Tripping Over Drum Sets, chapter 20
My dinner with Mike, Tre, Billie Joe and Adi turned out to be quite eventful. Tre came to the door to pick me up and we all rode in Billie Joe's BMW to one of the really fancy restaurants in town. Billie Joe drove up to a man in a tux, gave him the keys and got out. He led us to the door and let us in. It was beautiful inside this restaurant. I was dressed nice, but nowhere near as nice as some of these people.
"What seats would you like Mr. Armstrong?" asked a waiter.
"Just casual. Something hidden preferably," Billie Joe answered. The waiter led us through a hallway and into the back of the restaurant. We all sat down and were given our menus.
"Wow, everything on this menu is so expensive! I have to check my purse to see how much I've got!" I said as I tried to check my purse, but Billie Joe stopped me.
"I got it okay? Dinner is on me," he said. I zipped up my purse.
"Are you sure? I mean, I feel kind of bad," I said. He waved it away and said it was nothing.
"I figure this would cheer you up with your injuries and all," he said as he looked through his menu. Adi rested her head on his shoulder.
"Aw, Billie Joe, you're so sweet," she said. giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah, well, I try," he said kissing her back and shrugging.
After about 10 minutes of trying to make up our minds, we all decided and the waiter came back. We ordered our food and waited for it to be served.
"So how did you guys find out about this place?" I asked.
"I dunno. Our manager suggested it a while back and we came here and it was really good. So we just decided to come back. I think it's better than that weird little jazz place down the road," said Mike, seeing as Billie Joe and Adi were "busy" cleaning each other's teeth. Even though neither of them had eaten yet. Tre decided he would get a little tipsy tonight so he drank wine until he was slightly drunk. The waiter was taking a while with the food so Tre jumped on the table and started dancing like a stripper.
"You 'likey'?" he said mischievously to us. I started laughing as Billie Joe stuck a $1 in Tre's pants.
"Sexy Tre!" said Mike as he too stuck a one in Tre's pants. Adi stood up kissed Tre and put another one in Tre's pants. Then Tre looked at me.
"Well? This isn't free," he said drunkenly. I started laughing and Tre started dancing like a stripper for me. I laughed and reached down into my purse. I then stuck a $5 in Tre's pants as he down on his hands and knees and practically shoved his ass in my face.
"Whoa! Big spender!" cried Billie Joe as Adi and Mike erupted into laughs. Then the waiter appeared.
"Hey you! You want some?" said Tre eyeing the waiter up and down. The waiter raised an eye brow and put the food down.
"Tre! Sit down! We're going to eat now!" I said as I pulled at Tre's pants. He pouted and sat down in his seat, and I dug into my dinner.
"This is really good!" said Mike as he stuffed food into his mouth.
"Hey Mike, why don't you and Billie Joe have an eating contest! I'll order us waffles!" I said. Mike and Billie Joe looked at each other and smiled evilly.
"Okay!" they both said.
"I'm so excited!" said Tre as he put food in his mouth. "And after, can I dance for you guys?!" Mike almost choked on his drink and started laughing.
"Of course you can Tre?" said Adi.
"But only if Saidi pays! She's a big spender!" said Tre laughing and eyeing me, which made me a little uncomfortable.
After we finished our dinner, the waiter came back and asked if we wanted anything else.
"Eight waffles please!? On two plates," I said. The waiter raised an eyebrow and me and went to get the waffles. "He's probably thinking, 'Waffles at 9 o'clock at night?' Oh I'm a nut!"
"That you are," said Mike, laughing at me. I punched Mike in the arm as Tre danced in his seat.
"I can't wait until the contest! Who do you think will win?" he asked.
"Mike won last time I was at one of these contests, but Billie Joe has probably been practicing," I said weighing the bids. Everyone looked at me.
"It's not like there's bets on us," said Billie Joe looking stunned. I pulled out a $5 and placed it on the table.
"Billie Joe is going to win," I said raising an eyebrow.
"Mike is going to win," said Tre, slamming another $5 down. Adi smiled.
"I don't bet," she said.
The waffles came covered in syrup and butter. Mike and Billie Joe's eyes widened.
"Ooh!" said Billie Joe putting a napkin in his shirt. Mike did the same and they both picked up their knives and forks.
"Ready? Set. GO!" said Tre. Billie Joe and Mike dove into their 4 waffles and started shoving them in their mouths.
"Go! Go! Go! Go!" Adi and I chanted. Tre was staring at Mike.
"Eat faster, I have $5 riding on you!" he said. They were finished with their first waffle.
"FASTER! FASTER! EAT FASTER!" Adi chanted. I laughed.
"Go Billie Joe!" I said. The waiter came to our booth and looked at Mike and Billie Joe eating their waffles quickly. He raised an eyebrow and walked away, not wanting to get involved.
"LAST WAFFLE! EAT! HURRY!" I chanted. Billie Joe looked like a squirrel, his cheeks were ballooned out and syrup was dribbling down his chin. He swallowed and slammed his fork and knife down on the table and stood up.
"I win!" he said sticking his tongue out showing that there are no waffles in his mouth. Mike looked up at Billie Joe and then down at his half a waffle.
"Dammit! God job Billie Joe, first time you beat me! EVER!" he said shaking Billie Joe's hand. We all laughed at what they looked like. Mike had managed to get butter in his hair and Billie Joe had syrup dribbling down his chin and all over his napkin.
"I believe that's mine," I said as I took the money from the table. Tre pouted, then lit up.
"Can I dance now?" he said. Adi nodded and Tre got up on the table.
"I think I need to clean up. How about you Mike?" said Billie Joe looking at himself in a spoon.
"Yeah," said Mike.
He and Billie Joe got up and walked to the bathroom to clean up while Tre stood up on the table and took his coat off and swung it around. Adi and I laughed as we stuck $1 in Tre's pants. Billie Joe and Mike came back and stuck a couple $1 in Tre's pants as well. After Tre had sobered up a bit, he got off the table and sat down.
"That was exhausting!" he said as he took another drink from his beer. I looked at my watch. It was almost midnight.
"I think the restaurant is gonna close soon," I said. Everyone nodded and Billie Joe got up to pay the bill. I handed him some money to pay for the waffles with.
"I think I ate too much," said Mike looking down at his stomach. I let out a burst of laughter.
"I think you did too!" said Adi laughing her head off. Billie Joe came back.
"Ready to go?" he asked. We nodded and stood up. Mike led us outside and the valet person came right to us with Billie Joe's car. He tipped him and we all piled in.
"Where to now?" I asked.
"Where do you want to go?" asked Mike. I shrugged.
"I have an idea!" announced Tre. "Let's go to the lake thing! And swim in our clothes!"
"Sounds good to me. Any objections?" said Billie Joe. Everyone agreed (even me), and Billie Joe sped off to the lake.
"What seats would you like Mr. Armstrong?" asked a waiter.
"Just casual. Something hidden preferably," Billie Joe answered. The waiter led us through a hallway and into the back of the restaurant. We all sat down and were given our menus.
"Wow, everything on this menu is so expensive! I have to check my purse to see how much I've got!" I said as I tried to check my purse, but Billie Joe stopped me.
"I got it okay? Dinner is on me," he said. I zipped up my purse.
"Are you sure? I mean, I feel kind of bad," I said. He waved it away and said it was nothing.
"I figure this would cheer you up with your injuries and all," he said as he looked through his menu. Adi rested her head on his shoulder.
"Aw, Billie Joe, you're so sweet," she said. giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Yeah, well, I try," he said kissing her back and shrugging.
After about 10 minutes of trying to make up our minds, we all decided and the waiter came back. We ordered our food and waited for it to be served.
"So how did you guys find out about this place?" I asked.
"I dunno. Our manager suggested it a while back and we came here and it was really good. So we just decided to come back. I think it's better than that weird little jazz place down the road," said Mike, seeing as Billie Joe and Adi were "busy" cleaning each other's teeth. Even though neither of them had eaten yet. Tre decided he would get a little tipsy tonight so he drank wine until he was slightly drunk. The waiter was taking a while with the food so Tre jumped on the table and started dancing like a stripper.
"You 'likey'?" he said mischievously to us. I started laughing as Billie Joe stuck a $1 in Tre's pants.
"Sexy Tre!" said Mike as he too stuck a one in Tre's pants. Adi stood up kissed Tre and put another one in Tre's pants. Then Tre looked at me.
"Well? This isn't free," he said drunkenly. I started laughing and Tre started dancing like a stripper for me. I laughed and reached down into my purse. I then stuck a $5 in Tre's pants as he down on his hands and knees and practically shoved his ass in my face.
"Whoa! Big spender!" cried Billie Joe as Adi and Mike erupted into laughs. Then the waiter appeared.
"Hey you! You want some?" said Tre eyeing the waiter up and down. The waiter raised an eye brow and put the food down.
"Tre! Sit down! We're going to eat now!" I said as I pulled at Tre's pants. He pouted and sat down in his seat, and I dug into my dinner.
"This is really good!" said Mike as he stuffed food into his mouth.
"Hey Mike, why don't you and Billie Joe have an eating contest! I'll order us waffles!" I said. Mike and Billie Joe looked at each other and smiled evilly.
"Okay!" they both said.
"I'm so excited!" said Tre as he put food in his mouth. "And after, can I dance for you guys?!" Mike almost choked on his drink and started laughing.
"Of course you can Tre?" said Adi.
"But only if Saidi pays! She's a big spender!" said Tre laughing and eyeing me, which made me a little uncomfortable.
After we finished our dinner, the waiter came back and asked if we wanted anything else.
"Eight waffles please!? On two plates," I said. The waiter raised an eyebrow and me and went to get the waffles. "He's probably thinking, 'Waffles at 9 o'clock at night?' Oh I'm a nut!"
"That you are," said Mike, laughing at me. I punched Mike in the arm as Tre danced in his seat.
"I can't wait until the contest! Who do you think will win?" he asked.
"Mike won last time I was at one of these contests, but Billie Joe has probably been practicing," I said weighing the bids. Everyone looked at me.
"It's not like there's bets on us," said Billie Joe looking stunned. I pulled out a $5 and placed it on the table.
"Billie Joe is going to win," I said raising an eyebrow.
"Mike is going to win," said Tre, slamming another $5 down. Adi smiled.
"I don't bet," she said.
The waffles came covered in syrup and butter. Mike and Billie Joe's eyes widened.
"Ooh!" said Billie Joe putting a napkin in his shirt. Mike did the same and they both picked up their knives and forks.
"Ready? Set. GO!" said Tre. Billie Joe and Mike dove into their 4 waffles and started shoving them in their mouths.
"Go! Go! Go! Go!" Adi and I chanted. Tre was staring at Mike.
"Eat faster, I have $5 riding on you!" he said. They were finished with their first waffle.
"FASTER! FASTER! EAT FASTER!" Adi chanted. I laughed.
"Go Billie Joe!" I said. The waiter came to our booth and looked at Mike and Billie Joe eating their waffles quickly. He raised an eyebrow and walked away, not wanting to get involved.
"LAST WAFFLE! EAT! HURRY!" I chanted. Billie Joe looked like a squirrel, his cheeks were ballooned out and syrup was dribbling down his chin. He swallowed and slammed his fork and knife down on the table and stood up.
"I win!" he said sticking his tongue out showing that there are no waffles in his mouth. Mike looked up at Billie Joe and then down at his half a waffle.
"Dammit! God job Billie Joe, first time you beat me! EVER!" he said shaking Billie Joe's hand. We all laughed at what they looked like. Mike had managed to get butter in his hair and Billie Joe had syrup dribbling down his chin and all over his napkin.
"I believe that's mine," I said as I took the money from the table. Tre pouted, then lit up.
"Can I dance now?" he said. Adi nodded and Tre got up on the table.
"I think I need to clean up. How about you Mike?" said Billie Joe looking at himself in a spoon.
"Yeah," said Mike.
He and Billie Joe got up and walked to the bathroom to clean up while Tre stood up on the table and took his coat off and swung it around. Adi and I laughed as we stuck $1 in Tre's pants. Billie Joe and Mike came back and stuck a couple $1 in Tre's pants as well. After Tre had sobered up a bit, he got off the table and sat down.
"That was exhausting!" he said as he took another drink from his beer. I looked at my watch. It was almost midnight.
"I think the restaurant is gonna close soon," I said. Everyone nodded and Billie Joe got up to pay the bill. I handed him some money to pay for the waffles with.
"I think I ate too much," said Mike looking down at his stomach. I let out a burst of laughter.
"I think you did too!" said Adi laughing her head off. Billie Joe came back.
"Ready to go?" he asked. We nodded and stood up. Mike led us outside and the valet person came right to us with Billie Joe's car. He tipped him and we all piled in.
"Where to now?" I asked.
"Where do you want to go?" asked Mike. I shrugged.
"I have an idea!" announced Tre. "Let's go to the lake thing! And swim in our clothes!"
"Sounds good to me. Any objections?" said Billie Joe. Everyone agreed (even me), and Billie Joe sped off to the lake.
