The Story Of A Band-Untitled, chapter 15
I get to the concert grounds and I can already hear the support band playing... uh... I'm dead. I go round the back and try and get in, the security won't let me in!
"But I'm Tré Cools girlfriend an a personal friend to Billie Joe, Mike and all my mates are back there!" I yell, the guy just shakes his head and says:
"No pass no can do lady and sure you groupie! Why would Mr. Cool date a little teenie"?
GRRRR! I get really pissed off and head to the front gate for a ticket, I'm lucky there is ONE free ticket but it's fucking $150 so I fork out all my cash and get in. I see the support band My Chemical Romance just go off, damn I have to get into the mosh pit.
Tré's P.O.V
Fuck where is she?! We go on now... I cant ask her to come back to America with me if she's not here! Oh that's the five-minute call...
Back to Hannah
I fight my way through and Billie runs onstage... IN MY PANTS! I laugh and try and get his attention but he keeps looking back at Tré, I can hear him drumming a bit off beat AND ITS ALL BECAUSE OF ME... I feel bad. Billie finishes American Idiot then pulls Tré in front.
"Ladies and Gentleman this is my friend and fucker MR TRÉ COOL!" he shouts and everyone screams, Tré just has a forced smile on his face. All the girls scream at Billie touching their hands, most of them are girls shipping up from Sydney and Melbourne and some even international.
I smile and try desperately to try and get to the front. They start playing Jesus of Suburbia; dammit I will have to wait. I just blend in with the crowd I think, its not until King for a Day Billie sees me in the crowd.
He points to me and Tré just jumps over the drums and him and Billie pull me up onto the stage, I whisper in Billie's ear that just pretend I'm a girl who can play guitar and stuff. He nods and shouts into the mic:
"Now who do we have here? Can you play guitar?!" he hugs me, I nod and Billie looks a bit shocked but I grab his guitar and grab Tré's pink hat and put it on.
Billie smiles and asks what song can I play? I tell him 'cause it's a Green Day concert I'll do Boulevard of Broken Dreams. He nods and I go back stage and get ready because it's a couple more songs till that one. Minority finishes and I'm pulled back on stage by Billie. I hear the distorted intro then its my cue and I start playing, when it came to the guitar solo I gave Jason the nod that I would do the high pitched part. I run out into the runway thing and I start rocking out, Billie follows me and all my mates grab me and lift me up. I scream and the song finishes, I give Billie back his guitar and I walk backstage.
I feel like I'm on this permanent high, all my friends hug me and then Mike, Jason White and Freeze and the rest come back. Jason pats me on the back for the guitar solo, I smile and tell him he's tons better than me.
I don't see Tré anywhere though... I peer out onto the stage and he comes up and grabs me and pulls me back on stage. Billie's playing Time of Your Life, a spotlight goes on us. Tré holds my hands, oh man is he?
"Hannah, my love will you come back to America with me? Your friends can come too!" he pleads, oh Mr big scene in front of everyone. Billie finishes the song and gives me a hug and says: "I FUCK THIS GIRL AT NIGHT WITH TRÉ!" all the girls scream, I start laughing and nod (at Tré not at Billie's... er remark) Tré just pulls me into a bear hug, swings me round and kisses me just as the fire works came out.
Everyone comes on stage including my friends and there is just on mega hug, I go out to the mosh pit and pull as many people as I can onstage to join in singing a song I start up its perfect for this moment I grab a guitar, Becky grabs a bass, Alice jumps on the drums and Billie grabs a mic and we all play THE ROCK SHOW!!! Everyone joins in!
We finish up and go back again, everyone just hugs everyone. I back out a bit cause I've never really been all that huggy, I smile and watch them all then Tré pokes a blood red rose in my face and kisses me.
"So what do you think of that?" he whispers in my ear.
"Well Tré I would chuck the rose away cause Becky is allergic to them," I laugh and kiss him. He chuckles and picks me up I hold onto his shoulders or else I will fall! He puts me down and Billie grabs me... dammit people just want to pick me up.
"Your guitar work is great Hannah you never told me you could play! And now I can coach you in Oakland," he smiles hugging me. Mike then comes up behind me and hugs me, Aw man this is starting to crush me haha.
"Wow your mate Becky is a great bass player and you're an awesome guitarist," he says pulling Becky into the hug, Becky and Me wink at each other.
We all decide to make an exit, I tell Billie, Mike and Tré to go sign as many autographs as they can and go to the press conference and we will meet them back at the hotel.
So it's just me, Dylan, Alice and Becky in the limo. I laugh and we all go into a conversation.
"So Dylan how rude of me this is Becky and Alice, you talk to Becky on msn hey," I say.
"Yep I do I hope he's as crazy as he is on msn in real life," she laughs and Dylan pulls a face. I pull out my ipod and start listening to Feeling This, man I'll never get sick of this song. Becky and Dylan are really getting on well hehe; I sit back and just cruise. Alice has been very quiet so I talk to her.
"Hey Alice you've been silent for ages... why?" I say she looks up and nods a bit.
"Yeah I'm just a bit deep in thought you know," she says.
"Yep I get you I just keep thinking this is a story I mean three weeks ago I was a no one going to school and shit but now..." I stare out the window. She pats my shoulder.
"Don't worry Hannah I'll go with you to America and I'm sure Becky will too," she says and Becky nods. Dylan looks a bit sceptical.
"Hannah... I wont be going... I... I have too much here I can't leave behind... I hope you'll understand," he says then we arrive there. I'm a little shocked but then I'm fine. We all order Fish and Chips and eat it on the Strand headland. This is awesome I'm here with my three best friends in the entire world.
"But I'm Tré Cools girlfriend an a personal friend to Billie Joe, Mike and all my mates are back there!" I yell, the guy just shakes his head and says:
"No pass no can do lady and sure you groupie! Why would Mr. Cool date a little teenie"?
GRRRR! I get really pissed off and head to the front gate for a ticket, I'm lucky there is ONE free ticket but it's fucking $150 so I fork out all my cash and get in. I see the support band My Chemical Romance just go off, damn I have to get into the mosh pit.
Tré's P.O.V
Fuck where is she?! We go on now... I cant ask her to come back to America with me if she's not here! Oh that's the five-minute call...
Back to Hannah
I fight my way through and Billie runs onstage... IN MY PANTS! I laugh and try and get his attention but he keeps looking back at Tré, I can hear him drumming a bit off beat AND ITS ALL BECAUSE OF ME... I feel bad. Billie finishes American Idiot then pulls Tré in front.
"Ladies and Gentleman this is my friend and fucker MR TRÉ COOL!" he shouts and everyone screams, Tré just has a forced smile on his face. All the girls scream at Billie touching their hands, most of them are girls shipping up from Sydney and Melbourne and some even international.
I smile and try desperately to try and get to the front. They start playing Jesus of Suburbia; dammit I will have to wait. I just blend in with the crowd I think, its not until King for a Day Billie sees me in the crowd.
He points to me and Tré just jumps over the drums and him and Billie pull me up onto the stage, I whisper in Billie's ear that just pretend I'm a girl who can play guitar and stuff. He nods and shouts into the mic:
"Now who do we have here? Can you play guitar?!" he hugs me, I nod and Billie looks a bit shocked but I grab his guitar and grab Tré's pink hat and put it on.
Billie smiles and asks what song can I play? I tell him 'cause it's a Green Day concert I'll do Boulevard of Broken Dreams. He nods and I go back stage and get ready because it's a couple more songs till that one. Minority finishes and I'm pulled back on stage by Billie. I hear the distorted intro then its my cue and I start playing, when it came to the guitar solo I gave Jason the nod that I would do the high pitched part. I run out into the runway thing and I start rocking out, Billie follows me and all my mates grab me and lift me up. I scream and the song finishes, I give Billie back his guitar and I walk backstage.
I feel like I'm on this permanent high, all my friends hug me and then Mike, Jason White and Freeze and the rest come back. Jason pats me on the back for the guitar solo, I smile and tell him he's tons better than me.
I don't see Tré anywhere though... I peer out onto the stage and he comes up and grabs me and pulls me back on stage. Billie's playing Time of Your Life, a spotlight goes on us. Tré holds my hands, oh man is he?
"Hannah, my love will you come back to America with me? Your friends can come too!" he pleads, oh Mr big scene in front of everyone. Billie finishes the song and gives me a hug and says: "I FUCK THIS GIRL AT NIGHT WITH TRÉ!" all the girls scream, I start laughing and nod (at Tré not at Billie's... er remark) Tré just pulls me into a bear hug, swings me round and kisses me just as the fire works came out.
Everyone comes on stage including my friends and there is just on mega hug, I go out to the mosh pit and pull as many people as I can onstage to join in singing a song I start up its perfect for this moment I grab a guitar, Becky grabs a bass, Alice jumps on the drums and Billie grabs a mic and we all play THE ROCK SHOW!!! Everyone joins in!
We finish up and go back again, everyone just hugs everyone. I back out a bit cause I've never really been all that huggy, I smile and watch them all then Tré pokes a blood red rose in my face and kisses me.
"So what do you think of that?" he whispers in my ear.
"Well Tré I would chuck the rose away cause Becky is allergic to them," I laugh and kiss him. He chuckles and picks me up I hold onto his shoulders or else I will fall! He puts me down and Billie grabs me... dammit people just want to pick me up.
"Your guitar work is great Hannah you never told me you could play! And now I can coach you in Oakland," he smiles hugging me. Mike then comes up behind me and hugs me, Aw man this is starting to crush me haha.
"Wow your mate Becky is a great bass player and you're an awesome guitarist," he says pulling Becky into the hug, Becky and Me wink at each other.
We all decide to make an exit, I tell Billie, Mike and Tré to go sign as many autographs as they can and go to the press conference and we will meet them back at the hotel.
So it's just me, Dylan, Alice and Becky in the limo. I laugh and we all go into a conversation.
"So Dylan how rude of me this is Becky and Alice, you talk to Becky on msn hey," I say.
"Yep I do I hope he's as crazy as he is on msn in real life," she laughs and Dylan pulls a face. I pull out my ipod and start listening to Feeling This, man I'll never get sick of this song. Becky and Dylan are really getting on well hehe; I sit back and just cruise. Alice has been very quiet so I talk to her.
"Hey Alice you've been silent for ages... why?" I say she looks up and nods a bit.
"Yeah I'm just a bit deep in thought you know," she says.
"Yep I get you I just keep thinking this is a story I mean three weeks ago I was a no one going to school and shit but now..." I stare out the window. She pats my shoulder.
"Don't worry Hannah I'll go with you to America and I'm sure Becky will too," she says and Becky nods. Dylan looks a bit sceptical.
"Hannah... I wont be going... I... I have too much here I can't leave behind... I hope you'll understand," he says then we arrive there. I'm a little shocked but then I'm fine. We all order Fish and Chips and eat it on the Strand headland. This is awesome I'm here with my three best friends in the entire world.
