Title: Country Mix-Up
Disclaimer: I don't own Tokio Hotel, or any of the songs that I may use by other country stars such as Trace Adkins, Tom McGraw, or Kenny Chesney. They are their songs, and I have claim to them other than owning them on CD or MP3.
However I do own Annaed Sparza, she's my country star, she's five six, has bright white hair, bright gold eyes, a skinny body and a tan complexion.
Authoress Note: I am a HUGE country fan, any country song that means anything is what I am all about. I was watching a music video when I thought, 'what would Tokio Hotel think if they were paired up with a country rock star for a tour….. here is my idea, enjoy people.
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Annaed shook her hair out of her face and smiled at the crowd at her feet. She had dreamed of this when she was a little girl, the fans, the rocking music, and the ability to move people with her songs.
"I met a guy on the red eye
He spotted my guitar
And said what do you do?
I said, I sing for a living,
Country music mixed with
A little rock and a little blues
He said I'm sorry
But I've never been crazy
'bout that twang and trains and hillbilly thing
Whatever made you want to sing stuff like that?
I just looked at him and laughed and said,"
She heard the crowd roar and jumped around, running down the walk to stand before them.
"Cause it's songs about me
And who I am
Songs about loving and living
And good hearted women and family and God
Yeah they're all just
Songs about me
Songs about me."
The crowd sang with her and she bent to shake some of their hands, a lot of them smiled at her and roared that they loved her. Annaed tipped her hat to them and then saw a girl sitting on her father's shoulders.
She took her hat off and gave it to her.
"So I offered him tickets
I said you'll see what I mean
If you show up tonight
He said I doubt you'll change my opinion
I'll be kind of busy, but hey man, I'll try,"
The man smiled and thanked her wordlessly; the girl squealed and clapped her hands in delight. Annaed smiled wider and stood back up, walking back down the path.
"Then later on when we finished our songs
About scars and cars and broken hearts
I saw him, he was standing there
Right next to the stage
And he shouted
Man you were right
It was like you sang those,"
She got to the guitarist and he sang along with her for a few verses, then she walked to the stairs and headed down them.
"Songs about me
And who I am
Songs about loving and living
And good hearted women and family and God
Yeah they're all just
Songs about me
Songs about me,"
While she was down there a couple of folks snapped pictures, she stood still and winked at them, posing gracefully.
Then she continued on down and let them touch her, shake her hand, pat her arm. A girl holding a sign that said she had survived leukemia was standing there quietly.
Annaed gestured to a couple of her guards and they picked her up, hauling her over the fence and putting her down beside Annaed.
Her friend looked like she wanted to scream.
"So I'll just keep on singing
'til I hear the whole world singing those,"
Annaed hauled the girl back to the stage and walked up the stage with her under her arm. Then she handed her a microphone and sang the last verse.
"Songs about me
And who I am
Songs about loving and living
And good hearted women and family and God
Yeah they're all just
Songs about me
Songs about me,"
The girl sang beautifully, her voice mixed with Annaed's pleasantly.
After the men had stopped playing she turned and shook the girl's hand, the girl was smiling widely.
Annaed guessed she had just made her day.
When the girl was escorted back to her friend Annaed turned to the crowd, "Thank you Houston!" she yelled into the microphone.
A great roar was heard at these words.
"Have a great night! Drive safe!" Annaed pranced offstage and took a towel thrust towards her by one of the stage hands.
She wiped her neck and arms, placing her mic on a stool beside her.
Her manager came up to her smiling, "Great show Annaed." She said.
Annaed smiled, "It's awesome! Thanks!" she took her earpiece out and then sighed, "Le's go to the room, I'm tired and I wan' to ge' ready to ride back to the hotel."
Her manager looked sheepish when they entered the room.
"There is actually something I need to tell you Annaed, so you won't be surprised tomorrow when we go to a meeting." She said.
Annaed arched an impeccable eyebrow; "Wha' is it?" she was now curious.
"Well, you know you are scheduled to go on tour in three weeks time." Her manager sat on a stool.
Annaed landed on the couch, "Wha' abou' it? One of the stagehands qui'?" she looked concerned, "Stop stalling Mari, and tell me wha's going on."
"You're going to be joined by a foreign band; they're coming back to America for the third time to do a tour. Their manager contacted me and asked if we could do a dual tour." she stated.
Annaed closed her eyes and then opened one, "Well, it could be worse; my guitaris' could have died suddenly."
The door opened then and in trooped her two guitarists and her drummer.
"What's this about one of us dyin'?" the guy in the lead asked.
"Nothin' Johnnie, jus' some talk abou' us bein' joined by some foreign band." She smiled at her guys.
John, or Johnnie as referred to by Annaed, rolled his eyes.
"Ah well sooner or later they woulda done this, better sooner." He said, sitting on Annaed's leg.
Annaed snorted and kicked him onto the floor, "Stay offa mah legs Johnnie." She smiled.
The other two howled with laughter as John peeled his face off of the floor.
"Annaed you remember the talk we had about your speech." Mari reprimanded.
"I's no' so bad Mari! Stop bein' so harsh!" Annaed turned her gaze to the almost forgotten manager.
Mari rolled her eyes, "It's for the fan's benefit, nobody understands you half the time when you use your full accent." She stated.
Annaed sighed, "I'll do it if I can abuse the other band!" she grinned evilly.
Her band mates snorted and Mari got up.
"Time to go guys." She said.
Annaed lazed up and then pulled a purple marker from her pocket, "Time ta go!" she rushed the door, almost running over Mari in the process.
"How long does her after-show enthusiasm last?" Mari asked.
"About three hours, then she's asleep." Mike, the drummer shrugged.
"Thank God."
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The next morning Annaed was lazing about in her bra and underwear when her door was banged open and three frazzled band mates piled in.
"You guys on somethin' I ain'?" she asked, looking up from the book she was reading.
They got up and shut the door, "You should see these guys!" Johnnie started.
"They make no sense!" his brother Joe broke in.
"They make as much sense as you do when you use your full country-ness." Cut in Mike much more calmly.
She rolled her eyes, "You guys are weird." They detected a slight h in the word weird.
She looked back down at the book and the guys followed her line of sight. Instantly the three covered their eyes, "Annaed! You're naked!" Joe screamed.
Annaed didn't look up, she licked her thumb and then turned a page, "So?" she asked, "Besides, it's almos' naked, I have mah bra and underwear on geniuses."
They sighed and as one lowered their hands, "Just get dressed, Mari wants us down there in thirty minutes." Mike said, sitting on the end of the bed.
Annaed sighed and marked her page in her book, "Fine." She put the book to the side and then stood, walking to the bathroom and dressing.
When she came back out she was looking for her hat.
"Where's my ha'?" she asked.
Mike pointed to the TV and she snagged the thing, putting it on her straight hair, "Time tah go." She stated.
They gathered their wallets, keys, and phones before heading out the door.
When they made it to the room, that Mike had memorized the directions to because none of the rest of them would, Mari was standing outside of it.
Annaed smiled at her, "Wassup?"
Mari jumped a foot in the air and screamed slightly.
Annaed blinked owlishly at her, "Wha'?"
Mari turned on her, eyes reprimanding, "About time! Been waiting for you guys for five minutes!" she yelped.
Annaed shrugged, "So, we goin' in or wha'?" she asked.
Mari rolled her eyes and then opened the door.
Annaed allowed her guys to file in before her, Johnnie, Joe, and Mike sat down and then she followed them after a word with Mari.
When she sat between Mike and Johnnie she looked up and then blinked.
Then she smiled, "I won' be tha only girl on this trip afta all!" she said happily.
The four opposite them looked greatly confused.
Annaed's words were more than they had trained their English for.
Mike rolled his eyes, Joe and Johnnie laughed quietly at their confusion.
Mari sighed, "Annaed, that's not a woman."
Annaed tilted her head back to her manager, "Whaddaya mean she ain' a she?" she asked.
Mari shook her head, "That's a man, his name is Bill." She stated.
Annaed swiveled her head back to the she who was supposedly a he, "Wha's yo name?" she asked.
"What?" she looked confused, the three beside her were watching with the also apparent confusion.
"Yo name girl! Gimme yo name!" she hated using her 'proper' speech, but for this she felt there might be a need to, "What's your name?" she finally said.
"Oh! My name is Bill." She smiled.
Annaed narrowed her eyes, "You're not a girl?"
Bill flushed, "No."
"Damn it." Annaed slouched in her swivel chair and then glared at him, "Why not?"
He lifted an eyebrow, "Because I was born a guy!" he said.
Annaed frowned, "Can you change?" she asked.
He groaned and planted his face in his hands.
Annaed did the same a few seconds later.
Mike and the other two patted her on the back sympathetically.
The three who actually looked like guys on the other side of the table started laughing quietly.
Bill punched the one in corn rows and then mumbled something.
Mari sat beside a strict looking man then, and crossed her arms.
Annaed peeked through her fingers at them, Mari had a hint of a smile tugging at her lips.
"Mari, how do we start this?" Mike asked.
Annaed thanked God for this man; he was always cool, calm, and collected.
Joe and Johnnie looked at the manager at the same time, Annaed looked up fully.
"Well if you guys agree to do this then we can get started on the show plans immediately." Mari stated.
Strict man nodded, his eyes ghosting over Annaed's band, he then looked over at his guys.
This was going to be an interesting seven months.
…..
Annaed sighed and stretched once they had left the room and headed off to lunch.
She was toddling behind Joe; Johnnie's arm was wrapped around her shoulders and Mike's around her waist.
Her arms were around both of their waists, this keeping them all together.
Joe slowed and Annaed gripped Johnnie's and Mike's shirts as leverage as she hefted her legs and wrapped them around Joe's waist.
Joe laughed and grabbed her legs.
Annaed readjusted her grip on the other two and then peeked of her shoulder.
The other guys were walking behind them and she was happy to see that their jaws were on the floor.
"I's abou' time someone made them do somethin' useful." She laughed.
Joe roared with laughter and Mike and Johnnie rolled their eyes.
"I wanna drink!" Joe said, Annaed agreed with him.
"Le's do this." She stated, unwrapped her arms from around Johnnie and Mike and rewrapping them around Joe's neck.
….
"I can't believe she called me a girl." Bill groused, looking at the pretty female riding her band mate's back.
"Well a lot of people do get that assumption when they first meet you Bill." Gustav said quietly.
Tom looked at his twin, "Don't worry about it Bill." He said reassuringly.
Georg just snorted, still laughing at the woman's assumption.
Bill sighed, "We have to spend seven months with them?" he asked, looking at their non-disappearing backs.
They were headed to the same lifts as the others were.
Gustav nodded and then they climbed in behind the other band.
The woman looked at him, being the same height now that she was on her friend's back, "Sup?" she asked.
Bill was again confused, "What?"
Annaed groaned, "I asked wha' was up." She explained painstakingly.
Tom took this moment to look at her ass, her band mate noticed and glared as he moved into his line of sight.
Annaed waited for a response before turning to Joe, "No' a talka'ive bunch are they?" she asked in a stage whisper.
The other three cracked up and the four Germans were left in another state of confusion.
Annaed finally snapped, "Deyah God! Will ya'll please ge' a book or sumthin! You need tah undastand everythin I say!" she yelled, glaring at them.
They understood maybe one word out of that.
Annaed growled and was about to jump Bill but Joe tightened his grip on her legs and slammed her back into the wall of the elevator.
"Lemme a' 'em!" she yelped.
"This my dear boys is your new singer." Johnnie said smiling as he gestured over to a raging Annaed.
"We believe she's on her 'period'." Mike finished, making air quotes.
Annaed turned blazing gold eyes on him now, "YOU KNOW I AIN' HAD ONE A THOSE IN TWO YEARHS!" she growled, lunging sideways and colliding with him, they both flew to the floor.
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