And All the Shit You Put Me Through, chapter 18
"Although I'm curious as to what it would taste like, I doubt I'd ever try it." Ville laughed and just shook his head
"It's your loss." I stuck my tongue out and made a gagging sound before starting to pick and my lunch again.
"Anyways, getting off the topic of penguins...what the hell made you want to come to the shithole also known as Rodeo?" Ville took a bite of his sandwich and just shrugged
"It wasn't really my choice, well it was...my mother and father are divorcing and I just did not want to be a part of it." I nodded and picked up a carrot stick debating over whether or not I wanted to try it with jelly.
"I think my parents are gonna get a divorce, they're all about not talking and they're living in different states now, it's quite fucked up really."
"Who would you live with?" I bit into the now jelly covered carrot stick and chewed thoughtfully.
"I've never really thought about it, probably neither. For all I know dad's living with another guy because that's his preference and mom is turning into a bit of a whore...I might just become a bum and live on the street." Ville just smiled and started removing some of the crust on the sandwich
"How 'bout you?"
"I have a few friends who'd let me stay." I closed my eyes at the mention of the word 'friends', it made me shudder every time I heard it.
"You okay?" I opened my eyes and nodded, giving him a small smile.
*
"What do you think they're talking about?"
"I don't know Billie Joe, I don't have super hearing. Can you get your ass of the table and sit in a seat, you're gonna get ass germs all over it." I slid off the top of the table into a seat without looking away from Lauren and her new foreign friend. They hadn't left each others side since meeting, Lauren even went to class with him when she had a free period. It was really pissing me off, I mean this Ville guy couldn't even speak english properly! He'd caught me staring a couple of times and smiled, me being the asshole I am just glared. I think it was annoying Mike, he didn't really see the big deal with it but then again Mike's never felt this way about anyone before, what the fuck does he know about it? "Billie, can we get back to our band situation?"
"Yeah, talk, I can hear you." Mike sighed.
"Well Billie, in case you've forgotten we're supposed to tour a couple more cities for the 1,000 Hours EP and we don't have a drummer anymore."
This got my attention. I looked over at Mike and frowned. I'd forgotten about that.
"Can't we just get a replacement, or a substitute while we find a replacement?" Mike chewed his bottom lip as in thought. "Dude, don't do that, you look like a fucking pussy." He rolled his eyes, but thankfully stopped.
"You know Billie Joe, if I didn't know better I'd say you had serious PMS." He got up from the table and walked off. I thought about going after him but realised that certain people in the cafeteria had stopped eating and were looking
"What the fuck are you looking at?" I looked back over to Ville who was just staring. I pointed to him then to Lauren then back to him before making a throat cutting gesture in an attempt to tell him that if he tried to put a move on her he was dead, but all he did was look at me like I was a retard. I flipped in off before also, walking out of the cafeteria.
I banged my head against a locker, sighing in frustration. God, I was acting like such a prick! I haven't acted this way since me and Lauren got back from LA. I ran a hand through my greasy hair and started to walk down the corridors to the front entrance
"Who needs school anyway?"
*
"Lauren can I ask you something?" I swallowed the water I had in my mouth
"Mhmm."
"That guy, who was sitting behind us? Who is he?" I turned around and look Billie's abandoned lunch.
"He's uhh...he's Billie Joe. Why?"
"I don't think he likes me very much. He keeps sticking his finger up and me and glaring." I shook my head
"Don't worry about him, he's just being a fuckhead...again."
"Did you and he used to go out?" I look into Ville's curious eyes, losing myself momentarily in them.
"We didn't exactly 'go out' it was more of a friend thing and just...some other crap..it's a long sad story but we don't talk anymore."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, it's not a big deal." Ville just nodded and looked down
"Eurgh, I'm so sick of school...you wanna go do something else?" Ville looked back up at me and smiled, I felt butterflies in my stomach which shocked me. I don't remember the last time I've felt them. I bit my lip and just smiled back.
"I know the perfect place." I was shocked at the fact that he actually knew somewhere in Berkeley other than the school, but was amused none the less. He reached out for my hand which I let him take.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see." He smirked.
"It's your loss." I stuck my tongue out and made a gagging sound before starting to pick and my lunch again.
"Anyways, getting off the topic of penguins...what the hell made you want to come to the shithole also known as Rodeo?" Ville took a bite of his sandwich and just shrugged
"It wasn't really my choice, well it was...my mother and father are divorcing and I just did not want to be a part of it." I nodded and picked up a carrot stick debating over whether or not I wanted to try it with jelly.
"I think my parents are gonna get a divorce, they're all about not talking and they're living in different states now, it's quite fucked up really."
"Who would you live with?" I bit into the now jelly covered carrot stick and chewed thoughtfully.
"I've never really thought about it, probably neither. For all I know dad's living with another guy because that's his preference and mom is turning into a bit of a whore...I might just become a bum and live on the street." Ville just smiled and started removing some of the crust on the sandwich
"How 'bout you?"
"I have a few friends who'd let me stay." I closed my eyes at the mention of the word 'friends', it made me shudder every time I heard it.
"You okay?" I opened my eyes and nodded, giving him a small smile.
*
"What do you think they're talking about?"
"I don't know Billie Joe, I don't have super hearing. Can you get your ass of the table and sit in a seat, you're gonna get ass germs all over it." I slid off the top of the table into a seat without looking away from Lauren and her new foreign friend. They hadn't left each others side since meeting, Lauren even went to class with him when she had a free period. It was really pissing me off, I mean this Ville guy couldn't even speak english properly! He'd caught me staring a couple of times and smiled, me being the asshole I am just glared. I think it was annoying Mike, he didn't really see the big deal with it but then again Mike's never felt this way about anyone before, what the fuck does he know about it? "Billie, can we get back to our band situation?"
"Yeah, talk, I can hear you." Mike sighed.
"Well Billie, in case you've forgotten we're supposed to tour a couple more cities for the 1,000 Hours EP and we don't have a drummer anymore."
This got my attention. I looked over at Mike and frowned. I'd forgotten about that.
"Can't we just get a replacement, or a substitute while we find a replacement?" Mike chewed his bottom lip as in thought. "Dude, don't do that, you look like a fucking pussy." He rolled his eyes, but thankfully stopped.
"You know Billie Joe, if I didn't know better I'd say you had serious PMS." He got up from the table and walked off. I thought about going after him but realised that certain people in the cafeteria had stopped eating and were looking
"What the fuck are you looking at?" I looked back over to Ville who was just staring. I pointed to him then to Lauren then back to him before making a throat cutting gesture in an attempt to tell him that if he tried to put a move on her he was dead, but all he did was look at me like I was a retard. I flipped in off before also, walking out of the cafeteria.
I banged my head against a locker, sighing in frustration. God, I was acting like such a prick! I haven't acted this way since me and Lauren got back from LA. I ran a hand through my greasy hair and started to walk down the corridors to the front entrance
"Who needs school anyway?"
*
"Lauren can I ask you something?" I swallowed the water I had in my mouth
"Mhmm."
"That guy, who was sitting behind us? Who is he?" I turned around and look Billie's abandoned lunch.
"He's uhh...he's Billie Joe. Why?"
"I don't think he likes me very much. He keeps sticking his finger up and me and glaring." I shook my head
"Don't worry about him, he's just being a fuckhead...again."
"Did you and he used to go out?" I look into Ville's curious eyes, losing myself momentarily in them.
"We didn't exactly 'go out' it was more of a friend thing and just...some other crap..it's a long sad story but we don't talk anymore."
"I'm sorry."
"Don't be, it's not a big deal." Ville just nodded and looked down
"Eurgh, I'm so sick of school...you wanna go do something else?" Ville looked back up at me and smiled, I felt butterflies in my stomach which shocked me. I don't remember the last time I've felt them. I bit my lip and just smiled back.
"I know the perfect place." I was shocked at the fact that he actually knew somewhere in Berkeley other than the school, but was amused none the less. He reached out for my hand which I let him take.
"Where are we going?"
"You'll see." He smirked.
