It All Started At Cookie Time, chapter 13
*Billie's POV*
I woke up and groaned. For some odd reason our bed was shaking. I looked over at the clock. It said 3:00 am. I looked over and saw Adie turning over in bed. She was still asleep but she looked upset.
"Adie," I whispered shaking her awake. "Adie!"
She slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh My God, Billie, Don't do that!" she said.
"Sorry" I said reaching to give her a hug.
"I had an awful dream. I was pregnant and you were on tour and they wouldn't let me tell you and for 9 months you didn't know and then I had the baby and Joey and Jakob were mad and they left me. It was so scary!" she said.
"Okay, Okay, slow down. If anything happened you know you could come visit me and tell me okay?"
"I know, it was just a dream but it seemed so real."
"Hey, people say that you get dreams by stuff you are thinking about or worrying or whatever, but is there something you need to tell me," I said smiling. I was joking around but inside I was worried she wasn't.
"Now Billie Joe what kind of girl do you think I am?" she said sarcastically "No I am kidding. Now go back to sleep. Did I wake you up?"
"Yeah but I am going back to sleep. Next time you have a 'bad dream' go talk to your sons we have given them that talk so many times, they know it by heart. So go wake them up."
"Yeah, Okay Bill, I am sure they would love that."
"I bet. Now go to sleep," I said rolling over and putting a pillow over my head.
*Later That Day*
I went down to the studio to work on some stuff and Joey knocked on the door.
"Phone," he said handing me the phone and walking back upstairs.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Hey, Billie." Trè said on the other side on the receiver.
"Who's this?" I asked, knowing perfectly well who it was.
"It is the muffin man," Trè said sarcastically
"The one who lives on Drury Lane?"
"The one and only," said Trè "We have to pick Halloween costumes."
"Okay," I said
"You have to dress up this year. You ditched us in 2004 and last year we were on tour-"he started.
"I didn't ditch you; I was a rock star for Halloween that year."
"But, yeah still. Mike was Count Mikeulla, I was Benji Madden and besides you are a rock star everyday."
"I can't argue with that. Okay, Trè why don't you call Mike and come over. Bring the kids to they can talk about their Halloween Plans."
"M'kay Billie will do." he said "I'll see you soon."
Every year since they were little, we took the kids out for Halloween together and the tradition just kind of stuck. Lucky they didn't have school the next day for a teacher day or something cause usually they all sleepover here. I walked in the kitchen were Adie was putting away some dishes.
"Adie, Trè and Mike and the kids are gonna come over to plan Halloween," I said "Is that okay with you?"
"Yeah Bill, that's fine."
"Okay they should be here in like an hour."
"Okay," she said starting to get annoyed
"What's wrong Adie?" I asked beginning to get concerned.
"Nothing, I just have a lot to do and it is stressing me out."
"Okay," I said beginning to leave the room "Oh yeah I forgot to tell you Jason White called the other day. He is having an adult party thing and we are invited."
"Is it a costume sort of thing?"
"You know it," I said kissing her cheek. "How about we go as something and the bride of something?"
"Sounds like a plan," she said returning my kiss.
*An Hour Later*
"Billie! We're here!" yelled Trè from the door.
"Come in," I yelled.
Trè came into the room followed by Mike, Stella and Frankito and then in walked Ramona.
"Ramona, what are you doing here?" I said running over to give her a hug
"I came to keep our Halloween Tradition strong. But I wouldn't let Dad or Claudia tell anyone because I wanted to surprise you all."
"Ramona!" yelled Joey once he walked into the room and saw her. He ran up to her and gave her the biggest hug I have ever seen an 11 year old give.
"Where's Aunt Adie?" asked Ramona.
"She's upstairs working on some Adeline designs. She's in our bedroom."
"Okay," she said heading towards the stairs.
*Adrienne's POV*
I was sitting on mine and Billie's bed working on a design for a new Adeline Shirt, and I heard a knock on the door.
"Come on in," I said not bothering to look up, expecting it to be Billie.
"Oh so your not gonna give me a hug?" I heard a young girl's voice say from the door.
"Ramona! Honey what you are doing here. Look at you. Wow. I didn't know you were coming into town." I said going over to give her a hug.
She came to lie with me on the bed and explained how she wanted to come in because she was spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with her mom.
"And of course to give Stella some company this Halloween. So what are you working on?"
"Oh just a shirt," I said hearing Billie call for Ramona to come down so they could plan. "You better get down there. We can talk more later."
*Billie's POV*
"Okay to get this out on the table first, what is everyone being for Halloween?"
"I am going to be a Pirate," Joey said.
"A Ninja!" said Jakob.
"Elvis!" said Frankito.
"Costello or Presley?" I asked.
"Presley."
"Awesome," I said.
"I am going to be a gothic princess," spoke up Ramona
"No way, I am gonna be a gothic Cheerleader!" squealed Stella. The girls high fived and started talking about the make-up they were going to wear. You could tell that Stella was happy to have a girl around when we all hung out.
"So Mike, Trè what are you guys going to be for Jason's Party. He said to dress up," I asked
"Try to keep it PG-13 while the kids are around, Okay?" said Adie coming down the stairs
"There goes what Trè was gonna say," said Mike
"Hey, for your information I am going to be a hula girl. It is like dressing in drag, Hawaiian style!" yelled Trè
"Well I am gonna be Indiana Jones," said Mike
"What about you Billie?" said Trè
"Adie and I are going as something and the bride of something."
"That's creative," Trè said. By this point the kids already went upstairs to do whatever they do.
"I think you guys should be vampires," said Mike
"Oh that's a good idea," said Adie from the kitchen. "We should do that Billie. Or something like that. Dead Newlyweds, I could have black roses and I could find a dress or something at a costume shop-"
"Slow down, Hon, you are going a mile a minute," I said "It is usually the other way around."
"Yeah," Adie yawned "I don't know why I am so tired we went to bed at 12."
"Now did you, Billie?" said Trè smirking.
"Um Adie there is something I have to tell you," I explained hitting Trè. Adie wouldn't have had to find out about this if he kept quite. "Remember how when we got off stage the clock said 10? Well it's a funny story really, one time the clock broke, and so now it doesn't tell the right time and so we didn't get home till 1:00 and by the time everyone was in bed it was really like 1:45ish."
"No wonder the boys wouldn't get out of bed this morning," she said.
"Yeah," I said "They really got 2 hours less sleep then you thought they did."
She slapped my arm.
"What was that for?" I asked shocked.
"For making me get up when I lost 2 hours of sleep."
"You got yourself up," I protested.
"Yeah, but uh fine. I have to make dinner what do you want? I can make stuff for tacos or you can make hamburgers?"
"Tacos sounds good," I said "We have to call the babysitter tonight to see if she can watch the kids next weekend for Jason's party."
"Okay," she said.
*Later That Night*
*Adie's POV*
I picked up the phone and dialed the number for our babysitter. The phone rang Twice and I heard Audrey, our babysitter answer.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Audrey, This is Adrienne Armstrong."
"Oh Hi Mrs. Armstrong, How are you?"
"I am doing good, how about you?" I answered.
"I'm good. What can I do for you?"
"Well actually we were wondering if next weekend you and Mandi could baby-sit for everyone."
"Everyone?" she asked.
"Yeah, Trè, Mike and us, you might need your friend, Mandi to come help."
"Yeah I can do it. I think that it would be a good idea if we did it together. We usually watch all the kids together when you guys all go out anyway," she said. "Are you going to call her and ask?"
"Yeah, I am gonna do that. I'll talk to later. Bye!"
We hung up and I dialed Mandi's number. She and Audrey are good friends and we always call them to babysitt when all the kids are all being watched together. They both were Huge Fans of the Band but they were always respectful to all of us.
The phone rang And Mandi picked up the phone.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Mandi, This is Adrienne Armstrong."
"Hi, what's up?"
I explained the situation to her and she agreed to come by with Audrey this week end to watch the kids.
"Billie!" I called once I was off the phone. "They said they would do it!"
"Okay Adie!" I heard from upstairs somewhere. I started to make dinner and thought of the party this weekend.
I woke up and groaned. For some odd reason our bed was shaking. I looked over at the clock. It said 3:00 am. I looked over and saw Adie turning over in bed. She was still asleep but she looked upset.
"Adie," I whispered shaking her awake. "Adie!"
She slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh My God, Billie, Don't do that!" she said.
"Sorry" I said reaching to give her a hug.
"I had an awful dream. I was pregnant and you were on tour and they wouldn't let me tell you and for 9 months you didn't know and then I had the baby and Joey and Jakob were mad and they left me. It was so scary!" she said.
"Okay, Okay, slow down. If anything happened you know you could come visit me and tell me okay?"
"I know, it was just a dream but it seemed so real."
"Hey, people say that you get dreams by stuff you are thinking about or worrying or whatever, but is there something you need to tell me," I said smiling. I was joking around but inside I was worried she wasn't.
"Now Billie Joe what kind of girl do you think I am?" she said sarcastically "No I am kidding. Now go back to sleep. Did I wake you up?"
"Yeah but I am going back to sleep. Next time you have a 'bad dream' go talk to your sons we have given them that talk so many times, they know it by heart. So go wake them up."
"Yeah, Okay Bill, I am sure they would love that."
"I bet. Now go to sleep," I said rolling over and putting a pillow over my head.
*Later That Day*
I went down to the studio to work on some stuff and Joey knocked on the door.
"Phone," he said handing me the phone and walking back upstairs.
"Hello?" I said into the phone.
"Hey, Billie." Trè said on the other side on the receiver.
"Who's this?" I asked, knowing perfectly well who it was.
"It is the muffin man," Trè said sarcastically
"The one who lives on Drury Lane?"
"The one and only," said Trè "We have to pick Halloween costumes."
"Okay," I said
"You have to dress up this year. You ditched us in 2004 and last year we were on tour-"he started.
"I didn't ditch you; I was a rock star for Halloween that year."
"But, yeah still. Mike was Count Mikeulla, I was Benji Madden and besides you are a rock star everyday."
"I can't argue with that. Okay, Trè why don't you call Mike and come over. Bring the kids to they can talk about their Halloween Plans."
"M'kay Billie will do." he said "I'll see you soon."
Every year since they were little, we took the kids out for Halloween together and the tradition just kind of stuck. Lucky they didn't have school the next day for a teacher day or something cause usually they all sleepover here. I walked in the kitchen were Adie was putting away some dishes.
"Adie, Trè and Mike and the kids are gonna come over to plan Halloween," I said "Is that okay with you?"
"Yeah Bill, that's fine."
"Okay they should be here in like an hour."
"Okay," she said starting to get annoyed
"What's wrong Adie?" I asked beginning to get concerned.
"Nothing, I just have a lot to do and it is stressing me out."
"Okay," I said beginning to leave the room "Oh yeah I forgot to tell you Jason White called the other day. He is having an adult party thing and we are invited."
"Is it a costume sort of thing?"
"You know it," I said kissing her cheek. "How about we go as something and the bride of something?"
"Sounds like a plan," she said returning my kiss.
*An Hour Later*
"Billie! We're here!" yelled Trè from the door.
"Come in," I yelled.
Trè came into the room followed by Mike, Stella and Frankito and then in walked Ramona.
"Ramona, what are you doing here?" I said running over to give her a hug
"I came to keep our Halloween Tradition strong. But I wouldn't let Dad or Claudia tell anyone because I wanted to surprise you all."
"Ramona!" yelled Joey once he walked into the room and saw her. He ran up to her and gave her the biggest hug I have ever seen an 11 year old give.
"Where's Aunt Adie?" asked Ramona.
"She's upstairs working on some Adeline designs. She's in our bedroom."
"Okay," she said heading towards the stairs.
*Adrienne's POV*
I was sitting on mine and Billie's bed working on a design for a new Adeline Shirt, and I heard a knock on the door.
"Come on in," I said not bothering to look up, expecting it to be Billie.
"Oh so your not gonna give me a hug?" I heard a young girl's voice say from the door.
"Ramona! Honey what you are doing here. Look at you. Wow. I didn't know you were coming into town." I said going over to give her a hug.
She came to lie with me on the bed and explained how she wanted to come in because she was spending Thanksgiving and Christmas with her mom.
"And of course to give Stella some company this Halloween. So what are you working on?"
"Oh just a shirt," I said hearing Billie call for Ramona to come down so they could plan. "You better get down there. We can talk more later."
*Billie's POV*
"Okay to get this out on the table first, what is everyone being for Halloween?"
"I am going to be a Pirate," Joey said.
"A Ninja!" said Jakob.
"Elvis!" said Frankito.
"Costello or Presley?" I asked.
"Presley."
"Awesome," I said.
"I am going to be a gothic princess," spoke up Ramona
"No way, I am gonna be a gothic Cheerleader!" squealed Stella. The girls high fived and started talking about the make-up they were going to wear. You could tell that Stella was happy to have a girl around when we all hung out.
"So Mike, Trè what are you guys going to be for Jason's Party. He said to dress up," I asked
"Try to keep it PG-13 while the kids are around, Okay?" said Adie coming down the stairs
"There goes what Trè was gonna say," said Mike
"Hey, for your information I am going to be a hula girl. It is like dressing in drag, Hawaiian style!" yelled Trè
"Well I am gonna be Indiana Jones," said Mike
"What about you Billie?" said Trè
"Adie and I are going as something and the bride of something."
"That's creative," Trè said. By this point the kids already went upstairs to do whatever they do.
"I think you guys should be vampires," said Mike
"Oh that's a good idea," said Adie from the kitchen. "We should do that Billie. Or something like that. Dead Newlyweds, I could have black roses and I could find a dress or something at a costume shop-"
"Slow down, Hon, you are going a mile a minute," I said "It is usually the other way around."
"Yeah," Adie yawned "I don't know why I am so tired we went to bed at 12."
"Now did you, Billie?" said Trè smirking.
"Um Adie there is something I have to tell you," I explained hitting Trè. Adie wouldn't have had to find out about this if he kept quite. "Remember how when we got off stage the clock said 10? Well it's a funny story really, one time the clock broke, and so now it doesn't tell the right time and so we didn't get home till 1:00 and by the time everyone was in bed it was really like 1:45ish."
"No wonder the boys wouldn't get out of bed this morning," she said.
"Yeah," I said "They really got 2 hours less sleep then you thought they did."
She slapped my arm.
"What was that for?" I asked shocked.
"For making me get up when I lost 2 hours of sleep."
"You got yourself up," I protested.
"Yeah, but uh fine. I have to make dinner what do you want? I can make stuff for tacos or you can make hamburgers?"
"Tacos sounds good," I said "We have to call the babysitter tonight to see if she can watch the kids next weekend for Jason's party."
"Okay," she said.
*Later That Night*
*Adie's POV*
I picked up the phone and dialed the number for our babysitter. The phone rang Twice and I heard Audrey, our babysitter answer.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Audrey, This is Adrienne Armstrong."
"Oh Hi Mrs. Armstrong, How are you?"
"I am doing good, how about you?" I answered.
"I'm good. What can I do for you?"
"Well actually we were wondering if next weekend you and Mandi could baby-sit for everyone."
"Everyone?" she asked.
"Yeah, Trè, Mike and us, you might need your friend, Mandi to come help."
"Yeah I can do it. I think that it would be a good idea if we did it together. We usually watch all the kids together when you guys all go out anyway," she said. "Are you going to call her and ask?"
"Yeah, I am gonna do that. I'll talk to later. Bye!"
We hung up and I dialed Mandi's number. She and Audrey are good friends and we always call them to babysitt when all the kids are all being watched together. They both were Huge Fans of the Band but they were always respectful to all of us.
The phone rang And Mandi picked up the phone.
"Hello?" she said.
"Hi Mandi, This is Adrienne Armstrong."
"Hi, what's up?"
I explained the situation to her and she agreed to come by with Audrey this week end to watch the kids.
"Billie!" I called once I was off the phone. "They said they would do it!"
"Okay Adie!" I heard from upstairs somewhere. I started to make dinner and thought of the party this weekend.
