Becoming Famous, chapter 3
I woke with a start the next morning.
Then I remembered why.
My band was going to produce a album with Green Day.
"Whoa," I said rubbing my head, thinking it must have been a dream.
But then my moblie jingled it was a SMS from Roxy:
Get up! still can't believe it wat bout u?
Tre just texted me he cuming 2 pick me up
Mike's picking up Macca n Billie Joe's picking up u i betta go n get dressed bye!!
It's real, I thought.
"Jess! Billie Joe's here!" Mum called.
"Um........ok.....tell him I'll be there in 15!" I yelled back.
I grabbed a black concert t'shirt, jeans and my Green Day hoodie and I hit the shower.
~~~~~~~~BILLIE JOE'S VIEW~~~~~~~~~
"Wow," I said, sipping my coffee. "This is nice!"
"Thanks, Billie Joe!" Said Jess' mum Cathy.
"So what have you got planned for today?" She asked.
"Well we decided that we would........" I stopped when Jess entered the room.
For a 13 year old girl she was hot.
Get over it Billie Joe, I told myself.
She's an amazing musican, a nice girl.....and really, really hot.
"I'm right to go," said Jess.
"Great!" I said, hopping off the stool.
"Thanks for the coffee Cathy," i said.
"Anytime, I was glad I met you anyway," Cathy said to me.
"Well we better go," said Jess.
"Yeah, bye!" I said to Cathy.
"Bye Mum," Jess said giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye hunny! Have fun!" Cathy called.
We finally left the house. Jess hopped into my car.
"What's up, Jess?" i asked pulling out of her driveway.
"Oh nothing much except I'm going to record an album and maybe go on tour, so you know very ordinary stuff," she joked.
I laughed.
"I know what you mean," I said.
"Yeah," she said.
"So what are we going to be doing?" She asked.
"Well today I thought we could just hangout, get to know you guys and
then we will be calling your Mums and Dads to tell and ask if you guys can have some time off school," I said to Jess.
~~~~~~JESS' VIEW~~~~~~~
Could this day get any better? I asked myself. Here I was zipping along the road with my favourite person in the world, on my way to recording an album and Billie Joe
just told me that we get time off school. I was living the high life.
"Wow," I finally answered.
"Yeah, we are all most there," said Billie Joe.
Then we stopped in front of a big brick building it was about 3 stories high.
"Come on, Jess," said Billie Joe.
"I'm coming," I said.
"Ok, do you wanna come for a walk to that coffee shop down the street?" Billie Joe asked.
"Yep, why need to wake up huh?" I teased Billie Joe.
"Ummm...er...yeah" Billie Joe said pretanding to stutter.
I laughed as we walked down the street.
We entered the coffee shop, there was a few people in there drinking their coffee.
Billie Joe and I walked up to the counter and ordered and sat in a booth near the back.
"Are Macca, Roxy, Tre and Mike at that place too?" I asked Billie Joe.
"Yeah, they are just hanging around and playing a bit," Billie Joe answered as the waiter came with the coffee.
I took a long sip of coffee.
"Nice?" Asked Billie Joe.
"Yeah, what about yours?" I said.
"Nice," he said.
Then there was silence.
Billie Joe cleared his throat.
"So.. what bands are you into?" He asked.
Then we talked about our favourite bands, songs, guitars, who tried to be punk or whatever but was not and stuff like that.
"Shit!" Excliamed Billie Joe.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's 2 o'clock already!" He said.
"We better get going," He stood up and gestured for me to follow him back to the brick building.
We got back to the buiding we entered and we went to the 2nd level.
I saw Roxy and Tre sitting at a drum kit each.
"Hey guys," I said giving them a wave.
"Hey Jess," replied in unsion.
"And Billie Joe," Roxy added.
"We were just playing that song you wrote, Jess," Tre said.
"Which one?" I asked.
"That one you have not named yet," Roxy told me.
"That's cool, come on, Jess we have got work to do," Billie Joe said.
"OK bye guys," I said walking out the door into the hallway again.
We walked a bit more and Billie Joe turned into a room.
It had guitars, amps, microphones, leads and stuff like that all over the place.
Billie Joe mannged to get two chairs and two aucstic guitars.
He sat down with the guitar and gestured for me to do the same.
I picked up th eother guitar and sat.
"Ok, Jess," said Billie Joe.
"You ...um....wanna warm up?" He asked.
"Ok then," I said.
"We'll do Macy's Day Parade.....you know that song?" He said.
"Yep," I said.
"Ok then let's start. 1...2...3," said Billie Joe.
We played and sung it. Then we played "Good Riddance".
Billie Joe stood up and grabbed to electrics and plugged them into amps and got two microphones, plugged them in and stood them on stand things.
"OK this time let's play....." Billie Joe stopped to think.
"Basket Case! You know it?"
"Yes," I said.
"1...2...3!!!"Billie Joe yelled into the mic.
Whoa we were rocking hard it was awesome.
Then I remembered why.
My band was going to produce a album with Green Day.
"Whoa," I said rubbing my head, thinking it must have been a dream.
But then my moblie jingled it was a SMS from Roxy:
Get up! still can't believe it wat bout u?
Tre just texted me he cuming 2 pick me up
Mike's picking up Macca n Billie Joe's picking up u i betta go n get dressed bye!!
It's real, I thought.
"Jess! Billie Joe's here!" Mum called.
"Um........ok.....tell him I'll be there in 15!" I yelled back.
I grabbed a black concert t'shirt, jeans and my Green Day hoodie and I hit the shower.
~~~~~~~~BILLIE JOE'S VIEW~~~~~~~~~
"Wow," I said, sipping my coffee. "This is nice!"
"Thanks, Billie Joe!" Said Jess' mum Cathy.
"So what have you got planned for today?" She asked.
"Well we decided that we would........" I stopped when Jess entered the room.
For a 13 year old girl she was hot.
Get over it Billie Joe, I told myself.
She's an amazing musican, a nice girl.....and really, really hot.
"I'm right to go," said Jess.
"Great!" I said, hopping off the stool.
"Thanks for the coffee Cathy," i said.
"Anytime, I was glad I met you anyway," Cathy said to me.
"Well we better go," said Jess.
"Yeah, bye!" I said to Cathy.
"Bye Mum," Jess said giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"Bye hunny! Have fun!" Cathy called.
We finally left the house. Jess hopped into my car.
"What's up, Jess?" i asked pulling out of her driveway.
"Oh nothing much except I'm going to record an album and maybe go on tour, so you know very ordinary stuff," she joked.
I laughed.
"I know what you mean," I said.
"Yeah," she said.
"So what are we going to be doing?" She asked.
"Well today I thought we could just hangout, get to know you guys and
then we will be calling your Mums and Dads to tell and ask if you guys can have some time off school," I said to Jess.
~~~~~~JESS' VIEW~~~~~~~
Could this day get any better? I asked myself. Here I was zipping along the road with my favourite person in the world, on my way to recording an album and Billie Joe
just told me that we get time off school. I was living the high life.
"Wow," I finally answered.
"Yeah, we are all most there," said Billie Joe.
Then we stopped in front of a big brick building it was about 3 stories high.
"Come on, Jess," said Billie Joe.
"I'm coming," I said.
"Ok, do you wanna come for a walk to that coffee shop down the street?" Billie Joe asked.
"Yep, why need to wake up huh?" I teased Billie Joe.
"Ummm...er...yeah" Billie Joe said pretanding to stutter.
I laughed as we walked down the street.
We entered the coffee shop, there was a few people in there drinking their coffee.
Billie Joe and I walked up to the counter and ordered and sat in a booth near the back.
"Are Macca, Roxy, Tre and Mike at that place too?" I asked Billie Joe.
"Yeah, they are just hanging around and playing a bit," Billie Joe answered as the waiter came with the coffee.
I took a long sip of coffee.
"Nice?" Asked Billie Joe.
"Yeah, what about yours?" I said.
"Nice," he said.
Then there was silence.
Billie Joe cleared his throat.
"So.. what bands are you into?" He asked.
Then we talked about our favourite bands, songs, guitars, who tried to be punk or whatever but was not and stuff like that.
"Shit!" Excliamed Billie Joe.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"It's 2 o'clock already!" He said.
"We better get going," He stood up and gestured for me to follow him back to the brick building.
We got back to the buiding we entered and we went to the 2nd level.
I saw Roxy and Tre sitting at a drum kit each.
"Hey guys," I said giving them a wave.
"Hey Jess," replied in unsion.
"And Billie Joe," Roxy added.
"We were just playing that song you wrote, Jess," Tre said.
"Which one?" I asked.
"That one you have not named yet," Roxy told me.
"That's cool, come on, Jess we have got work to do," Billie Joe said.
"OK bye guys," I said walking out the door into the hallway again.
We walked a bit more and Billie Joe turned into a room.
It had guitars, amps, microphones, leads and stuff like that all over the place.
Billie Joe mannged to get two chairs and two aucstic guitars.
He sat down with the guitar and gestured for me to do the same.
I picked up th eother guitar and sat.
"Ok, Jess," said Billie Joe.
"You ...um....wanna warm up?" He asked.
"Ok then," I said.
"We'll do Macy's Day Parade.....you know that song?" He said.
"Yep," I said.
"Ok then let's start. 1...2...3," said Billie Joe.
We played and sung it. Then we played "Good Riddance".
Billie Joe stood up and grabbed to electrics and plugged them into amps and got two microphones, plugged them in and stood them on stand things.
"OK this time let's play....." Billie Joe stopped to think.
"Basket Case! You know it?"
"Yes," I said.
"1...2...3!!!"Billie Joe yelled into the mic.
Whoa we were rocking hard it was awesome.
