*Duff & Sierra Pt. 18*



Sierra got back to work, but had to 'do a little' in the morning before leaving.
She was in denial, not thinking she had a problem.She functioned fine while at work, but as soon as she got home, she'd do a big dose and zone out on the couch for hours-
Duff & Slash would call almost every day, collect of course. Sierra was really missing them, but had to keep working, bills had to be paid-
Jordana came to town, and was surprised to find Sierra had lost alot of weight, and looking pretty ragged-
She found her at home one night, after doing a heavy dose of H. Sierra could barely open her eyes, Jordana asked her,
"Sierra, what the hell's happened to you ?"
"Mmmm, jezt tired-" Jordana sat next to her,
"Like hell ! What are you on ?" she saw the needle and shit, "Sierra, how much of this shit have you been doing ?"
"Jordan, I'm tired-" she shook Sierra,
"You answer me ! How much have you done tonight ?" Sierra sighed,
"I don't know- It's not like there's a problem, I go to work, I get things done-" Jordana shook her head,
"Are the guys still on tour ?" Sierra nodded, "When will they be back ?" Sierra rubbed her eyes,
"This weekend I think-" Jordana sighed, "When's the last time you had a shower ?" Sierra shrugged, Jordana puuled on her, making her get up,
"What the hell're you doing ?" she walked her towards the bathroom,
"You're going to take a God Damned shower because you fucking smell !" she got Sierra to the bathroom, Sierra did the rest on her own-
When she came out, Jordana had cleaned up the place, it had been neglected for some time.
Sierra flopped on the couch in a towel, she looked around for her kit, she frowned,
"Did you take my shit ?" Jordana lit a cigarette,
"Yep. You need to clean up Sierra. I hate seeing what's happened to you-" Sierra gave her a long look,
"Thanks, but you don't need to be my Mommy. Give it back-" Jordan shook her head no-
"Jordan, I'm not kidding around-"
"Niether am I. Have you taken a good look at yourself lately ? You've lost way too much weight. Haven't you noticed ?" Sierra shrugged,
"I need to get some new clothes-" Jordan shook her head again, "Look, just give it back to me, or I'll get it somewhere else." Jordan frowned,
"What ? You have you're own dealer now ?"
"So ? Mike is your connection-"
"It's not the same. I know my limits. It's recreational for me- Are the guys this bad ?" Sierra shrugged,
"I guess, Nikki & Tommy always know where to get it-"
"Is that your connection ?" then, "Who the hell are NIkki & Tommy ?"
"The bass player and drummer for Motley Crue-" she nodded, "Now give me my shit, or I'm leaving-" Jordana shook her head no,
"Why don't you just come with me to my condo and chill awhile ? Forget about that shit-" Sierra sighed & stood up, grabbing her keys & wallet,
"Sorry Jordan, I have to be somewhere else-" Sierra went downstairs to Dels to use his phone, calling the guy Nikki had hooked her up with, she'd been getting it from him since getting back from the tour-
he told her to come on over, he'd fix her up with everything-
When she was leaving Dels apt., Jordana was waiting by her car,
"You're sure you don't want to come with me ?" Sierra nodded,
"I told you, I have to be somewhere-" they said goodbye, and Sierra headed over to Brads-
Jordana went home to her condo, worried about what was going on with everyone- planning to have a talk with Slash & Duff when they got home-
On the road, the guys were wasted all waking hours, screwing up more than a couple shows-
Axl was starting to get pissed, he was a perfectionist, and now doing a great show, wasn't acceptable-
He gave the others in the band shit about it on a daily basis, but they didn't care-
Axl & Gaby spent more time alone in their room, or at an after gig club with some of the guys-
On the bus, they usually sat away from the others, Axl was too annoyed with them to sit near them-
Nikki & Tommy got off on pissing axl off, making comments and pirposely doing the drugs in front of him-
More than one argument came of it-
Not to mention the fights the guys were getting into at the clubs almost every night-
Sierra got to Brads, he let her in thru the garage, where he did most his business-
there were a couple guys there, Brads girlfriend would come & go from the house out to the garage-
Brad set Sierra up with the works, fronting it to her, he knew where she lived, and she was a friend of Nikkis, so he trusted her, and she'd always paid up so far-
He asked her if she wanted to do some now, so she let him fix her, afterwardsm she was in no condition to drive home-
she sat on the couch in the garage, in & out of it, while other buyers came & went-
One of the guys that had been there when she arrived, sat next to her, trying to talk to her, see if they could hook up-
She was really messed up, but said no,
"I have a boyfriend-" this guy, Bryan, was good looking, dark hair, blue eyes, scruffy face- he leaned close to her, his shoulder touching hers,
"Really ? Where is then ? Why is letting you come down here alone ?"
"He's on tour, he'll be home this weekend-" Bryan made a sound deep in his throat,
"On tour ? He's in a band ?" she nodded, "What band ?"
"Guns & Roses" he said,
"I know them- They've come around here with Nikki-" she raised here eybrows,
"They have ? Duff has been here ?"
"Yeah, Duff, Slash and...Steven. Is Duff you're Ol' Man ?" she nodded, "So what makes you think he's not out there messing around with any girl who throws herself at him ?" Sierra frowned,
"I don't, but that doesn't mean I'm going too-" Bryan stared at her,
"Would you be interested if you weren't seeing him ?" she looked into his eyes, he was gorgeous, she nodded,
"Yeah-" he nodded slowly,
"So maybe we could be friends, I could keep you company when he's out of town-" she thought a second,
"That might be ok...As long as you behave-" he smiled,
"I won't do anything you don't want me too-" she smiled, he was so good looking, she fell asleep on the couch, when she woke up, her head was on Bryans leg, she had a headache,
she sat up slowly, looking over at him, he was still asleep, she smiled,
a guy named Ray was the only other one in the garage, he was awake,
listening to the radio, smoking pot from this huge bong-
he offered it to her, she shook her head no, she stood up & left, going home & fixing before heading to work,
and she was late by 2 hours, the boss was pissed,
but she explained her alarm was broken, and since she had always been one of his most reliable employee, he let her off with a slight bitching.
When she got home that afternoon, Bryan was sitting in the parking lot,
smoking a cig, leaning against a Harley- He smiled when she waled over,
"You left without saying goodbye-" she smiled,
"You were sleeping, besides, I was late for work-"
"Did you get in trouble ?" she shook her head,
"Not really, no." she looked at the bike, it was a chopper, the tank had a naked woman and a rose on it,
the tank was black with touches of blue blended in here & there, she asked, "Is this your chopper ?" he smiled,
"I like a girl who knows her bikes. Yeah, it's mine...Wanna a ride ?" she hesitated only a second,
"Sure, come on up while I get out of these clothes-" he laughed,
"Where the hell do you work ? I was going to say that you looked like you walked out of the 50's !" she laughed, and explained to him as they headed upstairs-
She changed clothes quickly, putting on a pair of levis & a t-shirt, Jethro Tull on front-
she sat on the couch to fix, Bryan told her to hold up,
"Have you ever mixed it with coke ?" she frowned, shaking her head, he smiled,
getting it ready, "You'll dig this, takes the edge of the shit so you don't just sit around-" she nodded, letting him shoot it for her-
She wasn't ready for the rush- she blinked, shaking her head, he asked her, "You doing ok ?" she nodded,
"Fine." he did himself & they headed down stairs, she brought her leather jacket,
Del came out of his apt. as they came down the stairs,
"Sierra, Duff's on the phone-" she headed towards his apt. saying,
"It'll only be a couple minutes, come on-" then, "Del, this is Bryan, Bryan, Del-" they shook hands & she picked up the phone,
"Duff ?"
"Hey baby, how ya doin' ?" she smiled, feeling pretty damned good!
"I'm good. How's the tour, the guys ?"
"Oh, you know, the guys are the guys. Axl been a prick lately, but whatever. I miss you."
"I miss you too-" they talked for a couple minutes, then said goodbye- she hung up, turning,
"You ready ?" he said,
"Whenever you are-" she smiled,
"I'm ready. See you later Del-" he nodded,
"Later Sierra-"
She got on the back of the bike, putting her arms around his waist & they left-

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