Beware Of the Sour Monkeys., chapter 1
Newport (Newps), California, 2006.
Billie Joe Kobain, son of dead icon Kurt Kobain; who now only lived with his single widow mother, Courtney Love; had been driving on their way to their new house in the Newport area. Billie Joe and his mother had been living up in Seattle, Washington but found it hard to get around after his father's death. So they decided to start life over in a totally new state. New surrounding, new people. Moving never bothered Billie Joe, he didn't have to leave too much behind. Growing up with the grunge god, he never got to leave the house and just walk around like normal kids. Since it's been over a decade now, and people don't really know what Billie Joe looks like since they've only seen pictures of him as a baby, BJ looked at it as a way to start a new life, like a normal kid.
"So you excited baby boy?" Billie Joe's mother mutted out while smoking a cig out the car window.
"Hmm yeah. I can't wait to see what the place looks like," Billie Joe said as he was drawing on his jeans with a permanant marker.
"Ahh, well. It's beautiful. The only concern I have is the neighborhood right beside it, I mean, when I looked online, that place looked fucked up! I mean, if Jesus ever took a shit on something, it was definatley that area! It's shit!" his mom explained while snickering.
"Yeah well, I won't go over there then. There. Problem solved," Billie Joe said with a smirk.
"Good. I don't want you there anyways, I heard they're were ga-BILLIE JOE!" his mother screamed as she pulled the car to a halting stop.
"That is the last god damn time, you are ever getting you hands on a marker! I've asked you a million fucking times to not write on your pants!"
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Sorry! Uh, I wasn't paying attention!" Billie said off the top of his head.
"Bullshit, boy. Last time this is gonna happen, or else I'm gonna go fucking crazy!"
Two hours later they arrived at their new house. It was a nice middle-class house. Gated yard, with a picket fence, huge driveway that connected into a two parted garage. The Kobains we're satisfied. Billie Joe walked into the empty house to see huge tall white walls, white carpet, and nothing but clean. He walked until he spotted a sliding glass door that entered onto the large white deck. There was a view of the whole back yard and part of the rest of the nieghborhood. Billie Joe looked a little farther to spot the road that seperated his new neighborhood from another neighborhood that seemed to look like the one his mother and him we're talking about. It was grungy, trashy, somewhere you'd expect crack dealers to live. On the sign that entered into the dumpy neighborhood, someone had spray-painted in green, "SOUR" across it. Billie Joe dazed out for a little bit and realized he'd better start setting up their furniture, to sleep on tonight. He saw his mom in the kitchen putting cans and cans of beers in the fridge.
"Hey mom, I think I saw that neighborhood you were talking about," Billie Joe whispered. "It's horrible, it's all grungy, and...Muggy. Just plain shit." He said looking back.
"Well, I sure as hell don't want you going over there, especially since we don't know anyone here. You understand?" she said with a stern look.
"Yeah, I got it. I don't even WANT to go over there," Billie Joe said with a laugh.
Billie Joe went into the backseat of the car and grabbed his skateboard. His precious skateboard that he had recieved 3 years ago for Christmas. If there was one thing in this world that Bilie Joe was good at, it's skateboarding. He never had much friends and never went out, so he always had time for skateboarding. He decided to skate around the neighborhood a bit to check it out. He was about to go down a huge hill that was on his street, when he spotted an attractive blonde teenage girl walking her dolled up shiny collared poodle. He decided to make a great first impression and impress her with what he's got. So he raced down the hill going as fast as he could. Problem is, he was going faster than he ever thought possible, and they're just happen to be a bunch of skattered gravel at the end of the road. Trying to think fast he tried turning his board to skate around the gravel. Too late. Tiny rocks got caught in the wheels, and he went flying face first onto the hot, hard ground. The girl noticed he had bailed the board so she raced the board before it rolled away. She walked up to Billie Joe and handed him the skateboard.
"Oh my god! Are you alright?" she said with a snicker.
Billie Joe in pain tried to give his best face and said, "Uhm..yeah! I'm okay! I-I-I guess I didn't see the rocks at the-the bottom of the hill."
They both laughed.
"I don't think I've seen you around here before."
Billie joe got up and straightened himself out and muttered, "Oh yeah. Well uh, that's because I just moved here...today..5 minutes ago."
She started to laugh. "And you've already made a great first impression!"
They both started to laugh.
"Yeah well, sorry. I guess I was trying to hard to impress. Ha. I'm so stupid."
The girl looked puzzled. "Wait so, you were trying to impress me?" The girl had a look on her face, like she knew he was but just played dumb.
"Well yeah, I mean, you're SORTA pretty and all."
They snickered together.
She began to get a big smile on her face. "Well, Mr. Showoff. How would you like to go out with me tomorrow, ya know maybe hit the mall or something. Let me show you around."
Billie Joe was amazed. He had already met a friend. A friend that may even be MORE than a friend! He tried hard not to sound too excited. "Yeah, sounds cool."
"Okay then. How about we meet here around noon. Oh and, I wouldn't recommend skating here again, I wouldn't want you to trip over any rocks."
She laughed and continued to walk her dog back home. Billie Joe than realized he forgotton one very important thing.
"WAIT!" He yelled. "I didn't even get your name!"
Her head turned with a smirk on her pale rosy face. "The name's Erica...and your name?"
Billie paused for a moment. "Uhh..it's Billie..Joe..Billie Joe."
She laughed. "I'm glad it took you 5 seconds to realize what your name was!"
She walked off smiling.
Billie Joe returned home with good feelings and began to realize life wasn't half bad. He finally got to feel like a normal kid. He felt great.
Billie Joe Kobain, son of dead icon Kurt Kobain; who now only lived with his single widow mother, Courtney Love; had been driving on their way to their new house in the Newport area. Billie Joe and his mother had been living up in Seattle, Washington but found it hard to get around after his father's death. So they decided to start life over in a totally new state. New surrounding, new people. Moving never bothered Billie Joe, he didn't have to leave too much behind. Growing up with the grunge god, he never got to leave the house and just walk around like normal kids. Since it's been over a decade now, and people don't really know what Billie Joe looks like since they've only seen pictures of him as a baby, BJ looked at it as a way to start a new life, like a normal kid.
"So you excited baby boy?" Billie Joe's mother mutted out while smoking a cig out the car window.
"Hmm yeah. I can't wait to see what the place looks like," Billie Joe said as he was drawing on his jeans with a permanant marker.
"Ahh, well. It's beautiful. The only concern I have is the neighborhood right beside it, I mean, when I looked online, that place looked fucked up! I mean, if Jesus ever took a shit on something, it was definatley that area! It's shit!" his mom explained while snickering.
"Yeah well, I won't go over there then. There. Problem solved," Billie Joe said with a smirk.
"Good. I don't want you there anyways, I heard they're were ga-BILLIE JOE!" his mother screamed as she pulled the car to a halting stop.
"That is the last god damn time, you are ever getting you hands on a marker! I've asked you a million fucking times to not write on your pants!"
"Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. Sorry! Uh, I wasn't paying attention!" Billie said off the top of his head.
"Bullshit, boy. Last time this is gonna happen, or else I'm gonna go fucking crazy!"
Two hours later they arrived at their new house. It was a nice middle-class house. Gated yard, with a picket fence, huge driveway that connected into a two parted garage. The Kobains we're satisfied. Billie Joe walked into the empty house to see huge tall white walls, white carpet, and nothing but clean. He walked until he spotted a sliding glass door that entered onto the large white deck. There was a view of the whole back yard and part of the rest of the nieghborhood. Billie Joe looked a little farther to spot the road that seperated his new neighborhood from another neighborhood that seemed to look like the one his mother and him we're talking about. It was grungy, trashy, somewhere you'd expect crack dealers to live. On the sign that entered into the dumpy neighborhood, someone had spray-painted in green, "SOUR" across it. Billie Joe dazed out for a little bit and realized he'd better start setting up their furniture, to sleep on tonight. He saw his mom in the kitchen putting cans and cans of beers in the fridge.
"Hey mom, I think I saw that neighborhood you were talking about," Billie Joe whispered. "It's horrible, it's all grungy, and...Muggy. Just plain shit." He said looking back.
"Well, I sure as hell don't want you going over there, especially since we don't know anyone here. You understand?" she said with a stern look.
"Yeah, I got it. I don't even WANT to go over there," Billie Joe said with a laugh.
Billie Joe went into the backseat of the car and grabbed his skateboard. His precious skateboard that he had recieved 3 years ago for Christmas. If there was one thing in this world that Bilie Joe was good at, it's skateboarding. He never had much friends and never went out, so he always had time for skateboarding. He decided to skate around the neighborhood a bit to check it out. He was about to go down a huge hill that was on his street, when he spotted an attractive blonde teenage girl walking her dolled up shiny collared poodle. He decided to make a great first impression and impress her with what he's got. So he raced down the hill going as fast as he could. Problem is, he was going faster than he ever thought possible, and they're just happen to be a bunch of skattered gravel at the end of the road. Trying to think fast he tried turning his board to skate around the gravel. Too late. Tiny rocks got caught in the wheels, and he went flying face first onto the hot, hard ground. The girl noticed he had bailed the board so she raced the board before it rolled away. She walked up to Billie Joe and handed him the skateboard.
"Oh my god! Are you alright?" she said with a snicker.
Billie Joe in pain tried to give his best face and said, "Uhm..yeah! I'm okay! I-I-I guess I didn't see the rocks at the-the bottom of the hill."
They both laughed.
"I don't think I've seen you around here before."
Billie joe got up and straightened himself out and muttered, "Oh yeah. Well uh, that's because I just moved here...today..5 minutes ago."
She started to laugh. "And you've already made a great first impression!"
They both started to laugh.
"Yeah well, sorry. I guess I was trying to hard to impress. Ha. I'm so stupid."
The girl looked puzzled. "Wait so, you were trying to impress me?" The girl had a look on her face, like she knew he was but just played dumb.
"Well yeah, I mean, you're SORTA pretty and all."
They snickered together.
She began to get a big smile on her face. "Well, Mr. Showoff. How would you like to go out with me tomorrow, ya know maybe hit the mall or something. Let me show you around."
Billie Joe was amazed. He had already met a friend. A friend that may even be MORE than a friend! He tried hard not to sound too excited. "Yeah, sounds cool."
"Okay then. How about we meet here around noon. Oh and, I wouldn't recommend skating here again, I wouldn't want you to trip over any rocks."
She laughed and continued to walk her dog back home. Billie Joe than realized he forgotton one very important thing.
"WAIT!" He yelled. "I didn't even get your name!"
Her head turned with a smirk on her pale rosy face. "The name's Erica...and your name?"
Billie paused for a moment. "Uhh..it's Billie..Joe..Billie Joe."
She laughed. "I'm glad it took you 5 seconds to realize what your name was!"
She walked off smiling.
Billie Joe returned home with good feelings and began to realize life wasn't half bad. He finally got to feel like a normal kid. He felt great.
