Don't Lie...You know You Still Love Me..., chapter 9
Miles away... In Minnisota...
"Hmm dreadlocks, dreadlocks, dreadlocks... Why the FUCK would you want dreadlocks Adrienne?"
Young 17 year old Adrienne Nesser looked up at her mother and said,
"I want them mom! Oh please cant I get them?"
"Absolutly not! I will not be embarrased by your decision to get an ugly hair syle! Adrienne, hunny you have beautiful black hair. If you get these you'll look like a damn Jamacian!"
"Mother!"
"Well its true!"
"Fine mom, I won't get them now but you wait. Some day I'm going to get dreadlocks and put them right in your face"
"Oh god I don't care just get them when your out of school so I don't have to be responisble for it."
Adrienne looked up at her mother with a blank expression and said,
"Fine, you won't have to deal with them"
Adrienne went up to her room and blared her cd's so she wouldn't hear her mother telling her father about her idea to get dreadlocks. She flung on her bed and said outloud,
'One day I'll meet a boy who will love me for just being me... '
Back in Illinois...
Elizabeth was asleep in her bed when she heard Billie Joe sneaking in her bedroom window, like always.
"Hey darling, I didn't mean to wake you but I have something to tell you." he said while he was stumbling through her window, still high.
Liz sat up in her bed and said,
"Whats that?"
"Well I've told you about my band right? About how improtant it is to me."
"Yeah.."
"Well, I really don't think that school is for me, its just a waste, I know that this band is going to make it, but I have to put all my effort into it."
Liz just sat in her bed, hearing what Billie Joe had to say, when he was done she finally spoke,
"Billie Joe, are you high?"
"What?! Why would you say that?"
"Because hunny your eyes are red and you reak of it" said Liz laughing.
"Oh well, the guys from my band, Mike and Tre, they came into town and we celebrated." he said with a devilish smile.
Liz rolled her eyes and said,
"Now what were you saying?"
Billie Joe looked down and said,
"I think school is just wasteing my time. I'm dropping out."
Liz stared at him.
"What! When? Why?"
"Liz hun, we both know I don't make the best grades in school and that I would rather be playing my gutiar then be at school. I know this band will make it. But I'll have to completely devote my self to it. I cant do that and school."
Liz looked at the ground. She couldn't lie to her self. She knew Billie had the talent. And she believed him when he said that the band would make it. She just didn't want to be without him.
"Ok Billie. But can you do something for me?"
"Whats that darlin'?"
"Could you drop out your senior year instead of this year?"
"Whys that?"
Elizabeth looked at him with sad eyes and said,
"So I can spend another year with you."
Billie Joe looked her in the eyes as they started to water.
"Oh hunny, I'll always be with you, and I'll stay half of my senior year darlin', but this is really important to me"
Liz smiled and said,
"I know it is, and I know you will make it."
Then Billie leaned in and kissed her forhead and gave her a hug.
That night Billie stayed with Elizabeth and held her while she went to sleep. They fell asleep together.
"Hmm dreadlocks, dreadlocks, dreadlocks... Why the FUCK would you want dreadlocks Adrienne?"
Young 17 year old Adrienne Nesser looked up at her mother and said,
"I want them mom! Oh please cant I get them?"
"Absolutly not! I will not be embarrased by your decision to get an ugly hair syle! Adrienne, hunny you have beautiful black hair. If you get these you'll look like a damn Jamacian!"
"Mother!"
"Well its true!"
"Fine mom, I won't get them now but you wait. Some day I'm going to get dreadlocks and put them right in your face"
"Oh god I don't care just get them when your out of school so I don't have to be responisble for it."
Adrienne looked up at her mother with a blank expression and said,
"Fine, you won't have to deal with them"
Adrienne went up to her room and blared her cd's so she wouldn't hear her mother telling her father about her idea to get dreadlocks. She flung on her bed and said outloud,
'One day I'll meet a boy who will love me for just being me... '
Back in Illinois...
Elizabeth was asleep in her bed when she heard Billie Joe sneaking in her bedroom window, like always.
"Hey darling, I didn't mean to wake you but I have something to tell you." he said while he was stumbling through her window, still high.
Liz sat up in her bed and said,
"Whats that?"
"Well I've told you about my band right? About how improtant it is to me."
"Yeah.."
"Well, I really don't think that school is for me, its just a waste, I know that this band is going to make it, but I have to put all my effort into it."
Liz just sat in her bed, hearing what Billie Joe had to say, when he was done she finally spoke,
"Billie Joe, are you high?"
"What?! Why would you say that?"
"Because hunny your eyes are red and you reak of it" said Liz laughing.
"Oh well, the guys from my band, Mike and Tre, they came into town and we celebrated." he said with a devilish smile.
Liz rolled her eyes and said,
"Now what were you saying?"
Billie Joe looked down and said,
"I think school is just wasteing my time. I'm dropping out."
Liz stared at him.
"What! When? Why?"
"Liz hun, we both know I don't make the best grades in school and that I would rather be playing my gutiar then be at school. I know this band will make it. But I'll have to completely devote my self to it. I cant do that and school."
Liz looked at the ground. She couldn't lie to her self. She knew Billie had the talent. And she believed him when he said that the band would make it. She just didn't want to be without him.
"Ok Billie. But can you do something for me?"
"Whats that darlin'?"
"Could you drop out your senior year instead of this year?"
"Whys that?"
Elizabeth looked at him with sad eyes and said,
"So I can spend another year with you."
Billie Joe looked her in the eyes as they started to water.
"Oh hunny, I'll always be with you, and I'll stay half of my senior year darlin', but this is really important to me"
Liz smiled and said,
"I know it is, and I know you will make it."
Then Billie leaned in and kissed her forhead and gave her a hug.
That night Billie stayed with Elizabeth and held her while she went to sleep. They fell asleep together.
