Chapter Six - Someone Like You to Back Them and Help Them Along the Way

I heard a voice echoing, "Emily, Emily, come on honey, it's time to wake up," the voice had an inaudible sigh and then progressively extending in volume.

I opened my eyes gently, I recognized the voice was Billie's, then sat up in bed and inquired, "What time is it?"

A few moments later Billie answered, "Uh... twelve almost one," Billie said while glancing at his phone, "even if I have those nights with my insomnia acting up, I sleep in until around 11 o'clock," Billie acknowledged while sitting on my bed beside me. "Well, brunch is on the table, Mike and Tré said they will be here around 6, they will bring their kids and wives," Billie said.

I noticed my food on the table which was leftovers from last night, two slices of pepperoni pizza. I ate that then I got ready for company to come over; I spotted my brand new clothes, folded in the silver cloth hamper by my bedroom door. I clutched the Dead Kennedys shirt from the top of the pile, some jeans with holes in it, and some white socks. I took a shower, scrubbed my face, then brushed my teeth.

It was about 4 when I got done getting ready; I looked at my messages on Instagram, one was from Jessica, it read: Hi Emily. What did Billie do last night? What are you guys doing?

A few minutes afterward I realized Billie walking out of the master bedroom, then he sat down on the couch right beside me, I showed him the text,

"Uh... I think you or should I text her?" I thought for a moment, "Maybe, you?"

I replied, "Well, how about this?" Billie asked while typing on my phone.

The message read, Hi. Please don't ask me any more questions about Bille or my family.

"Emily, do you think she will probably make her stop bothering you?" Billie asked about the message clicked the send button then Billie continued, "I would tell you last night, that you now have a verified account," Billie said while I was about to go to my profile page.

"Wow! That's so neat!" I replied smiling.

It was around 5:30 when I heard a knock on the front door, Billie walked over to the front door. It appeared to be Mike. As soon as when Billie saw Mike, he said, "Hey! How are you? I would like you to meet someone..." I walked over slowly.

"Mike, meet Emily," Billie said smiling with his hand on my shoulder, while Mike was trying to shake my hand.

"It's so nice to meet you, Emily! I've heard ALOT about you!" Mike said, smiling.

Then I noticed Mike's son Brixton walking into the house, then I saw Tré walk in with his wife and new baby son, Mickey.

Billie stood beside me. He noticed my social anxiety set in, "Everything is okay, I know hun, new people. I know how it is. Mike, can you start grillin' the hot dogs and cheeseburgers for me, please?" Billie said while guiding me into my room then he shut the door behind him.

"Just breathe, it looked like you were about to have a panic attack, everything's okay." Billie solacing me while tears were running down my face, like a fossette. "Hun, I will keep you in here to calm down. Whenever your ready, come out, okay?" Billie said while closing the door.

I was in there for about 30 minutes, listening to Green Day and The Longshot, calming myself down.

I slowly walked out of the room, I noticed Tré sitting on the couch, "Oh hi, there. You must be Emily! I'm Tré!" Tré said while I was walking over sitting down beside him.

"Uh... Hello, Tré. Yes, I'm Emily," I said.

"Your dad's outside. Oh, this is Sarah and Mickey," Tré said while his wife, Sara, was holding Mickey, their son.

"Hi, Emily. Nice to meet you! Brixton, Mike, and your dad are outside. Would you like to hold Mickey?" Sara asked.

I remembered all the times when I got to hold Jessica's baby brother, James. I babysit him sometimes to earn a surplus amount of money.

"Sure!" I said happily.

I told Tré and Sara about me babysitting James.

"Ah nice, I guess we found a new babysitter, 'cause look, he likes you!" Tré said smiling,.

"I will go outside," I said. "Okay, nice talking to you! Do you have Instagram?" Tré asked.

"Here it is," I said while showing my Instagram profile to Tré.

"Nice! I'll share this with Mike, Sara, and Mike's wife, Brittney. Brittney could not come, because of her clothing business, she owns," Tré acknowledged.

I opened the backdoor, Mike and Billie were talking and grilling the food, while Brixton was sitting on a chair on the patio, playing on his Kindle Fire. I noticed Lenny and Mini (the dogs) playing outside together.

"Hi, I'm Emily," I said to Brixton, who was looking at his Kindle Fire.

"Oh hi, I'm Brixton," Brixton said still looking at his tablet. "What game are you playing?" I asked. "Fortnite. I was just playing Minecraft. Do you play those games?"

Brixton asked with his blonde hair and blue eyes gleaming in the sunlight. "Yeah, I have an Xbox One," I said.

"I HAVE one, too! Wanna play?" Brixton said excitedly.

I noticed Billie pointing at me, "Hey, it looks like she just made a new friend," Mike said smiling.

About 7:30 we ate hot dogs and cheeseburgers, Mike brought a salad, since he was a vegetarian. Mike and Brixton left around 8, so did Tré, Sarah, and Mickey. Before Mike, Tré, Brixton, Mickey, and Sarah left, Billie announced the tour to everyone. As I can tell, everyone was excited about it. I heard a knock at the door at around 8:30, "Oh, he said he wouldn't be here this early," Billie muttered.

I noticed it was Joey, "Hey! Joey!" I said to Joey.

"Hey, Emily. No offense, but I didn't think you would be this short in person," Joey said smiling and laughing.

"Oh, it's fine," I acknowledged him.

Then Joey sat down on the couch telling Billie, Eighty, and me about the SWMRS tour. I went to bed around 12:00 that night, then I woke around 3:30.

I noticed Billie sitting on the couch, "Oh, sh*t you scared me," Billie said dismayed.

"Oops, sorry. Where's Joey?" I asked.

Billie replied, "he went to his house," Billie said looking at me. "Well, I would tell you tomorrow, but I would see we could get a venue for Seattle," Billie said excitedly.

The rest of the time, we talked about personal issues, some funny school stories, and many other things. I went back to bed around 5, that night.