Stolen Smile Returned, chapter 4
Mike Pov
I kicked the door open with my leg because I had two drunken fools leaning on my shoulders.
As the door opened I saw three girls standing there looking at us. I didn't take any notice at first but then I looked back again at the girl in the middle.
She had brownie green eyes and she had reddish hair(witch was obviously dyed because you could see her brown roots). She had some freckles on her nose and a bar in her eyebrow.
Wait... The eyes...
Roxie?
"R-roxie," I said. She didn't take her eyes off of me. She dropped the brush that was in her hands and then brought her hands to her mouth.
"Mike," She said back. I looked at the girls next to her and realised that they were Stacy and Toria.
This is freaky... Am I drunk as well?
I looked at the two numb nuts next to me. Tre was still acting as if he were singing with Mary Poppins and Billie pointed at the girls but said nothing.
"I.. I... It's... You... Mike... I cant believe it's... You." Roxie finally managed to say with her hand still over her mouth.
I laughed and then with out warning Tre hit me in the face.
"OW!" I shouted as his fist collided with my mouth.
"Naughty nanny its wude to stare!" Tre shouted as he shook his finger as if he was an old woman.
I heard the girls laugh and Stacy and Toria came over and took my drunk best mates off of my shoulders and sat them down on chairs.
"TORIA, ROXIE, STACY!" Billie finally shouted. Toria started to laugh and Stacy acted as if she was in a dream.
Roxie was acting the same way.
She walked closer to me and she finally removed her hand so that I could find a smile painted on her face.
The same painting was on mine.
"I cant believe it. I saw you in concert last night... You shook my hand and didn't look at me and tonight... Here you are," She said as she looked into my eyes.
"15 years," I said and then Roxie laughed.
"So do you want anything? Coffee? Water? And tell Tre sorry we don't have any beer," Roxie said as she gave a nervous laugh.
"Erm, 3 waters please," I said and I watched Roxie walk away.
Roxie Pov
I walked behind the counter to get 3 waters for Billie Mike and Tre.
I cant believe this... Last night and then this.
I looked at the hand Mike held on the night of the concert.
I laughed as I thought back to when I was 21 and I saw Green Day on TV and how I started to cry thinking back to all the good times I had.
But then I remember the pain of loosing my parents and a great boyfriend.
But it was his fault... It was his fault I lost great boyfriends... My best friends. It was his fault, but, that's 15 years ago. He's most probably changed.
Yeah... He's definitely changed.
I walked back to everyone with 3 glasses of water. I put them down on the table and sat down in between Mike and Stacy.
"So what have you guys been up to since school then?" Mike asked as Toria tried to sober Tre and Stacy did the same to Billie. But Billie was closer to Earth than Tre was.
"Well Stacy wanted to open a coffee shop kinda thing and we were glad enough to get a job here. Then Toria carried on with her drumming by giving lessons to kids after work here and some days off. Then I am a part time photographer. Most of my work gets hung up here. Some are for sale some aren't," I said saying the most obvious things first.
"Wow... So you took this?" Mike asked pointing at a photo hung up on the wall next to us.
It was a photo of the sun setting behind a lush green hill... But if you look closer you can see dead plants rubbish and an abandoned house with boarded up windows and doors. It reminded me of the world today.
Your life might seem all awesome and lovely but in some parts of the world it isn't like that. They might be able to see the lovely life but they don't seem to be living it.
"Yeah I did," I answered not really looking at the photo but at Mike.
"That's awesome. Is that one for sale?" He asked then looking at me again.
"Well I don't know, I say everything is that I hang here but Stacy usually keeps some. Hey Stacy... Is this one for sale?" I asked as she tipped some of the water over Billie.
"NO WAY!" she shouted as she looked at the photo and then went back to trying to dry Billie's shirt.
I looked back at Mike an laughed.
"I think that meant no," I said. He laughed and took a sip of his own water.
"Ha, ok then. Shame because it's and awesome photograph. No chance of copy?" Mike asked me.
"Tee hee. Mike you can have as many copies as you want." Mike smiled and then went back to asking me more questions.
"So you've been up to anything else? Married? Kids? What's happened to Chad?" He asked taking his coat off.
"Well, Stacy is married to Brian. He's awesome. Huge fan of The Offspring and Dead Kennedy's. Erm... Toria and I aren't married and we have been single for some time but we don't give a shit. And thanks to Mr. G. W. Bush my brother is fighting in Iraq... So you can tell why I love you all so much," I said as I looked over at Tre and Billie.
Mike laughed when he looked over at Billie and Tre and then went back to looking at me.
"Sorry about Chad that sucks arse. How did your parents... Shit sorry I meant your grand parents take it?" Mike asked obviously mentally kicking him self.
"Hey its ok don't worry. No they didn't. They haven't spoken to him ever since he left and I haven't spoken to them aver since I moved to where I am now. So... We're not that close," I answered. Mike eased a little after what he asked and then I remembered one of my oldest friends.
"Pantalon would have gone over to the White House him self and dragged Chad back he he," I laughed at the thought of Pantalon going all the way to The White House just to get my brother back.
I then realised Mike's face went all sad and his eyes went a bit droopier.
"Hey... What's wrong?" I asked wondering if I said something to upset him.
"Have you heard one of our songs... J. A. R?" He asked as he started to play with his tie.
"Yes," I answered trying to see what this had to do with Pantalon.
"Well Pantalon's real name was Jason Andrew Relva... So.." I looked at Mike stunned.
Pantalon killed him self.
"Oh my God," I said as a tear rolled down my face.
"Sorry Mike I had no idea," I said as I wiped the tear away from my face.
"Hey don't say sorry and don't cry. There was nothing we could have done. His mind was made up," Mike said as he pulled me into a half hug.
Toria Pov
I glanced over at Mike and Roxie and saw that Mike was comforting Roxie... For what reason I do not know.
I looked down at Tre and saw that he was finally sleeping.
But when he wakes up he'll have one hell of a head ache!
I looked over at Stacy and I saw her trying to get a sleeping Billie off of her shoulder. I laughed but tried to keep it quiet in case I woke little Mary Poppins. (a.k.a. Tre Cool).
"Stacy careful you don't wake little Mr. Sunshine there," I whispered to get on Stacy's nerves.
She poked her tongue out and then moved ever so slightly so that Billie's head rested on the seat gently.
Stacy came over to sit next to me.
"Do you think those two will... " Stacy said pointing at Mike and Roxie.
"I don't know... I want them to now though. When he first came in it was amazing because:
1. He is in Green Day.
2. We haven't spoken to him in around 15 years.
3. Now its as if we have never parted and Mike never fucked that other girl," I said now noticing that Stacy and I were the only ones awake.
Roxie had fallen asleep on Mike's arm and Mike was leaning his head against the wall behind him.
Stacy sighed and got up to put the closed sign up and shut all the windows and blinds.
I got up to help her.
"I want them to. I think it will do Roxie some good to be with a guy anyway. And you never know you and Tre could start dating," Stacy said as she went back to sit down.
I closed the last window and went back too sit next to Stacy.
"Maybe.." I said looking at sleeping Mary.
"Hey yawn why did you to break up anyway?" Stacy asked as her eyes got kinda droopy.
I thought for a while thinking if I should tell her or not.
I had kept it in for so long trying not to think so much of the past but now the past is here sleeping next to me.
I looked over at Tre... He looked so sweet.
Yes... I will tell her.
"We broke up because..." I was cut off with a quiet snoring sound. I looked down and saw that Stacy had fallen asleep.
I laughed and then looked at Tre.
"G'night," I whispered and tried to go to sleep my self.
I kicked the door open with my leg because I had two drunken fools leaning on my shoulders.
As the door opened I saw three girls standing there looking at us. I didn't take any notice at first but then I looked back again at the girl in the middle.
She had brownie green eyes and she had reddish hair(witch was obviously dyed because you could see her brown roots). She had some freckles on her nose and a bar in her eyebrow.
Wait... The eyes...
Roxie?
"R-roxie," I said. She didn't take her eyes off of me. She dropped the brush that was in her hands and then brought her hands to her mouth.
"Mike," She said back. I looked at the girls next to her and realised that they were Stacy and Toria.
This is freaky... Am I drunk as well?
I looked at the two numb nuts next to me. Tre was still acting as if he were singing with Mary Poppins and Billie pointed at the girls but said nothing.
"I.. I... It's... You... Mike... I cant believe it's... You." Roxie finally managed to say with her hand still over her mouth.
I laughed and then with out warning Tre hit me in the face.
"OW!" I shouted as his fist collided with my mouth.
"Naughty nanny its wude to stare!" Tre shouted as he shook his finger as if he was an old woman.
I heard the girls laugh and Stacy and Toria came over and took my drunk best mates off of my shoulders and sat them down on chairs.
"TORIA, ROXIE, STACY!" Billie finally shouted. Toria started to laugh and Stacy acted as if she was in a dream.
Roxie was acting the same way.
She walked closer to me and she finally removed her hand so that I could find a smile painted on her face.
The same painting was on mine.
"I cant believe it. I saw you in concert last night... You shook my hand and didn't look at me and tonight... Here you are," She said as she looked into my eyes.
"15 years," I said and then Roxie laughed.
"So do you want anything? Coffee? Water? And tell Tre sorry we don't have any beer," Roxie said as she gave a nervous laugh.
"Erm, 3 waters please," I said and I watched Roxie walk away.
Roxie Pov
I walked behind the counter to get 3 waters for Billie Mike and Tre.
I cant believe this... Last night and then this.
I looked at the hand Mike held on the night of the concert.
I laughed as I thought back to when I was 21 and I saw Green Day on TV and how I started to cry thinking back to all the good times I had.
But then I remember the pain of loosing my parents and a great boyfriend.
But it was his fault... It was his fault I lost great boyfriends... My best friends. It was his fault, but, that's 15 years ago. He's most probably changed.
Yeah... He's definitely changed.
I walked back to everyone with 3 glasses of water. I put them down on the table and sat down in between Mike and Stacy.
"So what have you guys been up to since school then?" Mike asked as Toria tried to sober Tre and Stacy did the same to Billie. But Billie was closer to Earth than Tre was.
"Well Stacy wanted to open a coffee shop kinda thing and we were glad enough to get a job here. Then Toria carried on with her drumming by giving lessons to kids after work here and some days off. Then I am a part time photographer. Most of my work gets hung up here. Some are for sale some aren't," I said saying the most obvious things first.
"Wow... So you took this?" Mike asked pointing at a photo hung up on the wall next to us.
It was a photo of the sun setting behind a lush green hill... But if you look closer you can see dead plants rubbish and an abandoned house with boarded up windows and doors. It reminded me of the world today.
Your life might seem all awesome and lovely but in some parts of the world it isn't like that. They might be able to see the lovely life but they don't seem to be living it.
"Yeah I did," I answered not really looking at the photo but at Mike.
"That's awesome. Is that one for sale?" He asked then looking at me again.
"Well I don't know, I say everything is that I hang here but Stacy usually keeps some. Hey Stacy... Is this one for sale?" I asked as she tipped some of the water over Billie.
"NO WAY!" she shouted as she looked at the photo and then went back to trying to dry Billie's shirt.
I looked back at Mike an laughed.
"I think that meant no," I said. He laughed and took a sip of his own water.
"Ha, ok then. Shame because it's and awesome photograph. No chance of copy?" Mike asked me.
"Tee hee. Mike you can have as many copies as you want." Mike smiled and then went back to asking me more questions.
"So you've been up to anything else? Married? Kids? What's happened to Chad?" He asked taking his coat off.
"Well, Stacy is married to Brian. He's awesome. Huge fan of The Offspring and Dead Kennedy's. Erm... Toria and I aren't married and we have been single for some time but we don't give a shit. And thanks to Mr. G. W. Bush my brother is fighting in Iraq... So you can tell why I love you all so much," I said as I looked over at Tre and Billie.
Mike laughed when he looked over at Billie and Tre and then went back to looking at me.
"Sorry about Chad that sucks arse. How did your parents... Shit sorry I meant your grand parents take it?" Mike asked obviously mentally kicking him self.
"Hey its ok don't worry. No they didn't. They haven't spoken to him ever since he left and I haven't spoken to them aver since I moved to where I am now. So... We're not that close," I answered. Mike eased a little after what he asked and then I remembered one of my oldest friends.
"Pantalon would have gone over to the White House him self and dragged Chad back he he," I laughed at the thought of Pantalon going all the way to The White House just to get my brother back.
I then realised Mike's face went all sad and his eyes went a bit droopier.
"Hey... What's wrong?" I asked wondering if I said something to upset him.
"Have you heard one of our songs... J. A. R?" He asked as he started to play with his tie.
"Yes," I answered trying to see what this had to do with Pantalon.
"Well Pantalon's real name was Jason Andrew Relva... So.." I looked at Mike stunned.
Pantalon killed him self.
"Oh my God," I said as a tear rolled down my face.
"Sorry Mike I had no idea," I said as I wiped the tear away from my face.
"Hey don't say sorry and don't cry. There was nothing we could have done. His mind was made up," Mike said as he pulled me into a half hug.
Toria Pov
I glanced over at Mike and Roxie and saw that Mike was comforting Roxie... For what reason I do not know.
I looked down at Tre and saw that he was finally sleeping.
But when he wakes up he'll have one hell of a head ache!
I looked over at Stacy and I saw her trying to get a sleeping Billie off of her shoulder. I laughed but tried to keep it quiet in case I woke little Mary Poppins. (a.k.a. Tre Cool).
"Stacy careful you don't wake little Mr. Sunshine there," I whispered to get on Stacy's nerves.
She poked her tongue out and then moved ever so slightly so that Billie's head rested on the seat gently.
Stacy came over to sit next to me.
"Do you think those two will... " Stacy said pointing at Mike and Roxie.
"I don't know... I want them to now though. When he first came in it was amazing because:
1. He is in Green Day.
2. We haven't spoken to him in around 15 years.
3. Now its as if we have never parted and Mike never fucked that other girl," I said now noticing that Stacy and I were the only ones awake.
Roxie had fallen asleep on Mike's arm and Mike was leaning his head against the wall behind him.
Stacy sighed and got up to put the closed sign up and shut all the windows and blinds.
I got up to help her.
"I want them to. I think it will do Roxie some good to be with a guy anyway. And you never know you and Tre could start dating," Stacy said as she went back to sit down.
I closed the last window and went back too sit next to Stacy.
"Maybe.." I said looking at sleeping Mary.
"Hey yawn why did you to break up anyway?" Stacy asked as her eyes got kinda droopy.
I thought for a while thinking if I should tell her or not.
I had kept it in for so long trying not to think so much of the past but now the past is here sleeping next to me.
I looked over at Tre... He looked so sweet.
Yes... I will tell her.
"We broke up because..." I was cut off with a quiet snoring sound. I looked down and saw that Stacy had fallen asleep.
I laughed and then looked at Tre.
"G'night," I whispered and tried to go to sleep my self.
