She's my Fucking Daughter! I Have to See Her!, chapter 1

It was Voodoo Fest, and, I have to say, it was one of the best concerts we've played at. Let me introduce myself. The name's Billie Joe. Billie Joe Armstrong. I'm in a band called Green Day. Maybe you've heard of us? Anyway, my band mates are Tre Cool and Mike Dirnt. Tre's drums and Mike's bass. I'm lead singer and guitar. Cool, huh?

Mike and I started a band when we were ten. Sweet Children. Ah, those were the days. We got a drummer named John Kriftmeyer, but, that wouldn't do. We renamed him. Al Sobrante. He quit the band, though. To pursue college. I fucking hate him for that. Ah, well. At least we still have Tre. We renamed the band Green Day right before Al quit.

I recently got married to the love of my life. Adrienne Nesser. Now, Adrienne Nesser Armstrong. I love her so much. We have two kids. Joey Marciano and Jakob Danger. Cool names, right?

Well, we have two. I have three. Jakob, Joey, and my daughter. I ran away from her and her mom right after she was born. I have no fucking idea why, though. I've always wanted a daughter. She's thirteen now. I've missed every single fucking birthday. Hey, I was young. I wasn't ready yet. Can't blame me.

Can you?

I don't even know her name. I call her Adeline, though. I love that name. Her mom said that if I wasn't ready, then, well, fuck, I wasn't ready. Go ahead and go. They'd be fine. I want to find her now. I'll do anything just to see her face.

I told Adie. Right after Jakob was born. She was shocked. Why would I do this to her? I didn't do anything to her. It was before we started getting serious.

Anyway, back to the story.

It was after the show and the fans were going wild. I love it when that happens. Fangasm. Heh, Tre and I made that up. Anyway, we were backstage signing autographs. The body guards were having a pretty tough time holding everyone back.

One after another. The pictures of us kept being shoved in our hands. Then, something that doesn't really happen, well, happened. A drawing of me came up. It was in anime. Anime's not really my department, but, I have to admit, this drawing was pretty cool. They got my 5 'o'clock shadow just right. I smiled as I held it to the light. "This is pretty good," I said. "Thanks," a girl's voice said. I looked up. I couldn't see her face because her hair was in the way. I could make out a smile behind it, though.

"Who should I make this out to?" I asked, looking down at it, pen in hand. "Nobody," she said. "Alright, then," I said, and scribbled my name on it. "No," she said, "Nobody. That's my name." My smile dropped. "Ummm, okay then," I said. I scribbled "To Nobody, Love" above my name and handed the picture back. "Thank you so much," she said. "N-no problem," I answered.

I kept signing things, but, I couldn't get that thought out of my head. Who would name their kid "Nobody?" What an awful thing to do. I also couldn't get the girl out of my head, either. I couldn't see her face, but, her hair was black. Or, it looked like it was. The lighting wasn't all that great, so, I guess that everyone who had dark hair looked like they had black hair.

And her smile. She had very white teeth. Very bright. Very beautiful. It was unique, in a way, though. Unlike anyone's I had seen that night.

The night was over and so was the concert. Ever seen downtown New Orleans at night? Better than Las Vegas! Bars everywhere! I don't think that I really need to tell you that, well, me, Tre, and Mike spent all our time on Bourbon Street! Mike started making out with a girl he'd just met. It didn't really matter, though, they were both drunk. Yeah, I know, Mike... drunk? Well, he did! We all did! Join the party! Ha! Well, not me. I stayed sober. I'm driving, dude. I did have a couple, too. I had a really good time! A night I'd remember forever!

Well, things started closing down and we got into the car. There was one last thing that I had to do. I had to drive to Baton Rouge. To find my daughter.