Welcome to Paradise

Chapter One

It was late on a Saturday night and me and my other coworker/best friend were closing up the bar. We worked at a venue that had an indoor auditorium/theater. A lot of bands came and played here. Those were always the worst night for us. The rush was never ending and the mess was huge. The concert ended at midnight and it was 1:30 and we were still closing. I was putting all the dishes away and wiping down the bar while my best friend, Jasmine, cleaned up the seating area. The place was huge so it took her a while. I was wiping down the bar when someone with blue hair sat down.

"Sorry, but the bar closed at midnight. You'll have to get a drink somewhere else." I said without looking up.

"Sorry I wasn't looking for a drink. I just needed to sit somewhere quiet for a bit."

I looked at him and almost froze. It was Billie Joe Armstrong. Green Day had played here tonight but me and Jazz had to work so we missed it. Neither of us were expecting to run into any of them tonight.

"I bet. The concert was loud. But it was also amazing. I would have gone, but were short staffed and only two of us were scheduled the whole night." I went back to wiping everything down again so we could get out of there.

"That sucks. Maybe I'll get you guys into our next concert." He said smiling.

I didn't believe him. Why would he want to help out some random girls he just met.

"It's okay. I'll make it to one eventually. I just need to find a better job."

Jasmine came strolling over and threw all her dishes in the washing machine.

"Were never going to get out of here Ash." She sighed as she came back out.

"Lets just leave the dishes for day side. It's almost 2am and we have been here for ten hours."

She smiled. "That is fine with me." She sat at the bar next to Billie. "And who is your new friend Ash?"

"I'm Billie." He said.

"Well, Billie, were closing now so you have to leave. Or we could lock you in here. The choice is yours."

"Ill walk you two out."

Jazz looked at me. "That's okay with me. As long as it's okay with Jazz."

"Fine with me. Let's go get drunk and binge watch seinfeld and friends."

"Awesome."

Billie walked us out to my car and then me and Jazz drove home to our shared apartment. Once we got inside Jazz threw her set of keys to the store on the kitchen counter and locked the apartment door.

"How about we put these somewhere where we don't lose them so we don't get fired." I said smiling.

"Okay. But where would we put them. I always leave them there I'm going to forget where we put them."

"I will put them on my nightstand and leave a note on the fridge that that is where they are."

"Sweet. While you do that I will get drinks ready. What do you want?"

"How about you mix my strawberry bang with the coconut Malibu."

"Alrighty one mixed drink coming right up."

After we got the keys to a safe place we started drinking and watching sit coms. We did this till about 4:30am and then we both crashed on the couch.

It was about 2pm the next day when I finally woke up. Jazz was still asleep. I took a shower and made her some pancakes and other breakfast foods. Today was our short day. We didn't have to be in until six and we got off at 10. Jazz ate and then took a shower and then we went out to get smoothies. We were in the car on the way back to the apartment an Jazz asked me a question.