And I Never Will.., chapter 2
INT: Walking down 52nd towards Galaxy Recording Studios, 10.00am.
Mike: ‘I told you guys they were English its so easy to tell’
Hattie: ‘Let me guess 'cause of the accents’
Mike: ‘No…its just you can always tell… its weird’.
Billie Joe: ‘So you’re here on business then’
Alice: ‘Yeah…we’re sorting out some stuff before we go out on tour’
Connie: ‘And recording some more songs for our next album’
Tre: ‘Cool’
THEY ALL LOOK AT TRE.
Tre: ‘What!’
INT: Outside Galaxy studios, 10.15am
Alice: ‘This is our stop’
Mike: ‘You know we’ve never recorded here’
Connie: ‘You should come inside with us and have a look around it will be laugh’
Hattie: ‘That and we can show you how much we rock’
Tre: ‘Oh know we already know how much you rock’
HATTIE TURNS AND LOOKS AT TRE AND RAISES AN EYEBROW.
Billie Joe: ‘Well for once we don’t have anything to do and Adrienne is cleaning the house and I really do not want to be roped into doing the dusting’
Mike: ‘Hehe… I remember the last time’
Billie Joe: ‘It was not funny I ruined an $80 shirt’
Tre: ‘Come on lets hang with the ladies’
ALICE, HATTIE AND CONNIE LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND BACK AT THE GUYS.
Alice: ‘Ok you have so much to learn’
THEY ALL WALK INTO GALAXY STUDIOS. MIKE HOLDS OPEN THE DOOR.
Connie: ‘No…No…Ladies first’
Mike: ‘How did you know?’
Connie: ‘I have x-ray vision’
MIKE RAISES AN EYEBROW.
Mike: ‘Oh really’
Connie: ‘Don’t get too confident’
CONNIE WALKS THROUGH DOOR. MIKE WALKS UP BEHIND AND HOOKS HIS ARM WITH HERS.
Mike: ‘May I escort you?’
Connie: ‘Well it seems as if I have no choice’
MIKE AND CONNIE CATCH UP WITH THE OTHERS AND WALK INTO STUDIO 5.
TRE LOOKS AT MIKE AND CONNIE.
Tre: ‘Uh oh… it’s started’
Mike: ‘Shut up’
Connie: ‘Yeah he was just being a gentleman’
Tre: ‘Yeah you won’t be saying that later’
MIKE GIVES TRE A DIRTY LOOK.
Billie Joe: ‘Come on guys!’
ALICE WALKS OVER AND PICKS UP HER GUITAR, SITS DOWN AND STARTS TO PLAY.
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…your pretty good’
Alice: ‘You were expecting anything else’
HATTIE WALKS OVER TO THE DRUMS AND CONNIE PICKS UP HER BASS.
Hattie: ‘Any requests?’
THE GUYS LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER TRYING TO THINK OF A SONG FOR THEM TO PLAY.
Billie Joe: ‘Ugly kid Joe…cats cradle’
THE GIRLS PLAY THE SONG ALL THE WAY THROUGH PERFECTLY. ALICE BLOWS ON HER NAILS AND RUBS THEM AGAINST HER CHEST.
Tre: ‘Wow pretty good’
Mike: ‘I’m impressed’
Connie: ‘I’m so glad’
Hattie: ‘Right… where’s that song you wrote yesterday’
Connie: ‘Which one… I wrote four’
Billie Joe: ‘I guess you write the songs then’
Connie: ‘Yep… not only does it help pay our bills but keeps me from going to therapy’
Mike: ‘Awww poor dear do you have issues?’
Connie: ‘Many… why do you think you could cure me?’
Mike: ‘Not sure but I’d have fun trying’
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…Lower the temperature a bit will ya’
THEY ALL BEGIN TO LAUGH.
INT: Connie playing the bass with Mike, Hattie talking to Tre and Alice and Billie Joe talking about touring. 10.30am
Alice: ‘I do love touring but I always miss my family’
Billie Joe: ‘Yeah that is always the down side…so when does your tour start’
Alice: ‘Three months’
Billie Joe: ‘How long are you touring for?’
Alice: ‘About 2 1/2months’
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…you’re going everywhere then’
Alice: ‘Pretty much’
ALICE SIGHS
Alice: ‘I hate that we’ve broke America’
Billie Joe: ‘Why?’
Alice: ‘I mean I get the whole deal about it but god the pressure’
Billie Joe: ‘I know it’s a right pain in the ass but as long as you don’t lose your head you’ll be fine’
Alice: ‘Thanks’
Billie Joe: ‘That’s ok’
MIKE AND CONNIE COME OUT OF THE BOOTH.
Connie: ‘You disgust me’
Mike: ‘You so found that funny’
Connie: ‘Yes but … ‘
THEY BOTH BURST OUT LAUGHING.
TRE, HATTIE, BILLIE JOE AND ALICE LOOK AT THEM.
Mike: ‘Do not go in there’
Tre: ‘Mike…you do this everytime’
Billie Joe: ‘Ok you guys are not gonna be able record a song for about 3 days now’
Alice: ‘Oh well’
Hattie: ‘We better warn the cleaning staff’
Connie: ‘No…they have to live without warning’
ALL OF THEM LAUGH AGAIN.
INT: Walking out of Galaxy Studios, Mike and Connie arm in arm, Tre giving Hattie a piggyback ride and Billie Joe and Alice chatting away. 11.30am
Mike: ‘God its still so early what should we do?’
Connie: ‘We could go to Starbucks’.
Mike: ‘I like the way you think’.
Tre: ‘We are not going to Starbucks again’
Hattie: ‘Come on lets go somewhere different’
Alice: ‘Like?’
Billie Joe: ‘Wait a minute…oh shit!’
Mike: ‘What?’
Billie Joe: ‘I told you we’d forget’
Tre: ‘Oh crap…we have that interview with AVP’
Mike: ‘What time is it?’
Alice: ‘11.30’
Billie Joe: ‘How the hell are we going to get to the Onyx Hotel in half an hour?’
Connie: ‘I have a suggestion’
Hattie: ‘Connie…don’t you dare you’ll kill them’
Connie: ‘There’s no other way that’s faster’
Tre: ‘I’m confused’
Alice: ‘Connie hope you know what your doing’
THEY ALL WALK TO FREEWAY CAR PARK AND CONNIE REACHES INTO HER POCKET AND TAKES OUT HER CAR KEYS. UNLOCKS THE CAR.
Connie: ‘Right…I am going to tell you now…there is a possibility you may not live through this but I will try my best not to kill you…get in’
THE GUYS LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND BACK AT HATTIE AND ALICE.
BILLIE JOE WALKS OVER TO ALICE.
Billie Joe: ‘Ok…Ummm was she being serious?’
Alice: ‘Dead serious…but think of it this way if she does kill you…you have a good excuse for missing the interview’
Billie Joe: ‘Oh very funny’
ALL THE GUYS GET IN THE CAR MIKE IN THE FRONT BILLIE JOE AND TRE IN THE BACK.
Connie: ‘Hope you brought a clean pair of underwear with you’
CONNIE TURNS ON THE ENGINE AND PULLS OUT OF THE CAR PARK AND DRIVES LIKE A MANIAC TO THE ONYX HOTEL GOING THROUGH 4 RED LIGHTS, OVER TAKING 8 LORRIES AND TRE ALMOST BEING SICK.
INT: Pulls up to the Onyx Hotel, Mike, Billie Joe and Tre all scrambling out of the car. 12.00pm
Connie: ‘Right on the dot…I am so good’
Mike: ‘You almost killed us…12 times’
Connie: ‘Yes but you didn’t die and you’re on time for your interview…now whose your daddy’
A CHEEKY GRIN SPREADS ACROSS MIKE’S FACE
Billie Joe: ‘Well thanks but Jesus Christ be a bit more careful’
Connie: ‘Hehe…Tre you gonna be ok?’
THEY ALL TURN AND LOOK AT TRE WHO IS BENDING OVER HOLDING HIS STOMACH.
Tre: ‘Oh I’ll be fine nothing that a cold beer won’t fix’
Connie: ‘Good Good…well I have to go’
Mike: ‘Ok thanks again’
Billie Joe: ‘Yeah thanks’
CONNIE STARTS TO PULL OFF BUT BILLIE JOE KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW.
Billie Joe: ‘Hey are you guys gonna be at the Billboard music awards on Friday?’
Connie: ‘Yeah has far as I know’
Billie Joe: ‘Cool we’ll look out for you’
CONNIE PULLS OFF AGAIN SPEEDING AND ALMOST HITTING A CAR IN THE PROCESS. THE GUYS CRINGE, LAUGH AND WALK INTO THE ONYX HOTEL.
Mike: ‘I told you guys they were English its so easy to tell’
Hattie: ‘Let me guess 'cause of the accents’
Mike: ‘No…its just you can always tell… its weird’.
Billie Joe: ‘So you’re here on business then’
Alice: ‘Yeah…we’re sorting out some stuff before we go out on tour’
Connie: ‘And recording some more songs for our next album’
Tre: ‘Cool’
THEY ALL LOOK AT TRE.
Tre: ‘What!’
INT: Outside Galaxy studios, 10.15am
Alice: ‘This is our stop’
Mike: ‘You know we’ve never recorded here’
Connie: ‘You should come inside with us and have a look around it will be laugh’
Hattie: ‘That and we can show you how much we rock’
Tre: ‘Oh know we already know how much you rock’
HATTIE TURNS AND LOOKS AT TRE AND RAISES AN EYEBROW.
Billie Joe: ‘Well for once we don’t have anything to do and Adrienne is cleaning the house and I really do not want to be roped into doing the dusting’
Mike: ‘Hehe… I remember the last time’
Billie Joe: ‘It was not funny I ruined an $80 shirt’
Tre: ‘Come on lets hang with the ladies’
ALICE, HATTIE AND CONNIE LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND BACK AT THE GUYS.
Alice: ‘Ok you have so much to learn’
THEY ALL WALK INTO GALAXY STUDIOS. MIKE HOLDS OPEN THE DOOR.
Connie: ‘No…No…Ladies first’
Mike: ‘How did you know?’
Connie: ‘I have x-ray vision’
MIKE RAISES AN EYEBROW.
Mike: ‘Oh really’
Connie: ‘Don’t get too confident’
CONNIE WALKS THROUGH DOOR. MIKE WALKS UP BEHIND AND HOOKS HIS ARM WITH HERS.
Mike: ‘May I escort you?’
Connie: ‘Well it seems as if I have no choice’
MIKE AND CONNIE CATCH UP WITH THE OTHERS AND WALK INTO STUDIO 5.
TRE LOOKS AT MIKE AND CONNIE.
Tre: ‘Uh oh… it’s started’
Mike: ‘Shut up’
Connie: ‘Yeah he was just being a gentleman’
Tre: ‘Yeah you won’t be saying that later’
MIKE GIVES TRE A DIRTY LOOK.
Billie Joe: ‘Come on guys!’
ALICE WALKS OVER AND PICKS UP HER GUITAR, SITS DOWN AND STARTS TO PLAY.
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…your pretty good’
Alice: ‘You were expecting anything else’
HATTIE WALKS OVER TO THE DRUMS AND CONNIE PICKS UP HER BASS.
Hattie: ‘Any requests?’
THE GUYS LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER TRYING TO THINK OF A SONG FOR THEM TO PLAY.
Billie Joe: ‘Ugly kid Joe…cats cradle’
THE GIRLS PLAY THE SONG ALL THE WAY THROUGH PERFECTLY. ALICE BLOWS ON HER NAILS AND RUBS THEM AGAINST HER CHEST.
Tre: ‘Wow pretty good’
Mike: ‘I’m impressed’
Connie: ‘I’m so glad’
Hattie: ‘Right… where’s that song you wrote yesterday’
Connie: ‘Which one… I wrote four’
Billie Joe: ‘I guess you write the songs then’
Connie: ‘Yep… not only does it help pay our bills but keeps me from going to therapy’
Mike: ‘Awww poor dear do you have issues?’
Connie: ‘Many… why do you think you could cure me?’
Mike: ‘Not sure but I’d have fun trying’
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…Lower the temperature a bit will ya’
THEY ALL BEGIN TO LAUGH.
INT: Connie playing the bass with Mike, Hattie talking to Tre and Alice and Billie Joe talking about touring. 10.30am
Alice: ‘I do love touring but I always miss my family’
Billie Joe: ‘Yeah that is always the down side…so when does your tour start’
Alice: ‘Three months’
Billie Joe: ‘How long are you touring for?’
Alice: ‘About 2 1/2months’
Billie Joe: ‘Woah…you’re going everywhere then’
Alice: ‘Pretty much’
ALICE SIGHS
Alice: ‘I hate that we’ve broke America’
Billie Joe: ‘Why?’
Alice: ‘I mean I get the whole deal about it but god the pressure’
Billie Joe: ‘I know it’s a right pain in the ass but as long as you don’t lose your head you’ll be fine’
Alice: ‘Thanks’
Billie Joe: ‘That’s ok’
MIKE AND CONNIE COME OUT OF THE BOOTH.
Connie: ‘You disgust me’
Mike: ‘You so found that funny’
Connie: ‘Yes but … ‘
THEY BOTH BURST OUT LAUGHING.
TRE, HATTIE, BILLIE JOE AND ALICE LOOK AT THEM.
Mike: ‘Do not go in there’
Tre: ‘Mike…you do this everytime’
Billie Joe: ‘Ok you guys are not gonna be able record a song for about 3 days now’
Alice: ‘Oh well’
Hattie: ‘We better warn the cleaning staff’
Connie: ‘No…they have to live without warning’
ALL OF THEM LAUGH AGAIN.
INT: Walking out of Galaxy Studios, Mike and Connie arm in arm, Tre giving Hattie a piggyback ride and Billie Joe and Alice chatting away. 11.30am
Mike: ‘God its still so early what should we do?’
Connie: ‘We could go to Starbucks’.
Mike: ‘I like the way you think’.
Tre: ‘We are not going to Starbucks again’
Hattie: ‘Come on lets go somewhere different’
Alice: ‘Like?’
Billie Joe: ‘Wait a minute…oh shit!’
Mike: ‘What?’
Billie Joe: ‘I told you we’d forget’
Tre: ‘Oh crap…we have that interview with AVP’
Mike: ‘What time is it?’
Alice: ‘11.30’
Billie Joe: ‘How the hell are we going to get to the Onyx Hotel in half an hour?’
Connie: ‘I have a suggestion’
Hattie: ‘Connie…don’t you dare you’ll kill them’
Connie: ‘There’s no other way that’s faster’
Tre: ‘I’m confused’
Alice: ‘Connie hope you know what your doing’
THEY ALL WALK TO FREEWAY CAR PARK AND CONNIE REACHES INTO HER POCKET AND TAKES OUT HER CAR KEYS. UNLOCKS THE CAR.
Connie: ‘Right…I am going to tell you now…there is a possibility you may not live through this but I will try my best not to kill you…get in’
THE GUYS LOOK AT ONE ANOTHER AND BACK AT HATTIE AND ALICE.
BILLIE JOE WALKS OVER TO ALICE.
Billie Joe: ‘Ok…Ummm was she being serious?’
Alice: ‘Dead serious…but think of it this way if she does kill you…you have a good excuse for missing the interview’
Billie Joe: ‘Oh very funny’
ALL THE GUYS GET IN THE CAR MIKE IN THE FRONT BILLIE JOE AND TRE IN THE BACK.
Connie: ‘Hope you brought a clean pair of underwear with you’
CONNIE TURNS ON THE ENGINE AND PULLS OUT OF THE CAR PARK AND DRIVES LIKE A MANIAC TO THE ONYX HOTEL GOING THROUGH 4 RED LIGHTS, OVER TAKING 8 LORRIES AND TRE ALMOST BEING SICK.
INT: Pulls up to the Onyx Hotel, Mike, Billie Joe and Tre all scrambling out of the car. 12.00pm
Connie: ‘Right on the dot…I am so good’
Mike: ‘You almost killed us…12 times’
Connie: ‘Yes but you didn’t die and you’re on time for your interview…now whose your daddy’
A CHEEKY GRIN SPREADS ACROSS MIKE’S FACE
Billie Joe: ‘Well thanks but Jesus Christ be a bit more careful’
Connie: ‘Hehe…Tre you gonna be ok?’
THEY ALL TURN AND LOOK AT TRE WHO IS BENDING OVER HOLDING HIS STOMACH.
Tre: ‘Oh I’ll be fine nothing that a cold beer won’t fix’
Connie: ‘Good Good…well I have to go’
Mike: ‘Ok thanks again’
Billie Joe: ‘Yeah thanks’
CONNIE STARTS TO PULL OFF BUT BILLIE JOE KNOCKS ON THE WINDOW.
Billie Joe: ‘Hey are you guys gonna be at the Billboard music awards on Friday?’
Connie: ‘Yeah has far as I know’
Billie Joe: ‘Cool we’ll look out for you’
CONNIE PULLS OFF AGAIN SPEEDING AND ALMOST HITTING A CAR IN THE PROCESS. THE GUYS CRINGE, LAUGH AND WALK INTO THE ONYX HOTEL.
