*Duff & Sierra Pt. 1*

Duffs Story Pt 1~

Sierra had known Saul since they were kids, he now went by the name of Slash, and forbid her to call him Saul, this made her laugh, but she went along with it, unless she was messing with him-
He was just getting it together with a new band, they'd decided to call themselves "Guns n Roses".
Sierra and Slash lived in an apt. in Hollywood together, but they were just friends, only barely dabbling at sex as young teenagers, but never anything serious, but they were best friends-
She had yet to meet the band he was in, she worked as a waitress at a 50's style cafe called "Flashback"- So she had to wear the poodle skirts, the blouses,
ponytail, etc. SLash came in one day, his band with him, he smiled, sitting at the counter,
"Sierra, baby, what's the special of the day ?" she smiled,
"Anything on the menu you nut. We don't do specials here-" he sighed, teasing her,
"Well shit, just give me a burger then-" she gave him a look,
"Fries ? Coke ?" he nodded, the others ordered the same, she looked at Slash,
"Do any of you happen to have any money ?" Slash shrugged,
"Not me-" she looked at the others, a dark haired guy said,
"Slash says you'll feed us for free-" she rolled her eyes,
"You guys are lucky my boss isn't here-" she put the order up, Will, the cook, did the same for his friends, he was only a year older than Sierra, and they got along great- she went back to Slash,
"Ok, who's who ? I've heard enough about everyone, I want a face to the names-"
Slash nodded his head to the guy next to him, a blonde,
"That's Duff-" on the other side of Duff, "That's Steven-", which was another blonde, the dark haired one, "That's Izzy- and that's Axl-" Axl was at the end, next to Izzy-
She smiled at everyone, asking what instrument they played, Izzy was a bit of a smart ass, not answering, just making crude comments, to which Axl laughed, Duff spoke up,
"I'm the bass player, Stevie plays drums, Izzy's guitar and Axl's our singer-" she smiled at him,
"Thank you for answering- I'm Sierra by the way-" he nodded,
"Great to finally meet you, Slash has talked about you alot-" she laughed,
"Don't believe a word he says !" they laughed- their order came up & she gave served them, it was a slow night, a thursday, only a couple other people were there-
she was cleaning up, they were being loud & obnoxious- the jukebox only played oldies, Axl & Izzy were laughing at different songs, trying to find something to play, they ended up playing "La Bamba" and "Run Around Sue"- Axl kept looking at her, not saying anything until she went to the back to dump the trash, he was right there, surprising her when she turned around,
"Holy shit !!" he smirked,
"It's just me-"
"Well, you scared the shit out of me- What's up ?" he raised his eyebrow, "Why don't you come home with me tonight & find out ?" she thought he was cute, really cute, but wasn't into just jumping into bed with guys-
"I have work in the morning-" he shrugged,
"So ? You can still get there- Actually, your house might be better-" she looked at him,
"You're Axl, right ?" he gave her a look like how could she forget,
"Yeah, I'm Axl-"
"Well, Axl, I might go out on a date with you, but I'm not the kind of girl who just "screws" around-" he stared at her a sec, a sort of chuckle, then said,
"Well, maybe someday we'll go on a date, but don't hold your breath-" she shook her head and went back inside, followed by him-
the others figured he had scored her for the night, except Slash, who knew what she wasn't like, he wasn't sure- they were getting ready to leave, Slash asked,
"Do you want me to wait & walk you home ?" she shook her head,
"No, I'll be another half hour or so, Will always walks me when I'm alone-
Thanks-" he hugged her & they left- she finished up, thinking that Axl was a piece of work, really full of himself- but she was drawn to him in some, weird way-
Will walked her home, the apt. building she & Slash lived in wasn't in the best neighborhood, and it was pretty dumpy looking, but she paid most the bills, since he was struggling to get the band going, any money he made, went into the band-
She walked up the stairs to our apt., and heard the muisc, she walked in, and they were jamming at our apt., 12:30am.
She shook her head, going on to her room, they continued playing, she grabbed her clothes & went to the bathroom, locking the door behind her, she showered, shaved her legs, and towled off- she let her strawberry blonde hair drip dry, it was slightly wavy, but just barely-
she had green eyes, and a cute little body, 5'6, average size breasts, slender-
she put on a t-shirt, led zeppelin on it, and a apir of leggings,
since the house was full of guys, she went out to the kitchen, getting a beer, & heading to her room., the guys were between songs, Slash asked her to sit in and listen to a couple songs, so she sat down on a chair, legs under her, and watched & listened-
They were definately good, real good- They were getting dates at all the clubs on the strip, and several record companies were interested- They were testing out some new songs on Sierra, to get an opinion, she was impressed with both, really impressed with their sound, and Axls style of singing-
They came over every night that week to practice, and Duff moved into an apt. down the hall from them-
Axl was staying at an apt. downstairs, with a friend of theirs, named Del James- Izzy bounced from place to place nightly, sometimes staying with Slash & Sierra,sometimes, Duffs, sometimes some druggie friends of his- Stevie had a place with a girl, but wasn't sure how much longer that was going to last-
Axl was hanging around alot, even when Slash wasn't home- He talked to Sierra with such a matter of fact tone, all the time, like what he said was it, and she, for some reason, didn't question it-
One day, he told her he'd take her to one of their gigs- she looked at him, frowning slightly,
"What's that ? A date ?" he nodded without looking at her,
"Yeah-" she stared at him, he finally looked up from his papers he was writing on, "What ? Is that a problem ?" she wasn't sure what to say,
"I don't usually hang out at the clubs-"
"So ? Isn't Slash like one of your best friends ? And you've never come down and watched ?" she nodded,
"Ok, I'll go-" he gave her a look,
"Just remember you're there with me-" she was confused- did he like her, or what ? he was so commanding, yet she couldn't help being attracted by it- she nodded-
Later, when Slash was home, and she told him about it, he groaned, she asked,
"What ?" he sighed,
"Fuck Sierra ! Couldn't it have been anyone else in the band ? He's just out to get in your pants-" she shrugged,
"Well, he's not going too if I don't want him too-" he shook his head,
"You're making a big mistake, but what the fuck ever-" ---
The night of the gig, she dressed in a black stretch dress, it was short, and had thin straps, she wore sandles, summer was almost here, and it was a warm L.A. night-
They rode together in Duffs van, picking up Steven and Izzy, Sierra sat there with Del & his girlfriend watching them play- She was really surprised at the show they put on, she never had come and watched Slash, and they were great- when they came off stage, girls surrounded them,
Axl getting off on it, finally making his way to the table where Sierra was- he barely talked to her, then they had to go play some more- she wasn't too happy with his attitude, and at the end of the night, back at the apt.,
he thought he was going to get something- she gave him hell, telling him he didn't know how to treat women, and she had no interest in seeing him again- thing is, she said it front of the rest of the guys, which embarrassed him, pissing him off- he started to cuss her out, but Slash stepped in,
"Dude, lay off, she's like my lil sister-" Axl was really pissed, he slammed out of the apt., Duff had been watching quietly, he'd been watching Sierra since the first day he'd met her- he liked her alot, but since Axl was interested, he'd left it alone- she went out on the balcony & stood at the rail in the hall of the apt. building, lighting a cigarette, Duff showed up beside her- she glanced at him,
"You aren't going to start now, are you ?" he smiled,
"No, I just wanted to make sure you were ok- Axl can be a little rough around the edges-" she made a noise,
"He's a prick-" he laughed,
"Yeah, well, you seemed to be into him-" she nodded,
"I was, not anymore- I've never seen such a big baby-" Duff laughed again,
"Well, if it's any comfort, you were right to tell him off- He was only after a piece of ass anyway-" she looked at him,
"He said that ?" he shrugged,
"Yeah, but not to Slash-, just me & Izzy- I wanted to tell you, but I don't know you all that well-" she smiled,
"Well, I think you're a sweet guy- He could learn some manners from you-" Duff lit a cig too,
"Well, I doubt that'll happen- But I'd like to get to know you better-" she stared at him a second,
"I'd like that too Duff- Out of all the guys in Slashs band, you & Stevie are the sweetest-" then she added, "Aside from Slash of course-" Duff laughed,
"Of course...You aren't into Stevie in a romantic way, are you ?" she shook her head,
"Not at all-" he stared at her,
"I wanna take you out, but moneys for shit these days-" she smiled,
"Let me worry about it, I'll plan something and it won't cost anything-"
"That sounds cool with me-"
"Saturday, around noon ?" he nodded,
"It's a date-" then, before either of them realized it what was happening, he leaned in, kissing her, for several seconds- when he pulled back, he said, "Sorry, I shouldn't have done that- " she smiled, "It's ok, I liked it-' he grinned , Slash came out then, breaking up the moment, making sure she was ok- they went back inside, Sierra said goodnight & went to bed--------

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