"I Got Everything I Never Asked For...", chapter 2
"Boo!" Billie shook my shoulders.
"Ahh! Hey you scared the fuck out of me."
"I know, I saw you, you were like in a trance, or maybe in the moon. Now you have to concentrate, ok? Relax," he said giving me a massage "take a deep breath."
I took a deep breath "Ok, I'm ready, I think."
"You'll be fine." He looked at me from my shoes to my head. "You look gorgeous, and I'm sure you have a nice speech."
"SHIT, I don't have a speech." I said worriedly.
"Why?! You always have to keep a speech for these occasions."
"Because I'm not going to win." I said to myself.
"Yes you are!"
"Why are you so sure...?"
"Because you're awesome." Then silence...
I stared at him for a minute. I couldn't believe someone thought that I was awesome. I smiled.
"Thanks."
He stared back at me.
"For the category of Best Young Actor, the winner is... " Justin Chatwin. (Robbie in the war of the worlds was said from somewhere in the scenery)
I was looking straight at him. Johnny took one of my hands, and Billie took the other one behind me.
"Liz Millen Colin!" Everyone started to clap, but I didn't react. I felt Johnny and Billie holding my hands tighter. Billie kissed my cheek, and then I reacted. "What?"
"Congratulations you won!" He said, as I stood up and he hugged me.
"I don't have a speech." I told him somewhat in a trance.
"Don't worry you'll be fine."
"CONGRATULATIONS!" Johnny screamed as he and his wife gave me a hug.
As I walked down the corridor I looked around me. Everyone clapped as I walked by. I felt so intimidated with everyone looking at me. I wish they didn't. Camera flashes were in my face. Some people looked at me as to say Why the fuck are you wearing that? Other ones like Oh she is so young or Congratulations you person that I don't know
I walked up to the scenery and I hugged Justin as he gave me the award. Then I walked to the microphone.
Why didn't you think about the speech God damn it? I thought.
Then everyone was in silence.
"Wow." That was the only word that I was able to say as I looked at the award.
"This is great, I didn't think I'd win it... But, wow. Thanks very much to everyone. To the director Chad, who helped me so much in this movie, and thanks to Johnny. He has been with me since I started."
I looked to the crowd, and everyone looked at me like they waiting for me to say something interesting. Sorry people, but I have nothing interesting to say. I was still in shock. Then I saw Billie put his thumbs up as to say 'you're great'.
"Thanks to my family, my dad, my brothers and sisters, and thanks to Billie for helping me today even though we just met." I looked at him and he smiled. "And well... Thanks everyone this is awesome." I walked down as people clapped. Stop clapping! I just wanted to get out of that place. I felt uncomfortable. How could Johnny and Billie stand all of that flashing everywhere and people looking at you in disgusting ways. Some of them look at you nicely, but others... Nope.
"Great speech!" Billie hugged me when I arrived to my seat.
"Well done Liz." Johnny said when I took my seat.
"I told you that you would win." Billie told me.
I turned around "Haha, yeah..." I looked at my award.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Billie said.
"What?" I asked.
"The sensation of wining an award, and in the golden globes! It's beautiful knowing that outside, there are people that like what you do and entrust in you."
I thought about it. "Yeah... You're right, but now I feel like I want to get out of here."
"Ahahhaa you can't, after this there is a party." Billie told me.
"Really? Great, no one told me there was a party. Now I don't have a partner for the party. I will be there standing alone at the bar like an asshole staring at all this famous people dancing, drinking, and giving interviews."
"Or you can go with me." Billie said taking my hand.
I looked at him.
"I... I don't know..." I said confused. He is a rock star. How could I? A farm girl going with a rock star? To a party...
"Come on, pleeeease." He looked at me with a puppy face.
I thought for a moment, maybe it would be fun... And he is kind of cute and nice to me. All of the other guys I have ever met were like You are less than me, you are nothing so fuck off. That was when I went to school, in the outside of California. Since then I never met other guys.
"Umm... Ok, I'll go with you." I smiled.
"Woohoo!" he kissed my hand and I blushed. That wasn't necessary.
After the permeation we went to the party, and again we had to walk on a red carpet.
"Crap another carpet." I said as we walked down it.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe while we walk down." I felt his hand cover mine. I looked down. Yeah, he took my hand and I was surprised. I didn't expect that. I mean we are just getting to know each other.
Anyways, we walked down the carpet; flashes were everywhere when people saw that we were holding hands. They all whispered things like Look we have got a new couple or They look so cute together and etcetera. I thought that they were dumb, and that they didn't know anything. They saw something and they would all start saying things. A woman called us from the public.
"Billie Joe! Liz! Can I ask you a few questions?"
We walked to her. "Sure."
"Hey guys, you look very cute together, are you dating or something?"
"Maybe." Billie said and then he turned around. "God I hate when people ask stupid questions like that one. Why do they care?"
"BILLIE JOE! BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG!" A man with a microphone called us. "Hey, we see you finally got a girlfriend. It must be easy for you though."
"Why do you fucking care?" Billie told him and we keep walking.
"I hate them to." I told Billie.
"Don't worry I'll keep you safe of them." He held my hand tighter.
"Finally!" I said when we got into the main hall where there was a bunch of people talking with drinks.
"Yeah, I hate the red carpet."
"Me too." He looked at me and smiled. Then he looked at a big door in front of us. "Are you ready?" He asked with his hand against the door.
"Yeah."
He pushed the door open and there was a huge room. There was a DJ, flashing lights, people dancing, people drinking, and people talking.
"Wow..."
"Yeah... Wow..." Billie said as we walked in looking around.
"Do you want a drink?" Billie asked.
"Sure." We walked to the bar table.
"Two root beers please." Billie told the barman. It was in that moment that I realized that we were still holding hands. So I took my away.
"Thanks." We said as we held the drinks.
We sat on a sofa near a window.
"Cheers! For your award!" Billie said.
We talked there for some minutes and we laughed a lot.
"Liz... Umm... " Billie said staring at his drink.
"Yes?"
"Do you want to... Do you want to... Dance?" He asked.
"Sure!"
"Really?" He said looking at me.
"Yeah!"
"Woo!" He took my hand and we walked to the center of the room where we started dancing.
After some techno, pop, and rock songs there was finally a slow song. I smiled and looked down blushing myself. He smiled back and took my hands, softly putting them around his neck. Then he put his arms around my waist and he pulled me softly and slowly closer to him. We started moving slowly and every minute he pulled me closer to him until our bodies were touching each other. I looked at him and he looked at me; we were lost in each other's eyes. His beautiful green eyes, so deep, so... Beautiful... I rested my head against his neck and he hugged me.
After some minutes we realized that the song finished long ago, and we were still hugging each other in the middle of the room while everyone else was crazy dancing around. I pulled away blushing and he smiled.
"Let's get out of here." He told me as he took my hand. We walked through the crowd to the door.
The very moment that Billie opened the door camera flashes blinded us.
"Fuck." Billie said covering his eyes. Then we closed the door and walked the other way.
"Billie! Billie Joe! I have some questions Billie Joe!" A bunch of interviewers screamed following us. We started running to loose them.
"This way!" I told him and I ran into the dancing crowd. We went out the other side, but flashing lights blinded us once again. We went into the crowd again.
"I know! Come!" Billie ran into another direction. We ran out of the crowd and in front of us there was an escape door. We looked to our right, and there were paparazzi standing not too far away from us with the cameras in their hands ready to shoot. On our left, there were interviewers with microphones in their hands. The situation looked pretty much like some old cowboy movie. I looked at Billie and he looked at me. We smiled and he took my hand tighter.
"Ready?" He asked.
"As always." I replied.
We ran to the door, and the paparazzi and the interviewers started running also. We jumped over the escape door and fell off to the other side. Then we rolled down an escalator and hit the floor at the end of the escalator. We were lying there on the floor laughing our asses off when we heard the door opening and running footsteps. Billie stood up and pulled me up, and we hid behind a big truck.
"Shhhahahhaahshhhh." Billie told me between laughter.
"Here they come!" We pulled our heads down to hide, but our lips were only centimeters away from each other's. The paparazzi and the interviewers ran past us.
The paparazzi and interviewers were gone, but I was staring at Billie's lips, and he at mine. He got a bit closer and then his lips touched mine. In that moment the truck we were behind started to move.
"What the fuck?!" I screamed as the tuck was coming towards us. Billie took my hand and he pulled us out of the trucks way. We started laughing again as we ran to a door. Billie pushed the door and we fall onto the green grass on the other side. We were lying in the soft grass beside each other. Billie turned around to me.
"That was fun." I turned to him.
"Yeah, my first experience with paparazzi."
"I loved the truck part." He said looking into my eyes. I blushed and he smiled. I turned around to look at the stars.
"What a beautiful night." I said.
He stood up and turned to look at me. Then he pushed my hair out of my face while smiling.
"Not as beautiful as you." He said as he leaned over me and kissed my lips slowly, and softly.
"Ahh! Hey you scared the fuck out of me."
"I know, I saw you, you were like in a trance, or maybe in the moon. Now you have to concentrate, ok? Relax," he said giving me a massage "take a deep breath."
I took a deep breath "Ok, I'm ready, I think."
"You'll be fine." He looked at me from my shoes to my head. "You look gorgeous, and I'm sure you have a nice speech."
"SHIT, I don't have a speech." I said worriedly.
"Why?! You always have to keep a speech for these occasions."
"Because I'm not going to win." I said to myself.
"Yes you are!"
"Why are you so sure...?"
"Because you're awesome." Then silence...
I stared at him for a minute. I couldn't believe someone thought that I was awesome. I smiled.
"Thanks."
He stared back at me.
"For the category of Best Young Actor, the winner is... " Justin Chatwin. (Robbie in the war of the worlds was said from somewhere in the scenery)
I was looking straight at him. Johnny took one of my hands, and Billie took the other one behind me.
"Liz Millen Colin!" Everyone started to clap, but I didn't react. I felt Johnny and Billie holding my hands tighter. Billie kissed my cheek, and then I reacted. "What?"
"Congratulations you won!" He said, as I stood up and he hugged me.
"I don't have a speech." I told him somewhat in a trance.
"Don't worry you'll be fine."
"CONGRATULATIONS!" Johnny screamed as he and his wife gave me a hug.
As I walked down the corridor I looked around me. Everyone clapped as I walked by. I felt so intimidated with everyone looking at me. I wish they didn't. Camera flashes were in my face. Some people looked at me as to say Why the fuck are you wearing that? Other ones like Oh she is so young or Congratulations you person that I don't know
I walked up to the scenery and I hugged Justin as he gave me the award. Then I walked to the microphone.
Why didn't you think about the speech God damn it? I thought.
Then everyone was in silence.
"Wow." That was the only word that I was able to say as I looked at the award.
"This is great, I didn't think I'd win it... But, wow. Thanks very much to everyone. To the director Chad, who helped me so much in this movie, and thanks to Johnny. He has been with me since I started."
I looked to the crowd, and everyone looked at me like they waiting for me to say something interesting. Sorry people, but I have nothing interesting to say. I was still in shock. Then I saw Billie put his thumbs up as to say 'you're great'.
"Thanks to my family, my dad, my brothers and sisters, and thanks to Billie for helping me today even though we just met." I looked at him and he smiled. "And well... Thanks everyone this is awesome." I walked down as people clapped. Stop clapping! I just wanted to get out of that place. I felt uncomfortable. How could Johnny and Billie stand all of that flashing everywhere and people looking at you in disgusting ways. Some of them look at you nicely, but others... Nope.
"Great speech!" Billie hugged me when I arrived to my seat.
"Well done Liz." Johnny said when I took my seat.
"I told you that you would win." Billie told me.
I turned around "Haha, yeah..." I looked at my award.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" Billie said.
"What?" I asked.
"The sensation of wining an award, and in the golden globes! It's beautiful knowing that outside, there are people that like what you do and entrust in you."
I thought about it. "Yeah... You're right, but now I feel like I want to get out of here."
"Ahahhaa you can't, after this there is a party." Billie told me.
"Really? Great, no one told me there was a party. Now I don't have a partner for the party. I will be there standing alone at the bar like an asshole staring at all this famous people dancing, drinking, and giving interviews."
"Or you can go with me." Billie said taking my hand.
I looked at him.
"I... I don't know..." I said confused. He is a rock star. How could I? A farm girl going with a rock star? To a party...
"Come on, pleeeease." He looked at me with a puppy face.
I thought for a moment, maybe it would be fun... And he is kind of cute and nice to me. All of the other guys I have ever met were like You are less than me, you are nothing so fuck off. That was when I went to school, in the outside of California. Since then I never met other guys.
"Umm... Ok, I'll go with you." I smiled.
"Woohoo!" he kissed my hand and I blushed. That wasn't necessary.
After the permeation we went to the party, and again we had to walk on a red carpet.
"Crap another carpet." I said as we walked down it.
"Don't worry, I'll keep you safe while we walk down." I felt his hand cover mine. I looked down. Yeah, he took my hand and I was surprised. I didn't expect that. I mean we are just getting to know each other.
Anyways, we walked down the carpet; flashes were everywhere when people saw that we were holding hands. They all whispered things like Look we have got a new couple or They look so cute together and etcetera. I thought that they were dumb, and that they didn't know anything. They saw something and they would all start saying things. A woman called us from the public.
"Billie Joe! Liz! Can I ask you a few questions?"
We walked to her. "Sure."
"Hey guys, you look very cute together, are you dating or something?"
"Maybe." Billie said and then he turned around. "God I hate when people ask stupid questions like that one. Why do they care?"
"BILLIE JOE! BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG!" A man with a microphone called us. "Hey, we see you finally got a girlfriend. It must be easy for you though."
"Why do you fucking care?" Billie told him and we keep walking.
"I hate them to." I told Billie.
"Don't worry I'll keep you safe of them." He held my hand tighter.
"Finally!" I said when we got into the main hall where there was a bunch of people talking with drinks.
"Yeah, I hate the red carpet."
"Me too." He looked at me and smiled. Then he looked at a big door in front of us. "Are you ready?" He asked with his hand against the door.
"Yeah."
He pushed the door open and there was a huge room. There was a DJ, flashing lights, people dancing, people drinking, and people talking.
"Wow..."
"Yeah... Wow..." Billie said as we walked in looking around.
"Do you want a drink?" Billie asked.
"Sure." We walked to the bar table.
"Two root beers please." Billie told the barman. It was in that moment that I realized that we were still holding hands. So I took my away.
"Thanks." We said as we held the drinks.
We sat on a sofa near a window.
"Cheers! For your award!" Billie said.
We talked there for some minutes and we laughed a lot.
"Liz... Umm... " Billie said staring at his drink.
"Yes?"
"Do you want to... Do you want to... Dance?" He asked.
"Sure!"
"Really?" He said looking at me.
"Yeah!"
"Woo!" He took my hand and we walked to the center of the room where we started dancing.
After some techno, pop, and rock songs there was finally a slow song. I smiled and looked down blushing myself. He smiled back and took my hands, softly putting them around his neck. Then he put his arms around my waist and he pulled me softly and slowly closer to him. We started moving slowly and every minute he pulled me closer to him until our bodies were touching each other. I looked at him and he looked at me; we were lost in each other's eyes. His beautiful green eyes, so deep, so... Beautiful... I rested my head against his neck and he hugged me.
After some minutes we realized that the song finished long ago, and we were still hugging each other in the middle of the room while everyone else was crazy dancing around. I pulled away blushing and he smiled.
"Let's get out of here." He told me as he took my hand. We walked through the crowd to the door.
The very moment that Billie opened the door camera flashes blinded us.
"Fuck." Billie said covering his eyes. Then we closed the door and walked the other way.
"Billie! Billie Joe! I have some questions Billie Joe!" A bunch of interviewers screamed following us. We started running to loose them.
"This way!" I told him and I ran into the dancing crowd. We went out the other side, but flashing lights blinded us once again. We went into the crowd again.
"I know! Come!" Billie ran into another direction. We ran out of the crowd and in front of us there was an escape door. We looked to our right, and there were paparazzi standing not too far away from us with the cameras in their hands ready to shoot. On our left, there were interviewers with microphones in their hands. The situation looked pretty much like some old cowboy movie. I looked at Billie and he looked at me. We smiled and he took my hand tighter.
"Ready?" He asked.
"As always." I replied.
We ran to the door, and the paparazzi and the interviewers started running also. We jumped over the escape door and fell off to the other side. Then we rolled down an escalator and hit the floor at the end of the escalator. We were lying there on the floor laughing our asses off when we heard the door opening and running footsteps. Billie stood up and pulled me up, and we hid behind a big truck.
"Shhhahahhaahshhhh." Billie told me between laughter.
"Here they come!" We pulled our heads down to hide, but our lips were only centimeters away from each other's. The paparazzi and the interviewers ran past us.
The paparazzi and interviewers were gone, but I was staring at Billie's lips, and he at mine. He got a bit closer and then his lips touched mine. In that moment the truck we were behind started to move.
"What the fuck?!" I screamed as the tuck was coming towards us. Billie took my hand and he pulled us out of the trucks way. We started laughing again as we ran to a door. Billie pushed the door and we fall onto the green grass on the other side. We were lying in the soft grass beside each other. Billie turned around to me.
"That was fun." I turned to him.
"Yeah, my first experience with paparazzi."
"I loved the truck part." He said looking into my eyes. I blushed and he smiled. I turned around to look at the stars.
"What a beautiful night." I said.
He stood up and turned to look at me. Then he pushed my hair out of my face while smiling.
"Not as beautiful as you." He said as he leaned over me and kissed my lips slowly, and softly.
