"The Hopeless and Green Day", chapter 13
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In Alexia's point of view
I woke up in a hospital bed and saw Jennie standing over me, she was watching TV. She was watching 100 percent Green Day on Fuse.
"Shut it off, please. I don't want to see or hear him."
"Hello to you too, Alexia." She got up and turned off the TV.
"What did you do after it went black? Did you play without me?"
"No, of course not. You're our lead singer. We got Green Day to put in more songs in their set and go on stage on earlier."
"Oh, so now I'm in a hospital bed, how long has it been since I fainted?"
"About two hours. I think the guys are probably gonna come."
"You mean, Mark and Danny, right. Please tell me that's what you meant."
"No, Mark and Danny already were here. They just went and got something for you to eat; they knew you would get hungry. I meant Green Day." I turned my head and looked at some flowers in a vase.
"Jennie, two hours ago, for the first time, I didn't know what I said. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't know what I said. I know I said something about Tre, what did I say?"
"You said that you were supposed to be in a class room with kids instead of falling for Tre."
I could feel that I had tears in eyes but I didn't wipe them. I would just let them run down on face.
"You know you didn't mean it, well, at least not half of it."
"I did mean it, Jennie. I really have fallen for Tre haven't I?"
"I was thinking that you said you did mean that you miss school, but yeah, you have fallen for Tre." I laughed.
"Yes, well I guess my dream was right too. I am in love with him." I turned my head towards Jennie and I saw Tre in the doorway, just looking at me.
In Tre's point of view
We finished at about 9pm about one hour and 45 minutes after Alexia had fainted. Billie came with me and Mike said that he would come later. Jason and Jay thought it wasn't their business to go.
As we were going by taxi, Billie said, "Now don't you want to buy her some flowers or something?"
"She doesn't like it when people give her flowers, she says it reminds of how she gonna wither up and die when she's older. She told me that with a straight face no less."
"Well, what about a card?"
"Yeah and it'll say, 'Forgive me for making you have an attack and faint. Will please accept this card.' Yeah, I don't think there will be a card that says that." Then I thought of Alexia's favorite things and she told me she liked rock magazines because they didn't spread rumors about her. I don't think that would be good. Then I thought of Alexia's favorite food and it was spaghetti, I didn't think that would do justice. Then I thought of her favorite desert, and it was chocolate cheesecake. I thought of how she would react to that, weird and happy, no, weird and confused would be more like it.
"Hey driver what's the closest bakery?"
Our driver drove us from the bakery to the hospital. I had gotten Alexia a chocolate turtle cheese cake, I still don't know why they would call it turtle, but I knew that Alexia would think it would be stupid. We got at the hospital at about 20 minutes later. We asked where Alexia's room was but they said that it confindentional. Then we saw Danny down in the hall.
"Hey, Danny, over here!" I yelled. He waved and then come over. He had a plate of spaghetti in his hands.
"Hey, so you finished the set?"
"Yeah, but can you take us to Alexia's room. This woman won't tell us." She looked at me with fierce eyes.
"Yeah, follow me." We walked and went to Alexia's room. Billie, Danny, and Mark waited outside and I went in.
"I did mean it, Jennie. I really have fallen for Tre haven't I?" Alexia said. Her head was towards the side so she didn't see me. I just stood quiet.
"I was thinking that you said you did mean that you miss school, but yeah, you have fallen for Tre." Jennie and Alexia laughed. Her laugh was still sweet even though she sounded tired.
"Yes, well I guess my dream was right too. I am in love with him." Alexia said. She turned her head and saw me.
"Hey, so this is how girl talk is like." Alexia just looked at me, with no happy, angry, sad, or any kind of face. She just had a blank face.
"I'll leave you guys alone." Jennie said. She closed the door on her way out. I could see that Alexia had had it really bad in the bus since her make-up was smudged and her arm was wrapped. We stood there silent until she said something.
"So how much did you hear?" I was quiet. "Enough to hear that, huh."
She looked down at her arm. I was guessing that it was hurting her.
"So what's in the box?" She asked.
"A chocolate turtle cheesecake."
"That's a stupid name. Does it have real turtle in it?" I just knew that she would say that.
"No, it's just a name. I think it's illegal to eat turtle."
"Nah, it's illegal to eat an endangered turtles." She put her arms out and I gave her the box. She opened it saw it and just smiled. She closed it and just looked at me with that smile. I couldn't help it, I blushed like a tomato.
"So, what are we gonna do about the magazines?"
"My mom is taking care of that. I just hope they don't call my cell."
"So... " We stood silent again, and once again Alexia broke the silence.
"You know I just hate silence. It's so uptight and uncomfortable. Look Tre, I reacted that way, cause, well cause I didn't want admit that I do love you. But for me to react that way really means that I do love you." I was silent; too shocked from what she had just said. Alexia was waiting for an answer. "Well, this would be a good time to say something."
"Oh, yeah, sorry. Um, I don't even know what to say." Alexia all of the sudden pulled herself up and laid her back again the beds movable back so she could sit up straight.
"Come here," I came to her but I stood my ground, cause I didn't know if she would flick me again. We were about one foot away from each other and from out of nowhere; Alexia grabbed my shirt, pulled me and kissed me. We kissed for a long time and when she stopped she said. "I already know you love me."
I smiled and then for no reason she flicked me. "What was that for?!"
"For writing all those naughty songs." We both smiled and I kissed her. We were there for the whole night. We watched Fuse and 100 percent Green Day was still on.
"Did Cheech really tell you how to make that drink?"
"Yep, and it's a god damn good drink."
"I think Scotch is better." I looked at her cause I knew that she was under aged. "Come on, you drank under age too."
We watched fuse for about the whole night and then she went to sleep. I laid on her bed and put my arm around her. I started putting my hand in her hair. It felt like red silk. I fell asleep about one hour after she did.
I woke up in a hospital bed and saw Jennie standing over me, she was watching TV. She was watching 100 percent Green Day on Fuse.
"Shut it off, please. I don't want to see or hear him."
"Hello to you too, Alexia." She got up and turned off the TV.
"What did you do after it went black? Did you play without me?"
"No, of course not. You're our lead singer. We got Green Day to put in more songs in their set and go on stage on earlier."
"Oh, so now I'm in a hospital bed, how long has it been since I fainted?"
"About two hours. I think the guys are probably gonna come."
"You mean, Mark and Danny, right. Please tell me that's what you meant."
"No, Mark and Danny already were here. They just went and got something for you to eat; they knew you would get hungry. I meant Green Day." I turned my head and looked at some flowers in a vase.
"Jennie, two hours ago, for the first time, I didn't know what I said. I knew what I was doing, but I didn't know what I said. I know I said something about Tre, what did I say?"
"You said that you were supposed to be in a class room with kids instead of falling for Tre."
I could feel that I had tears in eyes but I didn't wipe them. I would just let them run down on face.
"You know you didn't mean it, well, at least not half of it."
"I did mean it, Jennie. I really have fallen for Tre haven't I?"
"I was thinking that you said you did mean that you miss school, but yeah, you have fallen for Tre." I laughed.
"Yes, well I guess my dream was right too. I am in love with him." I turned my head towards Jennie and I saw Tre in the doorway, just looking at me.
In Tre's point of view
We finished at about 9pm about one hour and 45 minutes after Alexia had fainted. Billie came with me and Mike said that he would come later. Jason and Jay thought it wasn't their business to go.
As we were going by taxi, Billie said, "Now don't you want to buy her some flowers or something?"
"She doesn't like it when people give her flowers, she says it reminds of how she gonna wither up and die when she's older. She told me that with a straight face no less."
"Well, what about a card?"
"Yeah and it'll say, 'Forgive me for making you have an attack and faint. Will please accept this card.' Yeah, I don't think there will be a card that says that." Then I thought of Alexia's favorite things and she told me she liked rock magazines because they didn't spread rumors about her. I don't think that would be good. Then I thought of Alexia's favorite food and it was spaghetti, I didn't think that would do justice. Then I thought of her favorite desert, and it was chocolate cheesecake. I thought of how she would react to that, weird and happy, no, weird and confused would be more like it.
"Hey driver what's the closest bakery?"
Our driver drove us from the bakery to the hospital. I had gotten Alexia a chocolate turtle cheese cake, I still don't know why they would call it turtle, but I knew that Alexia would think it would be stupid. We got at the hospital at about 20 minutes later. We asked where Alexia's room was but they said that it confindentional. Then we saw Danny down in the hall.
"Hey, Danny, over here!" I yelled. He waved and then come over. He had a plate of spaghetti in his hands.
"Hey, so you finished the set?"
"Yeah, but can you take us to Alexia's room. This woman won't tell us." She looked at me with fierce eyes.
"Yeah, follow me." We walked and went to Alexia's room. Billie, Danny, and Mark waited outside and I went in.
"I did mean it, Jennie. I really have fallen for Tre haven't I?" Alexia said. Her head was towards the side so she didn't see me. I just stood quiet.
"I was thinking that you said you did mean that you miss school, but yeah, you have fallen for Tre." Jennie and Alexia laughed. Her laugh was still sweet even though she sounded tired.
"Yes, well I guess my dream was right too. I am in love with him." Alexia said. She turned her head and saw me.
"Hey, so this is how girl talk is like." Alexia just looked at me, with no happy, angry, sad, or any kind of face. She just had a blank face.
"I'll leave you guys alone." Jennie said. She closed the door on her way out. I could see that Alexia had had it really bad in the bus since her make-up was smudged and her arm was wrapped. We stood there silent until she said something.
"So how much did you hear?" I was quiet. "Enough to hear that, huh."
She looked down at her arm. I was guessing that it was hurting her.
"So what's in the box?" She asked.
"A chocolate turtle cheesecake."
"That's a stupid name. Does it have real turtle in it?" I just knew that she would say that.
"No, it's just a name. I think it's illegal to eat turtle."
"Nah, it's illegal to eat an endangered turtles." She put her arms out and I gave her the box. She opened it saw it and just smiled. She closed it and just looked at me with that smile. I couldn't help it, I blushed like a tomato.
"So, what are we gonna do about the magazines?"
"My mom is taking care of that. I just hope they don't call my cell."
"So... " We stood silent again, and once again Alexia broke the silence.
"You know I just hate silence. It's so uptight and uncomfortable. Look Tre, I reacted that way, cause, well cause I didn't want admit that I do love you. But for me to react that way really means that I do love you." I was silent; too shocked from what she had just said. Alexia was waiting for an answer. "Well, this would be a good time to say something."
"Oh, yeah, sorry. Um, I don't even know what to say." Alexia all of the sudden pulled herself up and laid her back again the beds movable back so she could sit up straight.
"Come here," I came to her but I stood my ground, cause I didn't know if she would flick me again. We were about one foot away from each other and from out of nowhere; Alexia grabbed my shirt, pulled me and kissed me. We kissed for a long time and when she stopped she said. "I already know you love me."
I smiled and then for no reason she flicked me. "What was that for?!"
"For writing all those naughty songs." We both smiled and I kissed her. We were there for the whole night. We watched Fuse and 100 percent Green Day was still on.
"Did Cheech really tell you how to make that drink?"
"Yep, and it's a god damn good drink."
"I think Scotch is better." I looked at her cause I knew that she was under aged. "Come on, you drank under age too."
We watched fuse for about the whole night and then she went to sleep. I laid on her bed and put my arm around her. I started putting my hand in her hair. It felt like red silk. I fell asleep about one hour after she did.
