A Crazy Summer With New Friends, chapter 2
We got into the car. And reached to the place that the gig will happen. We got out of the car. And came in. The crowd were already started to getting accumulated. When we were trying to walk in the crowd who were pushing one another, we heard that a boy was calling Deniz's name.
"Hey Deniz, we are here. Hey!" And we tried to reach them through the crowd. Beste turned to me.
"These guys look really cool when they are not drunk," she said, smiling. To tell the truth, she was right.
"Oh, so these are the girls that you've been talking about," one of them said with a grin in his face.
"Yeah, I told you about them once," said Deniz smiling.
"By the way girls, I'm Tre," said the same guy, introduced himself.
"Oh sorry, I forgot. Yes you met Tre, this is Billie Joe and Mike will be here anytime," said Deniz.
"So which one of you is Beste and which one of you is Ezgi?" said Billie Joe.
"What do you think?" Beste replied a little bit stubborn.
"I think you are Beste, because Deniz told us that you are stubborn. Now I see why," said Billie Joe.
"Yes you're right. I'm Beste. I'm stubborn, huh?" she said while she was giving Deniz and Billie Joe evil looks. There was a tall guy coming to us.
"Here's Mike," said Deniz, trying to change the topic. "Mike I was just starting to talking about you. This is my stubborn cousin Beste and her friend Ezgi."
"Hey girls, I'm Mike."
"Hey Mike," I said. Beste, who was talking with Billie Joe and Tre, turned to Mike and said,
"Hi." I was the only one who realized the time so I said,
"Are you planning to have a gig tonight or are we going to stand here all night and talk?"
"Yeah, Ezgi is right, let's go," said Billie Joe and they walk up to the stage. And we found ourselves a place and started to watch. They were wonderful, just great and awesome. And the crowd were crazy and having a great fun.
But somehow my eyes were on Deniz. Uncunsciously I was staring him. If Beste didn't prod me with excitement, I would be staring him for the rest of the gig. I turned to her. She was extremely happy. But I didn't know why.
"Are you deaf? They are calling us to stage," was all that she said. I even didn't understand what she said but in 2 seconds I found myself onthe stage.
"Deniz said that you guys can play so let's see it!" Mike said while he was giving his bass to me. And Billie Joe gave his guitar to Beste. Tre was stil sitting behind the drums. Billie Joe took the microphone and explained the sictuation to the audience.
"Ok guys. We have got two beautiful guests here tonight. And they're going to play something for you guys."
Beste blinked me. That was our way to tell each other what song we are going to play. I turned around and looked at Tre. I shouted 'Knowledge'. He understood and smiled. He counted to 4 and we began the song. Everybody knew the song so everybogy sang together. I've never felt like that before. Everything was perfect. I turned to Beste, smiling, but then I saw that her face was getting whiter and whiter. Deniz noticed that too. She hold on until the last chord.
The crowd were clapping very loudly when the song was over. When she was about to hold the microphone to thank, her eyes got closed. Deniz and I saw it at the same time and ran to Beste when she started to fall. Deniz hold her when she was about to hit the floor. The crowd stopped clapping and talking. Now they were all looking us with confused faces. Tre, Mike and Billie Joe ran to us.
"What's going on?" said Billie Joe.
"I'm going to tell but we should get her out of here first," I replied.
Mike took the microphone and said,
"Thanks for coming. This is the end of our gig tonight," to the audience.
Deniz carried Beste to the backstage. And we made her lay down the couch. I took of the injector and the medicine in a little bottle that I always carry in my bag because of Beste's forgetfulness. Tre looked terrified and said,
"What's that?"
"Guys, I think you should wait outside," I said when I was pulling the medicine into the injector.
"I'll explain you," said Deniz and took the boys out. And looked at me when he was going. I didn't understand the meaning of that look. But I didn't have the time to think. So I injected the medicine and waited. One or two minutes later, she opened her eyes.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Fuck. I ruined everything again. I'm so sorry."
"I don't know why am I supposed to be mad at you, for forgetting your medicine or saying that you're sorry," I said.
"I promise I will never forget it again. I'm really sorry. I think I must apologize to them about that," she said.
"Ok, anyway if you're feeling good, then we should go now, because they're waiting for us," I said
"Yes you're right" I helped her for standing up and she went out. Then I started to pack the things we scattered.
----Beste's point of view----
They were waiting outside. They were packing their instruments and placing them on their van. I was a little bit nervous about what happened on the stage. Billie Joe saw me. "Hey, how are you?"
"I'm fine. Look I'm really sorry, I ruined your gig."
"Oh no. The gig was great. They loved you and us of course. We're going to perform Friday again," said Tre.
"Hey my sick cousin, how are you?" asked Deniz while he was going out of the van.
"Yeah now you have the stuff to make fun," I replied.
"He he. Uh, where's Ezgi?" said Deniz.
"She's inside. She was packing our things, but it took so long."
"Ok, I'll go and check," Deniz said and he went inside. Meanwhile Mike came with 6 cups of coffee in a box.
"Hey coffee boy, you're not going to spend all night with coffee, are you?" said Tre. Billie Joe turned to me.
"We're going to have a little party tonight, just us, I mean if you're feeling good enough," he said.
"Yeah, she's fine, she's feeling good. I mean I hope so," Tre said and we all started to laugh.
"A cup of coffee will make you feeling better," said when he was giving me one of the coffee cups.
"Thanks."
"How long have you been playing guitar?" Billie Joe asked me when he took a sip from his coffee.
"I started like 5 years ago with Ezgi. But then she prefered bass," I replied.
"Bass was her second choice? He he," said Tre who was looking at Mike.
"Well she made the right decision in the end," Mike said. And they started to argue, well, if you can argue with Tre. We were laughing our asses off. Finally Mike ended this arguement. "Ok. We'll ask her later." Billie Joe continued the conversation that we were having before the argument.
"You played really good."
"Yeah, Ezgi is playing good considering that bass was her second choice," said
Mike, looking at Tre.
"Of course they were good, they had me on the drums. If you have an incredible drummer like me, you have to be good," said Tre with an arrogant grin on his face. Billie Joe asked me like he didn't hear Tre.
"How long are you going to stay here?"
"For the summer break. Like 3 months," I replied. He looked like he was thinking something then he threw his empty cup to the garbage can. "Why didn't Ezgi and Deniz come?" I asked.
"Yeah, what took so long?" Mike said.
"Forget them and check out the new joints I bought," said Tre with a grin in his face.
---Ezgi's point of view---
I started to pack our scattered things when Beste went out. Suddenly I remembered 5 years ago, the day I first met Beste's disase. We didn't know each other really well so, I didn't know what to do. All I did was calling 911 for an ambulance. It was like a torture for me that seeing her lay on her bed unconsciously.
The picture of that moment came to my mind and tears started to fell down from my eyes. Then I felt two arms hugging me. When I raised my head, I saw his his blue-grey eyes. I could see in his looks that he understood me. He started to kissing me without saying a word. His lips were soft and full of passion. I didn't want this moment to end but I seperated my lips from his lips. "I think we should go," I said. I could see in his eyes that he didn't want to go but he nodded.
"Yes, let's go." We walked to the van as I felt sad but at the same time happy for a reason that I didn't know. Everyone was smoking cigarettes and talking feverish about something.
"Oh, here they are, at last. You lucky bastard, what did you do with her?" said Tre with a grin in his face. Then Beste turned to us and looked like 'what's going on?'. Deniz, who saw Beste's looks started to talk.
"A couple of people who liked you, asked us that when will you perform again. Because they knew that we are your friends. We just hung out with them." And when he stopped talking he looked at me.
"Yeah, they liked your performance really much, in fact a girl said, 'The drummer is really cute.' And then she asked me your name," I said when I turned to Tre.
"What? Who? Are you serious? Well because I'm the most handsome guy in this band," said Tre, really pleased with that. And everybody started to laugh. Then Deniz said,
"So are we going to stay here all night?" While he was looking at everyone.
"Let's go!" said Mike.
"Ok, where are we going?" Billie Joe asked.
"To my house, I mean to our house," said Deniz when he looked at Beste and me.
"Then let's go!" said Beste.
The three of us got in to Deniz's car. And the guys got in to their van. We started out to Deniz's house. It wasn't far so we came quickly. Deniz tried hard to open the house's front door, after he unlocked the door but the door still closed, he kicked the door for a few times, then it opened. After a while the guys came too. Tre gave the things in his hand to Deniz.
"I can't stand anymore," he said and he sat down to the couch.
"Yeah we got tired," said Mike and he sat next to Tre.
"I'm going to the bathroom," said Billie Joe when he headed to upstairs. Beste and Deniz went to the kitchen to get the drinks and stuff. And I sat another couch in the living room.
"Oh man, how can you live in this place?" yelled Billie Joe from upstairs.
"I guess he saw the mirror," I said, laughing. Then they started to laugh too.
"You mean the 'mirror'? The famous one? It's interesting that he haven't changed the mirror," said Mike.
"No, it's not. Who wants to see that ugly face every morning?" said Tre. When we were laughing this, Billie Joe came in.
"I told him to change the mirror months ago. And he didn't. And he knew that you were coming." Meanwhile, Beste and Deniz came in to the living room with drinks and 'Tre's joints'. They put them on the table between the couches and sat next to us.
"Hey Deniz, we are here. Hey!" And we tried to reach them through the crowd. Beste turned to me.
"These guys look really cool when they are not drunk," she said, smiling. To tell the truth, she was right.
"Oh, so these are the girls that you've been talking about," one of them said with a grin in his face.
"Yeah, I told you about them once," said Deniz smiling.
"By the way girls, I'm Tre," said the same guy, introduced himself.
"Oh sorry, I forgot. Yes you met Tre, this is Billie Joe and Mike will be here anytime," said Deniz.
"So which one of you is Beste and which one of you is Ezgi?" said Billie Joe.
"What do you think?" Beste replied a little bit stubborn.
"I think you are Beste, because Deniz told us that you are stubborn. Now I see why," said Billie Joe.
"Yes you're right. I'm Beste. I'm stubborn, huh?" she said while she was giving Deniz and Billie Joe evil looks. There was a tall guy coming to us.
"Here's Mike," said Deniz, trying to change the topic. "Mike I was just starting to talking about you. This is my stubborn cousin Beste and her friend Ezgi."
"Hey girls, I'm Mike."
"Hey Mike," I said. Beste, who was talking with Billie Joe and Tre, turned to Mike and said,
"Hi." I was the only one who realized the time so I said,
"Are you planning to have a gig tonight or are we going to stand here all night and talk?"
"Yeah, Ezgi is right, let's go," said Billie Joe and they walk up to the stage. And we found ourselves a place and started to watch. They were wonderful, just great and awesome. And the crowd were crazy and having a great fun.
But somehow my eyes were on Deniz. Uncunsciously I was staring him. If Beste didn't prod me with excitement, I would be staring him for the rest of the gig. I turned to her. She was extremely happy. But I didn't know why.
"Are you deaf? They are calling us to stage," was all that she said. I even didn't understand what she said but in 2 seconds I found myself onthe stage.
"Deniz said that you guys can play so let's see it!" Mike said while he was giving his bass to me. And Billie Joe gave his guitar to Beste. Tre was stil sitting behind the drums. Billie Joe took the microphone and explained the sictuation to the audience.
"Ok guys. We have got two beautiful guests here tonight. And they're going to play something for you guys."
Beste blinked me. That was our way to tell each other what song we are going to play. I turned around and looked at Tre. I shouted 'Knowledge'. He understood and smiled. He counted to 4 and we began the song. Everybody knew the song so everybogy sang together. I've never felt like that before. Everything was perfect. I turned to Beste, smiling, but then I saw that her face was getting whiter and whiter. Deniz noticed that too. She hold on until the last chord.
The crowd were clapping very loudly when the song was over. When she was about to hold the microphone to thank, her eyes got closed. Deniz and I saw it at the same time and ran to Beste when she started to fall. Deniz hold her when she was about to hit the floor. The crowd stopped clapping and talking. Now they were all looking us with confused faces. Tre, Mike and Billie Joe ran to us.
"What's going on?" said Billie Joe.
"I'm going to tell but we should get her out of here first," I replied.
Mike took the microphone and said,
"Thanks for coming. This is the end of our gig tonight," to the audience.
Deniz carried Beste to the backstage. And we made her lay down the couch. I took of the injector and the medicine in a little bottle that I always carry in my bag because of Beste's forgetfulness. Tre looked terrified and said,
"What's that?"
"Guys, I think you should wait outside," I said when I was pulling the medicine into the injector.
"I'll explain you," said Deniz and took the boys out. And looked at me when he was going. I didn't understand the meaning of that look. But I didn't have the time to think. So I injected the medicine and waited. One or two minutes later, she opened her eyes.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Fuck. I ruined everything again. I'm so sorry."
"I don't know why am I supposed to be mad at you, for forgetting your medicine or saying that you're sorry," I said.
"I promise I will never forget it again. I'm really sorry. I think I must apologize to them about that," she said.
"Ok, anyway if you're feeling good, then we should go now, because they're waiting for us," I said
"Yes you're right" I helped her for standing up and she went out. Then I started to pack the things we scattered.
----Beste's point of view----
They were waiting outside. They were packing their instruments and placing them on their van. I was a little bit nervous about what happened on the stage. Billie Joe saw me. "Hey, how are you?"
"I'm fine. Look I'm really sorry, I ruined your gig."
"Oh no. The gig was great. They loved you and us of course. We're going to perform Friday again," said Tre.
"Hey my sick cousin, how are you?" asked Deniz while he was going out of the van.
"Yeah now you have the stuff to make fun," I replied.
"He he. Uh, where's Ezgi?" said Deniz.
"She's inside. She was packing our things, but it took so long."
"Ok, I'll go and check," Deniz said and he went inside. Meanwhile Mike came with 6 cups of coffee in a box.
"Hey coffee boy, you're not going to spend all night with coffee, are you?" said Tre. Billie Joe turned to me.
"We're going to have a little party tonight, just us, I mean if you're feeling good enough," he said.
"Yeah, she's fine, she's feeling good. I mean I hope so," Tre said and we all started to laugh.
"A cup of coffee will make you feeling better," said when he was giving me one of the coffee cups.
"Thanks."
"How long have you been playing guitar?" Billie Joe asked me when he took a sip from his coffee.
"I started like 5 years ago with Ezgi. But then she prefered bass," I replied.
"Bass was her second choice? He he," said Tre who was looking at Mike.
"Well she made the right decision in the end," Mike said. And they started to argue, well, if you can argue with Tre. We were laughing our asses off. Finally Mike ended this arguement. "Ok. We'll ask her later." Billie Joe continued the conversation that we were having before the argument.
"You played really good."
"Yeah, Ezgi is playing good considering that bass was her second choice," said
Mike, looking at Tre.
"Of course they were good, they had me on the drums. If you have an incredible drummer like me, you have to be good," said Tre with an arrogant grin on his face. Billie Joe asked me like he didn't hear Tre.
"How long are you going to stay here?"
"For the summer break. Like 3 months," I replied. He looked like he was thinking something then he threw his empty cup to the garbage can. "Why didn't Ezgi and Deniz come?" I asked.
"Yeah, what took so long?" Mike said.
"Forget them and check out the new joints I bought," said Tre with a grin in his face.
---Ezgi's point of view---
I started to pack our scattered things when Beste went out. Suddenly I remembered 5 years ago, the day I first met Beste's disase. We didn't know each other really well so, I didn't know what to do. All I did was calling 911 for an ambulance. It was like a torture for me that seeing her lay on her bed unconsciously.
The picture of that moment came to my mind and tears started to fell down from my eyes. Then I felt two arms hugging me. When I raised my head, I saw his his blue-grey eyes. I could see in his looks that he understood me. He started to kissing me without saying a word. His lips were soft and full of passion. I didn't want this moment to end but I seperated my lips from his lips. "I think we should go," I said. I could see in his eyes that he didn't want to go but he nodded.
"Yes, let's go." We walked to the van as I felt sad but at the same time happy for a reason that I didn't know. Everyone was smoking cigarettes and talking feverish about something.
"Oh, here they are, at last. You lucky bastard, what did you do with her?" said Tre with a grin in his face. Then Beste turned to us and looked like 'what's going on?'. Deniz, who saw Beste's looks started to talk.
"A couple of people who liked you, asked us that when will you perform again. Because they knew that we are your friends. We just hung out with them." And when he stopped talking he looked at me.
"Yeah, they liked your performance really much, in fact a girl said, 'The drummer is really cute.' And then she asked me your name," I said when I turned to Tre.
"What? Who? Are you serious? Well because I'm the most handsome guy in this band," said Tre, really pleased with that. And everybody started to laugh. Then Deniz said,
"So are we going to stay here all night?" While he was looking at everyone.
"Let's go!" said Mike.
"Ok, where are we going?" Billie Joe asked.
"To my house, I mean to our house," said Deniz when he looked at Beste and me.
"Then let's go!" said Beste.
The three of us got in to Deniz's car. And the guys got in to their van. We started out to Deniz's house. It wasn't far so we came quickly. Deniz tried hard to open the house's front door, after he unlocked the door but the door still closed, he kicked the door for a few times, then it opened. After a while the guys came too. Tre gave the things in his hand to Deniz.
"I can't stand anymore," he said and he sat down to the couch.
"Yeah we got tired," said Mike and he sat next to Tre.
"I'm going to the bathroom," said Billie Joe when he headed to upstairs. Beste and Deniz went to the kitchen to get the drinks and stuff. And I sat another couch in the living room.
"Oh man, how can you live in this place?" yelled Billie Joe from upstairs.
"I guess he saw the mirror," I said, laughing. Then they started to laugh too.
"You mean the 'mirror'? The famous one? It's interesting that he haven't changed the mirror," said Mike.
"No, it's not. Who wants to see that ugly face every morning?" said Tre. When we were laughing this, Billie Joe came in.
"I told him to change the mirror months ago. And he didn't. And he knew that you were coming." Meanwhile, Beste and Deniz came in to the living room with drinks and 'Tre's joints'. They put them on the table between the couches and sat next to us.
