Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends

"Billie Joe, you've just made your very first record......how does it feel?"
Young Billie Joe Armstrong looked at the interviewer with wide eyes and replied with joy, "Wonderful!!" Billie Joe's father, Andy, laughed and picked Billie Joe up and smiled at him. He started tickling him and Billie started laughing uncontrollably. Billie Joe's mother and Andy's wife, Ollie, laughed at Billies enthusiasm. After the interview, Billie and his parents were on their way home. "Are we there yet??" Billie asked for the 18th time. Ollie laughed as Andy replied, "No Billie Joe. When you see our house, that means we're there" Billie smiled and looked out the window. A few seconds later he asked. "Daddy?" Andy looked back at his son. "Yes?" "Are we there yet?" Ollie and Andy's laughter filled the car.

5 years later, Billie Joe was 10 but he was still close to his father. One day in late July, Billies family was eating dinner. Everyone was there except Andy, who was at work. As they were in the middle of eating, Andy walked in.

He was crying.

Billie had never seen his hero cry. His dad was his hero and his dad never cried. Billie was confused.

Andy took Ollie into the backroom. Anna, Billie Joe's sister, kicked Billies foot under the table. "Ow!" Billie replied looking at his sister. "What do you think happened?" Anna asked, completely ignoring the fact that she hurt her brother. Billie shrugged. "How am I supposed to know?" Anna shot Billie a dirty look as their other siblings laughed at them. Billie chuckled as he took a sip of milk.

Ollie walked in about 20 minutes later and all the children gave her questioning eyes. She had tears in her eyes as she sat down next to Billie Joe. She decided the best thing to do was to just say it. "Your father was diagnosed with cancer today" All of Billies other siblings gasped. Billie looked at them and then at his mother. "is that a bad thing!?!"

That question made Ollie cry and she ran out the door. Billie was confused. his sister, Marci, looked at Billie and said "yes, Billie Joe, that's a bad thing"

"Oh" Billie said. He ran up to his dads room to find him crying. Billie decided not to go in but his father saw him and called him in. Billie Joe walked in and sat on his parents bed. "Hi daddy!" Billie said with a grin. Billies father wiped his tears, sniffled and laughed at Billies excitement. "Son." Andy said. "Theres something I want you to have. I was saving it for when you got older but.....You should have it now." Billie watched his father fiddle around in the closet, looking for his gift to his son.

He pulled out a sky blue Fernandes Stratocaster. Billie gasped. Andy laughed at Billies surprise. Andy handed it to him and Billie stared at it in amazement.

"Thank you daddy" Billie chocked out as he gave his father a hug.

Andy sniffled and hugged his son. "Your welcome, Billie.....your welcome"

......Wake me up when September ends....  

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AWWWWW!!! POST MORE NOW WOMAN!!!  lol

haha thanx! I gotta write more first!! lol

Chapter 2: Death

like my fathers come to pass......

It was a beautiful day on September 15, 1982 in Rodeo, CA. Young Billie Joe was eating his breakfast as Ollie was putting dishes in the dish washer. She glanced up at the clock. "Billie Joe, your father is late for work, could you go wake him up?" She asked sweetly. Billie nodded happily and ran upstairs to wake up his dad. He went up the stairs and into his dads room. He went up to his fathers body. "Daddy, its time to wake up!" He said with a smile.

His father did not move.

Billie laughed at his father. He never wanted to wake up. Billie Joe shook his arm.....he shook it harder.....he smacked his father on the arm angrily, trying to wake him up...

"WAKE UP DAD!" Billie shouted in his ear. His father did not smile, laugh or tease him like he usually did when Billie tried waking him up. Billie stuck his hand under the blankets to grab his fathers hand. It was ice cold. Billie knew something was wrong. He called his mother from downstairs and she came up. As soon as she saw Andy, she ran off crying. Billie was filled with panic as he stared at his fathers lifeless body.

"Dad?" He asked tearfully. No answer.

Andrew Marciano Armstrong died September 15, 1982 on a nice, cloudless day in Rodeo, CA

Billie ran downstairs to find all his siblings already knowing from what his mother told him. Billie looked out the window, to the clear blue sky, knowing his dad was really up there, not in his bed. Tears came to Billies eyes. He ran into his room and locked the door. He lied on his bed, crying for hours, glad no one came up to disturb him. After he could not cry any longer, he lied there on his stomach, trying to calm his self down. He took short anxious breaths then slow calm ones. When he was done wiping his tears, he flipped over on his back slowly. He lied there, staring at the ceiling for almost an hour.

'How could he just leave me like that' Billie Joe thought. he was too young to know that everybody dies, and no one can prevent it unless your immortal which no human is. Billie glanced over at Blue; the guitar his father had given him just a few months earlier. His father had promised him when he gotten it, he would teach him how to play.

He never got to do that.

Billie hadn't tried playing the guitar yet, he actually had forgotten about it. He glanced over at it and stood up. He picked up the guitar and sat back down. He took out a 'help guide' book on how to play guitar. Billie sat there for the rest of the night, practicing his guitar.  

....seven years has gone so fast...wake me up when September ends...

*CRIES* THAT WAS SOOOO SAD!!!!

haha

ring out the bells again, like we did when Spring bagan

"Dude, what is up with you?"
"Shut up Mike, can't I just be bitchy for one day!"
"Jeeze, fine..."
"You guys are so messed up"
"Shut up Tre!" Mike and Billie said at the same time.
Tre shrugged, not really caring and went back to smoking the weed. Mike looked at Billie in disbelief. "Dude, are you even gonna smoke some weed!?!"
"No Mike, today's not a good day, i'll see you guys tomorrow"
"Later" they called back as Billie left and went on his way home.

He walked in his house
"You son of a bitch, where the hell have you been!!!" growled Billie Joe's step dad, Brad.
Billie shot him a dirty look "Why does it matter to you?" he mumbled.
With that Brad slapped Billie across the face, making him fall to the floor. Brad picked Billie Joe up by the hair and pulled him up the stairs and shoved him in Billies room. "Your lucky I don't lock you in here for the rest of your days, boy!!" and he slammed the door, locking it from the outside.

Billie cried, putting his hand on his hair and flinching at the pain. He cried for a while, not just from the pain of Brad putting another bruise on his face or yanking him by the hair, but just having him as the 'father figure' in his life. After Billie calmed down and stopped crying, he looked over at his calendar to make sure to day was what he thought it was. Yep, September 15, 1989. Billie was 17 at the time, and 7 years ago, on that day his father passed away.

Seeing the date on the calendar just made Billie feel awful. He was daydreaming for a while until his mother barged in.

"Where were you! Brad said you were go way past your curfew!"  
"I was a few minutes late, mom. Did he tell you that he punched me in the-"
"I don't want to here a word of it Billie! Get home on time!" and she walked out
He slammed his door shut and his mom yelled "Be quiet up there for gods sake!!!"
Billie muttered profanity under his breath as he took out the first song he ever wrote, Why Do You Want Him
He took out his beat up 7 years old guitar Blue and began to play. He played just a bit louder than normal, hoping his father could here him.

as my memory rests, but never forgets what i've lost, wake me up when September ends....  

--Last edited by TeenieHater86 on 2006-12-03 16:38:42 --

awwwwww

..........teehee, lol

It's very good.  Poor Billie...having Brad as a father.  I can't wait for more!

lol, thanx!

Chapter 4: I have A Song For You

"So....are you guys interested?"

Billie was never more scared in his life. All he had to do was sign a piece of paper and he would be signed to one of the biggest record labels ever, Reprise.

Mike looked at Billie and Billie looked at Tre and Tre looked at Mike.

They all sighed.

Billie looked over at Tre and could see in his eyes that he wanted to do it. He glanced over at Mike; he wanted to do it too.

But did Billie?

Billie sighed and said ".....sure...why not?"

Rob Cavallo smiled "Just sign here"

"Dad?" Billie asked as he was in his house alone. "Do you think that was right thing to do?" He asked stupidly, knowing he would get no reply.

"I don't think it was."

Billie Joe's beautiful and very pregnant wife, Adrienne walked in. "Hi baby" She said as she planted a kiss on his lips. "Hi Adie" he replied. "Adrienne.....theres a song I wrote a few days ago...in September....about my father...I want you to read it"

Adrienne smiled and rubbed his arm in comfort. "Ok" she said with another smile.

Billie smiled. He took out a song called 'Wake Me Up When September Ends'

Adrienne took over 5 minutes to read it before saying, "honey, this is the most amazing song I have ever read in my whole life"

Billie laughed. "....you're kidding, right?"

"NO! Billie, this is a beautiful song!!" Billie smiled. "Well, thanks, but-"

"You have to record this Billie! You have to put it on the next album your doing with Reprise!" Billie shook his head. "Its too....sweet."

Adrienne laughed "Well, 2,000 Light Years Away was really sweet" Billie laughed. "Well.....its different" Adrienne nodded in understanding.

The next year, in 1994, Billies fathers birthday rolled around. It reminded him of the song 'Wake Me Up When September Ends' the 'un-recorded' song of his. He went to his fathers grave and brought an acoustic guitar. Billie had not written any music to the song yet but he thought he would and he thought being close to the inspiration, his father, would help him.

Billie sat against a tree trunk next to his fathers grave. "Hi daddy" he said. He smiled at the grave. He looked up in the sky. "This looks like the same kinda day it was when you died, daddy..." He sat for a while remembering the horrid day. When he came back to his senses he said, "Well, last year, I wrote you a song.....its called Wake me Up When September Ends....I haven't wrote any music to it yet but....I'll try making some stuff up  while i'm sitting here, k?.......k"

Billie started strumming his acoustic guitar and singing the song. 35 minutes later, he came up with the perfect riff.

"Well, daddy, I did it!" He said smiling. "I'll play it for you if you'd like"

Billie got his guitar pick set in his hands and he began to play. He then sang:

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends

AWWWWWW!!!! this is a good story! I like it when Billie calls he dad daddy! hehe. Is there gonna be more or is it the end? lol

Very good.  Billie is so sweet!

haha, theres going to be more but i don't think theres going to be alot more.

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TeenieHater86 wrote : haha, theres going to be more but i don't think theres going to be alot more.

Awww...that dosn't matter.  All that matters is that we get more!  I love it!

lol, thanx faye!

HEY! I LOVE IT TOO!!!! LOL

i'm writing more but i don't think its good. I don't know how to end it, this is the last chaoter i'm writing now. its gonna be pretty short

"Wake Me Up When September Ends" Billie Joe sang into the microphone.
"How was that??" he asked Mike as he finished the song
"Good..." Mike said, in disbelief on how good the song was
Billie laughed and went over the song again.

Billie had gave into putting the song on American Idiot. It was still awkward to him, the song was too personal, but he thought putting it out would make him feel better.

Billie went to his fathers grave again. He visited it every year, the day his father died. It was that day and his father had died 24 years ago. Billie felt some redundancy as he sat down against the tree trunk next to his fathers grave. Billie had Blue, the guitar his dad gave him.

"Well daddy, I put the song on American Idiot..." he said smiling. He was quiet for a while.

"Its been edited a lot and we're gonna make a video for it..." His voice trailed off

"Well, I guess i'll play it for you, you probably want to hear it"

Billie got his pick set in his hands and began to strum Blue softly and sing:

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my fathers come to pass
Seven years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Ring out the bells again
Like we did when spring began
Wake me up when September ends

Here comes the rain again
Falling from the stars
Drenched in my pain again
Becoming who we are

As my memory rests
But never forgets what I lost
Wake me up when September ends

Summer has come and passed
The innocent can never last
Wake me up when September ends

Like my father's come to pass
Twenty years has gone so fast
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends
Wake me up when September ends

Billie sighed as he finished. He felt tears come to his eyes but he shook them off.

He smiled at his fathers grave stone.

"Love you daddy.......i'll see you again someday...."