Cry your name, chapter 1
I watched from the bar as Billie Joe, Mike and Tre played onstage. Even though their band Green Day is huge and has won several Grammies they still manage to pull off private at home shows like this one. It makes me smile knowing that they won't ever forget where they're from.
Today wasn't the best of days, it was the anniversary of the night my whole family was killed in a car accident. My mother, father, and brother all died in a collison with a semi...all eccept me. I was in the car that night I saw the headlights I saw the flames engulf my family right before my eyes. Somehow I managed to escape with severe injuries. I was 17 then, 8 years later I still haven't moved on. I'm stuck as all my friends say all three of them. I've been friends with Green Day since we were kids we grew up in the same neighborhood, they were the only ones there with me when it happened. I make it a point to never get close to anyone ever again, I don't think I could handle it if I lost someone else. Billie had convinced me to come to the show tonight and not sit at home and sulk. I had had a crush on him for a couple years now but dare not move on that feeling.
I looked at Billie as he finished their song, my plan was to slip out through the crowd before they noticed me so I could just go home and be alone. I turned away and was about to get off of the bar stole and leave when I heard Billie call my name from the microphone.
"Ava! This one is for you." he spoke then returned to playing the music.
Everyone looked around trying to figure out who Ava was. I watched intensly wondering what song Billie would dedicate to me on such a day. At that moment they began to play 'Dare you to Move' by Switchfoot. He stared at me as he sang every word. Tears welled in my eyes half way through the song, jumping off the bar stole I pushed through the crowd and got outside. Once outside I slid down the brick wall and let the tears fall freely.
"Ava? Ava?" I heard Billie coming outside.
"Oh baby, I'm so sorry." he said kneeling down to my sobbing figure.
He tried to hug me but I flinched at his touch.
"Ava come on let me comfort you for once. You go through this alone every year please let me help you through it once." he pleaded.
"I don't need anyone's help." I said shakingly as I stood up and began walking to my car.
Stepping infront of me. "No! Dammit Ava! No one can do everything alone it's not healthy. Just please talk to me let me help you."
"No Billie there's nothing to say! I should have died that night!!! I should have! Not my mother or father or brother!!! Me!" I sobbed harder.
"No no no no don't say that. You don't mean that. It's a miracle you did survive. You were meant to live you are meant for bigger things. You just have to take the risk and go out there and find them.
"I can't." I spoke before walking past him.
--Next morning---
I got up early I needed to go job hunting today. I decided to stop by Billie's on the way. He was, of course, not awake so I had to keep knocking until he finally got up and answered the door.
"Do you have any idea what time it is?" he groggyly squinted at me.
"Yes I do. About time you got up. Nice to see you too." I walked in past him.
"I just came over to apologize for what happened yesterday I wasn't in a good place. And I'm sorry." I said looking at my hands and figeting.
"You don't have to say anything I was completely out of line yelling at you when all you wanted was to help me." I continued.
"I wasn't going to say anything." he said suddenly standing very close to me.
Just as I looked up and met his eyes that were looking back down on me, me leant down and softly pressed his lips to mine. This excited me but then scared me all at once. I wasn't sure what to do about it but I knew then and there that I was in love.
Today wasn't the best of days, it was the anniversary of the night my whole family was killed in a car accident. My mother, father, and brother all died in a collison with a semi...all eccept me. I was in the car that night I saw the headlights I saw the flames engulf my family right before my eyes. Somehow I managed to escape with severe injuries. I was 17 then, 8 years later I still haven't moved on. I'm stuck as all my friends say all three of them. I've been friends with Green Day since we were kids we grew up in the same neighborhood, they were the only ones there with me when it happened. I make it a point to never get close to anyone ever again, I don't think I could handle it if I lost someone else. Billie had convinced me to come to the show tonight and not sit at home and sulk. I had had a crush on him for a couple years now but dare not move on that feeling.
I looked at Billie as he finished their song, my plan was to slip out through the crowd before they noticed me so I could just go home and be alone. I turned away and was about to get off of the bar stole and leave when I heard Billie call my name from the microphone.
"Ava! This one is for you." he spoke then returned to playing the music.
Everyone looked around trying to figure out who Ava was. I watched intensly wondering what song Billie would dedicate to me on such a day. At that moment they began to play 'Dare you to Move' by Switchfoot. He stared at me as he sang every word. Tears welled in my eyes half way through the song, jumping off the bar stole I pushed through the crowd and got outside. Once outside I slid down the brick wall and let the tears fall freely.
"Ava? Ava?" I heard Billie coming outside.
"Oh baby, I'm so sorry." he said kneeling down to my sobbing figure.
He tried to hug me but I flinched at his touch.
"Ava come on let me comfort you for once. You go through this alone every year please let me help you through it once." he pleaded.
"I don't need anyone's help." I said shakingly as I stood up and began walking to my car.
Stepping infront of me. "No! Dammit Ava! No one can do everything alone it's not healthy. Just please talk to me let me help you."
"No Billie there's nothing to say! I should have died that night!!! I should have! Not my mother or father or brother!!! Me!" I sobbed harder.
"No no no no don't say that. You don't mean that. It's a miracle you did survive. You were meant to live you are meant for bigger things. You just have to take the risk and go out there and find them.
"I can't." I spoke before walking past him.
--Next morning---
I got up early I needed to go job hunting today. I decided to stop by Billie's on the way. He was, of course, not awake so I had to keep knocking until he finally got up and answered the door.
"Do you have any idea what time it is?" he groggyly squinted at me.
"Yes I do. About time you got up. Nice to see you too." I walked in past him.
"I just came over to apologize for what happened yesterday I wasn't in a good place. And I'm sorry." I said looking at my hands and figeting.
"You don't have to say anything I was completely out of line yelling at you when all you wanted was to help me." I continued.
"I wasn't going to say anything." he said suddenly standing very close to me.
Just as I looked up and met his eyes that were looking back down on me, me leant down and softly pressed his lips to mine. This excited me but then scared me all at once. I wasn't sure what to do about it but I knew then and there that I was in love.
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