Dirty Dancing, chapter 4
I laughed as Mike decided to actually get off me. My house phone started ringing and I looked at the clock, it was about three a.m. I picked it up, it was my Polish friend, Anneliese.
"Um, Anneliese, remember that little talk we've had that little chat when I said that your day is our night?" I asked her. Her polish accent was a welcome to all of this chaos.
"I know, but I also knew you would be up anyway."
"Ok so you were right once."
"So how are you?"
"Cloudy with the chance of rain," I said dryly. She chuckled also.
"Ok... well.... I got a cell phone so yea, I didn't know if you did or not."
"Yea, give it to me," I said while balancing a piece of paper and pen on one knee and the phone at the same time, constantly scooting across the floor.
"Ok, 555-" that was all she could say when I fell. I dropped my phone and saw all three boys looking at me, they're lips were tight so they couldn't laugh.
"Laugh, and die," I said simply. Tre' couldn't help it, I looked up and glared at him, he looked helpless. Billie grabbed the phone and started to talk to Anneliese.
"Ok, finish that number, of course I'll get it too her, ok thank you," but by the time he had hung the phone, I had Tre' in a sleeper hold. Tre' made some crazy weird noises while Mike was laughing so hard he was snorting. Billie Joe just looked at me and Tre', then Mike.
"Ha! Mike just snorted!" he yelled out. I nodded and kept Tre' in the same position until he finally waved the white flag (or in this case, a napkin.) I let go and Tre' was coughing to get some air and I just looked at everyone and sat on the couch.
Mike sat on one side of me and Tre' on the other. I spread on the couch so my head on was Tre's shoulder and my legs were on Mike's lap. "Sleepy?" they asked me. I closed my eyes and shook my head. Billie laughed and laid on me. This is how we went to sleep but woke up differently.
*3 hours later: First day of the tour*
Ok, this is how we all woke up. I was spread out all over the couch. Billie was on the floor, Mike's legs were tangled up with mine and Tre' was slumped down so my head was right next to his. I tried to get Mike's legs untangled without waking him up but failed. He woke up with a jump and a yell as he found our legs tangled. I shot up and slapped his mouth closed. "Mikey boy, calm down ok?" I whispered, he nodded and I took my hand off of his mouth. "How'd we end up like this?" he asked. I shrugged and pointed at all the others, "I think we beat them in the weirdest part," he chuckled, I nodded.
"Hey you wanna do something crazy?" I asked, he looked at me with interest. I took out my stereo/CD player and put in my Bon Jovi CD (don't ask) and put it on "It's My Life" on the loudest it could be. When it got to the loudest part, it woke up Billie and Tre' while I was dancing. Billie was laughing but Mike and Tre' were enchanted. I laughed and ran out the door to the bookmobile where all of our stuff was already in there.
"I call shotgun!" I yelled out quickly.
"No you don't I do!" Tre' yelled. I pushed him and ran to the passenger seat of the bookmobile. It was locked. I groaned as Mike shook the keys in front of my face. I grabbed them and decided to drive. "Come on Billie or we're leaving without you!" Mike screamed out. Billie decided to be a jerk and walk super slow. He passed the front of the bookmobile and I honked the horn really loud. He jumped and hurried to the bookmobile. Tre' laughed but didn't laugh long because he was already asleep, along with Billie Joe.
"Wow, they must've been really sleepy," I said with a look of shock. Mike just nodded and added, "well, you're like nocturnal so you'll be sleeping until like noon to four or something." I grinned at the memories of always being bored while everyone slept and having everyone have to shove ice down my shirt to wake me up at about five in the afternoon. I put in my Ramone's CD quietly playing so not to wake Billie Joe and Tre'.
"Are you umcomfortable around me now?" I asked Mike.
"Why would I be?"
"Seeing as I'm the only girl on this tour."
"Unless you count Tre'." I giggled at Mike's boyish grin.
"Ok, I'm so hungry, I didn't have anything to eat, wanna stop somewhere?" I didn't give him a voice in the chose, haha that ryhmed, and pulled into McDonalds.
"Hey, you guys," I said while shaking both Billie Joe and Tre'. Billie Joe was the first to wake up with bloodshot eyes, "holy crap dude, you don't look so good," I said simply. "I'll be fine, just get me some dang food," he said, yeesh, crabby pants.
"Ok little Miss Drama, what do you want?"
"Chicken sounds really good now," he said, I nodded and kissed his cheek and that sent him smiling. I shook Tre' and he just swatted me away, so I decided I would just get a burger for him and kissed his cheek. He was now awake, and knew what he wanted, "hmmm.. burger... and fries," he said, pretending to be asleep with a smile on his face. I just scoffed and jumped out of the bookmobile.
"What the heck was that about?" Mike asked while putting his arms around my shoulders.
"What was what all about?" I asked simply, what the heck?
"Those kisses you randomly handed out," he said, oh I get it.
"It was a friendly kiss on the cheek, no biggie ok? Calm down Mike ok?" I asked with pleading eyes. He looked down at me and nodded. I knew he didn't forgive me. We were on the side of the bookmobile and I pulled him behind there and kissed him deeply, his fingers cupped my cheek. "Are we ok now?" I asked. His smile was endless as he nodded excitedly.
"Ok bobblehead, let's go inside," I laughed as he was pretending to lose control of his head and had to put it back in place.
***
"Mike, go to the back of the bookmobile before I get cranky ok?" I asked Mike, he looked at me with droopy eyes and nodded. It had been about four hours since our last stop and I forgot my coffee, so now I'm cranky, my coffee is the only thing that kept me from insanity.
I pulled over to the side of the road and went to the back and shook Billie Joe and Tre'. "Ok, either you two wake up.... or we're gonna be stuck in the middle of nowhere for the next 3 days," I said simply and their eyes shot open. I laughed as Billie Joe turned the engine and Tre' with a map in hand. I laid down beside Mike and he snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I fell asleep soon after.
"Tre', get over it man, she's Mike's, ever since "Hungry Eyes," about 3 years ago, she's always been his," Billie Joe told Tre'. I was barely awake but awake enough to understand what they were saying.
"I know Billie but...." Tre' paused and Billie Joe started to speak.
"She captures every man's heart and throws it."
"She's holding onto my heart like a hand grenade."
"I know."
"You still like her?"
"Of course I do, there are no other girls that are like her, she's one in a million."
"No, she's just one-of-a-kind."
"Be careful man, she's the salt of the Earth."
"And she's dangerous."
"Just warning you now, I've known her forever."
"What's one thing you like about her?"
"Her voice."
"I like her smile."
"Her eyes, what color are they?"
"Absolutely no one knows, I don't even think she knows."
"Hmmm... interesting."
"Tre'?" Billie Joe stated, "you're going to get her."
"Isn't Mike your like... best friend?"
"Yes, but he's not like you."
"What do you mean?"
"He's not a complete romantic, he can be but that's not his number one quality, he and Rach together are like sugar and salt, it's not a good combo."
"Why are you saying that?"
"Because I care about Rachel, she's been my number one person in my life ever since we started going out."
"How'd you guys met each other?"
"She was one of my "customers" but she stopped coming after a while. I'd figured out she had been trying to quit. I saw her around schools a couple of times. One morning, Mike had a schedule change and got into one of her classes and had invited her to our table. She didn't come the first couple of times we invited her until I had enough and literally lifted her by her belt and sat her down at our table. I had made a big deal about it. Mike didn't know what to say about it, he was dumbfounded at the least. So after I got pounded by her, she's not a weakling, she started coming more often."
I decided it was time to get up and made sure not to wake Mike up. "You guys having fun?" I asked. They both nodded. I laughed and kissed each of them on the cheek. But when I got to Tre', I kissed him closer to the lips and I could feel the tingles on his cheek.
"YES! We're finally at the hotel!"
I whooped obnoxiously and kissed Mike until he kissed back. "You finally wake up, I was afraid I was going to have to give you CPR."
"Oh you already did that dear," he laughed. I laughed too and shivered. I jumped out the the "mobile" and was still shivering uncontrolably. Tre' laughed and swept the blanket off of Mike and onto me. I kissed his forehead, "thanks dear." He stuck his tongue out at Mike and Mike just chuckled but I slapped Tre' lightly on the face.
"Who are you sharing a room with?" Billie Joe asked me. I shrugged as I grabbed a random key. "That's Tre's key," he said, I shrugged and skipped to where Tre' went too. "Decided to join me?" he asked, I giggled and nodded. "Well, for now," I said while kissing his cheek.
"Um, Anneliese, remember that little talk we've had that little chat when I said that your day is our night?" I asked her. Her polish accent was a welcome to all of this chaos.
"I know, but I also knew you would be up anyway."
"Ok so you were right once."
"So how are you?"
"Cloudy with the chance of rain," I said dryly. She chuckled also.
"Ok... well.... I got a cell phone so yea, I didn't know if you did or not."
"Yea, give it to me," I said while balancing a piece of paper and pen on one knee and the phone at the same time, constantly scooting across the floor.
"Ok, 555-" that was all she could say when I fell. I dropped my phone and saw all three boys looking at me, they're lips were tight so they couldn't laugh.
"Laugh, and die," I said simply. Tre' couldn't help it, I looked up and glared at him, he looked helpless. Billie grabbed the phone and started to talk to Anneliese.
"Ok, finish that number, of course I'll get it too her, ok thank you," but by the time he had hung the phone, I had Tre' in a sleeper hold. Tre' made some crazy weird noises while Mike was laughing so hard he was snorting. Billie Joe just looked at me and Tre', then Mike.
"Ha! Mike just snorted!" he yelled out. I nodded and kept Tre' in the same position until he finally waved the white flag (or in this case, a napkin.) I let go and Tre' was coughing to get some air and I just looked at everyone and sat on the couch.
Mike sat on one side of me and Tre' on the other. I spread on the couch so my head on was Tre's shoulder and my legs were on Mike's lap. "Sleepy?" they asked me. I closed my eyes and shook my head. Billie laughed and laid on me. This is how we went to sleep but woke up differently.
*3 hours later: First day of the tour*
Ok, this is how we all woke up. I was spread out all over the couch. Billie was on the floor, Mike's legs were tangled up with mine and Tre' was slumped down so my head was right next to his. I tried to get Mike's legs untangled without waking him up but failed. He woke up with a jump and a yell as he found our legs tangled. I shot up and slapped his mouth closed. "Mikey boy, calm down ok?" I whispered, he nodded and I took my hand off of his mouth. "How'd we end up like this?" he asked. I shrugged and pointed at all the others, "I think we beat them in the weirdest part," he chuckled, I nodded.
"Hey you wanna do something crazy?" I asked, he looked at me with interest. I took out my stereo/CD player and put in my Bon Jovi CD (don't ask) and put it on "It's My Life" on the loudest it could be. When it got to the loudest part, it woke up Billie and Tre' while I was dancing. Billie was laughing but Mike and Tre' were enchanted. I laughed and ran out the door to the bookmobile where all of our stuff was already in there.
"I call shotgun!" I yelled out quickly.
"No you don't I do!" Tre' yelled. I pushed him and ran to the passenger seat of the bookmobile. It was locked. I groaned as Mike shook the keys in front of my face. I grabbed them and decided to drive. "Come on Billie or we're leaving without you!" Mike screamed out. Billie decided to be a jerk and walk super slow. He passed the front of the bookmobile and I honked the horn really loud. He jumped and hurried to the bookmobile. Tre' laughed but didn't laugh long because he was already asleep, along with Billie Joe.
"Wow, they must've been really sleepy," I said with a look of shock. Mike just nodded and added, "well, you're like nocturnal so you'll be sleeping until like noon to four or something." I grinned at the memories of always being bored while everyone slept and having everyone have to shove ice down my shirt to wake me up at about five in the afternoon. I put in my Ramone's CD quietly playing so not to wake Billie Joe and Tre'.
"Are you umcomfortable around me now?" I asked Mike.
"Why would I be?"
"Seeing as I'm the only girl on this tour."
"Unless you count Tre'." I giggled at Mike's boyish grin.
"Ok, I'm so hungry, I didn't have anything to eat, wanna stop somewhere?" I didn't give him a voice in the chose, haha that ryhmed, and pulled into McDonalds.
"Hey, you guys," I said while shaking both Billie Joe and Tre'. Billie Joe was the first to wake up with bloodshot eyes, "holy crap dude, you don't look so good," I said simply. "I'll be fine, just get me some dang food," he said, yeesh, crabby pants.
"Ok little Miss Drama, what do you want?"
"Chicken sounds really good now," he said, I nodded and kissed his cheek and that sent him smiling. I shook Tre' and he just swatted me away, so I decided I would just get a burger for him and kissed his cheek. He was now awake, and knew what he wanted, "hmmm.. burger... and fries," he said, pretending to be asleep with a smile on his face. I just scoffed and jumped out of the bookmobile.
"What the heck was that about?" Mike asked while putting his arms around my shoulders.
"What was what all about?" I asked simply, what the heck?
"Those kisses you randomly handed out," he said, oh I get it.
"It was a friendly kiss on the cheek, no biggie ok? Calm down Mike ok?" I asked with pleading eyes. He looked down at me and nodded. I knew he didn't forgive me. We were on the side of the bookmobile and I pulled him behind there and kissed him deeply, his fingers cupped my cheek. "Are we ok now?" I asked. His smile was endless as he nodded excitedly.
"Ok bobblehead, let's go inside," I laughed as he was pretending to lose control of his head and had to put it back in place.
***
"Mike, go to the back of the bookmobile before I get cranky ok?" I asked Mike, he looked at me with droopy eyes and nodded. It had been about four hours since our last stop and I forgot my coffee, so now I'm cranky, my coffee is the only thing that kept me from insanity.
I pulled over to the side of the road and went to the back and shook Billie Joe and Tre'. "Ok, either you two wake up.... or we're gonna be stuck in the middle of nowhere for the next 3 days," I said simply and their eyes shot open. I laughed as Billie Joe turned the engine and Tre' with a map in hand. I laid down beside Mike and he snaked his arms around my waist and pulled me closer to him. I fell asleep soon after.
"Tre', get over it man, she's Mike's, ever since "Hungry Eyes," about 3 years ago, she's always been his," Billie Joe told Tre'. I was barely awake but awake enough to understand what they were saying.
"I know Billie but...." Tre' paused and Billie Joe started to speak.
"She captures every man's heart and throws it."
"She's holding onto my heart like a hand grenade."
"I know."
"You still like her?"
"Of course I do, there are no other girls that are like her, she's one in a million."
"No, she's just one-of-a-kind."
"Be careful man, she's the salt of the Earth."
"And she's dangerous."
"Just warning you now, I've known her forever."
"What's one thing you like about her?"
"Her voice."
"I like her smile."
"Her eyes, what color are they?"
"Absolutely no one knows, I don't even think she knows."
"Hmmm... interesting."
"Tre'?" Billie Joe stated, "you're going to get her."
"Isn't Mike your like... best friend?"
"Yes, but he's not like you."
"What do you mean?"
"He's not a complete romantic, he can be but that's not his number one quality, he and Rach together are like sugar and salt, it's not a good combo."
"Why are you saying that?"
"Because I care about Rachel, she's been my number one person in my life ever since we started going out."
"How'd you guys met each other?"
"She was one of my "customers" but she stopped coming after a while. I'd figured out she had been trying to quit. I saw her around schools a couple of times. One morning, Mike had a schedule change and got into one of her classes and had invited her to our table. She didn't come the first couple of times we invited her until I had enough and literally lifted her by her belt and sat her down at our table. I had made a big deal about it. Mike didn't know what to say about it, he was dumbfounded at the least. So after I got pounded by her, she's not a weakling, she started coming more often."
I decided it was time to get up and made sure not to wake Mike up. "You guys having fun?" I asked. They both nodded. I laughed and kissed each of them on the cheek. But when I got to Tre', I kissed him closer to the lips and I could feel the tingles on his cheek.
"YES! We're finally at the hotel!"
I whooped obnoxiously and kissed Mike until he kissed back. "You finally wake up, I was afraid I was going to have to give you CPR."
"Oh you already did that dear," he laughed. I laughed too and shivered. I jumped out the the "mobile" and was still shivering uncontrolably. Tre' laughed and swept the blanket off of Mike and onto me. I kissed his forehead, "thanks dear." He stuck his tongue out at Mike and Mike just chuckled but I slapped Tre' lightly on the face.
"Who are you sharing a room with?" Billie Joe asked me. I shrugged as I grabbed a random key. "That's Tre's key," he said, I shrugged and skipped to where Tre' went too. "Decided to join me?" he asked, I giggled and nodded. "Well, for now," I said while kissing his cheek.
