Drawn to the Drummer, chapter 10
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I woke to the sound of Wake Me Up When September Ends being played in about a room away. I stretched out my arms and legs in the huge king size bed then sunk down into the soft pillows even further. Suprisingly my back had made a dramatic recovery. The pain just feels like I pulled a muscle so I'm feeling just about as good as new.
A squeaky noise came from the door as it slowly opened. Tre snuck through not looking at me assuming I was still asleep and headed straight to the cubboard on the other side of the room. He opened it and pulled out a couple of leads and a pair of drumsticks. He grinned to himself as he walked back to the door and gazed into space like he was thinking of something pleasant. I tried not to laugh at the face Tre was pulling. I let out a bit of a muffled giggle under the blanket. Tre glanced in my direction and nearly jumped out of his marijuana shoes.
"Hey," Tre grinned, "You startled me!"
"Sorry Tre I promise I won't do it again" I apologized in a little school girls voice also adding a little sarcasm.
"Thank you, I do appreciate it" he smiled, "Now I will return to the little band practice that will comence in 10 minutes if you would like to attend your more than welcome" he offered.
"Yeah sure" Tre closed the door behind him.
"Hey Tre?" I called out.
"Yes?" he popped his head back around the door.
"What are the plans for today?"
"Well at 12 o'clock me and the boys have an autograph signing and after that nothing" he rolled his eyes at the autograph session.
"Well it looks like your pretty busy with getting ready and make-up and stuff so I'll just catch the 10 o'clock train back to the hotel" I said climbing out of bed not remember the pj's I had on.
"Nah nah we are not that busy. I don't need make-up, I'm already beautiful" he smiled smuggly. I silently agreed in my head. "I could give you a lift if you want?" Tre paused, grinned and slightly tilted his head on th side. I looked in the direction of where he was looking and relised that he was glaring at the pjs. I blushed, grabbed my clothes and headed for the bathroom.
"Tre, that lift?" I asked.
"Yeah" he said still looking.
"Would be good, thanks" I smiled and stepped into the bathroom.
Around 15 minutes later...
I walked into the recording room of Tre's apartment. There was leads and instruments everywhere including Tre's Zildjian drum set. Mike, Billie and Tre sat on some stools in a circle discusing something. Mike looked up.
"Here she is, all refreshed and ready" Tre looked over his shoulder and smiled.
"You ready to go?"
"Yeah. When your ready of corse"
"Ok then dudes I'll just drop Ellie off and I'll be back ok." Tre stood up and grabbed his car keys as Mike and Billie Joe nodded.
"It was awsome meeting you guys," I complimented.
"Thanks," Mike replied.
"Yeah same. You'll have to bring you band around some time." Billie suggested.
"Yeah will do," I said with a laugh.
We said our final goodbyes and walked out of the room. 2 minutes later Tre handed me a pair of sunglasses to wear as we were getting into his black suv.
"What are these for?" I asked looking at the black sunglasses then putting them on.
"The media" Tre replied driving out of the drive way and slipping on his pair. Me being a typical girl I started to pull different faces in the mirror and doing different hair styles. I got a bit carried away and was totaly un-ware of the smirk Tre was wearing as he occasionaly looked at me from the corner of his eye. Finaly I was satisfied with my looked and decided to put some lip gloss on.
"They suit you" Tre said glancing at me then quickly looking back at the road ahead when I looked at him.
"You think?" I smiled with my lip gloss all shiney.
"Yeah of corse" Tre's phone began to ring. "Hey would you be able to get that for us, I'm kinda driving" Tre asked.
"Yeah sure" I had huge butterflies in my stomach. Imagine all the superstars numbers Tre would have on his phone.
"Hello?" I answered the phone.
"Oh thank god Ellie your ok"
"Hannah?"
"Yeah its me. I just rang the hospital and they said you weren't there and I assumed you had already left."
"How did you get this number?"
"Well you rang me on it and it wasn't on private so that's how I got it."
"Oh" then mouthed SHIT.
"Where are you and how long before you get back here?" she added.
"About 15 minutes to half an hour."
"Ok hurry back." Out of the blue Tre began to sing Dominated love slave really loud.
"Ellie what's that?"
"Ummm." I tryed not to laugh as I wacked Tre to stop singing and tapping the top of the steering wheel.
"Ellie?"
"Oh it's just the radio on the train"
"Righty oh then. I'll see you soon bye"
"Bye" I hung up the phone.
"When are you gonna tell them about us?" Tre looked at me with a hint of seriousness.
"Uhhh there's an us?" I said stumbling over my words.
"No I mean me and the boys" Tre corrected himself.
"Oh" I blushed at my mistake. "Umm probably tomorrow?" Tre nodded.
Five minutes past...
"You can keep the sunnies by the way"
"Really? Thanks" Tre pulled up a block away from the hotel.
"Here's my stop" I looked at Tre.
"Yep, sure is" he looked back at me "Uno your still about 20 minutes early?"
"Yeah, I better walk slowly then" I grinned back. Tre pulled a fake hurt face.
"Awww stop it your making my insides melt" I joked. He wriggled his eyebrows.
"Well I wonder what your insides would do if I did this" Tre leaned in really close and I could feel his breath on the back of my neck. My senses wizzed around like they were in a cyclone. Tre attempted to kiss my lips but I turned my head so he ended up kissing my cheek.
"I better go" I said removing my seat belt. Tre sat back smiling and wondering what was going on in my head. He was probably thinking "why didn't she let me kiss her? I mean she was ok with it last night. Pffft women I'll never understand them."
"When am I gonna see you next?" Tre asked.
"Ummm soon maybe" I said getting out of the car.
"Give us a call and I'll pick'ya up etc etc. I'm free tomorrow if your not busy" he smiled warmly.
"Ok thanks" I smiled back. "Thanks for everything Tre, I owe you one."
"Yes you do" he agreed and once again wriggled his eyebrows. I closed the door and walked a few meters. I turned and waved then ran my fingers through my hair, turned back to head towards the hotel.
I made it up to the hotel room and knocked on the door. The door swung open and Krissy jumped at me and hugged me tight. Finally she let me go.
"HEY!"
"Hi," I replied.
"Come inside and tell us about your journey!" She held out her arm. I walked inside to see my other to friends excitedly sitting on the lounge.
"Hey dudes" I plonked myself down also on the lounge.
"How are ya?" Hannah asked.
"I'm good. My back is all better now"
"So tell us what happened" Louise insisted.
"Well as you know I went to get myself a drink and I got in the line. There was these little anoying kids pushing and shoving. Then there was a wave of human dominoes, I fell back and nocked into someone who spilt their boiling hot frappuccino down my back."
"Oww" Louise scoffed.
"Yeah"
"Then what happened?" said Krissy.
"Then the man who had spilt the frappuccino on me offered to take me to the hospital. Obviously I didn't say no and thats how I got the hospital," I concluded.
"Who's mobile were you on?" Hannah wondered.
"Um the guy felt bad so he insisted on having his phone but unfortunetly I left it on the train."
"Damn, I could have done with a new phone" Krissy commented. We sat and talked for ages and eventually it was around 9:00pm. "Well I'm off to bed, I'll let the girls tell you about the great news" Krissy winked at Louise and Hannah then pludged off to her room.
"Oooh now that's something I could do with right now." I pulled my legs up and crossed them.
"We WON!" Louise announced happily.
"Ok lets apply the brakes... What have I missed?"
"The Bands are us thing remember?" Hannah reminded me.
"Oh my god." I couldn't believe it. We had won a recording deal!
"But like usual there is a catch"
"What is it?"
"We just got a recording deal right?" I nodded." Well we are in America and if we go back to Australia the record deal doesn't exist." Hannah looked down at her cup of hot chocolate.
"Oh." I looked away as my eyes started to tingle.
"I'm gonna hit the sack as well dudes" Louise waved and headed down the hall way. I sniffed.
"What are we going to do?" I evoided eye contact.
"We decided we'd leave it up to you. They gave us a week to either accept or to... Decline."
"Yeah no stress or anything" I swallowed hard. "We've worked our asses off for this and what do we get... A bloody ultimatum!" Slamming my hands down on the coffee table I stood up and walked to the balcony. Hannah followed.
"We have till next friday, we know you'll make the right choice" Hannah turned and went to bed. I stood on the balcony for about half an hour just thinking of what I'm going to say next friday. If we go back to Australia we'll lose the record deal not to mention the biggest loss of all... Tre.
To be continued...
A squeaky noise came from the door as it slowly opened. Tre snuck through not looking at me assuming I was still asleep and headed straight to the cubboard on the other side of the room. He opened it and pulled out a couple of leads and a pair of drumsticks. He grinned to himself as he walked back to the door and gazed into space like he was thinking of something pleasant. I tried not to laugh at the face Tre was pulling. I let out a bit of a muffled giggle under the blanket. Tre glanced in my direction and nearly jumped out of his marijuana shoes.
"Hey," Tre grinned, "You startled me!"
"Sorry Tre I promise I won't do it again" I apologized in a little school girls voice also adding a little sarcasm.
"Thank you, I do appreciate it" he smiled, "Now I will return to the little band practice that will comence in 10 minutes if you would like to attend your more than welcome" he offered.
"Yeah sure" Tre closed the door behind him.
"Hey Tre?" I called out.
"Yes?" he popped his head back around the door.
"What are the plans for today?"
"Well at 12 o'clock me and the boys have an autograph signing and after that nothing" he rolled his eyes at the autograph session.
"Well it looks like your pretty busy with getting ready and make-up and stuff so I'll just catch the 10 o'clock train back to the hotel" I said climbing out of bed not remember the pj's I had on.
"Nah nah we are not that busy. I don't need make-up, I'm already beautiful" he smiled smuggly. I silently agreed in my head. "I could give you a lift if you want?" Tre paused, grinned and slightly tilted his head on th side. I looked in the direction of where he was looking and relised that he was glaring at the pjs. I blushed, grabbed my clothes and headed for the bathroom.
"Tre, that lift?" I asked.
"Yeah" he said still looking.
"Would be good, thanks" I smiled and stepped into the bathroom.
Around 15 minutes later...
I walked into the recording room of Tre's apartment. There was leads and instruments everywhere including Tre's Zildjian drum set. Mike, Billie and Tre sat on some stools in a circle discusing something. Mike looked up.
"Here she is, all refreshed and ready" Tre looked over his shoulder and smiled.
"You ready to go?"
"Yeah. When your ready of corse"
"Ok then dudes I'll just drop Ellie off and I'll be back ok." Tre stood up and grabbed his car keys as Mike and Billie Joe nodded.
"It was awsome meeting you guys," I complimented.
"Thanks," Mike replied.
"Yeah same. You'll have to bring you band around some time." Billie suggested.
"Yeah will do," I said with a laugh.
We said our final goodbyes and walked out of the room. 2 minutes later Tre handed me a pair of sunglasses to wear as we were getting into his black suv.
"What are these for?" I asked looking at the black sunglasses then putting them on.
"The media" Tre replied driving out of the drive way and slipping on his pair. Me being a typical girl I started to pull different faces in the mirror and doing different hair styles. I got a bit carried away and was totaly un-ware of the smirk Tre was wearing as he occasionaly looked at me from the corner of his eye. Finaly I was satisfied with my looked and decided to put some lip gloss on.
"They suit you" Tre said glancing at me then quickly looking back at the road ahead when I looked at him.
"You think?" I smiled with my lip gloss all shiney.
"Yeah of corse" Tre's phone began to ring. "Hey would you be able to get that for us, I'm kinda driving" Tre asked.
"Yeah sure" I had huge butterflies in my stomach. Imagine all the superstars numbers Tre would have on his phone.
"Hello?" I answered the phone.
"Oh thank god Ellie your ok"
"Hannah?"
"Yeah its me. I just rang the hospital and they said you weren't there and I assumed you had already left."
"How did you get this number?"
"Well you rang me on it and it wasn't on private so that's how I got it."
"Oh" then mouthed SHIT.
"Where are you and how long before you get back here?" she added.
"About 15 minutes to half an hour."
"Ok hurry back." Out of the blue Tre began to sing Dominated love slave really loud.
"Ellie what's that?"
"Ummm." I tryed not to laugh as I wacked Tre to stop singing and tapping the top of the steering wheel.
"Ellie?"
"Oh it's just the radio on the train"
"Righty oh then. I'll see you soon bye"
"Bye" I hung up the phone.
"When are you gonna tell them about us?" Tre looked at me with a hint of seriousness.
"Uhhh there's an us?" I said stumbling over my words.
"No I mean me and the boys" Tre corrected himself.
"Oh" I blushed at my mistake. "Umm probably tomorrow?" Tre nodded.
Five minutes past...
"You can keep the sunnies by the way"
"Really? Thanks" Tre pulled up a block away from the hotel.
"Here's my stop" I looked at Tre.
"Yep, sure is" he looked back at me "Uno your still about 20 minutes early?"
"Yeah, I better walk slowly then" I grinned back. Tre pulled a fake hurt face.
"Awww stop it your making my insides melt" I joked. He wriggled his eyebrows.
"Well I wonder what your insides would do if I did this" Tre leaned in really close and I could feel his breath on the back of my neck. My senses wizzed around like they were in a cyclone. Tre attempted to kiss my lips but I turned my head so he ended up kissing my cheek.
"I better go" I said removing my seat belt. Tre sat back smiling and wondering what was going on in my head. He was probably thinking "why didn't she let me kiss her? I mean she was ok with it last night. Pffft women I'll never understand them."
"When am I gonna see you next?" Tre asked.
"Ummm soon maybe" I said getting out of the car.
"Give us a call and I'll pick'ya up etc etc. I'm free tomorrow if your not busy" he smiled warmly.
"Ok thanks" I smiled back. "Thanks for everything Tre, I owe you one."
"Yes you do" he agreed and once again wriggled his eyebrows. I closed the door and walked a few meters. I turned and waved then ran my fingers through my hair, turned back to head towards the hotel.
I made it up to the hotel room and knocked on the door. The door swung open and Krissy jumped at me and hugged me tight. Finally she let me go.
"HEY!"
"Hi," I replied.
"Come inside and tell us about your journey!" She held out her arm. I walked inside to see my other to friends excitedly sitting on the lounge.
"Hey dudes" I plonked myself down also on the lounge.
"How are ya?" Hannah asked.
"I'm good. My back is all better now"
"So tell us what happened" Louise insisted.
"Well as you know I went to get myself a drink and I got in the line. There was these little anoying kids pushing and shoving. Then there was a wave of human dominoes, I fell back and nocked into someone who spilt their boiling hot frappuccino down my back."
"Oww" Louise scoffed.
"Yeah"
"Then what happened?" said Krissy.
"Then the man who had spilt the frappuccino on me offered to take me to the hospital. Obviously I didn't say no and thats how I got the hospital," I concluded.
"Who's mobile were you on?" Hannah wondered.
"Um the guy felt bad so he insisted on having his phone but unfortunetly I left it on the train."
"Damn, I could have done with a new phone" Krissy commented. We sat and talked for ages and eventually it was around 9:00pm. "Well I'm off to bed, I'll let the girls tell you about the great news" Krissy winked at Louise and Hannah then pludged off to her room.
"Oooh now that's something I could do with right now." I pulled my legs up and crossed them.
"We WON!" Louise announced happily.
"Ok lets apply the brakes... What have I missed?"
"The Bands are us thing remember?" Hannah reminded me.
"Oh my god." I couldn't believe it. We had won a recording deal!
"But like usual there is a catch"
"What is it?"
"We just got a recording deal right?" I nodded." Well we are in America and if we go back to Australia the record deal doesn't exist." Hannah looked down at her cup of hot chocolate.
"Oh." I looked away as my eyes started to tingle.
"I'm gonna hit the sack as well dudes" Louise waved and headed down the hall way. I sniffed.
"What are we going to do?" I evoided eye contact.
"We decided we'd leave it up to you. They gave us a week to either accept or to... Decline."
"Yeah no stress or anything" I swallowed hard. "We've worked our asses off for this and what do we get... A bloody ultimatum!" Slamming my hands down on the coffee table I stood up and walked to the balcony. Hannah followed.
"We have till next friday, we know you'll make the right choice" Hannah turned and went to bed. I stood on the balcony for about half an hour just thinking of what I'm going to say next friday. If we go back to Australia we'll lose the record deal not to mention the biggest loss of all... Tre.
To be continued...
