What is She Doing? She’s the Love of My Life., chapter 1
*2004*
*Marie's POV*
"Wake up lazy ass!" I heard in my ear. I groaned and buried my head deeper into the pillow.
"Get away." I said, my voice muffled.
"No way. Today we have to go to Hot Topic to get clothes for the Green Day concert. Now up!" my best friend, Sierra Corona, said again.
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Marie Jakes. I live in New York City, Manhattan to be exact, and I live with my best friend, Sierra Corona. We are both 28 years old. I have long, red hair and green eyes. I wouldn't exactly call me attractive, but Sierra insisted that every guy in our class in high school thought I was hot. Sierra has dark brown hair and blue eyes. She's really the one all the guys wanted. She's just in denial. You think she'd act like a cheerleader or all preppy, but she doesn't. She's punk, just like me. Our favorite band is Green Day, no doubt about it.
Anyway, we had gotten tickets and backstage passes to see them at Irving Plaza tomorrow. I was so hyped I could hardly go to sleep last night.
I finally got up and went to take a shower. After that, I pulled on some tight, black jeans and a Ramones shirt, and tied up my hair in a pony tail on the back of my head. I met Sierra down at my Jeep and we drove to Hot Topic. We were gonna buy everything we could of Green Day to wear to the concert tomorrow.
We looked around and found a couple different shirts for both of us. I got one with the lyrics to 'Warning' on it and one with their picture. I held it up and stared right at Tre. His blue eyes and small mohawk. I swear, I could get lost in his eyes. Sierra felt the same way about Billie. She said his eyes where so deep and they where hard to climb out of. She had found one with the lyrics to 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams', one of their new songs, on it and one with a picture of Billie on it. We also found Green Day shoe laces, pins to go on the Green Day small messenger bag and some key chains to hang off of it. We also got a new pair of converse. Then we went into Wal*Mart to buy some pants. I got more tight, black pants and she got some looser ones.
We got home and it was 9:00 at night so we each said good night and went to bed.
*THE NEXT DAY*
*Still Marie's POV*
My alarm clock rang in my ear and I eased myself out of bed and stumbled into the bathroom. I took my shower then stumbled back out into my bedroom and noticed it was noon. Holy shit! The concert started at 7 and we had to be there by 4 or 5! I rushed to get my pants pulled on and my Green Day shirt with their picture on it. I scrubbed on some eye liner and white eye shadow and mascara. I pulled on my black converse. I ran into Sierra's room and shook her awake.
"What?" she mumbled into the pillow.
"Come on, get up." I said, shaking her.
"Alright already. Quit shaking me. What time is it?" she mumbled, sitting up in her bed. She did her morning ritual of kissing the big picture of Billie Joe that hung by her bed. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"One." I can't believe it took me an hour to get ready.
"What?!" she screamed, jumping up. "You didn't wake me up sooner?"
"I only woke up like an hour and a half ago. Don't yell at me." I said, holding up my hands.
She sighed and ran past me and into the bathroom. I shook my head and headed down stairs to the kitchen and poured myself a bowl of Frosted Flakes. About an hour later, Sierra came down in her Billie Joe shirt, black pants and had only eye liner on. She, too, had black converse on.
She ate a bowl of cereal too and we talked about how this was gonna be our first concert. We were so excited!
About 3:30, we left and got in my jeep to go to the concert. We got there at 3:45 and got in line. We were gonna be in the mosh pit. Right up close!
We were finally let in at like 5 and our feet where starting to kill, but finally getting to see Green Day was worth it.
We got up in the second row next to the stage. We waited and it was finally 7.
"Oh my God, oh my God." Sierra kept repeating, staring at the stage, waiting to see the silhouettes of them in the darkness. The music started and we some people run onto the stage. We started screaming and the lights came on and we saw them. Billie Joe was holding up his guitar, Mike was holding up his bass, and Tre, the God himself, was standing behind his drum kit waving his drum sticks around. As Billie Joe started playing American Idiot and Tre sat down and started banging on the drums.
Half way through, they pulled people up on stage. When it came to the drums, I jumped up and down, seeing as how I've played the drums since I was 10 years old. Unfortunately, I wasn't picked. This kid behind me was. When it was Billie's turn to pick someone, Sierra jumped up and down, she's been playing as long as I have, but the preppy girl next to her was picked. She was actually ok, but she was preppy and giggley and annoyed the hell outta me.
I sighed. Oh well. At least we have backstage passes.
Before I knew it, Billie Joe was finishing up 'Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)' and was leaving the stage.
I was so excited. I was finally gonna get to met Tre Cool! I followed the crowd out through the doors, but me and Sierra walked the other way and through the doors that lead to backstage.
I was nervous and shaking a little, but I was excited. We walked up to the security guard and showed him the pass and we were let through, much to the dismay of all the other girls trying to get past.
We slowly walked into a room where we where told to go. We waited for about 5 minutes when Billie Joe, Mike and Tre walked into the room, sweaty and out of breath.
"Hi." Mike said, coming over to us. "I'm Mike." he said, holding out his hand.
"I know. I'm Marie Jakes and this is my best friend, Sierra Corona." I said, a little shocked that he just came over here.
"Nice to meet you. And I'm sure you know Billie Joe and hyper man over there, Tre." he said, pointing to his friends.
"Yeah. We know them." I stuttered.
Tre bounded over. "Hello. You're pretty." he said. I blushed deep red.
"Down boy." Mike said.
"Shut up Tre." Billie said as he came over. "Sorry." he said.
I shook my head. "It's ok." I muttered. Billie shook my hand then looked over at Sierra. He kinda did a double take and slowly put out his hand. She gently took it and looked into his eyes. They stood there for a minute and I glanced at Mike and he raised an eyebrow. Then, the door behind us opened. In walked Adrienne, Billie Joe's wife. Billie Joe quickly pulled away and turned to his wife.
"Hi Adie. This is Sierra Corona and Marie Jakes." He said, walking over to her quickly, covering up what just happened. Adrienne smiled.
"Hi girls." she said, shaking both our hands. Sierra gave her a false look. I shook my head at her when they weren't looking.
"You girls are old enough to drink, right?" Mike asked, pulling out some beers. OMG! Mike Dirnt just asked us to have drinks with them.
"Uh, yeah. We're both 28." I said.
Mike and Tre looked at us in surprise. "You guys are 28? I wouldn't have guessed 18!" Tre said, throwing a beer to me.
"Yeah, we're 28." Sierra said, looking at Billie. He was talking to Adrienne, her arm around his waist. Sierra glared at her, then looked down at her lap.
Me, Mike and Tre got to talking, Sierra was quiet and Billie and Adrienne were talking when Adrienne said all of a sudden "I have to go to the bathroom." she kissed Billie on the cheek and walked out the door.
*Sierra's POV*
I watched Adrienne leave and felt the need to follow her.
"Hey, guys, I'm gonna follow her. I need to go too." I said, standing up. Marie gave me a look, but nodded and continued to talk to Mike and Tre. I noticed Tre and her looking at each other longer than needed. I shrugged it off and walked past Billie, glancing at him, and walking out the door. I walked a couple of feet when I saw a guy pressing a girl up against the wall. I shrugged and walked forward more but came to a halt like 8 feet in front of them. I realized I recognized the girl.
It was Adrienne.
*Marie's POV*
"Wake up lazy ass!" I heard in my ear. I groaned and buried my head deeper into the pillow.
"Get away." I said, my voice muffled.
"No way. Today we have to go to Hot Topic to get clothes for the Green Day concert. Now up!" my best friend, Sierra Corona, said again.
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Marie Jakes. I live in New York City, Manhattan to be exact, and I live with my best friend, Sierra Corona. We are both 28 years old. I have long, red hair and green eyes. I wouldn't exactly call me attractive, but Sierra insisted that every guy in our class in high school thought I was hot. Sierra has dark brown hair and blue eyes. She's really the one all the guys wanted. She's just in denial. You think she'd act like a cheerleader or all preppy, but she doesn't. She's punk, just like me. Our favorite band is Green Day, no doubt about it.
Anyway, we had gotten tickets and backstage passes to see them at Irving Plaza tomorrow. I was so hyped I could hardly go to sleep last night.
I finally got up and went to take a shower. After that, I pulled on some tight, black jeans and a Ramones shirt, and tied up my hair in a pony tail on the back of my head. I met Sierra down at my Jeep and we drove to Hot Topic. We were gonna buy everything we could of Green Day to wear to the concert tomorrow.
We looked around and found a couple different shirts for both of us. I got one with the lyrics to 'Warning' on it and one with their picture. I held it up and stared right at Tre. His blue eyes and small mohawk. I swear, I could get lost in his eyes. Sierra felt the same way about Billie. She said his eyes where so deep and they where hard to climb out of. She had found one with the lyrics to 'Boulevard of Broken Dreams', one of their new songs, on it and one with a picture of Billie on it. We also found Green Day shoe laces, pins to go on the Green Day small messenger bag and some key chains to hang off of it. We also got a new pair of converse. Then we went into Wal*Mart to buy some pants. I got more tight, black pants and she got some looser ones.
We got home and it was 9:00 at night so we each said good night and went to bed.
*THE NEXT DAY*
*Still Marie's POV*
My alarm clock rang in my ear and I eased myself out of bed and stumbled into the bathroom. I took my shower then stumbled back out into my bedroom and noticed it was noon. Holy shit! The concert started at 7 and we had to be there by 4 or 5! I rushed to get my pants pulled on and my Green Day shirt with their picture on it. I scrubbed on some eye liner and white eye shadow and mascara. I pulled on my black converse. I ran into Sierra's room and shook her awake.
"What?" she mumbled into the pillow.
"Come on, get up." I said, shaking her.
"Alright already. Quit shaking me. What time is it?" she mumbled, sitting up in her bed. She did her morning ritual of kissing the big picture of Billie Joe that hung by her bed. I sighed and rolled my eyes.
"One." I can't believe it took me an hour to get ready.
"What?!" she screamed, jumping up. "You didn't wake me up sooner?"
"I only woke up like an hour and a half ago. Don't yell at me." I said, holding up my hands.
She sighed and ran past me and into the bathroom. I shook my head and headed down stairs to the kitchen and poured myself a bowl of Frosted Flakes. About an hour later, Sierra came down in her Billie Joe shirt, black pants and had only eye liner on. She, too, had black converse on.
She ate a bowl of cereal too and we talked about how this was gonna be our first concert. We were so excited!
About 3:30, we left and got in my jeep to go to the concert. We got there at 3:45 and got in line. We were gonna be in the mosh pit. Right up close!
We were finally let in at like 5 and our feet where starting to kill, but finally getting to see Green Day was worth it.
We got up in the second row next to the stage. We waited and it was finally 7.
"Oh my God, oh my God." Sierra kept repeating, staring at the stage, waiting to see the silhouettes of them in the darkness. The music started and we some people run onto the stage. We started screaming and the lights came on and we saw them. Billie Joe was holding up his guitar, Mike was holding up his bass, and Tre, the God himself, was standing behind his drum kit waving his drum sticks around. As Billie Joe started playing American Idiot and Tre sat down and started banging on the drums.
Half way through, they pulled people up on stage. When it came to the drums, I jumped up and down, seeing as how I've played the drums since I was 10 years old. Unfortunately, I wasn't picked. This kid behind me was. When it was Billie's turn to pick someone, Sierra jumped up and down, she's been playing as long as I have, but the preppy girl next to her was picked. She was actually ok, but she was preppy and giggley and annoyed the hell outta me.
I sighed. Oh well. At least we have backstage passes.
Before I knew it, Billie Joe was finishing up 'Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)' and was leaving the stage.
I was so excited. I was finally gonna get to met Tre Cool! I followed the crowd out through the doors, but me and Sierra walked the other way and through the doors that lead to backstage.
I was nervous and shaking a little, but I was excited. We walked up to the security guard and showed him the pass and we were let through, much to the dismay of all the other girls trying to get past.
We slowly walked into a room where we where told to go. We waited for about 5 minutes when Billie Joe, Mike and Tre walked into the room, sweaty and out of breath.
"Hi." Mike said, coming over to us. "I'm Mike." he said, holding out his hand.
"I know. I'm Marie Jakes and this is my best friend, Sierra Corona." I said, a little shocked that he just came over here.
"Nice to meet you. And I'm sure you know Billie Joe and hyper man over there, Tre." he said, pointing to his friends.
"Yeah. We know them." I stuttered.
Tre bounded over. "Hello. You're pretty." he said. I blushed deep red.
"Down boy." Mike said.
"Shut up Tre." Billie said as he came over. "Sorry." he said.
I shook my head. "It's ok." I muttered. Billie shook my hand then looked over at Sierra. He kinda did a double take and slowly put out his hand. She gently took it and looked into his eyes. They stood there for a minute and I glanced at Mike and he raised an eyebrow. Then, the door behind us opened. In walked Adrienne, Billie Joe's wife. Billie Joe quickly pulled away and turned to his wife.
"Hi Adie. This is Sierra Corona and Marie Jakes." He said, walking over to her quickly, covering up what just happened. Adrienne smiled.
"Hi girls." she said, shaking both our hands. Sierra gave her a false look. I shook my head at her when they weren't looking.
"You girls are old enough to drink, right?" Mike asked, pulling out some beers. OMG! Mike Dirnt just asked us to have drinks with them.
"Uh, yeah. We're both 28." I said.
Mike and Tre looked at us in surprise. "You guys are 28? I wouldn't have guessed 18!" Tre said, throwing a beer to me.
"Yeah, we're 28." Sierra said, looking at Billie. He was talking to Adrienne, her arm around his waist. Sierra glared at her, then looked down at her lap.
Me, Mike and Tre got to talking, Sierra was quiet and Billie and Adrienne were talking when Adrienne said all of a sudden "I have to go to the bathroom." she kissed Billie on the cheek and walked out the door.
*Sierra's POV*
I watched Adrienne leave and felt the need to follow her.
"Hey, guys, I'm gonna follow her. I need to go too." I said, standing up. Marie gave me a look, but nodded and continued to talk to Mike and Tre. I noticed Tre and her looking at each other longer than needed. I shrugged it off and walked past Billie, glancing at him, and walking out the door. I walked a couple of feet when I saw a guy pressing a girl up against the wall. I shrugged and walked forward more but came to a halt like 8 feet in front of them. I realized I recognized the girl.
It was Adrienne.
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