All By Myself, All On My Own, chapter 8
That night had been extremely odd I mean who can say that they had some famous rock star that hardly knew them come to their room and stay there just because his friends seemed to be gone. I couldn't bother with that now though there was a Green Day concert to go to! I grabbed my jacket off the hanger in the closet and pulled it on. Kilana took one last check on Jake to make sure he was asleep so he wouldn't get worried at the fact we weren't there because he woke up. He was fast asleep though so chances were he would never even know we were gone. I shut the door behind me and we walked down the abandoned hallway and down the stairs. No one seemed to be there. They were all headed to the concert down the street. We stopped in the lobby and took a quick peek in the parking lot. It seemed to be empty once again so we continued on to the city arena. There was a huge crowd outside the arena. All people waiting to get their tickets accepted or hoping to hear the concert outside for those who couldn't get in. We waited for a few minutes the crowd quickly disappeared into the building and so did we. We pushed our way to the front. The concert was amazing. I had never experienced anything like it really. It was so exciting people went insane and the crowd just made things better. Billie Joe ran about the stage and Tre doing great on the drums like he never could get tired the crowd was just so helpful like 3 cups of coffee and a handful of sugar at midnight keeping you awake. At the end everyone especially the GD guys were tired, sweaty but so awake and overjoyed. I wasn't sure if I would get any sleep that night. We walked out the doors out onto the cold street. The sky was dark and the streetlights dimly lit the road the lights of distant windows of houses miles away just barely were visible in the shadows of the other buildings. We walked down the street to the corner. The Green Day tour bus passed us and even if Kilana waved there was no doubt they didn't see. We crossed the street and I got the weird feeling we were being watched. I spun around still walking and looked behind us then turned back now and then looking over my shoulder. "What's wrong Kiki?" James said grabbing my hand like he was as scared as I was. "I feel like we are being watched." I whispered. "I feel the same I wish we drove down here instead of walked maybe we should pick up the pace." Kilana said also checking behind her. I felt my steps grow quicker more and more eager to get to the hotel and more and more aware that we weren't the only ones on the street. We were about to cross the last intersection till the hotel when a car pulled up slowly and turned the corner. The sudden fear was lifted. Only for a moment anyway. That car. It was hard to see the color in the dark but it was similar to the one in the parking lot. It was him. If only I had bothered to look at the driver so I could see who it was I was close enough for detail maybe I would know his name. I didn't bother to tell them I wasn't positive it could have been just my imagination after all I couldn't see the guys face or the color of the car so it was possible it wasn't him.
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We got back into our room James was going to stay the night on the couch because we said we would look out for each other. We didn't know if anything would happen we weren't even positive he was after us. That mysterious man could be after Green Day though Green Day passed him nights before without a single word or movement. Not only did it keep us together but it made me feel a lot better and it helped me sleep knowing that my boy friend was staying with us. It felt a lot safer. Jake still slept comfortably with no clue that we had left and went to a Green Day concert without him. Sure it felt wrong keeping it a secret after all since what a week ago they were his favorite band. That night I took my drawing pad under the covers with me and a flashlight and finished a couple of the drawings I had started a few days ago. I fell asleep around 1:00.
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I woke up around 8:30 the next morning every one was already up. "He still there?" I asked stretching then getting up for breakfast. "No he hasn't been here since last night." Kilana said sitting on the couch with Jake who was munching on a bowl full of cereal. "What you eating Jake?" I asked sleepily walking into the kitchen. "Trix!" He said through a mouthful of the cereal. "Sounds good to me." I said yawning. I pulled out the box of Trix from the cupboard and poured some in a bowl. I put in some milk and grabbed a spoon out of the drawer and sat down next to the little boy and ate with him. James sat on the other end of the couch reading the newspaper. I noticed I still had a green and red paper bracelet on from the concert. I ripped it off my arm and set it on the table for a stupid little souvenir. Jake drank down the milk some dribbling down his chin onto his pajama shirt. He got off the couch to put it on the table then climbed back up onto the couch next to me and stared at the TV where Spongebob Squarepants just rode on the hooks with Patrick and was yelled at by Mr. Krabs. He loved Spongebob it was one of his favorite cartoons. Kilana took his bowl to the kitchen and set it in the sink then came back. I leaned over James's shoulder and looked at what he was reading in the paper. There was actually an article in there about the concert last night. I finished my bowl next and also took it to the kitchen. Everyone was still tired. Yesterday had been very long and the new day was time to recover from all the excitement. Jake went over and grabbed my drawing pad and started flipping through the pages. "Jake what are you looking for?" Key said watching her son desperately search through the pictures. "This one she did it last night and I wanted to see it." He said showing off a picture I had done last night. It had me and James in one corner and Jake and Kilana in the opposite in the center was a big picture of Green Day lights in the background and a list of their American Idiot songs and the words written in the background and lightly penciled above the main picture was a picture of all of us together that really you could hardly see if you didn't look at it just to see you could only see it if you really examined the picture and saw past the back and only focused on the light marks on the page. Jake didn't see it but the others did. Then hidden in the far back of everything behind the words very small behind the 'I' in American Idiot there was what seemed like the shadow of a figure resembling the mystery person who had sat in the parking lot for days not moving. "Wow that has to be one of the most complicated drawings you've ever done." James said studying the picture. "It is." I smiled. It's also one of the weirdest I've done. I took the book of artwork from little Jake's hands and looked through till I found another one I did last night. It showed me hiding behind a door in the dark. In the room beyond the door was a shadow of a man and car in the dark. Right behind me in the picture was Billie Joe his hand raised looking like he was about to touch my shoulder. This was similar to how I met him but the way I drew it, it seemed dark and creepy like I was extremely scared and I was spying or trying to hide from some type of murderer and the door wasn't one of the big metal and glass hotel doors it looked old and wooden in the picture. It was one of my better drawings but never one I would want to ever hang up where I could always see it. Sure it reminds me of when I met Billie Joe but it also reminds me of that man. The one who Kilana knew and refused to give a name the one we feared to be around. I closed my eyes to think and closed the book and handed it back to Jake who continued to look for anything else new. James set down the newspaper and got up. He walked into the bathroom leaving me and Kilana with this little psycho. There was a knock on the door. I got up to open it before Jake even had the chance to get up. Before I opened it I gave Jake a victorious "Ha Ha!" then swung open the door to see Tre Mike and Billie Joe. Oh my god this early in the morning and they were coming over! "Morning... so you came to the concert last night? I saw you in the audience." Billie Joe said taking a seat on the couch by Jake where he had sat yesterday the other two followed not knowing what to say. "Yeah it was awesome!" Kilana jumped in her seat sideways to face them. James came out of the bathroom. "What is it with you two and the shouting?" He complained but more of sarcasm than hatred. "Oh ... hi." He said noticing the company. I sat in a chair near the couch since really there wasn't any room left on the couch. "So um... what's up?" I asked as lost for words as Tre and Mike. "Nothin just thought we'd come get to know you if we are going to be hanging out at all while we're here I mean it does get boring really and you just get sick of each other so we thought we'd get some friends to hang with while we are here so how ya all doin?" Tre burst out then was silent like he had just spilled a very important secret. "Well um I don't know where to start so um well Key you go first." I said still trying to think of answers to what he just said. He sounded like Jake at the speed. "Well um I'm not sure where to start either but um here goes nothing... My name is Kilana or Key umm... I am 26 and this is little Jake he is 5 and well since about a week ago when we got him hooked he has been absolutely obsessed with you guys and umm... well James you can go now I guess... " She said looking at James nervously. "Okay um... I'm James and I am 28 and that is my Girl friend Kiki and she is also 26... "My turn... "I'm Kiki I am as he said 26 and Kilana is my best friend since what 2nd grade? And umm... we came here for the concert because James got me tickets for my birthday and everything has just gone crazy since we got here... " I said not knowing how they would respond to this. "Good enough for me!" Tre said leaning over to the table and putting his keys on the table. "Those were really bothering me." He said laying back. "Okay then... " I said no idea what else to say it wasn't easy to start a conversation with someone you pretty much know everything about. "Well... I don't know what else to say really you'll just have to get to know me 'cause I have no idea what to tell about myself... " I said fiddling with my hands not knowing what to do I had to find someway to occupy my embarrassment. "Fine with me... so what are you all doing today?" Mike said putting his arms up to stretch but instead smacking Tre in the back of the head with his wrist. "Hey what was that for?" Tre said rubbing his head. "Nothing I was stretching and you got in the way." Mike said calmly like it really was an accident. "Well I don't think we're doing anything today." James said trying to be as friendly as possible because he didn't really know them me and Kilana were the big fans not him. "Why don't we go out to eat together tonight or this afternoon get to really know each other better." Billie Joe suggested. "Sure." We all said together and by all I mean Me, Key, Jake, and James. "Great um... meet you in the lobby at... 7:00?" "Sure" we said again. They guys hung out a little longer it seemed that once we got through making plans for later with them it was a lot easier to talk to them.
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We walked down to the lobby and like they said they were there waiting. We walked together out to a BMW, which was the car, me, Key and Jake saw them get into when we were at the ice cream shop. A car came driving into the lot similar to that of last night. It was him. A tall blond man got out and stood there watching us get into the car and drive away. I looked out the back window to see the man get back in the car and also drive out behind us. He was following us I knew it. I grabbed James's hand and signaled him to look. He looked frightened at the fact we weren't going to be dining in private tonight with Green Day that it seemed that no matter where we went he would be there. Jake sat on his mom's lap in the back seat on my other side and then Tre next to her. There were just too many people for the car. There were seven people in a car that was made to fit only five people. I was halfway on James's lap. "Okay this is a big car to start with but I think it needs to be just a little bigger." James said getting squashed by my weight and I wasn't fat I was lighter than Kilana. "Yeah couldn't you get a van or something?" Tre said not too upset because he was being squished by a girl and little boy instead of one of the band members but he was still getting squished. "Hey, I never needed a bigger car until we picked up four extra passengers." Mike replied. "Hey we're here!" Billie Joe said stopping any stupid fight from happening. Mike pulled up to the side of the road and parked. We all clambered out of the car tripping over each other. Jake ran around in circles on the side walk and walking in the doors to the Olive Garden really one of the better restaurants for privacy around. At most places we would be swarmed by fans trying to get Green Day's autograph. The waiter seated us in a separate room for being the big business place it was it was pretty empty and we had the whole room to ourselves. We ate quietly during the appetizers but once the main course came around we just talked and talked about stupid things that have happened to us over the years. "Key should we tell them about the shopping cart incident or the toilet paper incident or what about the cafeteria or the Rainbow lake problem?" "The... Shopping cart incident." She replied. "Of course you choose that one because that one was mostly embarrassing to me not you. All you did was run away laughing your head off." ~(These are true stories so PM me if you want to hear them.)~ We shared all sorts of funny stories. Jake even told about a fight he had with his 'girlfriend.' It was so funny listening to him about having a couple's fight at the age of five and his speech didn't help keep the laughter down at all. He was so funny at how he was acting so old when he hadn't even started school yet.
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We said good night around 9:30 and everyone got a good night's sleep but first I checked on the man and he was there again waiting for us just waiting...
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We got back into our room James was going to stay the night on the couch because we said we would look out for each other. We didn't know if anything would happen we weren't even positive he was after us. That mysterious man could be after Green Day though Green Day passed him nights before without a single word or movement. Not only did it keep us together but it made me feel a lot better and it helped me sleep knowing that my boy friend was staying with us. It felt a lot safer. Jake still slept comfortably with no clue that we had left and went to a Green Day concert without him. Sure it felt wrong keeping it a secret after all since what a week ago they were his favorite band. That night I took my drawing pad under the covers with me and a flashlight and finished a couple of the drawings I had started a few days ago. I fell asleep around 1:00.
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I woke up around 8:30 the next morning every one was already up. "He still there?" I asked stretching then getting up for breakfast. "No he hasn't been here since last night." Kilana said sitting on the couch with Jake who was munching on a bowl full of cereal. "What you eating Jake?" I asked sleepily walking into the kitchen. "Trix!" He said through a mouthful of the cereal. "Sounds good to me." I said yawning. I pulled out the box of Trix from the cupboard and poured some in a bowl. I put in some milk and grabbed a spoon out of the drawer and sat down next to the little boy and ate with him. James sat on the other end of the couch reading the newspaper. I noticed I still had a green and red paper bracelet on from the concert. I ripped it off my arm and set it on the table for a stupid little souvenir. Jake drank down the milk some dribbling down his chin onto his pajama shirt. He got off the couch to put it on the table then climbed back up onto the couch next to me and stared at the TV where Spongebob Squarepants just rode on the hooks with Patrick and was yelled at by Mr. Krabs. He loved Spongebob it was one of his favorite cartoons. Kilana took his bowl to the kitchen and set it in the sink then came back. I leaned over James's shoulder and looked at what he was reading in the paper. There was actually an article in there about the concert last night. I finished my bowl next and also took it to the kitchen. Everyone was still tired. Yesterday had been very long and the new day was time to recover from all the excitement. Jake went over and grabbed my drawing pad and started flipping through the pages. "Jake what are you looking for?" Key said watching her son desperately search through the pictures. "This one she did it last night and I wanted to see it." He said showing off a picture I had done last night. It had me and James in one corner and Jake and Kilana in the opposite in the center was a big picture of Green Day lights in the background and a list of their American Idiot songs and the words written in the background and lightly penciled above the main picture was a picture of all of us together that really you could hardly see if you didn't look at it just to see you could only see it if you really examined the picture and saw past the back and only focused on the light marks on the page. Jake didn't see it but the others did. Then hidden in the far back of everything behind the words very small behind the 'I' in American Idiot there was what seemed like the shadow of a figure resembling the mystery person who had sat in the parking lot for days not moving. "Wow that has to be one of the most complicated drawings you've ever done." James said studying the picture. "It is." I smiled. It's also one of the weirdest I've done. I took the book of artwork from little Jake's hands and looked through till I found another one I did last night. It showed me hiding behind a door in the dark. In the room beyond the door was a shadow of a man and car in the dark. Right behind me in the picture was Billie Joe his hand raised looking like he was about to touch my shoulder. This was similar to how I met him but the way I drew it, it seemed dark and creepy like I was extremely scared and I was spying or trying to hide from some type of murderer and the door wasn't one of the big metal and glass hotel doors it looked old and wooden in the picture. It was one of my better drawings but never one I would want to ever hang up where I could always see it. Sure it reminds me of when I met Billie Joe but it also reminds me of that man. The one who Kilana knew and refused to give a name the one we feared to be around. I closed my eyes to think and closed the book and handed it back to Jake who continued to look for anything else new. James set down the newspaper and got up. He walked into the bathroom leaving me and Kilana with this little psycho. There was a knock on the door. I got up to open it before Jake even had the chance to get up. Before I opened it I gave Jake a victorious "Ha Ha!" then swung open the door to see Tre Mike and Billie Joe. Oh my god this early in the morning and they were coming over! "Morning... so you came to the concert last night? I saw you in the audience." Billie Joe said taking a seat on the couch by Jake where he had sat yesterday the other two followed not knowing what to say. "Yeah it was awesome!" Kilana jumped in her seat sideways to face them. James came out of the bathroom. "What is it with you two and the shouting?" He complained but more of sarcasm than hatred. "Oh ... hi." He said noticing the company. I sat in a chair near the couch since really there wasn't any room left on the couch. "So um... what's up?" I asked as lost for words as Tre and Mike. "Nothin just thought we'd come get to know you if we are going to be hanging out at all while we're here I mean it does get boring really and you just get sick of each other so we thought we'd get some friends to hang with while we are here so how ya all doin?" Tre burst out then was silent like he had just spilled a very important secret. "Well um I don't know where to start so um well Key you go first." I said still trying to think of answers to what he just said. He sounded like Jake at the speed. "Well um I'm not sure where to start either but um here goes nothing... My name is Kilana or Key umm... I am 26 and this is little Jake he is 5 and well since about a week ago when we got him hooked he has been absolutely obsessed with you guys and umm... well James you can go now I guess... " She said looking at James nervously. "Okay um... I'm James and I am 28 and that is my Girl friend Kiki and she is also 26... "My turn... "I'm Kiki I am as he said 26 and Kilana is my best friend since what 2nd grade? And umm... we came here for the concert because James got me tickets for my birthday and everything has just gone crazy since we got here... " I said not knowing how they would respond to this. "Good enough for me!" Tre said leaning over to the table and putting his keys on the table. "Those were really bothering me." He said laying back. "Okay then... " I said no idea what else to say it wasn't easy to start a conversation with someone you pretty much know everything about. "Well... I don't know what else to say really you'll just have to get to know me 'cause I have no idea what to tell about myself... " I said fiddling with my hands not knowing what to do I had to find someway to occupy my embarrassment. "Fine with me... so what are you all doing today?" Mike said putting his arms up to stretch but instead smacking Tre in the back of the head with his wrist. "Hey what was that for?" Tre said rubbing his head. "Nothing I was stretching and you got in the way." Mike said calmly like it really was an accident. "Well I don't think we're doing anything today." James said trying to be as friendly as possible because he didn't really know them me and Kilana were the big fans not him. "Why don't we go out to eat together tonight or this afternoon get to really know each other better." Billie Joe suggested. "Sure." We all said together and by all I mean Me, Key, Jake, and James. "Great um... meet you in the lobby at... 7:00?" "Sure" we said again. They guys hung out a little longer it seemed that once we got through making plans for later with them it was a lot easier to talk to them.
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We walked down to the lobby and like they said they were there waiting. We walked together out to a BMW, which was the car, me, Key and Jake saw them get into when we were at the ice cream shop. A car came driving into the lot similar to that of last night. It was him. A tall blond man got out and stood there watching us get into the car and drive away. I looked out the back window to see the man get back in the car and also drive out behind us. He was following us I knew it. I grabbed James's hand and signaled him to look. He looked frightened at the fact we weren't going to be dining in private tonight with Green Day that it seemed that no matter where we went he would be there. Jake sat on his mom's lap in the back seat on my other side and then Tre next to her. There were just too many people for the car. There were seven people in a car that was made to fit only five people. I was halfway on James's lap. "Okay this is a big car to start with but I think it needs to be just a little bigger." James said getting squashed by my weight and I wasn't fat I was lighter than Kilana. "Yeah couldn't you get a van or something?" Tre said not too upset because he was being squished by a girl and little boy instead of one of the band members but he was still getting squished. "Hey, I never needed a bigger car until we picked up four extra passengers." Mike replied. "Hey we're here!" Billie Joe said stopping any stupid fight from happening. Mike pulled up to the side of the road and parked. We all clambered out of the car tripping over each other. Jake ran around in circles on the side walk and walking in the doors to the Olive Garden really one of the better restaurants for privacy around. At most places we would be swarmed by fans trying to get Green Day's autograph. The waiter seated us in a separate room for being the big business place it was it was pretty empty and we had the whole room to ourselves. We ate quietly during the appetizers but once the main course came around we just talked and talked about stupid things that have happened to us over the years. "Key should we tell them about the shopping cart incident or the toilet paper incident or what about the cafeteria or the Rainbow lake problem?" "The... Shopping cart incident." She replied. "Of course you choose that one because that one was mostly embarrassing to me not you. All you did was run away laughing your head off." ~(These are true stories so PM me if you want to hear them.)~ We shared all sorts of funny stories. Jake even told about a fight he had with his 'girlfriend.' It was so funny listening to him about having a couple's fight at the age of five and his speech didn't help keep the laughter down at all. He was so funny at how he was acting so old when he hadn't even started school yet.
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We said good night around 9:30 and everyone got a good night's sleep but first I checked on the man and he was there again waiting for us just waiting...
