| Jaded |
"Oh come on Ike...you know we should go. You need a break after...well since...OH you know what I'm saying.." Taylor encouraged his older brother. He needed to get out and meet some more people. He had been basically a wet blanket ever since he and Marit had called it quits. 'Time to stop pining and move on' Taylor thought to himself as he tried to get his brother to accept their cousin Josh's invitation. Josh' new girlfriend ran the soundboard for her best friend's band and they were playing that night. Taylor had heard of the band before, and all-girl rock band and they were supposed really ROCK. Zac was all for the idea, but he was pretty much a hornball and would have been up for a trip anywhere as long as there would be members of the female species hanging around. "Yeah, Ike." Zac chimed in, "we haven't done SHIT since we've been home. You're going whether you like it or not." "Get your jacket, dude.." Taylor said and opened the closet door. "Yeah yeah, okay.." Ike muttered, resigning himself to the fact that he didn't have a choice. The place was loud and smoky, and Zac and Tay were happy to be out and in the middle of what felt like a party. Ike had relaxed a little, good music always did, and he seemed to be starting to actually have a good time. ' 'Bout freakin' time..' Tay thought to himself as he knocked back another beer and checked out the drummer for the millionth time. Damn, she was hot! She was average height, but that was the only thing average about her. She had dark, straight hair and amber colored eyes and she was buff. Her arms were very strong and her back, so he figured she spent as much time playing as Zac did. She had tattoos on each of her arms, bands, just above her biceps at the little defining dent where her shoulder ended, but he couldn't make out the design. He wasn't close enough. She was wearing black leather pants and a cropped sleeveless t-shirt, also black. 'Nice rack..' he eyed her chest, hopefully without being too obvious. She could probably beat the shit out of him if she wanted to. That thought made him grin, and she caught him, then gave him a sexy wink, without missing a beat. He slugged back the rest of his beer and ordered another one. They sat with Josh and drank, thoroughly enjoying the show. These girls had a buttload of energy and the same love of classic rock as they did. The girls finished their set and announced their break, promising the whooping, hollering crowd they'd be back in ten to 'rock this place 'till the roof blows off!' The hot drummer raised her sticks above her head and let out a wild yell and then jumped from the small stage, landing on booted feet perfectly. She strode to the bar and flirted shamelessly with most of the guys and the bartender, but as she strode over to join the rest of the group, Josh introducing them all, a waitress appeared out of nowhere with a tray full of beer. "Thanks toots.." she winked and grabbed one, before the rest of them grabbed theirs. The waitress laughed and shook her head. "Whatever, Jaime..." Jaime grabbed a second beer from the tray. "You're outta shape..can't keep up with my demanding nature.." she laughed and the waitress shook her head again. Jaime slammed one beer down and then sipped off the other one as Josh finished introducing everyone. "Ike, Tay, and Zac..." Josh began, "This is Jaime," he nodded to the drummer, "Angel.." lead singer, blonde, "Tami.." lead guitar, redhead "Rae.." blonde, bass player, "and Patti.." another redhead, rythym guitar, "and this is Jade." he grabbed her hand and pulled her forward. Ike sucked in his breath and instantly felt elated, and like an asshole, all at the same time. "Hey.." Jade said in as low a voice as she could, but smiling, as her eyes went from Tay, to Zac and finally rested on Ike. 'Shit! She's gorgeous..' Ike thought as he smiled and politey said, "Hello." 'I am a total asshole..' Ike thought to himself, keeping his grin firmly in place. How many times had Josh mentioned he thought this girl was "the one"? And here he was thinking that he'd have loved to ask this girl out. The feeling intensified as they sat and talked, and Ike was actually relieved when Jaime announced it was time to start their next set. |
Isaac sucked his breath in again as Jade got up and went back to the sound board and he caught sight of the tattoo across her lower back. She was wearing a faded pair of jeans with a wide black belt and a cool silver buckle, boots similar to Jaime's and a short, white, silk vest. When her back was to him, her tattoo was visible, framed in by her belt and the bottom of her vest. Her long, blonde hair hung in corkscrew curls halfway down her back, a few of the lighter blonde ones framing her large hazel eyes. 'And her smile is lethal' he thought, noticing that she had very cute dimples in her cheeks, and that she blushed when he spoke to her, though she was very talkitive. "She's cool, huh?" Josh asked Ike, checking out Jade's slight sway as she took her place behind the soundboard. "Yeah, she is.." Ike agreed, then all conversation was futile when the crowded bar erupted into loud whooping and whistling. Jaime stood in front of her drumkit and gave Taylor another wink, raised her sticks over her head and tapped them together then gave a killer grin to the rest of the crowd. "Ya'll ready to ROCK, or what?" she yelled into Angel's mic, and Tay did not miss the dirty look Angel shot her. Taylor grinned when Jaime gave Angel a 'fuck-you-you're-a-joke' look and she yelled into Angel's mic again. "Well HELL!!! Let's party then...." she shoved the mic back at Angel and jumped behind the drumkit, pulled on her headset and adjusted her mic. "What's it gonna be Tami?" she asked as she sat down, sort of straddling her stool. "Tribute time.." Tami grinned back, shooting Angel a 'keep-your-bigass-mouth-shut' look. 'Oooh...strife..' Tay thought, grinning behind his beer bottle, and wondered how long Angel was going last with this band. "SUUHHH-WEEET!!!" Jaime yelled into her mic and raised her sticks over her head, tapping out the time and then she hit the drumkit and Tay leaned forward in his chair to watch as they rocked the place with Guns N' Roses. They drug out the first few bars of "Paradise City" so Jaime could hype up the crowd. Angel sort of stood a little to the side, trying not to look pissed, but failing. Jaime hollered into her headset as the crowded bar seemed to roar, "Any HEADBANGERS in here?" Suddenly there were fists pumping in the air and Jaime dazzled everyone with a wicked smile as she pounded out the beat. Ike, Tay and Zac found themselves bobbing their heads and tapping fingers as the girls poured all they had into the song, Jaime singing lead and kicking ass on her drums. Ike couldn't help but notice Jade getting into the band's performance, kind of bobbing her head and tapping her foot with the music. The song was finally over and Jaime chuckled after letting out a howl and spinning her sticks above her head. "That was for you Axl baby..wherever the hell you are. Two words...VI-AGRA....invest..." The crowd laughed and they launched into the rest of their set, Taylor finally realizing that Jaime was basically the ringleader of this group and she had a wild streak longer than the Great Wall of China, but there was als something sweet about her. He also couldn't help noticing that Ike spent most of the evening checking out Josh's girl, who bore a slight resemblance to Angel, but Jade was much better looking. 'Oh boy...' he thought, rolled his eyes and slugged back another beer. |