The Day Billie Joe Armstrong Died

Chapter 10 - Moriarty

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I listened closely… Shit, I could hear several people. At least two. They where adults. The only thought that was running through my head was the doctors. They’ve found me. And they are most definitely here to kill me.  Perfect, why can’t I get some sleep?

It sounded like they’ve had settled down. I couldn’t hear any more footsteps. Maybe I was imagining things, wouldn’t be the first time I guess. Probably Billie fucking with my head or something. ‘’Hello..?’’ A mans voice yelled. Dear God I’m dead. Someone is here to kill me. A mans voice yelled again. It sounded really familiar. That’s odd, I got up and walked to my door. I opened the door slowly without making a sound. I could hear someone talking to one another. ‘’Alex, are you home?’’ Oh thank God, Adrienne. I was so scared, my heart felt so much lighter. I’m not going to die after all.

I walked upstairs and the sight of the ones who sat on my coach baffled me.  My jaw almost dropped, but I kept a straight face. ‘’I’m so sorry for just coming in like this, but your door was not locked, hun. You have to remember to lock the door!’’ Adie’s mom side showed. I think she noticed too, she smiled and waved me over. She sat in a chair above the coach. Where two men where sitting. I sat down in the chair next to Adrienne. ‘’Oh, I’m sorry. I should introduce you!’’ Adie apologized. Like I didn’t know who they where. ‘’This is Mike and Trè’’ Adie pointed out to the two men. They smiled to me, and shook my hand politely. I smiled and introduced myself. ‘’Well, I thought that it was wrong of me to not include you in this. You where the one who told me about all of this, and you’re the one who sees him so..’’ Adie looked at me, I saw that she had brought the ‘’Billie Joe Project’’ file. I nodded, Billie Joe had appeared beside me. I looked up at him, he smiled at me. ‘’It’s nice to see them again, I know they’re not that open to the spiritual shit’’ He laughed. Mike noticed that I was staring up in the air. He bumped Trè’s arm. Trè looked at me, they knew what I was doing. Adie was getting used to this, so she just smiled. ‘’What’s he saying?’’ She asked and I looked at her. ‘’He says it’s nice to see Mike and Trè again. He also says he knows that they’re not that open to the ‘spiritual shit’ as he describes it’’ I smiled. Mike and Trè laughed. ‘’Yeah, he’s right’’ ‘‘as always’’ Mike interrupted Trè. ‘’How is it like… y’know seeing him like this? Do you always see him or just sometimes?’’ Mike asked. He had also adopted the ‘’y’know’’ phrase.  ‘’Well, I see him often. But sometimes he just disappears’’ I answered. Mike nodded understandable. ‘’I have explained them everything to them’’ Adie confirmed, Trè had the ‘’Billie Joe Project’’ He looked through the pages. ‘’I like the name, it’s badass’’ He said and smiled to me. I knew I blushed, I hate when that happens. ‘’But I was wondering, why can you of all people see him? Not that I don’t like you or anything, but we don’t even know you’’ Mike looked curious. It’s strange; I have been wondering the same thing since I saw him for the first time too. Why me? ‘’I actually have no idea. Is it because I’m a fan or something? I don’t know…’’ It wasn’t exactly the answer he was looking for, but he nodded and smiled. ‘’We love how much you’ve helped us’’ Trè had put down the files and agreed with Mike’s statement. ‘’Where do we go from here?’’ Trè asked. ‘’I honestly don’t know… We have all the evidence, so we can actually go to the media and take that hospital down’’ Adie replied. ‘’No, not yet!’’ Billie had woken up again. ‘’Why not?’’ I asked. I must have looked like a jackass talking to the air. Mike and Trè looked surprised, but they understood. ‘’What about the other bands? Kurt Cobain? Amy Whinehouse? All of them! What if they all died the same way? We need to help them!’’ Billie Joe was serious. ‘’Please’’ He added with his puppy eyes. Them fucking puppy eyes. ‘’But I haven’t seen them or anything! I don’t know anything about that, it was just that article’’ I stopped and noticed in the corner of my eye, Mike and Trè looking at each other. I turned to them, ‘’I’m sorry this looks weird but there are no other way to talk to him..’’ I apologizes, Trè waved away the apology, ‘’Hey, it’s cool.’’ Mike nodded. I turned back to Billie but he was gone. ‘’Billie?’’ I couldn’t see him. ‘’I have to find the article!’’ I heard him yell from downstairs. ‘’ You don’t seriously think you can turn on the computer and find it by yourself?’’ I yelled back. Mike and Trè cracked up, ‘’what the hell is that crazy bastard doing?’’ Mike laughed. Billie Joe popped up again, ‘’didn’t think of that…’’ He looked lost. I laughed, ‘’regardless, it’s in the ‘Billie Joe Project’ Here’’ I picked up the files and browsed through the pages until I found the article about the murders on rock stars. I handed it to Mike so him and Trè could read through it. I saw how hard it was to read it. If all of this was true, then there was some club who killed rock stars so they could become famous. Or something like that. I shook my head, it was all so confusing, I just didn’t get it. Does people have feelings at all?

Billie Joe stood next to the window and he gazed out. That was the window, which led out to the park. I walked towards him and stood beside him. He looked at me, ‘’I know this is a lot, but I want you to know how much, not just I appreciate it, but also my family and friends appreciate this. You’re a really strong young woman, Alex’’ He smiled. I looked down, and mumbled ‘’thanks’’ He looked curious, ‘’you don’t believe me, do you’’ I didn’t look at him. I wasn’t anything special, not very strong either. And most definitely not a woman, I’m fifteen. However, I liked hearing him say it. ‘’Moriarty? What the fuck is this bullshit?’’ Mike stood up and yelled out in rage. Billie and I turned around, ‘’Moriarty? Isn’t that the villain from the Sherlock Holmes books?’’ I asked. ‘’How should I know? What I want to know is why there is such a fucking club!’’ Mike yelled, I felt like he yelled at me. I felt small; I looked down at my shoes. ‘’Sorry’’ I said silently. Billie looked angrily at him, ‘’nothing to worry about, he’s not mad at you. He just get like that when he’s angry’’ He looked at me. Adie looked angrily at Mike as well, it didn’t look like he noticed how he acted. ‘’Oh shit, Alex I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to yell, all of this just makes me so fucking pissed’’ He approached me and gave me a hug. ‘’I really didn’t mean it’’ He assured me and let me go, ‘’it’s okay, I’m fine’’ I smiled at him. He calmed down and walked around trying to think. ‘’Hey Alex, what did you mean about that Sherlock thing?’’ Trè asked. I must say, I thought everyone had heard of Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes books, but obviously not. ‘’He’s the main villain from the Sherlock Holmes series’’ I told him. ‘’But why the fuck do they call the club ‘Moriarty’?’’ Adie had her head in her hands. ‘’Well, I’ve read all the Sherlock Books and I know a lot about it. And Moriarty means ‘to die is an art’ in Latin…’’ I enlightened them. Mike lit up, ‘’so, it’s like a cover name for what they do… fucking twats’’’ He whispered the last part. I have to admit that’s clever. ‘’So in short, Moriarty is a club. And the members are underground bands, who want to become famous, so what they do is, when famous rock stars are in the hospital, they pay the doctors to give them Mortigi. So they die, and the band becomes famous..’’ Adie explained us. ‘’But how can they know they’ll become famous when the singers die?’’ Trè asked. ‘’What The Brightest Day did was to make a lot of Green Day covers before Billie Joe passed. And when he passed, they continue to do some covers and acted like they where huge fans. They also ripped off your songs, and adopted your sound’’ I explained. When I heard all of this fall to pieces I felt sick. This is sick and cleverly scary. Could this get any worse? ‘’Alex, hunny I’m home!’’ I could hear my mom open the door. We all looked at each other with big eyes. Billie laughed at us, ‘‘for the first time I’m happy I can disappear’’ He laughed at us while he faded away. You’re never supposed to say ‘’can this get any worse?’’ My mom came walking in the living room with the mail in her hand, ‘’Hi, I came a little early-‘’ she dropped her mail. Trè got up and waved at her, ‘’Helluuu!’’ He smiled like a drunken elf. Fuck me …