Why Are You Here?, chapter 1
Flashback to 1986
Billie Joe Armstrong sat under the bleachers behind Pinole Valley High School, with his two best friends Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool. They were smoking some joints before school's start, when they saw a group of girls'. Billie Joe saw one girl with long dark brown hair or maybe her hair was black. He couldn't really tell seeing as she wasn't very close. But, what he did know was that he found this girl very hot.
"Hey man don't even think about her."
Billie's head whipped around to face his best friend, Mike.
"Why not?" Billie Joe frowned as he thought.
"She isn't taken... is she?"
Mike shook his head. "No she's a senior and you're a freshman. Girl's like that don't go for guys like you."
Billie Joe sighed and got up.
"Where are you going?"
Billie looked back at Mike. "Sorry Mike, but I gotta know for sure."
Mike rolled his eyes and smiled. Billie Joe smiled back and walked over to the group of girls'. Billie Joe walked right up to the girl he found hot.
"Uhh hey... I'm uhh Billie Joe."
All the girls' laughed, except the girl Billie was talking to. She smiled.
"Hi I'm Adrienne."
Suddenly the bell rang and the group dragged Adrienne away from Billie Joe. Before Billie Joe knew what was happening, he too was being dragged away to class.
Lunch
Billie Joe had been thinking about Adrienne all morning. He couldn't think of anything else.
"Hey Billie boy, are you there?"
Billie sat down at the circular lunch table with his two best friends'. "Sorry... I was just thinking about Adrienne."
Tré smiled as he put a spoon full of lunchroom corn into his mouth. He was about to say something to Billie, possibly something sexual, when someone's voice interrupted him.
"Hey can I sit here?"
Their heads whipped around and Tré swallowed his mouth full of corn and stared. Adrienne's eyes darted around the table from the two pairs of blue eyes that were staring at her to the bright green ones that she couldn't get out of her head. She finally found the courage to speak again. "I don't have to sit here... I just don't have any friends' in here, so I uhh thought... I'd uhh sit with... you guys?"
Billie Joe smiled. "You can sit here... if you want that is."
Adrienne smiled and sat down at the only seat that was open at the small table, which happen to be right next to Billie Joe. Billie Joe smiled at Adrienne and she smiled back. As lunch progressed they got to talking and Billie Joe found out quite a bit about Adrienne, like that she was from Minnesota, but she was living with her Aunt here in Berkeley. Adrienne also found out a lot about Billie Joe, like that he was in a band called Green Day.
End flashback
Genevieve's POV 2005
"So is that how you and Daddy met, Mommy?"
My mother nodded. "Yes that's how I met Daddy." My brothers' nodded and ran upstairs to change and go swimming.
Before I continue my story, I'll tell you a little bit about myself. That flashback above is about the first day my parents, Billie Joe and Adrienne Armstrong met each other for the first time. Almost a year later, I, Genevieve Evangeline Armstrong was born. I'm 17 and I have my dad's green eyes and my mom's black hair. My 18th birthday is coming up soon and I can't wait! I want my favorite band to come and play at my party. Now I know what you're thinking, I'm a spoiled little rich girl, but I'm not spoiled and I'm WAY different. Anyway, my favorite band isn't Green Day, shocking I know. My favorite band is 30 Seconds To Mars; I love them, especially Jared Leto the lead singer!
"Gen!"
I looked over at my mother. "Yeah?"
She held up the phone. "Daddy wants to talk to you about your party."
I nodded and grabbed the phone. You see when I was 16; I didn't have a sweet 16, so I'm making up for it with this party.
"Hi Dad!"
"Hi Genny. Listen I couldn't get 30 Seconds To Mars to play at your party."
"Why not?"
"I don't know, they just said they couldn't come, but at least you've seen them before in concert."
"Yeah, well I'll talk to you later Dad. Bye-bye."
My father sighed. "Bye Gen."
I handed the phone back to my mother and walked up to my room. I sat there staring at a poster of 30 Seconds To Mars. That night would have finally been the night I got to meet them. I know what you're thinking. My dad is famous, he could get me connections. But, I wanted to be like a real fan and get to meet them by hard work and dedication to the band, not because my dad was Billie Joe Armstrong. The whole having them perform at my party was going to be a present from my parents, but one day I happen to pick up the phone and hear them talking about it and I freaked out. So it wasn't a surprise anymore.
Suddenly there was a knock at my door.
"Come in."
I waited and watched my mom walk into my room and sit on my bed next to me. She smiled and pushed some black hair from my face. "Dad told me about the band, I'm sorry honey."
I shrugged, it wasn't that bad. I mean I knew I'd meet them one day, so it wasn't too bad knowing that it wasn't going to be on my birthday. "I'll get to meet them one day."
My mom nodded. "Yes one day you will honey, one day." My mom hugged me and got up; she closed the door behind her. I laid down in my bed and before I knew it, I was asleep.
The next morning
I woke up to Three Days Grace singing 'Animal I Have Become'. I sighed and went into the bathroom; I brushed my hair and applied some eyeliner and eye shadow. Then I walked back to my room and put on some fishnet stockings and a black mini skirt with my black corset top. I grabbed my messenger bag and put my converse on. Then I went downstairs to find my mom up.
"Mom what are you doing up?"
She looked up at me and smiled. "I figured I'd make you breakfast."
My eyes went wide, the last time my mom said that to me she was pregnant with Jakob. "Mom are you pregnant?"
She laughed. "No. Why do you say that?"
I shook my head. "Never mind I'll just grab some breakfast and go to school."
My mom was making a HUGE breakfast, but I didn't eat a lot in the morning so I just grabbed an apple, went out to my car, and drove to school.
At school
"Genevieve!"
As I was walking, I looked up to see my best friend, Sandra coming over to me. I smiled. "Hey Sandra. What's up?"
Sandra shrugged. "Well besides the fact that I'm at school nothing much. Hey I tried to call you last night, but you didn't answer what's the deal?"
I laughed. "Sorry, I fell asleep and must not have heard my phone."
Sandra nodded. "Mhm sure!"
I laughed again and walked into our homeroom and sat down, Sandra sat down next to me. "So how did your dad's meeting with 30 Seconds To Mars go?"
You see Sandra and I met at a 30 Seconds To Mars concert 5 years ago and we had kept in contact with each other. Two years later Sandra moved and started going to school with me.
"It didn't go well."
Sandra frowned. She knew what was coming next so she said it for me. "They aren't coming, are they?"
I shook my head and frowned, Sandra had never met them either and of course was happy to have them coming to my party. But, now they couldn't come so we were both bummed.
"God this sucks ass! My only goal was to fucking shake hands with 30 Seconds To Mars! Is it so hard to make that happen!?"
Sandra frowned. "Calm down Gen. I know it sucks, but it isn't the end of the world."
I sighed. "I know it isn't, but I was really looking forward to meeting them ya know?"
Sandra nodded. "I know I was too."
Later that day at home
I sat in my room doing my homework. I was home alone. My brothers wouldn't be home until later, my mom was working at Adeline and my dad was on his way home from a meeting with 30 Seconds To Mars. Suddenly the phone rang. I grabbed the phone.
"Hello."
"Hey Gen, I need you to pick up Joey and Jakob form school today. I'm really busy at Adeline and dad should be home by 5 to make dinner."
"Mom I don't trust dad's cooking."
My mom laughed. "I don't either. Maybe you should make dinner. Or you could order pizza."
I nodded even though my mom couldn't see me nod. "Yeah Joey and Jakob would love to have pizza, so pizza it is."
"Okey, I figured you'd pick pizza so I left money on the table."
"Okey mom, bye."
"Bye Genevieve."
I hung up the phone and went back to my homework.
After I finished my homework, I drove to school and picked up Joey and Jakob. When we got home, my dad was home.
"DADDY!"
Joey and Jakob ran inside and tackled dad to the ground. I just laughed at him.
"Genevieve! Help me!"
I shook my head and ran into the kitchen. A few minutes later dad came into the kitchen; his hair was messed up more than it usually is. He sat at the island.
"Thanks for the help back there."
I smiled. "Anytime dad, anytime."
Dad laughed and sighed. "So are you bummed about the party?"
I shrugged. "At first I was bummed, but I've accepted it. And it's not like I won't have any other chance."
My dad nodded and got up to get a drink. "So where is your mother? I'd like to see her in the bedroom."
I made a face. "Eww DAD!"
He started laughing. "Well... where... is she?"
"She went to Adeline!"
Then I ran up to my room and listened to some music.
Billie Joe Armstrong sat under the bleachers behind Pinole Valley High School, with his two best friends Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool. They were smoking some joints before school's start, when they saw a group of girls'. Billie Joe saw one girl with long dark brown hair or maybe her hair was black. He couldn't really tell seeing as she wasn't very close. But, what he did know was that he found this girl very hot.
"Hey man don't even think about her."
Billie's head whipped around to face his best friend, Mike.
"Why not?" Billie Joe frowned as he thought.
"She isn't taken... is she?"
Mike shook his head. "No she's a senior and you're a freshman. Girl's like that don't go for guys like you."
Billie Joe sighed and got up.
"Where are you going?"
Billie looked back at Mike. "Sorry Mike, but I gotta know for sure."
Mike rolled his eyes and smiled. Billie Joe smiled back and walked over to the group of girls'. Billie Joe walked right up to the girl he found hot.
"Uhh hey... I'm uhh Billie Joe."
All the girls' laughed, except the girl Billie was talking to. She smiled.
"Hi I'm Adrienne."
Suddenly the bell rang and the group dragged Adrienne away from Billie Joe. Before Billie Joe knew what was happening, he too was being dragged away to class.
Lunch
Billie Joe had been thinking about Adrienne all morning. He couldn't think of anything else.
"Hey Billie boy, are you there?"
Billie sat down at the circular lunch table with his two best friends'. "Sorry... I was just thinking about Adrienne."
Tré smiled as he put a spoon full of lunchroom corn into his mouth. He was about to say something to Billie, possibly something sexual, when someone's voice interrupted him.
"Hey can I sit here?"
Their heads whipped around and Tré swallowed his mouth full of corn and stared. Adrienne's eyes darted around the table from the two pairs of blue eyes that were staring at her to the bright green ones that she couldn't get out of her head. She finally found the courage to speak again. "I don't have to sit here... I just don't have any friends' in here, so I uhh thought... I'd uhh sit with... you guys?"
Billie Joe smiled. "You can sit here... if you want that is."
Adrienne smiled and sat down at the only seat that was open at the small table, which happen to be right next to Billie Joe. Billie Joe smiled at Adrienne and she smiled back. As lunch progressed they got to talking and Billie Joe found out quite a bit about Adrienne, like that she was from Minnesota, but she was living with her Aunt here in Berkeley. Adrienne also found out a lot about Billie Joe, like that he was in a band called Green Day.
End flashback
Genevieve's POV 2005
"So is that how you and Daddy met, Mommy?"
My mother nodded. "Yes that's how I met Daddy." My brothers' nodded and ran upstairs to change and go swimming.
Before I continue my story, I'll tell you a little bit about myself. That flashback above is about the first day my parents, Billie Joe and Adrienne Armstrong met each other for the first time. Almost a year later, I, Genevieve Evangeline Armstrong was born. I'm 17 and I have my dad's green eyes and my mom's black hair. My 18th birthday is coming up soon and I can't wait! I want my favorite band to come and play at my party. Now I know what you're thinking, I'm a spoiled little rich girl, but I'm not spoiled and I'm WAY different. Anyway, my favorite band isn't Green Day, shocking I know. My favorite band is 30 Seconds To Mars; I love them, especially Jared Leto the lead singer!
"Gen!"
I looked over at my mother. "Yeah?"
She held up the phone. "Daddy wants to talk to you about your party."
I nodded and grabbed the phone. You see when I was 16; I didn't have a sweet 16, so I'm making up for it with this party.
"Hi Dad!"
"Hi Genny. Listen I couldn't get 30 Seconds To Mars to play at your party."
"Why not?"
"I don't know, they just said they couldn't come, but at least you've seen them before in concert."
"Yeah, well I'll talk to you later Dad. Bye-bye."
My father sighed. "Bye Gen."
I handed the phone back to my mother and walked up to my room. I sat there staring at a poster of 30 Seconds To Mars. That night would have finally been the night I got to meet them. I know what you're thinking. My dad is famous, he could get me connections. But, I wanted to be like a real fan and get to meet them by hard work and dedication to the band, not because my dad was Billie Joe Armstrong. The whole having them perform at my party was going to be a present from my parents, but one day I happen to pick up the phone and hear them talking about it and I freaked out. So it wasn't a surprise anymore.
Suddenly there was a knock at my door.
"Come in."
I waited and watched my mom walk into my room and sit on my bed next to me. She smiled and pushed some black hair from my face. "Dad told me about the band, I'm sorry honey."
I shrugged, it wasn't that bad. I mean I knew I'd meet them one day, so it wasn't too bad knowing that it wasn't going to be on my birthday. "I'll get to meet them one day."
My mom nodded. "Yes one day you will honey, one day." My mom hugged me and got up; she closed the door behind her. I laid down in my bed and before I knew it, I was asleep.
The next morning
I woke up to Three Days Grace singing 'Animal I Have Become'. I sighed and went into the bathroom; I brushed my hair and applied some eyeliner and eye shadow. Then I walked back to my room and put on some fishnet stockings and a black mini skirt with my black corset top. I grabbed my messenger bag and put my converse on. Then I went downstairs to find my mom up.
"Mom what are you doing up?"
She looked up at me and smiled. "I figured I'd make you breakfast."
My eyes went wide, the last time my mom said that to me she was pregnant with Jakob. "Mom are you pregnant?"
She laughed. "No. Why do you say that?"
I shook my head. "Never mind I'll just grab some breakfast and go to school."
My mom was making a HUGE breakfast, but I didn't eat a lot in the morning so I just grabbed an apple, went out to my car, and drove to school.
At school
"Genevieve!"
As I was walking, I looked up to see my best friend, Sandra coming over to me. I smiled. "Hey Sandra. What's up?"
Sandra shrugged. "Well besides the fact that I'm at school nothing much. Hey I tried to call you last night, but you didn't answer what's the deal?"
I laughed. "Sorry, I fell asleep and must not have heard my phone."
Sandra nodded. "Mhm sure!"
I laughed again and walked into our homeroom and sat down, Sandra sat down next to me. "So how did your dad's meeting with 30 Seconds To Mars go?"
You see Sandra and I met at a 30 Seconds To Mars concert 5 years ago and we had kept in contact with each other. Two years later Sandra moved and started going to school with me.
"It didn't go well."
Sandra frowned. She knew what was coming next so she said it for me. "They aren't coming, are they?"
I shook my head and frowned, Sandra had never met them either and of course was happy to have them coming to my party. But, now they couldn't come so we were both bummed.
"God this sucks ass! My only goal was to fucking shake hands with 30 Seconds To Mars! Is it so hard to make that happen!?"
Sandra frowned. "Calm down Gen. I know it sucks, but it isn't the end of the world."
I sighed. "I know it isn't, but I was really looking forward to meeting them ya know?"
Sandra nodded. "I know I was too."
Later that day at home
I sat in my room doing my homework. I was home alone. My brothers wouldn't be home until later, my mom was working at Adeline and my dad was on his way home from a meeting with 30 Seconds To Mars. Suddenly the phone rang. I grabbed the phone.
"Hello."
"Hey Gen, I need you to pick up Joey and Jakob form school today. I'm really busy at Adeline and dad should be home by 5 to make dinner."
"Mom I don't trust dad's cooking."
My mom laughed. "I don't either. Maybe you should make dinner. Or you could order pizza."
I nodded even though my mom couldn't see me nod. "Yeah Joey and Jakob would love to have pizza, so pizza it is."
"Okey, I figured you'd pick pizza so I left money on the table."
"Okey mom, bye."
"Bye Genevieve."
I hung up the phone and went back to my homework.
After I finished my homework, I drove to school and picked up Joey and Jakob. When we got home, my dad was home.
"DADDY!"
Joey and Jakob ran inside and tackled dad to the ground. I just laughed at him.
"Genevieve! Help me!"
I shook my head and ran into the kitchen. A few minutes later dad came into the kitchen; his hair was messed up more than it usually is. He sat at the island.
"Thanks for the help back there."
I smiled. "Anytime dad, anytime."
Dad laughed and sighed. "So are you bummed about the party?"
I shrugged. "At first I was bummed, but I've accepted it. And it's not like I won't have any other chance."
My dad nodded and got up to get a drink. "So where is your mother? I'd like to see her in the bedroom."
I made a face. "Eww DAD!"
He started laughing. "Well... where... is she?"
"She went to Adeline!"
Then I ran up to my room and listened to some music.
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