Said It All
Thinking Of Taking Off
"Hey babe, I'm not calling too late am I?"
"No honey, not at all. What's up?"
"I've been thinking---"
"You didn't injure yourself I hope?"
"Bitch."
"You love it."
"I love you."
"No you don't."
"I do. That's what I've been thinking about. "
"Ok---"
"Look, I don't need you to say anything. I just need you to listen. We've been getting to know each other pretty steadily over the last two years. And I can safely say that you've become one of my best friends. I feel like I can tell you anything. You inspire so much of my music that it scares me---all the songs I've played you is only HALF of the shit that I've wrote. It's getting to the stage now where I feel like just talking to you on the phone isn't enough. Or just seeing you a couple of weeks at a time isn't enough. So---what would you say to spending the summer with me in California? So we could try be a proper couple?"
"I thought you said that I didn't need to say anything."
"Don't be such a smartass."
"I'm not. It's what you said."
"Adrienne Ilene Nesser, answer the fuckin' question."
"I don't know Billie. I honestly don't know what to say!"
"Do you care about me?"
"You know I do."
"Would you like to spend more time with me?"
"Yes."
"Well then the answer is simple---"
"But what about the band? Won't you have stuff to do with them over the summer?"
"Well yeah, but it's nothing that you can't be there to witness either. Come on Adie, I know you've had enough of the grind. Just come out here with me. Just do it. Don't think about it. Just do it."
"You sound like a commercial."
"A persuasive commercial?"
"Maybe."
"Just imagine all the days we can spend together---"
"I'd rather imagine the night's we'd spend together---"
"That's the spirit! We'd have SO many nights together."
"But what if I get out there and hate it?"
"Well then I'd buy you the first fuckin' plane ticket home. But I promise it won't even come to that because I'ma take such good care of you."
"What happens at the end of the summer?"
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But I told you---no thinking. Just do it."
"Do you really love me?"
"Like you wouldn't believe."
"I don't believe it---"
"Well I do."
"I suppose you'll just have to prove it to me when we're together---"
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"I'm just gonna do it. It might make the craziest person in the world---but I don't care. I want to be with you, Billie Joe."
"I swear Adie---you are not gonna regret this."
"I trust you."
"I love you."
"Say it to my face."
"Will you say it back?"
"Maybe."
"Get your sexy ass out here so I can find out."
"I'll need a couple of weeks to get my shit together."
"Sure. Sure. No worries. Call me when you've sorted everything, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"I can't wait to see you."
"Ditto."
"No honey, not at all. What's up?"
"I've been thinking---"
"You didn't injure yourself I hope?"
"Bitch."
"You love it."
"I love you."
"No you don't."
"I do. That's what I've been thinking about. "
"Ok---"
"Look, I don't need you to say anything. I just need you to listen. We've been getting to know each other pretty steadily over the last two years. And I can safely say that you've become one of my best friends. I feel like I can tell you anything. You inspire so much of my music that it scares me---all the songs I've played you is only HALF of the shit that I've wrote. It's getting to the stage now where I feel like just talking to you on the phone isn't enough. Or just seeing you a couple of weeks at a time isn't enough. So---what would you say to spending the summer with me in California? So we could try be a proper couple?"
"I thought you said that I didn't need to say anything."
"Don't be such a smartass."
"I'm not. It's what you said."
"Adrienne Ilene Nesser, answer the fuckin' question."
"I don't know Billie. I honestly don't know what to say!"
"Do you care about me?"
"You know I do."
"Would you like to spend more time with me?"
"Yes."
"Well then the answer is simple---"
"But what about the band? Won't you have stuff to do with them over the summer?"
"Well yeah, but it's nothing that you can't be there to witness either. Come on Adie, I know you've had enough of the grind. Just come out here with me. Just do it. Don't think about it. Just do it."
"You sound like a commercial."
"A persuasive commercial?"
"Maybe."
"Just imagine all the days we can spend together---"
"I'd rather imagine the night's we'd spend together---"
"That's the spirit! We'd have SO many nights together."
"But what if I get out there and hate it?"
"Well then I'd buy you the first fuckin' plane ticket home. But I promise it won't even come to that because I'ma take such good care of you."
"What happens at the end of the summer?"
"We'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But I told you---no thinking. Just do it."
"Do you really love me?"
"Like you wouldn't believe."
"I don't believe it---"
"Well I do."
"I suppose you'll just have to prove it to me when we're together---"
"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"
"I'm just gonna do it. It might make the craziest person in the world---but I don't care. I want to be with you, Billie Joe."
"I swear Adie---you are not gonna regret this."
"I trust you."
"I love you."
"Say it to my face."
"Will you say it back?"
"Maybe."
"Get your sexy ass out here so I can find out."
"I'll need a couple of weeks to get my shit together."
"Sure. Sure. No worries. Call me when you've sorted everything, yeah?"
"Yeah."
"I can't wait to see you."
"Ditto."
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