Road Trip, chapter 2
When we finally pulled up outside a hotel I ran out and puked in a bush. Billie came after me and held my hair and rubbed my back.
"We told you he was a bad driver." I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and stood up properly. "I'll get your stuff." He offered. I nodded and followed him to the van and then went with Shona to book rooms.
"Er we have, two doubles and one single. That'll be thirty dollars." Said the man at the desk.
"Isn't there three singles?" I asked. He shook his head. We paid for the rooms and then waited for the guys to bring in the stuff.
"I think you should share a double with Billie." Said Shona. I looked at her, shocked. "If you take the single, Tre'll try to find a reason to get in there with you. Billie can defend you." Like he did before, I thought.
"Can't me and you share?" I asked. She shook her head.
"Me and Mike... . We just wanna share." I gave her a pleading look. "No, Edie. Billie won't do anything to you." I just picked up the keys to one of the doubles and went up there to sit on the bed. Billie fell in a while later.
"Thanks for the help, Edie." He muttered, dumping our bags on the floor. "And if it's any consolation, I don't want to share with you either." He turned on the TV and lay on the bed. Automatically he turned on porn. Glaring at him I turned the TV off and put some pillows and a blanket on the couch. Then I made up a bed for myself. "Edie, this is a double bed. You can sleep on here. I won't bite." He droned. He came up to me as I lay down to sleep.
"Leave me alone, Billie." I bit out, pulling the blanket over me. Billie leaned over and kissed me again.
"Sleep tight... .princess."
"Princess?" I snarled. Billie just chuckled and lay down on the bed, turning out the light. "You're just a Prince aren't you?" I heard him chuckle again.
"Good night. I begs the shower in the morning... . Unless you wanna share." I threw a sock at him and turned over to go to sleep.
I was awoken the next morning by Billie turning on the radio.
"You and me, baby, ain't nuthin' but mammals so lets do it like they do it on the discovery channel." He sang at the top of his voice. I turned over to see him dancing wearing only a cowboy hat.
"Ewww!" I screeched, covering my eyes.
"Oh come on, princess, you know you like it!" I stormed into the bathroom, still covering my eyes. The lock was faulty so Billie managed to get in. He came up to me and kissed me. "You do like it, don't you... ." He purred. I saw that the door to the room was open slightly. As Billie kissed me again I pushed him towards the door, slowly, and then shoved him into the corridor and locked the door. I sighed happily, praying that some random hotel guest would find poor Billie and call the cops. "Edie, let me in." He whined. "I'm sorry, okay?" He waited a second and then kicked the door. "Maybe I shouldn't have helped you last night. Maybe I should've just left you to be raped and probably killed. You know what, Edie? Fuck you. I hope some guy does rape you. And I hope I'm there to fucking witness it." I heard him storm off. I hated him. He was a bastard. A really cute bastard... . I shook my head, trying to escape the thoughts but they were still there. I went into the bathroom and showered, and then got dressed and packed mine and Billie's stuff. In his case was a packet of condoms. Did he really expect to use them? And if he did get laid would he use them? I shook my head again and finished packing and then dragged the stuff down to reception to hand in the key. Mike and Shona were already there, making out. I sat away from them to wait for Tre and Billie. When Shona noticed me she glared at me.
"What did you do that to Billie for? He's into you." I glared back.
"I'm into someone else."
"No you're not. You're going out with Josh out of pity cos he's infatuated with you." I shook my head and looked away.
"I like him."
"Like is not the same as love." I ignored her and looked out the window. I started daydreaming about Billie. I dunno why. I mean, it was Billie. He was a drop-out, he had zits and he was short with band legs and way too broad shoulders. Plus his head was huge, literally and metaphorically. I was dragged from my daydream by Tre shoving into me.
"That was low, Edith." He muttered. I knew that he meant Billie.
"Coming onto me when he knows I'm taken is low, Tre."
"Throwing the guy who saved your virginity, and your life, butt naked into a corridor is low." He hissed back. Billie had told him.
"Fuck you." Billie came up behind Tre. He just glared at me and handed in Tre's keys.
"Come on, let's go." He muttered through clenched teeth. It was Billie's turn to drive so I thought I wouldn't have to sit next to him. I was wrong. Shona, Tre and Mike sat in the back and I had to sit in the passenger seat. I sat as far as I could away from him, and he did the same, driving in silence, keeping his deep green eyes on the road. It was strange but I wanted those green eyes to be looking at me. Taking in my body, my face. I picked up my book again and started reading to distract myself from the thoughts of Billie. After a minute, Billie slammed his hand down on the wheel.
"Dammit, Edie. Aren't you at least gonna say sorry?" He hissed. I ignored him. "A cop saw me. He was gonna arrest me for being a sexual predator. Lucky for me Tre was there. He told the cop I was locked out of my room by accident."
"Lucky for you." I muttered. I could see from his eyes that he was hurt that I didn't care. He pulled over and left the van, darting out into the road. I ran after him, fearing for his life. He jumped over a low wall but landed badly. I watched as he rolled onto the road and a car approached rapidly.
"BILLIE!" I screamed. His face was utterly emotionless as he looked up at the car heading towards him. I ran to him and pulled him out of the way just in time. "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING? YOU DUMB SHIT!" I screamed at him. He just watched me blankly. "WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT? WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!"
"You saved my life. Why?" He asked calmly. I went slightly pink as I tried to think of a reason.
"You... .You saved mine. We're square." I mumbled. Billie smiled.
"Thanks." I stood up and reached for his hand to pull him up. As he put weight on one of his ankles, he gasped in pain and leaned against me. "Shit." I practically carried him to the van and put him in the passenger side. Shona, Mike and Tre were still asleep. I got in the drivers side and started to drive.
"I'm sorry, Billie." I mumbled eventually. "I shouldn't have thrown you out of the room butt naked." Billie smiled.
"It's okay. I pissed you off, didn't I?"
"I bit." I said smiling too.
"Friends?" He asked holding a hand out to me.
"Friends." I said, shaking his hand.
In Los Angeles we couldn't decide where we wanted to go first.
"Edie, me and Mike wanna go see take a tour of famous people's houses." Shona whined. Mike looked like he'd rather go anywhere than see a bunch of houses.
"Well I wanna go see the Hollywood Walk and the go check out some music clubs." I stated.
"I wanna see strippers!" Tre shrieked happily.
"Tre, they're that way." Said Billie, pointing to a red light district. "Mike, Shona, I'll look after Edie so you don't have her cramping your romantic style." They were confused as to why me and Billi were being sociable but agreed anyway. Then Billie turned to me. "I wanna go check out the music clubs first though. Hollywood Walk can wait." I nodded my agreement and we started towards the nearest one. It was pretty good. Billie had a word with one of the organizers and managed to convince them to let him go on stage. Billie borrowed an acoustic guitar and played a quick song.
"Hey, I'm Billie Joe Armstrong and I'm from the East Bay. I call it Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)." The song was beautiful. It was obvious that he'd been hurt by someone and had tried to write and open-minded song about it, but just to add insult to injury called it Good Riddance. Anyway the entire club applauded when he finished. Then he sat next to me and we had a couple drinks while we listened to people play.
"We told you he was a bad driver." I wiped my mouth with the back of my hand and stood up properly. "I'll get your stuff." He offered. I nodded and followed him to the van and then went with Shona to book rooms.
"Er we have, two doubles and one single. That'll be thirty dollars." Said the man at the desk.
"Isn't there three singles?" I asked. He shook his head. We paid for the rooms and then waited for the guys to bring in the stuff.
"I think you should share a double with Billie." Said Shona. I looked at her, shocked. "If you take the single, Tre'll try to find a reason to get in there with you. Billie can defend you." Like he did before, I thought.
"Can't me and you share?" I asked. She shook her head.
"Me and Mike... . We just wanna share." I gave her a pleading look. "No, Edie. Billie won't do anything to you." I just picked up the keys to one of the doubles and went up there to sit on the bed. Billie fell in a while later.
"Thanks for the help, Edie." He muttered, dumping our bags on the floor. "And if it's any consolation, I don't want to share with you either." He turned on the TV and lay on the bed. Automatically he turned on porn. Glaring at him I turned the TV off and put some pillows and a blanket on the couch. Then I made up a bed for myself. "Edie, this is a double bed. You can sleep on here. I won't bite." He droned. He came up to me as I lay down to sleep.
"Leave me alone, Billie." I bit out, pulling the blanket over me. Billie leaned over and kissed me again.
"Sleep tight... .princess."
"Princess?" I snarled. Billie just chuckled and lay down on the bed, turning out the light. "You're just a Prince aren't you?" I heard him chuckle again.
"Good night. I begs the shower in the morning... . Unless you wanna share." I threw a sock at him and turned over to go to sleep.
I was awoken the next morning by Billie turning on the radio.
"You and me, baby, ain't nuthin' but mammals so lets do it like they do it on the discovery channel." He sang at the top of his voice. I turned over to see him dancing wearing only a cowboy hat.
"Ewww!" I screeched, covering my eyes.
"Oh come on, princess, you know you like it!" I stormed into the bathroom, still covering my eyes. The lock was faulty so Billie managed to get in. He came up to me and kissed me. "You do like it, don't you... ." He purred. I saw that the door to the room was open slightly. As Billie kissed me again I pushed him towards the door, slowly, and then shoved him into the corridor and locked the door. I sighed happily, praying that some random hotel guest would find poor Billie and call the cops. "Edie, let me in." He whined. "I'm sorry, okay?" He waited a second and then kicked the door. "Maybe I shouldn't have helped you last night. Maybe I should've just left you to be raped and probably killed. You know what, Edie? Fuck you. I hope some guy does rape you. And I hope I'm there to fucking witness it." I heard him storm off. I hated him. He was a bastard. A really cute bastard... . I shook my head, trying to escape the thoughts but they were still there. I went into the bathroom and showered, and then got dressed and packed mine and Billie's stuff. In his case was a packet of condoms. Did he really expect to use them? And if he did get laid would he use them? I shook my head again and finished packing and then dragged the stuff down to reception to hand in the key. Mike and Shona were already there, making out. I sat away from them to wait for Tre and Billie. When Shona noticed me she glared at me.
"What did you do that to Billie for? He's into you." I glared back.
"I'm into someone else."
"No you're not. You're going out with Josh out of pity cos he's infatuated with you." I shook my head and looked away.
"I like him."
"Like is not the same as love." I ignored her and looked out the window. I started daydreaming about Billie. I dunno why. I mean, it was Billie. He was a drop-out, he had zits and he was short with band legs and way too broad shoulders. Plus his head was huge, literally and metaphorically. I was dragged from my daydream by Tre shoving into me.
"That was low, Edith." He muttered. I knew that he meant Billie.
"Coming onto me when he knows I'm taken is low, Tre."
"Throwing the guy who saved your virginity, and your life, butt naked into a corridor is low." He hissed back. Billie had told him.
"Fuck you." Billie came up behind Tre. He just glared at me and handed in Tre's keys.
"Come on, let's go." He muttered through clenched teeth. It was Billie's turn to drive so I thought I wouldn't have to sit next to him. I was wrong. Shona, Tre and Mike sat in the back and I had to sit in the passenger seat. I sat as far as I could away from him, and he did the same, driving in silence, keeping his deep green eyes on the road. It was strange but I wanted those green eyes to be looking at me. Taking in my body, my face. I picked up my book again and started reading to distract myself from the thoughts of Billie. After a minute, Billie slammed his hand down on the wheel.
"Dammit, Edie. Aren't you at least gonna say sorry?" He hissed. I ignored him. "A cop saw me. He was gonna arrest me for being a sexual predator. Lucky for me Tre was there. He told the cop I was locked out of my room by accident."
"Lucky for you." I muttered. I could see from his eyes that he was hurt that I didn't care. He pulled over and left the van, darting out into the road. I ran after him, fearing for his life. He jumped over a low wall but landed badly. I watched as he rolled onto the road and a car approached rapidly.
"BILLIE!" I screamed. His face was utterly emotionless as he looked up at the car heading towards him. I ran to him and pulled him out of the way just in time. "WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING? YOU DUMB SHIT!" I screamed at him. He just watched me blankly. "WHAT ARE YOU STARING AT? WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?!"
"You saved my life. Why?" He asked calmly. I went slightly pink as I tried to think of a reason.
"You... .You saved mine. We're square." I mumbled. Billie smiled.
"Thanks." I stood up and reached for his hand to pull him up. As he put weight on one of his ankles, he gasped in pain and leaned against me. "Shit." I practically carried him to the van and put him in the passenger side. Shona, Mike and Tre were still asleep. I got in the drivers side and started to drive.
"I'm sorry, Billie." I mumbled eventually. "I shouldn't have thrown you out of the room butt naked." Billie smiled.
"It's okay. I pissed you off, didn't I?"
"I bit." I said smiling too.
"Friends?" He asked holding a hand out to me.
"Friends." I said, shaking his hand.
In Los Angeles we couldn't decide where we wanted to go first.
"Edie, me and Mike wanna go see take a tour of famous people's houses." Shona whined. Mike looked like he'd rather go anywhere than see a bunch of houses.
"Well I wanna go see the Hollywood Walk and the go check out some music clubs." I stated.
"I wanna see strippers!" Tre shrieked happily.
"Tre, they're that way." Said Billie, pointing to a red light district. "Mike, Shona, I'll look after Edie so you don't have her cramping your romantic style." They were confused as to why me and Billi were being sociable but agreed anyway. Then Billie turned to me. "I wanna go check out the music clubs first though. Hollywood Walk can wait." I nodded my agreement and we started towards the nearest one. It was pretty good. Billie had a word with one of the organizers and managed to convince them to let him go on stage. Billie borrowed an acoustic guitar and played a quick song.
"Hey, I'm Billie Joe Armstrong and I'm from the East Bay. I call it Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life)." The song was beautiful. It was obvious that he'd been hurt by someone and had tried to write and open-minded song about it, but just to add insult to injury called it Good Riddance. Anyway the entire club applauded when he finished. Then he sat next to me and we had a couple drinks while we listened to people play.
