"I think I'm falling in love with you, Billie...", chapter 4
"Just...?" Billie asked and blinked his eyes again. "Oh, let's talk about it in the morning." Billie turned over. Jana bit her lip in worry and closed the door quietly. What the hell did I just do? Jana thought as she walked back to her own bedroom.
About 8:45 in the morning
Mike stumbled down the stairs at find Dixie with her back to him, whistling something and making pancakes. Tre was sitting at the table and was mixing something that looked like lemon Jell-o.
"I think the eggs are ready, Dixie," Tre said and handed the Jell-o mix to Dixie. Dixie twisted around, looking over her shoulder with the spatula still in the pan.
"What? That's not eggs! Tre, what is- Oh, hi Mike!" Dixie said when she saw Mike leaning against the doorway.
"So, how was the sleeper sofa?" Tre asked with a mischievous grin. Mike rolled his eyes.
"Actually, it wasn't that bad." Mike smiled. "How was the floor, Tre?"
"As good as ever!" Tre smiled. Mike raised his eyebrows and sighed, then turned toward the guest bedroom door.
"I wonder why they aren't up yet...."
Tre smiled deviously. "Shall we see why?"
"Tre, don't-" Mike started, but it was too late. Tre had already swung open the guest bedroom door and began jumping on the bed next to Billie.
"What the hell?" Billie asked and shifted toward the wall, away from the jumping Tre. "Okay..." He rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Tre, please get down, you're kind of scaring me..." With that, Tre jumped off the bed and landed with a large thud. Billie shook his head and walked out of the door.
Jana opened the door and looked around. She had heard something like that of a crash and a didgeridoo bellow. She saw the guest bedroom door open and looked inside. Who.. Billie! She walked into the room to find everyone coming out of the door. "Look, the prince and princess have survived the night without each other! They have awakened!" Tre said estacilly. Jana blushed slightly and turned toward the kitchen.
"Well, I'm sure everyone's hungry; why don't we eat?" Jana sat and sat at the table. Immediately, she picked up the bowl and inspected it. "What is that?"
"Something you get when you get Tre to 'cook,'" Billie said and sat in the seat next to her. With the help of Mike's tallness, Dixie got plates down from the cabinets and served breakfast. As everyone had sat down at the table, which had only four seats, Tre looked for somewhere to sit.
"Sorry, we don't usually have such large company..." Jana said and looked for somewhere to sit.
"Well, I know where I want to sit, but that seat is already taken..." Tre glared briefly at Billie. Billie shot back a perplexed look toward Tre.
Noon
Dixie was changing up in her bedroom, Jana in hers, Tre in the bathroom, and Billie in the guest bedroom. Mike was waiting for Tre to get out of the bathroom so he could change. Billie came out first with a black t-shirt, black pants and a skinny red tie with black Vans. He had his hair styled in that freakish but right for him way and slid onto the couch, where Mike currently was. Billie looked over at Mike briefly, then turned back to some corny Japanese game show Mike was trying to understand. Then Dixie came out of her room with a black and pink Coca Cola shirt on, black pants with pink flames at the bottom, and black high-top Converse. She shuffled into the living room and sat next to Mike.
"You can use my bedroom to change, if you want," Dixie said innocently. Mike looked from Dixie to the stairs. Two things popped into his head: 1. He really did want to hurry and change and show Jana and Dixie the tour bus, but 2. could he trust Dixie and Billie alone together? He answered his own question quickly and stood and made for the stairs. Dixie smiled then turned back to the TV.
"What in the world were you two watching?" she asked and flipped the channel to MTV.
Tre then came out in a grey and black tank-top, long black shorts, and a pair of checkered Vans. He fell onto the couch in between Billie and Dixie.
"Umm... you know, Mike was sitting there..." Dixie said and pointed to where Tre now sat on the couch.
"So?" Tre said and flipped the channel back the Japanese game.
"I love this show!" Dixie smiled but shook her head and walked up the stairs. She put a finger up to her lips toward Billie and Tre, telling them to be quiet. Billie nodded and smiled and Tre "zipped his lips." Dixie silently prowled up the steps.
Mike knew it was too quiet down there. Dixie probably would have done something by now to make Billie and Tre at least laugh. He finished buttoning his white long sleeve shirt and started to lace up his black Reeboks. Dixie burst in the door.
"Hello starshine, the Earth says hello!" she said and jumped onto her bed. Mike just froze, kneeling on the floor, tying his shoe.
"Uh...hello," he said quietly. Dixie smiled.
"Do you like it here? Better then the tour bus?" she asked with concern in her voice. Wow, she does care what I feel like...well that's one person... Mike thought to himself.
"Yeah, I mean, the tour bus is great for travel and we can't afford hotels, so we are grateful for a little room and privacy," he answered after a minute of weighing the pros and cons. Dixie regained her white smiled and stepped off the bed.
"I know you know I like you, but do you like me?" she blurted out. She couldn't help it, she liked him so much, she had to know. Mike finished lacing his shoe and turned around. He looked off into space while thinking for a minute.
"You know what? I think I do." Dixie smiled so big it took up most of her face. She hugged Mike and gave him a peck on the lips then jumped down the stairs three at a time.
About 8:45 in the morning
Mike stumbled down the stairs at find Dixie with her back to him, whistling something and making pancakes. Tre was sitting at the table and was mixing something that looked like lemon Jell-o.
"I think the eggs are ready, Dixie," Tre said and handed the Jell-o mix to Dixie. Dixie twisted around, looking over her shoulder with the spatula still in the pan.
"What? That's not eggs! Tre, what is- Oh, hi Mike!" Dixie said when she saw Mike leaning against the doorway.
"So, how was the sleeper sofa?" Tre asked with a mischievous grin. Mike rolled his eyes.
"Actually, it wasn't that bad." Mike smiled. "How was the floor, Tre?"
"As good as ever!" Tre smiled. Mike raised his eyebrows and sighed, then turned toward the guest bedroom door.
"I wonder why they aren't up yet...."
Tre smiled deviously. "Shall we see why?"
"Tre, don't-" Mike started, but it was too late. Tre had already swung open the guest bedroom door and began jumping on the bed next to Billie.
"What the hell?" Billie asked and shifted toward the wall, away from the jumping Tre. "Okay..." He rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Tre, please get down, you're kind of scaring me..." With that, Tre jumped off the bed and landed with a large thud. Billie shook his head and walked out of the door.
Jana opened the door and looked around. She had heard something like that of a crash and a didgeridoo bellow. She saw the guest bedroom door open and looked inside. Who.. Billie! She walked into the room to find everyone coming out of the door. "Look, the prince and princess have survived the night without each other! They have awakened!" Tre said estacilly. Jana blushed slightly and turned toward the kitchen.
"Well, I'm sure everyone's hungry; why don't we eat?" Jana sat and sat at the table. Immediately, she picked up the bowl and inspected it. "What is that?"
"Something you get when you get Tre to 'cook,'" Billie said and sat in the seat next to her. With the help of Mike's tallness, Dixie got plates down from the cabinets and served breakfast. As everyone had sat down at the table, which had only four seats, Tre looked for somewhere to sit.
"Sorry, we don't usually have such large company..." Jana said and looked for somewhere to sit.
"Well, I know where I want to sit, but that seat is already taken..." Tre glared briefly at Billie. Billie shot back a perplexed look toward Tre.
Noon
Dixie was changing up in her bedroom, Jana in hers, Tre in the bathroom, and Billie in the guest bedroom. Mike was waiting for Tre to get out of the bathroom so he could change. Billie came out first with a black t-shirt, black pants and a skinny red tie with black Vans. He had his hair styled in that freakish but right for him way and slid onto the couch, where Mike currently was. Billie looked over at Mike briefly, then turned back to some corny Japanese game show Mike was trying to understand. Then Dixie came out of her room with a black and pink Coca Cola shirt on, black pants with pink flames at the bottom, and black high-top Converse. She shuffled into the living room and sat next to Mike.
"You can use my bedroom to change, if you want," Dixie said innocently. Mike looked from Dixie to the stairs. Two things popped into his head: 1. He really did want to hurry and change and show Jana and Dixie the tour bus, but 2. could he trust Dixie and Billie alone together? He answered his own question quickly and stood and made for the stairs. Dixie smiled then turned back to the TV.
"What in the world were you two watching?" she asked and flipped the channel to MTV.
Tre then came out in a grey and black tank-top, long black shorts, and a pair of checkered Vans. He fell onto the couch in between Billie and Dixie.
"Umm... you know, Mike was sitting there..." Dixie said and pointed to where Tre now sat on the couch.
"So?" Tre said and flipped the channel back the Japanese game.
"I love this show!" Dixie smiled but shook her head and walked up the stairs. She put a finger up to her lips toward Billie and Tre, telling them to be quiet. Billie nodded and smiled and Tre "zipped his lips." Dixie silently prowled up the steps.
Mike knew it was too quiet down there. Dixie probably would have done something by now to make Billie and Tre at least laugh. He finished buttoning his white long sleeve shirt and started to lace up his black Reeboks. Dixie burst in the door.
"Hello starshine, the Earth says hello!" she said and jumped onto her bed. Mike just froze, kneeling on the floor, tying his shoe.
"Uh...hello," he said quietly. Dixie smiled.
"Do you like it here? Better then the tour bus?" she asked with concern in her voice. Wow, she does care what I feel like...well that's one person... Mike thought to himself.
"Yeah, I mean, the tour bus is great for travel and we can't afford hotels, so we are grateful for a little room and privacy," he answered after a minute of weighing the pros and cons. Dixie regained her white smiled and stepped off the bed.
"I know you know I like you, but do you like me?" she blurted out. She couldn't help it, she liked him so much, she had to know. Mike finished lacing his shoe and turned around. He looked off into space while thinking for a minute.
"You know what? I think I do." Dixie smiled so big it took up most of her face. She hugged Mike and gave him a peck on the lips then jumped down the stairs three at a time.
