I flew round the world and got all this!, chapter 2
At the airport
"Thanks for taking me to the airport guys. I promise I'll get you guys a ticket or something" Shannon was at the airport with Brendan, Laura and molly on her way to America without them. She had told them that she only had enough for herself and didn't want to stay in Australia any more. Shannon was on the verge of crying but didn't. "Okay Shannon I just got off the phone with one of my friends in America. He said to me that you can live with him until we get down there. He lives on east 12th Street in Oakland, California." Said Brendan hanging up the phone. Shannon thanked Brendan and said her last god byes to her best friends, and headed to the ticket office.
"Hi can I get one plane ticket to Oakland California?" said Shannon to a ditzy blond girl. "Are you traveling alone?" she asked with a small accent. "yes" replied Shannon looking at her ticket.
Shannon boarded the plane half an hour later to await her long journey. Shannon fell asleep with her headphones in her ears, which was highly unusual for her. She woke up to the hand of a travel assistant telling her they had arrived. Shannon looked around the busy airport until she came across a sign with her name on it. She approached a tall man about 25 with black hair, blue eyes and a slender frame.
"Hey, are you Jimmy?" asked Shannon looking at him up and down. "Yep, call me ST. Jimmy. Everyone does." Shannon collected her luggage and headed to jimmy's old beat up SVU.
The ride to jimmy's was pretty quite, the only thing he had asked was if she smoked, what she did in her spare time and where she would go to school.
By the time Shannon got to jimmy's she went to her new room and slept. Jimmy said she had to go to school tomorrow.
The next day
Shannon went to a school called Pinole valley high. She spent the first 15 minutes listening to the principal talk about their educational standards. The only thing that caught Shannon's eye was when he said that she would be in the 8th grade only to see her standards.
The principal escorted her to her first class. She quickly grabbed a piece of paper and wrote a smart-aleck comment and stuck the note on his back.
Shannon walked into an English class as the teacher had started teaching.
"Excuse me Miss Hammond, can I stop you for a minute?" asked the principal.
"Students we have a new student today, please welcome Shannon Durkin who has just moved from Australia."
Nobody said a proper hello, not that she expected one. Shannon quickly scanned the classroom to see whom she could sit next to.
Shannon P.O.V
Let's see umm... cheerleader, jock, nerd, geek, and punk, nervous guy... wait a sec. Hello Mr. Punk Rocker. The stupid teacher told me to sit next to some guy called Joseph. Goddamn teachers are so lame.
End Shannon P.O.V
The boy called Joseph looked up. Shannon realized her was the punk rocker she saw earlier.
"Excuse me? Did you just call me Joseph?"
"I did Mr. Armstrong."
" Well guess what my name is Joey! I hate being called Joseph." Said Joey in a smart aleck way to the teacher.
"Mr. Armstrong I see you in detention Friday afternoon." Said the teacher.
"Shit" he mumbled under his breath. Shannon put down her bag and got out her English folder. Joey noticed it had many bands on it like The Ramones, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Sex Pistols and Green Day (just to name a few). Shannon noticed him staring at her.
"What?" she said with a tad of attitude.
"Nothing, just looking at your folder, it's really creative. Do you listen to punk music?" he asked. Shannon looked at him.
"No I listen to pop like the pussy cat dolls, and I do cheerleading and watch my friends that are models flaunt their ass at horny guys at football games... of course I listen to punk!"
"Miss Durkin, you are talking in class a detention with Mr. Armstrong." Said the teacher.
At last the bell rang for next class and Shannon needed to get to next class. She spotted Joe up the hall
" Hey Joey, I need to get to room 17C can ya show me where that is ?"
"Yeh sure I'm going there right now".
"So Shannon what was it like in Australia? It was ok. I mean I hated my family and they treated me like SHIT. My friends are cool I miss Mozza and Laura the most." "Hey Joey, Dude what's up!" Yelled a boy from a group of other kids,
"Hey Jake, Frankito, Ramona, Stella what's up?"
"Nothing much how was gym? Must have been better then English"
"Yeah it was but that's your fault for being older then us!" Screamed a boy who looked like Joe but younger.
"Um, guys this is Shannon she moved from Australia."
"Umm... News flash Joey but I ran away from Australia!"
"Whoa Freaky accent dude I love it!" said a girl who is rather short with liquid blue eyes. "So where are you mother fuckers heading off now."
"Science Stella as always I share that class with all you idiots." The punks moved towards the labs for science half way threw science Shannon whom she assumed it was from Joey. '
Hey Shannon me Jake, Ramona, Frankito and Stella are gonna hang out at my place after school wanna cum.' Shannon handed the note back to Joey.
'Yeh sure, my foster dad is not home until 6 so that's cool.' The rest of the day flu by so fast she had no idea where Joey lived.
"There she is hey Shannon wait up" she turned around to see 5 people walking to words her
"So how r we going to get to your house?"
"We will walk its not that far," said Jake. As the group of friends walked they turned into a street with massive houses.
"Here we are" said Frankito. Shannon looked around and there were the 3 biggest houses she had ever seen.
"Wow you live here," gasped Shannon
"Yeh, you looked shocked"
"I am" Shannon replied they walked inside to see the biggest and most beautiful house she had ever seen.
"Mum was home and the others are here!"
"I ya kids" said a short lady with blond and black dreadlocks.
"Joey, Jakob who is this young lady?" Said their mum gesturing to Shannon,
"This is Shannon she came here from Australia."
"Hi Shannon I'm Adrienne but you can call me Adie everyone does." She turned to Joey.
"Your father will be home soon so don't go crazy in his studio!"
"Fine" said Joey sounding pretty annoyed. Shannon was confused about the studio, probably something American. But Shannon didn't want to ask because she new they would go down anyway. They walked up the stars like his room, bathroom, jakes room, spare room, Mum and dad's room and finally the studio. Stella slowly opened the door to the studio when...
"Joey I told you not top go in your fathers' studio."
"Busted" whispered Shannon to Joey on the way to the games room to play play-station.
'Gees she's a smart-aleck by now I would off jumped on her like I do to Jakob but there's something about her that stops me from doing that.' There was a sound that interrupted his thoughts the sound of cars pulling up in the driveway. He noticed the black BMW almost instantly.
"Guys, our dads home." He said running down stairs to open the door.
"Wait, your dads no each other?" Shannon asked Frankito.
"Yeh! They've been friends' since elementary. Now if you don't mind I'd like to see my dad!" he said running down stairs. Shannon chased after him.
"DADDY!!!" screamed Frankito like a little girl, talking a man about 5'6 to the floor. They all ran to see if he was all right. As Shannon peered to the floor she could have sworn she had died and gone to heaven. There lying on the floor getting jumped on by a 12 year old boy was Tre` Cool. The greatest rock 'n' roll drummer in the world. Shannon looked at the other two men one about 5'7 the other about 5'10, she couldn't believe it. There right in front of her was Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt. Then she really fainted.
"Thanks for taking me to the airport guys. I promise I'll get you guys a ticket or something" Shannon was at the airport with Brendan, Laura and molly on her way to America without them. She had told them that she only had enough for herself and didn't want to stay in Australia any more. Shannon was on the verge of crying but didn't. "Okay Shannon I just got off the phone with one of my friends in America. He said to me that you can live with him until we get down there. He lives on east 12th Street in Oakland, California." Said Brendan hanging up the phone. Shannon thanked Brendan and said her last god byes to her best friends, and headed to the ticket office.
"Hi can I get one plane ticket to Oakland California?" said Shannon to a ditzy blond girl. "Are you traveling alone?" she asked with a small accent. "yes" replied Shannon looking at her ticket.
Shannon boarded the plane half an hour later to await her long journey. Shannon fell asleep with her headphones in her ears, which was highly unusual for her. She woke up to the hand of a travel assistant telling her they had arrived. Shannon looked around the busy airport until she came across a sign with her name on it. She approached a tall man about 25 with black hair, blue eyes and a slender frame.
"Hey, are you Jimmy?" asked Shannon looking at him up and down. "Yep, call me ST. Jimmy. Everyone does." Shannon collected her luggage and headed to jimmy's old beat up SVU.
The ride to jimmy's was pretty quite, the only thing he had asked was if she smoked, what she did in her spare time and where she would go to school.
By the time Shannon got to jimmy's she went to her new room and slept. Jimmy said she had to go to school tomorrow.
The next day
Shannon went to a school called Pinole valley high. She spent the first 15 minutes listening to the principal talk about their educational standards. The only thing that caught Shannon's eye was when he said that she would be in the 8th grade only to see her standards.
The principal escorted her to her first class. She quickly grabbed a piece of paper and wrote a smart-aleck comment and stuck the note on his back.
Shannon walked into an English class as the teacher had started teaching.
"Excuse me Miss Hammond, can I stop you for a minute?" asked the principal.
"Students we have a new student today, please welcome Shannon Durkin who has just moved from Australia."
Nobody said a proper hello, not that she expected one. Shannon quickly scanned the classroom to see whom she could sit next to.
Shannon P.O.V
Let's see umm... cheerleader, jock, nerd, geek, and punk, nervous guy... wait a sec. Hello Mr. Punk Rocker. The stupid teacher told me to sit next to some guy called Joseph. Goddamn teachers are so lame.
End Shannon P.O.V
The boy called Joseph looked up. Shannon realized her was the punk rocker she saw earlier.
"Excuse me? Did you just call me Joseph?"
"I did Mr. Armstrong."
" Well guess what my name is Joey! I hate being called Joseph." Said Joey in a smart aleck way to the teacher.
"Mr. Armstrong I see you in detention Friday afternoon." Said the teacher.
"Shit" he mumbled under his breath. Shannon put down her bag and got out her English folder. Joey noticed it had many bands on it like The Ramones, Simple Plan, My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Sex Pistols and Green Day (just to name a few). Shannon noticed him staring at her.
"What?" she said with a tad of attitude.
"Nothing, just looking at your folder, it's really creative. Do you listen to punk music?" he asked. Shannon looked at him.
"No I listen to pop like the pussy cat dolls, and I do cheerleading and watch my friends that are models flaunt their ass at horny guys at football games... of course I listen to punk!"
"Miss Durkin, you are talking in class a detention with Mr. Armstrong." Said the teacher.
At last the bell rang for next class and Shannon needed to get to next class. She spotted Joe up the hall
" Hey Joey, I need to get to room 17C can ya show me where that is ?"
"Yeh sure I'm going there right now".
"So Shannon what was it like in Australia? It was ok. I mean I hated my family and they treated me like SHIT. My friends are cool I miss Mozza and Laura the most." "Hey Joey, Dude what's up!" Yelled a boy from a group of other kids,
"Hey Jake, Frankito, Ramona, Stella what's up?"
"Nothing much how was gym? Must have been better then English"
"Yeah it was but that's your fault for being older then us!" Screamed a boy who looked like Joe but younger.
"Um, guys this is Shannon she moved from Australia."
"Umm... News flash Joey but I ran away from Australia!"
"Whoa Freaky accent dude I love it!" said a girl who is rather short with liquid blue eyes. "So where are you mother fuckers heading off now."
"Science Stella as always I share that class with all you idiots." The punks moved towards the labs for science half way threw science Shannon whom she assumed it was from Joey. '
Hey Shannon me Jake, Ramona, Frankito and Stella are gonna hang out at my place after school wanna cum.' Shannon handed the note back to Joey.
'Yeh sure, my foster dad is not home until 6 so that's cool.' The rest of the day flu by so fast she had no idea where Joey lived.
"There she is hey Shannon wait up" she turned around to see 5 people walking to words her
"So how r we going to get to your house?"
"We will walk its not that far," said Jake. As the group of friends walked they turned into a street with massive houses.
"Here we are" said Frankito. Shannon looked around and there were the 3 biggest houses she had ever seen.
"Wow you live here," gasped Shannon
"Yeh, you looked shocked"
"I am" Shannon replied they walked inside to see the biggest and most beautiful house she had ever seen.
"Mum was home and the others are here!"
"I ya kids" said a short lady with blond and black dreadlocks.
"Joey, Jakob who is this young lady?" Said their mum gesturing to Shannon,
"This is Shannon she came here from Australia."
"Hi Shannon I'm Adrienne but you can call me Adie everyone does." She turned to Joey.
"Your father will be home soon so don't go crazy in his studio!"
"Fine" said Joey sounding pretty annoyed. Shannon was confused about the studio, probably something American. But Shannon didn't want to ask because she new they would go down anyway. They walked up the stars like his room, bathroom, jakes room, spare room, Mum and dad's room and finally the studio. Stella slowly opened the door to the studio when...
"Joey I told you not top go in your fathers' studio."
"Busted" whispered Shannon to Joey on the way to the games room to play play-station.
'Gees she's a smart-aleck by now I would off jumped on her like I do to Jakob but there's something about her that stops me from doing that.' There was a sound that interrupted his thoughts the sound of cars pulling up in the driveway. He noticed the black BMW almost instantly.
"Guys, our dads home." He said running down stairs to open the door.
"Wait, your dads no each other?" Shannon asked Frankito.
"Yeh! They've been friends' since elementary. Now if you don't mind I'd like to see my dad!" he said running down stairs. Shannon chased after him.
"DADDY!!!" screamed Frankito like a little girl, talking a man about 5'6 to the floor. They all ran to see if he was all right. As Shannon peered to the floor she could have sworn she had died and gone to heaven. There lying on the floor getting jumped on by a 12 year old boy was Tre` Cool. The greatest rock 'n' roll drummer in the world. Shannon looked at the other two men one about 5'7 the other about 5'10, she couldn't believe it. There right in front of her was Billie Joe Armstrong and Mike Dirnt. Then she really fainted.
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