Love You, chapter 6
STEPHANIE'S POV
I woke up the next morning to Billie's arms resting softly around my waist. I slowly got out of bed trying not to wake him up. I silently walked out to the kitchen and found Mike making a pot of coffee.
"Hi Mike."
"Morning. Coffee?"
I nodded and started to make a piece of toast, since I wasn't to hungry. Mike handed me a cup of steamy coffee. Mike sat on a stool at the counter and I stood on the other side of the counter with my head in my hand. I felt arms wrap around my waist and spin me about.
"Billie!" I shrieked.
"Who said I was Billie?" I heard a giggling Tre say from behind me as he put me over his shoudler. He slapped my ass and ran about the room.
I started laughing like mad and Billie walked in and started laughing with Mike, Tre, and I. Suddenly Tre stopped by the couch.He dropped me on it and ran out of the room scared. I looked on the floor and there was a big ass spider. I toppled over the back of the couch and ran over to Billie and jumped into his arms. He looked at me funny.
"Billie there is a really big spider over there. Someone go kill it now!" I yelled. I hate spiders they are so.....gross and have to many eyes and legs.
Mike got up and to look at the thing and laughed. He grabbed a shoe and smacked it hard. Mike walked over with a smile.
"Dead."
Billie carried me down the hall and Mike followed. We found Tre sitting in his room in the corner sucking a thumb. Mike and Billie started to laugh hard. I hopped out of Billie's arms and walked over to Tre.
"It's dead Tre." He looked up at me and smiled widely. We linked arms and skipped out of the room while sticking our tongues out at Mike and Billie.
"What would you like to do today Tre?" I said as we skipped around the house still linking arms.
"I don't know. How about.....the mall!" he yelled happily.
We skipped over to our shoes and grabbed the keys. We yelled good bye to Billie and Mike and were off to the mall.
MIKE'S POV
"Hey Mike?" Billie said in a sort of worried tone.
"What's wrong Billie?"
"Should I be worried?"
"Stephanie loves you far to much. She would not do that to you."
"I know, but what about Tre?" His eyes were filled with worry.
"Billie, Tre has been our bud for a long time. He may be not so bright, but he still knows limits." I gave him a reassuring pat on the back and proceeded to the shower.
TRE'S POV
As Stephanie and I walked down the mall making fun of the preps and bitches, I couldn't keep her out of my mind.
"Tre? Are you still there?" Stephanie waved her hand in front of my face and I snapped to attention.
"Oh yah. I am here."
"Are you okay? You seem spacey." she smiled and we lopped arms and skipped through the mall all the way to the music store.
I walked to the kits and Stephanie looked at picks and guitars. We spent an hour and a half in there. I walked out with some new sticks and Stepahnie got some picks.
"Hey Tre?" Stephanie said.
"What's up?"
"Does it bother you that I am in your band? You know with being a girl and all."
"No. Why?" I couldn't understand why she was hung up on this idea.
"Because it is kinda wierd."
We decided to go home after awhile of skipping through the mall.
BILLIE'S POV
I was sitting on the couch eating a bag of cheetos. and flipping through the channels. Absolutely nothing was on. I heard a few people laughing coming to the door. In walked Stephanie and Tre laughing there heads off. Something about preps.
STEPHANIE'S POV
Tre and I were laughing about some of the preps we saw as we skipped arm in arm into the house. Billie was sitting on the couch eating cheetos and flipping channels and Mike was no where to be seen. As soon as Billie saw us he hopped up from the couch.
He sprinted over to me and took me in his arms. Billie planted his soft lips on mine. "I missed you." he said when his lips pulled from mine.
"Wow someone must have been lonely while we were gone," I said surprised at my greeting.
"Mike left to go on a date or something like that. What did you get at the mall?"
"I got picks and Tre got sticks. Haha that rhymed!" I said.
NEXT DAY
STEPHANIE'S POV
I woke up in Billie's bed like usual, but Billie wasn't there. I got up and heard the shower running. I assumed it was Billie so I walked to the kitchen. Mike was drinking coffee as usual. He was already dressed and had shoes on. Tre came down the hall looking or his shoes.
"What's going on?" I asked them.
"Were are meeting a guy today about a record deal. One of my old buddies started a record company," Tre said while searching for his left shoe. He found it behind the tv.
"Yah you should be getting ready," Mike said while making another pot of coffee.
I walked in my room and over to my closet. I picked out baggy balck jeans with rips at the knees, my studded belt, and a balck and white stripped shirt. I pulled my hair back into my usual pony tail and pulled on a black cadet hat. I brushed my teeth had a quick cup of coffee and found my pair of old red chucks. Once I finished this we were all out the door.
We went to a little diner and sat down at a table. A few minutes later a guy walked in and Tre got up to greet him. They came back to the table and the man sat down.
"Guys this is my old bud Larry," Tre said smiling wdiely.
"Hey guys."
"Thats Billie, Mike, and Steph," Tre said introducing us.
We all sat down ordered, ate,and after we talked about our music. Larry had taken us to the studio and we played a bit. He said he would get back with us by tomorrow with an answer.
LATER ON THAT NIGHT (still in Stephanie's pov)
All we did was hang around the house nervously that night. You could feel the tension in the air. I felt arms wrap around my waist. I smiled as I felt a pair of lips softly kiss the back of my neck. I turned around and was met with a pair of soft lips. I smiled as I kissed Billie back. I could feel him smile too. He pushed me up on the counter and kissed me hard. I kissed him just as hard. I felt his tongue slip passed my lips.
All of a sudden Tre came down the hallway.
"I SMELL SEX!" He yelled. He walked in the kitchen to see Billie on top of me on the counter. "I KNEW I SMELLED SEX!"
"TRE WHAT ARE YOU BITCHIN ABOUT?" Mike yelled as he came in to see us on the counter as Tre did.
"Good god guys at least do that somewhere where we don't make food," Mike said.
"Yah. Do that when we aren't looking ok?" They smiled as they walked back to their rooms for early sleep.
Billie and I sat on the couch for awhile. Billie put his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him I laid my head on his shoulder and we fell asleep on the couch.
I woke up the next day to the phone ringing I looked at the clock and it was nearing noon. I shot up and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" I said anxiously.
"Hey it's Larry, is this Mike, Tre, Billie, or Stephanie." said Larry.
"Oh hey Larry it's Stephanie."
"Well I have some good news. Lookout! has decided to sign you guys."
"Holy fucking shit! Really?"
He laughed a bit. "Yah really."
"Thanks. This means a lot to us!" we said good bye and hung up the phone.
"GUYS WAKE THE FUCK UP NOW! GOD DAMMIT WAKE UP!" I screamed through the house "GET OFF YOUR LAZY FUCKING ASSES NOW! WAKE UP CRACK WHORES!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP STEPHANIE!" moaned Tre.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU BITCHIN ABOUT?" yelled Mike.
"DAMMIT BABE I'M TIRED!" Billie groaned from the couch.
"I GUESS I WON"T TELL YOU THAT WE GOT SIGNED!" I smiled mischiviously.
Mike and Tre shot down the hall and Billie shot up from the couch. All at once they started yelling things like Holy shit seriously? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh my fucking God. Of all sorts.
"Yah Larry just called. We got signed."
NINE MONTHS LATER
APRIL 19, 1991
BILLIE'S POV
Today is the day our first album comes out. It's called 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. We are all pretty excited about it after working so hard on it. Stephnie and I have been together for about nine months and we are pretty happy. I am nineteen and Stephanie, Mike, and, Tre are still 18. Tomorrow we have a gig at Gilman.
GIG AT GILMAN
BILLIE'S POV
"Guys come on. We have to go on," I said as we grabbed our stuff and ran to the stage. Stepahnie grabbed a hat and stuffed her hair in it once again to turn into Steve.
We finished off perfectly as the crowd roared out with screams and applause. All four of us walked back stage. Stephanie walked off to find some more beer, vodka, and tequila. She came back ten minutes later with an arm load.
She got tired and decided to go home and the rest of us stayed behind.
STEPHANIE'S POV
I walked down the lonely and bare street to our house. I heard the faint sounds of footsteps behind me, but just brushed it off. I kept walking on the street.
"Remember me?" said a cold voice from behind me. I recognized the voice instantly. I felt a hand on my shoulder that quickly spun me around. I was right.
"Pete let go of me now," my voice shook.
"Come on. I just want another chance, he smiled weirdly and I got shivers running up my spine. The bad kind of shivers.
"I won't get back with you," my voice shook more.
"Yes you will or...well you know what I like to do," he smiled weirldy again.
"No Pete." I felt Pete's hand smack against my cheek.
"Yes you will and you will break up with that fuck up your with."
"He isn't a fuck up I love him and I will not break up with him!" I began to shake with fear.
I felt him punch me in the stomach. "Yes you will or there will be more where that came from. Go home and break up with your fuck up boyfriend."
I ran clutching my stomach to our house. I crashed through the door and sunk to the ground in fear. Billie ran to me and held me in his arms.
"Babe whats wrong?" he said with concern in his voice. Mike and Tre crowded around as well as Larry who was here for some strange reason.
I began to sob into his my hands. Fear shook all over my body.
"Stephanie what is wrong? What happened?" Mike started to become very concerned as well as Billie, Tre, and Larry.
"Billie-" I tried to spit out the words, but I just couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to breakup with him. I loved him to much. I wanted to be with him forever knowing he would be there to protect and keep me safe. He would always be there for me and I knew he would.
"Stephanie what, come on tell us," Billie held me even tighter in his arms.
"Billie I want to-" I couldn't do it. I knew I had to if I didn't want to get hurt.
"Stephanie come on," Billie said stroking my hair softly trying to soothe me. I just sobbed harder and harder.
"Billie I can't be with you anymore," I choked out the words between sobs. I hurt so much to say those words. Billie had a confused look on his face and the other three had a look of shock.
"Stephanie.....Why?" Billie's eyes misted over with hurt.
"I can't tell you," I sobbed uncontrolably
"Why not?" A tear rolled down his cheek slowly.
"I just can't tell you." I hung my head in shame as I continued sobbing.
I woke up the next morning to Billie's arms resting softly around my waist. I slowly got out of bed trying not to wake him up. I silently walked out to the kitchen and found Mike making a pot of coffee.
"Hi Mike."
"Morning. Coffee?"
I nodded and started to make a piece of toast, since I wasn't to hungry. Mike handed me a cup of steamy coffee. Mike sat on a stool at the counter and I stood on the other side of the counter with my head in my hand. I felt arms wrap around my waist and spin me about.
"Billie!" I shrieked.
"Who said I was Billie?" I heard a giggling Tre say from behind me as he put me over his shoudler. He slapped my ass and ran about the room.
I started laughing like mad and Billie walked in and started laughing with Mike, Tre, and I. Suddenly Tre stopped by the couch.He dropped me on it and ran out of the room scared. I looked on the floor and there was a big ass spider. I toppled over the back of the couch and ran over to Billie and jumped into his arms. He looked at me funny.
"Billie there is a really big spider over there. Someone go kill it now!" I yelled. I hate spiders they are so.....gross and have to many eyes and legs.
Mike got up and to look at the thing and laughed. He grabbed a shoe and smacked it hard. Mike walked over with a smile.
"Dead."
Billie carried me down the hall and Mike followed. We found Tre sitting in his room in the corner sucking a thumb. Mike and Billie started to laugh hard. I hopped out of Billie's arms and walked over to Tre.
"It's dead Tre." He looked up at me and smiled widely. We linked arms and skipped out of the room while sticking our tongues out at Mike and Billie.
"What would you like to do today Tre?" I said as we skipped around the house still linking arms.
"I don't know. How about.....the mall!" he yelled happily.
We skipped over to our shoes and grabbed the keys. We yelled good bye to Billie and Mike and were off to the mall.
MIKE'S POV
"Hey Mike?" Billie said in a sort of worried tone.
"What's wrong Billie?"
"Should I be worried?"
"Stephanie loves you far to much. She would not do that to you."
"I know, but what about Tre?" His eyes were filled with worry.
"Billie, Tre has been our bud for a long time. He may be not so bright, but he still knows limits." I gave him a reassuring pat on the back and proceeded to the shower.
TRE'S POV
As Stephanie and I walked down the mall making fun of the preps and bitches, I couldn't keep her out of my mind.
"Tre? Are you still there?" Stephanie waved her hand in front of my face and I snapped to attention.
"Oh yah. I am here."
"Are you okay? You seem spacey." she smiled and we lopped arms and skipped through the mall all the way to the music store.
I walked to the kits and Stephanie looked at picks and guitars. We spent an hour and a half in there. I walked out with some new sticks and Stepahnie got some picks.
"Hey Tre?" Stephanie said.
"What's up?"
"Does it bother you that I am in your band? You know with being a girl and all."
"No. Why?" I couldn't understand why she was hung up on this idea.
"Because it is kinda wierd."
We decided to go home after awhile of skipping through the mall.
BILLIE'S POV
I was sitting on the couch eating a bag of cheetos. and flipping through the channels. Absolutely nothing was on. I heard a few people laughing coming to the door. In walked Stephanie and Tre laughing there heads off. Something about preps.
STEPHANIE'S POV
Tre and I were laughing about some of the preps we saw as we skipped arm in arm into the house. Billie was sitting on the couch eating cheetos and flipping channels and Mike was no where to be seen. As soon as Billie saw us he hopped up from the couch.
He sprinted over to me and took me in his arms. Billie planted his soft lips on mine. "I missed you." he said when his lips pulled from mine.
"Wow someone must have been lonely while we were gone," I said surprised at my greeting.
"Mike left to go on a date or something like that. What did you get at the mall?"
"I got picks and Tre got sticks. Haha that rhymed!" I said.
NEXT DAY
STEPHANIE'S POV
I woke up in Billie's bed like usual, but Billie wasn't there. I got up and heard the shower running. I assumed it was Billie so I walked to the kitchen. Mike was drinking coffee as usual. He was already dressed and had shoes on. Tre came down the hall looking or his shoes.
"What's going on?" I asked them.
"Were are meeting a guy today about a record deal. One of my old buddies started a record company," Tre said while searching for his left shoe. He found it behind the tv.
"Yah you should be getting ready," Mike said while making another pot of coffee.
I walked in my room and over to my closet. I picked out baggy balck jeans with rips at the knees, my studded belt, and a balck and white stripped shirt. I pulled my hair back into my usual pony tail and pulled on a black cadet hat. I brushed my teeth had a quick cup of coffee and found my pair of old red chucks. Once I finished this we were all out the door.
We went to a little diner and sat down at a table. A few minutes later a guy walked in and Tre got up to greet him. They came back to the table and the man sat down.
"Guys this is my old bud Larry," Tre said smiling wdiely.
"Hey guys."
"Thats Billie, Mike, and Steph," Tre said introducing us.
We all sat down ordered, ate,and after we talked about our music. Larry had taken us to the studio and we played a bit. He said he would get back with us by tomorrow with an answer.
LATER ON THAT NIGHT (still in Stephanie's pov)
All we did was hang around the house nervously that night. You could feel the tension in the air. I felt arms wrap around my waist. I smiled as I felt a pair of lips softly kiss the back of my neck. I turned around and was met with a pair of soft lips. I smiled as I kissed Billie back. I could feel him smile too. He pushed me up on the counter and kissed me hard. I kissed him just as hard. I felt his tongue slip passed my lips.
All of a sudden Tre came down the hallway.
"I SMELL SEX!" He yelled. He walked in the kitchen to see Billie on top of me on the counter. "I KNEW I SMELLED SEX!"
"TRE WHAT ARE YOU BITCHIN ABOUT?" Mike yelled as he came in to see us on the counter as Tre did.
"Good god guys at least do that somewhere where we don't make food," Mike said.
"Yah. Do that when we aren't looking ok?" They smiled as they walked back to their rooms for early sleep.
Billie and I sat on the couch for awhile. Billie put his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him I laid my head on his shoulder and we fell asleep on the couch.
I woke up the next day to the phone ringing I looked at the clock and it was nearing noon. I shot up and grabbed the phone.
"Hello?" I said anxiously.
"Hey it's Larry, is this Mike, Tre, Billie, or Stephanie." said Larry.
"Oh hey Larry it's Stephanie."
"Well I have some good news. Lookout! has decided to sign you guys."
"Holy fucking shit! Really?"
He laughed a bit. "Yah really."
"Thanks. This means a lot to us!" we said good bye and hung up the phone.
"GUYS WAKE THE FUCK UP NOW! GOD DAMMIT WAKE UP!" I screamed through the house "GET OFF YOUR LAZY FUCKING ASSES NOW! WAKE UP CRACK WHORES!"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP STEPHANIE!" moaned Tre.
"WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU BITCHIN ABOUT?" yelled Mike.
"DAMMIT BABE I'M TIRED!" Billie groaned from the couch.
"I GUESS I WON"T TELL YOU THAT WE GOT SIGNED!" I smiled mischiviously.
Mike and Tre shot down the hall and Billie shot up from the couch. All at once they started yelling things like Holy shit seriously? Are you fucking kidding me? Oh my fucking God. Of all sorts.
"Yah Larry just called. We got signed."
NINE MONTHS LATER
APRIL 19, 1991
BILLIE'S POV
Today is the day our first album comes out. It's called 1,039 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours. We are all pretty excited about it after working so hard on it. Stephnie and I have been together for about nine months and we are pretty happy. I am nineteen and Stephanie, Mike, and, Tre are still 18. Tomorrow we have a gig at Gilman.
GIG AT GILMAN
BILLIE'S POV
"Guys come on. We have to go on," I said as we grabbed our stuff and ran to the stage. Stepahnie grabbed a hat and stuffed her hair in it once again to turn into Steve.
We finished off perfectly as the crowd roared out with screams and applause. All four of us walked back stage. Stephanie walked off to find some more beer, vodka, and tequila. She came back ten minutes later with an arm load.
She got tired and decided to go home and the rest of us stayed behind.
STEPHANIE'S POV
I walked down the lonely and bare street to our house. I heard the faint sounds of footsteps behind me, but just brushed it off. I kept walking on the street.
"Remember me?" said a cold voice from behind me. I recognized the voice instantly. I felt a hand on my shoulder that quickly spun me around. I was right.
"Pete let go of me now," my voice shook.
"Come on. I just want another chance, he smiled weirdly and I got shivers running up my spine. The bad kind of shivers.
"I won't get back with you," my voice shook more.
"Yes you will or...well you know what I like to do," he smiled weirldy again.
"No Pete." I felt Pete's hand smack against my cheek.
"Yes you will and you will break up with that fuck up your with."
"He isn't a fuck up I love him and I will not break up with him!" I began to shake with fear.
I felt him punch me in the stomach. "Yes you will or there will be more where that came from. Go home and break up with your fuck up boyfriend."
I ran clutching my stomach to our house. I crashed through the door and sunk to the ground in fear. Billie ran to me and held me in his arms.
"Babe whats wrong?" he said with concern in his voice. Mike and Tre crowded around as well as Larry who was here for some strange reason.
I began to sob into his my hands. Fear shook all over my body.
"Stephanie what is wrong? What happened?" Mike started to become very concerned as well as Billie, Tre, and Larry.
"Billie-" I tried to spit out the words, but I just couldn't. I couldn't bring myself to breakup with him. I loved him to much. I wanted to be with him forever knowing he would be there to protect and keep me safe. He would always be there for me and I knew he would.
"Stephanie what, come on tell us," Billie held me even tighter in his arms.
"Billie I want to-" I couldn't do it. I knew I had to if I didn't want to get hurt.
"Stephanie come on," Billie said stroking my hair softly trying to soothe me. I just sobbed harder and harder.
"Billie I can't be with you anymore," I choked out the words between sobs. I hurt so much to say those words. Billie had a confused look on his face and the other three had a look of shock.
"Stephanie.....Why?" Billie's eyes misted over with hurt.
"I can't tell you," I sobbed uncontrolably
"Why not?" A tear rolled down his cheek slowly.
"I just can't tell you." I hung my head in shame as I continued sobbing.
