"The Hopeless and Green Day", chapter 4
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I looked around for him and then found him in a room full guitars and basses. "There you are. I've been looking for you."
He just was silent. "Oh come on Mark. What's wrong?"
Mark put down the bass he was tuning and started tuning his other. "You know what's wrong, Alexia. I really don't like 35 year olds kissing my girl."
"I'm not your girl! GOD!"
"Well, then I don't like guys kissing the girls I love!" I just stood quiet. "I've know you since you were freaking 12 and I was 17! Haven't you thought that I've loved you!"
"You don't love me, Mark. You think you do but you don't it's all in your mind."
"No it isn't, I do love you!" He pulled me and kissed me. I slap him.
"What the hell! This what I didn't want, Mark! I don't want the band to break up because of you!"
"Who says the band will break up?!" As he said that, Jason came down.
"Um, okay you have five minutes 'til show time so... " He left me and Mark alone. The silence was enough so I started to leave. Then Mark said something.
"It's not about the band Alexia, it's about us."
"Look, Mark, I like you but I don't love you. You're my friend, my really good friend. I can't think of you as anything more. You've seen me at my goods and bads, that's too much to know if you were gonna be a boyfriend."
"Yeah, add I guess kissing a guy when you barely said anything to him." He left and slammed the door.
"MARK!" I was all alone in there.
(In Tre's point of view)
We were back stage waiting for The Hopeless to come and start the show, Jennie and Danny were there, but Alexia seemed like only half her mind was there.
"Hey Alexia, are you okay?" I said.
"Please Tre just leave me alone." She started having tears in her eyes.
Billie pulled me aside and said, "I told you that you shouldn't have done that."
"Crap, you should have told me sooner." We waited for a while and then Mark came but in a unexpected way.
"You fucker!" Mark punched me in the face. Before he could take another swing Danny and Mike pulled him back. Alexia all of the sudden said.
"If you do love me then why did you do this, huh? If you did you wouldn't have caused trouble for the band! Both bands! I don't like you, Jennie does but you're too stupid to notice!" As she said that, the announcer finally called for The Hopeless. "Now let's get this over with!"
They all got on stage and I could see from here that Alexia was crying.
"Hey Tre are you okay." Mike said.
"Yeah, but I don't think Alexia is." I pointed to her and she was singing and crying at the same time.
The night is going on... I'm
I'm in no mood for dreaming
For it seems I am crying for you
And it seems that I'm dieing
Dieing... dieing to be with you
"I don't think she can make it." I said.
"She'll make it, she's a strong girl." They finished that song and went to a more upbeat one.
Hey do you think I'm a geek!
Do you think I stink at sing?
Well fuck you cause I hate you
No one cares about you anyway
So why do I want to hear about what you say
She was singing that and then I thought of a way to cheer her up. I ran on the stage and started dancing. I was dancing around Jennie and then to Mark. I stud aside Danny who was at his drums and started pounding on them. Alexia smiled a little bit.
Cause I don't care
And we don't care
We already know life's unfair.
I finally went up to Alexia and danced around her. She pushed me a foot away and smiled. I kept dancing until their set was over. Alexia talked into the microphone.
"Everybody give a hand for Tre Cool!" The crowd did. "Now here's your favorite band, Green Day!"
(In Alexia's point of view)
We got off stage but as we did I whispered in Tre's ear. "Don't you ever kiss me again."
As the band got off Jennie went with Danny to the dressing room and left me behind with Mark. "So what do we do now?"
"Let's just forget this happened. That he kissed with you and that I got mad."
"Well, he's not gonna forget the punch and Jennie is sure not to forget that I yelled out loud that she liked you."
"Well, I will say sorry to Tre if you say sorry to Jennie."
"Fine." We both went to the dressing room. I sat down next to Jennie. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. You were pissed and upset. He knew already though I've told him before."
"Oh, Mark, as soon as Tre comes back, you say sorry."
"Yeah I know."
"Well, you better." We waited for about 50 minutes. We played around and were practicing. The band came in at about 10, and Danny was asleep at my lap.
Billie, Mike and Tre came in with beer in their hands.
"Sh, he's asleep." Mark came up to Tre.
"I'm sorry man."
"It's okay here have a beer." He was about to give Mark a beer. "Wait you're 21 right?"
"Yeah." Tre gave him the beer.
"So how old are you guys? Well, I already you twos ages but what about you Jennie?"
"I'm 19 and Danny is 18." Jennie said. I started putting my hand through Danny's hair. "Youngest of course is Alexia. She's 16. And you know that you did something illegal about one and half of an hour ago."
"Oh, I was just joking."
"That's what you're saying Tre but you've done some crazy things in the past."
"Well, I'm still doing crazy things still." He grabbed Mike and kissed him. "See, I'm joking."
"Mike aren't you married?" I said.
"Yeah, but Andrea already knows how Tre gets."
"Yeah, but I still think Tre or "Frank" is having a mid-life crisis "cause only kids like me do this." I pulled Jennie to me and kissed her. "Now see, he's having one."
"Okay, weird." Tre said.
"What's weird? She's done that to me for a long time. She's bi of course." Jennie said.
"Your bi?" Tre said.
"Yeah, since 7th grade."
"Wow, I guess you crazier than me."
"Nah, if I was crazier than you, I would have kissed you instead of you kissing me." Mark heard that and was getting pissed. "Um, but anyways, were we good?"
"Yeah you were great." Billie said.
"Thanks, well I guess we should be going to the buses. Danny wake up." He woke up and got up. We were getting out of the room and I was last one going. Tre all of sudden grabbed my arm.
"Are, you okay?"
"Yeah, but next time you try to kiss me, warn me first." I kissed him on the cheek and left. I knew that that would be a weird tour.
He just was silent. "Oh come on Mark. What's wrong?"
Mark put down the bass he was tuning and started tuning his other. "You know what's wrong, Alexia. I really don't like 35 year olds kissing my girl."
"I'm not your girl! GOD!"
"Well, then I don't like guys kissing the girls I love!" I just stood quiet. "I've know you since you were freaking 12 and I was 17! Haven't you thought that I've loved you!"
"You don't love me, Mark. You think you do but you don't it's all in your mind."
"No it isn't, I do love you!" He pulled me and kissed me. I slap him.
"What the hell! This what I didn't want, Mark! I don't want the band to break up because of you!"
"Who says the band will break up?!" As he said that, Jason came down.
"Um, okay you have five minutes 'til show time so... " He left me and Mark alone. The silence was enough so I started to leave. Then Mark said something.
"It's not about the band Alexia, it's about us."
"Look, Mark, I like you but I don't love you. You're my friend, my really good friend. I can't think of you as anything more. You've seen me at my goods and bads, that's too much to know if you were gonna be a boyfriend."
"Yeah, add I guess kissing a guy when you barely said anything to him." He left and slammed the door.
"MARK!" I was all alone in there.
(In Tre's point of view)
We were back stage waiting for The Hopeless to come and start the show, Jennie and Danny were there, but Alexia seemed like only half her mind was there.
"Hey Alexia, are you okay?" I said.
"Please Tre just leave me alone." She started having tears in her eyes.
Billie pulled me aside and said, "I told you that you shouldn't have done that."
"Crap, you should have told me sooner." We waited for a while and then Mark came but in a unexpected way.
"You fucker!" Mark punched me in the face. Before he could take another swing Danny and Mike pulled him back. Alexia all of the sudden said.
"If you do love me then why did you do this, huh? If you did you wouldn't have caused trouble for the band! Both bands! I don't like you, Jennie does but you're too stupid to notice!" As she said that, the announcer finally called for The Hopeless. "Now let's get this over with!"
They all got on stage and I could see from here that Alexia was crying.
"Hey Tre are you okay." Mike said.
"Yeah, but I don't think Alexia is." I pointed to her and she was singing and crying at the same time.
The night is going on... I'm
I'm in no mood for dreaming
For it seems I am crying for you
And it seems that I'm dieing
Dieing... dieing to be with you
"I don't think she can make it." I said.
"She'll make it, she's a strong girl." They finished that song and went to a more upbeat one.
Hey do you think I'm a geek!
Do you think I stink at sing?
Well fuck you cause I hate you
No one cares about you anyway
So why do I want to hear about what you say
She was singing that and then I thought of a way to cheer her up. I ran on the stage and started dancing. I was dancing around Jennie and then to Mark. I stud aside Danny who was at his drums and started pounding on them. Alexia smiled a little bit.
Cause I don't care
And we don't care
We already know life's unfair.
I finally went up to Alexia and danced around her. She pushed me a foot away and smiled. I kept dancing until their set was over. Alexia talked into the microphone.
"Everybody give a hand for Tre Cool!" The crowd did. "Now here's your favorite band, Green Day!"
(In Alexia's point of view)
We got off stage but as we did I whispered in Tre's ear. "Don't you ever kiss me again."
As the band got off Jennie went with Danny to the dressing room and left me behind with Mark. "So what do we do now?"
"Let's just forget this happened. That he kissed with you and that I got mad."
"Well, he's not gonna forget the punch and Jennie is sure not to forget that I yelled out loud that she liked you."
"Well, I will say sorry to Tre if you say sorry to Jennie."
"Fine." We both went to the dressing room. I sat down next to Jennie. "I'm so sorry."
"It's okay. You were pissed and upset. He knew already though I've told him before."
"Oh, Mark, as soon as Tre comes back, you say sorry."
"Yeah I know."
"Well, you better." We waited for about 50 minutes. We played around and were practicing. The band came in at about 10, and Danny was asleep at my lap.
Billie, Mike and Tre came in with beer in their hands.
"Sh, he's asleep." Mark came up to Tre.
"I'm sorry man."
"It's okay here have a beer." He was about to give Mark a beer. "Wait you're 21 right?"
"Yeah." Tre gave him the beer.
"So how old are you guys? Well, I already you twos ages but what about you Jennie?"
"I'm 19 and Danny is 18." Jennie said. I started putting my hand through Danny's hair. "Youngest of course is Alexia. She's 16. And you know that you did something illegal about one and half of an hour ago."
"Oh, I was just joking."
"That's what you're saying Tre but you've done some crazy things in the past."
"Well, I'm still doing crazy things still." He grabbed Mike and kissed him. "See, I'm joking."
"Mike aren't you married?" I said.
"Yeah, but Andrea already knows how Tre gets."
"Yeah, but I still think Tre or "Frank" is having a mid-life crisis "cause only kids like me do this." I pulled Jennie to me and kissed her. "Now see, he's having one."
"Okay, weird." Tre said.
"What's weird? She's done that to me for a long time. She's bi of course." Jennie said.
"Your bi?" Tre said.
"Yeah, since 7th grade."
"Wow, I guess you crazier than me."
"Nah, if I was crazier than you, I would have kissed you instead of you kissing me." Mark heard that and was getting pissed. "Um, but anyways, were we good?"
"Yeah you were great." Billie said.
"Thanks, well I guess we should be going to the buses. Danny wake up." He woke up and got up. We were getting out of the room and I was last one going. Tre all of sudden grabbed my arm.
"Are, you okay?"
"Yeah, but next time you try to kiss me, warn me first." I kissed him on the cheek and left. I knew that that would be a weird tour.
