Cheese and Lamposts, chapter 11
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*Bekah's P.O.V.*
*Wednesday after school*
When I got home from school, Taylor called me.
"Hey," I answered.
"What's up?!" she said extremely excitedly.
"Nothing... what's up with you? You sound excited about something," I said curiously.
"Oh, I don't know. Just being a loser" She said
"Will you shut up? I'm on the phone! Jeez!" I heard someone say in the background.
"So am I!" she said back.
"Who was that?" I asked suspiciously.
"Eric," She said annoyed.
"What's his problem?" I asked
"I don't know. He's been acting like that lately," She said
"Have you asked him why?" I asked her
"Yeah. All he ever says is that I don't need to worry about it," She replied.
"What the hell? He does NOT<i/> need to be treating you like that," I said angrily.
*BEEP*
"Hold on," I said as I switched lines.
"Hello?" I answered annoyed.
"Babe, what's wrong?" Billie asked.
"Oh, no sorry. Can I call you back? I'm talking to Taylor on the other line,"
"Yeah, that's fine. Bye," He said as I switched back.
"Well, I need to go. Eric says he needs to use this phone because his is going dead," She said.
"Whatever. I'll see you tomorrow at school," I said as I hung up the phone. I called Billie back a little while later. We talked about random crap for about an hour and then I told him I needed to go take a shower and then go to bed.
"Have fun in the shower," He said seductively.
"Billie, you are such a pervert!"
"I know you like it," He said.
"Whatever. Goodnight," I said.
"Night," He said as I hung up the phone.
*Next day at school*
After seventh period, I went on to my last period, band. Band was pretty boring, but it was pretty much a blow-off class so I sort of looked forward to it. During band, this kid wouldn't stop playing his trumpet, even though our band director, Mrs. Willcoks, told us that we could rest for about 5 minutes.
"If you don't stop playing that STUPID THING for 5 minutes, I'm going to hit you with this!" I said holding up my clarinet. Ok, so I know the clarinet isn't the coolest instrument in the world, but I had been playing it since the 6th grade and really didn't feel like switching instruments. Plus I had actually gotten really good at it. Anyways, he continued to play our schools fight song, so I took my clarinet and hit him in the head with the bell of it.
"Ouch!" he yelled. "Mrs. Willcoks, she hit me with her clarinet!" he added.
"You can't prove it! Besides, of all the times I've threatened to hit you, why would I choose now to follow through with that threat?" I asked. Actually, you could prove it. I now had a dent on the bell of my clarinet that wasn't there before, but I wasn't about to point that out.
"She makes a good point," She said. Yeah, I had always kind of been the teachers pet in band and I think she secretly gets really tired of hearing him play just like the rest of us do.
"Whatever," He said just as the last bell rang. I walked to the front to meet Taylor, Amy, Mike, and Billie.
"Are we doing something tomorrow after school?" asked Taylor.
"I don't know, why?" I asked.
"I don't know, we just usually do. So I was just wondering what the weekend plans were," she said.
"Mall?" Amy asked wiggling her eyebrows.
"Sure, why not. There's nothing else to do in this town," said Billie.
"Invite Tré and Eric?" I asked.
"Yeah," said Taylor. "I'll call Eric later because he wasn't here today."
"Ok. I'll call Tré," Billie said.
"Ok, well I'm going home. I'll see you all tomorrow," I said as I started walking off.
"Oh, Amy, do you still need a ride home?" I asked.
"I can take you home Babe," Mike said to her.
"I guess not then," She said laughing.
"Okay. I'll see you all tomorrow then. Later peoples," I said getting into my car and driving home. That night I called Taylor to see if Eric was coming tomorrow.
"No, he said he's going to be out of town," She said
"Well what did you ask him?" I asked
"I just asked if he would be able to do anything tomorrow," She said.
"Oh, ok. You are still coming though right?" I asked.
"Yeah, can you give me a ride home whenever we leave though?" she asked me.
"Yeah, that's fine. Later," I said as I hung up the phone and went to bed.
*Next Day*
*Bekah's P.O.V.*
After school we were all getting ready to go to the mall. We were just waiting on Taylor to get her stuff so we could leave.
"Do you think we could all go by my house first?" Billie asked. "We want to show you a new song we've been working on," He added.
"Yeah, sure. Taylor, you mind?" I asked as she walked up
"Cool with me," She said.
"Okay, let's go then. I want to get to the mall," Amy said.
"Mike, will you drive my car, and let Amy and Taylor ride with you so I can ride with Bekah? I need to talk to her," Billie said.
"Yeah, that's fine," Mike replied
"Okay, here are my keys. Bekah, let's go," Billie said as we got into my car and pulled out of the school parking lot, headed towards his house.
"So what did you need to talk to me about?" I asked as we pulled to a red light.
"Well this first," he said as he leaned over and kissed me.
"Okay then. That was a lot of talking," I said sarcastically.
"Yeah, anyways. It's about the new song," he said
"What about it?" I asked
"Tré wrote it,"
"So? That's great! He not only can play drums but can write too!" I said excitedly.
"Well it's not so much that he wrote a song. It's who he wrote it for," he said
"And who would that be?" I asked
"Taylor," He replied
"Aww, he wrote Taylor a song? That is SO cute!" I said
"Yeah. Anyways. What are we going to do at the mall?" he asked.
"We could go see another movie," I said a little seductively while wiggling my eyebrows.
"I don't know that the others would want to go to a movie with us," he said laughing.
"Yeah, you're probably right. So are you doing anything for Thanksgiving? You know it's coming up in about 2 weeks, right?" I asked
"Yeah, I was going to talk to you about that. I wanted to know if you would have Thanksgiving dinner at my house?" he asked.
"Really? Of course I would!" I replied happily.
"Yay! Mike is going to be at my house for Thanksgiving, so he'll probably invite Amy too," Billie said as we pulled up to his house. We got out of the car and went down to the basement. The guys tuned and set up their stuff while we sat on the couch. When they were ready Billie introduced the song.
"Okay, this one is called 'Paper Lanterns'," Billie said. "It was also written by our newest member, Tré Cool," he added.
After it was over, I went up and hugged Tré.
"That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for her," I whispered into his ear. He looked at Billie questioning if he had told me that he had written it for Taylor. Billie nodded.
"Thanks," Tré said,
"That was great! Now can we go to the mall PLEASE?!" Amy asked like a kid who was begging their mom for a toy they wanted.
"Okay, okay, Amy! We can go!" I said. Then we all headed out to our cars, Mike and Amy in Mike's car, Billie and Tré in Billie's car, and Taylor and me in my car.
"So what was that all about?" Taylor asked.
"You don't get it?!" I asked
"Get what?" she asked
"Tré wrote that song," I said
"Yeah, I got that from when Billie said it. So?"
"So... he wrote it for you," I responded.
"Oh, wow. That has got to be the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me," She said softly
"That's what I told him when I hugged him," I said
"I feel so bad now," She said slowly.
A little later we pulled into the mall parking lot where the movie entrance was. We all went inside and started walking around aimlessly and talking.
"Hey, that guy over there on the bench looks familiar," Billie said to me. I looked over to the bench he was talking about and saw some guy making out with a girl.
"Yeah he does. I wonder how I-OH MY GOSH! THAT'S ERIC!" I exclaimed. "Taylor, I know you don't want to see this, but I think you need to. Eric is over on that bench with some other chick," I said slowly. She looked over there.
"Oh my gosh," She said as she walked over to him. I followed her, and the rest of the guys came slightly closer, but still stayed back. "Hi Eric," She said annoyed.
"Oh, uhh.. Taylor, Babe," He said.
"Don't 'Taylor, Babe' me. Were are your manners? Aren't you going to introduce me to your [i]other girlfriend?"
"Other?" she said.
"Uh... " Eric said not knowing what to say.
"We're through," Taylor said starting to walk off. But before she could, Eric grabbed her arm.
"Don't you walk away from me!" Eric said.
"Get your hands off of her!" Tré yelled at Eric as he walked up behind Taylor.
"Who is this? Your other boyfriend," Eric asked.
"No, I'm the guy she said 'no' to just before she said 'yes' to you," Tré said.
"Yeah, and I'm beginning to wonder why I did that," Taylor said as tears welled up in her eyes as she walked away. I walked up to her and hugged her.
"Don't you dare come near here again. Got it?" I said.
"Or you'll do what?" Eric asked daringly.
"I don't know what she would do, but I do know what we would do," Billie said as he and Mike walked up. Eric shut up right about then and turned to walk away.
"Come on, Babe," Eric said to the other girl he was with.
"HA! You think I'm going to stay with you? Think again," She said as she walked off.
"Come on, you want to go home or back to my place?" I asked Taylor. She nodded her head.
"Yeah, your place. I don't want to be alone right now," She said
"Okay, come on honey," I said as I motioned for everyone else to follow. I took Amy and Taylor back to my house as Tré followed in his car, and Billie and Mike followed in Billie's.
*Wednesday after school*
When I got home from school, Taylor called me.
"Hey," I answered.
"What's up?!" she said extremely excitedly.
"Nothing... what's up with you? You sound excited about something," I said curiously.
"Oh, I don't know. Just being a loser" She said
"Will you shut up? I'm on the phone! Jeez!" I heard someone say in the background.
"So am I!" she said back.
"Who was that?" I asked suspiciously.
"Eric," She said annoyed.
"What's his problem?" I asked
"I don't know. He's been acting like that lately," She said
"Have you asked him why?" I asked her
"Yeah. All he ever says is that I don't need to worry about it," She replied.
"What the hell? He does NOT<i/> need to be treating you like that," I said angrily.
*BEEP*
"Hold on," I said as I switched lines.
"Hello?" I answered annoyed.
"Babe, what's wrong?" Billie asked.
"Oh, no sorry. Can I call you back? I'm talking to Taylor on the other line,"
"Yeah, that's fine. Bye," He said as I switched back.
"Well, I need to go. Eric says he needs to use this phone because his is going dead," She said.
"Whatever. I'll see you tomorrow at school," I said as I hung up the phone. I called Billie back a little while later. We talked about random crap for about an hour and then I told him I needed to go take a shower and then go to bed.
"Have fun in the shower," He said seductively.
"Billie, you are such a pervert!"
"I know you like it," He said.
"Whatever. Goodnight," I said.
"Night," He said as I hung up the phone.
*Next day at school*
After seventh period, I went on to my last period, band. Band was pretty boring, but it was pretty much a blow-off class so I sort of looked forward to it. During band, this kid wouldn't stop playing his trumpet, even though our band director, Mrs. Willcoks, told us that we could rest for about 5 minutes.
"If you don't stop playing that STUPID THING for 5 minutes, I'm going to hit you with this!" I said holding up my clarinet. Ok, so I know the clarinet isn't the coolest instrument in the world, but I had been playing it since the 6th grade and really didn't feel like switching instruments. Plus I had actually gotten really good at it. Anyways, he continued to play our schools fight song, so I took my clarinet and hit him in the head with the bell of it.
"Ouch!" he yelled. "Mrs. Willcoks, she hit me with her clarinet!" he added.
"You can't prove it! Besides, of all the times I've threatened to hit you, why would I choose now to follow through with that threat?" I asked. Actually, you could prove it. I now had a dent on the bell of my clarinet that wasn't there before, but I wasn't about to point that out.
"She makes a good point," She said. Yeah, I had always kind of been the teachers pet in band and I think she secretly gets really tired of hearing him play just like the rest of us do.
"Whatever," He said just as the last bell rang. I walked to the front to meet Taylor, Amy, Mike, and Billie.
"Are we doing something tomorrow after school?" asked Taylor.
"I don't know, why?" I asked.
"I don't know, we just usually do. So I was just wondering what the weekend plans were," she said.
"Mall?" Amy asked wiggling her eyebrows.
"Sure, why not. There's nothing else to do in this town," said Billie.
"Invite Tré and Eric?" I asked.
"Yeah," said Taylor. "I'll call Eric later because he wasn't here today."
"Ok. I'll call Tré," Billie said.
"Ok, well I'm going home. I'll see you all tomorrow," I said as I started walking off.
"Oh, Amy, do you still need a ride home?" I asked.
"I can take you home Babe," Mike said to her.
"I guess not then," She said laughing.
"Okay. I'll see you all tomorrow then. Later peoples," I said getting into my car and driving home. That night I called Taylor to see if Eric was coming tomorrow.
"No, he said he's going to be out of town," She said
"Well what did you ask him?" I asked
"I just asked if he would be able to do anything tomorrow," She said.
"Oh, ok. You are still coming though right?" I asked.
"Yeah, can you give me a ride home whenever we leave though?" she asked me.
"Yeah, that's fine. Later," I said as I hung up the phone and went to bed.
*Next Day*
*Bekah's P.O.V.*
After school we were all getting ready to go to the mall. We were just waiting on Taylor to get her stuff so we could leave.
"Do you think we could all go by my house first?" Billie asked. "We want to show you a new song we've been working on," He added.
"Yeah, sure. Taylor, you mind?" I asked as she walked up
"Cool with me," She said.
"Okay, let's go then. I want to get to the mall," Amy said.
"Mike, will you drive my car, and let Amy and Taylor ride with you so I can ride with Bekah? I need to talk to her," Billie said.
"Yeah, that's fine," Mike replied
"Okay, here are my keys. Bekah, let's go," Billie said as we got into my car and pulled out of the school parking lot, headed towards his house.
"So what did you need to talk to me about?" I asked as we pulled to a red light.
"Well this first," he said as he leaned over and kissed me.
"Okay then. That was a lot of talking," I said sarcastically.
"Yeah, anyways. It's about the new song," he said
"What about it?" I asked
"Tré wrote it,"
"So? That's great! He not only can play drums but can write too!" I said excitedly.
"Well it's not so much that he wrote a song. It's who he wrote it for," he said
"And who would that be?" I asked
"Taylor," He replied
"Aww, he wrote Taylor a song? That is SO cute!" I said
"Yeah. Anyways. What are we going to do at the mall?" he asked.
"We could go see another movie," I said a little seductively while wiggling my eyebrows.
"I don't know that the others would want to go to a movie with us," he said laughing.
"Yeah, you're probably right. So are you doing anything for Thanksgiving? You know it's coming up in about 2 weeks, right?" I asked
"Yeah, I was going to talk to you about that. I wanted to know if you would have Thanksgiving dinner at my house?" he asked.
"Really? Of course I would!" I replied happily.
"Yay! Mike is going to be at my house for Thanksgiving, so he'll probably invite Amy too," Billie said as we pulled up to his house. We got out of the car and went down to the basement. The guys tuned and set up their stuff while we sat on the couch. When they were ready Billie introduced the song.
"Okay, this one is called 'Paper Lanterns'," Billie said. "It was also written by our newest member, Tré Cool," he added.
After it was over, I went up and hugged Tré.
"That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for her," I whispered into his ear. He looked at Billie questioning if he had told me that he had written it for Taylor. Billie nodded.
"Thanks," Tré said,
"That was great! Now can we go to the mall PLEASE?!" Amy asked like a kid who was begging their mom for a toy they wanted.
"Okay, okay, Amy! We can go!" I said. Then we all headed out to our cars, Mike and Amy in Mike's car, Billie and Tré in Billie's car, and Taylor and me in my car.
"So what was that all about?" Taylor asked.
"You don't get it?!" I asked
"Get what?" she asked
"Tré wrote that song," I said
"Yeah, I got that from when Billie said it. So?"
"So... he wrote it for you," I responded.
"Oh, wow. That has got to be the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me," She said softly
"That's what I told him when I hugged him," I said
"I feel so bad now," She said slowly.
A little later we pulled into the mall parking lot where the movie entrance was. We all went inside and started walking around aimlessly and talking.
"Hey, that guy over there on the bench looks familiar," Billie said to me. I looked over to the bench he was talking about and saw some guy making out with a girl.
"Yeah he does. I wonder how I-OH MY GOSH! THAT'S ERIC!" I exclaimed. "Taylor, I know you don't want to see this, but I think you need to. Eric is over on that bench with some other chick," I said slowly. She looked over there.
"Oh my gosh," She said as she walked over to him. I followed her, and the rest of the guys came slightly closer, but still stayed back. "Hi Eric," She said annoyed.
"Oh, uhh.. Taylor, Babe," He said.
"Don't 'Taylor, Babe' me. Were are your manners? Aren't you going to introduce me to your [i]other girlfriend?"
"Other?" she said.
"Uh... " Eric said not knowing what to say.
"We're through," Taylor said starting to walk off. But before she could, Eric grabbed her arm.
"Don't you walk away from me!" Eric said.
"Get your hands off of her!" Tré yelled at Eric as he walked up behind Taylor.
"Who is this? Your other boyfriend," Eric asked.
"No, I'm the guy she said 'no' to just before she said 'yes' to you," Tré said.
"Yeah, and I'm beginning to wonder why I did that," Taylor said as tears welled up in her eyes as she walked away. I walked up to her and hugged her.
"Don't you dare come near here again. Got it?" I said.
"Or you'll do what?" Eric asked daringly.
"I don't know what she would do, but I do know what we would do," Billie said as he and Mike walked up. Eric shut up right about then and turned to walk away.
"Come on, Babe," Eric said to the other girl he was with.
"HA! You think I'm going to stay with you? Think again," She said as she walked off.
"Come on, you want to go home or back to my place?" I asked Taylor. She nodded her head.
"Yeah, your place. I don't want to be alone right now," She said
"Okay, come on honey," I said as I motioned for everyone else to follow. I took Amy and Taylor back to my house as Tré followed in his car, and Billie and Mike followed in Billie's.
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