Dear Whatsername (an old journal was all that was left), chapter 2
Starry nights city lights,
Coming down over me,
Skyscrapers and stargazers,
In my head
Are we we are, are we we are,
The waiting, unknown,
This dirty town was burning down in my dreams,
Lost and found city bound in my dreams
And screaming,
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting,
And screaming,
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting
Forget me nots and second thoughts,
Live in isolation,
Heads or tales and fairytales in my mind,
Are we we are, are we we are,
The waiting, unknown
The rage and love, the story of my life,
The Jesus of suburbia is a lie
And screaming...
The rest of the song was being covered by an unconscious Billie Joe. Slowly the sunlight was creeping its way inside the bedroom window. There was empty beer bottles all over the floor and many pieces of crumbled papers.
When the sun had finally made its way to Billie Joe, he started awakening from his nightmares. Could it had all been a dream? No... it seemed to real, I mean he was after all holding the journal...and reading it. But all his doubts banished as he saw the diary opened up to the page he left off. Wasting no time he grabbed it and continued reading.
Dear Whatsername,
Billie Joe Loves me! Could you believe it! I never thought he liked me that way. He told me yesterday at Christie Road! I think I should start from the beginning. I was sitting in my room, thinking that Tre, Mike and Billie Joe had forgotten my birthday.
"Pssssssstttttttttt..." the mysterious voice said.
"Mike...What the fuck are you doing hanging from my window?"
"Helping you sneak out, now hurry and start descending down me."
"What are you talking about?" I asked looking down the window to see Tre holding himself by Mike's legs. "You know I could have just gone down the stairs."
"It's your birthday, and we all know how you hate going down the stair, so we decided to make it easier on you," Mike said as he tighten his grasp on the window.
"So you think this is way easier than going down the stairs," I said trying not to laugh.
Meanwhile Billie Joe was laughing his ass of, as he saw my mom looking very scared through the living room window. I started climbing out my window, when all of a sudden I got very dizzy! The next thing I knew I was falling and just as about I was going to hit the ground, I felt someone catching me...
"I got you Lay, I'm not going to let you fall." It was Billie Joe!
"I trust you buddy." He knows that he's the only person I could trust. But lately it was starting to get hard.
"Happy Birthday Layla!" Billie said giving me a hug and then he whisper in my ear, "1 more year to go."
"You still remember Billie," I said remembering back to the day Billie promised me he would take me to New York once I turned 18.
"Of course I do. Now lets go help those two losers get up so we could be on our way."
After helping Tre and Mike land safely, well not so safely we ran to the car.
"Honey! Wait" m y mom screamed," Don't be home late remember you have an appointment tomorrow."
"Are you sick," Mike asked.
I pretended that I hadn't heard what he said and highred the radio.
"So where are we going," I asked.
"To Christie Road, where else," Billie said pulling out a cigarette.
When we arrived there, as soon as I got of the car Tre blind folded me.
"Hey mister, what the fuck do you think your doing?"
"You'll see," Mike said as he grabbed me and put me on his shoulder.
Then that asshole started running. 10 minutes later I was still blind folded.
"Okay you could take it off now," Billie said.
As soon as I took it off they started playing,
"[i]Wherever you go
You know I'll be there
If you go far,
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere,
So I'll see you there
You place the name
You know I'll be there
You name the time
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there...
I couldn't believe that they wrote a song about me. After that they gave me my presents. Tre gave me a purple bong, that of course we used! Then Mike gave me two t-shirts of The Clash. Lastly Billie gave me a heart necklace. Inside of it was a very tiny pictures of the both of us. We were sitting in his room looking out the window and I had my arm around him. It was the day that Billie's dad died. I wonder who had taken this picture.
"Wow Billie...I love it!" I said giving him a big hug.
"And I love you Layla," he said looking in me eyes.
I started crying. Why couldn't he had told me before I found! I don't want him to love me! Well I do...It's just so complicated.
Billie Joe stopped reading. He remembered what happened next and he didn't feel the need to relive it.
I knew she loved me. But what is she talking about! Finding out what?
Billie Joe was so confused so he decided to go out and by more beers.
Coming down over me,
Skyscrapers and stargazers,
In my head
Are we we are, are we we are,
The waiting, unknown,
This dirty town was burning down in my dreams,
Lost and found city bound in my dreams
And screaming,
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting,
And screaming,
Are we we are, are we we are the waiting
Forget me nots and second thoughts,
Live in isolation,
Heads or tales and fairytales in my mind,
Are we we are, are we we are,
The waiting, unknown
The rage and love, the story of my life,
The Jesus of suburbia is a lie
And screaming...
The rest of the song was being covered by an unconscious Billie Joe. Slowly the sunlight was creeping its way inside the bedroom window. There was empty beer bottles all over the floor and many pieces of crumbled papers.
When the sun had finally made its way to Billie Joe, he started awakening from his nightmares. Could it had all been a dream? No... it seemed to real, I mean he was after all holding the journal...and reading it. But all his doubts banished as he saw the diary opened up to the page he left off. Wasting no time he grabbed it and continued reading.
Dear Whatsername,
Billie Joe Loves me! Could you believe it! I never thought he liked me that way. He told me yesterday at Christie Road! I think I should start from the beginning. I was sitting in my room, thinking that Tre, Mike and Billie Joe had forgotten my birthday.
"Pssssssstttttttttt..." the mysterious voice said.
"Mike...What the fuck are you doing hanging from my window?"
"Helping you sneak out, now hurry and start descending down me."
"What are you talking about?" I asked looking down the window to see Tre holding himself by Mike's legs. "You know I could have just gone down the stairs."
"It's your birthday, and we all know how you hate going down the stair, so we decided to make it easier on you," Mike said as he tighten his grasp on the window.
"So you think this is way easier than going down the stairs," I said trying not to laugh.
Meanwhile Billie Joe was laughing his ass of, as he saw my mom looking very scared through the living room window. I started climbing out my window, when all of a sudden I got very dizzy! The next thing I knew I was falling and just as about I was going to hit the ground, I felt someone catching me...
"I got you Lay, I'm not going to let you fall." It was Billie Joe!
"I trust you buddy." He knows that he's the only person I could trust. But lately it was starting to get hard.
"Happy Birthday Layla!" Billie said giving me a hug and then he whisper in my ear, "1 more year to go."
"You still remember Billie," I said remembering back to the day Billie promised me he would take me to New York once I turned 18.
"Of course I do. Now lets go help those two losers get up so we could be on our way."
After helping Tre and Mike land safely, well not so safely we ran to the car.
"Honey! Wait" m y mom screamed," Don't be home late remember you have an appointment tomorrow."
"Are you sick," Mike asked.
I pretended that I hadn't heard what he said and highred the radio.
"So where are we going," I asked.
"To Christie Road, where else," Billie said pulling out a cigarette.
When we arrived there, as soon as I got of the car Tre blind folded me.
"Hey mister, what the fuck do you think your doing?"
"You'll see," Mike said as he grabbed me and put me on his shoulder.
Then that asshole started running. 10 minutes later I was still blind folded.
"Okay you could take it off now," Billie said.
As soon as I took it off they started playing,
"[i]Wherever you go
You know I'll be there
If you go far,
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere,
So I'll see you there
You place the name
You know I'll be there
You name the time
You know I'll be there
I'll go anywhere
So I'll see you there...
I couldn't believe that they wrote a song about me. After that they gave me my presents. Tre gave me a purple bong, that of course we used! Then Mike gave me two t-shirts of The Clash. Lastly Billie gave me a heart necklace. Inside of it was a very tiny pictures of the both of us. We were sitting in his room looking out the window and I had my arm around him. It was the day that Billie's dad died. I wonder who had taken this picture.
"Wow Billie...I love it!" I said giving him a big hug.
"And I love you Layla," he said looking in me eyes.
I started crying. Why couldn't he had told me before I found! I don't want him to love me! Well I do...It's just so complicated.
Billie Joe stopped reading. He remembered what happened next and he didn't feel the need to relive it.
I knew she loved me. But what is she talking about! Finding out what?
Billie Joe was so confused so he decided to go out and by more beers.
