Not the One [Billie Joe Armstrong Fanfic]

17) Something's Up

We headed back to the studio and ate our lunch with Billie.

After that, Billie taught me how to play the song he just wrote while Aliyah watched us.

A few minutes after, Tre came back and played with us.

***

We took a short break and I sat down on the couch. I still have my bass with me so I decided to play the bass line of Longview.

Aliyah seemed interested so I taught her how to do it. In about 2minutes or less, she was able to play it smoothly like how I do it.

I decided to surprise her by giving her an extra bass of mine.

"Wait here," I said then headed to the room filled with my basses.
I contemplated for a long time on which bass to give her.
What style does she like?
What color does she like?
Ugh, this is harder than I expected.

Billie found me in the middle of my dilemma and asked, "you okay?"

"Uhh, yeah. I was just thinking which bass I could give to Aliyah."

Billie answered immediately, "give her your black and white Fender bass," then left the room.
Well, that was fast.
Seems to me that Billie's sure of his answer.
Can't believe I stood here for a long time and Billie had the answer all along.
How could he know what Aliyah likes?

I reluctantly picked up the bass and brought it back with me to the recording room.

"Something to practice on," I told Aliyah and handed her my bass.

She sprung from her seat. "NO WAY!"

"YES WAY."

"OH MY GOSH, THANK YOU!" She exclaimed and gave me a very tight hug.

"You hug so tight," I said, gasping for air. I wasn't exaggerating when I said that.

"Oh, sorry." Aliyah pulled away from the hug.

***

She played with her bass while we recorded our new song.

Out of curiosity, I asked Billie. "Hey, how'd you know which bass Aliyah would like?"

"I just know," he simply said.

Okay, something's definitely up.
It's normal for an Idiot to know Billie's favorite food but for Billie to know the likes of a random fan??
Not what you see everyday.
Plus, it took Billie some time and effort to actually look for Aliyah after they'd parted ways at the concert.
I mean, who would do that?
Something's up....I just know it.

I don't want to ask anymore questions so I left it at that.
Maybe some questions are better off unanswered.