Cheese and Lamposts, chapter 5
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*Recap*
*Billie's P. O. V. *
I sat there thinking, "Should I hold her hand or not? Will she think it's moving too quick? Does she even like me? What if she doesn't even like me? Snap out of it man, you're turning into Mike with all the thinking." I glanced down at her hand, then up at her face. She looked really bored with the movie. I couldn't tell you what it was about, let alone tell you what it was called. I reached out and took her hand in mine. I noticed her look down at her hand and then she laced her fingers with mine. "Maybe she does like me!" I thought as I saw her look at me and smile.
***
*Bekah's P. O. V. *
I looked down as Billie took my hand. I laced my fingers with his and smiled at him. "Finally!" I thought to myself.
*Amy's P. O. V. *
As I sat there bored during the lame movie, I wondered to myself why Mike wasn't doing anything. I knew he liked me, I could tell. And I knew that he knew that I no longer had a boyfriend because Bekah told Billie who I know told Mike. Then I noticed his hand on the armrest. "Guess I'm gonna have to do this myself," I thought to myself as I reached over and grabbed his hand. I saw him look down at his hand and then at me in almost confusion it seemed like. "Did he not want me to hold his hand?" I thought as he laces his fingers with mine. "Guess not" I thought.
*Taylor's P. O. V. *
I'm so bored. This movie is lame. Why did I pick this? Whoa, are Billie and Bekah holding hands? Wait a second, so are Amy and Mike! What the hell? We're in a movie for what, 10 minutes and everyone is holding hands with someone? I wonder if the same things are running through John's mind. Nope, he's too busy licking gummy bears and throwing them at the wall in hopes they will stick. Haha, maybe I should join him. No, that would be kind of hard seeing as I'm sitting in the middle.
*Billie's P. O. V. *
I looked down at me and Bekah's hands. It felt like they fit perfectly into each other. I looked up at her and she was looking at our hands as well. Then she looked up at me. "Should I try to kiss her? What the hell," I thought as I leaned in a bit. She began to lean in, too. We both kept leaning in more and more until our lips were finally just inches apart. Then I leaned in the rest of the way and our lips met. I can't even begin to explain the feeling I got then. After a few seconds we pulled away. Then she let go of my hand and placed her hand on the back of my neck to pull me back in. Our lips met again and then finally pulled away again. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders as she rested her head on mine.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" I whispered into her ear.
*Bekah's P. O. V. *
As Billie whispered into my ear, chills ran up my spine.
"Yes," I said as I smiled and kissed him once more.
The rest of the movie I just rested my head on his shoulder.
After the movie let out we were all just standing outside the theater.
"Well that was the best freaking movie I've ever seen," Taylor said in a very sarcastic tone.
"You're the one that picked it!" I said to her.
"Yeah, well, well, whatever!" she said not able to come up with a comeback.
"So what now?" Amy asked.
"Well we need to get going to band practice," John said.
"Oh yeah," Mike said in tone that showed he really didn't want to leave.
"Do you want to come with us to our studio for practice? I mean, it's just us basically messing around and coming up with music to go to the lyrics we have, but I guess it could be fun," Billie asked Taylor, Amy, and me.
"Is that okay with you guys?" I asked Taylor and Amy.
"Sure," Amy said.
"Yeah, might as well. I have nothing else to do but go back to an empty house," Taylor said.
"Great, just follow us there then!" Billie said as we all began walking out of the mall and to our cars.
As we got into my car, Taylor asked, "What was all that about?"
"What was all what about?" Amy and I asked in unison.
"The holding of the hands and the kissing crap," Taylor said.
"Kissing? Who was kissing?" Amy asked as I felt myself blush. Amy looked at me.
"You and Billie kissed?!" Amy asked excitedly.
"Yeah. He umm...asked me out, too," I said softly.
"So that's why Billie wanted us to go to their band practice," she said.
"And what about you? You and Mike held hands?"
"Yeah."
"Wow, I didn't think he would grab your hand. Billie told me he was kinda shy about that kind of stuff," I said.
"He didn't grab my hand, I grabbed his," she said.
"You did?!" Taylor asked
"Yeah, he wouldn't grab mine, so I had to."
"So you like him?" Taylor asked.
"Of course! What did you think it was that made me finally break up with Andy?"
"Was that the only reason though?" Taylor asked.
"No, but it was the reason that made everything go the way it did."
"Oh, I see," Taylor said as I saw Billie pull in front of a house.
We all got out of the car as Billie said,
"Home, sweet home. Let's go inside, I need to tune," Billie said walking up the steps to the door and unlocking it.
"So where is 'studio' you mentioned?" I asked Billie.
"Studio. Ha! It's the basement," John said opening the door to the steps that led to the basement.
We all walked downstairs where they had all their equipment set up. It wasn't much, but it didn't look like they cared. On the back wall they had the words "Sweet Children" spray painted.
"Band name?" I asked, thinking that would be the only reason those words were there.
"Yeah, you like it?" Billie asked.
"Yeah, just not very fitting," I replied
"Hey!" he said, playing like he was offended. "Yeah, I know," he said and then started to tune his guitar while Mike tuned his bass and John looked for his other drumstick.
"Okay, I'm done. I'm gonna go grab some drinks for everyone. Bekah, will you come help me?" Billie said.
"Sure," I replied as Amy and Taylor giggled a little bit and winked at me. I rolled my eyes and followed Billie up the stairs and to the kitchen. When we got to the kitchen, he pushed me up against the counter and kissed me.
"What was that for?" I asked slightly stunned.
"Because your lips looked like they needed some Billie."
"What the hell kind of answer is that?" I asked laughing.
"I don't know, a stupid one, I know," he said. "So I assume you told Amy and Taylor that we're together now?" Billie asked me, grabbing some cans of soda from the fridge.
"Yeah, is that okay?" I asked
"Yeah, it's fine. I haven't told Mike or John yet though," he said as we started walking back down to the basement. Amy, Taylor, and I sat on the couch as they played a few songs.
"Here's a couple we worked on a bit yesterday, tell me what you think," Billie said as he turned around and told the guys what to play.
After he was done he said that those two songs were called 'Dry Ice' and 'The One That I Want'. I sat there thinking of all the words that he had just sung. The lyrics were amazing and his voice, words can't even describe. Amy and Taylor sat in awe and looked over at me to see my reaction.
"So what did you think?" Billie asked.
"Great," Amy and Taylor replied.
"And you?" Billie said looking at me.
"They were completely amazing. I loved them," I answered walking up to him. When I got to him, I gave him a light kiss on his soft lips.
"Did I miss something here?" Mike said, wondering why I had just randomly kissed Billie.
"Uhh...yeah, we're kind of, well, together now," Billie said.
"What? Since when?" Mike said, still stunned.
"Since the movies," I said.
"Okay...well that explains a lot," John said.
"So you guys want to wrap up practice for today?" Billie asked.
"Yeah, sure," Mike said.
"Yeah, but umm, Bill, I need to talk to you alone for a minute," John said.
"Okay," Billie said, walking up the stairs with John.
A few minutes later, all I could hear was yelling coming from upstairs. I didn't know what was going on, but from what I could tell, Billie was really mad at John for something.
*Billie's P. O. V. *
John and I walked up the stairs after he said he needed to talk to me about something.
"What's up man? Something wrong?" I asked him.
"Well," he said, drawing in a breath, "you and Mike really want to make something of this band right? Like as in, more than having band practices whenever possible. You want to go somewhere with all of this, right?"
"Yeah," I said slowly, "where are you going with this?"
"Well, then I really think you should look for another drummer."
"WHAT?! FIND ANOTHER DRUMMER? YOU'RE JUST QUITTING ON US? JUST LIKE THAT?" I screamed at him.
"Sorry man. I just, I wanna go to college. I want to make something of my life. Not that you aren't going to. I'm sure you're going to make it so far with this band. I just really think that you would do a lot better if you found a different drummer," John said.
"I can't fucking believe you!" I yelled at him one last time as he walked out the front door. After that I walked back downstairs.
"What was all that about?" Bekah asked me. I had to calm down before I answered her, I didn't want to lose her the day we got together because I was in a bad mood and couldn't control my temper. So I took a deep breath and answered, "Well, we're going to have to find a new drummer for our band."
"WHAT?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, he said he wanted to go to college," I answered and then explained how everything went. I sat down next to Bekah and put my arm around her.
"Aww, I'm sorry" she said as she kissed my cheek. That made me feel so much better.
"Thanks Bekah," I said
"So where are we going to find a new drummer?" asked Mike
"I don't know, I guess I'll talk to Larry and see if he knows anyone that would want to audition. We can hold auditions next Saturday," I said
"Alright," Mike said.
"Is there anything that we can do to help?" Amy asked.
"Probably not, but I guess you can help us with the judging next Saturday, 'cause we won't be able to do anything else," Mike answered.
"We'll be here," Taylor said.
*Billie's P. O. V. *
I sat there thinking, "Should I hold her hand or not? Will she think it's moving too quick? Does she even like me? What if she doesn't even like me? Snap out of it man, you're turning into Mike with all the thinking." I glanced down at her hand, then up at her face. She looked really bored with the movie. I couldn't tell you what it was about, let alone tell you what it was called. I reached out and took her hand in mine. I noticed her look down at her hand and then she laced her fingers with mine. "Maybe she does like me!" I thought as I saw her look at me and smile.
***
*Bekah's P. O. V. *
I looked down as Billie took my hand. I laced my fingers with his and smiled at him. "Finally!" I thought to myself.
*Amy's P. O. V. *
As I sat there bored during the lame movie, I wondered to myself why Mike wasn't doing anything. I knew he liked me, I could tell. And I knew that he knew that I no longer had a boyfriend because Bekah told Billie who I know told Mike. Then I noticed his hand on the armrest. "Guess I'm gonna have to do this myself," I thought to myself as I reached over and grabbed his hand. I saw him look down at his hand and then at me in almost confusion it seemed like. "Did he not want me to hold his hand?" I thought as he laces his fingers with mine. "Guess not" I thought.
*Taylor's P. O. V. *
I'm so bored. This movie is lame. Why did I pick this? Whoa, are Billie and Bekah holding hands? Wait a second, so are Amy and Mike! What the hell? We're in a movie for what, 10 minutes and everyone is holding hands with someone? I wonder if the same things are running through John's mind. Nope, he's too busy licking gummy bears and throwing them at the wall in hopes they will stick. Haha, maybe I should join him. No, that would be kind of hard seeing as I'm sitting in the middle.
*Billie's P. O. V. *
I looked down at me and Bekah's hands. It felt like they fit perfectly into each other. I looked up at her and she was looking at our hands as well. Then she looked up at me. "Should I try to kiss her? What the hell," I thought as I leaned in a bit. She began to lean in, too. We both kept leaning in more and more until our lips were finally just inches apart. Then I leaned in the rest of the way and our lips met. I can't even begin to explain the feeling I got then. After a few seconds we pulled away. Then she let go of my hand and placed her hand on the back of my neck to pull me back in. Our lips met again and then finally pulled away again. I wrapped my arm around her shoulders as she rested her head on mine.
"Will you be my girlfriend?" I whispered into her ear.
*Bekah's P. O. V. *
As Billie whispered into my ear, chills ran up my spine.
"Yes," I said as I smiled and kissed him once more.
The rest of the movie I just rested my head on his shoulder.
After the movie let out we were all just standing outside the theater.
"Well that was the best freaking movie I've ever seen," Taylor said in a very sarcastic tone.
"You're the one that picked it!" I said to her.
"Yeah, well, well, whatever!" she said not able to come up with a comeback.
"So what now?" Amy asked.
"Well we need to get going to band practice," John said.
"Oh yeah," Mike said in tone that showed he really didn't want to leave.
"Do you want to come with us to our studio for practice? I mean, it's just us basically messing around and coming up with music to go to the lyrics we have, but I guess it could be fun," Billie asked Taylor, Amy, and me.
"Is that okay with you guys?" I asked Taylor and Amy.
"Sure," Amy said.
"Yeah, might as well. I have nothing else to do but go back to an empty house," Taylor said.
"Great, just follow us there then!" Billie said as we all began walking out of the mall and to our cars.
As we got into my car, Taylor asked, "What was all that about?"
"What was all what about?" Amy and I asked in unison.
"The holding of the hands and the kissing crap," Taylor said.
"Kissing? Who was kissing?" Amy asked as I felt myself blush. Amy looked at me.
"You and Billie kissed?!" Amy asked excitedly.
"Yeah. He umm...asked me out, too," I said softly.
"So that's why Billie wanted us to go to their band practice," she said.
"And what about you? You and Mike held hands?"
"Yeah."
"Wow, I didn't think he would grab your hand. Billie told me he was kinda shy about that kind of stuff," I said.
"He didn't grab my hand, I grabbed his," she said.
"You did?!" Taylor asked
"Yeah, he wouldn't grab mine, so I had to."
"So you like him?" Taylor asked.
"Of course! What did you think it was that made me finally break up with Andy?"
"Was that the only reason though?" Taylor asked.
"No, but it was the reason that made everything go the way it did."
"Oh, I see," Taylor said as I saw Billie pull in front of a house.
We all got out of the car as Billie said,
"Home, sweet home. Let's go inside, I need to tune," Billie said walking up the steps to the door and unlocking it.
"So where is 'studio' you mentioned?" I asked Billie.
"Studio. Ha! It's the basement," John said opening the door to the steps that led to the basement.
We all walked downstairs where they had all their equipment set up. It wasn't much, but it didn't look like they cared. On the back wall they had the words "Sweet Children" spray painted.
"Band name?" I asked, thinking that would be the only reason those words were there.
"Yeah, you like it?" Billie asked.
"Yeah, just not very fitting," I replied
"Hey!" he said, playing like he was offended. "Yeah, I know," he said and then started to tune his guitar while Mike tuned his bass and John looked for his other drumstick.
"Okay, I'm done. I'm gonna go grab some drinks for everyone. Bekah, will you come help me?" Billie said.
"Sure," I replied as Amy and Taylor giggled a little bit and winked at me. I rolled my eyes and followed Billie up the stairs and to the kitchen. When we got to the kitchen, he pushed me up against the counter and kissed me.
"What was that for?" I asked slightly stunned.
"Because your lips looked like they needed some Billie."
"What the hell kind of answer is that?" I asked laughing.
"I don't know, a stupid one, I know," he said. "So I assume you told Amy and Taylor that we're together now?" Billie asked me, grabbing some cans of soda from the fridge.
"Yeah, is that okay?" I asked
"Yeah, it's fine. I haven't told Mike or John yet though," he said as we started walking back down to the basement. Amy, Taylor, and I sat on the couch as they played a few songs.
"Here's a couple we worked on a bit yesterday, tell me what you think," Billie said as he turned around and told the guys what to play.
After he was done he said that those two songs were called 'Dry Ice' and 'The One That I Want'. I sat there thinking of all the words that he had just sung. The lyrics were amazing and his voice, words can't even describe. Amy and Taylor sat in awe and looked over at me to see my reaction.
"So what did you think?" Billie asked.
"Great," Amy and Taylor replied.
"And you?" Billie said looking at me.
"They were completely amazing. I loved them," I answered walking up to him. When I got to him, I gave him a light kiss on his soft lips.
"Did I miss something here?" Mike said, wondering why I had just randomly kissed Billie.
"Uhh...yeah, we're kind of, well, together now," Billie said.
"What? Since when?" Mike said, still stunned.
"Since the movies," I said.
"Okay...well that explains a lot," John said.
"So you guys want to wrap up practice for today?" Billie asked.
"Yeah, sure," Mike said.
"Yeah, but umm, Bill, I need to talk to you alone for a minute," John said.
"Okay," Billie said, walking up the stairs with John.
A few minutes later, all I could hear was yelling coming from upstairs. I didn't know what was going on, but from what I could tell, Billie was really mad at John for something.
*Billie's P. O. V. *
John and I walked up the stairs after he said he needed to talk to me about something.
"What's up man? Something wrong?" I asked him.
"Well," he said, drawing in a breath, "you and Mike really want to make something of this band right? Like as in, more than having band practices whenever possible. You want to go somewhere with all of this, right?"
"Yeah," I said slowly, "where are you going with this?"
"Well, then I really think you should look for another drummer."
"WHAT?! FIND ANOTHER DRUMMER? YOU'RE JUST QUITTING ON US? JUST LIKE THAT?" I screamed at him.
"Sorry man. I just, I wanna go to college. I want to make something of my life. Not that you aren't going to. I'm sure you're going to make it so far with this band. I just really think that you would do a lot better if you found a different drummer," John said.
"I can't fucking believe you!" I yelled at him one last time as he walked out the front door. After that I walked back downstairs.
"What was all that about?" Bekah asked me. I had to calm down before I answered her, I didn't want to lose her the day we got together because I was in a bad mood and couldn't control my temper. So I took a deep breath and answered, "Well, we're going to have to find a new drummer for our band."
"WHAT?" Mike asked.
"Yeah, he said he wanted to go to college," I answered and then explained how everything went. I sat down next to Bekah and put my arm around her.
"Aww, I'm sorry" she said as she kissed my cheek. That made me feel so much better.
"Thanks Bekah," I said
"So where are we going to find a new drummer?" asked Mike
"I don't know, I guess I'll talk to Larry and see if he knows anyone that would want to audition. We can hold auditions next Saturday," I said
"Alright," Mike said.
"Is there anything that we can do to help?" Amy asked.
"Probably not, but I guess you can help us with the judging next Saturday, 'cause we won't be able to do anything else," Mike answered.
"We'll be here," Taylor said.
