I Was There, chapter 11

I looked down at Billie in shock; the moonlight was twinkling on the diamond ring being held out in front of me. I knew the answer but it wouldn't leave my lips I was in shock. I had never been so happy in my life.

I looked down at his smiling face full of hope. He bit his lip firm as I tried to say my answer. My throat went dry and the grin on my face grew wider. Tears filled my eyes and ran down my face. I couldn't breath for crying.

"Billie Joe Armstrong...of course I will marry you!" I screamed.

He jumped up and swung me around smiling kissing me all over. He put me back on the floor sniffling with tears.

He grabbed my hand and I spread the fingers out. He got the ring out of the box and slid it on my finger. He looked at me smiling sweetly. The tears ran down his cheek and dripped off his chin.

I laughed softly while my voice quavered. He hugged me tightly and I looked up at the full moon. He looked with me and we both sighed.

"I love you my fiancé!" he said snuggling up to me.

I sat down on the grass and he followed. He pulled me on to his legs and I sat smiling and smelling his neck. He kissed my head.

"I love you my Billie Joe Armstrong," I smiled.

"Soon you will be Steph Armstrong!" he said kissing me tenderly.

My tummy felt like it had twisted. I was going to be an Armstrong. I was going to be somebody's wife. He tickled my hand and spun the ring around my finger.

"Billie the ring is beautiful!" I said stroking it.

"I know," he laughed. "That's why I kept leaving you for Mike and Tre! We just wanted to talk about it all!"

"I knew you didn't want to talk about band business and not let me listen!" I yelled.

He shushed me laughing and snuggled up tight to me.

" I can't believe were going to be married" he sighed kissing my head.

" I know I can't believe you asked me! We are together forever!" I laughed, but Billie didn't laugh. I tapped him and he stirred.

"We will always be together," he finally said smiling widely.

I smiled with him then he started to get really hyper. He jumped up while I was still sat on him so I fell.

"Billie Joe!!" I sighed as he ran around in circles shouting.

"I'm engaged to Steph I'm engaged to Steph!!" he yelled at the top of his voice.

I watched him run for ages until I was getting dizzy.

Mike ran outside hearing Billie and started screaming with him. Mike jumped up and down hugging Billie. Tre was next. He ran out screaming as well, jumping up and down.

"CONGRATS DUDES!!!" he screamed at us both.

Mike sat down next to me laughing at Tre and Billie dancing.

"Just think you are going to be married to that!" Mike laughed pointing at Billie.

I laughed out loud.

"I know I can't wait! I love him so much Mike!" I whispered as he put an arm around me.

"Listen Steph, I know he'll take care of you but, please look after him and keep my best friend happy." A tear rolled down Mike's face. I wiped it away and hugged him tight.

"Don't worry Mike I will never let him go!" I sighed. Mike grabbed my hand and looked at the ring. He gawped at the size of the diamond.

"That is one big rock!" he laughed.

"I'd still marry him if he gave me nothing!" I laughed.

Mike and Tre left as it got late leaving Billie and me lying on the grass. His arms were spread over me and my head rested lightly on his chest. His hands linked with the backs of mine and he squeezed them tight.

"Want to go to bed?" Billie said yawning.

I nodded as he pulled me up. He ran inside dragging me in.

Dookie was still playing. It was reaching the end of F.O.D. Mike and Tre's beer bottles were spread out on the floor. We both started to pick them up. A few minutes later a song started playing. I dropped the bottles as I heard Tre sing and Billie and Mike laughing hysterically.

"I was alone, I was all by myself," Tre sang.

I looked up at Billie; it carried on Billie started to laugh insanely.

"What the fuck is this!" I laughed.

"We sang it when we were stoned!" he laughed back.

I sat down and listened to it. It was so funny.

"Jesus you guys are dumb!" I said ruffling his hair. He laughed and turned off the player.

"Hey! You can't call me dumb!!" he sighed.

"Yeah I can! I am marrying an idiot!" I chuckled.

He grabbed my arm and pulled me up.

"Let's go to bed," he sighed stretching a smile on his face. I ran upstairs and lay in bed waiting for him to come up.

I stared at the ring on my finger and gulped. I couldn't wait to get married to Billie.

A smile grew on my face as I glanced behind my hand to see Billie posing at the door with one arm resting on his hip. I pulled back the covers as he slipped into them.

I threw off his boxers and lay close to him breathing down his neck. He reached his hand out and twiddled with my hair and moved his hand down to my back. He hugged me close and smiled at me.

"I can't wait to plan the wedding!" he sighed.

I nodded, turned around and pointed to the back of my bra. He undid it and massaged my back. His hand slipped down my pants and threw them off. He rolled on top of me grinning.

"I love you," he whispered

"I love you too," I whispered beaming at him.

He kissed down my chest panting heavily.

"Billie?" I said pulling away.

"Yeah?" he said with concern.

"I think we should save ourselves for after the wedding. It'd make it more special!" I said kissing his soft hair.

"Yeah it would make it more special! We better be having this wedding soon!" he laughed.

I smiled smelling his hair. He rolled back off me and hugged me tighter.

"I don't think I can go this long!" he laughed.

I laughed back and kissed his chest. His hand covered the back of mine as he twiddled with my ring. I fell to sleep as he kissed me softly.

I woke up early the next morning leaving Billie sleeping, breathing softly. I looked at his face and smiled. I changed and sat downstairs.

The doorbell rang and I jumped up to get it. I was greeted by Mike and Tre holding a present each in their arms.

"Congrats Steph and Billie Joe!!" Tre yelled.

"Erm Tre, Billie's in bed," I laughed.

Tre's eyebrows shifted and a cheeky grin appeared on his face.

"I'm sorry did we interrupt?!" he said excitedly.

"No were saving ourselves till after the wedding!" I said watching Tre's smile fade.

"Are you crazy!!" he screamed shaking me by the shoulders.

"I think it's a sweet idea!" Mike said pulling Tre off me.

I laughed and led them both into the kitchen. They sat down on the tall bar stools and watched me make breakfast for the four of us. I heard clattering upstairs then the sound of somebody running downstairs.

"Hello Billie Joe!!!" Tre laughed as Billie ran downstairs naked.

"SHIT! I didn't know you guys were here," he screamed running back upstairs leaving Mike, Tre and me in hysterics.

He came back downstairs fully clothed but still red faced.

"Good morning BJ!" Mike laughed.

"Yeah yeah," Billie mumbled coming behind my back and hugging me.

"I made you breakfast Billie," I sighed.

He kissed me on the cheek and sat down on the extra barstool as Tre raised his eyebrows repeatedly and Mike laughed.

"Shut it you guys! I can always find another best man!" he said kicking them under the counter.

They shut up instantly. Billie patted his knee and I sat smiling at the thought of our wedding.

"When are you planning to have it?" Mike asked. Billie and me stared at each other thinking.

"We need to plan this soon!" Billie finally said as he turned my lips to his and kissed them softly.

His unshaven face scratched against mine and we embraced tightly as Tre and Mike finished their breakfast.

"So will you guys be my best men?" Billie asked eagerly.

Tre jumped in the air screaming and he and Mike hugged each other.

"Calm down guys who else was I going to pick!" Billie laughed.

"I can't wait till this wedding, I love you Billie," I smiled with tears in my eyes.

"Neither can I, I love you too Steph," he said choking up.

"Yeah but you too aren't going to have sex for ages!" Tre laughed dancing around.

"Way to kill the moment Tre!" Billie said wiping tears from his eyes.

"And we can live without sex for a few months then we can save it for the honeymoon!" I said winking at Billie.

I felt something poke me as I glanced at Billie's crotch. He gulped and went red.

"Ok can't we do other stuff apart from sex, it'll still be special!" he pleaded with puppy dog eyes.

"Fine!" I sighed moving my hands on his crotch and stroking it slowly.

"Erm you have guests!!" Mike yelled.

"Fine get out then we can get dirty!" Billie laughed.

"Oh I was having fun!" Tre moaned.

"Thanks for breakfast Steph! See you soon, not too much of you though Billie!" Mike said laughing at Billie running downstairs naked.

Tre burst out laughing and he and Mike went home.

I ran upstairs and jumped onto our bed. Billie closely followed stripping. He lay on top of me and stripped me bare. His hand stroked my face then he rapidly moved it down to my crotch and made me moan out loud.

"Oh yes I knew you'd like that!" Billie said lying on his back as I rubbed down his chest and to his crotch. His face was sweating as he started to moan. He cleaned up afterwards and lay next to me stroking my face again.

"Feel better now Billie?" I laughed.

"Ah yes much better!" he sighed relaxing. "Now can we discuss the wedding!?"

"Yeah lets, so the date?"

"How about the date when we met! April 16th ?" he said caressing my hands.

"Wow you remembered! Yeah that'd be cool. Wait that's two months away!!" I shouted sitting bolt upright.

"I know, I want it soon so we'll have to plan it quick!" he said pulling me back down and kissing my head.

"Ok ok I'm panicking!" I said gasping for air.

Billie rolled on top of me and kissed me softly and passionately slipped his tongue in my mouth. I relaxed as he hugged me tight and rolled back off me.

"It's going to be fine baby don't panic!" he whispered.

"I love you Billie Joe Armstrong!" I said squeezing him tightly.

"I love you too my Steph!" we linked together and he held me tight.

Dookie had become a great success and Billie, Mike and Tre were soon rolling in money.

I was playing the guitar then Billie burst through the door with a smile on his face. He was dangling his car keys in his hand.

"Come on," he said pulling me into his car.

"Where are we going BJ?" I said fidgeting in the seat as he set off driving.

"It's a surprise!"

I didn't say anything to him all the way there I was confused.

He pulled outside a huge house with a balcony running across the second floor.

"Billie?" I said looking around.

"We're here!" he laughed.

He opened my car door and I stepped out. There was a 'sold' house sign outside. A smile grew on my face.

"Billie!?" I said again.

"Surprise! Welcome to our new home! You like?" he shouted smiling.

"I love!!! Billie it's beautiful!! Its so big!" I said in awe.

"There's a pool in the back a big pool!" he clapped.

"Billie this is too much!"

"So we can afford it and I thought it'd be a nice house for a new family!"

I turned around and hugged him tight he grabbed my face and we made out in front of our new home.

We started moving the next day, as it was a newly built house. We chucked everything into boxes and loaded them into a removal van.

Billie grabbed my hand and we walked around our empty house checking everywhere for forgotten things.

The house had a lot of memories. In the kitchen Ryan was shot, in the living room Dookie was pronounced number one, in the basement Green Day wrote Dookie and other songs, in the bedroom Billie and I first had sex, in the bathroom we had shower sex and then we walked to the end of our garden I looked at Billie as he held both my hands, this was were he proposed.

I hugged him tight and rested my head on his shoulders. He sighed and rocked me from side to side. He kissed my cheek and we walked to Billie's car.

"Bye house!" Billie laughed, I laughed with him and rested on his side as we drove to our new home.

After unpacking we walked hand in hand again looking around our new home. I peered in the different rooms thinking of what they could be.

We came to the biggest room in the house and already on the wall was Blue hung up. I looked around to see all my drawings of Green Day I had done over the past years. I turned to Billie and smiled, he smiled back breathing softly down my neck.

"This is going to be the Green Day room ok?" he said stroking my arm.

I nodded and we carried on walking around. Billie went down to the basement while I walked to the pool.

I sat on the edge dipping my legs in and looking out onto the garden.

Suddenly an idea hit me. I saw in my mind a wedding arch and chairs placed at the side of it.

"Billie!" I called whilst wading my legs through the water. He ran out and joined me. "Look," I said pointing to an empty space.

"What there's nothing there?!" he said with confusion splashing me with water. I laughed and splashed him back.

"This would be a great place for..."

"The wedding!!!" he said cutting me off. I nodded as Billie jumped up and ran around the pool and into the empty space. He started showing me where all the things could go.

"I was thinking the exact same thing!" I laughed.

"Ok so we have the date, the location err guests list!!" Billie shouted.

He ran inside and I looked at my reflection in the water, I looked out onto the garden where our wedding was to be situated.

The sun glared in my eyes as I turned around to see Billie with a notepad and a pen. He handed it to me whilst he sat down.

I flicked through it and found a new song called 'Westbound Sign' I read through the lyrics as Billie caressed my hand.

"You're writing new songs already?!" I asked him squeezing his soft hand tight.

"Yeah I couldn't resist, after all this one is about you!" he whispered stretching out his lips and pecking mine.

I glanced at the notepad. It was about me. How I had moved to be with him.

"Billie this is breath taking." I gasped finishing reading it.

"I wouldn't call it that!" he laughed.

For a few seconds we sat with our eyes staring at each other then we embraced for minutes. The sun was beating down on us as we sat in each other's arms.

"I'll never leave you, I love you," he whispered in my ear.

My body tingled as he whispered sweet things in my ear.

"Billie Joe I love you so much, I'm never going to leave you," I whispered back.

His body shifted and we both left the hug and he sat with his arm around me. We made a list of guests, most of which were Billie's guests.

That day I called mine up and none of them could make it. I cried down the phone at the fact that my own mum and dad could not make it over here.

I slammed the phone down and ran to Billie's room and mine. I jumped on the bed and buried my head in the pillows. I heard heavy running footsteps and pressure on the bed as Billie sat down next to me and played with my hair. He brushed it with his fingers and sighed.

"They don't even want to come!" I screamed.

I felt Billie wince as I punched the headboard making my knuckles red and sore.

He grabbed my hand so I wouldn't do it again and kissed the cut.

"Don't hurt yourself!" he screamed at me. I looked up and saw his eyes water.

"Billie I'm sorry!" I said hugging him tight, he sniffled and kissed my cheek.

"Why can't they come?"

"I don't know! They're fuckers! They're probably not happy with our relationship. They liked Ryan. But they never knew that he hit me." I said shaking my head.

"Tell them, maybe they'll understand me more!" he said kissing my head.

"My friends don't even want to come! I'm hated because of that prick!" I shouted hitting the headboard again.

My knuckles bled and Billie rushed to get tissue.

"STOP IT!!" he screamed dabbing my hand. I trembled.

Billie had never shouted at me. He looked at me and cried.

"I'm sorry Billie Joe!" I cried.

The tears rolled down my face. He grabbed my head and wiped them away with his thumb.

"No. I'm sorry. I don't want you hurt that's all. I love you," he whispered.

He kissed my hand and rubbed it slowly tickling it slightly. I looked up at him to see him smile. My smile grew and I wiped his tears away.

"I don't want to fight with you anymore!" I murmured nuzzling into his chest.

"Believe me that wasn't a fight!" he laughed resting his head on mine.

The wedding was just weeks away and today I went in for my dress fitting. This was the kind of thing you did with your mum, your best friend or your family.

I walked into the shop alone and went to the desk. I picked out a dress. It was a classic white dress with a veil but it had only a small train. I tried it on and stood on the podium with nobody around. Only the woman who worked at the shop was there. The front door opened.

"Wow," I heard somebody gasp.

I turned around and Tre was stood there smiling broadly.

"Tre! What are you doing here!" I shouted.

"It's only the groom who isn't meant to see your dress but I can since I am giving you away!" he said raising his eyebrows.

"What!"

"Yeah I'm giving you away, I mean your dad isn't going to be there and Billie thinks it's a good idea!"

I smiled widely and hugged Tre. He spun me in his arms and kissed my cheek. I stood back on the podium and he walked around it glancing at every part of me.

"So?" I said anxiously.

"I love it, you look beautiful!" I was surprised he said the word beautiful and not something seductive.

"Aww Tre!!" I said with tears in my eyes.

"But one suggestion...loose the heels and how about black and red converse!!" he screamed clapping his hands.

I gazed at the mirror. High heels weren't me.

Tre decided one black and one red converse shoe. I nodded and decided to take the dress.

Tre gave me a lift home where I found Billie shouting down the phone to somebody.

"Who was that?" I questioned when he got off.

"Oh the vicar dude," he said casually.

"Why were you shouting at him!!" I said panicking.

"Because he said he didn't do out of church weddings but when I said who I was he was happy to do it the prick! I hate people like that, they're such kiss ass's!" he said clenching his fists.

I laughed and went upstairs to hide my dress. I hid behind the door listening to Billie, Mike and Tre talk.

"She looks beautiful Billie man!" I heard Tre say.

"She does all the time!" Billie said.

"Yeah you've got a good one there BJ," Mike whispered.

For minutes they talked about me.

"I fucking love her guys!" he shouted as I walked in.

I cleared my throat and they turned around. Tre smiled and so did Mike. Billie walked up to me and kissed me on the lips.

"Hey we all got our tuxes today!" Mike yelled clapping his hands.

"Are you excited Mike?!" I laughed as he jumped up and down.

"Yeah I'm Billie's best man yeah!!" he shouted.

"I'm your daddy Steph!" Tre said sweetly.

"This wedding is going to be the best day of my life!" Billie yelled. But then his smile dropped and he slouched against a wall.

"Billie what's wrong?" I said bending down to his level and looking in his watery green eyes.

"I wish my dad was here to see it," he whispered sniffling.

He sat on the floor with his head in his hands. I sat at the side of him comforting him.

"Billie he's watching you all the time, of course he'll see our wedding," I said nuzzling into his chest.

He kissed my head and sighed. I looked back up and they were all smiling at me asleep on Billie.

"You're so cute, I love you!" he laughed. I laughed and kissed his neck softly.

"I love you too," I whispered.


The day was finally here. Billie and I slept in different rooms on each side of the house. My tummy twisted with nerves and I felt like crying.

I peered out of the window and the sun glared in my eyes. There was a knock on the door and I opened it slowly. I was surprised to see Billie Joe's mum.

"Hi love!" she called.

"Oh my god what a surprise! What are you doing up here?" I clapped.

"I'm helping you get ready, a girl can't do this alone, my Billie told me about your mum and dad not being here!" she said grabbing my make-up case.

I sighed and clenched my fists at the fact that my mum and dad were reluctant to come.

"Hey! Calm down Billie told me to watch out for this!" I sighed and thought of Billie. I was smiling thinking of the night we met two years ago. Me and Billie were both 20 now.

"Billie," I sighed out loud. His mum looked at me and laughed.

"You do love him don't you?" she asked.

"I love him with all my heart!" I said smiling.

"Look after my Billie Joe he is my youngest after all and he's growing up!" she sighed hugging me.

I hugged her back and pulled away. She got out all my make- up and begun.
Next was my hair. I left it straight the way Billie liked it. My dress was next. I slipped it on and watched as Billie's mum's mouth dropped. I laughed.

"Tre was right you do look beautiful!" she said walking around me. I put my black converse on and then my red one on. I started to shake I peered out of the curtain and saw the guests sat down.

"I'm scared!" I shivered starting to cry.

"It's ok come on don't cry!"

I turned around and saw Tre in his suit.

"Tre!!" I screamed and hugged him.

"Now why are you crying!?" he said squeezing me tight.

"Because I'm scared, I love him so much! What happens if he leaves me!" I said bursting into tears.

"Steph, Billie Joe loves you more than he's loved anyone trust me he'd never ever leave you!" he said putting the veil on my head.

"Thanks Tre I love him."

"Right come on!! Time to go!!" he shouted after looking out of the curtain. He linked our arms together. "Ready?" he asked.

"Ready!" I said shaking.

We walked down the stairs as the music began to play. We reached the patio doors and walked out with the sun shining on both of us I looked beyond my veil and smiled.