Still Breathing (Green Day fanfic)

Chapter 6

It was a quiet night in the tour bus and Billie was looking out the window. He had his notepad out. He was thinking about writing the next album. Billie closed his eyes and sighed. He opened them and shook his head. With the voices in his head, he couldn't think straight. Billie closed the notepad and just stared out the window. He remembered all the times he had failed his mother.

He failed to get good grades. He failed to be be a good student. He failed to be a high school graduate. He failed to stay out of trouble. He failed to be a brother. He failed to be a son. But most of all, he failed to stay alive. He failed to have light inside him. He failed to have emotions.

Billie snapped out of his thoughts when the stopped. Billie saw Pat come out of the bunkers and he sat infront of him. "Why'd we stop?" Billie asked.

"We arrived to the arena. The stage crew are gonna set up and we are gonna go take a tour around downtown" Pat said. Billie frowned. He didn't know where they were.

"Where are we?" Billie asked. It was really a stupid question because Pat had told him almost a thousand times where they were going. 

"We're in Las Vegas" Pat said. His voice sounded a bit annoyed. Billie nodded his head and Pat walked out of the tour bus. Billie sighed and leaned his head against the window. As Billie looked out the window he noticed a girl with brown hair crying. So Billie quickly got off the bus and walked up to her.

Billie saw her wiping her tears and sniffing. Billie looked at her. Her hair was pushed back and her eyes were red and puffy. She was his height and she was beautiful. "A-are y-you okay?" Billie stuttered.

The girl looked at him and nodded her head. She walked away but Billie quickly grabbed her hand. "Hey, where y-you goin'?" Billie asked.

"I-I need to um..." the girl couldn't respond. She was too upset to answer. She looked up at him and she stared into his eyes. Billie stared into her eyes.

"I-I'm Billie Joe" Billie said. The girl smiled. She moved her hair away from her face.

"I'm Adrienne" she said. They both looked each other and they had fell in love.

"Ya wanna go get some pizza or something?" Billie asked. Adrienne nodded her head. So Billie and Adrienne went to the nearest pizza shop. They both sat down and started eating. It was really rare to see Billie eating, but it was just something about this girl that gave him this kind of feeling. It was the kind of feeling that made him jump.

Between the two there was a small silence. It was a bit awkward because the two had just met. "Uh, so where you from?" Adrienne said breaking the silence.

"I'm Oakland, California" Billie said. "How about you?"

"I'm from here. So what you going here?" Adrienne asked. Billie sighed and took a sip from his soda.

"Well, I'm in this band called Green Day. And we're touring with our new album they just came out a couple of months ago" Billie said. Adrienne nodded her head.

"Are you guys good?" Adrienne asked. Billie shrugged his shoulders.

"I don't know. I'd like to think we're good" Billie said. Adrienne smiled and took a drink from her soda.

After half an hour later, Billie and Adrienne were out of the pizza shop and they were walking back to Billie's tour bus. As they walked to the bus, they talked about all the things that interests them. Adrienne told Billie that she was into poetry and art, and obviously Billie was into music. When the two arrived at the bus there was a small silence. Both of them stared into each other's eyes and they fell in love. Billie was about to kiss Adrienne but Mike decided to slam the bus door opened.

"There you are!" Mike slurred. He was obviously drunk. Then Tre and Pat came and caught Mike before he landed on the ground.

"What happened to him?" Billie asked. Adrienne stood there and tried to hold her laugh in.

"Oh, well, we went to a bar, a couple of blocks from here. And he had to much to drink. He almost got into a fight with the bartender" Tre said. Then there was silence when Pat and Tre noticed Adrienne.

"Who's this?" Pat asked.

"Oh, uh, this is Adrienne" Billie said. Mike stood up and tried to keep his balance.

"Heeeellooo. I-I'm um. I-I'm Micheal to the goddamn Pritchard. Or j-just. Or just. Or just Miiiikeee Dirrrrrnt" Mike slurred. He couldn't stand straight so he fell on the ground and fell asleep right there. Tre rolled his eyes and shook his head.

"Nice to meet ya. I'm Tre, the drummer" Tre said as he shook Adrienne's hand. Adrienne smiled.

"The drunk, is Mike Dirnt. He's the bass guitar" Billie said. Adrienne laughed and nodded her head.

"I'm Pat, I'm the manager" Pat said as he shook Adrienne's hand.

"Well, excuse us. We gotta take this drunk inside the bunkers" Tre said. Tre and Pat picked up Mike and went inside the tour bus. Adrienne smiled and looked at Billie.

"Yeah. Those are my bandmates" Billie said. He looked back and saw Mike's arse on the window. Adrienne laughed and Billie was filled with embarrassment.

"They seem pretty cool" Adrienne said. Billie nodded his head. He looked back and saw Pat and Tre looking at him. He looked back at Adrienne and gave her a small smile. The first time in eight years since he had smiled.

"Can I h-have your number before I go?" Billie asked. Adrienne nodded her head and wrote her phone number on a piece of paper. They said their goodbyes and Billie went inside the tour bus. He went to his spot earlier and he started to thinking about Adrienne. For some reason, Billie felt like she was the answer. He felt that she would be the to save him from his demons.