Basket Case Love

Billie Joe walked out of class feeling bored. He thought this "Gerard" guy was OK. His next class was beginning guitar. He walked to the music room and grabbed and electric guitar. The teacher walked in. She had jet black hair, blue eyes, and she was wearing an Iron Maiden T-shirt.

"Hi everyone. I'm the beginning guitar class teacher, my name is Ms. Vase."

"Dude! She's totally hot!" Billie Joe heard a kid mutter.

"Well, how about we start and play this peice." She handed out a song called, "Iron Man".

Billie Joe started strumming the string and eveyone turned their heads.

"Mr. Armstrong, you know this song?" Ms.Vase asked.

"Yeah, I do. just call me Bilie Joe, though. OK?"

"Wow, he's amazing!" A kid whispered when Billie Joe finishted.

The bell for lunch rang and the halls were flooded with kids.

In the distace Billie Joe saw that kid.

"Hey, uh...Gerard! Wait up!"

Gerard turned his head.

"Oh, hi Billie Joe." He said.

"What are you smiling about?" Gerard asked him.

"I'm in beginning guitar and I nailed it!" Billie said.

"Nice, I suck at guitar, but I do sing."

"Oh, cool."

Billie Joe and Gerard walked into the auditorium.

"What do recommend to eat at this hell house?" Billie Joe asked Gerard.

"I just get water and what ever they have..." Gerard murmued as he grabbed a tray.

Gerard grabbed a water bottle, a slice of cheese pizza and an apple. Billie Joe got vegitarian pizza adn an apple with a Gatorade.

"You're a vegetarion?" Gerard asked.

"Yeah," Billie Joe replied.

They found a table and Gerard pulled out a random notebook and opened up a page with words. They read:

And we can run
From the backdrop of these gears and scalpels.
At every hour
Goes the tick tock bang of moniters as
They stared us down
When we met in the emergency room
And in our beds
I could hear you breath with help from cold machines
Every hour
On the hour
They drew blood
Well I felt I couldn't take
Another day inside this place
From silent dreams we never wake
And in this promise that we'll make
Starless eyes for Heaven's sake
But I hear you anyway
Well I thought I heard you say I like you
We can get out
We don't have to stay
Stay inside this place
Someday
This day
We kept falling down
Someday
This day
Set the ferris wheel ablaze
You left
My heart
And open wound
And I love you for
This day
Someday
We kept falling down
Someday
This day
All we had to keep us safe
And if
We never sleep again
It would never end
Well I thought I
Heard you say to me
We'll go
So far
Far as we can
And I just can't stay
One day we'll run away

Wow, he's good! Billie Joe thought as he finished reading Gerard's lyrics.

"Uh, you know Gerard, I write stuff too.." Billie said nervously, afraid to show Gerard his work, because he thought it would suck.

Billie Joe flipped thru an old notebook and settled on one page. He gave it to Gerard who starred to read the words:

How do you get your sleep at night?
How did you get your noose so tight?
Like chewing on tinfoil, it's so much fun
Gonna be dead before your gone

'Cause look how things have gotten
And I'll be happy so I won't pretend
And I'll be cheering that you're going down
And I'll be laughing, I'll be laughing

How many feelings can you steal?
Gotta be part of your appeal
I can see through you 'cause you're wearing thin
Like chewing on tinfoil once again

Ha Ha you're dead
And I'm so happy
In loving memory
Of your demise

When your ship is going down
I'll go out and paint the town
Ha Ha you're dead
Ha Ha you're dead
Ha Ha you're dead

(ha ha ha)

Ha Ha you're dead
The joke is over
You were an asshole
And now you're gone
As your ship is going down
I'll stand by and watch you drown

Ha Ha you're dead
You're gonna be dead
Just remember what I said
Ha Ha you're dead
Ha Ha you're dead
Ha Ha you're dead

Gerard smiled. This was the exact kind of music he liked. He felt like he sucked compared to Billie Joe.

"Dude, I suck at writing compared to you, Billie Joe," Gerard whisperd.

"Gerard, you don't suck. Actually I was aftraid my lyrics would suck compared to yours." Billie Joe admitted.

"Really?" Gerard said suprised.

"Yeah."

"No way! Yours don't suck at all!" Gerard said.

The bell rang and each boy went their sepereate ways. Feeling somewhat attracted to eachothter...