Why Is Your Hair Blue?, chapter 3
It was my night to lock up, as I did, I noticed someone sitting against the outside.
"How's your hand?"
"Better." He said standing up. I put the keys in my bag and turned to look at him
"So then why are you still hanging around." He shrugs his shoulders and looks into my eyes, I feel a shiver run down my spine, I shake it off.
"I guess I like ya. And also coz I wanna make up for what happened before." I look at him for a minute before starting to walk in the direction of my apartment "Hey wait!" He says keeping up with me "Why do you keep running away from me?"
"Why do you keep trying to follow me? And if I remember correctly, it was you who left first last night."
"I asked you first."
"Never said you didn't."
"Is this your way of playing hard to get?"
"Why? Is it working?" I say still walking, he runs in front of me causing me to stop
"Look, I don't really have that long in San Francisco so could you please stop walking and just...I don't know hang out with me?"
"I guess I could do that." He smiles
"Great let's go."
"Huh?"
"Come on." He starts walking in the opposite direction to my original one. I don't move. Billie Joe stops and looks back at me, he laughs and then laughs, he grabs my hand and starts running taking me with him.
After about 20 minutes of running we end up at the pier.
"You brought me to the pier?"
"Yeah...coz look." He points towards a fisherman sitting by himself, the only one here.
"Do you know that guy?" Billie Joe looks at me puzzled
"What? No, I'm talking about the fish." I walk over to get a better look at the fish
"Whoa that is so cool!"
"You see it too?" He asks excitedly
"I've never seen one like that?"
"You know, I came here this morning and I was the only person to see it as a guitar."
"It's shaped like a guitar?" He gives a shocked expression "Haha don't worry, I see it." He looks relieved
"Oh thank god I thought you were going to think I was a complete dumbass."
"No I could never think about that about a guy who dyes his hair blue."
"You don't like my hair?"
"No it's awesome, but why is it blue?"
"It wasn't ment to be, I was drunk and thought the box was hair gel."
"Ohh." I nod and look away
"That was my sarcastic voice."
"You have cool hair."
"Thank you."
"What are you two kids doing out so late at night?" We both turn to look at the fisherman who's in the middle of gutting a fish. I shudder as he pulls the guts out with his bare hands "Hey sonny can you get that bucket for me?"
"Uhh...sure" Billie Joe picks up a white bucket sitting near us and hands it to the man, he goes to walk back to me, but slips and falls into a pile of fish guts "Oh ewwww." He complains. I start laughing. He gives me a hurt look
"Aww I'm sorry." I offer my hand to help him up, he takes it and pulls me into a hug, I struggle to get away. He holds on, I try to push him away and he falls back off the pier and drags me in. "Oh fuck! Cold, cold,cold!" I say my teeth chattering as I start swimming to the ladder. I climb out, Billie Joe gets out behind me
"You know I'm thinking of maybe turning vegetarian."
"You are a prick!"
"Don't be mad." I start walking, desperate to get home and into new clothes. "Hey I'm sorry."
"It's cool, just I have to go home and get changed or something. I'm fucking freezing."
"Yeh me too."
"Where do you live?"
"My car lately, but it broke down and I'm getting it fixed." I sigh
"Come on."
"Cool place."
"Thanks. Umm...the bathroom is through there if you wanna go have a shower coz you smell like shit."
"It's not that bad."
"You fell in fish guts."
"Don't remind me."
"Oh right you need clothes don't you?"
"They would be good."
"Uhh...I think Kelly might have some..."
"You live with another guy?"
"No Kelly's a she. But chances are she'll have lots of guys clothes in her room." Billie smirks
"And you? Do you have a lot of guys clothes in your room."
"I'll go look in Kelly's room." I say quickly
"Hey it's just a question." I smile as I walk into Kelly's room, even when she goes away she refuses to clean her room. I kick around some of the clothes on the floor
"Hey umm...you can come and pick whatever you want." Billie Joe walks in
"Whoa!"
"Yeh." He grabs some stuff off the floor
"She's hot isnt she?" I don't answer, slightly offended that he hasn't met her and he's already given her compliments and not me "She's pretty."
"I bet she's nothing like you." I smile, that's more like it.
"Okay hurry up and shower so that I can hop in."
"That's okay you can go first."
I walk out of the bathroom, I look around the main room and Billie Joe isnt there. I go and look in my room and see him browsing through my things
"Showers free."
"Oh." He spins around trying to look innocent
"Satisfied?"
"About what?"
"Never mind. You can sleep in Kelly's room."
"You look pretty when you go to sleep."
"Haha just wait til morning."
"We'll see."
"Goodnight Billie Joe."
"Goodnight Dianna." I close my bedroom door as he leaves and lean against it. I get into my bed and smile thinking about the last hour and a half.
"How's your hand?"
"Better." He said standing up. I put the keys in my bag and turned to look at him
"So then why are you still hanging around." He shrugs his shoulders and looks into my eyes, I feel a shiver run down my spine, I shake it off.
"I guess I like ya. And also coz I wanna make up for what happened before." I look at him for a minute before starting to walk in the direction of my apartment "Hey wait!" He says keeping up with me "Why do you keep running away from me?"
"Why do you keep trying to follow me? And if I remember correctly, it was you who left first last night."
"I asked you first."
"Never said you didn't."
"Is this your way of playing hard to get?"
"Why? Is it working?" I say still walking, he runs in front of me causing me to stop
"Look, I don't really have that long in San Francisco so could you please stop walking and just...I don't know hang out with me?"
"I guess I could do that." He smiles
"Great let's go."
"Huh?"
"Come on." He starts walking in the opposite direction to my original one. I don't move. Billie Joe stops and looks back at me, he laughs and then laughs, he grabs my hand and starts running taking me with him.
After about 20 minutes of running we end up at the pier.
"You brought me to the pier?"
"Yeah...coz look." He points towards a fisherman sitting by himself, the only one here.
"Do you know that guy?" Billie Joe looks at me puzzled
"What? No, I'm talking about the fish." I walk over to get a better look at the fish
"Whoa that is so cool!"
"You see it too?" He asks excitedly
"I've never seen one like that?"
"You know, I came here this morning and I was the only person to see it as a guitar."
"It's shaped like a guitar?" He gives a shocked expression "Haha don't worry, I see it." He looks relieved
"Oh thank god I thought you were going to think I was a complete dumbass."
"No I could never think about that about a guy who dyes his hair blue."
"You don't like my hair?"
"No it's awesome, but why is it blue?"
"It wasn't ment to be, I was drunk and thought the box was hair gel."
"Ohh." I nod and look away
"That was my sarcastic voice."
"You have cool hair."
"Thank you."
"What are you two kids doing out so late at night?" We both turn to look at the fisherman who's in the middle of gutting a fish. I shudder as he pulls the guts out with his bare hands "Hey sonny can you get that bucket for me?"
"Uhh...sure" Billie Joe picks up a white bucket sitting near us and hands it to the man, he goes to walk back to me, but slips and falls into a pile of fish guts "Oh ewwww." He complains. I start laughing. He gives me a hurt look
"Aww I'm sorry." I offer my hand to help him up, he takes it and pulls me into a hug, I struggle to get away. He holds on, I try to push him away and he falls back off the pier and drags me in. "Oh fuck! Cold, cold,cold!" I say my teeth chattering as I start swimming to the ladder. I climb out, Billie Joe gets out behind me
"You know I'm thinking of maybe turning vegetarian."
"You are a prick!"
"Don't be mad." I start walking, desperate to get home and into new clothes. "Hey I'm sorry."
"It's cool, just I have to go home and get changed or something. I'm fucking freezing."
"Yeh me too."
"Where do you live?"
"My car lately, but it broke down and I'm getting it fixed." I sigh
"Come on."
"Cool place."
"Thanks. Umm...the bathroom is through there if you wanna go have a shower coz you smell like shit."
"It's not that bad."
"You fell in fish guts."
"Don't remind me."
"Oh right you need clothes don't you?"
"They would be good."
"Uhh...I think Kelly might have some..."
"You live with another guy?"
"No Kelly's a she. But chances are she'll have lots of guys clothes in her room." Billie smirks
"And you? Do you have a lot of guys clothes in your room."
"I'll go look in Kelly's room." I say quickly
"Hey it's just a question." I smile as I walk into Kelly's room, even when she goes away she refuses to clean her room. I kick around some of the clothes on the floor
"Hey umm...you can come and pick whatever you want." Billie Joe walks in
"Whoa!"
"Yeh." He grabs some stuff off the floor
"She's hot isnt she?" I don't answer, slightly offended that he hasn't met her and he's already given her compliments and not me "She's pretty."
"I bet she's nothing like you." I smile, that's more like it.
"Okay hurry up and shower so that I can hop in."
"That's okay you can go first."
I walk out of the bathroom, I look around the main room and Billie Joe isnt there. I go and look in my room and see him browsing through my things
"Showers free."
"Oh." He spins around trying to look innocent
"Satisfied?"
"About what?"
"Never mind. You can sleep in Kelly's room."
"You look pretty when you go to sleep."
"Haha just wait til morning."
"We'll see."
"Goodnight Billie Joe."
"Goodnight Dianna." I close my bedroom door as he leaves and lean against it. I get into my bed and smile thinking about the last hour and a half.
