Another Day Goes By, Am I In Your Dreams Tonight?, chapter 3
"Okay birthday boy open the last present already we want some damn cake," Tré exclaimed plopping down next to Mike with a box at hand shoving it on Mike's lap.
"Tré you got me hair dye?" Mike questioned looking at the box before him,
"Yes, I'm going to dye your hair, let's go do it before I think about how much I want cake again"
"Tré how about I do it myself?"
"No, no me doing it is part of your present! Now lets go we have hungry people to feed before the guest get here at 10" Tré pulled Mike off the couch and into the near by bathroom to apply the hair dye.
"I'll go get the cake ready, okay?" Adie said getting up and heading into the kitchen.
"So, how long have you guys all known each other?" Frankie asked Billie Joe who was before hand staring off out a window,
"I've known Mike since I was in 5th grade, met Tré when I was a teenager. You want to listen to some music?" Billie Joe got up and headed over to a music collection on the floor
"Sure, you pick something."
"Okay, you like green day?"
"Well I only know a few songs but they were pretty good. My friend Stevey and Kiera, they are big fans they have been trying to get me to go to this show they have in a few days."
"Really? Well you should go, I hear they are awesome live" Billie Joe stuck a few CDs in and stood up and plopped down in a chair.
"Well maybe I'll go then. Are you a big fan of them?"
"Yup there my favourite band, you'd like them" Billie Joe tilted his head back and tried not to laugh.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing, nothing at all."
"Have you seen them live?"
"No I haven't, only on TV."
"Well maybe my ticket would go to better use to you."
"No I'm already going to be there, you should really go it will surprise you a lot."
"Oh that's awesome. Well I guess I could, I was actually planning on it, and Dean gave me the day off as soon as he heard they offered, he's coming too. I'm sure it will be eventful my friend Stevey he thinks the lead singer is really hot or something, he was going on about getting on stage and well Stevey can over exaggerate sometimes."
Billie Joe laughed as a shower capped Mike came out of the bathroom, "He got it on my face, and his own, it doesn't wash off very well" Mike sat down on the couch beside Frankie, "so you and Billie Joe talking nicely?"
"Yeah, we where talking music"
"Really? Well I have 15 minutes till I have to take this out, how about we eat some cake?"
"Yes!" Tré yelled from the bathroom and then ran out a second later, "I like the sounds of that, I made it! You'll love it Mike I know you will."
"I'm going to go help Adrienne with the cake," Frankie suggested getting up and going into the kitchen. "Hey you need some help?"
"Yeah I just finished putting icing on it, I had to make a new one Tré's was, well it caved in and smelled odd."
"I'll put the candles on, 33 right?" Frankie opened up the boxes of candles and started to place them on the cake.
"Yup, how's Mike's hair?"
"He hasn't rinsed it yet, by the look's it's a brown colour."
"Well at least Tré picked something normal, not that it would matter, Mike's hair has been every colour in the rainbow, I'll light them you get the lights out."
Frankie followed instructions and turned off the kitchen light and reached around for the living room one.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Mikey, happy birthday to you" the four of them sang, as Adie and Frankie placed the cake down on a coffee table in front of Mike and he blew out the candles.
"Time to eat!"
***
"Tré turn that music down and get over here bitch!" a drunk Billie Joe yelled over to Tré who turned the stereo down and wobbled over to where Billie Joe was standing.
"Can I have your most humblest attention peoples," Billie Joe said into a microphone and the room murmured down to a silence. "Thank you thank you, now I think it's about time we played a little song for you, don't you think?" the crown erupted in cheers in response "Where's the birthday boy?"
Mike ducked down a bit trying to hide form Billie's wandering gaze but was spotted before he got to slip out of the room "Hey get back here you bastard you ain't going nowhere" Mike in his defeat headed to the stage and picked up his bass. "Well, well what should we play, Mikey boy you pick."
"How about an old one," Mike yelled into the microphone and the crowd cheered.
"Okay, okay I dedicate this song to Mike Dirnt may he live long and prosper, and remain forever and always the best fucking bass player in punk rock history. Happy 33rd buddy boy!" Billie Joe started out the chords to time of your life and Mike and Tré joined in. Frankie made her way to the front and smiled at Mike
'Wow they are really amazing, this sounds just like the original' Frankie thought as she sang along with the song.
"Okay now requests anyone?" people shouted out request for songs, most green day songs but the odd one out was another, and they played five more songs until they departed from the stage and went back to their drinks and Mike to Frankie.
"So you think we are any good?" he whispered in her ear, but just nodded in return as the stereo was turned back up, making it hard to hear.
"Want to go somewhere more quite?" Mike yelled over the music, and she nodded again in response, and Mike dragged her out onto a quite vacant porch
"You guys are great at covers, don't you play any of your own stuff?"
"Yeah all the time."
"Oh okay, time of your life sounded just like the original, you can tell Billie Joe I know one green day song, even though its just because it was my graduation song."
"Yeah we play that song a lot, we play it every show."
"That's cool, I'd like to hear some of your songs."
"You've heard more then you know."
"That's something I don't understand, Mike don't try and confuse me I'm too drunk."
"You're going to think I'm an asshole."
"For what?"
"Nothing, this isn't the time or place, your drunk and I'm not really sober myself either."
"Mike I'm not that drunk it wouldn't be taking advantage of me if you kissed me."
Frankie pulled Mike's forehead to hers "So Mike just kiss me," she spoke with her lips brushing against his slightly. "Gladly" he pressed his lips to hers lightly then pulled away.
"Will you hate me if I haven't been completely honest with you?"
"Depending, but don't feel you have to tell me your life story its only the first date."
"What if I haven't been 100% on who I am, like a part of what I do?"
"Well unless you go around dealing drugs or killing people, or hiring people to kill people then its not that big, its nothing like that is it?"
"No, its more of-"
"Here you two are, shish getting busy on the porch, that's classic wish I thought of it." Tré threw himself on top of the two. "They want you inside people are leaving now no more party hardy."
"Okay Tré we'll be right in."
"No Mikey no time for quickies you have to come now," Tré pulled himself up by the porch railing and grabbed Mike dragging him off inside.
***
After all the guests had departed or been thrown out Mike was sitting in a chair falling asleep, Billie Joe was passed out on Tré half off the couch and Adie was the only one able to make it to a bed. And Frankie was walking quietly over to the half asleep Mike.
"Mike, can I use your phone please?"
"Huh? Oh sorry I guess I'm a bit tired, and sure it's on the end table."
"Thanks...it's not here"
"Well it was."
"It's broken."
"Oh, who do you need to call?"
"A cab, think its about time for me to well go get some sleep."
"You don't need to go I have a bed, a few beds, I'll get you something to wear."
"Thanks."
Mike led Frankie to his bedroom and pulled out a shirt and boxers, "These good?"
"Yeah they're fine."
"Do you want to sleep in here with me or um somewhere else?"
"It doesn't matter, I just want to sleep," Frankie yawned and leaned against the wall closing her eyes for a moment.
"Well I was going to move Tré into the other room and Billie Joe with Adie, I can take the couch."
"No, no you can sleep in here, it doesn't bother me we're only sleeping."
"Okay well I'll go move them and you can get changed I'll be in, in a bit."
Frankie nodded and waited for Mike to exit and shut the door to get changed and crawled into bed.
Mike put Tré and Billie Joe to bed and headed to his room. He crawled into bed to find Frankie fast asleep and cuddling into his pillow.
'I'm such a idiot, and I like you dammit, I should have told you, please don't hate me for lying to you' Mike laid his head down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep to the sound of Frankie's deep breathes and his own filling the room.
"Tré you got me hair dye?" Mike questioned looking at the box before him,
"Yes, I'm going to dye your hair, let's go do it before I think about how much I want cake again"
"Tré how about I do it myself?"
"No, no me doing it is part of your present! Now lets go we have hungry people to feed before the guest get here at 10" Tré pulled Mike off the couch and into the near by bathroom to apply the hair dye.
"I'll go get the cake ready, okay?" Adie said getting up and heading into the kitchen.
"So, how long have you guys all known each other?" Frankie asked Billie Joe who was before hand staring off out a window,
"I've known Mike since I was in 5th grade, met Tré when I was a teenager. You want to listen to some music?" Billie Joe got up and headed over to a music collection on the floor
"Sure, you pick something."
"Okay, you like green day?"
"Well I only know a few songs but they were pretty good. My friend Stevey and Kiera, they are big fans they have been trying to get me to go to this show they have in a few days."
"Really? Well you should go, I hear they are awesome live" Billie Joe stuck a few CDs in and stood up and plopped down in a chair.
"Well maybe I'll go then. Are you a big fan of them?"
"Yup there my favourite band, you'd like them" Billie Joe tilted his head back and tried not to laugh.
"What's so funny?"
"Nothing, nothing at all."
"Have you seen them live?"
"No I haven't, only on TV."
"Well maybe my ticket would go to better use to you."
"No I'm already going to be there, you should really go it will surprise you a lot."
"Oh that's awesome. Well I guess I could, I was actually planning on it, and Dean gave me the day off as soon as he heard they offered, he's coming too. I'm sure it will be eventful my friend Stevey he thinks the lead singer is really hot or something, he was going on about getting on stage and well Stevey can over exaggerate sometimes."
Billie Joe laughed as a shower capped Mike came out of the bathroom, "He got it on my face, and his own, it doesn't wash off very well" Mike sat down on the couch beside Frankie, "so you and Billie Joe talking nicely?"
"Yeah, we where talking music"
"Really? Well I have 15 minutes till I have to take this out, how about we eat some cake?"
"Yes!" Tré yelled from the bathroom and then ran out a second later, "I like the sounds of that, I made it! You'll love it Mike I know you will."
"I'm going to go help Adrienne with the cake," Frankie suggested getting up and going into the kitchen. "Hey you need some help?"
"Yeah I just finished putting icing on it, I had to make a new one Tré's was, well it caved in and smelled odd."
"I'll put the candles on, 33 right?" Frankie opened up the boxes of candles and started to place them on the cake.
"Yup, how's Mike's hair?"
"He hasn't rinsed it yet, by the look's it's a brown colour."
"Well at least Tré picked something normal, not that it would matter, Mike's hair has been every colour in the rainbow, I'll light them you get the lights out."
Frankie followed instructions and turned off the kitchen light and reached around for the living room one.
"Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday to Mikey, happy birthday to you" the four of them sang, as Adie and Frankie placed the cake down on a coffee table in front of Mike and he blew out the candles.
"Time to eat!"
***
"Tré turn that music down and get over here bitch!" a drunk Billie Joe yelled over to Tré who turned the stereo down and wobbled over to where Billie Joe was standing.
"Can I have your most humblest attention peoples," Billie Joe said into a microphone and the room murmured down to a silence. "Thank you thank you, now I think it's about time we played a little song for you, don't you think?" the crown erupted in cheers in response "Where's the birthday boy?"
Mike ducked down a bit trying to hide form Billie's wandering gaze but was spotted before he got to slip out of the room "Hey get back here you bastard you ain't going nowhere" Mike in his defeat headed to the stage and picked up his bass. "Well, well what should we play, Mikey boy you pick."
"How about an old one," Mike yelled into the microphone and the crowd cheered.
"Okay, okay I dedicate this song to Mike Dirnt may he live long and prosper, and remain forever and always the best fucking bass player in punk rock history. Happy 33rd buddy boy!" Billie Joe started out the chords to time of your life and Mike and Tré joined in. Frankie made her way to the front and smiled at Mike
'Wow they are really amazing, this sounds just like the original' Frankie thought as she sang along with the song.
"Okay now requests anyone?" people shouted out request for songs, most green day songs but the odd one out was another, and they played five more songs until they departed from the stage and went back to their drinks and Mike to Frankie.
"So you think we are any good?" he whispered in her ear, but just nodded in return as the stereo was turned back up, making it hard to hear.
"Want to go somewhere more quite?" Mike yelled over the music, and she nodded again in response, and Mike dragged her out onto a quite vacant porch
"You guys are great at covers, don't you play any of your own stuff?"
"Yeah all the time."
"Oh okay, time of your life sounded just like the original, you can tell Billie Joe I know one green day song, even though its just because it was my graduation song."
"Yeah we play that song a lot, we play it every show."
"That's cool, I'd like to hear some of your songs."
"You've heard more then you know."
"That's something I don't understand, Mike don't try and confuse me I'm too drunk."
"You're going to think I'm an asshole."
"For what?"
"Nothing, this isn't the time or place, your drunk and I'm not really sober myself either."
"Mike I'm not that drunk it wouldn't be taking advantage of me if you kissed me."
Frankie pulled Mike's forehead to hers "So Mike just kiss me," she spoke with her lips brushing against his slightly. "Gladly" he pressed his lips to hers lightly then pulled away.
"Will you hate me if I haven't been completely honest with you?"
"Depending, but don't feel you have to tell me your life story its only the first date."
"What if I haven't been 100% on who I am, like a part of what I do?"
"Well unless you go around dealing drugs or killing people, or hiring people to kill people then its not that big, its nothing like that is it?"
"No, its more of-"
"Here you two are, shish getting busy on the porch, that's classic wish I thought of it." Tré threw himself on top of the two. "They want you inside people are leaving now no more party hardy."
"Okay Tré we'll be right in."
"No Mikey no time for quickies you have to come now," Tré pulled himself up by the porch railing and grabbed Mike dragging him off inside.
***
After all the guests had departed or been thrown out Mike was sitting in a chair falling asleep, Billie Joe was passed out on Tré half off the couch and Adie was the only one able to make it to a bed. And Frankie was walking quietly over to the half asleep Mike.
"Mike, can I use your phone please?"
"Huh? Oh sorry I guess I'm a bit tired, and sure it's on the end table."
"Thanks...it's not here"
"Well it was."
"It's broken."
"Oh, who do you need to call?"
"A cab, think its about time for me to well go get some sleep."
"You don't need to go I have a bed, a few beds, I'll get you something to wear."
"Thanks."
Mike led Frankie to his bedroom and pulled out a shirt and boxers, "These good?"
"Yeah they're fine."
"Do you want to sleep in here with me or um somewhere else?"
"It doesn't matter, I just want to sleep," Frankie yawned and leaned against the wall closing her eyes for a moment.
"Well I was going to move Tré into the other room and Billie Joe with Adie, I can take the couch."
"No, no you can sleep in here, it doesn't bother me we're only sleeping."
"Okay well I'll go move them and you can get changed I'll be in, in a bit."
Frankie nodded and waited for Mike to exit and shut the door to get changed and crawled into bed.
Mike put Tré and Billie Joe to bed and headed to his room. He crawled into bed to find Frankie fast asleep and cuddling into his pillow.
'I'm such a idiot, and I like you dammit, I should have told you, please don't hate me for lying to you' Mike laid his head down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep to the sound of Frankie's deep breathes and his own filling the room.
