know what to do!" he said as his tears fell off his eyes like mine.
"It's so unfair for me... and also for Adie... " I said a bit more calmed; I pulled softly away from him.
"I... I love you... and she also does... but you can't be with both." I told him staring at my converse
"What do you want me to do?" he asked
I looked up at him
"You have to choose... " I said looking into his eyes deeply.
"But Joey!"
"But Billie! It's so unfair, for me and Adie! You have to choose one of us"
"But... Adie... I can't drop her... but I can't drop you either... I love you, I can't"
"Now you are saying no to my propose... but you could say yes to Adie... "I looked down... I turned around "I think... you already choose... "
"No!" I said rubbing my eyes.
"I got to do something." I said standing up. I walked to the cafeteria door, as I opened the door a bell ringed (the one on top of the door, so when you open the door it rings).
I looked to my right; there I saw Adie and Billie sitting in the last table. Adie saw me; she was sitting in front of Billie. I could only see Billie's back. When Adie saw me she looked at me with a worried face, then she turned to a big guy who was sitting in the bar table; she make a sign at him and then she pointed me. Then she went back to hold Billie's hands so he couldn't look back to me. This bald guy Adie talked to stood up; it was a big bald man. He was wearing a black suit and black sunglasses; he looked much pretty like a Mafia guy. He walked up to me.
"Excuse me lady but you have to go out." he told me with his deep voice.
He was like two meters taller than me, I looked up to him.
"Why?! This is a public cafeteria," I called
"Sorry but you have to get out," he told me holding my arm
"Sorry but I have to talk with someone," I told him pulling my arm free
"Sorry little girl you have to get out," he said very relaxed as he took my arm and turned me round holding my other arm and pulling me out
"No!! I - must! - talk!" I said trying to release myself free, he opened the door and he pushed me out
"Fuck you!" I screamed back to him as he shut the door, tears were making presence on my eyes again
"NO!" I screamed once again rubbing my eyes "no more tears to cry! I won't give up, there's something I got to do... " I said walking back and staring at the cafeteria building.
I saw someone coming out from between the cafeteria and other building. I walked up there; there was a dark alley, I walked into the alley. I saw a door that said 'EXIT', in the cafeteria wall.
I pushed the door slowly; there it was the kitchen and many cookers making food. I walked in as if it was normal. I walked trough the kitchens and tables.
"It smells good, keep it up," I told a cooker as I smelled a pot.
I kept walking as if nothing, then I saw myself in front of a double door. I saw through a little round window I saw the front of the cafeteria, I saw the bold guy sitting in the bar table, and Billie and Adie talking in the table.
"Hmhmh...I can't go out here the baldie man will see me and he will kick me out again...hmhm," I said to myself as I thought of a way of getting closer to Billie. I walked back to the kitchen, I walked out to the alley. I stepped on top if a huge trash can, I jumped into the roof, I helped my self up with my arms. I walked trough the roof looking for a gate or something
"Aha!" I jumped as I saw a little door in the roof; I kneeled down and open it. As I opened it I saw set of steps, I walked down, I arrived to the attic; it was dark and it smelled like dust. I could hear some voices.
"So when you think we shall do it?" I heard Adie's voice. I followed her voice; I walked till I saw a light, I walked to the light, there was a whole on the floor. I looked down through the whole and I saw Billie and Adie in the table, I was right on top of them.
"I...I don't know... whenever you want," Billie replied to Adie's question.
I kneeled beside the whole.
"Billie! Pst!" I whispered to him, hoping him to look to the roof. But he didn't hear.
"BILLIE!!" I whispered louder.
He looked around "did you hear that?" he asked Adie
"Nope," she answered
"Jesus Christ Billie!!" I whispered once again
"There is again! Did you hear it?" he said again
"Aahah hunny I think you are hearing things, I think we should go home and rest," Adie told Billie putting her hand in his cheek
"Arr!!! No! Billie! Up here!" I whispered again, I couldn't speak any louder or Adie will see me. The idea was to only catch Billie's attention, but if Adie saw me she will call baldie man again he will kick me again.
He looked around, he closed his eyes and stretched "yeah maybe you're right I'm hearing things,"
"Of course you are hearing things I'm whispering to you," I said to myself annoyed.
"Let's go then," said Adie taking her handbag and standing up.
"No wait!" I said leaning into the whole trying to stop them.
I leaned too much into the whole and I fell down bursting into the table seat where Adie was sitting. When I fell into the seat, the door bell ringed; Adie and Billie were gone.
"Ouch..." I said slowly as I pulled myself up rubbing my head.
I looked around, yeah there were gone. I sat there and I held my head with my hands.
"Fuck it..."
I walked out; I took the skate and walked down the street.
"There you are kid," I told the kid as I give him his skate. Then I sat by the sidewalk, the kid skated around.
"What's wrong?" he asked me as he saw my fucked up face
"Hmhmh... you won't understand." I told him, he sat by my side "You're too young boy,"
"Why were you crying?" he asked my looking at my eyeliner that was all spilled in my cheeks. I held my head with my hands again.
"It's because of love,"
"Aaaaah! You are in love, then why are you crying?" he asked disappointed.
"Because my love is gone, he loves another woman and they're going to get married,"I said sadly.
"Ow...but...they aren't married yet" he told me with a smirk, but friendly
"What do you mean?" I said looking down at him.
"That maybe you can still have an opportunity to catch him again," he told me with a sound of hope in his voice. I looked at him, he was smiling
"Thanks kid." I said rubbing his hair.
"Well it was nice to talk to you lady" he said as he stood up "bye."
"Bye kid," I told as he skated away. I looked at the back of his shirt; it said 'GREEN DAY' in green letters. His words gave me a bit of hope.
A car stopped in front of me, I saw the driver window going down
"Joey! Are you ok?" said Jason worried as he opened his door and walked down to me; he leaned in front of me.
"Are you ok?" he asked again affectionate
"Yeah..." I told him looking at the ground; he lifted my head up softly.
"What happened?"
"Nothing..."
"Its ok if you don't want to tell me, but let me help you, you look tired,"
"I'm tired actually, last night I had a party and...now I had to do some Tomb Raider acrobatics to save the love of my life but it didn't work."
"So you got a hangover?"
"Yeah...sort of."
"Well, come, let's go." he took my arms softly and helped my standing up, all my body hurt.
"Agh!" I exclaim holding my head with my hands as I stood up "my head hurts like hell right now, ouch! And my back, and aaaah my arm."
"Your arm is bleeding!" he said as he saw a big cut in my arm, "Come on lets go to my house I'll take care of you," he opened the passengers door for me and then we rushed to his home
When we arrived to his home there was no one, he took me to his bedroom, he took out some medical things and he started to clean the cut in my arm.
"Were you cutting your self?" he asked worried
"No way! The thing is that, I fell off a roof...that's all." he laughed
"How do you fall off a roof?"
"Climbing into one" he finished putting the a band around my arm and then he sat in front of me.
"You look like Corpse Bride." he said staring at me, with the make up all spread in my face, with my skirt, dirty and scratched.
"Don't bother me," I said
"No! I mean, you look, beautiful, I love Corpse Bride."
"Really? Me to," I smiled.
"You weren't going get married, didn't you?" he asked suspiciously.
"No! No...haha, I'm not the one who's getting married... "
"Who then?"
"The...the man that I love..."his smile disappeared, as mine.
"Ow... I'm so sorry Joey."
"Yeah, he was asked today, I tried to stop it, I climbed a roof to stop it! I fell of the roof to stop it... but it was worthless."
"I'm so sorry Joey." he said as he took my hand
"But... I have hope, he isn't married yet isn't he," I said with a little smile, he smiled and he hugged me
He stood up and he went for a glass of water and an aspirin, he also brought a wet towel.
"Thanks," I said as he handle me the glass and the aspirin, the he cleaned my face with the wet towel, softly.
We talked for some hours
"Stacy's a bitch." I said
"Yeah, I know, she's always trying to get along with me, she is always around like 'ooooow my God you're like so! Cool!" he said imitating Stacy
"Hahahah yeah, she's always around me telling I'm a freak, but I really don't care, she always bothers me saying 'hah! If Billie sees me he will fall for me!" I said imitating Stacy.
"Billie?" Jason asked
"Billie... the guy I talked about, the one who is going to get married, the one I love," I told him
"Aaaah! Yeah, you didn't tell me the name, so it's true! You are going out with the lead singer of Green Day!"
"Ah... yeah that Billie."
"Musicians... "he said rolling his eyes, but with a smile
"Yeah... but... I love him so much... what hour is it?" I asked Jason
"12.30am"
"Shit we have talked for hours! Well I got to go now."
"I'll take you home."
Then he took me home as he said
"Bye Jason, thanks for everything."
"Bye Joey, take care." He said as he kissed my cheek
Then I walked to my room
I took my cell phone
"20 missed calls." I read in the screen, they were from Billie
"5 voice messages and 1 text message." I heard the voice messages.
"baby we have to talk." one from Billie "where are you please answer the phone." second from Billie "its important Hun." third, and the rest were like that
I read the text message "baby we have to talk please call me when you read this."
I put on my pajama and crawled into my bed, suddenly I fell asleep.
The sunlight crushed into my face waking me up.
"Aaaagh! Sun! No! Aaagh!" I exclaim.
"Wake up Joey!" my mom screamed as she opened the curtains.
"Why?!"
"Because is Monday."
"Ah... right... "
"School?" she said like it was obvious
"Aaaah yeah... " I said, I forgot about school totally.
I turned around and slept for 5 more minutes, then I stood up lazy, I went downstairs to eat breakfast.
"Pass me the cereals Jack please." I asked jack
"How was the party Joey?" Rachel asked as she ate waffles.
"Fine... I think." I said as I filled my bowl with milk and cereals.
"Did Billie arrive on time?" Jack asked.
"Hmhmh" I nodded eating my cereals.
Then I walked upstairs and got dressed.
I skated to Alie's house.
"Aloha." she greeted
"Ahoy." I replied
"How was the night with Tre?" I asked Alie.
"Great! He is such a sexy man! He first started unfasten his shirt, then his belt, then he started dancing se—"
"Ok, ok I don't want details." I rushed up saying.
"It was.. Great." she said dreaming.
"Hey losers did you get some? HAH I bet you didn't! You would only with some nerd or freak." Stacy said as we walked into the school.
"Oooh... and what about you and a naked Steven in your bedroom?"
Steven was the guy I saw the past morning in Stacy's window.
Steven was the guy that Stacy always make fun of, and Stacy was on a relationship, not with Steven, so if someone know that she was making out with Steven her reputation was going down, down and down.
She looked at me amazed, she opened her mouth
"How do you know?" she asked stunned, but she stood up firmly and asked again "I mean, what did you said?"
"You know what I said" I got closer to her "now you better stop bothering or your little secret is going to be printed in all the walls... " I said, she looked at me stunned, Then I walked by
"Look what we got here! Looooverssss!" Alie said as we saw Frank and Anne walking down the corridor holding hands
"Hey Joey, Alie." Frank greeted us
"You look nice together." I told them, I was happy for them.
Then I walked to my locker.
I opened my locker, I saw the picture of Billie and me, I looked at it and I got lost in his green eyes...
"Boo!"
"Ah!" I screamed I turned around I saw Jason "hey you scared the fuck out of me."
"Haha hey, how are you feeling?" he asked as he kissed me in the cheek
"Fine thanks." I turned around and took my books out.
We walked down the corridors.
"I heard that you scared Stacy the fuck out of her." he told me as we walked.
"A yeah, I told her some truth she needs to know... well" we stopped in front of a class, the bell ringed "Biology class."
"Ok, see you later." said Jason as he walked away; I stood there for a moment thinking... then I walked into the class.
"You're late." the teacher, Miss Lauren told me without taking his eyes off the board
"The bell just rang." I told her walking to my seat.
"Yeah, and you have to be here after the bell rang."
"Sorry miss I was solving a problem." said a kid that just entered to the room.
"Its ok Miss Patterson, but you Joey go for a late pass."
"What?!" I exclaim.
"What you heard." said the teacher as she wrote something on the board.
"But, but! How she! And I? And we! And you! And, and no way this is unfair." I told her firmly.
"Yeah life is unfair isn't it?" she said turning around and taking her glasses off .
"Yeah..." I replied .
"Now go for the late pass."
"No I wont, I was on time for the class."
"You entered before the bell rang."
"Yeah, the bell is for telling the students that they have to go to class, no to tell them they are late."
"Well but for my class, if you arrived after the bell rang you are late."
"Since when?"
"Since now."
"Well then I don't need to go for a late pass, since that new law is since NOW, next time I'll watch to get here on time." I told her sitting, she looked at me annoyed
"Well I say that you have to get a late pass."
"And I say that I won't because its unfair because I wasn't late!"
"I say life in unfair." she said drinking coffee
"Yeah, so, it's unfair, so I will be unfair with you and I won't go for a late pass." I told her
"And why are you being unfair with me?" the teacher asked confused.
"Because you were unfair with me"
"And so?"
"That's the way life goes." I told her, the class laughed at the teacher that looked puzzle.
If I had one more late pass I was going to be suspended, I didn't want that, dad was going to kill me, 5 suspensions in one years isn't a nice thing, and also I hate unfair things, why me and not Patterson? Fuck it .
"I don't care now go-for-a-late-pass."
"And why only me?" I asked
"Because I say so."
"Well then I say I wont go for one, and now could you start the class please there are people waiting to learn." I said pointing at some Childs that were waiting impatient for the class to start, the rest of the class was enjoying the discussion.
"Do you want me to call the director?" she asked like warning me.
"Yeah, then we can talk of how the favoritism from the teachers to some students is increasing so much in school this days? Huh?" the class clapped to that comment.
The teacher looked puzzled
"Ok... lets... start the class."
Then the class went on normally.
Suddenly my cell phone started ringing.
"Shit I didn't turn it off... " I though
"ok give me that cell phone." the teacher turned around and looked at the class, no one moved, she started walking around us, she walked by my side
"AHA!" she said taking the phone out of my hands.
"Let's see who was calling you miss." she said looking at the screen and walking forward to her desk, she read the screen and she smiled
"Ahaaa, it seems that mister Billie Joe is looking for you." she said smirking looking at me, the whole class turned around to see me
"Fuck... "
"Let's see what Mr. Billie Joe have to say." she said as she answered the phone
"It's that Billie Joe from Green day?" some girls whispered
"Who is this?" the teacher asked "Billie Joe? What Billie Joe?" she waited for an answer. "aaaaaaaah mister Billie Joe Armstrong." she said looking at the class.
The whole class started whispering things, some of them looked at me others just looked at the teacher waiting to say something else, everyone was interested in her conversation with Billie, even the ones who wanted to learn threw theirs books away to listen to what the teacher was talking about.
"And Mr. Armstrong why do you want to talk with Joey?" she listened to what he replied, she nodded "aaaah, something important, well you can tell me, I'll tell her." --- "no you cant talk with her, why? Because she is in the middle of Biology class now."
"Aaah fuck, fuck!" I said as I pulled my hands against my face, I could feel everyone's sights on me.
"Well Mr. Armstrong, I have to hang up, I have to teach something to this kids, and oh! I hope you can teach some refined manners to that kid." --- "well, bye Mr. Armstrong." she remarked most the 'Armstrong' part.
"Well Joey, Mr. Armstrong said that he needs to talk to you urgent." she said turning around to keep writing in the board.
"Fuck you... " I whispered holding my head with my hands.
"What did you said?" she said stopping and turning around to me
"Ah, thank you for giving me the message." I said with a fake smile, she gave back another fake smile
The bell for lunch rang, everyone stood up to talk to me, obviously to ask me about Billie Joe, so I rushed outside before they could ask something, I went for a tray for lunch, then I walked out, I looked around for Alie, or Frank, I saw Frank and Anne sitting in a table away from the crowd of people.
"Hey guys." I said as I sat in front of them with my tray.
"Hey, Billie called you during class?" Frank asked as he ate some potatoes.
"Ugh I hate how quick rumors are spread in this school, you fart and everyone knows." I thought.
"Yeah... and Miss Lauren was sure to answer and talk for me." I told him eating tomatoes.
"While I was walking down the corridor I heard a bunch of people saying that you were going out with Billie Joe Armstrong." Anne commented.
"Fuck them, fuck everyone! Why do they have to go around saying stuff like that?" I said as I tok a sip of coke
"Because is true isn't it?" Frank asked
"Yeah... sort of... " I ate fries "he told the teacher he have something important to tell me... I wonder what he have to told me."
"Really? Wow" Frank said
"Joey!! Joey!" two teenie girls sat beside me "hey... ummm it's true that you're going out with Armstrong? I mean he is so hot and cool I can't imagine him going out with a kid." she said
"Well don't imagine then! Fuck off." I told her staring at my pie
"What do you mean? Come on tell us, we are you're friends." I looked up to them, they were of the group of Stacy
"Since when you are my friends?? Since you knew that maybe I'm dating Billie Joe?! Well guess what, I'm not going to tell you, you can't pretend to be my friend because someone said that I'm going out with Billie, what do you want to get if I'm your friend? Introduce you Tre and Mike?" they nodded "well I'll tell you a secret" I told them getting closer to them "if you were my friends... and if I were dating Billie... I WONT INTRODUCE YOU MIKE AND TRE TO YOU! NOT EVEN IF YOU WERE DIEING OF CANCER BITCHES" I stood up with my table and walked away, as I walked trough the garden.
"Hey Green day!" some guys screamed at me as I walked by.
"There goes Billie Joe's giiiirl!" others screamed.
"Fuck off." I replied to them.
I left my tray in a bucket.
"Joey!! Hey Joey! What's on with Billie Joe?" some girls walked up to me.
"Nothing!" I walked away, but everywhere I went there was someone asking or screaming things about Billie.
I ran to the second floor, then I ran upstairs to the third, some girls were running after me, I opened the music room door, I shut is behind me.
"Silence... finally... " I thought.
I walked around, I was alone, I walked trough the drums, troughs the guitars and bass. I took an electric guitar and started playing.
After some minutes the bell rang, but I didn't feel like going to class and answering stupid questions. I stayed there playing guitar.
I couldn't stop thinking about Billie.
"What important thing he want to tell me? That he is going to get married? Or maybe he thought about it and he regret, nah, I don't know... Maybe he wants to say sorry. Wait. Why I'm so relaxed about that... the love of my life... is going to get married, he said yes. FUCK HIM why did he say yes?!?! He is supposed to love me, how can you love two persons at the same time?!?!?! Fuck it." I thought as I played.
"I need to talk to him." I said as I rushed to the Biology class.
There was no one inside, I looked around the corridor, sure that there was no one that could see me, then I turned slowly the key to open the door, I pushed the door slowly, I entered to the room quickly, then I closed the door slowly, I walked to the teachers desk, I opened the second drawer of the desk, I searched trough papers for my cell phone, but it wasn't there, I tried to open the first drawer but it was locked.
"Shit" I whispered as I saw someone walking trough the door window, then I hear someone opening the door, I hide under the teachers' desk.
I heard someone whistling, I looked from down of the desk, I saw two high-heel shoes , then behind those shoes I saw two sneakers. The last one closed the door, then I heard laughers, the high-heel shoes sat on top of the desk, I could see her shaved legs, then the sneaker man stood in front of her, the mans hand started crawling from the bottom of the woman's legs to the top.
"Oh Lauren." said the man.
"Miss Lauren?!" I whispered, I hear kissing noises "ew!"
Then I heard keys noise, then I heard miss Lauren leaving the keys in the desk, I crawled to the chair, I looked up slowly, I there I saw on top of the desk, Miss Lauren and Alex, the P.E teacher, kissing.
"Gross." I thought
I saw the keys on the desk beside Miss Lauren, I stood up carefully, watching out that they don't see me, but they were to busy kissing.
I took the keys slowly, then I opened the drawer, I pulled it out slowly, there I saw my cell phone. I took it out, and then I closed the drawer, slowly. I leave the key where they were.
Alex took Miss Lauren in his arms. I pulled myself down so they wont see me. Alex put Miss Lauren against the windows, there she started unfasten her blouse buttons. They started kissing again.
I stood up slowly, I walked back slowly to the door, watching that they don't see me. I opened the door slowly, and I walked out.
I closed slowly the door, then I breathe out, only then I could breathe easily.
I laughed, was I've just seen was gross and funny.
Then I walked up to the roof, there I could talk with Billie relaxed, now one would ever find me there.
I called him
"Yeah?" Billie answered.
"Hi Billie." I greeted him shy
"Hey love, how are you?"
"Now I'm stunned, I just saw two of my teachers making out, what important thing you have to tell me?" I asked him
"Ow... em... We need to talk, are you in classes?"
"Yeah but I can drop it."
"Great, well see you in that park that is behind your school."
Then we hanged and I went down, hiding, so no one could see me. I walked to the back yard, there were some kids, older than me playing football, but they didn't notice me. I climbed the fence and jumped into the other side. Finally I was out of school. I ran trough the trees. I arrived to the park. Billie hasn't arrived yet, I sat in a swing, I swing softly waiting for Billie, staring at the floor.
Two hands blinded me.
"Guess who."
"Billie." I told him
"Hey Hun." he said kissing my lips, that feeling that come out when his lips touches mine, so beautiful, it make me feel so happy, so complete, maybe I would never fell those lips again.
"Hey." he sat in the swing beside me "what did you wanted to tell me?"
"Am... that... well... " he looked puzzled, I looked at him, I knew what he ad to tell me.
"I know it." I told him looking at the floor
"What?" he said disappointed
"I know that Adie was going to ask you to marry her, and she already did, and you... "
"Joey I didn't know what to do, I... I love her also... but I love you but... "
"But nothing Billie!" I said standing up "you can't love two persons at the same time! It's just... unfair... for the other parson... " I said walking around the swings.
"Joey pleases, I... I'm just confused... "
"Yeah so confused that you could say yes that easily." I said as the tears starting to make place in my eyes.
"Joey I couldn't turn my back to her." I stood in front of him.
"But you could to me!" I told him firmly, and then I turned my back to him.
"Honey... " he said standing up touching my shoulders
"No! No honey! No nothing." I said stepping away from him "Billie I love you! You... you... I don't know I only know that I love YOU, and that now the love of my life is going to get married!" I said as I turned around to him, the tears fell off my eyes.
"Joey I'm so sorry." he said as he jumped over me and hugged me tight "I love you but I didn't knew what to do, if you could see her in the moment that she asked me... I couldn't say no! I know I screwed it, but... but... I just didn't know what to do!" he said as his tears fell off his eyes like mine.
"It's so unfair for me... and also for Adie... " I said a bit more calmed; I pulled softly away from him.
"I... I love you... and she also does... but you can't be with both." I told him staring at my converse
"What do you want me to do?" he asked
I looked up at him
"You have to choose... " I said looking into his eyes deeply.
"But Joey!"
"But Billie! It's so unfair, for me and Adie! You have to choose one of us"
"But... Adie... I can't drop her... but I can't drop you either... I love you, I can't"
"Now you are saying no to my propose... but you could say yes to Adie... "I looked down... I turned around "I think... you already choose... "
