So Close Yet So Far, chapter 4
*After One Week Of Touring*
"Ramona, don't you think you should go to bed?" Tre asks yawning.
"Yeah okay, just let me check my e-mail." She pleads, sitting at the hotel room computer.
"Sure. Goodnight kid." Tre said going into his room.
Ramona signs into her account; no new e-mails. She decides to check her msn to see if any of her friends were online, but only Joey was online.
Joe the toe says:
Hey
Rock the clock says:
Hey
Joe the toe says:
Whatcha up to?
Rock the clock says:
Probably same as you
Joe the toe says:
You're masturbating too?
Rock the clock says:
NO! I'm sitting here bored out of my mind
Joe the toe says:
Is good ol' Tre there?
Rock the clock says:
Yup, but Pops is sleeping
Joe the toe says:
Yeah my dad too . . . . Come meet me
Rock the clock says:
Sort of stupid suggestion I already know who you are
Joe the toe says:
Not meet for the first time, I mean meet as in at the arcade downstairs
Rock the clock says:
So you want me to go against my father's wishes and meet a hormone driven individual of the opposite sex, when I should be asleep?
Joe the toe says:
Precisely
Rock the clock says:
How about in fifteen minutes?
Joe the toe says:
Meet you in the lobby
Joe the toe has just signed out
Joey hops around excitedly for a few moments before realizing this action might wake up Jakob or his father. He puts his shoes on and looks himself over in the mirror then goes to watch the clock. After thirteen long minutes Joey grabs a hotel room key and sneaks out the door. He walks down the hallway and into the elevator. The elevator doors open and he sees Ramona sitting on the floor across from the doors.
"Hey."
"Hey, so where's the arcade?" Ramona asks looking around.
"Uh I think it's next to the pool."
"The pool is one floor down." Ramona says pressing the button to signal the elevator.
"Right." Joey says nervously as he rocks on his heels as the elevator doors open.
"There's the arcade." Joey says pointing down the hall.
"So what do you want to play?" Ramona says looking around at the different games.
"Foosball?" Joey suggests. They step up to the foosball table and play several games.
"This is boring." Ramona says rolling her eyes.
"You wanna go swimming?" Joey suggests.
"Now?"
"Well, yeah."
"You're not serious?"
"Try me?" Joey says running up to Ramona and picking her up.
"Joey, you're being ridiculous." Ramona screams laughing as he runs down the hall to the pool.
"When has that stopped you before camera mooner?" Joey yells as he runs into the swimming pool area.
"Don't you dare!" Ramona screams but Joey doesn't listen and throws her in. He jumps in a moment later. "Meanie."
"So?" he says as he swims away.
"Don't swim away from me!" Ramona calls out.
"Oh, so now you need me?" Joey teases.
"What? No! You're twisting my words." She says laughing.
"You twisted them yourself." Joey says putting his face fairly close to hers.
"Close talker, huh?" Ramona says as she breathes heavily. Joey answers her question by locking his lips onto hers. Ramona can't help herself and puts her hands on the back of his neck pulling him closer.
"The pool is closing. Pool hours are from 8 AM to midnight." The intercom buzzes.
"We should go." Joey says pulling away.
"Yeah, I guess we should." Ramona says in slight disbelief of what just happened.
Ramona sneaks back into the hotel room sopping wet and removes her clothes and leaves them in the bath tub. She puts on a pair of boxer-shorts and a tank top and goes to bed happily as she thinks about Joey.
Joey enters his hotel room and shoves his wet clothes into a plastic bag and hides it at the bottom of his suitcase. He steps lightly over to his bed and lies down and after much thought falls asleep.
*The Next Morning*
Joey wakes up to the sensation of being poked in the forehead.
"Nice tent Joey." Jakob's voice teases.
"What?!" Joey says waking up with a start.
"So who were you dreaming about?" Jakob teases.
"Pamela Anderson." Joey says sarcastically as he runs to the washroom.
"Joey put up a tent, Joey put up a tent." Jakob chants from outside the washroom.
"Jakob, that's not nice. We can all mock you about your tent mornings too." Billie calls out with slight amusement.
"No, I'm good." Jakob says remembering an embarrassing one he had right before he left on tour. Joey came to wake him up and he apparently kept muttering "Stella."
"So anyone special in the life of Joey?" Billie Joe teases when Joey comes out of the washroom.
"Uh...no," Joey says still embarrassed.
"That was a lie and you know it." Jakob yells.
"Jakob what did I tell you before." Billie says warningly.
"I'll shut up." Jakob squeaks.
"I'd rather everyone doesn't know about this." Joey says weakly.
"Aw, its okay boy." Billie Joe says playfully punching his son, "I already told Mike and Tre about your first tent morning, they don't really care about the ones after that."
"WHAT!!" Joey yells angrily.
"Don't worry; we've all been through em." Billie Joe says laughing, "You're just lucky you don't have any sisters. Jeez that was awkward." He says thinking back to his early teen years.
"Wait, but did you seriously tell them about our first tent mornings?!" Jakob says alarmed.
"Nah, I just told them that you became men." Billie Joe says laughing.
"That's all...right?!" Joey says nervously.
"Yeah, yeah. Stop worrying."
***
"What's with the wet clothes in the bathtub?" Tre calls out.
"I uh was putting on my pajamas and I put my clothes on the counter and they fell into the toilet." Ramona says having worked on the excuse the night before.
"Put them in the laundry bag before the cleaning ladies come." Tre says dropping the wet shirt back in the tub.
"Okay." Ramona says grabbing a laundry bag off the shelf.
"Ramona, don't you think you should go to bed?" Tre asks yawning.
"Yeah okay, just let me check my e-mail." She pleads, sitting at the hotel room computer.
"Sure. Goodnight kid." Tre said going into his room.
Ramona signs into her account; no new e-mails. She decides to check her msn to see if any of her friends were online, but only Joey was online.
Joe the toe says:
Hey
Rock the clock says:
Hey
Joe the toe says:
Whatcha up to?
Rock the clock says:
Probably same as you
Joe the toe says:
You're masturbating too?
Rock the clock says:
NO! I'm sitting here bored out of my mind
Joe the toe says:
Is good ol' Tre there?
Rock the clock says:
Yup, but Pops is sleeping
Joe the toe says:
Yeah my dad too . . . . Come meet me
Rock the clock says:
Sort of stupid suggestion I already know who you are
Joe the toe says:
Not meet for the first time, I mean meet as in at the arcade downstairs
Rock the clock says:
So you want me to go against my father's wishes and meet a hormone driven individual of the opposite sex, when I should be asleep?
Joe the toe says:
Precisely
Rock the clock says:
How about in fifteen minutes?
Joe the toe says:
Meet you in the lobby
Joe the toe has just signed out
Joey hops around excitedly for a few moments before realizing this action might wake up Jakob or his father. He puts his shoes on and looks himself over in the mirror then goes to watch the clock. After thirteen long minutes Joey grabs a hotel room key and sneaks out the door. He walks down the hallway and into the elevator. The elevator doors open and he sees Ramona sitting on the floor across from the doors.
"Hey."
"Hey, so where's the arcade?" Ramona asks looking around.
"Uh I think it's next to the pool."
"The pool is one floor down." Ramona says pressing the button to signal the elevator.
"Right." Joey says nervously as he rocks on his heels as the elevator doors open.
"There's the arcade." Joey says pointing down the hall.
"So what do you want to play?" Ramona says looking around at the different games.
"Foosball?" Joey suggests. They step up to the foosball table and play several games.
"This is boring." Ramona says rolling her eyes.
"You wanna go swimming?" Joey suggests.
"Now?"
"Well, yeah."
"You're not serious?"
"Try me?" Joey says running up to Ramona and picking her up.
"Joey, you're being ridiculous." Ramona screams laughing as he runs down the hall to the pool.
"When has that stopped you before camera mooner?" Joey yells as he runs into the swimming pool area.
"Don't you dare!" Ramona screams but Joey doesn't listen and throws her in. He jumps in a moment later. "Meanie."
"So?" he says as he swims away.
"Don't swim away from me!" Ramona calls out.
"Oh, so now you need me?" Joey teases.
"What? No! You're twisting my words." She says laughing.
"You twisted them yourself." Joey says putting his face fairly close to hers.
"Close talker, huh?" Ramona says as she breathes heavily. Joey answers her question by locking his lips onto hers. Ramona can't help herself and puts her hands on the back of his neck pulling him closer.
"The pool is closing. Pool hours are from 8 AM to midnight." The intercom buzzes.
"We should go." Joey says pulling away.
"Yeah, I guess we should." Ramona says in slight disbelief of what just happened.
Ramona sneaks back into the hotel room sopping wet and removes her clothes and leaves them in the bath tub. She puts on a pair of boxer-shorts and a tank top and goes to bed happily as she thinks about Joey.
Joey enters his hotel room and shoves his wet clothes into a plastic bag and hides it at the bottom of his suitcase. He steps lightly over to his bed and lies down and after much thought falls asleep.
*The Next Morning*
Joey wakes up to the sensation of being poked in the forehead.
"Nice tent Joey." Jakob's voice teases.
"What?!" Joey says waking up with a start.
"So who were you dreaming about?" Jakob teases.
"Pamela Anderson." Joey says sarcastically as he runs to the washroom.
"Joey put up a tent, Joey put up a tent." Jakob chants from outside the washroom.
"Jakob, that's not nice. We can all mock you about your tent mornings too." Billie calls out with slight amusement.
"No, I'm good." Jakob says remembering an embarrassing one he had right before he left on tour. Joey came to wake him up and he apparently kept muttering "Stella."
"So anyone special in the life of Joey?" Billie Joe teases when Joey comes out of the washroom.
"Uh...no," Joey says still embarrassed.
"That was a lie and you know it." Jakob yells.
"Jakob what did I tell you before." Billie says warningly.
"I'll shut up." Jakob squeaks.
"I'd rather everyone doesn't know about this." Joey says weakly.
"Aw, its okay boy." Billie Joe says playfully punching his son, "I already told Mike and Tre about your first tent morning, they don't really care about the ones after that."
"WHAT!!" Joey yells angrily.
"Don't worry; we've all been through em." Billie Joe says laughing, "You're just lucky you don't have any sisters. Jeez that was awkward." He says thinking back to his early teen years.
"Wait, but did you seriously tell them about our first tent mornings?!" Jakob says alarmed.
"Nah, I just told them that you became men." Billie Joe says laughing.
"That's all...right?!" Joey says nervously.
"Yeah, yeah. Stop worrying."
***
"What's with the wet clothes in the bathtub?" Tre calls out.
"I uh was putting on my pajamas and I put my clothes on the counter and they fell into the toilet." Ramona says having worked on the excuse the night before.
"Put them in the laundry bag before the cleaning ladies come." Tre says dropping the wet shirt back in the tub.
"Okay." Ramona says grabbing a laundry bag off the shelf.
