Trapped in Active Depart // Billie Joe

[2] Sword fight

I sat in the spinny chair of the studio. Our session was over, Sam was getting us coffee. And I was spinning around trying to hear myself think.

The knot I got in my stomach as he walked in never left. Although the three of them left the studio a bit ago, the knot was still there. And it made me uncomfortable, it didn't hurt. But it was just there.

"Stupid Billie joe," I mumbled to myself as I carried on spinning. "Coming back to the stupid studio. With another album to record."

I looked up as I realised the door to the other side of the studio had just been opened. And I looked up confused to see Billie.

I pressed the button and spoke into the little microphone. "What are you doing in here?" I asked in a blank tone. But inside I was screaming.

"I- eh- I left my phone in here," he stuttered nervously messing with his black hair.

I decided to flip on the switch. "Do you know where it is?"

"Yeah," he nodded as he picked it up from off a stool. "Got it."

"Kay," I said looking back down at my shoes as he began to leave. I bit my tongue so hard I was worried my teeth would pierce right through. But yet I still couldn't help myself. "Billie Joe," I spoke up.

He looked over at me, with his hand on the door handle ready to leave but he paused and looked over at me. "Yeah?"

I swallowed. Before nervously speaking up again. "Why did you come back to this studio?" I finally asked him. "Out of all studios you could have gone to you came back here. What did you get kicked out another studio? Or- or to torture me some more?"

"Torture you?" He asked as his hand left the door handle and he turned his body to face my way instead of the doors. "What- no, I didn't come here to torture you."

"Then why are you back?"

He sighed. "Mike, Tre and I decided to come back here. We all agreed this was the best studio for us to work in and the closest,"

"Did you even consider the fact that I'd still be here?"

"Course I did- I didn't wanna run into you again in case this happened," he explained with his hands the space between him and I. "Cause it's all awkward and the tension is burning through the glass. But I thought you would've got another job- or worked in another studio,"

"Well, you thought wrong I guess,"

"Yeah," he nodded biting his lip before he put his hand back on the door handle. "Guess I did,"

And with that, he opened the door and left, and coming in through the other door was Sam with the coffee cups. She passed me one with a confused look referring to Billie who just walked out.

"He forgot his phone," I told her rolling my eyes before taking a sip of the warm drink in my hands.

"Did you speak to him at all?" She questioned as she took a seat in her spinny chair.

"Briefly, I just asked him why he came back and he said he would have thought I got a different job,"

She sniggered, "like we'd get different jobs,"

"Exactly what I was thinking!"

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Billie Joes P.O.V

After the awkward encounter re seeing harmony again yesterday, I was feeling pretty shit for once about heading to the studio today.

Normally I never minded, I love doing music. Obviously. But not only am I scared my past with Harmony will get in the way of this new album, but what If through out the whole of this time making the album things will still be awkward? What if it makes me not want to come in and record and I put off the album.