‹ Prequel: Gin and Juice
Status: Finished {foREVer}
Rum and Coke
Memory
“Hey, Christ! Have you seen Ellie?” Brian asked his band member after the show. He hadn’t seen the girl since her set.
Johnny looked at Brian before he started giggling like a little school girl. Great, he’s drunk, Brian thought dimly to himself.
Brian shook his head. “Never mind, Christ. I’ll just ask someone else,” he mumbled, pushing through the sea of people, trying to find someone who wasn’t completely hammered. He spotted Ryan and Kay talking in a secluded corner. “Hey, Ryan!” Brian called out.
Ryan jumped twenty feet in the air, “I swear, it’s not what it looks like!”
Brian rubbed the back of his neck and smiled as he looked between the two teenagers. “I won’t tell Shads. Anyway, have you seen Ellie?”
“She’s not here?” Kay asked, looking relieved as she glanced between Ryan and her uncle.
“I haven’t seen her. Ryan, do you know where she could be?” Brian asked again.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of his beer. “I don’t know, but she’s supposed to drive to Vegas tonight. Have you tried the stage?”
“Why would she be there?”
“It’s where she always goes to unwind.”
Brian rubbed his chin. “Ok, if you say so,” he said before turning away. A thought coming to his mind, Brian turned back around and faced the teens. He pointed at Ryan. “Hurt her, and I’ll rip your balls off, grill them, then spoon feed them to you before I kill you.”
Ryan gulped and unwound his arm from around Kay’s shoulders.
“And there’s no telling what the other guys will do to you. Especially Matt.” Brian smirked before walking away. Brian walked through the long corridors, following a loud beat.
I can feel her on my skin
I can taste her on my tongue
She's the sweetest taste of sin
The more I get the more I want
She wants to own me
Come closer
She says come closer
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't bring myself no way
But I don't want to escape
I just can't stop [x4]
Come Closer [x7]
I just can't stop no [x4]
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't bring myself no way
But I don't want to escape
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x5]
Come Closer
Brian smiled as he saw the girl in question spin, dance, and slid her way across the stage. She looked so innocent and fragile. She had a smile on her face the entire time, reminding him just how much she truly was like her mother. He remembered how Danni would spend hours at a venue after the guys played just to dance on the stage. It was the only place she truly felt at home- apparently, she passed that on to her daughter.
Brian shook his head of the thought. This song brought back too many memories for him. Memories of he and Danni. The lyrics cut too close to home for him, and watching Ellie dance to it…it was like watching his life being played out before him.
Ellie ended her dance looking up into the beams at Stage Left. Her left hand was stretched up and out, while her right held a perfect line out to the other side. Her right foot was parallel with her arm. She held the pose until the song changed to a European techno beat.
“You dance just like your mother,” Brian called out, turning the volume down to a low buzz.
She froze in her spot and looked at him. A small smirk formed on her lips as she broke her pose. “No, the correct statement would be: you dance better than your mother.” She grinned as she walked up to Brian.
“Cocky much?” he asked with a grin.
“Just a little,” she winked, grabbing her half empty bottle of water. “What are you doing here anyway?” she asked.
“I should ask you the same thing. You looked beautiful out there.”
“Stalker,” Ellie grinned.
“I should be insulted, and yet, I’m not.”
She shrugged her shoulders. “You must be getting soft in your old age.” She smirked before walking back onstage. She sat down center stage and looked out into the open space that held hundreds of screaming kids not two hours before.
Brian walked over and sat down next to her. “I’m ready.” He said, his eyes not leaving the audience area.
“For?” She asked.
“To tell you everything.”
“Okay.”
“But you also have to tell me about you.”
She looked over at him, a smile playing on her lips. She set down her bottle and offered her hand to him. He took it and grinned at her. “Deal. You can start first,” she smirked.
“From where?”
“The beginning would be nice.”
Brian grinned. She’s just like her mother, he thought with a sigh. “Well, I first met her my senior year of high school…”
“Where the fuck is Jimmy and Zacky?” Brian asked. they- Michelle, Val, Matt, Wendt, The Berrys, Stacey, and Brian were hanging out in Matt’s livingroom, waiting for their loser friends to show up.
“Hell if I know. They went into L.A. for some stupid reason last night and haven’t been back since,” Matt shot back from the loveseat, where he and Val sat. “If you’re so worried for the fuckers, then call them-”
“Hello, Fuckers! We have arrived!” Jimmy yelled from the front door.
Wendt threw a pillow at him, which he caught and threw back at him, hitting Wendt square in the face.
“Nice to fucking see you, too, Wendt.”
“What the hell took you fuckers so long?” Brian asked as Michelle snuggled further into his side.
Zacky and Jimmy both beamed. “We were on a secret mission.” Zacky said, his green eyes sparkling.
“And that would be?” JB prodded.
“Can’t tell! It’s a secret!” Jimmy grinned. “BUT! We have brought you a little surprise!” he reached behind the wall and pulled out a rather attractive girl. “Guys, this is Danni. She’s going to be staying with Zacky and I for awhile. Danni, that’s Matt Sanders, Val, Val’s twin, Michelle, Brian, Matt Berry, Stacey, Jason Berry, and Matt Wendt.” He added, pointing us all out.
Danni looked at the boys in confusion. “What the fuck? Is every other fucking male in this shitty town named Matt?” she asked. “Well?”
Jimmy quickly counted the guys up. “You know, I never actually thought of that…but it’s true! Well, at least in this room-”
She hit him hard in the back of the head. “It was a rhetorical question, dumbass.”
“Oh, I like her. She’s a keeper.” Wendt said, sending her a wink.
Danni glared at him. He quickly cowered back into the seat. Satisfied, she smirked. “Where the hell do you keep the booze in this bitch?”
“In the cabinet above the sink,” Matt said.
Before he even completed his sentence, she was already in the kitchen. Jimmy and Zacky took their respected seats on the empty couch.
“Dudes? What the fuck?” Matt Berry asked, jacking his thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
“I know, isn’t she great?” Jimmy asked.
“Great? She’s a fucking psycho bitch!” Mich said.
“Ahem,” Danni cleared her throat loudly in the door frame, a bottle of JD in her hands. “Bitch? Yes. Psycho?” she looked up in thought. “Maybe a little. But together? Never.” She smirked, as she sat on Jimmy’s lap. Zacky immediately made a grab for the bottle in her hand. “Baker,” she growled. “If you fucking touch this bottle, I’ll make sure you never live to see tomorrow.” He quickly retracted his hand.
She looked around the room. “What? You’re not scared are you?” she asked with a laugh.
“So, guys, what’s up?” Zacky asked, trying to break the awkward silence.
Matt unwrapped his arm from around Val and leaned forward. “So, Danni, is it?”
She smirked as she took another swig. “It is. And chances are that your name is Matt?”
“Right…anyways, what brings you here to Huntington?”
“I killed a man and I have to hide out from the cops,” she replied in a serious tone. “These losers just so happened to stumble across me last night while I was on the run. They owe me a few favors and here I am,” she completed, taking a swig of the whiskey in her hands.
The room went dead silent for two long seconds before Zacky and Jimmy cracked up laughing. “That was a good one, D! You crack me up!” Jimmy roared, squeezing her hip.
She rolled her eyes and looked at Zacky. “Speaking of last night, you promised me a shower and a bed and I haven’t seen either of them! Let’s go, Fatty, before I have to go on a killing spree.” She said getting up and pulling Zacky with her. “Nice…meeting you guys, I guess.”
“Oh! You’ll get to meet my brother and sister!” the group heard Zacky call out at the door.
“Let me guess, your brother’s name is Matt?”
“How did you know?!”
“I told you she’s fucking psychic!” Jimmy yelled before completely sinking back into the sofa.
“Jimmy, are you high?” Stacey asked, voicing all of our questions.
“Mah-be.”
“And Zacky?”
“Uh-huh.”
“And that Danni girl?”
He giggled and squirmed in his seat. “Most definitely!”
Brian looked into Ellie’s face, trying to gauge her reaction. Her face was void of emotions. “I thought you two met in a bar?” she asked, letting her brow furrow in confusion.
“That comes later.”
“Oh.”
“Now it’s my turn to ask a question.”
Johnny looked at Brian before he started giggling like a little school girl. Great, he’s drunk, Brian thought dimly to himself.
Brian shook his head. “Never mind, Christ. I’ll just ask someone else,” he mumbled, pushing through the sea of people, trying to find someone who wasn’t completely hammered. He spotted Ryan and Kay talking in a secluded corner. “Hey, Ryan!” Brian called out.
Ryan jumped twenty feet in the air, “I swear, it’s not what it looks like!”
Brian rubbed the back of his neck and smiled as he looked between the two teenagers. “I won’t tell Shads. Anyway, have you seen Ellie?”
“She’s not here?” Kay asked, looking relieved as she glanced between Ryan and her uncle.
“I haven’t seen her. Ryan, do you know where she could be?” Brian asked again.
Ryan shrugged his shoulders and took a sip of his beer. “I don’t know, but she’s supposed to drive to Vegas tonight. Have you tried the stage?”
“Why would she be there?”
“It’s where she always goes to unwind.”
Brian rubbed his chin. “Ok, if you say so,” he said before turning away. A thought coming to his mind, Brian turned back around and faced the teens. He pointed at Ryan. “Hurt her, and I’ll rip your balls off, grill them, then spoon feed them to you before I kill you.”
Ryan gulped and unwound his arm from around Kay’s shoulders.
“And there’s no telling what the other guys will do to you. Especially Matt.” Brian smirked before walking away. Brian walked through the long corridors, following a loud beat.
I can feel her on my skin
I can taste her on my tongue
She's the sweetest taste of sin
The more I get the more I want
She wants to own me
Come closer
She says come closer
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't bring myself no way
But I don't want to escape
I just can't stop [x4]
Come Closer [x7]
I just can't stop no [x4]
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't bring myself no way
But I don't want to escape
I just can't stop [x4]
And I just can't pull myself away
Under her spell I can't break
I just can't stop [x5]
Come Closer
Brian smiled as he saw the girl in question spin, dance, and slid her way across the stage. She looked so innocent and fragile. She had a smile on her face the entire time, reminding him just how much she truly was like her mother. He remembered how Danni would spend hours at a venue after the guys played just to dance on the stage. It was the only place she truly felt at home- apparently, she passed that on to her daughter.
Brian shook his head of the thought. This song brought back too many memories for him. Memories of he and Danni. The lyrics cut too close to home for him, and watching Ellie dance to it…it was like watching his life being played out before him.
Ellie ended her dance looking up into the beams at Stage Left. Her left hand was stretched up and out, while her right held a perfect line out to the other side. Her right foot was parallel with her arm. She held the pose until the song changed to a European techno beat.
“You dance just like your mother,” Brian called out, turning the volume down to a low buzz.
She froze in her spot and looked at him. A small smirk formed on her lips as she broke her pose. “No, the correct statement would be: you dance better than your mother.” She grinned as she walked up to Brian.
“Cocky much?” he asked with a grin.
“Just a little,” she winked, grabbing her half empty bottle of water. “What are you doing here anyway?” she asked.
“I should ask you the same thing. You looked beautiful out there.”
“Stalker,” Ellie grinned.
“I should be insulted, and yet, I’m not.”
She shrugged her shoulders. “You must be getting soft in your old age.” She smirked before walking back onstage. She sat down center stage and looked out into the open space that held hundreds of screaming kids not two hours before.
Brian walked over and sat down next to her. “I’m ready.” He said, his eyes not leaving the audience area.
“For?” She asked.
“To tell you everything.”
“Okay.”
“But you also have to tell me about you.”
She looked over at him, a smile playing on her lips. She set down her bottle and offered her hand to him. He took it and grinned at her. “Deal. You can start first,” she smirked.
“From where?”
“The beginning would be nice.”
Brian grinned. She’s just like her mother, he thought with a sigh. “Well, I first met her my senior year of high school…”
“Where the fuck is Jimmy and Zacky?” Brian asked. they- Michelle, Val, Matt, Wendt, The Berrys, Stacey, and Brian were hanging out in Matt’s livingroom, waiting for their loser friends to show up.
“Hell if I know. They went into L.A. for some stupid reason last night and haven’t been back since,” Matt shot back from the loveseat, where he and Val sat. “If you’re so worried for the fuckers, then call them-”
“Hello, Fuckers! We have arrived!” Jimmy yelled from the front door.
Wendt threw a pillow at him, which he caught and threw back at him, hitting Wendt square in the face.
“Nice to fucking see you, too, Wendt.”
“What the hell took you fuckers so long?” Brian asked as Michelle snuggled further into his side.
Zacky and Jimmy both beamed. “We were on a secret mission.” Zacky said, his green eyes sparkling.
“And that would be?” JB prodded.
“Can’t tell! It’s a secret!” Jimmy grinned. “BUT! We have brought you a little surprise!” he reached behind the wall and pulled out a rather attractive girl. “Guys, this is Danni. She’s going to be staying with Zacky and I for awhile. Danni, that’s Matt Sanders, Val, Val’s twin, Michelle, Brian, Matt Berry, Stacey, Jason Berry, and Matt Wendt.” He added, pointing us all out.
Danni looked at the boys in confusion. “What the fuck? Is every other fucking male in this shitty town named Matt?” she asked. “Well?”
Jimmy quickly counted the guys up. “You know, I never actually thought of that…but it’s true! Well, at least in this room-”
She hit him hard in the back of the head. “It was a rhetorical question, dumbass.”
“Oh, I like her. She’s a keeper.” Wendt said, sending her a wink.
Danni glared at him. He quickly cowered back into the seat. Satisfied, she smirked. “Where the hell do you keep the booze in this bitch?”
“In the cabinet above the sink,” Matt said.
Before he even completed his sentence, she was already in the kitchen. Jimmy and Zacky took their respected seats on the empty couch.
“Dudes? What the fuck?” Matt Berry asked, jacking his thumb in the direction of the kitchen.
“I know, isn’t she great?” Jimmy asked.
“Great? She’s a fucking psycho bitch!” Mich said.
“Ahem,” Danni cleared her throat loudly in the door frame, a bottle of JD in her hands. “Bitch? Yes. Psycho?” she looked up in thought. “Maybe a little. But together? Never.” She smirked, as she sat on Jimmy’s lap. Zacky immediately made a grab for the bottle in her hand. “Baker,” she growled. “If you fucking touch this bottle, I’ll make sure you never live to see tomorrow.” He quickly retracted his hand.
She looked around the room. “What? You’re not scared are you?” she asked with a laugh.
“So, guys, what’s up?” Zacky asked, trying to break the awkward silence.
Matt unwrapped his arm from around Val and leaned forward. “So, Danni, is it?”
She smirked as she took another swig. “It is. And chances are that your name is Matt?”
“Right…anyways, what brings you here to Huntington?”
“I killed a man and I have to hide out from the cops,” she replied in a serious tone. “These losers just so happened to stumble across me last night while I was on the run. They owe me a few favors and here I am,” she completed, taking a swig of the whiskey in her hands.
The room went dead silent for two long seconds before Zacky and Jimmy cracked up laughing. “That was a good one, D! You crack me up!” Jimmy roared, squeezing her hip.
She rolled her eyes and looked at Zacky. “Speaking of last night, you promised me a shower and a bed and I haven’t seen either of them! Let’s go, Fatty, before I have to go on a killing spree.” She said getting up and pulling Zacky with her. “Nice…meeting you guys, I guess.”
“Oh! You’ll get to meet my brother and sister!” the group heard Zacky call out at the door.
“Let me guess, your brother’s name is Matt?”
“How did you know?!”
“I told you she’s fucking psychic!” Jimmy yelled before completely sinking back into the sofa.
“Jimmy, are you high?” Stacey asked, voicing all of our questions.
“Mah-be.”
“And Zacky?”
“Uh-huh.”
“And that Danni girl?”
He giggled and squirmed in his seat. “Most definitely!”
Brian looked into Ellie’s face, trying to gauge her reaction. Her face was void of emotions. “I thought you two met in a bar?” she asked, letting her brow furrow in confusion.
“That comes later.”
“Oh.”
“Now it’s my turn to ask a question.”
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Song Credit:"Closer" by Ne Yo
=D Bree