THE AMERICAN IDIOT, chapter 4
Jimmy arrived at the train station a little later than he planned.
"Shit I'm gonna miss the train!" He ran to the check out desk.
"Hi is the train to Oakland California still here?"
"Yeah, but if you going on it then you better get a move on. It's leaving in exactly 2 minutes," said a small woman, not looking up from her computer.
"Ok thanks!" He ran to the ticket counter and haded in his ticket. A guy that looked about 20 stamped Jimmy's ticket.
"Hurry or your gonna miss it! It's leaving in 1 minute." The guy handed Jimmy his ticket.
"Don't throw the ticket away. The inspectors get on the trains today, they'l ask to see it."
Jimmy ran towards the train bay's.
"Bay 4. Wheres Bay 4?" Jimmy looked for his train.
"Ah, there we go!"
Jimmy jumped on, just as it started to move.
"Oh, well then, how lucky are you. Five seconds longer and yu would of missed it"
Said a middle aged man with an English accent. He made a hole in Jimmy's ticket.
"You can sit anywhere brother." He smiled, Jimmy thanked him.
He found an empty seat by a window which had a table.
*10 Minutes later*
The train stopped at a small town Just outside San Fran.
Jimmy was drifting off the sleep. He could just make out a figure in front of him.
"Uhh, excuse me dude?" said the person, Jimmy jumped.
"Oh sorry did I wake you up?" said the person again. Jimmy got his sight back into focus. He blinked a few times.
"Oh my fucking god!" yelled Jimmy.
"Billie Joe Armstrong?" he said, sitting up slightly.
"Uhh, yeah. Hi. Are you a fan?" said Billie.
"Hell yeah. Green day fucking own!" said Jimmy. Billie laughed.
"Oh uhm, can I sit here? If not I'll just sit by the crazy old lady over there," said Billie.
"Yeah sure! Sit down. I'm bored as hell and I've only been here 10 minutes." laughed Jimmy.
"Oh I'm Jimmy by the way."
"Cool. I'm... well you know who I am." Billie smiled.
"So where you off to Jimmy?" asked Billie.
"Oakland." He replied, staring out of the window.
"Cool." Jimmy nodded.
"I've got friends up there, and I'm gonna get a band going. I've decided to leave the past behind, you know, Start over." Billie nodded.
"Why do you wanna start over?" asked Billie, slightly confused.
"Well. I left home when I was 17. Now I'm 24. I can't remember why I left, I know there was something. I can't figure it out. But since I left I got involved with drugs and stuff. And I met a girl, whatsername, but she left me because I changed. I always used to pretend I was someone else, It was like I was living someone elses life.
But now I'm just me again. I mean, I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not. Thats why she left me. Because the real me came out. Before it felt like I was lying to myself, but I came clean for the first time, and I feel like a differen't person. A good person, and I'm proud of myself now because I never thought I'd actually get this far."
Jimmy and Billie talked the whole way, about anything and everything.
The train came to a holt, it was time to get off.
"Well, nice to meet you Jimmy," said Billie.
"Yeah you too, and thanks for the autograph dude!" Jimmy smiled and waved.
"Right. What the hell am I going to do now?"
"Shit I'm gonna miss the train!" He ran to the check out desk.
"Hi is the train to Oakland California still here?"
"Yeah, but if you going on it then you better get a move on. It's leaving in exactly 2 minutes," said a small woman, not looking up from her computer.
"Ok thanks!" He ran to the ticket counter and haded in his ticket. A guy that looked about 20 stamped Jimmy's ticket.
"Hurry or your gonna miss it! It's leaving in 1 minute." The guy handed Jimmy his ticket.
"Don't throw the ticket away. The inspectors get on the trains today, they'l ask to see it."
Jimmy ran towards the train bay's.
"Bay 4. Wheres Bay 4?" Jimmy looked for his train.
"Ah, there we go!"
Jimmy jumped on, just as it started to move.
"Oh, well then, how lucky are you. Five seconds longer and yu would of missed it"
Said a middle aged man with an English accent. He made a hole in Jimmy's ticket.
"You can sit anywhere brother." He smiled, Jimmy thanked him.
He found an empty seat by a window which had a table.
*10 Minutes later*
The train stopped at a small town Just outside San Fran.
Jimmy was drifting off the sleep. He could just make out a figure in front of him.
"Uhh, excuse me dude?" said the person, Jimmy jumped.
"Oh sorry did I wake you up?" said the person again. Jimmy got his sight back into focus. He blinked a few times.
"Oh my fucking god!" yelled Jimmy.
"Billie Joe Armstrong?" he said, sitting up slightly.
"Uhh, yeah. Hi. Are you a fan?" said Billie.
"Hell yeah. Green day fucking own!" said Jimmy. Billie laughed.
"Oh uhm, can I sit here? If not I'll just sit by the crazy old lady over there," said Billie.
"Yeah sure! Sit down. I'm bored as hell and I've only been here 10 minutes." laughed Jimmy.
"Oh I'm Jimmy by the way."
"Cool. I'm... well you know who I am." Billie smiled.
"So where you off to Jimmy?" asked Billie.
"Oakland." He replied, staring out of the window.
"Cool." Jimmy nodded.
"I've got friends up there, and I'm gonna get a band going. I've decided to leave the past behind, you know, Start over." Billie nodded.
"Why do you wanna start over?" asked Billie, slightly confused.
"Well. I left home when I was 17. Now I'm 24. I can't remember why I left, I know there was something. I can't figure it out. But since I left I got involved with drugs and stuff. And I met a girl, whatsername, but she left me because I changed. I always used to pretend I was someone else, It was like I was living someone elses life.
But now I'm just me again. I mean, I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I'm not. Thats why she left me. Because the real me came out. Before it felt like I was lying to myself, but I came clean for the first time, and I feel like a differen't person. A good person, and I'm proud of myself now because I never thought I'd actually get this far."
Jimmy and Billie talked the whole way, about anything and everything.
The train came to a holt, it was time to get off.
"Well, nice to meet you Jimmy," said Billie.
"Yeah you too, and thanks for the autograph dude!" Jimmy smiled and waved.
"Right. What the hell am I going to do now?"
