Tripping Over Drum Sets, chapter 17
*Tre's view*
That stupid bee stung me! Now I'm stuck in this smelly old hospital. At least I have Mike and Billie Joe. It'd still be better if I had Saidi here.
"Well, that was an eventful day wasn't it?" I said, still holding my massive finger. I swear it had to be about 3 times the size of my normal finger.
"Yeah." said Mike, who seemed to be hypnotized by my finger. "Um, guys, I have something to tell you."
"What did you do?" said Billie Joe anticipating something big. Well, what Mike had to say, was big.
"I- I think I might be falling-" he started. Falling for who? " Falling for Saidi." I could have fallen right out of my bed and then gotten up and knocked him out, but then I remembered that Saidi was no longer mine. She was that ass hole Nick's to-be wife. He didn't do anything to me, but I still hated him just for having Saidi.
"What?!" Billie Joe and I said in unison.
"I've developed a crush on her." said Mike, blushing.
"You know nothing's gonna happen right? I mean, she is getting married soon." said Billie Joe. That made me sad as well as Mike.
"Yeah I know. But Tre, you've gotta still like her. I mean, you're not over what happened." he said. Oh shit. I thought.
"I still love her. She was my first love. I'm never going to forget her or stop loving her. The only difference is I'm gonna get hurt watching her marry that as- wonderful man Nick." I said, having to catch myself and not call him an ass. Billie Joe looked at me weird. "Well it's true."
"Yeah I know. I just would have thought that you would have called him an ass or something seeing as he's marring your first love." he said shrugging his shoulders and turning to the door when the doctor came in.
"Ah Tre!? How's your lonely ball?" was the first thing he said to me when he came in. Billie Joe and Mike started laughing.
"Just great." I said sarcastically.
"Okay then. What's th- oh I see." he said as I held up my finger. He took it in his hand and looked at it. "Bee sting? Nasty buggers." He rubbed an ointment on my finger and gave me instructions on what to do with it.
"Poor, poor Tre." said Billie Joe as he look at my finger. Mike was still laughing at what the doctor first said to me.
"This sucks ass!" I said as I left the hospital. "Man you guys, I never thought about it, but I still really love Saidi. I tried to forget about it over the last 4 years. But now that we've met up again, I want her back. I miss her so much." Billie Joe shot a quick glance at Mike and then to me.
"You can't Tre, and you know it. You cheated on her and she's getting married. Why can't you just be happy for her and move on?" he said.
"I can't move on! If I didn't love her like I do now, I would have moved on after everything happened, but I love her so much I can't help but still feel like a fuck face for what happened and I want her back! I can't get over her!" I screamed in the parking lot. Mike looked at me. "Billie Joe, she forgave me in the tour bus and we kissed more then once!"
"WHAT!?" screamed Billie Joe. "TRE YOU CAN'T DO THAT! SHE'S GETTING MARRIED FOR FUCK'S SAKES!" *boom*
"What the fuck!?" I shout as I rubbed my head after he hit me.
"You can't go around making out with her any more Tre! Grow up! She is getting married!" he repeated.
"I didn't make out with her. We kissed twice and that was it because she said she was getting married and had to be loyal."
"And don't mess that up for her!" said Mike.
"Who are you to talk! You like her too!" I said.
"But I never had a past with her! I can get over her 'cause we have no memories!" he cried. I was getting mad. I really hated Nick at the moment. I wanted Saidi back so badly, it hurt.
"Fine, I won't touch her. We'll just be friends." I said at last. Billie Joe nodded and rubbed my head where head had hit me.
*Saidi's View*
When I finally made it home from the hospital, I sat down on the chair and turned on the TV only to find myself staring at Billie Joe singing Basket Case. Then I heard the door open.
"Do you think we should tell her?" came Maria's voice.
"Later okay?" came Nick's voice.
"Tell me what?" I said as I jumped in front of them, scaring Maria a little.
"Nothing." they said in unison.
"Fine then. Wanna watch some TV?" I asked, letting the subject go.
"Sure." they said again together. We sat down and watched the TV. I ended up going to bed quiet early, and leaving the other two to watch the show by themselves.
***
When I woke up the next morning, I found Maria in her room and Nick on the couch. I think he's still mad at me. "Dammit!" I thought. I quickly ate breakfast and left a note on the table, telling them where I was. I left the house and walked down the street. Then my cell started to ring.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Saidi! Come play with us!" came Billie Joe's voice. I smiled and laughed a little.
"How's Tre?" I asked.
"Oh he'll live. He's sleeping right now." he replied.
"Well that's good. What did you call for?" I asked.
"For you to come play with us! Duh! Where are you right now?" I looked up at the
signs on the street.
"At the corner of 5th avenue and 12th street. Where do I meet you?" I asked. He contemplated this for a minute.
"Puddle's Cafe. And we'll make sure that Tre doesn't find any bees along the way." he said simply. I chuckled at his comment.
"I'll meet you there in 15 minutes then?"
"Sounds good!" he said. We hung up the phones and I started to make my way towards Puddle's Cafe. When I got there, I looked around for Mike, Billie Joe and Tre. But they weren't there yet so I sat down in an empty booth and waited for them.
"Here again eh?" said a voice. I looked up and there was the waitress that served us yesterday.
"Yeah. I'm waiting though, so it'll be a while before I order."
'Where is he?" she asked sitting down next to me. I tilted me head. "I'm on lunch."
"What do you mean he?" I asked.
"Your boyfriend."
"At home."
"Then why are you waiting for him?"
"Oh, I'm not waiting for my boyfriend. I'm waiting for my friends to come." I said. Her face dropped a little.
"I thought you and that crazy one were together." she said lighting her smoke.
"No, we were together. But he cheated on me 4 years ago. We just met up at Wood Stalk." I said.
"Oops, Lunch break' over. Better get back." she said as she stood up. Mike, and Billie Joe walked in 2 seconds later with Tre following them hopping on one foot trying to tied his laces.
"There! I did it! Told you!" he said sticking out his foot and pointing at his shoes. Billie Joe and Mike rolled their eyes and sat down next to me.
"Well hello, beautiful!" said Billie Joe.
"What are we doing today?" I asked turning to Mike who was laughing at Tre. I looked over to Tre who was spinning around on the spinny stools, getting off and falling down from being dizzy.
"I don't know. Adi is supposed to meet us at the gas station in an hour." shrugged Billie Joe. Tre fell down next to me, dizzy as hell.
"Everything is swirling! Whoa!" he said. I laughed at him and Mike threw the salt shaker at him.
"Well, let's order something quick to eat and then we'll be on our way!" I said. We order the same thing we did yesterday, except Mike had salad instead of coffee.
"I was wired yesterday." he said as he gobbled up his salad. We just strolled around town eating salad and waving to random cars.
"I've got a game!" I cried suddenly. "Let's wave to random people on the streets and in their cars and if they wave back, you get 5 points!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Mike. "But one at a time." Billie Joe went first. He waved at a hill billy in a huge pick up truck. He didn't wave back Instead, he gave Billie Joe a "fuck off" face. I went next. I waved at a trucker and gave the "call me" thing where you put your thumb by your ear and your pinkie by your mouth. He waved and honked.
"Saidi, gets 10 points for a honk." said Billie Joe. Our little game went on for about an hour when we made it to the gas station. I ended up winning, with Billie Joe and Tre tying for 2nd and Mike in last place.
"We'll start over when Adi joins." I said patting Mike on the back. Adi joined up with us and we started a new waving game. We lost track of the points and couldn't figure out who won though. We just walked around town catching up even more on the last 4 years, and talked about how much fun Wood Stalk was. It ended up being about 11:30 at night before I checked what time it was. "Oh shit! I need to get back! I'll call you guys later okay?" I said. Billie Joe wrote 5 numbers on a piece of paper and handed it to me.
"It's our cell numbers and the place we're staying at." he explained. I nodded and ran off down the block to go home.
When I got there, Nick was gone and Maria was sitting in front of the TV looking somewhat disturbed.
"Hey Maria, what's up?" I asked. She looked at me. It looked like she was going to cry.
"I'm sorry." she whispered.
"What happened?" I asked, getting concerned.
"Said, I have something to tell you." she said. I tilted my head wondering what it could be. "Nick and I are having sex." WHAT!?
"What are you talking about?" I asked, not wanting to believe it.
"The day I went to my friends house and Nick went along. Well, that was a day spent in the back seat of my car." I couldn't hold myself anymore. I stood up and calmly asked "Where's Nick right now?"
"He's visiting his friend Al at the mechanics shop." she said starting to cry. "I'm sorry Saidi." I didn't hear her though. I left the door and ran right down to where Nick was. I saw him standing right outside the door, talking to Al.
"Why would you do that!?" I screamed. He looked at me weird. "MARIA TOLD ME WHAT YOU GUYS DID! YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH MY BEST FRIEND! FUCK NICK! WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED!"
"Oh that. Uh, Saidi, I'm really sorry. Things just started to get carried away." he said trying to put his hands on my shoulders. But I moved away.
"I HATE YOU! Don't talk to me!" I said walking off the sidewalk without looking. Bad move. I heard a car horn and I looked. But it wasn't a car. It was a semi-truck, hurling at me 60 mph. I felt it hit me and everything went black........
That stupid bee stung me! Now I'm stuck in this smelly old hospital. At least I have Mike and Billie Joe. It'd still be better if I had Saidi here.
"Well, that was an eventful day wasn't it?" I said, still holding my massive finger. I swear it had to be about 3 times the size of my normal finger.
"Yeah." said Mike, who seemed to be hypnotized by my finger. "Um, guys, I have something to tell you."
"What did you do?" said Billie Joe anticipating something big. Well, what Mike had to say, was big.
"I- I think I might be falling-" he started. Falling for who? " Falling for Saidi." I could have fallen right out of my bed and then gotten up and knocked him out, but then I remembered that Saidi was no longer mine. She was that ass hole Nick's to-be wife. He didn't do anything to me, but I still hated him just for having Saidi.
"What?!" Billie Joe and I said in unison.
"I've developed a crush on her." said Mike, blushing.
"You know nothing's gonna happen right? I mean, she is getting married soon." said Billie Joe. That made me sad as well as Mike.
"Yeah I know. But Tre, you've gotta still like her. I mean, you're not over what happened." he said. Oh shit. I thought.
"I still love her. She was my first love. I'm never going to forget her or stop loving her. The only difference is I'm gonna get hurt watching her marry that as- wonderful man Nick." I said, having to catch myself and not call him an ass. Billie Joe looked at me weird. "Well it's true."
"Yeah I know. I just would have thought that you would have called him an ass or something seeing as he's marring your first love." he said shrugging his shoulders and turning to the door when the doctor came in.
"Ah Tre!? How's your lonely ball?" was the first thing he said to me when he came in. Billie Joe and Mike started laughing.
"Just great." I said sarcastically.
"Okay then. What's th- oh I see." he said as I held up my finger. He took it in his hand and looked at it. "Bee sting? Nasty buggers." He rubbed an ointment on my finger and gave me instructions on what to do with it.
"Poor, poor Tre." said Billie Joe as he look at my finger. Mike was still laughing at what the doctor first said to me.
"This sucks ass!" I said as I left the hospital. "Man you guys, I never thought about it, but I still really love Saidi. I tried to forget about it over the last 4 years. But now that we've met up again, I want her back. I miss her so much." Billie Joe shot a quick glance at Mike and then to me.
"You can't Tre, and you know it. You cheated on her and she's getting married. Why can't you just be happy for her and move on?" he said.
"I can't move on! If I didn't love her like I do now, I would have moved on after everything happened, but I love her so much I can't help but still feel like a fuck face for what happened and I want her back! I can't get over her!" I screamed in the parking lot. Mike looked at me. "Billie Joe, she forgave me in the tour bus and we kissed more then once!"
"WHAT!?" screamed Billie Joe. "TRE YOU CAN'T DO THAT! SHE'S GETTING MARRIED FOR FUCK'S SAKES!" *boom*
"What the fuck!?" I shout as I rubbed my head after he hit me.
"You can't go around making out with her any more Tre! Grow up! She is getting married!" he repeated.
"I didn't make out with her. We kissed twice and that was it because she said she was getting married and had to be loyal."
"And don't mess that up for her!" said Mike.
"Who are you to talk! You like her too!" I said.
"But I never had a past with her! I can get over her 'cause we have no memories!" he cried. I was getting mad. I really hated Nick at the moment. I wanted Saidi back so badly, it hurt.
"Fine, I won't touch her. We'll just be friends." I said at last. Billie Joe nodded and rubbed my head where head had hit me.
*Saidi's View*
When I finally made it home from the hospital, I sat down on the chair and turned on the TV only to find myself staring at Billie Joe singing Basket Case. Then I heard the door open.
"Do you think we should tell her?" came Maria's voice.
"Later okay?" came Nick's voice.
"Tell me what?" I said as I jumped in front of them, scaring Maria a little.
"Nothing." they said in unison.
"Fine then. Wanna watch some TV?" I asked, letting the subject go.
"Sure." they said again together. We sat down and watched the TV. I ended up going to bed quiet early, and leaving the other two to watch the show by themselves.
***
When I woke up the next morning, I found Maria in her room and Nick on the couch. I think he's still mad at me. "Dammit!" I thought. I quickly ate breakfast and left a note on the table, telling them where I was. I left the house and walked down the street. Then my cell started to ring.
"Hello?" I answered.
"Saidi! Come play with us!" came Billie Joe's voice. I smiled and laughed a little.
"How's Tre?" I asked.
"Oh he'll live. He's sleeping right now." he replied.
"Well that's good. What did you call for?" I asked.
"For you to come play with us! Duh! Where are you right now?" I looked up at the
signs on the street.
"At the corner of 5th avenue and 12th street. Where do I meet you?" I asked. He contemplated this for a minute.
"Puddle's Cafe. And we'll make sure that Tre doesn't find any bees along the way." he said simply. I chuckled at his comment.
"I'll meet you there in 15 minutes then?"
"Sounds good!" he said. We hung up the phones and I started to make my way towards Puddle's Cafe. When I got there, I looked around for Mike, Billie Joe and Tre. But they weren't there yet so I sat down in an empty booth and waited for them.
"Here again eh?" said a voice. I looked up and there was the waitress that served us yesterday.
"Yeah. I'm waiting though, so it'll be a while before I order."
'Where is he?" she asked sitting down next to me. I tilted me head. "I'm on lunch."
"What do you mean he?" I asked.
"Your boyfriend."
"At home."
"Then why are you waiting for him?"
"Oh, I'm not waiting for my boyfriend. I'm waiting for my friends to come." I said. Her face dropped a little.
"I thought you and that crazy one were together." she said lighting her smoke.
"No, we were together. But he cheated on me 4 years ago. We just met up at Wood Stalk." I said.
"Oops, Lunch break' over. Better get back." she said as she stood up. Mike, and Billie Joe walked in 2 seconds later with Tre following them hopping on one foot trying to tied his laces.
"There! I did it! Told you!" he said sticking out his foot and pointing at his shoes. Billie Joe and Mike rolled their eyes and sat down next to me.
"Well hello, beautiful!" said Billie Joe.
"What are we doing today?" I asked turning to Mike who was laughing at Tre. I looked over to Tre who was spinning around on the spinny stools, getting off and falling down from being dizzy.
"I don't know. Adi is supposed to meet us at the gas station in an hour." shrugged Billie Joe. Tre fell down next to me, dizzy as hell.
"Everything is swirling! Whoa!" he said. I laughed at him and Mike threw the salt shaker at him.
"Well, let's order something quick to eat and then we'll be on our way!" I said. We order the same thing we did yesterday, except Mike had salad instead of coffee.
"I was wired yesterday." he said as he gobbled up his salad. We just strolled around town eating salad and waving to random cars.
"I've got a game!" I cried suddenly. "Let's wave to random people on the streets and in their cars and if they wave back, you get 5 points!"
"Yeah!" exclaimed Mike. "But one at a time." Billie Joe went first. He waved at a hill billy in a huge pick up truck. He didn't wave back Instead, he gave Billie Joe a "fuck off" face. I went next. I waved at a trucker and gave the "call me" thing where you put your thumb by your ear and your pinkie by your mouth. He waved and honked.
"Saidi, gets 10 points for a honk." said Billie Joe. Our little game went on for about an hour when we made it to the gas station. I ended up winning, with Billie Joe and Tre tying for 2nd and Mike in last place.
"We'll start over when Adi joins." I said patting Mike on the back. Adi joined up with us and we started a new waving game. We lost track of the points and couldn't figure out who won though. We just walked around town catching up even more on the last 4 years, and talked about how much fun Wood Stalk was. It ended up being about 11:30 at night before I checked what time it was. "Oh shit! I need to get back! I'll call you guys later okay?" I said. Billie Joe wrote 5 numbers on a piece of paper and handed it to me.
"It's our cell numbers and the place we're staying at." he explained. I nodded and ran off down the block to go home.
When I got there, Nick was gone and Maria was sitting in front of the TV looking somewhat disturbed.
"Hey Maria, what's up?" I asked. She looked at me. It looked like she was going to cry.
"I'm sorry." she whispered.
"What happened?" I asked, getting concerned.
"Said, I have something to tell you." she said. I tilted my head wondering what it could be. "Nick and I are having sex." WHAT!?
"What are you talking about?" I asked, not wanting to believe it.
"The day I went to my friends house and Nick went along. Well, that was a day spent in the back seat of my car." I couldn't hold myself anymore. I stood up and calmly asked "Where's Nick right now?"
"He's visiting his friend Al at the mechanics shop." she said starting to cry. "I'm sorry Saidi." I didn't hear her though. I left the door and ran right down to where Nick was. I saw him standing right outside the door, talking to Al.
"Why would you do that!?" I screamed. He looked at me weird. "MARIA TOLD ME WHAT YOU GUYS DID! YOU CHEATED ON ME WITH MY BEST FRIEND! FUCK NICK! WE'RE GONNA GET MARRIED!"
"Oh that. Uh, Saidi, I'm really sorry. Things just started to get carried away." he said trying to put his hands on my shoulders. But I moved away.
"I HATE YOU! Don't talk to me!" I said walking off the sidewalk without looking. Bad move. I heard a car horn and I looked. But it wasn't a car. It was a semi-truck, hurling at me 60 mph. I felt it hit me and everything went black........
