A Day On The Green, chapter 5
‘Billie Joe dude, wake up you have to see this’, Mike and Jason said quietly trying to wake up the sleeping teenage guitarist. Billie Joe fought against the idea of waking up for a while before eventually gave into their infuriation to wake him up. More like it, that it was the rain from the storm brewing up outside that made him wake. He rubbed his eyes and yawned covering his mouth before he picked himself up off the floor. He pushed himself up off his hands and saw the sight he wanted to see over the past few days. Asleep on the couch was Tre. Beside him all cuddled up over him, Steph.
‘And people say she’s hard to get with’, Billie Joe said a little too loudly, causing the sleeping two to awake.
‘What?’, Steph mumbled lifting herself up gently whilst rubbing her eyes.
‘Dude, what’s happening?’, Tre asked, opening one eye and seeing a girl next to him. Steph got up and pressed the creases out of her tartan skirt before she fixed up her fishnets, before she made her way to the door. Billie Joe once again followed her, going to get to the bottom of what she was thinking.
‘I thought you we’re ahh hard to get with?’, Billie Joe asked, point out the obvious.
‘Who says I’m not?’, she asked, looking over at him while she zipped up the front of her hoodie.
‘Well, you before. And with Tre of all guys’, he pointed out again.
‘Just because I feel asleep against him doesn’t mean I got with him’, she explained, tightening her shoelaces. Billie Joe smiled to himself knowing that she didn’t want to admit that she didn’t at all mind sleeping next to Tre.
‘So, you gonna help him out now?’, Billie Joe asked, trying to be a little persuasive.
‘I don’t know. Will I?’, she asked him smiling before she walked down though the rain to the house.
Billie Joe walked himself back to where the guys were.
-10 minutes later-
‘Well someone could have warned me that there was a sleeping girl next to me. I think I was like talking in my dream’, Tre told him, wondering what he had said, if he had said anything.
‘And what were you dreaming about Tre? A girl called Laura maybe?’, Mike teased him, as Billie Joe sat back down again. Tre flipped him off, trying not to show that he didn’t actually dream of Laura at all.
‘You know guys. This might be a little harder than I expected’, Billie Joe told them.
‘What do you mean Billie Joe?’, Tre asked, starting to worry again.
‘Its just, well.......Steph. She’s playing mind games already’, he told them.
‘And as if that’s new’, Jason pointed out letting himself hang over the side of the couch. They all nodded taking the comment in. This was just the early stages of convincing. Try thinking about it when it got to about a week or two. They sat in silence for a while wondering and thinking of possibilities.
‘No it’s simple. It’s so simple’, Mike said, standing up all enthusiastically.
‘Tre can have Laura, once she see’s him with Steph. Just he’ll have to be everything Steph wants in a guy to even have a chance trying to get her to help out’, he finished.
‘Yeah Mikey, your so right,’ Billie Joe said with the same enthusiasm as Mike, ‘We’ll just have to make Tre, Steph’s ideal guy’, he finished off smiling to himself. Tre’s eyes widened at the word “IDEAL�
‘What like I’ll have to change?’, Tre asked them. Billie Joe shook his head.
‘No like see now, you’re kinda dressed to impress’, Billie Joe said, letting his hand drop pointing over all of Tre’s figure, ‘You just have to like grunge down a little, to like how you are, when you hang around with us or go to the skate park and stuff’, he finished off smiling. The three of them looked over at Jason, still half hanging off of the couch.
‘Do you think it will work?’, Tre asked, curiously watching the boy hand over the edge.
‘It could. I know she prefers guys like that’, Jason said, talking about his sister.
‘Great then, we’ll just ahh have to grudge you down a little’, Billie Joe said, looking at Tre’s eyes smiling like he was up to something.
-An Hour Later-
‘Billie Joe dude, I am not wearing that’, Tre said stubbornly, shaking his head at a grey jumper Billie Joe had given to him to try on. Billie Joe forced it over his head, making Tre shove his arms into the sides.
‘There, see you look better already’, Billie Joe told him smiling, ‘Now take that leather belt off and put this one on’, he ordered handing Tre over a spiked black one. Tre looked at it for a moment.
‘Billie Joe, this is the stuff I wear when I wanna be like......me......’, he said. Billie Joe looked at him weirdly.
‘But you do wanna be you’, he explained, forcing Tre to put it around his waist. Tre did so, conveniently standing up when he was finished. There he was. The perfect normal Tre he could be.
‘See how you look like yourself’, Billie Joe said proudly, brushing off some dust from his friend.
‘Wow, really amazing’, Tre let out sarcastically. Billie Joe looked at him and frowned. Mike and Jason sat on the couch opposite them, laughing and giggling like they had been doing over the last hour.
‘I don’t believe a guy would ever try dress to impress my sister’, Jason laughed aloud, trying to hold back the tears forming in his eyes.
‘Don’t worry about them Tre’, Billie Joe said, giving them the flip with his eyes, ‘Now, the test......go and find Steph to see if it works’, he said bluntly, walking Tre out of the garage to the house to see if their last hour of work would pay off..
‘And people say she’s hard to get with’, Billie Joe said a little too loudly, causing the sleeping two to awake.
‘What?’, Steph mumbled lifting herself up gently whilst rubbing her eyes.
‘Dude, what’s happening?’, Tre asked, opening one eye and seeing a girl next to him. Steph got up and pressed the creases out of her tartan skirt before she fixed up her fishnets, before she made her way to the door. Billie Joe once again followed her, going to get to the bottom of what she was thinking.
‘I thought you we’re ahh hard to get with?’, Billie Joe asked, point out the obvious.
‘Who says I’m not?’, she asked, looking over at him while she zipped up the front of her hoodie.
‘Well, you before. And with Tre of all guys’, he pointed out again.
‘Just because I feel asleep against him doesn’t mean I got with him’, she explained, tightening her shoelaces. Billie Joe smiled to himself knowing that she didn’t want to admit that she didn’t at all mind sleeping next to Tre.
‘So, you gonna help him out now?’, Billie Joe asked, trying to be a little persuasive.
‘I don’t know. Will I?’, she asked him smiling before she walked down though the rain to the house.
Billie Joe walked himself back to where the guys were.
-10 minutes later-
‘Well someone could have warned me that there was a sleeping girl next to me. I think I was like talking in my dream’, Tre told him, wondering what he had said, if he had said anything.
‘And what were you dreaming about Tre? A girl called Laura maybe?’, Mike teased him, as Billie Joe sat back down again. Tre flipped him off, trying not to show that he didn’t actually dream of Laura at all.
‘You know guys. This might be a little harder than I expected’, Billie Joe told them.
‘What do you mean Billie Joe?’, Tre asked, starting to worry again.
‘Its just, well.......Steph. She’s playing mind games already’, he told them.
‘And as if that’s new’, Jason pointed out letting himself hang over the side of the couch. They all nodded taking the comment in. This was just the early stages of convincing. Try thinking about it when it got to about a week or two. They sat in silence for a while wondering and thinking of possibilities.
‘No it’s simple. It’s so simple’, Mike said, standing up all enthusiastically.
‘Tre can have Laura, once she see’s him with Steph. Just he’ll have to be everything Steph wants in a guy to even have a chance trying to get her to help out’, he finished.
‘Yeah Mikey, your so right,’ Billie Joe said with the same enthusiasm as Mike, ‘We’ll just have to make Tre, Steph’s ideal guy’, he finished off smiling to himself. Tre’s eyes widened at the word “IDEAL�
‘What like I’ll have to change?’, Tre asked them. Billie Joe shook his head.
‘No like see now, you’re kinda dressed to impress’, Billie Joe said, letting his hand drop pointing over all of Tre’s figure, ‘You just have to like grunge down a little, to like how you are, when you hang around with us or go to the skate park and stuff’, he finished off smiling. The three of them looked over at Jason, still half hanging off of the couch.
‘Do you think it will work?’, Tre asked, curiously watching the boy hand over the edge.
‘It could. I know she prefers guys like that’, Jason said, talking about his sister.
‘Great then, we’ll just ahh have to grudge you down a little’, Billie Joe said, looking at Tre’s eyes smiling like he was up to something.
-An Hour Later-
‘Billie Joe dude, I am not wearing that’, Tre said stubbornly, shaking his head at a grey jumper Billie Joe had given to him to try on. Billie Joe forced it over his head, making Tre shove his arms into the sides.
‘There, see you look better already’, Billie Joe told him smiling, ‘Now take that leather belt off and put this one on’, he ordered handing Tre over a spiked black one. Tre looked at it for a moment.
‘Billie Joe, this is the stuff I wear when I wanna be like......me......’, he said. Billie Joe looked at him weirdly.
‘But you do wanna be you’, he explained, forcing Tre to put it around his waist. Tre did so, conveniently standing up when he was finished. There he was. The perfect normal Tre he could be.
‘See how you look like yourself’, Billie Joe said proudly, brushing off some dust from his friend.
‘Wow, really amazing’, Tre let out sarcastically. Billie Joe looked at him and frowned. Mike and Jason sat on the couch opposite them, laughing and giggling like they had been doing over the last hour.
‘I don’t believe a guy would ever try dress to impress my sister’, Jason laughed aloud, trying to hold back the tears forming in his eyes.
‘Don’t worry about them Tre’, Billie Joe said, giving them the flip with his eyes, ‘Now, the test......go and find Steph to see if it works’, he said bluntly, walking Tre out of the garage to the house to see if their last hour of work would pay off..
