Another Story About This Subject, chapter 6
The next week, Tam's POV
Joey and I have started going out now. We decided not to meet his dad until he meets mine, which might be a while since I don't go back on tour in Australia for a while. The new album gets released in two weeks so the girls all have their fingers crossed.
At the moment I am just watching Amy being herself... An idiot. She has a blanket tied around her neck like a cape and a superhero mask on. So basically she is jumping around pretending to be a superhero singing along to
'Save The Day' by The Living End, which explains a whole damn lot.
"WE'RE NOT GOING ON A HOLIDAY, I DO A LOT OF WORK BUT I DON'T GET PAID!" she sings, well kind of yells. She can actually sing but not when she is hypo.
"Can you be any louder?" I ask putting my hands over my ears.
"Yes, AAAHHHHH!"
"Shut up!" we hear Lana yell from the other room. The song ends and Amy sits back down.
"So how's you and lover boy?" she asks.
"Lover boy?" I say with the 'what the fuck? ' look on my face.
"You know, Joey."
"Nah I knew you were talking about him but how gay of a name is lover boy?"
"What'd I do wrong?"
"It's just so... I dunno... Well you come up with better names than that, actually, no you don't."
"Oh ha ha." She throws a pillow at my head and I make a big deal of it.
"Ah my head, I'm in so much pain, I will never be able to play the guitar ever again." I say holding my head.
"What does a head injury have anything to do with playing the guitar?" she asks laughing.
"I dunno, memory."
"What ever." She switches on the tv. Yep she turns on Nickelodeon. She is only a few months younger than me but it sometimes feels like she is still 12, and back then she was like a 5 year old.
Lana walks into the room with some dress on. "How'd I look?" she ask adjusting it a bit.
"Why the fuck would you ask me?" I ask.
"Yeah why the fuck would you ask her?" Amy echoes, I decide to ignore Amy otherwise it would end up in a huge hitting of the head with pillows fight.
"I'm going out with Jordan tonight." Lana says still fixing her dress.
"Well it's about friggen time!" Amy sorta yells.
"She only met him 2 days ago you idiot." I say to Amy.
"Yeah it's about friggen time, what are you retarded or something?" Amy shoots back at me.
"It's 2 days." Lana laughs, "At least Tam and I are going out with people."
"Fuck you." is all Amy could say until... "I'm just too good for guys to ask me out." Lana and I both roll our eyes.
While Lana is out on her little 'date' Amy and I are as bored as hell, even though we are watching TV.
"I really hate her." Amy says expressionless pointing to the newsreader on the TV.
"Why?" I ask back with also no expression in my voice.
"Cos she doesn't make the news fun."
"When has the news ever been fun?"
"Exactly." We both sigh. There was about two minutes silence.
"That's it." I say getting up, "I'm gonna bring Joey around."
"Ask him to bring beer." Amy lightens up.
"Amy we can't drink until we are 21 in the USA."
"We did before."
"That's cos we didn't know."
"Dammit."
Next Month, Still Tam's POV
Tomorrow we are going on tour. Apparently are new album topped the charts so have to go on a long one. Lana is happy cos she has Jordan coming with her, Amy is happy cos she might get to meet someone to go out with but me... Joey can't go cos of the recording studio. So what the hell am I gonna be happy bout on tour? Sure I get to play music again but it is gonna be hell different without Joey supporting me.
I'm saying bye to Joey tonight, half a year is a long time. I don't know if we are going to last. We have spent a few nights at each others houses though, nothing went on so don't get any ideas. Sure we have kissed and stuff but no sex, that is kinda my fault since I feel not right about that shit.
So here I am, saying bye to Joey at the front of my house.
"Well guess this is it." he sighs.
"Guess it is." I say.
"So yeah um... Don't get another boyfriend while your gone."
"Back at ya."
"Oh and don't forget to call me."
"Your asking someone who calls people all the time, what do you think?" he laughs a bit, "I'll miss you." I say.
"I'll miss you too."
We kiss, for a long time. I smile a little and walk into the house.
Joey POV
Holy shit, she is going for 6 months and now she is gone. Well not technically she just walked into the house but that's all I'll see of her. I get into my car and drive back to the apartment. Mark is away for work, he actually got some good work for once. So looks like it will be just me for a while. Actually screw that I'll stay with dad for a while, there is no friggen way I am spending 2 weeks by myself.
I get the phone and ask dad if I could stay for a while. He lets me and I get my things ready.
Next morning still Joey's POV
I stir my coffee around a bit sitting at the kitchen table. It is really different of me to wake up at 8 in the morning. Jakob walks in, gets some toast and sits across from me.
"Hey." he says.
"Hey." I say back glumly.
"Geez it's only been a few hours and you are moody already."
"Lay off. Don't you have school or something."
"I got 10 more minutes moody."
"Jakob lay off him." dad says walking into the room sitting next to Jakob, "You were moody when I left on tour." Jakob rolled his eyes and went up stairs to get ready for school.
"So I'm guessing you aren't gonna take this well?" dad ask.
"Not really no." I say staring at the coffee.
"Listen, I know you're gonna miss her believe me."
"I know that already dad."
"So that's why I'm giving you time off and catch that plane." My head shoots up.
"What?"
"Joey you have been working like crazy lately, it's insane. So get on that plane go after her."
"6 months dad, 6 months."
"You think I don't know that, you need a friggen break and you need to see her."
"She is just a girl dad."
"No she's not. Not to you, when you talk about her I can tell she is the world to you."
I look back down at the coffee. "Come on." dad says getting up. "Get your bag from your room and lets go." I smile and run upstairs to get my stuff.
Joey and I have started going out now. We decided not to meet his dad until he meets mine, which might be a while since I don't go back on tour in Australia for a while. The new album gets released in two weeks so the girls all have their fingers crossed.
At the moment I am just watching Amy being herself... An idiot. She has a blanket tied around her neck like a cape and a superhero mask on. So basically she is jumping around pretending to be a superhero singing along to
'Save The Day' by The Living End, which explains a whole damn lot.
"WE'RE NOT GOING ON A HOLIDAY, I DO A LOT OF WORK BUT I DON'T GET PAID!" she sings, well kind of yells. She can actually sing but not when she is hypo.
"Can you be any louder?" I ask putting my hands over my ears.
"Yes, AAAHHHHH!"
"Shut up!" we hear Lana yell from the other room. The song ends and Amy sits back down.
"So how's you and lover boy?" she asks.
"Lover boy?" I say with the 'what the fuck? ' look on my face.
"You know, Joey."
"Nah I knew you were talking about him but how gay of a name is lover boy?"
"What'd I do wrong?"
"It's just so... I dunno... Well you come up with better names than that, actually, no you don't."
"Oh ha ha." She throws a pillow at my head and I make a big deal of it.
"Ah my head, I'm in so much pain, I will never be able to play the guitar ever again." I say holding my head.
"What does a head injury have anything to do with playing the guitar?" she asks laughing.
"I dunno, memory."
"What ever." She switches on the tv. Yep she turns on Nickelodeon. She is only a few months younger than me but it sometimes feels like she is still 12, and back then she was like a 5 year old.
Lana walks into the room with some dress on. "How'd I look?" she ask adjusting it a bit.
"Why the fuck would you ask me?" I ask.
"Yeah why the fuck would you ask her?" Amy echoes, I decide to ignore Amy otherwise it would end up in a huge hitting of the head with pillows fight.
"I'm going out with Jordan tonight." Lana says still fixing her dress.
"Well it's about friggen time!" Amy sorta yells.
"She only met him 2 days ago you idiot." I say to Amy.
"Yeah it's about friggen time, what are you retarded or something?" Amy shoots back at me.
"It's 2 days." Lana laughs, "At least Tam and I are going out with people."
"Fuck you." is all Amy could say until... "I'm just too good for guys to ask me out." Lana and I both roll our eyes.
While Lana is out on her little 'date' Amy and I are as bored as hell, even though we are watching TV.
"I really hate her." Amy says expressionless pointing to the newsreader on the TV.
"Why?" I ask back with also no expression in my voice.
"Cos she doesn't make the news fun."
"When has the news ever been fun?"
"Exactly." We both sigh. There was about two minutes silence.
"That's it." I say getting up, "I'm gonna bring Joey around."
"Ask him to bring beer." Amy lightens up.
"Amy we can't drink until we are 21 in the USA."
"We did before."
"That's cos we didn't know."
"Dammit."
Next Month, Still Tam's POV
Tomorrow we are going on tour. Apparently are new album topped the charts so have to go on a long one. Lana is happy cos she has Jordan coming with her, Amy is happy cos she might get to meet someone to go out with but me... Joey can't go cos of the recording studio. So what the hell am I gonna be happy bout on tour? Sure I get to play music again but it is gonna be hell different without Joey supporting me.
I'm saying bye to Joey tonight, half a year is a long time. I don't know if we are going to last. We have spent a few nights at each others houses though, nothing went on so don't get any ideas. Sure we have kissed and stuff but no sex, that is kinda my fault since I feel not right about that shit.
So here I am, saying bye to Joey at the front of my house.
"Well guess this is it." he sighs.
"Guess it is." I say.
"So yeah um... Don't get another boyfriend while your gone."
"Back at ya."
"Oh and don't forget to call me."
"Your asking someone who calls people all the time, what do you think?" he laughs a bit, "I'll miss you." I say.
"I'll miss you too."
We kiss, for a long time. I smile a little and walk into the house.
Joey POV
Holy shit, she is going for 6 months and now she is gone. Well not technically she just walked into the house but that's all I'll see of her. I get into my car and drive back to the apartment. Mark is away for work, he actually got some good work for once. So looks like it will be just me for a while. Actually screw that I'll stay with dad for a while, there is no friggen way I am spending 2 weeks by myself.
I get the phone and ask dad if I could stay for a while. He lets me and I get my things ready.
Next morning still Joey's POV
I stir my coffee around a bit sitting at the kitchen table. It is really different of me to wake up at 8 in the morning. Jakob walks in, gets some toast and sits across from me.
"Hey." he says.
"Hey." I say back glumly.
"Geez it's only been a few hours and you are moody already."
"Lay off. Don't you have school or something."
"I got 10 more minutes moody."
"Jakob lay off him." dad says walking into the room sitting next to Jakob, "You were moody when I left on tour." Jakob rolled his eyes and went up stairs to get ready for school.
"So I'm guessing you aren't gonna take this well?" dad ask.
"Not really no." I say staring at the coffee.
"Listen, I know you're gonna miss her believe me."
"I know that already dad."
"So that's why I'm giving you time off and catch that plane." My head shoots up.
"What?"
"Joey you have been working like crazy lately, it's insane. So get on that plane go after her."
"6 months dad, 6 months."
"You think I don't know that, you need a friggen break and you need to see her."
"She is just a girl dad."
"No she's not. Not to you, when you talk about her I can tell she is the world to you."
I look back down at the coffee. "Come on." dad says getting up. "Get your bag from your room and lets go." I smile and run upstairs to get my stuff.
