A Berkeley Story, chapter 22
A few hours later you and your friends started to get ready.
"Joey you're sure?" you asked through your cell phone. You weren't real happy about the whole idea of you going out without him.
"Yes! I'm already at home so I can't leave now haha. You'll be fine. Don't worry. I trust you."
"Alright... well I better get going."
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you."
"Love you too baby."
"Andrea give it a rest. God can't you go out without him just ONCE?" Tara screamed.
"Oh shutup." You said and threw a pillow at her.
"Oh now it's on." She said and threw one back at you. Then, Kelly just HAD to come walking through, and got hit with a pillow. So, she joined in and on came Erica and Kayla who also joined.
"Guys! Guys! HOLY FUCK GUYS!" Erica yelled,
"It's already 8 o'clock you morons."
"Ah well who cares?!" you said.
"Fuck yeah... alright whatever let's go." Kayla said.So, you left to go to Josh's place. You figured that the best way to get there would be to take the bus, rather than spend even more money today on a taxi. You and your friends walked over to the bus stop and luckily only had to wait a few minutes until the bus arrived. You got on and of course got the very back seats. You sat next to Tara, and by the window. The whole ride you were thinking about Joey.
"Stop it," Tara said after a few minutes. She didn't even turn to look at you.
"What?" you asked.
"Stop it," she said again.
"What the hell? Stop what?"
"You know."
"No, actually I don't. Wanna let me in on your little secret?"
"Stop fucking thinking about him. Don't you fucking trust him?"
"Oh please, of course I do... "
"Then why are you still worrying?"
"Cause... I don't trust myself... . and I'll kill myself if I do anything tonight that would make me lose him."
"Well I highly doubt Joey would be too happy if you killed yourself haha." You sighed,
"Yeah yeah I know... "
"God, all you gotta do is trust him... and yourself. You love him enough that you won't do a thing that would fuck you and him up. So just don't worry."
"Alright... "
"Good... now... Kayla, where's the silly little bitch's place?" You all laughed.
"Uhh... Marin Avenue."
"Okay... I think that's up ahead."
You actually managed to find the street. You got off and started to walk around, figuring you'd see something that would lead you to Josh's place.
"Fuck I can hear the music already," Tara said. Everyone kept on walking; basically following the music... and of course you ended up at Josh's. You found Josh standing outside.
"Geez walk slow enough?" he said sarcastically as always.
"We can go home if you want," you said.
"Alright see ya."
"Bye." And you all kept walking towards him. ((That's how we normally treat eachother in case you didn't know... ))
"Alright so here's the thing... we're not having a party now actually... "
"What the fuck?" Kayla said almost laughing.
"Ahh we're just gonna go to some club... ."
"Ran outta beer didn't you?" you asked.
"Well it's not my fault they only bought two kegs!" Everyone started laughing... same old Joshua haha.
"Alright whatever... so where we going?" Erica asked.
""This place called Gilman." You froze. Your mind went back a couple weeks to one particular conversation between you and Joey.
---Flashback---
"Andrea ever heard of Gilman Street?" Joey randomly asked.
"Yea, why?"
"I'm just gonna tell you right now... just don't ever go there."
"Why not?"
"Okay well I have respect for it and all... but this one time me and Cole tried to get in... . and there were plenty of other people our age, and some even younger getting in. But I think the guy at the door the one day knew my dad... and so he knew me... and he wouldn't let us in. So, we got real pissed off, of course... and we just decided to sneak in... "
"Well what happened?"
"Well turns out that the owner's kids were there too. And seeing as the owner hates Green Day, his kids did too... and they recognized me... and let's just leave it at the fact that between the two of them and their six or so friends... they kicked the living shit outta me and Cole."
"Oh my god. Didn't you tell your dad?"
"No, what the hell's he supposed to do about it? Absolutely nothing. Wait... well I'm sure he coulda done something... but the point is I wasn't even allowed to go there. Never have been never will be. I guess that's why I wasn't.. cause my parents were afraid I'd get the shit kicked outta me... which happened."
"Oh... yea I guess that wouldn't be too smart."
"Nah haha... well anyway just never go there... cause if for some reason... like if one of those fucking little teenie magazines get a picture of you and me together... and some body that's not too fond of my dad sees it... I don't want you to go through what I did."
"Okay, Joey I promise I won't go there."
---End of Flashback---
You were still standing in the same spot as you noticed everyone getting into a car.
"Dumbass come on!" Kayla yelled. You walked over to the car and put your head inside to say,
"Guys, I'm not going to Gilman."
"What the fuck? It's awesome there... outta everyone I figured you'd like it the most."
"No, I'm not going! I promised Joey that I'd never go there." Your friends could tell how serious you were about it.
"Okay... so I guess I'm just gonna go home then," you said finally.
"Wait wait wait you're not walking home alone," Tara said.
"Well, looks like I am."
"Nah, I'll come witchya." She got out and you both waved to everyone else in the car. They drove off as you and Tara started walking.
"So what's the whole deal with you promising Joey you wouldn't go to Gilman?"
"It's kinda a long story but to sum it up... Green Day's hated there; Joey tried to get in; they recognized him; some kids beat the shit out of him and Cole; he made me promise to never go there cause I could get hurt if anyone realized that I was going out with him... you can kinda fill in the blanks."
"Oh.. okay... well... anywhere else you can't go?"
"Not that I know of... where do you wanna go?"
"Well... what haven't we done yet?"
"I dunno... ."
"Well.. what have you and Joey done that we haven't yet?" You smiled.
"Outside of the dorm I mean... God I know what you do inside. Haha."
"Oh okay then! Haha.. well this one night we went for a walk on the boardwalk. Oh my god it's so awesome. It's just like breezy and the streets like come on it's so pretty. And there's some cool stuff down from the Dorm."
"Aww that's sounds cool. I know why you love him so much."
"Yea... " you said and drifted off smiling.
So, you walked the whole way back which surprisingly only took about half an hour. You and Tara had a really great time. You played some of the games along the boardwalk and got some Hawaiian Ices which are always good. It was nice to just hang out with her again... you'd been spending so much time with Joey.
"Haha oh my God! There's a rock wall. God that thing looks fun. Shall we?" Tara said.
"Hell yes! You know I'm gonna beat your ass up it anyway!"
"Oh oh oh are you now? Well we'll just have to see about that now won't we little miss priss."
"Bring it on slutt-t-t-t-t-t!" You laughed. You paid and went in to go onto the rock wall.
"Okay on the count of three... one... two... .thr-"
"-GO!" You yelled and scrambled up the wall.
"You little bitch!" Tara yelled after you.
"Haha thanks! Right back atchya!" You ended up losing anyway, cause you slipped on one of the middle foot holds.
"Fuck!" you yelled when you heard her ring the bell.
"Looooooooser!!" she said.
"Yea whatever!" You both bounced back from the wall using the chords.
"Ha! But I beat you going down!"
"Yea, cause you were closer to the ground!"
"Oh shutup!"
The night continued on like that until...
"Joey you're sure?" you asked through your cell phone. You weren't real happy about the whole idea of you going out without him.
"Yes! I'm already at home so I can't leave now haha. You'll be fine. Don't worry. I trust you."
"Alright... well I better get going."
"Okay. I'll see you tomorrow. Love you."
"Love you too baby."
"Andrea give it a rest. God can't you go out without him just ONCE?" Tara screamed.
"Oh shutup." You said and threw a pillow at her.
"Oh now it's on." She said and threw one back at you. Then, Kelly just HAD to come walking through, and got hit with a pillow. So, she joined in and on came Erica and Kayla who also joined.
"Guys! Guys! HOLY FUCK GUYS!" Erica yelled,
"It's already 8 o'clock you morons."
"Ah well who cares?!" you said.
"Fuck yeah... alright whatever let's go." Kayla said.So, you left to go to Josh's place. You figured that the best way to get there would be to take the bus, rather than spend even more money today on a taxi. You and your friends walked over to the bus stop and luckily only had to wait a few minutes until the bus arrived. You got on and of course got the very back seats. You sat next to Tara, and by the window. The whole ride you were thinking about Joey.
"Stop it," Tara said after a few minutes. She didn't even turn to look at you.
"What?" you asked.
"Stop it," she said again.
"What the hell? Stop what?"
"You know."
"No, actually I don't. Wanna let me in on your little secret?"
"Stop fucking thinking about him. Don't you fucking trust him?"
"Oh please, of course I do... "
"Then why are you still worrying?"
"Cause... I don't trust myself... . and I'll kill myself if I do anything tonight that would make me lose him."
"Well I highly doubt Joey would be too happy if you killed yourself haha." You sighed,
"Yeah yeah I know... "
"God, all you gotta do is trust him... and yourself. You love him enough that you won't do a thing that would fuck you and him up. So just don't worry."
"Alright... "
"Good... now... Kayla, where's the silly little bitch's place?" You all laughed.
"Uhh... Marin Avenue."
"Okay... I think that's up ahead."
You actually managed to find the street. You got off and started to walk around, figuring you'd see something that would lead you to Josh's place.
"Fuck I can hear the music already," Tara said. Everyone kept on walking; basically following the music... and of course you ended up at Josh's. You found Josh standing outside.
"Geez walk slow enough?" he said sarcastically as always.
"We can go home if you want," you said.
"Alright see ya."
"Bye." And you all kept walking towards him. ((That's how we normally treat eachother in case you didn't know... ))
"Alright so here's the thing... we're not having a party now actually... "
"What the fuck?" Kayla said almost laughing.
"Ahh we're just gonna go to some club... ."
"Ran outta beer didn't you?" you asked.
"Well it's not my fault they only bought two kegs!" Everyone started laughing... same old Joshua haha.
"Alright whatever... so where we going?" Erica asked.
""This place called Gilman." You froze. Your mind went back a couple weeks to one particular conversation between you and Joey.
---Flashback---
"Andrea ever heard of Gilman Street?" Joey randomly asked.
"Yea, why?"
"I'm just gonna tell you right now... just don't ever go there."
"Why not?"
"Okay well I have respect for it and all... but this one time me and Cole tried to get in... . and there were plenty of other people our age, and some even younger getting in. But I think the guy at the door the one day knew my dad... and so he knew me... and he wouldn't let us in. So, we got real pissed off, of course... and we just decided to sneak in... "
"Well what happened?"
"Well turns out that the owner's kids were there too. And seeing as the owner hates Green Day, his kids did too... and they recognized me... and let's just leave it at the fact that between the two of them and their six or so friends... they kicked the living shit outta me and Cole."
"Oh my god. Didn't you tell your dad?"
"No, what the hell's he supposed to do about it? Absolutely nothing. Wait... well I'm sure he coulda done something... but the point is I wasn't even allowed to go there. Never have been never will be. I guess that's why I wasn't.. cause my parents were afraid I'd get the shit kicked outta me... which happened."
"Oh... yea I guess that wouldn't be too smart."
"Nah haha... well anyway just never go there... cause if for some reason... like if one of those fucking little teenie magazines get a picture of you and me together... and some body that's not too fond of my dad sees it... I don't want you to go through what I did."
"Okay, Joey I promise I won't go there."
---End of Flashback---
You were still standing in the same spot as you noticed everyone getting into a car.
"Dumbass come on!" Kayla yelled. You walked over to the car and put your head inside to say,
"Guys, I'm not going to Gilman."
"What the fuck? It's awesome there... outta everyone I figured you'd like it the most."
"No, I'm not going! I promised Joey that I'd never go there." Your friends could tell how serious you were about it.
"Okay... so I guess I'm just gonna go home then," you said finally.
"Wait wait wait you're not walking home alone," Tara said.
"Well, looks like I am."
"Nah, I'll come witchya." She got out and you both waved to everyone else in the car. They drove off as you and Tara started walking.
"So what's the whole deal with you promising Joey you wouldn't go to Gilman?"
"It's kinda a long story but to sum it up... Green Day's hated there; Joey tried to get in; they recognized him; some kids beat the shit out of him and Cole; he made me promise to never go there cause I could get hurt if anyone realized that I was going out with him... you can kinda fill in the blanks."
"Oh.. okay... well... anywhere else you can't go?"
"Not that I know of... where do you wanna go?"
"Well... what haven't we done yet?"
"I dunno... ."
"Well.. what have you and Joey done that we haven't yet?" You smiled.
"Outside of the dorm I mean... God I know what you do inside. Haha."
"Oh okay then! Haha.. well this one night we went for a walk on the boardwalk. Oh my god it's so awesome. It's just like breezy and the streets like come on it's so pretty. And there's some cool stuff down from the Dorm."
"Aww that's sounds cool. I know why you love him so much."
"Yea... " you said and drifted off smiling.
So, you walked the whole way back which surprisingly only took about half an hour. You and Tara had a really great time. You played some of the games along the boardwalk and got some Hawaiian Ices which are always good. It was nice to just hang out with her again... you'd been spending so much time with Joey.
"Haha oh my God! There's a rock wall. God that thing looks fun. Shall we?" Tara said.
"Hell yes! You know I'm gonna beat your ass up it anyway!"
"Oh oh oh are you now? Well we'll just have to see about that now won't we little miss priss."
"Bring it on slutt-t-t-t-t-t!" You laughed. You paid and went in to go onto the rock wall.
"Okay on the count of three... one... two... .thr-"
"-GO!" You yelled and scrambled up the wall.
"You little bitch!" Tara yelled after you.
"Haha thanks! Right back atchya!" You ended up losing anyway, cause you slipped on one of the middle foot holds.
"Fuck!" you yelled when you heard her ring the bell.
"Looooooooser!!" she said.
"Yea whatever!" You both bounced back from the wall using the chords.
"Ha! But I beat you going down!"
"Yea, cause you were closer to the ground!"
"Oh shutup!"
The night continued on like that until...
