Again, RL is a PITA! lol
Lucky followed Mike into the backstage area, wondering if this was a dream and that David really wanted to talk to her, or just send her running home crying again! She didn’t think she could cope with more heart ache.
Mike handed her a pen and a note pad, she looked at him blankly, ‘Full name and address, mobile and home phone numbers please! You are not getting away again and causing all of us untold sadness of David being a pain in the ass.’ He crossed his arms and waited, Mark told him she’d got one hell of a temper, would this bring it out?
‘Are you honestly telling me that he tried to find me?’ She looked sceptically at him.
‘I swear on all that’s holy, when he found you gone that morning, he went into melt down! He was nearly on his knees to the hotel manager beggin for your phone number, and even Jon couldn’t sway them, same with Virgin, nada. Then today he’s had us phoning every damn hotel in town just in case you had a room here. Does that tell you how bad it’s been?’
Lucky looked at Mike and the pad, heaved a sigh and began to write. As they headed toward the stage Mike asked if she needed anything. She said she could use water and the loo, not necessarily in that order; he’d laughed and showed her the ladies first then headed for the hospitality area for the drink all the time talking.
On stage David was getting antsy again, she hadn’t showed yet and he started to worry that she’d hopped the fence then headed for the nearest exit.
They finally got to the end of Bad Medicine, which meant end of round one and off for a quick change then on to the encore. David didn’t stick about for their bowing, he nearly ran off the stage much to Jon’s disgust and delight, he’d kill him later!
Mike heard them end and swore a blue streak, and grabbing Lucky’s hand he ran her down the corridor and towards the back of the stage. As they ran up one side, David ran down the other, grabbing Mark and asking him where the fuck Mike was with Lucky. Mark hadn’t a clue and followed him to his dressing area, using his radio to call Mike.
As they hit the side of the stage Jon, Richie and Tico walked off straight towards her, but no David.
Richie laughed and wrapped on arm around her, kissing her cheek. ‘Shit darlin he ran off the other side to find you! And may I say it’s wonderful to see you again, it might just save him being killed and thrown in a river somewhere!’
All Lucky could think was talk about missing each other! Jon and Tico kissed her and with Richie’s arm still about her shoulders they headed to their changing rooms.
‘Christ, talk about ships that pass in the night!’ She laughed, it seemed that fate, and David were trying to keep them apart. She heard Mike laugh and talk into his radio.
‘Oh fuck Mark tell him to calm the hell down, we’re on the way. Tell gimp he ran off the wrong side of the stage, we were on the other side.’ He waited till Mark relayed it then David came over the air.
‘Lucky darlin, just stay with the guys and I’ll see you in a minute.’ Laughing Mike told him Richie had her clamped to his side, David told him to find his own woman and get his paws of his!
Lucky rolled her eyes, but inside her heart swelled, he sounded so happy that she was there! They got to the changing areas, Richie holding her hand like he was afraid to let her go lest she get lost, she smiled then watched as David came bounding towards her at full run, nearly knocking her off her feet as he hardly stopped before yanking her into his arms and just holding her. For her own sake she grabbed onto him, she didn’t need to land on her ass in front of everyone. She buried her head into his neck breathing him in, god he smelt good!
The others cheered then quickly disappeared into their changing areas to strip off sopping shirts and a quick dry of. Lucky laughed as David carried her into his, dropped a kiss on her nose, set her to one side, all the while keeping an eye on her, he yanked his shirt off and Lucky’s mouth went dry and her eyes roamed over his torso.
‘You keep lookin at me like that and I’m liable to piss Jon off, by being late onto the stage.’
Lucky’s head snapped up and she saw the raw lust echoed in his eyes, holy hell she sure was in trouble!
Friday 19 December 2008
Sunday 7 December 2008
Chapter 28
When the lights went down, even though it was still light, the crowd roared, Lucky just sat there; the people next to her just looked down and frowned then carried on.
She heard to beginning strains of Prayer and really wondered if she just shouldn’t leave!
On stage David saw Mike and Mark on the side, but no signs of Lucky, where the hell was she?
Mike and Mark knew he was looking at them, but didn’t make eye contact.
In the audience Lucky stood and started to leave, but damn it the music seeped into her breaking heart and started to sooth and take her over.
By the time they started on Captain Cash all thoughts of leaving had fled, her eyes were closed and she was singing and swaying to the beat. Music had always had this effect on her that’s why she’d become a music teacher, to share the music with children, to show them the raw emotion it could pull from a person, and how one song could take you back in time.
David was pissed, she wasn’t there! What the fuck had happened, had he lost his one chance at throwing himself at her feet and grovelling for another chance to be with her. He glared at Richie, who kept giving him shifty looks, for that matter so did Jon, the bastards knew something.
As Jon headed for a drink, he knew David was about to explode, and he knew if he didn’t say anything blood would be spilt later. Taking a deep breath he sang his way to Dave just as he hit the guitar solo in Blaze, he yanked out his ear pieces and so did David. ‘She won’t come.’ Was all he said.
David blanched he knew he was screwed; he glanced into the audience to see if he could see her, futile he knew, but damnit he wanted to say he was sorry. His shoulders slumped, he was a beaten man, and there was nothing he could do to get her to talk to him.
Tico had been watching everything; he gathered Lucky had said no to meeting Dave again. He sighed, he liked her, she was good for Dave, and he was the only one of them that had really talked to her. He’d got a vague idea how Dave could tell her he wasn’t playing a game with her, but how the hell did he set it in motion?
He caught Rich’s eye and he wandered over, after much shouting at each other Rich got it. He grinned and nodded yes, he walked to Jon as they started Diamond Ring, he motioned he needed to talk and they kicked into an instrumental extension, giving them time for Richie to tell him what Tico had said. Jon’s face split into a great grin. They finished off that song and went into Always, at Richie’s guitar solo, Jon went to David and quickly told him what they were doing, he loved his brothers at times!
Lucky was deep into the music, but every chord David struck felt like his fingers gliding across her, when he sang she could pick him out. God she’d got is so damn bad it wasn’t funny.
Always drew to an end and Jon started to talk, her eyes flew open, ‘How we doin folks?’ The crowd roared, ‘I’m going to give up the mic tonight, not to the King of Swing, but to our very own Piano Man, Mr David Bryan!’ The crowd went wild again, David bowed and grinned, in the crowd Lucky wondered why, as David didn’t sing very often, she realised Jon was still talking. ‘You see folks, Davey boy fucked up, big time, he let a wonderful lady walk out on him, without getting a phone number, plus he acted like an asshole!’ People laughed and shouted, on the big screen she saw David blush, and then she started to move through the crowd, all she could think about was to get away.
On stage Jon continued, ‘He didn’t tell this lady that he’d see her later on, and that he wasn’t playing about and dumping her, his head wasn’t thinkin, so he never explained to her he thought things were going to fast and he wanted to slow them down, but she ran, as the idiot never told her these things.’ The women in the crowd awed at it, Lucky slammed to a halt, and started to listen, was Jon telling the truth, mind you she didn’t think he’d drag David’s ass through this, making him look stupid, if it wasn’t.
‘Yeah I know genius he ain’t? Well now, David spotted his lost lady earlier in the audience, and asked her to meet him. From what I’ve heard she told him to take a flyin leap, and that’s cleaned it up folks.’ The crowd enthralled laughed, Lucky smirked.
‘Now Lucky darlin.’ She couldn’t believe he’d said her name, mind you no one about her knew she was the woman and she relaxed a little. ‘I know this isn’t a perfect apology, and he really does want to talk to you..’
David finally found his voice, ‘Well thanks Jon for airing what a moron I’ve been to these people.’ He rolled his eyes, ‘Lucky, please, just stay and talk to me.’
‘Yeah Lucky, he’s been trying to find you for the last damn week and if you don’t talk to him we’re gonna kill him; he’s been like a bear with a saw head and bitchy…’
‘Thanks Rich.’ The crowd laughed and Lucky grinned, he’d been looking for her? ‘Well darlin, a little Cuban bird told us this is your favourite song.’ With that the strains of In These Arms, David’s version, drifted over the crowd, a lump formed in the back of her throat, each chord he played spoke to her soul, his fingers caressing the keys. The passion he put into the words nearly took her to her knees, especially when he sang ‘I’d love you, I’d please you, I’d tell you that I’d never leave you,’ the look on his face on the screen showed all that he was feeling. He meant it, he really did, nah she’d only known him one night, but…..aw hell she was so confused.
Mike and Mark had left the side stage and had been looking in the crowd again, walking to where she’d disappeared into the crowd. Mike spotted her first; she was stood there looking at the stage a smile on her lips and tears sparkling in her eyes. He nudged Mark and they walked towards her, and as the closing notes faded away they got to her, ‘Lucky baby.’ Mike’s hand rested on her arm.
The people around them realised the woman in their midst was the woman David was singing to and started to shout towards the stage that she was there, as the song drew to the end. Lucky looked shocked and Mike and Mark took up defensive positions about her.
One woman looked at her, ‘Oh Lucky you need to talk to him.’ Others agreed and by now the commotion was noticed by Bo who zoomed in saying ‘Hot dayum’ when her realised they’d found Lucky, he radioed Matt who threw it onto the big screen where Lorenz spotted it and ran to David and told him, he stood and moved to the edge of the stage, he could see her, just, Jon and Rich looking up at the screens and grinning like fools, they done it!
David took the mic, ‘Will you come Lucky, say yes, let’s talk.’ He held his breath.
He wasn’t the only one; the whole place seemed to wait!
She looked at David, standing there; she turned to Mike, ‘Take me to him please.’ The woman shouted ‘yes’ and as Mike and Mark and several other security men ushered her towards the barrier a wave went through the crowd and they started to clap and whistle.
On stage David saw her begin to move and thought for a minute she was leaving, till they headed for the barrier down front and a wave of clapping following in their wake and he started to grin, she’d said yes. He watched as they picked her up and hoisted her over the fence, Mike quickly following her and leading her out of sight.
‘Well folks looks like we can get on with the show, she said yes!’ Richie announced, the crowd whooped and shouted again.
David, a stupid smile on his face, took to his keys and they swung into Blood on Blood, his heart bursting that he’d found her again, god must love him! Now just to get her to give him a chance at redemption!
She heard to beginning strains of Prayer and really wondered if she just shouldn’t leave!
On stage David saw Mike and Mark on the side, but no signs of Lucky, where the hell was she?
Mike and Mark knew he was looking at them, but didn’t make eye contact.
In the audience Lucky stood and started to leave, but damn it the music seeped into her breaking heart and started to sooth and take her over.
By the time they started on Captain Cash all thoughts of leaving had fled, her eyes were closed and she was singing and swaying to the beat. Music had always had this effect on her that’s why she’d become a music teacher, to share the music with children, to show them the raw emotion it could pull from a person, and how one song could take you back in time.
David was pissed, she wasn’t there! What the fuck had happened, had he lost his one chance at throwing himself at her feet and grovelling for another chance to be with her. He glared at Richie, who kept giving him shifty looks, for that matter so did Jon, the bastards knew something.
As Jon headed for a drink, he knew David was about to explode, and he knew if he didn’t say anything blood would be spilt later. Taking a deep breath he sang his way to Dave just as he hit the guitar solo in Blaze, he yanked out his ear pieces and so did David. ‘She won’t come.’ Was all he said.
David blanched he knew he was screwed; he glanced into the audience to see if he could see her, futile he knew, but damnit he wanted to say he was sorry. His shoulders slumped, he was a beaten man, and there was nothing he could do to get her to talk to him.
Tico had been watching everything; he gathered Lucky had said no to meeting Dave again. He sighed, he liked her, she was good for Dave, and he was the only one of them that had really talked to her. He’d got a vague idea how Dave could tell her he wasn’t playing a game with her, but how the hell did he set it in motion?
He caught Rich’s eye and he wandered over, after much shouting at each other Rich got it. He grinned and nodded yes, he walked to Jon as they started Diamond Ring, he motioned he needed to talk and they kicked into an instrumental extension, giving them time for Richie to tell him what Tico had said. Jon’s face split into a great grin. They finished off that song and went into Always, at Richie’s guitar solo, Jon went to David and quickly told him what they were doing, he loved his brothers at times!
Lucky was deep into the music, but every chord David struck felt like his fingers gliding across her, when he sang she could pick him out. God she’d got is so damn bad it wasn’t funny.
Always drew to an end and Jon started to talk, her eyes flew open, ‘How we doin folks?’ The crowd roared, ‘I’m going to give up the mic tonight, not to the King of Swing, but to our very own Piano Man, Mr David Bryan!’ The crowd went wild again, David bowed and grinned, in the crowd Lucky wondered why, as David didn’t sing very often, she realised Jon was still talking. ‘You see folks, Davey boy fucked up, big time, he let a wonderful lady walk out on him, without getting a phone number, plus he acted like an asshole!’ People laughed and shouted, on the big screen she saw David blush, and then she started to move through the crowd, all she could think about was to get away.
On stage Jon continued, ‘He didn’t tell this lady that he’d see her later on, and that he wasn’t playing about and dumping her, his head wasn’t thinkin, so he never explained to her he thought things were going to fast and he wanted to slow them down, but she ran, as the idiot never told her these things.’ The women in the crowd awed at it, Lucky slammed to a halt, and started to listen, was Jon telling the truth, mind you she didn’t think he’d drag David’s ass through this, making him look stupid, if it wasn’t.
‘Yeah I know genius he ain’t? Well now, David spotted his lost lady earlier in the audience, and asked her to meet him. From what I’ve heard she told him to take a flyin leap, and that’s cleaned it up folks.’ The crowd enthralled laughed, Lucky smirked.
‘Now Lucky darlin.’ She couldn’t believe he’d said her name, mind you no one about her knew she was the woman and she relaxed a little. ‘I know this isn’t a perfect apology, and he really does want to talk to you..’
David finally found his voice, ‘Well thanks Jon for airing what a moron I’ve been to these people.’ He rolled his eyes, ‘Lucky, please, just stay and talk to me.’
‘Yeah Lucky, he’s been trying to find you for the last damn week and if you don’t talk to him we’re gonna kill him; he’s been like a bear with a saw head and bitchy…’
‘Thanks Rich.’ The crowd laughed and Lucky grinned, he’d been looking for her? ‘Well darlin, a little Cuban bird told us this is your favourite song.’ With that the strains of In These Arms, David’s version, drifted over the crowd, a lump formed in the back of her throat, each chord he played spoke to her soul, his fingers caressing the keys. The passion he put into the words nearly took her to her knees, especially when he sang ‘I’d love you, I’d please you, I’d tell you that I’d never leave you,’ the look on his face on the screen showed all that he was feeling. He meant it, he really did, nah she’d only known him one night, but…..aw hell she was so confused.
Mike and Mark had left the side stage and had been looking in the crowd again, walking to where she’d disappeared into the crowd. Mike spotted her first; she was stood there looking at the stage a smile on her lips and tears sparkling in her eyes. He nudged Mark and they walked towards her, and as the closing notes faded away they got to her, ‘Lucky baby.’ Mike’s hand rested on her arm.
The people around them realised the woman in their midst was the woman David was singing to and started to shout towards the stage that she was there, as the song drew to the end. Lucky looked shocked and Mike and Mark took up defensive positions about her.
One woman looked at her, ‘Oh Lucky you need to talk to him.’ Others agreed and by now the commotion was noticed by Bo who zoomed in saying ‘Hot dayum’ when her realised they’d found Lucky, he radioed Matt who threw it onto the big screen where Lorenz spotted it and ran to David and told him, he stood and moved to the edge of the stage, he could see her, just, Jon and Rich looking up at the screens and grinning like fools, they done it!
David took the mic, ‘Will you come Lucky, say yes, let’s talk.’ He held his breath.
He wasn’t the only one; the whole place seemed to wait!
She looked at David, standing there; she turned to Mike, ‘Take me to him please.’ The woman shouted ‘yes’ and as Mike and Mark and several other security men ushered her towards the barrier a wave went through the crowd and they started to clap and whistle.
On stage David saw her begin to move and thought for a minute she was leaving, till they headed for the barrier down front and a wave of clapping following in their wake and he started to grin, she’d said yes. He watched as they picked her up and hoisted her over the fence, Mike quickly following her and leading her out of sight.
‘Well folks looks like we can get on with the show, she said yes!’ Richie announced, the crowd whooped and shouted again.
David, a stupid smile on his face, took to his keys and they swung into Blood on Blood, his heart bursting that he’d found her again, god must love him! Now just to get her to give him a chance at redemption!
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