brothers pacing together.
"Of course you were no match for me but I think you sang my parts just fine Bill," I smiled at him. The two of them were starting to make me dizzy. "It was weird to just watch, fun though. People were going crazy, I thought I might get squashed when they started moshing!"
Joel came to a standstill beside me and pulled me to my feet, Waz's head was yanked away as I rose. Joel was sweaty from performing and his black t-shirt clung to his muscly arms and chest, his spiked hair was starting to wilt and he looked exhausted but gorgeous. Every inch the rock star, my heart fluttered and I felt my inner cheerleader swoon at him.
"I didn't like you not being up there with us," he kissed me, his hands wondering down to my backside. Performing had an arousing effect on him I'd come to discover over the months we'd been a couple. "I hope your voice is better soon."
"I think my days as a vocalist after over J," I replied in between kisses. Oh God I loved the kissing. "Billy is just too good."
"So you wanna be my groupie instead baby?" He whispered teasingly into my ear. Though being a groupie outraged me, the feeling of his body pressed to mine and his breath on my neck made me desperately wish we were alone.
"Oh geez guys, get a room already!" Billy threw an empty Coke bottle at his brother and I felt my cheeks flush, suddenly mortified.
"Green's not a good look for you bro," Joel winked at me as I moved away from him. He grabbed hold of my hand and pulled me back towards him.
"I can't wait to get you alone," he whispered to me.
Billy shot us both an exasperated look and went back to pacing around the concrete floor. We were silent, the sound of another band finishing their set drifted in.
"You think the scout guy is going to be interested in us auditioning?" Waz finally spoke up.
"Yeah, I'd say he'd be very interested in you auditioning," came a strange voice from the shadow of the stage curtains.
It was the label scout.
"Man I can't believe this!" Billy was practically bouncing off the walls. "Pinch me, I'm dreaming."
Waz obliged and got punched on the arm for it.
"Ow, dude you said to do it!" Waz laughed as he held his injured arm.
The two of them started rolling around the floor play fighting and fooling around. They were beyond excited after talking to the scout.
The scout, Ray, had said he loved their set and the crowd had gone crazy for them, so that basically told him all he needed to know. There were around five hundred people in the audience during the concert that night and that was a good enough number for the scout to decide that this band had what he was looking for.
Ray had left his card with them, taken their details and said he'd be in touch to sort out their flights to California for the record label auditions. They were told to get ready to leave in the next couple of weeks, if all went well they’d be asked to stay to record some demos.
I was feeling apprehensive. I didn't regret my decision to call it a day as the singer but I was now left wondering what exactly this meant for me as the fourth in this group of friends. And as Joel's girlfriend.
"You okay?" Joel pulled me in for a kiss. They were so happy, I wished I could share their joy.
"Yeah, just a little overwhelmed I guess," I replied. "I can't believe this is happening."
"Me either, it's unreal." We watched the others roll around the floor and laughed. “When that guy told us he liked our shit I thought I was dreaming. I mean, California!”
He started kissing my neck but I was too restless to enjoy his attention. I was grateful for the distraction of the others. Teenage hormones threatened to make me cry; what would I do in this dumb ass town without these clowns to keep me sane?
"It'll be cool, like our first holiday together," Joel was nibbling my ear now. His hormones made him permanently horny.
“How so?” I replied and pulled back to look him in the eyes, surprised at his