Call It What You Like - I Don't Care, chapter 10
(Author's note: this was co-written by prissy_punk (Liz))
Tre's P.O.V
I lifted Bella's face up and was about to say something when she kissed me softly on the lips. I completely froze when her lips touched mine but after a moment I kissed back.
I knew what I was doing was wrong, she was drunk and I was taking advantage of her, but hell, I absolutely loved this anyway.
After a while Bella looked like she was just bout dead, I wrapped my arms around her and we fell asleep on the floor of Billie Joe's lounge room in each others arms not thinking for a second about the consequences of being caught like this in the morning.
About 4 hours later I felt someone walk up and kick me in the side, "OW MOTHERFU... "
"Shut up!" Mike hissed at me. "If you wake Billie Joe he'll kick your ass!"
"What? Oh fuck!" I only just realized that I was sleeping with my arms around Bella.
Bella stirred she saw my arms around her and instead of reacting the same way I had she moved closer to me and rested her head in the crook of my neck.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?!" Mike screamed at us.
Bella woke up and realized what was going on, "FUCK A MONKEY!" She jumped up and stepped away from Tre and tumbled over the edge of the couch and landed directly on top of Billie Joe.
"Aww my balls!" he groaned shoving Bella onto the floor and curling up in a ball grabbing his manhood.
Billie Joe's P.O.V
I was just about to catch the evil pink butterfly when I felt a heavy weight land on my nuts.
"Aww my balls!"
I shoved the weight off me and curled up in a ball holding my aching goods. I looked down to see what had landed on me.
"SHIT, sorry Bella"
"Aww, my ass," she muttered, "Fuck you Billie.
At that moment the phone started ringing. Mike ran into the kitchen and grabbed the cordless phone off the bench.
A moment later he walked into the lounge room where it was so quiet hear a pin drop, "Do you guys want to do a concert in Connecticut. You know? Just 'cause we can?" Mike asked.
Tre and I looked up and nodded. It was so quiet and Te had a guilty look on his face and Bella was just staring at the ground.
Backstage in Connecticut 2 days later.
Bella's P.O.V
"Come on guys! 15 more minutes!" Mike shouted at Billie Joe, Tre, Jason, Jason and Ronnie.
Billie Joe stopped pacing the room and came and sat down next to me. We made small talk for a few minutes before Mike, Jason White and Billie Joe had to go somewhere.
Jason and Ronnie walked off into another room leaving me to watch Tre spinning his drumsticks around his fingers and pacing the room out of boredom.
He got sick of his drumsticks and came and sat down next to me.
"Look about the other day... " I cut him off by pressing my lips against his. He didn't exactly try to resist either; I felt his tongue slide past my lips.
"TRE! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!?!" Billie Joe's voice made us both snap back to reality.
Tre ran out of the room and they went onstage.
After around an hour of playing and singing Billie Joe came back backstage and sat down next to me grabbing a bottle of water.
There was silence for about a minute before Billie Joe decide to say something that seemed to be troubling him a lot.
"Look, Bella, I'm really sorry about what happened at Tre's, you really should have hit me, I just don't think when I'm drunk."
"It's alright Billie, I don't blame you, I came on to you anyway so I'm not angry at you... "
"Then why have you been ignoring me?"
"I haven't been trying to, I've just been really caught up thinking about whats going on... you know this is gonna take a while to sink in," I explained while secretly thinking about kissing Tre. I felt like such a slut but I didn't want to choose between them. I liked both of them and I knew I could never choose one over the other.
Billie Joe cut into my thoughts after a moment by pressing his lips against mine.
As soon as his lips touched mine I fell under his spell. I wrapped one arm around his back and the other around his neck drawing him closer to me as his tongue slipped into my mouth.
After about 5 minutes of tonsil hockey Billie Joe had to go back into the other room to talk to Jason White about something.
Before he left he pulled a small bag out of his pocket, "here, I saw this and immediately thought that you would like it... "
"WILLIAM JOESEPH ARMSTRONG, GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!"
Billie Joe stood up and walked away after quickly kissing my cheek again.
I opened the bag to find a simple blue guitar pick necklace. It was plain but I still loved it, I never really liked any kind of fancy jewelry.
Tre skipped through the room trying to balance his drumsticks on his face.
"AAAH MY EYE!" he screamed as one of the drumsticks fell in his eye and he ran into the wall.
"Tre! Hurry up and get your ass onstage now!" shouted Jason Freese as he ran out onto the stage where everyone else was waiting for Tre.
Billie Joe was watching me as I Tre up. I went to walk away without saying anything but he spun me around and kissed me, hard. Without a word he ran out onto the stage.
Billie Joe just looked at me with hurt and anger in his eyes. I looked down guiltily as I felt tears well up in my eyes. I felt like such a slut!
I sat down on the couch and listened to what was going on onstage.
I heard Billie Joe's voice through the microphone. "Hold on a second guys, I just need to talk to Tre about something first."
Oh shit, he wouldn't be that stupid, he just needs to ask something about one of the songs, he wouldn't say anything about me and Tre, There is no way in hell that he would be that stupid.
I ran up to the side of the stage to see what was going on. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I could tell that Billie Joe was trying to convince Tre to come backstage for a moment and Tre seemed very reluctant to be alone with Billie Joe.
Billie Joe then leaned down so his face was only an inch away from Tre's whispered something to him that caused Tre to stand right up in front of his smaller friend and raise his fist threateningly.
Even though Tre was bigger and most likely stronger, Billie Joe didn't back down. He shouted something at Tre that caused Jason Freese to look up absolutely shocked.
Jason and I were the only ones who seemed to realize that there was most likely going to be a punch up in 10 seconds.
I still couldn't hear what was being said because Jason and Mike were playing Longview and getting the crowd to sing along so they didn't get annoyed by the wait. Mike probably did it so that I couldn't hear.
It didn't really matter though because I had a pretty good idea what they were arguing about.
Tre started yelling back at Billie Joe and pulled his fist back, ready to punch.
Billie Joe laughed in Tre's face, triggering Tre to swing his fist at Billie Joe's face with great force.
Billie Joe only just managed to step away at the last moment. They were now out from behind Tre's drums and visible to the whole audience.
Billie Joe said something else to Tre and then swung his fist at Tre's face. But unlike Tre's punch, Billie Joe hit Tre right in the side of the nose and underneath his left eye.
Tre slowly put his hand up his face as the whole crowd gasped then went silent.
Tre didn't seem to care that everyone's eyes were on him, he grabbed the guitar that Billie Joe had sat down a moment earlier and swung it straight into Billie Joe's side, knocking him to the ground, then threw the guitar down on top of Billie Joe.
Billie Joe caught the guitar and stood up, slamming it into Tre's gut.
That was pretty much all we could take. Mike, Jason, Jason Ronnie and I ran over to them at the same time.
I bravely stepped into the middle of the two angry rock stars and put a hand on each of their chests and shoved them both backwards.
As soon as I did this Jason and Jason ran forward and grabbed Tre while. Mike and Ronnie grabbed Billie Joe.
went into the other room and promptly cried my eyes out while they pulled the struggling Billie Joe and Tre backstage and shoved them down on the couch.
Mike's P.O.V
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I snapped at Billie Joe and Tre.
"Don't look at me, it's his fucking fault!" Yelled Tre as he pointed at Billie Joe. "He's the one having a go at me for trying to steal a girl that isn't even his girlfriend to start with!"
"Well she IS staying with me and you KNEW that I was going to ask her out!" Billie Joe blurted out and then immediately looked as though he regretted saying anything.
"Hang on, how did Tre know that but you never bothered to tell me?" I questioned.
"I told him when we were at my place the other night, you had already passed out," Billie Joe explained. "But the point is he knew I was gonna ask her out but he kissed her anyway!"
It was this moment that we noticed that Bella was standing in the doorway, tears welling up in her eyes. No one knew how long she had been there and how much she had heard but by the looks of it she had heard enough.
Shiiiiit...
She slowly looked up at Billie Joe, hell she looked a mess; all of her mascara and eyeliner was smudged all over her cheeks and her eyes were red and puffy.
She reached around the back of her neck and unclipped the brand new guitar pick necklace she was wearing and sat it on the edge of a table near the door.
"I'm sorry... "
***
After we had finished the show we all got into in the taxis that were waiting for us.
Billie's P.O.V
Once I got back to my place I walked silently to my room. I knew Bella was in the house but I wasn't bothered to go and find her; she had really hurt me.
I flopped down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I was such an asshole to Tre and Bella and, well, everyone.
Hell, I DESERVED to be flogged with a guitar.
But then again, he KNEW that I was going to ask Bella out soon. This was too hard to cope with. I had to do something to make myself feel better.
And being a single man who just got into a huge fight with his best friend and ruined any chance of being with the girl of his dreams I decided to take the easiest option.
I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I was in the car, just about to leave for the bar when Bella came out the front door dragging her suitcase behind her with her cell phone pressed up against her ear.
I wound down the window to try and catch some of what she was saying but all I managed to catch was yes, no and maybe a few times.
She flipped her phone shut and sat down on the front porch. I decided to wait and see what was going on.
A while later Mike's car pulled up in the driveway. Bella stood up and dragged her suitcase around to the back of the car.
"Thanks, Mike, Its just that I can't get a plane until tomorrow afternoon and I don't really trust taxi drivers."
"Are you sure you don't want to just stay with me for a few nights while you fix things up? Billie Joe really likes you and this is definitely going to upset him."
"No, really, I think its better if I just go... "
"Won't you get into trouble when your parents find out where you've been?"
"Yeah but they're gonna find out sooner or later anyway." Bella replied, pulling the car door open and getting in.
"Yeah but now you won't have anyone to stop them from abusing you." Mike pointed out as he got into the drivers seat.
"Mike, please just shut up and drive."
"Okey doke, have it your way then."
I sat still in the car for a moment as I realized what was going on; Bella had only been staying with me for a few days and I already pissed her off enough to make her leave.
I decided that it couldn't hurt to follow them... I quickly pulled out of the drive way and followed them down the road.
After a bit more than 5 minutes of driving I got a text message from Bella:
I'm going 2 my grandma's. I might c u again, I might not. So y the hell r u following us?!?
Anyway, I thought u were going out 2 get drunk...
I quickly texted back to her:
No I'm not going out 2 get drunk, I'm following u coz I don't want u 2 go back 2 ur family, I don't want u 2 go through that again.
Tre's P.O.V
I lifted Bella's face up and was about to say something when she kissed me softly on the lips. I completely froze when her lips touched mine but after a moment I kissed back.
I knew what I was doing was wrong, she was drunk and I was taking advantage of her, but hell, I absolutely loved this anyway.
After a while Bella looked like she was just bout dead, I wrapped my arms around her and we fell asleep on the floor of Billie Joe's lounge room in each others arms not thinking for a second about the consequences of being caught like this in the morning.
About 4 hours later I felt someone walk up and kick me in the side, "OW MOTHERFU... "
"Shut up!" Mike hissed at me. "If you wake Billie Joe he'll kick your ass!"
"What? Oh fuck!" I only just realized that I was sleeping with my arms around Bella.
Bella stirred she saw my arms around her and instead of reacting the same way I had she moved closer to me and rested her head in the crook of my neck.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON!?!" Mike screamed at us.
Bella woke up and realized what was going on, "FUCK A MONKEY!" She jumped up and stepped away from Tre and tumbled over the edge of the couch and landed directly on top of Billie Joe.
"Aww my balls!" he groaned shoving Bella onto the floor and curling up in a ball grabbing his manhood.
Billie Joe's P.O.V
I was just about to catch the evil pink butterfly when I felt a heavy weight land on my nuts.
"Aww my balls!"
I shoved the weight off me and curled up in a ball holding my aching goods. I looked down to see what had landed on me.
"SHIT, sorry Bella"
"Aww, my ass," she muttered, "Fuck you Billie.
At that moment the phone started ringing. Mike ran into the kitchen and grabbed the cordless phone off the bench.
A moment later he walked into the lounge room where it was so quiet hear a pin drop, "Do you guys want to do a concert in Connecticut. You know? Just 'cause we can?" Mike asked.
Tre and I looked up and nodded. It was so quiet and Te had a guilty look on his face and Bella was just staring at the ground.
Backstage in Connecticut 2 days later.
Bella's P.O.V
"Come on guys! 15 more minutes!" Mike shouted at Billie Joe, Tre, Jason, Jason and Ronnie.
Billie Joe stopped pacing the room and came and sat down next to me. We made small talk for a few minutes before Mike, Jason White and Billie Joe had to go somewhere.
Jason and Ronnie walked off into another room leaving me to watch Tre spinning his drumsticks around his fingers and pacing the room out of boredom.
He got sick of his drumsticks and came and sat down next to me.
"Look about the other day... " I cut him off by pressing my lips against his. He didn't exactly try to resist either; I felt his tongue slide past my lips.
"TRE! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU!?!" Billie Joe's voice made us both snap back to reality.
Tre ran out of the room and they went onstage.
After around an hour of playing and singing Billie Joe came back backstage and sat down next to me grabbing a bottle of water.
There was silence for about a minute before Billie Joe decide to say something that seemed to be troubling him a lot.
"Look, Bella, I'm really sorry about what happened at Tre's, you really should have hit me, I just don't think when I'm drunk."
"It's alright Billie, I don't blame you, I came on to you anyway so I'm not angry at you... "
"Then why have you been ignoring me?"
"I haven't been trying to, I've just been really caught up thinking about whats going on... you know this is gonna take a while to sink in," I explained while secretly thinking about kissing Tre. I felt like such a slut but I didn't want to choose between them. I liked both of them and I knew I could never choose one over the other.
Billie Joe cut into my thoughts after a moment by pressing his lips against mine.
As soon as his lips touched mine I fell under his spell. I wrapped one arm around his back and the other around his neck drawing him closer to me as his tongue slipped into my mouth.
After about 5 minutes of tonsil hockey Billie Joe had to go back into the other room to talk to Jason White about something.
Before he left he pulled a small bag out of his pocket, "here, I saw this and immediately thought that you would like it... "
"WILLIAM JOESEPH ARMSTRONG, GET YOUR ASS IN HERE NOW!"
Billie Joe stood up and walked away after quickly kissing my cheek again.
I opened the bag to find a simple blue guitar pick necklace. It was plain but I still loved it, I never really liked any kind of fancy jewelry.
Tre skipped through the room trying to balance his drumsticks on his face.
"AAAH MY EYE!" he screamed as one of the drumsticks fell in his eye and he ran into the wall.
"Tre! Hurry up and get your ass onstage now!" shouted Jason Freese as he ran out onto the stage where everyone else was waiting for Tre.
Billie Joe was watching me as I Tre up. I went to walk away without saying anything but he spun me around and kissed me, hard. Without a word he ran out onto the stage.
Billie Joe just looked at me with hurt and anger in his eyes. I looked down guiltily as I felt tears well up in my eyes. I felt like such a slut!
I sat down on the couch and listened to what was going on onstage.
I heard Billie Joe's voice through the microphone. "Hold on a second guys, I just need to talk to Tre about something first."
Oh shit, he wouldn't be that stupid, he just needs to ask something about one of the songs, he wouldn't say anything about me and Tre, There is no way in hell that he would be that stupid.
I ran up to the side of the stage to see what was going on. I couldn't hear what they were saying but I could tell that Billie Joe was trying to convince Tre to come backstage for a moment and Tre seemed very reluctant to be alone with Billie Joe.
Billie Joe then leaned down so his face was only an inch away from Tre's whispered something to him that caused Tre to stand right up in front of his smaller friend and raise his fist threateningly.
Even though Tre was bigger and most likely stronger, Billie Joe didn't back down. He shouted something at Tre that caused Jason Freese to look up absolutely shocked.
Jason and I were the only ones who seemed to realize that there was most likely going to be a punch up in 10 seconds.
I still couldn't hear what was being said because Jason and Mike were playing Longview and getting the crowd to sing along so they didn't get annoyed by the wait. Mike probably did it so that I couldn't hear.
It didn't really matter though because I had a pretty good idea what they were arguing about.
Tre started yelling back at Billie Joe and pulled his fist back, ready to punch.
Billie Joe laughed in Tre's face, triggering Tre to swing his fist at Billie Joe's face with great force.
Billie Joe only just managed to step away at the last moment. They were now out from behind Tre's drums and visible to the whole audience.
Billie Joe said something else to Tre and then swung his fist at Tre's face. But unlike Tre's punch, Billie Joe hit Tre right in the side of the nose and underneath his left eye.
Tre slowly put his hand up his face as the whole crowd gasped then went silent.
Tre didn't seem to care that everyone's eyes were on him, he grabbed the guitar that Billie Joe had sat down a moment earlier and swung it straight into Billie Joe's side, knocking him to the ground, then threw the guitar down on top of Billie Joe.
Billie Joe caught the guitar and stood up, slamming it into Tre's gut.
That was pretty much all we could take. Mike, Jason, Jason Ronnie and I ran over to them at the same time.
I bravely stepped into the middle of the two angry rock stars and put a hand on each of their chests and shoved them both backwards.
As soon as I did this Jason and Jason ran forward and grabbed Tre while. Mike and Ronnie grabbed Billie Joe.
went into the other room and promptly cried my eyes out while they pulled the struggling Billie Joe and Tre backstage and shoved them down on the couch.
Mike's P.O.V
"What the fuck do you think you're doing?!" I snapped at Billie Joe and Tre.
"Don't look at me, it's his fucking fault!" Yelled Tre as he pointed at Billie Joe. "He's the one having a go at me for trying to steal a girl that isn't even his girlfriend to start with!"
"Well she IS staying with me and you KNEW that I was going to ask her out!" Billie Joe blurted out and then immediately looked as though he regretted saying anything.
"Hang on, how did Tre know that but you never bothered to tell me?" I questioned.
"I told him when we were at my place the other night, you had already passed out," Billie Joe explained. "But the point is he knew I was gonna ask her out but he kissed her anyway!"
It was this moment that we noticed that Bella was standing in the doorway, tears welling up in her eyes. No one knew how long she had been there and how much she had heard but by the looks of it she had heard enough.
Shiiiiit...
She slowly looked up at Billie Joe, hell she looked a mess; all of her mascara and eyeliner was smudged all over her cheeks and her eyes were red and puffy.
She reached around the back of her neck and unclipped the brand new guitar pick necklace she was wearing and sat it on the edge of a table near the door.
"I'm sorry... "
***
After we had finished the show we all got into in the taxis that were waiting for us.
Billie's P.O.V
Once I got back to my place I walked silently to my room. I knew Bella was in the house but I wasn't bothered to go and find her; she had really hurt me.
I flopped down on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I was such an asshole to Tre and Bella and, well, everyone.
Hell, I DESERVED to be flogged with a guitar.
But then again, he KNEW that I was going to ask Bella out soon. This was too hard to cope with. I had to do something to make myself feel better.
And being a single man who just got into a huge fight with his best friend and ruined any chance of being with the girl of his dreams I decided to take the easiest option.
I grabbed my keys and walked out the door. I was in the car, just about to leave for the bar when Bella came out the front door dragging her suitcase behind her with her cell phone pressed up against her ear.
I wound down the window to try and catch some of what she was saying but all I managed to catch was yes, no and maybe a few times.
She flipped her phone shut and sat down on the front porch. I decided to wait and see what was going on.
A while later Mike's car pulled up in the driveway. Bella stood up and dragged her suitcase around to the back of the car.
"Thanks, Mike, Its just that I can't get a plane until tomorrow afternoon and I don't really trust taxi drivers."
"Are you sure you don't want to just stay with me for a few nights while you fix things up? Billie Joe really likes you and this is definitely going to upset him."
"No, really, I think its better if I just go... "
"Won't you get into trouble when your parents find out where you've been?"
"Yeah but they're gonna find out sooner or later anyway." Bella replied, pulling the car door open and getting in.
"Yeah but now you won't have anyone to stop them from abusing you." Mike pointed out as he got into the drivers seat.
"Mike, please just shut up and drive."
"Okey doke, have it your way then."
I sat still in the car for a moment as I realized what was going on; Bella had only been staying with me for a few days and I already pissed her off enough to make her leave.
I decided that it couldn't hurt to follow them... I quickly pulled out of the drive way and followed them down the road.
After a bit more than 5 minutes of driving I got a text message from Bella:
I'm going 2 my grandma's. I might c u again, I might not. So y the hell r u following us?!?
Anyway, I thought u were going out 2 get drunk...
I quickly texted back to her:
No I'm not going out 2 get drunk, I'm following u coz I don't want u 2 go back 2 ur family, I don't want u 2 go through that again.
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