All By Myself, All On My Own, chapter 7
"What are you looking for?" he asked again. I couldn't believe this. "I-I-I'm n-n-not looking f-for anything." I managed to stutter trying to keep myself calm. "Are you okay?" Billie Joe asked. "Fine just fine umm... I'm Kiki." I said holding out my hand. He shook it. "Weren't you at the signings yesterday with that little boy?" He asked. "Yeah that was Jake, Kilana's son. I can't wait for your concert tonight. I didn't know you were staying here." I said not knowing what to talk about with a world famous musician. I had a feeling I had said too much but he didn't seen to mind. "Maybe I'll see you at or after the concert." He said turning away and heading back for the stairs. I followed him eager to talk. "So what room are you staying in? Just out of curiosity 'cause I knew you were here but we haven't seen you or heard you at all." I said trying to start a conversation while we walked up the stairs. We went through the doors into the level five hallway where I was staying. "Right up here. Room 106." He replied stopping at the door and digging his key out of his pocket. "Weird I haven't noticed you here. My room is only three doors away and James's is only two doors down." I said more to myself than to him. "Well see you later." He said closing the door behind him. I walked back to my room not concentrating. My mind seemed to have fallen out of my head back at the stairs and I was now just a zombie roaming around with no idea what I was doing, not thinking just letting things happen and I had no control. I walked into the room. Jake and Kilana were watching cartoons. "So is he gone?" She asked me as I collapsed onto the bed. "Yeah he's gone but I met someone else." I said staring up at the ceiling like before. "Who?" Key asked but before IO could answer everything went dark and my mind returned giving me dreams to occupy my sleeping body for the next hour or so.
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I woke up with little Jake hovering above me. I sat up and he backed away. "What time is it?" I asked rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "6:00." Kilana said noticing I was up. "That late? I was asleep for what 2 hours?" I said getting up and walking into the kitchen grabbing a soda from the fridge. "So." Key said watching me as I opened the can. We both took a seat on the couch and Jake stayed lying on my bed now examining some of the sketches I had started in my book but never finished. "So what?" I asked confused. "Who'd you meet?" I didn't know if I should tell her this. I was still a little overjoyed and she might get that way too and get Jake started again and at this time we didn't need that again. I took a swig of my pop. "No one special really but you might like him." I said. "Who is it?!?" She was on the edge of her seat to find out. "Well he said his name was Billie Joe and he would be staying here a while with his friends Tre and Mike." I watched as my friend just stared helpless, shocked and confused. "What?" I said calmly still trying to pretend I didn't care. "You... you met him!?!" She shouted throwing up her arms. A smile crept along my face. "Yeah it was so cool!" I shouted back unable to keep calm any longer having a serious teenie moment. Jake came over and started jumping up and down. "What who did you meeted aunt Kiki!?!" "Okay enough with the shouting people!" James yelled at us walking in the door. "What the hell is going on with you two!?!" "Nothing." Key said trying to stifle her laughing. "We were just talking." I said also trying to settle down. Jake collapsed face down in the couch next to me so James couldn't see how red his face was from all the unnecessary excitement. "Well he's back outside and we won't be able to go to the concert if he's still there unless we know he won't hurt us but since Kilana won't tell us who he is we can't take the chance." Kilana sunk down in her seat. "We can't go out... I can't and I can't tell you 'cause well I just can't." Kilana mumbled trying to have an excuse for not telling anyone but still trying not to be heard and worry us more. James took a seat but first peeled Jakes face off the cushion. Jake squirmed in his grasp then once let go of ran around the room shouting "I'm gonna meet Green Day! I'm gonna meet Green Day!" Then he sat back down on the floor between Key's feet. "What is he talking about? He already met them and we can't take him to the concert." James said watching the little boy on the floor panting. "They are kinda staying right down the hall from us." I said starting to get excited again but forced back my excited and jumpy self. "They are? In a hotel like this?" James asked confused and shocked just like Kilana was. I was confused as well why did he say in a hotel like this? This was a very nice hotel compared to a lot of the others in the area. I reached over and grabbed my CD player off the table and the speakers. I popped in my Shenanigans CD. I turned the volume up and the words to the song You Lied played around the room. Jake couldn't really under stand the words but that was okay. He still tried to sing along anyway messing up horribly giving us all a good laugh. We skipped around on the CD instead of listening to the order they were supposed to go in. I don't know why but if I listen to the same order of songs all the time it just gets so boring and I have to change CDs before the whole thing is played because you just tend to get used to it and not be able to pay attention anymore. We ended the CD at the song Scum Bag. I put in American Idiot to get caught up on the music before the concert in only a few hours.
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Right after Give Me Novocain ended and started going into She's a Rebel there was a knock on the door. It was faint at first hardly noticeable over the music. Then when I turned down the volume a little so I could hear it. I got up to answer it but about halfway there Jake ran ahead and opened up the door. "Whoa!" He said just standing there in the opening just staring at who was there the doorknob just barely held by his hand at how short he was. "Who is it Jake?" Kilana said noticing that I stopped in my tracks when I saw the man's face. "Key, come here." I said walking up to the door and grabbed Jake's hand off the door. "Hey Billie Joe what's up?" Jake said happily like this was an old friend. "Hey Kiki told you I'd see you later well umm... I don't know where Tre and Mike went so I thought I'd come see you and your friends for a while." He said also acting like we've known each other all our lives. He walked right past me into the room catching the attention of James who seemed really freaked out by this. Billie Joe walked over to the balcony and stared down into the parking lot like we did before. "Do any of you know who that is? He has been there all day and it's really beginning to scare me." He said walking away from the door and taking a seat on the couch next to James who now looked like stone unable to move in such a shock at what was happening. "Well Kilana knows him somehow but she won't tell us who or why he's there." I said taking a seat next to him so eager but scared to speak. He didn't reply to this so he either didn't hear me or didn't know what to say. Jake still stood at a distance from him with Kilana like they were afraid to get too near or the fragile glass under their feet would break and shatter cutting through them. "What's wrong with you Key never seen a celebrity before?" I laughed though I hadn't either and really I was feeling the same thing she was. She inched closer not sure what to do in the presence of a stranger of his status. Jake didn't care though. At the invitation to sit down he ran over and climbed up on the couch next to him staring him right in the face talking nonstop. "So you my friend what are you doing today I like Green Day what's your full name where are the others can I come with you to the concert are you gonna stay when are you leaving do you have to leave can I have that tie I got those shoes and that belt are you gonna sing now I gotted the new CD from Kiki she's cool she and my mommy are friends aunt Kiki's the best but so is my mommy she's cool too so what are you doing tonight what's that I like that when are your friends gonna get here? Huh? Huh?" Billie Joe didn't seem to know how to react to this. I grabbed the little boy and pulled him backwards off of Billie's lap and onto his back. "Are you positive you haven't been getting into the sugar bowl at night or when we aren't paying attention?" I laughed at his extreme hyperness. "Postive aunt Kiki." He laughed squirming out of my grasp but also managing to do a belly flop onto the floor. "You okay Jakie?" I said watching his sudden fall. He got up and just looked at me. "Me a boy so me fine and I Jake not Jakie!" He shouted then sat on the couch on the other side of Billie Joe his arms crossed to show that he was angry but when everyone ignored this fact he was back to his beaming self. "Welcome to an average day in our life Billie Joe." I laughed leaning forward so I could see Jake who was now hiding behind Billie's shoulder his face buried into the mans back. "Jake what are you doing?" Kilana said taking a seat next to her son. "Nothin you can't see me." He said pushing farther into Billie so he would have to lean forward and let him through or he would be pushed over. "Yeah we know we can't see you but I'm sure Billie Joe doesn't like you trying to eat his shoulder like that." Key laughed. James came around the back of the couch and grabbed him like I had but instead lifted him off his feet into his arms. "You need to settle down little boy." James said taking him over to the bed and gently lying him down. He handed Jake my drawing book and a pencil. "Here keep yourself out of trouble and draw some more of those pictures. I noticed my CD player was turned on but the sound was turned down. I reached over to the table and turned it off so the batteries wouldn't get wasted. "So umm... where do you suppose those two ran off to?" I asked Billie Joe who at the moment was acting more like he was watching a movie than having a visit with some new people. "I'm not sure. I left for here and told them to come with me so they could meet you again and they just disappeared. At that there was another knock on the door. Jake set down the drawing pad and ran over to the door. "It's them! It's them! It's Green Day mommy It's Green Day!" Jake shouted coming back over to Kilana. Mike and Tre walked in the door. "Okay Billie Joe you here?" Tre said. "Right here." Billie Joe said lifting his hand. "So these are the girls and boys that we met yesterday?" Mike asked noticing that James was in the room. "Yeah um... this is Kiki." He said pointing to me. "That is Kilana right yeah and James and Jake... Tre's twin remember?" Tre looked at the little boy sitting on the couch next to Billie Joe. "He doesn't look anything like me without all that makeup." He said coming around and plopping down next to the boy making the cushion he was sitting in bounce him up from the heavier weight on the other end. Mike looked around the room at the posters and drawings. "This looks like the doing of the girl who drew those pictures though." He said smiling at me. I couldn't believe this. The members of my favorite band were sitting in my hotel room with me and my friends talking to us and this was... just amazing!" I glanced at the clock. "We should go soon it's almost 8:30." I said noticing how much time had passed. It didn't feel like it was that much but it was. "Yeah we should be there by now I mean the concert starts at nine and we still have to do at least a quick practice." Billie Joe said standing up and walking to the door the bassist and the drummer followed. "Time for bed Jake it's getting late." Kilana said getting his pajamas off the floor and throwing them to her son. He ran to the bathroom and got changed then crawled into his bed. We tucked him in and prepared for an exciting night.
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I woke up with little Jake hovering above me. I sat up and he backed away. "What time is it?" I asked rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "6:00." Kilana said noticing I was up. "That late? I was asleep for what 2 hours?" I said getting up and walking into the kitchen grabbing a soda from the fridge. "So." Key said watching me as I opened the can. We both took a seat on the couch and Jake stayed lying on my bed now examining some of the sketches I had started in my book but never finished. "So what?" I asked confused. "Who'd you meet?" I didn't know if I should tell her this. I was still a little overjoyed and she might get that way too and get Jake started again and at this time we didn't need that again. I took a swig of my pop. "No one special really but you might like him." I said. "Who is it?!?" She was on the edge of her seat to find out. "Well he said his name was Billie Joe and he would be staying here a while with his friends Tre and Mike." I watched as my friend just stared helpless, shocked and confused. "What?" I said calmly still trying to pretend I didn't care. "You... you met him!?!" She shouted throwing up her arms. A smile crept along my face. "Yeah it was so cool!" I shouted back unable to keep calm any longer having a serious teenie moment. Jake came over and started jumping up and down. "What who did you meeted aunt Kiki!?!" "Okay enough with the shouting people!" James yelled at us walking in the door. "What the hell is going on with you two!?!" "Nothing." Key said trying to stifle her laughing. "We were just talking." I said also trying to settle down. Jake collapsed face down in the couch next to me so James couldn't see how red his face was from all the unnecessary excitement. "Well he's back outside and we won't be able to go to the concert if he's still there unless we know he won't hurt us but since Kilana won't tell us who he is we can't take the chance." Kilana sunk down in her seat. "We can't go out... I can't and I can't tell you 'cause well I just can't." Kilana mumbled trying to have an excuse for not telling anyone but still trying not to be heard and worry us more. James took a seat but first peeled Jakes face off the cushion. Jake squirmed in his grasp then once let go of ran around the room shouting "I'm gonna meet Green Day! I'm gonna meet Green Day!" Then he sat back down on the floor between Key's feet. "What is he talking about? He already met them and we can't take him to the concert." James said watching the little boy on the floor panting. "They are kinda staying right down the hall from us." I said starting to get excited again but forced back my excited and jumpy self. "They are? In a hotel like this?" James asked confused and shocked just like Kilana was. I was confused as well why did he say in a hotel like this? This was a very nice hotel compared to a lot of the others in the area. I reached over and grabbed my CD player off the table and the speakers. I popped in my Shenanigans CD. I turned the volume up and the words to the song You Lied played around the room. Jake couldn't really under stand the words but that was okay. He still tried to sing along anyway messing up horribly giving us all a good laugh. We skipped around on the CD instead of listening to the order they were supposed to go in. I don't know why but if I listen to the same order of songs all the time it just gets so boring and I have to change CDs before the whole thing is played because you just tend to get used to it and not be able to pay attention anymore. We ended the CD at the song Scum Bag. I put in American Idiot to get caught up on the music before the concert in only a few hours.
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Right after Give Me Novocain ended and started going into She's a Rebel there was a knock on the door. It was faint at first hardly noticeable over the music. Then when I turned down the volume a little so I could hear it. I got up to answer it but about halfway there Jake ran ahead and opened up the door. "Whoa!" He said just standing there in the opening just staring at who was there the doorknob just barely held by his hand at how short he was. "Who is it Jake?" Kilana said noticing that I stopped in my tracks when I saw the man's face. "Key, come here." I said walking up to the door and grabbed Jake's hand off the door. "Hey Billie Joe what's up?" Jake said happily like this was an old friend. "Hey Kiki told you I'd see you later well umm... I don't know where Tre and Mike went so I thought I'd come see you and your friends for a while." He said also acting like we've known each other all our lives. He walked right past me into the room catching the attention of James who seemed really freaked out by this. Billie Joe walked over to the balcony and stared down into the parking lot like we did before. "Do any of you know who that is? He has been there all day and it's really beginning to scare me." He said walking away from the door and taking a seat on the couch next to James who now looked like stone unable to move in such a shock at what was happening. "Well Kilana knows him somehow but she won't tell us who or why he's there." I said taking a seat next to him so eager but scared to speak. He didn't reply to this so he either didn't hear me or didn't know what to say. Jake still stood at a distance from him with Kilana like they were afraid to get too near or the fragile glass under their feet would break and shatter cutting through them. "What's wrong with you Key never seen a celebrity before?" I laughed though I hadn't either and really I was feeling the same thing she was. She inched closer not sure what to do in the presence of a stranger of his status. Jake didn't care though. At the invitation to sit down he ran over and climbed up on the couch next to him staring him right in the face talking nonstop. "So you my friend what are you doing today I like Green Day what's your full name where are the others can I come with you to the concert are you gonna stay when are you leaving do you have to leave can I have that tie I got those shoes and that belt are you gonna sing now I gotted the new CD from Kiki she's cool she and my mommy are friends aunt Kiki's the best but so is my mommy she's cool too so what are you doing tonight what's that I like that when are your friends gonna get here? Huh? Huh?" Billie Joe didn't seem to know how to react to this. I grabbed the little boy and pulled him backwards off of Billie's lap and onto his back. "Are you positive you haven't been getting into the sugar bowl at night or when we aren't paying attention?" I laughed at his extreme hyperness. "Postive aunt Kiki." He laughed squirming out of my grasp but also managing to do a belly flop onto the floor. "You okay Jakie?" I said watching his sudden fall. He got up and just looked at me. "Me a boy so me fine and I Jake not Jakie!" He shouted then sat on the couch on the other side of Billie Joe his arms crossed to show that he was angry but when everyone ignored this fact he was back to his beaming self. "Welcome to an average day in our life Billie Joe." I laughed leaning forward so I could see Jake who was now hiding behind Billie's shoulder his face buried into the mans back. "Jake what are you doing?" Kilana said taking a seat next to her son. "Nothin you can't see me." He said pushing farther into Billie so he would have to lean forward and let him through or he would be pushed over. "Yeah we know we can't see you but I'm sure Billie Joe doesn't like you trying to eat his shoulder like that." Key laughed. James came around the back of the couch and grabbed him like I had but instead lifted him off his feet into his arms. "You need to settle down little boy." James said taking him over to the bed and gently lying him down. He handed Jake my drawing book and a pencil. "Here keep yourself out of trouble and draw some more of those pictures. I noticed my CD player was turned on but the sound was turned down. I reached over to the table and turned it off so the batteries wouldn't get wasted. "So umm... where do you suppose those two ran off to?" I asked Billie Joe who at the moment was acting more like he was watching a movie than having a visit with some new people. "I'm not sure. I left for here and told them to come with me so they could meet you again and they just disappeared. At that there was another knock on the door. Jake set down the drawing pad and ran over to the door. "It's them! It's them! It's Green Day mommy It's Green Day!" Jake shouted coming back over to Kilana. Mike and Tre walked in the door. "Okay Billie Joe you here?" Tre said. "Right here." Billie Joe said lifting his hand. "So these are the girls and boys that we met yesterday?" Mike asked noticing that James was in the room. "Yeah um... this is Kiki." He said pointing to me. "That is Kilana right yeah and James and Jake... Tre's twin remember?" Tre looked at the little boy sitting on the couch next to Billie Joe. "He doesn't look anything like me without all that makeup." He said coming around and plopping down next to the boy making the cushion he was sitting in bounce him up from the heavier weight on the other end. Mike looked around the room at the posters and drawings. "This looks like the doing of the girl who drew those pictures though." He said smiling at me. I couldn't believe this. The members of my favorite band were sitting in my hotel room with me and my friends talking to us and this was... just amazing!" I glanced at the clock. "We should go soon it's almost 8:30." I said noticing how much time had passed. It didn't feel like it was that much but it was. "Yeah we should be there by now I mean the concert starts at nine and we still have to do at least a quick practice." Billie Joe said standing up and walking to the door the bassist and the drummer followed. "Time for bed Jake it's getting late." Kilana said getting his pajamas off the floor and throwing them to her son. He ran to the bathroom and got changed then crawled into his bed. We tucked him in and prepared for an exciting night.
