A Green Day Story, chapter 15
Walking out of the hospital, Ashley let out a deep sigh. I looked over at her and smiled lightly.
"He seems like he's doing all right," I said, putting an arm around her shoulders and smiling happily.
"Yeah... It's so nice to see that Kyle will be all right... I was so worried, y'know," Ashley looked down and watched her feet as the walked to the car.
"You were walking around like a zombie. I was afraid of what woulda happened if Kyle didn't make it. Maybe you woulda done something equally as rash as what he did..."
"Don't even joke about that," Ashley sighed and looked back up at the two men who were ahead of them. The car was parked pretty far away from the hospital doors. I kicked a rock towards Mike's feet, but it missed and rolled away. I chuckled lightly.
"Sorry, Ash. Just remember I hate the idea just as much as you do. The three of us used to be best friends, still are. I don't want anything to happen to you," I sighed and looked down at the floor, kicking another small rock.
We reached the car and I sat in the back with Billie Joe. Mike drove, and Ashley sat in the passenger's seat. I leaned my head on Billie's shoulder and breathed out a sigh. I had been in a depressing mood lately. I felt Billie move under me and wrap his arm around me and he kissed the top of my head.
No one talked, but Mike had switched on the radio. I moved my lips with the words of 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin and closed my eyes. I was held in that space between sleep and being awake.
On the way back to my place, we stopped at Tre's and he slipped into the seat beside me. I looked at him and smiled half-heartedly when he greeted me with a warm 'Hello'.
We pulled into my driveway a few minutes later. We scrambled out and walked up to the door. I fumbled with my keys and unlocked the door, stepping out of the way to allow the four to get into the house before getting in and closing the door.
"Hey, why don't you call Allison?" Mike asked me.
"Who?" I met his eyes with a quizical expression on my face.
"That girl we met at that club. Y'know, the one we crashed into," He chuckled and looked down.
"Oh, her! I remember now. Yeah, I put her number in my cell phone," I took my phone out of my pocket and scrolled through the numbers. "I'll invote her over, maybe?"
"Sure, why not?" Billie smiled. Tre, Ashley, and Billie Joe had started a game of Scrabble and were too engrossed in that to really care much. Mike just sat on the couch and stared at where I was sitting on the floor leaning against the love seat. I clicked on her number and waited for an answer.
As soon as the doorbell rang, I jumped off from my comfortable position on the floor and ran to the door as fast as I could. I slipped and crashed into the door due to running on tile with socks on.
"Fuck!" I cursed under my breath and I stood back up to find that Tre had taken the liberty to open the door. Allison was laughing and looked down at me on the floor.
"Have a nice fall?" She asked as she stepped in and helped me up.
"Ha ha, very funny," I replied sarcastically and stuck my tongue out at her.
"Careful where you stick that thing," She poked my tongue. I pulled it back in and giggled.
"No touchy," I said and turned to Tre. "Tre, this is Allison. Allison, Tre."
"Nice to meet you," Tre said in a strange accent and held out his hand. I rolled my eyes and went back to the couch and sat on Mike. Billie Joe looked at me with his puppy dog eyes. I rolled my eyes and crawled over to where he sat on the floor and plopped down beside him.
"So, we gonna do anything?" Allison put her hands on her hips and looked around. I shrugged and looked at the people in the room.
"Let's... Umn... Go... To... The..." Ashley began, her eyes searching the room for an idea.
"Movies!" Mike suggested.
"Mall!" Tre piped up.
"Both?" I raised an eyebrow at my suggestion and looked each of them in the face. They all shrugged.
"Why not?" With that statement from Allison, we all darted out the door.
"I haven't been here in a while," Billie Joe let out a breath of air and stretched. I looked at him, and he wrapped his arms around me. I giggled and poked him and he let go.
We had arrived at the mall and were now walking around inside.
"Oh, how pretty," Ashley's eyes were wide and shining as she looked into the window of a jewelry store. I placed my head on her shoulder and looked in as well.
"Wow..." I stared at the sterling silver necklace with a rose shaped pendant on the end of the chain clad with diamonds and a few rubies. Mike rolled his eyes and stopped in his tracks. Billie came up behind me and looked at the necklace.
"You like it?" He asked me, his green eyes meeting mine with a kind expression.
"Yes, but it's so expensive."
He sighed and grabbed my hand and we continued to walk around.
"So, Ashley, when do you hafta go home?" I asked, looking over my shoulder at her.
"Can't leave without Kyle, so I dunno," She shrugged and we turned into Hot Topic.
"Amy! You should buy this," Billie Joe held out a box of candy bras. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"You're such a perv," I proceeded to continue my browsing as I felt Billie's arms wrap around me.
"You know you love it," He whispered into my ear.
"Says you," I tried to prise myself out of his embrace, but it only became tighter.
"Don't lie to yourself, Perk," He smirked. I winced at how he had used my last name.
"Oh! Now you're gonna get it!" I threatened and slipped out of his grasp. Then I proceeded to poke and prod his stomach until I found what I was looking for. His ticklish spot. He let out a muffled laugh and I looked up at him mischeviously.
"No..." He whimpered and a maliscious grin spread onto my face.
"Yes," And I began to tickle him furiously. Right in the middle of Hot Topic, too. Tre noticed our little tickle war and jumped in and joined us.
"St-stop!" Billie laughed. Suddenly, we did stop. Billie looked at both of us, confused, then followed our gaze. A mall cop stood above him and glared down at us.
"Hi..." I greeted with a nervous laugh.
With that, we were kicked out of the mall.
"He seems like he's doing all right," I said, putting an arm around her shoulders and smiling happily.
"Yeah... It's so nice to see that Kyle will be all right... I was so worried, y'know," Ashley looked down and watched her feet as the walked to the car.
"You were walking around like a zombie. I was afraid of what woulda happened if Kyle didn't make it. Maybe you woulda done something equally as rash as what he did..."
"Don't even joke about that," Ashley sighed and looked back up at the two men who were ahead of them. The car was parked pretty far away from the hospital doors. I kicked a rock towards Mike's feet, but it missed and rolled away. I chuckled lightly.
"Sorry, Ash. Just remember I hate the idea just as much as you do. The three of us used to be best friends, still are. I don't want anything to happen to you," I sighed and looked down at the floor, kicking another small rock.
We reached the car and I sat in the back with Billie Joe. Mike drove, and Ashley sat in the passenger's seat. I leaned my head on Billie's shoulder and breathed out a sigh. I had been in a depressing mood lately. I felt Billie move under me and wrap his arm around me and he kissed the top of my head.
No one talked, but Mike had switched on the radio. I moved my lips with the words of 'Stairway to Heaven' by Led Zeppelin and closed my eyes. I was held in that space between sleep and being awake.
On the way back to my place, we stopped at Tre's and he slipped into the seat beside me. I looked at him and smiled half-heartedly when he greeted me with a warm 'Hello'.
We pulled into my driveway a few minutes later. We scrambled out and walked up to the door. I fumbled with my keys and unlocked the door, stepping out of the way to allow the four to get into the house before getting in and closing the door.
"Hey, why don't you call Allison?" Mike asked me.
"Who?" I met his eyes with a quizical expression on my face.
"That girl we met at that club. Y'know, the one we crashed into," He chuckled and looked down.
"Oh, her! I remember now. Yeah, I put her number in my cell phone," I took my phone out of my pocket and scrolled through the numbers. "I'll invote her over, maybe?"
"Sure, why not?" Billie smiled. Tre, Ashley, and Billie Joe had started a game of Scrabble and were too engrossed in that to really care much. Mike just sat on the couch and stared at where I was sitting on the floor leaning against the love seat. I clicked on her number and waited for an answer.
As soon as the doorbell rang, I jumped off from my comfortable position on the floor and ran to the door as fast as I could. I slipped and crashed into the door due to running on tile with socks on.
"Fuck!" I cursed under my breath and I stood back up to find that Tre had taken the liberty to open the door. Allison was laughing and looked down at me on the floor.
"Have a nice fall?" She asked as she stepped in and helped me up.
"Ha ha, very funny," I replied sarcastically and stuck my tongue out at her.
"Careful where you stick that thing," She poked my tongue. I pulled it back in and giggled.
"No touchy," I said and turned to Tre. "Tre, this is Allison. Allison, Tre."
"Nice to meet you," Tre said in a strange accent and held out his hand. I rolled my eyes and went back to the couch and sat on Mike. Billie Joe looked at me with his puppy dog eyes. I rolled my eyes and crawled over to where he sat on the floor and plopped down beside him.
"So, we gonna do anything?" Allison put her hands on her hips and looked around. I shrugged and looked at the people in the room.
"Let's... Umn... Go... To... The..." Ashley began, her eyes searching the room for an idea.
"Movies!" Mike suggested.
"Mall!" Tre piped up.
"Both?" I raised an eyebrow at my suggestion and looked each of them in the face. They all shrugged.
"Why not?" With that statement from Allison, we all darted out the door.
"I haven't been here in a while," Billie Joe let out a breath of air and stretched. I looked at him, and he wrapped his arms around me. I giggled and poked him and he let go.
We had arrived at the mall and were now walking around inside.
"Oh, how pretty," Ashley's eyes were wide and shining as she looked into the window of a jewelry store. I placed my head on her shoulder and looked in as well.
"Wow..." I stared at the sterling silver necklace with a rose shaped pendant on the end of the chain clad with diamonds and a few rubies. Mike rolled his eyes and stopped in his tracks. Billie came up behind me and looked at the necklace.
"You like it?" He asked me, his green eyes meeting mine with a kind expression.
"Yes, but it's so expensive."
He sighed and grabbed my hand and we continued to walk around.
"So, Ashley, when do you hafta go home?" I asked, looking over my shoulder at her.
"Can't leave without Kyle, so I dunno," She shrugged and we turned into Hot Topic.
"Amy! You should buy this," Billie Joe held out a box of candy bras. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"You're such a perv," I proceeded to continue my browsing as I felt Billie's arms wrap around me.
"You know you love it," He whispered into my ear.
"Says you," I tried to prise myself out of his embrace, but it only became tighter.
"Don't lie to yourself, Perk," He smirked. I winced at how he had used my last name.
"Oh! Now you're gonna get it!" I threatened and slipped out of his grasp. Then I proceeded to poke and prod his stomach until I found what I was looking for. His ticklish spot. He let out a muffled laugh and I looked up at him mischeviously.
"No..." He whimpered and a maliscious grin spread onto my face.
"Yes," And I began to tickle him furiously. Right in the middle of Hot Topic, too. Tre noticed our little tickle war and jumped in and joined us.
"St-stop!" Billie laughed. Suddenly, we did stop. Billie looked at both of us, confused, then followed our gaze. A mall cop stood above him and glared down at us.
"Hi..." I greeted with a nervous laugh.
With that, we were kicked out of the mall.
