A Thousand Times Before
Chapter 2
By: Nicole
We'd been on the road for about half an hour and I was already ready for a pit stop.I swear, I did not think a singing contest between Kerri and Matt could scare me, but honestly! Do you really wanna hear a guy like Matt singing along with the latest pop princess? I mean seriously! I think I was starting to go mental.
"Maaaatt! There's a McDonalds up ahead, can we stop?" I all but pleaded.
He peeled his eyes from the road and looked at me like I was asking the unthinkable and then returned his attention to the road. "Why? We JUST left!"
"I can't take you and Kerri singing to that crap anymore! I'm going insane here!" I recieved a smack on the head from Kerri.
"Fine fine" He huffed and pulled off onto the exit. We found a parking space right infront of the door and piled out.
We filed in and the guy at the cash register took our orders, 3 large fries and 3 Dr.Peppers. We got our food and decided to take one of the tables outside beside the playground.
"Soo! Matt why did you decide to ask Nic here to go to this concert?" Kerri raised a brow questioning.
Matt nearly choked on the french fry he was attemting to eat. "Uh..um.."
I threw a french fry at Kerri playfully. "I told you not to ask those kind of questions!"
She threw a handful at me and Matt. "Take that you evil lovers!"
"Hey! We're not lovers!" I threw a handful back at Kerri.
"Yet.." Matt threw a handful at Kerri. We were all laughing too much to pay attention when Matt reached in his cup and grabbed two ice cubes. Since I was sitting beside him and Kerri across from me he dropped them down the back of my shirt.
"Shit! Maaaatt!" I jumped up and did a funny little dance trying to get them out. Kerri and Matt were both doubled over with laughter. They finally fell out and I grabbed what was left of my fries and dumped them on Matt and Kerri.
"Ahh!" Kerri stood up and attempted to shake the fries off. She managed to get most of them off, but several went down her hoodie. Matt on the other hand didn't bother to get them off. He jumped to his feet and chased me through the playground. We went through the thing with the balls in it, through the tunnels and down several slides. I was making my way up one of the tunnels,to the little room that you could stand up, nearly two feet away when I felt two hands grab my ankles and pull me back. I slid down and hit the side of one of the tunnels, greeted by a pair of crystal blue eyes..Matt.
"Gotcha.." He said it so soft, almost as if he were to speak to loud it would break into a million peices. His hands had been removed from my ankles and one of them was cradling my hand.
I smiled and my heart began beating rapidly. He leaned in slowly. We were inches apart. I swear I couldn't even think, but I heard someone giggle. We both turned to see Kerri sitting behind us in the small tunnel.
"Sorry to break up this moment between you two but some grouchy woman told me we're being removed from the premisis for disturbing the peace, so uh we gotta go." She grinned and led us out of the maze of tunnels, down a slide and back thorugh the resturant.
The old woman was standing at the door, tapping her foot impatiently. "Your lucky I didn't call the police! Fighting with food isn't accepted here!"
Matt cracked a smile. "Don't be so uptight lady" She nearly bubbled over with fury. Kerri and I started laughing and the three of us made our way out and back to the car.
I popped in a random cd once we got back on the interstate. "Remind me never to start a french fry fight when we get back home at our McDonalds"
Matt cracked a smile and glanced at me. "I think that woman needs some anti bitch medication. Too bad Kerri didn't have any with her"
Kerri smacked him on the back of his head. "That was uncalled for!"
We all broke into laughter. We spent the next two hours laughing at random comments, singing along to whatever we happened to be listening to, and a very intresting mooning contest. Well for the mooning contest we had to switch drivers, since Matt wanted to try. I was stuck driving until it was over. Matt won 35 moons to 28 moons with Matt recieving 13 'fingers' and 22 honks and Kerri recieving 2 'fingers' and 26 honks.
We arrived at the hotel we were staying at around 8. It was a fancy hotel and I was seriously wondering how Matt could afford to even rent a cup from this place, let alone a room for a week!
We grabbed our bags, two apeice, and made our way to the front desk. We were quite the sight, My blue red and brown hair and mulitiple peircing, Kerri's blonde turquoise tipped hair and lip ring, and Matt's bright blue hair and multiple tattoo's and peircings, not to mention our clothes, set us apart from the rest of the formally dressed visitors.
The woman at the deak was slightly over weight and had on way too much make up. She looked us over with an annoyed look. " I need your name and reservation card."
Matt placed the blue card on the counter. "Matthew Pike"
She typed the name and card number into the computer. "Alright, your on the 21st floor, Room 813. "
Matt thanked her and we headed for the elevator, taking it up to the 21st floor. We were greeted by an extremely long corridor with only three doors on each side.
"Whoa Matt.. Exactly how much did it cost you to get one of these rooms..For a whole week?!" Kerri was in awe.
"Well, I didn't exactly pay for all of it.. I know some people that kinda paid for most of it."
Kerri shrugged and we made our way down the corrider stopping at the third door on the right. Matt handed us both a card key and I decided to go first. I slid the card through the slot and the little dot turned green. I pushed the door open and walked inside, follwed in tow by Kerri and Matt.
It was bigger than my apartment! The room we entered was a large living room with three sofas and a big screen TV. There were four doors leading out of it, three bedrooms and a bathroom with a huge tub, and to the right of the living room was the kitchen, complete with table and a bar.
"I thought you said there were only two beds." I turned to Matt questioningly.
He grinned innocently. "Oops?"
I rolled my eyes and smiled. " I call the room beside the bathroom!"
Kerri decided to go with the room beside mine and Matt was on the far right.
My room was painted a deep red color with black carpet. There was a walk-in closet beside the door and a king size canopy bed in the middle with black silk covers. Kerri's was the same with the exception she had green walls and white carpet and a green bed. And Matt's had light blue walls and dark blue carpet and a royal blue bed.
We had put our stuff away in our rooms and changed into our pajamas, me in my Rancid ones, Kerri in matching AFI ones and Matt in blue striped boxers and a black shirt.We were laying on seperate couches watching a cheesy movie when the doorbell rang. After a minute of nobody making any effort to move I decided to get up. I walked to the door and slowly opened it.
Standing there was a guy. Not just any guy, but Joel Madden himself. And here I was standing in my pajamas and my hair in a messy bun. "Joel?!"
He grinned. "I'm guessing your a fan? Heh, sorry if I woke you up but me and the guys were seeing who was on our floor. So far it's just you and whoever's with you."
I wrapped one arm around my half exposed stomach (mind you the top is a wife beater that comes just above my belly button) and stepped into the hallway so to not disturb Matt and Kerri. "There's just three of us in here. So where's the others?"
His eyes wondered from my head to my feet before locking on my eyes. "Oh uh, they're in our room, 812."
There was a slight breeze and the temperture was a bit cold in the hallway which caused me to shiver. "It's cold out here.."
He nodded and ran his hand up his arm. "Yeah hey if you guys wanna come over to our room you can."
I smiled and stepped back into our room. Both Kerri and Matt were asleep. I shrugged and grabbed my key, walked back into the hallway and closing the door behind me. "They're asleep so it's just me I guess."
He nodded and led me into their room. There was Billy, Paul, and Benji stretched out on the three couches. Joel cleared his throat and they sat up, turning their attention to us. "Guys this is..uh, what's your name?"
I grinned. "Nicole, but I go by Nic."
Joel nodded and I coulda swore he was blushing. "This is Nic. She and her two friends are in the room beside ours."
Paul waved "Hi neighbor!" I laughed at his enthsiasm.
Benji gave me a toothy grin. "Hey.." I smiled.
My attention turned to Billy. He just stared at me, smiling. He finally spoke and it was so soft I had to shiver. "Nice pajamas.." I blushed.
"You can sit down, we're gonna watch a movie." Joel sat down on the couch Benji was on.
I looked bwtween Paul and Billy, nervous of who I'd sit with. "Uh..sure"
Billy slid over to one side of the couch he was on. "You can sit with me"
I smiled and sat down, still shivering. "Thanks.." I ran my hands over my arms in an attempt to warm myself.
"Here." Billy slid over right beside me and wrapped his arms around my waist, pulling a blanket over the both of us. His fingers were cold and I broke into goose bumps as soon as they touched my exposed side.
I don't remember what the movie was. All I remember was eventually both Billy and I were laying down on the couch after about 30 minutes. He was behind me, his arm draped over my waist and his head was in the crook of my neck. I don't know when he fell asleep, but his warm breath on my neck was like a hypnotizing lullaby and I was quickly asleep. That night was one of the best nights of my life. I had a dream about Billy. I don't remember much of it, I just remember his eyes, and his smile.
I woke up at 1:13 in the morning according to the digital clock on the table. Benji, Joel and Paul weren't in the living room anymore and the TV was off, so I guessed they had gone to their rooms. I managed to turn over so I was facing Billy without waking him up. "Billy..Wake up.." I ran a hand across his cheek.
His eyes fluttered open and he smiled. "Your still here.." His voice cracked when he spoke.
I nodded and brushed a strand of hair away from his eyes. "Can we go to your room cause this couch is very uncomfortable."
He grinned and nodded. "As long as you don't leave."
I kissed him on the cheek and stood up. He stood up and led me to the room that was like mine, dark red walls and black carpet. He pulled the covers back and we crawled in, resuming the position we were in on the couch, and he pulled the covers over us. Needless to say I was back asleep in minutes.
(Billy's POV)
I watched her slowly being captured by sleeps grip. She looked like a fallen angel. Her breathing slowed to a steady pace and she relaxed. I was sure she was asleep, so I brushed my lips aginst her cheek. I guess my labret was cold because she flinched and shivered. I sighed and snuggled closer to her. 'Better take advantage of it while you can, chances are she'll be gone tommarrow and you'll never see her agian.' I closed my eyes and instantly fell asleep, my mind flooded with dreams of her.
(Back to Nic's POV)
That morning I woke up around 8:15. I could feel Billy's finger tracing patterns on my exposed stomach. I rolled over and I was greeted by his brown eyes. He repositioned his hand and started lazily tracing patterns on my back. "Morning beautiful.."
I giggled and nuzzled my face into his chest, breathing him in. I can't really describe the way he smelled, but it was nice. "So now I'm beautiful? Okay well then Morning handsome"
He blushed and kissed me lightly on the cheek. "We better get up. The guys and I have to be at the venue at 10. Besides, your friends are probably looking for you.."
As if on cue, Joel burst through the door with Matt and Kerri in tow. "Hey Nic, your friends are loo.. Ookay, I'm not even gonna ask.."
Billy and I sat up quickly. He blushed. "Uh..It's not how it looks. Nic was too tired to go back to her room so she just stayed here, I swear that's it." He unnoticably grabbed my hand under the covers and gave it a reassuring squeeze.
I swear I saw Matt's complextion drop ten shades and his heart completely stop. Yah know, I liked Matt alot, but he never made me feel the way Billy did. I've know Matt for what 8 years? And Billy for one night and I already felt closer to him than I ever felt to Matt. He mumbled something about being hungry and went back to our room.
Kerri on the other hand, I could tell she was suspecting the truth. Not to mention while she was standing behind Joel I could see her eyeing his ass. I had to laugh. Both Billy and Joel looked at me questioningly and I just played it off saying I saw Benji run by in his boxers.
Joel and Kerri went back into the living room so Billy and I could get dressed. Lucky for me, Kerri brought a bag of my clothes for me. Billy got up and walked into his closet. He came back out in a pair of black dickies, a black Level 27 shirt and a pair of chucks. He walked over to the mirror on the wall and put on his eyeliner and glittery eyeshadow. He fixed his hair and looked himself over one last time.
He walked back over the the bed where I was still laying, blankets pushed down to right below my waist, and sat down beside me. "So do I look like a rock star?"
I stretched my arms out and placing my hands behind his neck, pulled his lips down to meet mine. Our labrets clashed aginst eachother. I felt Billy's tounge lash aginst my middle labret and I instinctly opened my mouth. His tounge snaked it's way into my mouth and we began a little game of 'tounge tag'. I giggled and he pulled away. He smiled and leaned in agian, this time my lips were slightly parted. He took the opurtunity to suck on my labret. I will admit it felt nice, so I decided to return the favor. He pulled away and ran his thumb over my cheek. "You better get dressed"
I giggled and climbed out of the bed. I walked over to my bag by the door and grabbed a pair of home made 28" black pants with Billy going down both sides in red patches, and red stars on the knees. I shuffled through the bag and found my red Level 27 wife beater and changed into my newly picked clothing, not caring that I was changing infront of Billy.I put on my chucks and walked back over to the bed, flopping down in his lap.
He broke into laughter when he saw my pants. "I see your a big Billy fan."
I nodded eagarly. "Yep! And I figured it was a good choice due to what just happened."
We stood up and made our way into the living room. He grabbed my hand and intertwined his fingers with mine. We sat down on the couch that was closest to the kitchen. Billy sat in the corner of the large couch and I curled up in the crook of his arm. It was surprising how nicely I fit into his arms. His arm was draped over my sholder and his finger was drawing swirls around my left collar bone. He leaned down and kissed my neck. He ran his tounge across my skin and he stopped right above my right collar bone and began sucking, grazing with his tounge every few seconds.
I giggled. "Billllly! Your gonna leave a wicked hickey and that tickles!"
He pulled away and smiled. "Too late!"
I jumped up and ran to the nearest mirror, which was in the kitchen where Joel, Paul, and Benji were.
"Holy shit Nic, where'd that thing come from?!" Benji jumped out of his chair and hurried over to me.
I whimpered. It was extremely dark and very much visible. "Damnit.."
Joel laughed. " I thought Billy was a vegeterian!"
Paul and Benji both cracked a smile when I looked at Joel, practically shooting daggers at him.
"Hey whats so funny?" Billy waltzed into the room.
"Hey man was it good cause from what I see it must have been" Benji poked at the hickey.
"Aww Nic, I'm sorry. You could always even the score." He smirked hintingly.
Paul, Joel, and Benji broke into whistles and cat calls.
I grinned and pulled Billy back into the living room. He grinned and plopped down on the same couch as before. I seated myself in his lap and placed a short kiss on his lips. I made a trail of kisses down his neck to his right collar bone, across the his left collar bone and a little ways up his neck. I wanted to be sure it was visable yah know. I ran the tip of my tounge across the spot I had chosen and began lightly sucking, grazing it with my tounge just as he had done. After a minute or two I pulled away, satisfied with the dark red spot now adorning his soft neck.
"Hey guys we need to go.." Joel, Benji, and Joel all came into the living room and ushered us out of the door. We stopped at my room and I knocked on the door. Kerri soon emerged, alone.
"Where's Matt?" I was kinda worried, after all he was the one that brought us up here.
Kerri looked at the floor momentairly. "Um well, He kinda went back home after he saw you and Billy..together. He..he said that there was no chance of him hooking up with you after you spent the night with Billy.." She looked at me and then Billy and back to me.
I shrugged. "His loss, I'm happier around Billy than I ever was around Matt."
Kerri smiled. "I thought so!"
Joel cleared his throat. "As much as we'd love to wait for you two to continue this comversation, we need to get the venue."
And with that we all piled into the elevator, out the hotel, and into the boys van. Well, this concert was definately gonna be more than we expected..