His Little Drummer Girl, chapter 24
Two weeks later
I am laying in my bed and Billie Joe is looking down at me. I wish he were on top of me. I wonder what he looks like when he wakes up. Does he wear his black eyeliner when he's having sex? Would he wear it if he slept with me?... .
"Goodnight sweetheart. Big day tomorrow" called mum from outside the door shattering my dream
"Come in Mum" I said my thoughts of Billie forgotten for a moment.
She came in and looked at my suitcase. It was a brand new one but I'd covered it in all sorts of funky stickers including some Green Day ones of course.
"I still can't believe you managed to get that suitcase closed what with all you've got in it." She said
"You can talk Mum, yours is bursting at the seams," we both laughed.
"Happy?" mum asked me
"Of course and I can't wait for tomorrow. Six whole weeks in the sun... yippee!!"
"Yep, well get some sleep it's going to be a long day tomorrow"
"Night mum."
I couldn't sleep for the excitement of it so decided to go and get a drink of water and was just tip-toeing past mums room so as not to wake her when I noticed her door was open and she was sitting on the bed with a box and some bits and pieces lying around her.
She looked up, startled.
"You can come in if you like," she said. I went into her bedroom and sat on her bed with her.
"What's that?" I asked looking at the things on the bed.
"Well. This box is my keepsake box. They're just a few bits and pieces that I've kept over the years, you know things that mean something"
"Oh" I said picking up a cork with a piece of silver money stuck into it
"What's this"?
"That's a cork. From a magnum bottle of champagne and that's a silver dollar stuck into it."
"Why have you kept this?" I said
"Well it's to remind me of something." She replied
"What?"
"It reminds me of the night I met Tre and the guys"
"Really! Oh Mum please tell me all about it."
"It's getting late"
"Pleeeease mum. You keep on saying you'd tell me and never do. Please" she pleaded
"OK. Get in."
I got into her large bed, it was all warm and cosy and she told me the story of how she met Green Day at a pub and they spent two weeks together.
"Mum they were strangers" I said, "Why did you invite them back to yours?"
"Yeah I know but they didn't feel like strangers. I knew they wouldn't harm me, there was something about them I really liked."
"Mum?"
"Yes honey"
"Did you and Tre fall in love?"
"Yes baby we did" now she knows.
"Wow"
"Yeah it was wow"
"But you lost touch?"
"Yes. I washed his phone number in my jeans and the airline lost all his details of me
"Oh mum. That's so sad" I was shocked
"Yes. I was heartbroken. I felt he was the love of my life and that we could have had a good future together. I think he felt the same"
"Did you try contacting him?"
"Of course. I tried everything but couldn't get near. I even tried his record company but I think they thought I was a stalker. You try getting in contact with a major rock star, its impossible!"
"Did Tre love you?"
"Yes he did" of this I was sure
"Then why didn't he come and get you?"
"He did apparently but I'd moved on, the schools wouldn't give out my name. He travelled around a lot and it got impossible for him. He thought I'd moved on and had started a new life and he didn't want to interfere."
"You poor things. What about now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well... . Are you back together with him or not?" she said
"We were meaning to tell you in California but yes we're going to try and give it a go."
"Oh Mum! That's great! I love Tre so much. I can't believe it. You are going out with Tre Cool. Do you think you'll get married? Can I be a birdesmaid?... "
"Now slow down a bit," said Mum laughing
"What else have you in the box?" I said. "What's that?" I said looking at an envelope. "Is that my name on it?" Mum grabbed the envelope.
"Oh no, that shouldn't even be in there that's just some old empty envelope that had your name on it. I'll throw it out in the morning."
"Mum I'm so excited," said Francesca.
"I know you are honey," said Sammi. "You'd better get some sleep now babe" they kissed goodnight and Francesca went off to her bedroom.
Sammi looked at the envelope that Francesca had nearly opened. On the front it said Francesca Jennifer Ellis and her date of birth. Inside was her birth certificate and on the certificate under the father's name was Tres.
She's going to have to find out soon...
I am laying in my bed and Billie Joe is looking down at me. I wish he were on top of me. I wonder what he looks like when he wakes up. Does he wear his black eyeliner when he's having sex? Would he wear it if he slept with me?... .
"Goodnight sweetheart. Big day tomorrow" called mum from outside the door shattering my dream
"Come in Mum" I said my thoughts of Billie forgotten for a moment.
She came in and looked at my suitcase. It was a brand new one but I'd covered it in all sorts of funky stickers including some Green Day ones of course.
"I still can't believe you managed to get that suitcase closed what with all you've got in it." She said
"You can talk Mum, yours is bursting at the seams," we both laughed.
"Happy?" mum asked me
"Of course and I can't wait for tomorrow. Six whole weeks in the sun... yippee!!"
"Yep, well get some sleep it's going to be a long day tomorrow"
"Night mum."
I couldn't sleep for the excitement of it so decided to go and get a drink of water and was just tip-toeing past mums room so as not to wake her when I noticed her door was open and she was sitting on the bed with a box and some bits and pieces lying around her.
She looked up, startled.
"You can come in if you like," she said. I went into her bedroom and sat on her bed with her.
"What's that?" I asked looking at the things on the bed.
"Well. This box is my keepsake box. They're just a few bits and pieces that I've kept over the years, you know things that mean something"
"Oh" I said picking up a cork with a piece of silver money stuck into it
"What's this"?
"That's a cork. From a magnum bottle of champagne and that's a silver dollar stuck into it."
"Why have you kept this?" I said
"Well it's to remind me of something." She replied
"What?"
"It reminds me of the night I met Tre and the guys"
"Really! Oh Mum please tell me all about it."
"It's getting late"
"Pleeeease mum. You keep on saying you'd tell me and never do. Please" she pleaded
"OK. Get in."
I got into her large bed, it was all warm and cosy and she told me the story of how she met Green Day at a pub and they spent two weeks together.
"Mum they were strangers" I said, "Why did you invite them back to yours?"
"Yeah I know but they didn't feel like strangers. I knew they wouldn't harm me, there was something about them I really liked."
"Mum?"
"Yes honey"
"Did you and Tre fall in love?"
"Yes baby we did" now she knows.
"Wow"
"Yeah it was wow"
"But you lost touch?"
"Yes. I washed his phone number in my jeans and the airline lost all his details of me
"Oh mum. That's so sad" I was shocked
"Yes. I was heartbroken. I felt he was the love of my life and that we could have had a good future together. I think he felt the same"
"Did you try contacting him?"
"Of course. I tried everything but couldn't get near. I even tried his record company but I think they thought I was a stalker. You try getting in contact with a major rock star, its impossible!"
"Did Tre love you?"
"Yes he did" of this I was sure
"Then why didn't he come and get you?"
"He did apparently but I'd moved on, the schools wouldn't give out my name. He travelled around a lot and it got impossible for him. He thought I'd moved on and had started a new life and he didn't want to interfere."
"You poor things. What about now?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well... . Are you back together with him or not?" she said
"We were meaning to tell you in California but yes we're going to try and give it a go."
"Oh Mum! That's great! I love Tre so much. I can't believe it. You are going out with Tre Cool. Do you think you'll get married? Can I be a birdesmaid?... "
"Now slow down a bit," said Mum laughing
"What else have you in the box?" I said. "What's that?" I said looking at an envelope. "Is that my name on it?" Mum grabbed the envelope.
"Oh no, that shouldn't even be in there that's just some old empty envelope that had your name on it. I'll throw it out in the morning."
"Mum I'm so excited," said Francesca.
"I know you are honey," said Sammi. "You'd better get some sleep now babe" they kissed goodnight and Francesca went off to her bedroom.
Sammi looked at the envelope that Francesca had nearly opened. On the front it said Francesca Jennifer Ellis and her date of birth. Inside was her birth certificate and on the certificate under the father's name was Tres.
She's going to have to find out soon...
