'Cause Now I Know It's All That I Wanted, chapter 11
We came out of the mall with tons of bags and the press was still there. I had gotten a skirt with a slit all the way up to my knee. After our little conversation, I had almost cried, no one said they would die for me before, not even Scott. We came inside the house and Dad was running through the house with a pink tutu, shockingly enough, I just acted like I didn't care. "Was there anything in the mail for me?" I called out to Dad. Mike held me in an embrace as Dad gave me three letters, two from the Air Force and one from the Marines. She opened the Marine letter and started to read.
Dear India
Well, I'm here, aren't you proud? I told you that I would do this, you seemed to be the only one that believed in me. I read that "little" article about you and Mike Dirnt, and I have to say I'm shocked. You need to send me some pictures, I've already clipped them out of the newspapers so I could see you again. And no, I'm not started to have a crush on you, we're past that stage. Scott tells me that you've started to ignore him, is this true? He's really jealous of Mike and I hope he's not reading right now. So... When do you think he's going to propose, seeing you've obviously been dating for a couple of months. I miss you and I hope you'll come and visit base sometime.
Sincerely,
Private Logan Falme
"Who's that?" Mike asked, causing me to jump, I didn't know he was reading it.
"That, is one of my best friends, he always said he was going to the Marines, now he's made it and I've never be prouder," I said with a smile.
"Oh," Mike said with a nod.
Billie Joe came in and broke out in song and dance.
I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why.
Without you it's hard to survive.
'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel this static.
And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life!
I looked at Billie Joe, obviously confused and he blushed as red as my top when he noticed that we were watching him. I only then realized that he had his IPod with him.
"Billie, do I even want to know why you have that on your IPod?" I asked, a little startled. He shook his head, obviously rattled about my little weirded out expression. "Ok, then I won't ask," I simply said. I looked at the time, five o' clock, I still had two hours to get ready. "Ok, I'm going to take a shower, do my nails, get everything situated and by the time I'm done, you better be ready," I warned playfully at Mike. He saluted and did a little half spin and got ready.
***
"Wow," was all Mike said to me as I came down the stairs. I came down the stairs in fluid movements and smiled when I reached the bottom. Mike looked great, a black polo shirt that came around his fingers at the sleeves and dress pants, with a corsage in his hands. "I feel like I'm back at my homecoming," Mike said nervously. I just giggled and allowed to put the corsage around my wrist.
"You look hot," he whispered in my ear as we exited. I couldn't help but feel like Billie Joe was watching my legs through my skirt.
The auditorium was looking awesome, people dancing all over to the music. I saw Eve there and she waved at me. I waved back and then she and Jake walked up to us, Jake looked really nice, I was so used to his baggy clothes and hair in his eyes that I never quite knew what he looked like. His black hair was in a mohawk, and he was in a plain black shirt and dress pants. Eve also looked as beautiful as most, she was in a black dress with a scarf over her shoulders. Mike took my hand in his and we walked around, everyone looked beautiful.
Most girls asked me what they thought about their dresses while Mike was out going to get me some punch. Boys were crowding around him, asking him how to get their first kiss and all that good stuff. We were all giggling and Jake comes up and grabs Eve's hand. "Would you like to dance?" he asked her. She nodded and looked at me with a wide smile, I returned her smile and added a wink. I watched them dance to a slow song, "A Moment Like This." Jake's hands around Eve's waist and Eve's arms around his neck. I hardly saw Mike walk up to me, he looked where I was looking and chuckled, "they're cute," he said. I nodded and hugged him, "but you're cuter."
I heard some familiar music come on, the mambo music? I looked around to see my students staring at me. "What's all this then?" I chuckled. Eve and Jake came up to me, Jake took my hand and Eve took Mike's. They took us to the center of the dance floor and walked away. I looked at Mike and smiled. He bowed slightly and held out his hand, "may I have this dance?" I smiled even wider and got into the stance. "You may," I whispered into his ear. I could feel his smile on his cheek, he still hadn't shaved. We danced away, our feet feeling like floating and our eyes feeling the heat of each others. He dipped me one last time and we stood upright, all the students and teachers were cheering. I giggled and went to the side as the regular music resumed for the past hour. Finally, it ended, every girl was with a guy and hugging me goodbye.
I fell asleep in the car smiling, glad that everything was going right now. I felt my body being lifted limply, Mike was carrying me bridal style to my room, forcing my arms around his neck and smiling. I somehow had the strength to change into sleeping pants and baggy shirt. I fell asleep for the rest of the night with my love by my side.
***
"Hurry up Mike! We have to go to Eve's house soon and you're being lazy!" I called out while changing my piercing and cleaning the skin around my tattoos. I had spent the whole day with Billie Joe as Mike and Dad had just hung out around the house and we decided to go get some dress pants for me. I had to admit, I looked pretty dang good! I had a plain white button up shirt and black dress pants that had blue sparkles coming down the whole pant leg. Billie Joe had spent the whole day trying to find some way to tickle me or touch me, this was getting weird. I have no attraction to Billie Joe, sure, he's freaking hot! But there's this void between us that limits us to only be friends, plus, I have Mike.
We followed the address and finally found Eve's house. I didn't have the chance to ring the doorbell as a familiar smiling face looking at me. "Miss India!" Eve smiled. I smiled and hugged her and saw another familiar face, Jake? "You want a hug too?" I asked him. He skipped on the offer and Eve decided to show us around the house and I meet her parents.
They were totally opposites of Eve, they had matching yellow shirts and khaki pants and smiles that seemed to never go away, literally. They were the kind of people that could punish their child with a smile. The first word that come to my mind was 'freaks! ' They looked at Mike and saw he was an obvious punk, and their smile seemed to decrease a little and then they looked at me, seeing I was a punk, their smile decreased less, but the smile was still there. "This is uncomfortable," Mike whispered. I nodded and held out my hand for someone to shake, "I'm Miss India, but just call me India," I said with my best warm smile. They looked at my hand like it was a snake and I quickly put my hand down and blushed. Mike took my hand and kissed my cheek and that sent me smiling. "Won't you please sit," Eve's mother said nervously while pointing to a stiff loveseat. I sat down while Mike came and sat beside me. And we talked, about everything and I started to relax a little bit but when the oven went off, I went uncomfortable again, why? I honestly don't know.
Mike sat on one side of me and Eve on the other. Eve was holding hands with Jake while he ate with his left hand, kinda awkwardly actually. I smiled secretly and the rest of the night when calmly, well except the one comment. "Um, Miss India, I don't know if you're the best influence for my child," Eve's father said. I just held Mike's hand for support, he looked like he was about to kill but I squeezed and he looked at me and nodded and went calm again. "Just because I made a decision that is not to your liking is not going to change my whole image to please just a couple of people while most people are content the way I am," I replied, this obviously wasn't the correct thing to say. "I would appreciate of you would get of our home," Eve's mother said. I stood up along with Mike and hugged Eve and Jake goodbye. Eve looked like she was about to cry, and whispered her apologizes in my ear. "Don't be sorry, I'll see you Monday sweetie," she nodded and hugged me back.
I stormed inside the house and slammed the door shut, shaking the whole house. I heard the clinking of glass and saw Jason, Billie Joe, and Dad with bottles around them. "Oh wonderful," I said. "Shut up, I have a headache!" Dad said. I was about to pull his hair out then I realized he was drunk and decided to simply go up to my bedroom while Mike followed. He held me in an embrace and kissed my neck, "it's ok babe, it's just some freaks that like to judge." I nodded and we changed into our sleeping pants, I tried going to sleep but failed, after 3 hours I just quit. Then I remembered that I still had to write back to Logan.
[i]Dear Logan,
To be perfectly honest, no, I'm not surprised. I knew you would make it, and I'm very proud. This is your lifelong dream and I'm glad you're fulfilling it. I'll have to admit, I am ignoring Scott. Ever since he left, I realized how clingy and annoying he was. I promise you, I will come and visit you sometime. You're in Hawaii right? I bet you got yourself a little Hawaiian girlfriend along with you. I've been longing to go there and I'll try and talk Mike and everyone else along. I'm now a teacher, aren't you proud? I'm not going to be one of those crazy teachers like Mrs. Burry, remember her? Anyway, Mike is waking up and trying to get me to cuddle with him (aren't you glad I added that? ) So I'm going to have to bid you a farewell.
P. S. I'm sure you'll made first class private in no time at all!
Sincerely,
India Wright
Mike chuckled and decided to read my other letter. He started laughing once he opened it. I cuddled with him on my bed and started to read it. He held me in an embrace again and we couldn't finish it since he was honestly kissing my neck. "You're very disturbing you know that?" I asked. He chuckled and said, "I feel so unloved, you love your military buddies more then me." I looked at him and dropped the letter and we made out until sunrise. Dad walked in on us and jumped on us laughing. I giggled and Dad was looking through my letters. I grabbed them and read over them quickly and finally just left. "Mike, let's go to Hawaii," I said quickly. Mike and Dad, even Billie Joe took it surprisingly well after reading the letter and hearing my explanation. "I've always wanted to go back to Hawaii," Dad said
So... We packed our bags and went to Hawaii!
Dear India
Well, I'm here, aren't you proud? I told you that I would do this, you seemed to be the only one that believed in me. I read that "little" article about you and Mike Dirnt, and I have to say I'm shocked. You need to send me some pictures, I've already clipped them out of the newspapers so I could see you again. And no, I'm not started to have a crush on you, we're past that stage. Scott tells me that you've started to ignore him, is this true? He's really jealous of Mike and I hope he's not reading right now. So... When do you think he's going to propose, seeing you've obviously been dating for a couple of months. I miss you and I hope you'll come and visit base sometime.
Sincerely,
Private Logan Falme
"Who's that?" Mike asked, causing me to jump, I didn't know he was reading it.
"That, is one of my best friends, he always said he was going to the Marines, now he's made it and I've never be prouder," I said with a smile.
"Oh," Mike said with a nod.
Billie Joe came in and broke out in song and dance.
I still hear your voice, when you sleep next to me.
I still feel your touch in my dreams.
Forgive me my weakness, but I don't know why.
Without you it's hard to survive.
'Cause every time we touch, I get this feeling.
And every time we kiss I swear I could fly.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last.
Need you by my side.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel this static.
And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky.
Can't you hear my heart beat so...
I can't let you go.
Want you in my life!
I looked at Billie Joe, obviously confused and he blushed as red as my top when he noticed that we were watching him. I only then realized that he had his IPod with him.
"Billie, do I even want to know why you have that on your IPod?" I asked, a little startled. He shook his head, obviously rattled about my little weirded out expression. "Ok, then I won't ask," I simply said. I looked at the time, five o' clock, I still had two hours to get ready. "Ok, I'm going to take a shower, do my nails, get everything situated and by the time I'm done, you better be ready," I warned playfully at Mike. He saluted and did a little half spin and got ready.
***
"Wow," was all Mike said to me as I came down the stairs. I came down the stairs in fluid movements and smiled when I reached the bottom. Mike looked great, a black polo shirt that came around his fingers at the sleeves and dress pants, with a corsage in his hands. "I feel like I'm back at my homecoming," Mike said nervously. I just giggled and allowed to put the corsage around my wrist.
"You look hot," he whispered in my ear as we exited. I couldn't help but feel like Billie Joe was watching my legs through my skirt.
The auditorium was looking awesome, people dancing all over to the music. I saw Eve there and she waved at me. I waved back and then she and Jake walked up to us, Jake looked really nice, I was so used to his baggy clothes and hair in his eyes that I never quite knew what he looked like. His black hair was in a mohawk, and he was in a plain black shirt and dress pants. Eve also looked as beautiful as most, she was in a black dress with a scarf over her shoulders. Mike took my hand in his and we walked around, everyone looked beautiful.
Most girls asked me what they thought about their dresses while Mike was out going to get me some punch. Boys were crowding around him, asking him how to get their first kiss and all that good stuff. We were all giggling and Jake comes up and grabs Eve's hand. "Would you like to dance?" he asked her. She nodded and looked at me with a wide smile, I returned her smile and added a wink. I watched them dance to a slow song, "A Moment Like This." Jake's hands around Eve's waist and Eve's arms around his neck. I hardly saw Mike walk up to me, he looked where I was looking and chuckled, "they're cute," he said. I nodded and hugged him, "but you're cuter."
I heard some familiar music come on, the mambo music? I looked around to see my students staring at me. "What's all this then?" I chuckled. Eve and Jake came up to me, Jake took my hand and Eve took Mike's. They took us to the center of the dance floor and walked away. I looked at Mike and smiled. He bowed slightly and held out his hand, "may I have this dance?" I smiled even wider and got into the stance. "You may," I whispered into his ear. I could feel his smile on his cheek, he still hadn't shaved. We danced away, our feet feeling like floating and our eyes feeling the heat of each others. He dipped me one last time and we stood upright, all the students and teachers were cheering. I giggled and went to the side as the regular music resumed for the past hour. Finally, it ended, every girl was with a guy and hugging me goodbye.
I fell asleep in the car smiling, glad that everything was going right now. I felt my body being lifted limply, Mike was carrying me bridal style to my room, forcing my arms around his neck and smiling. I somehow had the strength to change into sleeping pants and baggy shirt. I fell asleep for the rest of the night with my love by my side.
***
"Hurry up Mike! We have to go to Eve's house soon and you're being lazy!" I called out while changing my piercing and cleaning the skin around my tattoos. I had spent the whole day with Billie Joe as Mike and Dad had just hung out around the house and we decided to go get some dress pants for me. I had to admit, I looked pretty dang good! I had a plain white button up shirt and black dress pants that had blue sparkles coming down the whole pant leg. Billie Joe had spent the whole day trying to find some way to tickle me or touch me, this was getting weird. I have no attraction to Billie Joe, sure, he's freaking hot! But there's this void between us that limits us to only be friends, plus, I have Mike.
We followed the address and finally found Eve's house. I didn't have the chance to ring the doorbell as a familiar smiling face looking at me. "Miss India!" Eve smiled. I smiled and hugged her and saw another familiar face, Jake? "You want a hug too?" I asked him. He skipped on the offer and Eve decided to show us around the house and I meet her parents.
They were totally opposites of Eve, they had matching yellow shirts and khaki pants and smiles that seemed to never go away, literally. They were the kind of people that could punish their child with a smile. The first word that come to my mind was 'freaks! ' They looked at Mike and saw he was an obvious punk, and their smile seemed to decrease a little and then they looked at me, seeing I was a punk, their smile decreased less, but the smile was still there. "This is uncomfortable," Mike whispered. I nodded and held out my hand for someone to shake, "I'm Miss India, but just call me India," I said with my best warm smile. They looked at my hand like it was a snake and I quickly put my hand down and blushed. Mike took my hand and kissed my cheek and that sent me smiling. "Won't you please sit," Eve's mother said nervously while pointing to a stiff loveseat. I sat down while Mike came and sat beside me. And we talked, about everything and I started to relax a little bit but when the oven went off, I went uncomfortable again, why? I honestly don't know.
Mike sat on one side of me and Eve on the other. Eve was holding hands with Jake while he ate with his left hand, kinda awkwardly actually. I smiled secretly and the rest of the night when calmly, well except the one comment. "Um, Miss India, I don't know if you're the best influence for my child," Eve's father said. I just held Mike's hand for support, he looked like he was about to kill but I squeezed and he looked at me and nodded and went calm again. "Just because I made a decision that is not to your liking is not going to change my whole image to please just a couple of people while most people are content the way I am," I replied, this obviously wasn't the correct thing to say. "I would appreciate of you would get of our home," Eve's mother said. I stood up along with Mike and hugged Eve and Jake goodbye. Eve looked like she was about to cry, and whispered her apologizes in my ear. "Don't be sorry, I'll see you Monday sweetie," she nodded and hugged me back.
I stormed inside the house and slammed the door shut, shaking the whole house. I heard the clinking of glass and saw Jason, Billie Joe, and Dad with bottles around them. "Oh wonderful," I said. "Shut up, I have a headache!" Dad said. I was about to pull his hair out then I realized he was drunk and decided to simply go up to my bedroom while Mike followed. He held me in an embrace and kissed my neck, "it's ok babe, it's just some freaks that like to judge." I nodded and we changed into our sleeping pants, I tried going to sleep but failed, after 3 hours I just quit. Then I remembered that I still had to write back to Logan.
[i]Dear Logan,
To be perfectly honest, no, I'm not surprised. I knew you would make it, and I'm very proud. This is your lifelong dream and I'm glad you're fulfilling it. I'll have to admit, I am ignoring Scott. Ever since he left, I realized how clingy and annoying he was. I promise you, I will come and visit you sometime. You're in Hawaii right? I bet you got yourself a little Hawaiian girlfriend along with you. I've been longing to go there and I'll try and talk Mike and everyone else along. I'm now a teacher, aren't you proud? I'm not going to be one of those crazy teachers like Mrs. Burry, remember her? Anyway, Mike is waking up and trying to get me to cuddle with him (aren't you glad I added that? ) So I'm going to have to bid you a farewell.
P. S. I'm sure you'll made first class private in no time at all!
Sincerely,
India Wright
Mike chuckled and decided to read my other letter. He started laughing once he opened it. I cuddled with him on my bed and started to read it. He held me in an embrace again and we couldn't finish it since he was honestly kissing my neck. "You're very disturbing you know that?" I asked. He chuckled and said, "I feel so unloved, you love your military buddies more then me." I looked at him and dropped the letter and we made out until sunrise. Dad walked in on us and jumped on us laughing. I giggled and Dad was looking through my letters. I grabbed them and read over them quickly and finally just left. "Mike, let's go to Hawaii," I said quickly. Mike and Dad, even Billie Joe took it surprisingly well after reading the letter and hearing my explanation. "I've always wanted to go back to Hawaii," Dad said
So... We packed our bags and went to Hawaii!
