You Got Me On My Knees, chapter 19
"Hey folks, here's a story about Minnie the Moocher... " I always sing when I pack things up. It's another annoying habit of mine.
"She was a low down hoochie koocher... She was the roughest toughest frail but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale."
I felt two strong hands encircling my waist and I turned around to kiss Mike. "Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi." He sang and started moving me, to the beat of the imaginary rhythm.
We were leaving England that day because my sister was getting married and I had to be there. So yeah, it was time for all of us to return to reality as much as we all hated it.
"She messed around with a bloke named Smokey. She loved him though he was cokey." He spun me around and then held me from my neck to hand me down. All that just to give me another kiss.
"He took her down to China town and he showed her how to kick the gong around." He lifted me up and guided me to the bed where he topped me and kissed me until I started to believe I might die from lack of oxygen.
"She had a dream about the King of Sweden... He gave her things that she was needin'." We just sat there, taking in each other's breath. I don't think his eyes were ever brighter, or his hair smoother or his body finer. But on the other hand pregnant women seem to be over emotional sometimes.
"He gave her a home built of gold and steel, a diamond car with platinum wheels."
"Aren't we getting demanding." He kidded.
"You happy?" I asked. "Nah. It's not like I'm having my second child with a super model or anything... " I hit his arm and called him a bastard. I got a kiss in return.
How we got to this Seventh Heaven scene? Well the last time I got my period was right before Mike and I left for the weekend. So first of all we scratch out any possibilities of the baby being Billie's.
Thank God because I was definitely not up for things being fucked up again. Second of all there was a drug store just one block away from our hotel room so the moment I found out I might be the Next Child of Mike Dirnt's carrier I paid a little visit to take the test.
And what do you know I was going to carry around Mike Dirnt's second child for nine whole months after all.
"Hey babe... where have you been?" he asked me when I got back. "I was uh, well I... sit down will you?"
"What's up?"
"I'm just going to say it. Like it's not a big deal."
"El are you ok?"
"Yes I'm better than ok. I'm... I'm... "
Mike covered my lips with his hand and looked at me in the eyes smiling. "You're pregnant aren't you?" he murmured. I smiled and nodded.
"Yep." I simply answered and I could really sense how he was controlling himself not to scream. So there it was. He hugged me then and gave me a long kiss and all I could think about was that if my younger self could see me at this very moment she would have been proud.
"Hey El?"
"What?"
"If you ever got married and had kids what would you name them?" Mike asked that kind of questions sometimes. Out of the blue.
"I'm eighteen years old you idiot I don't think about stuff like that."
"Well you've already written a best seller."
"What does that have to do with it?"
"Just that you're not an ordinary teen that's all." I looked at him having that "puppy dog" expression on. I loved the "puppy dog" expression.
"I would name my son William and my daughter Maria. There. What about you?"
"I don't know I'm twenty two you think all I do is thinking about the names of my future kids?"
I never liked being bridesmaid but I seemed to be a natural for it as I was asked from both Jane and Loraine to be one. The reasons I hate it is a) there are all kinds of creepy old people coming on to you and b) everybody starts asking you if you have marriage plans.
I was bridesmaid three times before in my cousin's wedding, Mike's sister's wedding and mom and dad's vow renewal. (Which is an event I prefer not to recall, as it was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.)
This time however I was not going to feel like a loser because first of all if anyone asked me if I was planning on getting married I would fake blush and say
"Well I'm not sure yet but my boyfriend and I are thinking about it" and then my mom would step in and tell everybody I was expecting and I would be the queen of the day right next to my sister.
And she would be jealous that I was going to have a baby before she did because my sister is like that.
I was wearing a pretty nice blue dress and some white flowers in my hair (No, nobody commits suicide later on so if you think my life is like a fairy tale I guess I don't blame you. But remember it's just for now. Let me be happy for a little while!)
"Hey Layla." Jesus. I had almost forgotten about Holly.
"Hey Holly. How are you?"
"I'm good. But I heard that you're pregnant!"
"Yes that's right. But I'm not even two months along yet."
"Right. Well be careful though you seem to be putting on a little weight." That's Holly.
"Yeah I will take care of myself." Ask me who the father is.
"That's one of the reasons I don't want to have children. I can't even imagine my body changing. My worst nightmare is getting fat." That's sweet. Why don't you ask me who the father is already?
"Who's the father?" Aha.
"Mike... " Holly's annoying smile disappeared in two seconds. She could have another worst nightmare now. The one when she's not the most perfect person in the world.
"You mean... Mike Dirnt?" Yes that's right. Mike Dirnt. The guy whom you sucked the face every time you were in my house just because you wanted to prove to us that you dated hot men.
"Yeah. He's outside if you want to talk to him" Go talk to him. Let him tell you that I was the one who became friends with him and now we sleep together and love each other and are about to have some offspring.
"Maybe in a little."
You want me to lie and say I didn't enjoy that? Fine, here you go: I felt so sorry about Holly that I apologized to her afterwards and told her she looked gorgeous.
For the sincere ones of you the truth is that I took great pleasure in watching her sinking.
"Hey... " Mike came in the house to wish me good luck. I smiled at him and got distracted by how handsome he was. We had arrived separately because I had to help Loraine and Mike had to tell Billie and Tre about the baby thing.
"Hey... " I gave him a kiss on the lips. "How did it go with the guys?"
He sighed and took me in his arms. "Let's talk about that later right?" Shit. It didn't end up well.
"Sure. I have to be sexy and beautiful right now." He smirked and let go of me, giving me a final kiss.
"You go do that and I'll be out there waiting for you."
"Sure. Oh and talk to my dad a little he really doesn't like weddings."
"Will do." He smiled and left and I went to find my sister.
Loraine was married now and I would never admit it to myself but I felt a tiny bit jealous watching her kissing Richard for the first time as her husband. I glanced at Mike who winked at me, sitting next to my dad.
Grinning, I congratulated my big sister and her hubby and then I ran to my boyfriend (boyfriend) and fell in his arms.
"Sexiest pregnant bridesmaid in history." He complemented me.
"Thank you kind sir. But you may want to take a step further because my escort for the evening is quite protective of me so I think he will not like this intimacy of us."
He smiled and locked his fingers with mine.
"What happened with BJ and Tre?"
"Well... Tre was thrilled. He said that if it's a boy he'll teach him how to... "
"I really don't think I should hear what he wants to teach my unborn child judging from the things Tre is good at."
"Fair point."
"What about Billie?"
"He said that he was glad but... I think he would be happier if he was run by a car."
"Shit."
Shit.
"Yeah... Well I have to go pick up Estelle and then the guys and I are going to take her to the fair so you can go and get some sleep ok? I'll try to make things good with Billie but I think he... "
He had feelings. Not in general because everybody has feelings. Billie had feelings for me.
"But I want to be with you... " I whined, putting my hands underneath his jacket.
"You go and rest sweetie and I'll come by later ok?"
"Fine have it your way spoilsport."
He smirked and kissed my neck before letting go of me.
I did fall asleep when I went home, simply because I did not want to face Billie if something happened and came earlier than Mike. It shouldn't be fucking awkward; Billie and I was not even a fucking couple.
I thought that was the thing we had both agreed on before we started doing the whole fucking sex for fun thing.
He couldn't commit in a relationship for too long and I was still in love with Mike!! He was not supposed to feel bad when I got back together with his band mate. I mean sure he could be a little bumped out but him starting to have feelings for me? Not in the plan.
"She was a low down hoochie koocher... She was the roughest toughest frail but Minnie had a heart as big as a whale."
I felt two strong hands encircling my waist and I turned around to kiss Mike. "Hidey Hidey Hidey Hi." He sang and started moving me, to the beat of the imaginary rhythm.
We were leaving England that day because my sister was getting married and I had to be there. So yeah, it was time for all of us to return to reality as much as we all hated it.
"She messed around with a bloke named Smokey. She loved him though he was cokey." He spun me around and then held me from my neck to hand me down. All that just to give me another kiss.
"He took her down to China town and he showed her how to kick the gong around." He lifted me up and guided me to the bed where he topped me and kissed me until I started to believe I might die from lack of oxygen.
"She had a dream about the King of Sweden... He gave her things that she was needin'." We just sat there, taking in each other's breath. I don't think his eyes were ever brighter, or his hair smoother or his body finer. But on the other hand pregnant women seem to be over emotional sometimes.
"He gave her a home built of gold and steel, a diamond car with platinum wheels."
"Aren't we getting demanding." He kidded.
"You happy?" I asked. "Nah. It's not like I'm having my second child with a super model or anything... " I hit his arm and called him a bastard. I got a kiss in return.
How we got to this Seventh Heaven scene? Well the last time I got my period was right before Mike and I left for the weekend. So first of all we scratch out any possibilities of the baby being Billie's.
Thank God because I was definitely not up for things being fucked up again. Second of all there was a drug store just one block away from our hotel room so the moment I found out I might be the Next Child of Mike Dirnt's carrier I paid a little visit to take the test.
And what do you know I was going to carry around Mike Dirnt's second child for nine whole months after all.
"Hey babe... where have you been?" he asked me when I got back. "I was uh, well I... sit down will you?"
"What's up?"
"I'm just going to say it. Like it's not a big deal."
"El are you ok?"
"Yes I'm better than ok. I'm... I'm... "
Mike covered my lips with his hand and looked at me in the eyes smiling. "You're pregnant aren't you?" he murmured. I smiled and nodded.
"Yep." I simply answered and I could really sense how he was controlling himself not to scream. So there it was. He hugged me then and gave me a long kiss and all I could think about was that if my younger self could see me at this very moment she would have been proud.
"Hey El?"
"What?"
"If you ever got married and had kids what would you name them?" Mike asked that kind of questions sometimes. Out of the blue.
"I'm eighteen years old you idiot I don't think about stuff like that."
"Well you've already written a best seller."
"What does that have to do with it?"
"Just that you're not an ordinary teen that's all." I looked at him having that "puppy dog" expression on. I loved the "puppy dog" expression.
"I would name my son William and my daughter Maria. There. What about you?"
"I don't know I'm twenty two you think all I do is thinking about the names of my future kids?"
I never liked being bridesmaid but I seemed to be a natural for it as I was asked from both Jane and Loraine to be one. The reasons I hate it is a) there are all kinds of creepy old people coming on to you and b) everybody starts asking you if you have marriage plans.
I was bridesmaid three times before in my cousin's wedding, Mike's sister's wedding and mom and dad's vow renewal. (Which is an event I prefer not to recall, as it was one of the most embarrassing moments of my life.)
This time however I was not going to feel like a loser because first of all if anyone asked me if I was planning on getting married I would fake blush and say
"Well I'm not sure yet but my boyfriend and I are thinking about it" and then my mom would step in and tell everybody I was expecting and I would be the queen of the day right next to my sister.
And she would be jealous that I was going to have a baby before she did because my sister is like that.
I was wearing a pretty nice blue dress and some white flowers in my hair (No, nobody commits suicide later on so if you think my life is like a fairy tale I guess I don't blame you. But remember it's just for now. Let me be happy for a little while!)
"Hey Layla." Jesus. I had almost forgotten about Holly.
"Hey Holly. How are you?"
"I'm good. But I heard that you're pregnant!"
"Yes that's right. But I'm not even two months along yet."
"Right. Well be careful though you seem to be putting on a little weight." That's Holly.
"Yeah I will take care of myself." Ask me who the father is.
"That's one of the reasons I don't want to have children. I can't even imagine my body changing. My worst nightmare is getting fat." That's sweet. Why don't you ask me who the father is already?
"Who's the father?" Aha.
"Mike... " Holly's annoying smile disappeared in two seconds. She could have another worst nightmare now. The one when she's not the most perfect person in the world.
"You mean... Mike Dirnt?" Yes that's right. Mike Dirnt. The guy whom you sucked the face every time you were in my house just because you wanted to prove to us that you dated hot men.
"Yeah. He's outside if you want to talk to him" Go talk to him. Let him tell you that I was the one who became friends with him and now we sleep together and love each other and are about to have some offspring.
"Maybe in a little."
You want me to lie and say I didn't enjoy that? Fine, here you go: I felt so sorry about Holly that I apologized to her afterwards and told her she looked gorgeous.
For the sincere ones of you the truth is that I took great pleasure in watching her sinking.
"Hey... " Mike came in the house to wish me good luck. I smiled at him and got distracted by how handsome he was. We had arrived separately because I had to help Loraine and Mike had to tell Billie and Tre about the baby thing.
"Hey... " I gave him a kiss on the lips. "How did it go with the guys?"
He sighed and took me in his arms. "Let's talk about that later right?" Shit. It didn't end up well.
"Sure. I have to be sexy and beautiful right now." He smirked and let go of me, giving me a final kiss.
"You go do that and I'll be out there waiting for you."
"Sure. Oh and talk to my dad a little he really doesn't like weddings."
"Will do." He smiled and left and I went to find my sister.
Loraine was married now and I would never admit it to myself but I felt a tiny bit jealous watching her kissing Richard for the first time as her husband. I glanced at Mike who winked at me, sitting next to my dad.
Grinning, I congratulated my big sister and her hubby and then I ran to my boyfriend (boyfriend) and fell in his arms.
"Sexiest pregnant bridesmaid in history." He complemented me.
"Thank you kind sir. But you may want to take a step further because my escort for the evening is quite protective of me so I think he will not like this intimacy of us."
He smiled and locked his fingers with mine.
"What happened with BJ and Tre?"
"Well... Tre was thrilled. He said that if it's a boy he'll teach him how to... "
"I really don't think I should hear what he wants to teach my unborn child judging from the things Tre is good at."
"Fair point."
"What about Billie?"
"He said that he was glad but... I think he would be happier if he was run by a car."
"Shit."
Shit.
"Yeah... Well I have to go pick up Estelle and then the guys and I are going to take her to the fair so you can go and get some sleep ok? I'll try to make things good with Billie but I think he... "
He had feelings. Not in general because everybody has feelings. Billie had feelings for me.
"But I want to be with you... " I whined, putting my hands underneath his jacket.
"You go and rest sweetie and I'll come by later ok?"
"Fine have it your way spoilsport."
He smirked and kissed my neck before letting go of me.
I did fall asleep when I went home, simply because I did not want to face Billie if something happened and came earlier than Mike. It shouldn't be fucking awkward; Billie and I was not even a fucking couple.
I thought that was the thing we had both agreed on before we started doing the whole fucking sex for fun thing.
He couldn't commit in a relationship for too long and I was still in love with Mike!! He was not supposed to feel bad when I got back together with his band mate. I mean sure he could be a little bumped out but him starting to have feelings for me? Not in the plan.
