Sweet Children Come Out and Play, chapter 12
Delphine walked out of the bathroom after washing her face to find him still in bed of course, and it took a rather long sexy pillow fight to get him up. Finally, twenty minutes later, they made it across the street to the old apartment house. Delphine laughed. Their new house was really just an extension of the old one. They still both had a key and invited themselves in. Delphine stepped into the kitchen first to find Brites, Richelle and Mike all up watching SpongeBob. They all looked up, still in pajamas. "Hi!" Richelle waved and ran over to them. Brites and Mike were being more lazy. They were sitting together and just turned around on the couch.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Mike said.
"The sky!" Brites yelled for them.
"I was not asking you. Really, what's up?"
"Actually, this time we do have something that's up," Delphine said shyly.
The Mike looked more interested. "Really? Usually the answer to 'what's up' is 'nothing.'"
"Where's Tre?"
"He's sleeping," Richelle rolled her eyes.
"Can you go get him?"
"Sure," Richelle said slowly. Then she ran off quickly. She was dying to know what was going on.
Billie Joe sat silently the whole time while Mike and Brites tried to get Delphine to say whatever she had to say. "No, just wait for Tre to get here. I want to say it all at the same time."
"Is it bad?"
"No. I don't think I would look like this if it was bad." Billie followed her over to
the other couch and they sat down together. Then, suddenly, Tre came rampaging through the house so it felt like an earthquake. When he reached the kitchen, he went straight for the refrigerator and grabbed the nearest thing. Chocolate syrup, mustard and cornflakes (which were also in the refrigerator). Richelle came running back through the house calling "Tre! Tre get back here!" but by the time she got there, he already had a full mouth of cereal, chocolate and mustard.
"Wow," Billie finally spoke, "I guess I have had plenty of practice with Tre so when you start eating strange like that I'll be used to it," he teased. Brites and Mike just looked at them confused while Richelle struggled to take the chocolate away. Too much sugar this early in the morning for Tre is... well, bad.
"Tre get over here!" Brites yelled. "Billie and Delphine have to tell us something important and I want to know already."
"Here Richelle! Have some!" Tre went to pour the cereal on Richelle who screamed and ran behind the couch.
"Tre did you hear me?!"
"I'll just be right there!"
"I would like to know sometime today!"
"Tre, sit down," Richelle ordered.
"Fine!" he slumped down in the chair, covered in the morning breakfast.
"Ok, Delphine has something to say." Finally, a moment to get a word in edgewise. "What is it?" Richelle asked calmly.
Delphine turned to look at Billie for a second who nodded. "All right. Here it is. I'm pregnant." A silence hit the room harder than Tre's screaming but then erupted into a shower of, "What?! Delphine! That's so wonderful! Really? I can't believe it! That's awesome!" and a million hugs and kisses. Delphine had never felt so relived, except maybe after her wedding. There, they all knew. First Brites and Richelle jumped on Delphine and then on Billie when he was not expecting it. Then there were the realizations of, "You two are in so much trouble!" but "I can't wait." Now all that was left was her parents. She would tell her mother first. Yes. Everything would work out great. Delphine just had to keep telling herself that.
*
Delphine walked back through the door of the big apartment. It was funny how even though she and Billie had their own place now, they still hung out at the old place more than their own, at least when they were not all out doing something together. Come to think of it, Delphine might as well be married to all five of them. When she skipped into the kitchen, she could not believe her eyes. The entire kitchen, living room and hallway were covered from wall to wall in toilet paper. "Uh, guys? Anyone home?"
Then Tre sprung up from behind the couch and tackled her from behind. Delphine screamed and the rest of them popped up. "Tre! Get off her!" Billie yelled at him. He was lying right on top of her.
"Why should I?"
"She's pregnant, Tre," Richelle said seriously with her arms folded.
"Fine," and he sprang on Richelle.
"Never mind them," Billie said. "Did you see your mom?"
"I did."
Billie looked nervous, "Did you tell her?"
"I was going to... but I- I just couldn't," she bowed her head. "I got nervous and I couldn't. I know we're married but I just don't think she would expect it. I don't know."
"It's all right." Billie gave her a hug but that just made Delphine start laughing. He was completely wrapped in toilet paper like a mummy just like Tre. Mike and Brites were still lying together on the floor.
"You guys HELP ME!" Richelle screamed to them running past.
"We can't," Brites wined, "We're stuck!"
"You wrapped yourselves together?" Delphine said sarcastically.
"Why not?" Mike said happily.
"All right, let me out!" Then Delphine pulled the camera out of the drawer. "No! Delphine put that away!" Brites cried. She took a picture anyway... or five or six, and of Tre and Richelle... and Billie too. "Stop that Delphine!" Brites yelled trying to wiggle away as Mike would not let her. "You're using up the film!"
"Oh no, this is digital," she laughed as Richelle grabbed the camera away on the run and started taking picture of Tre. He promptly dived behind the counter, ran to the refrigerator and pulled out his favorite thing, the chocolate and the mustard. Richelle screamed and began running after him.
"You want to get out of here?" Billie asked.
"Sure, just take off that dress."
"Fine."
When the two stepped outside the house of chaos, Billie said, "So, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Let's just walk and decide. We can go to Starbucks."
"Ok. Umm, do you want me to come with you to tell your mom?" Billie really did
not want to ask, but he felt he owed it to her. He was the one who got her pregnant after all. And at the moment, he was also feeling quite relieved that he was not the one who actually had to be pregnant.
"Really? I would."
Billie shook his head, "All right. We can whenever you want to."
"Oh, thank you Billie," she gave him a hug. "I don't know why I'm scared. But thank you." They kept walking and eventually made it to Starbucks. Delphine got a mocha and Billie got a plain cappuccino. As they were walking back to see how the toilet paper house was doing, Delphine stopped, "Billie, can we just go tell my mom now?"
"You want to? Now?" he said unsure and a little scared all of a sudden.
"I'll feel a million times better if we just go do it now."
"Ok then, let's just go." They walked past the house and started towards Delphine's parents' house.
*
Billie Joe opened the door to the apartment house and stepped back for Delphine to walk through. Then they both crashed on the couch. Finally, it was done. When they told Mary, she first looked stunned. She of course mentioned how young they both were and seemed concerned but what's done is done and a second later she was ecstatic. There was the whole 'I'm going to be a grandmother' realization. Then she looked horribly like she was going to cry and started with the 'my baby's growing up thing.' Billie Joe really did not do anything except sit behind Delphine and agree with whatever she said. She didn't blame him and she somehow felt a lot better just to have him there sitting next to her, or behind her hiding, it made no difference. Delphine thought it went really well actually, and her mom would tell her dad. She really did not want to be there for that.
And that was it. Her mother would call everyone; she practically volunteered to tell the whole world about it. Everyone would know now. And she was happy. If they did not like it, fuck them. She loved her whole family of relatives really, and she could not think of anyone who would not say congratulations. They all were happy for the wedding anyway.
Billie Joe had phoned his mom yesterday after they told the guys. He said she was happy for them. That was good. Delphine really liked Ollie. So all his family would know. It was a scary thought though. Well, there would be no hiding it in nine months anyway. Wow, nine months had always seemed like a long time but now it was not long enough. They had to get ready. But then what was there to do? Some shopping. Baby shopping. She had always wanted to do that. But more importantly, they had to pick out a name. Eh, there was plenty of time for all that.
"So Billie, what's up next."
"Well, tomorrow we are going in to the studio to record a few of more songs like I said. We're pretty sure it's going to be called Slappy."
"Oh my gosh, I almost forgot about that with the baby stuff. I'm sorry sweetie," she gave him a kiss. "I can't wait to hear." Delphine knew that recording time was the boys' time. As seniors, just before Billie's birthday in February last year, they had recorded their first EP, 1000 Hours. Then Sweet Children the EP came next. They were under a label called Lookout! Records. Tre used to play with a band called The Lookouts from age twelve to sophomore year when the band broke up and Tre met Billie Joe and Mike. Now they were Green Day and that was about it.
"And then we go on tour?"
"Yep!" Billie said excited. They really loved doing concerts. Sometime he could not believe he was able to do them. They were so goddamn lucky to have these gigs.
"So I have two days to pack. We can't forget everything like the toothpaste this time."
"I even wrote it down."
"And the toothbrush... and underwear."
"I told you last time I do not need underwear. I never wear it anyway."
"Billie, put on your underwear. It's only hot when I do it."
"Fine."
"Hey guys, what's up?" Mike said.
"The sky!" Brites yelled for them.
"I was not asking you. Really, what's up?"
"Actually, this time we do have something that's up," Delphine said shyly.
The Mike looked more interested. "Really? Usually the answer to 'what's up' is 'nothing.'"
"Where's Tre?"
"He's sleeping," Richelle rolled her eyes.
"Can you go get him?"
"Sure," Richelle said slowly. Then she ran off quickly. She was dying to know what was going on.
Billie Joe sat silently the whole time while Mike and Brites tried to get Delphine to say whatever she had to say. "No, just wait for Tre to get here. I want to say it all at the same time."
"Is it bad?"
"No. I don't think I would look like this if it was bad." Billie followed her over to
the other couch and they sat down together. Then, suddenly, Tre came rampaging through the house so it felt like an earthquake. When he reached the kitchen, he went straight for the refrigerator and grabbed the nearest thing. Chocolate syrup, mustard and cornflakes (which were also in the refrigerator). Richelle came running back through the house calling "Tre! Tre get back here!" but by the time she got there, he already had a full mouth of cereal, chocolate and mustard.
"Wow," Billie finally spoke, "I guess I have had plenty of practice with Tre so when you start eating strange like that I'll be used to it," he teased. Brites and Mike just looked at them confused while Richelle struggled to take the chocolate away. Too much sugar this early in the morning for Tre is... well, bad.
"Tre get over here!" Brites yelled. "Billie and Delphine have to tell us something important and I want to know already."
"Here Richelle! Have some!" Tre went to pour the cereal on Richelle who screamed and ran behind the couch.
"Tre did you hear me?!"
"I'll just be right there!"
"I would like to know sometime today!"
"Tre, sit down," Richelle ordered.
"Fine!" he slumped down in the chair, covered in the morning breakfast.
"Ok, Delphine has something to say." Finally, a moment to get a word in edgewise. "What is it?" Richelle asked calmly.
Delphine turned to look at Billie for a second who nodded. "All right. Here it is. I'm pregnant." A silence hit the room harder than Tre's screaming but then erupted into a shower of, "What?! Delphine! That's so wonderful! Really? I can't believe it! That's awesome!" and a million hugs and kisses. Delphine had never felt so relived, except maybe after her wedding. There, they all knew. First Brites and Richelle jumped on Delphine and then on Billie when he was not expecting it. Then there were the realizations of, "You two are in so much trouble!" but "I can't wait." Now all that was left was her parents. She would tell her mother first. Yes. Everything would work out great. Delphine just had to keep telling herself that.
*
Delphine walked back through the door of the big apartment. It was funny how even though she and Billie had their own place now, they still hung out at the old place more than their own, at least when they were not all out doing something together. Come to think of it, Delphine might as well be married to all five of them. When she skipped into the kitchen, she could not believe her eyes. The entire kitchen, living room and hallway were covered from wall to wall in toilet paper. "Uh, guys? Anyone home?"
Then Tre sprung up from behind the couch and tackled her from behind. Delphine screamed and the rest of them popped up. "Tre! Get off her!" Billie yelled at him. He was lying right on top of her.
"Why should I?"
"She's pregnant, Tre," Richelle said seriously with her arms folded.
"Fine," and he sprang on Richelle.
"Never mind them," Billie said. "Did you see your mom?"
"I did."
Billie looked nervous, "Did you tell her?"
"I was going to... but I- I just couldn't," she bowed her head. "I got nervous and I couldn't. I know we're married but I just don't think she would expect it. I don't know."
"It's all right." Billie gave her a hug but that just made Delphine start laughing. He was completely wrapped in toilet paper like a mummy just like Tre. Mike and Brites were still lying together on the floor.
"You guys HELP ME!" Richelle screamed to them running past.
"We can't," Brites wined, "We're stuck!"
"You wrapped yourselves together?" Delphine said sarcastically.
"Why not?" Mike said happily.
"All right, let me out!" Then Delphine pulled the camera out of the drawer. "No! Delphine put that away!" Brites cried. She took a picture anyway... or five or six, and of Tre and Richelle... and Billie too. "Stop that Delphine!" Brites yelled trying to wiggle away as Mike would not let her. "You're using up the film!"
"Oh no, this is digital," she laughed as Richelle grabbed the camera away on the run and started taking picture of Tre. He promptly dived behind the counter, ran to the refrigerator and pulled out his favorite thing, the chocolate and the mustard. Richelle screamed and began running after him.
"You want to get out of here?" Billie asked.
"Sure, just take off that dress."
"Fine."
When the two stepped outside the house of chaos, Billie said, "So, what do you want to do?"
"I don't know. Let's just walk and decide. We can go to Starbucks."
"Ok. Umm, do you want me to come with you to tell your mom?" Billie really did
not want to ask, but he felt he owed it to her. He was the one who got her pregnant after all. And at the moment, he was also feeling quite relieved that he was not the one who actually had to be pregnant.
"Really? I would."
Billie shook his head, "All right. We can whenever you want to."
"Oh, thank you Billie," she gave him a hug. "I don't know why I'm scared. But thank you." They kept walking and eventually made it to Starbucks. Delphine got a mocha and Billie got a plain cappuccino. As they were walking back to see how the toilet paper house was doing, Delphine stopped, "Billie, can we just go tell my mom now?"
"You want to? Now?" he said unsure and a little scared all of a sudden.
"I'll feel a million times better if we just go do it now."
"Ok then, let's just go." They walked past the house and started towards Delphine's parents' house.
*
Billie Joe opened the door to the apartment house and stepped back for Delphine to walk through. Then they both crashed on the couch. Finally, it was done. When they told Mary, she first looked stunned. She of course mentioned how young they both were and seemed concerned but what's done is done and a second later she was ecstatic. There was the whole 'I'm going to be a grandmother' realization. Then she looked horribly like she was going to cry and started with the 'my baby's growing up thing.' Billie Joe really did not do anything except sit behind Delphine and agree with whatever she said. She didn't blame him and she somehow felt a lot better just to have him there sitting next to her, or behind her hiding, it made no difference. Delphine thought it went really well actually, and her mom would tell her dad. She really did not want to be there for that.
And that was it. Her mother would call everyone; she practically volunteered to tell the whole world about it. Everyone would know now. And she was happy. If they did not like it, fuck them. She loved her whole family of relatives really, and she could not think of anyone who would not say congratulations. They all were happy for the wedding anyway.
Billie Joe had phoned his mom yesterday after they told the guys. He said she was happy for them. That was good. Delphine really liked Ollie. So all his family would know. It was a scary thought though. Well, there would be no hiding it in nine months anyway. Wow, nine months had always seemed like a long time but now it was not long enough. They had to get ready. But then what was there to do? Some shopping. Baby shopping. She had always wanted to do that. But more importantly, they had to pick out a name. Eh, there was plenty of time for all that.
"So Billie, what's up next."
"Well, tomorrow we are going in to the studio to record a few of more songs like I said. We're pretty sure it's going to be called Slappy."
"Oh my gosh, I almost forgot about that with the baby stuff. I'm sorry sweetie," she gave him a kiss. "I can't wait to hear." Delphine knew that recording time was the boys' time. As seniors, just before Billie's birthday in February last year, they had recorded their first EP, 1000 Hours. Then Sweet Children the EP came next. They were under a label called Lookout! Records. Tre used to play with a band called The Lookouts from age twelve to sophomore year when the band broke up and Tre met Billie Joe and Mike. Now they were Green Day and that was about it.
"And then we go on tour?"
"Yep!" Billie said excited. They really loved doing concerts. Sometime he could not believe he was able to do them. They were so goddamn lucky to have these gigs.
"So I have two days to pack. We can't forget everything like the toothpaste this time."
"I even wrote it down."
"And the toothbrush... and underwear."
"I told you last time I do not need underwear. I never wear it anyway."
"Billie, put on your underwear. It's only hot when I do it."
"Fine."
