It had been a very long and hard day for the band that evening. N-Gin was being her usual self, while the others were practicing their newest piece entitled "I'm sorry, was that your dog?". N-Gin stepped outside to see the world and all it was meant for. She looked across the street at the nightclub they would be playing tonight.
"Hmm…" She thought to herself. "Maybe I should go over there and see exactly what that place is all about,"
She walked across the road and into the front door. It wasn't open yet, but the manager said the band could take a look around the club at any time. He even gave the band door keys! N-Gin gazed at the architecture of the kitchen area, then the dance floor. It was like something she had never seen before.
"Wow…" She whispered to herself. She then realized that she hadn't turned the light on, either, but she was fine with that.
She walked up onto the dance floor. The floor was really the only thing lighting the room at the time. She looked up at one of the stripper poles.
"Well, there's only one thing left to do!" She exclaimed to herself.
She jumped up onto it and started dancing around it, screaming "Look! I'm Katie!" She couldn't help herself from laughing while doing this. Then, all of a sudden, the light turned on, making N-Gin's pink highlights stand on end.
N-Gin fell from the elevated floor with a thud. Then a voice from the front door called "What the hell are you doing, N-Gin?!"
It was Mitty, N-Gin's brother. Hanako and Katie were with him. Katie stepped forward.
"Idiot…" she poked fun at N-Gin. "Where's you're talent?!" She started laughing. "Let me show you how it's done!" She had seen N-Gin dancing on the pole, mimicking her, now, she was going to show her up in her own game.
As Katie started dancing on the pole, Mitty and Hanako gaped at her, eyes wide open. Mitty took his hand and covered her eyes.
N-Gin just snickered, then turned to Hanako. "So… How did practice go?" She asked, flipping her hair back into her face.
Hanako's blue hair flew as she jumped up, saying "Yep!"
Mitty looked to Hanako in a glare. "Yeah right!" He then looked at N-Gin. "It sucked! Where earth were you?!"
N-Gin turned, knowing that this would be another quaint sibling argument. She simply said. "Stuff."
Mitty got all flared up at this. He started to yell, but recoiled himself, and calmed down. He then just deeply sighed and stepped out the door for some fresh air.
N-Gin and Hanako turned to look at Katie, who was still dancing about. N-Gin turned to Hanako, and quietly said "Look, this'll be funny," She tiptoed up to Katie, unaware of her surroundings, and grabbed her leg, pulling her feet out from under her. She crashed off, just as N-Gin had before.
N-Gin and Hanako burst out in laughter, and Katie picked herself up. "See what happens, Taters?!" N-Gin yelled holding her side. "You made me fall, now I returned the favor!" She was still babbling and gave Hanako a high-five.
To make things even funnier, Katie was steaming mad, but it was in a humorous way, because she was laughing at herself, too!
Suddenly, in the middle of all the laughter, N-Gin stopped and had a straight face. She turned to both girls and said "I'll be back later," She walked out the door, without even giving Mitty a single glance, and back across he street to the building in which they had been practicing. She walked in. (Hanako, Katie, and Mitty were watching her from the club.) Minutes later, she walked back out. She had a pair of keys in her hand. She went over to their van, which was a black Dodge Sprinter with the band's logo painted on it, and got in the driver's seat. She had a drivers license, but up until recently, she had left all the driving up to Mitty, who always drove the band around, because of his driving motto, "Lousy, stinkin' woman drivers!" But of course, everyone in the band would laugh at this. N-Gin started the van and drove off.
Mitty wondered and pondered about her reason for leaving. "Then again, who wouldn't leave this dumpy town?" He reassured himself. He then stretched and sighed. He kind of wanted to go with her, he had been bored ever since they got here. On their way here, he was griping about how "This gig better be worth it," and "We better be getting paid… a lot!" And the band would momentarily agree with him.
Out of a spontaneous movement, Hanako jumped up. Until now, she had been unusually quiet. During practice, she had really shown improvements at lead guitar, giving her a lot of praise from Katie, who wasn't really prone to praising people for how they played. She was even kind of strict at judging things in a way. Hanako walked out of the club, simply gave a goodbye wave, and went back to the practicing spot. She would need a lot of rest for this gig. She could feel it.
Katie couldn't help think of where N-Gin went off to. Then, she thought "Maybe she went to go get hammered," Come to think of it, N-Gin would go drink so she would have an excuse for the trouble she might get into later. She'd later come back then do a little 'rock star parking' outside the club door, which just made the club owner a little ticked, but then again, he'd get over it. In Katie's point of view, N-gin was the one in the band who was, well… Most normal. Sure, she was weird and such, but N-Gin was the one who would give out personal-business information and shipping addresses to record companies and managers of gig deals. Let's just say Katie thought N-Gin was the more professional member of the band. Not that she didn't trust or hope about Mitty and Hanako, it's just that she thought they were a little strange. Hanako would always wear her awesome guitar face at a gig, and Mitty, while driving, would always do his gangsta lean, while sub woofing to make the neighbors jealous of our killer sound system. Katie would just wonder what would happen if she had ever seen Mitty in a suit. She would just die of laughter, because Mitty wouldn't be the one to play dress-up.
Katie got out of her little track of thought and walked out of the club to go meet up with Hanako. On her way out, she turned to Mitty and told him to lock up. She couldn't help but giggle a little.
Mitty locked the club door and followed.