Whew! A new story! Fresh stuff! Yay!
Liz Bennett (Elizabeth Bennett), Jenny Bennett (Jane Bennett), Lisa Winset (Lydia Bennett), Marianne Worthington (A person I made up), and Lottie Lucas (Charlotte Lucas) are band mates. There band is called Emotional Hangover. They are an up and coming band, who is having their first tour opening for Vicious Innocence. Vicious Innocence is Chase Bingley (Charles Bingley), Finn Fitzgerald (Colonel Fitzwilliam), and Will Darcy (Fitzwilliam Darcy).
Enjoy!
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Liz Bennett was bursting at the seams. She could not wait to tell the rest of the band the news. Their manager, or as she fondly called him, daddy, had just called and told her that they had been booked to be the opening act for Vicious Innocence, on their tour. Jenny, Lisa, Marianne, and Lottie, the rest of the girls who made up Emotional Hangover, were all looking at her expectantly
"Well?" Marianne prompted. "What did he say? Are we booked?"
"YES!" Liz announced. Cheers resounded from the rest of the group. They were finally getting another tour. And not just any tour; A tour with the number one rock band in the country.
"I knew it! I knew it!" Lisa screeched. "How could they possibly turn down us? Bet the boys took one look at our pictures, thought, "Wow, they are hot!" and that was that!" Everyone laughed at Lisa. The youngest in the band, only 17, all she cared about was boys and clothes. "Seriously though, we are sooo lucky that we get to tour with the most eligible bachelors on the face of this earth, not to mention the hottest!" Lisa said.
"I'm just happy that we finally have our big break. Opening for Vicious Innocence means that we get to perform in front of millions of people. It's the best way to get to the top of the charts." Lottie said.
"I agree with both of you." Jenny said who was the oldest at 24 and always was trying to be the peace maker. "This tour is going to be huge for us, and it doesn't hurt that there will be some eye candy for us on our trip to the top."
'Amen, sistah friend!" Marianne yelled.
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On the other side of the country, an spectacularly tall, man with sparkling green eyes and uncontrollable dark curly hair, a regularly tall man with blue eyes and blonde hair kept in a neat buzz cut, and a rather short man with wild red hair and friendly brown eyes were sitting in their record company's meeting room.
"We have chosen the band for your opening act. Their name is Emotional Hangover." said a voice from the phone, which was on speaker, allowing the men to have a conference with their manager. "They are a fresh, and new. They have a good sound, and they are attractive. They should be able to keep the crowd entertained, but not over shine you guys. They are perfect. You guys are going to fly out to LA this weekend and watch their show."
"Fine, Mr. Finkleman." said the green-eyed one, whose name was Will, in his clipped English accent. Will then reached forward and pressed the end button on the phone, cutting of the man's response.
"Will!" the blue-eyed one, Chase, admonished. "Why'd you hang up on Mr. Finkleman? I know you aren't happy with the tour plans, but really!"
"I hate touring! There is no point to it! I just wanted to take a year off and go into the recording studio, but NO! We have to go on another fucking tour!" Will said angrily.
"Whoa!" said Finn, the brown-eyed one. "Calm down there little cousin! You may be in a pissy mood, but don't take it out on Chase! You know we are the company's slaves. What they say goes. Besides, maybe the tour will give you inspiration!"
"Yeah, hopefully the girls in this band are hot!" Chase said.
"Be that as it may, I plan to stay far away from them and their emo trash. Can't have them influencing our sound can we?" Will asked.
"You are far too uptight Will." Chase returned.
"And you had better behave yourself when we go to watch their show." Finn warned.
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The garage was rocking all week, as Emotional Hangover rehearsed for their show that weekend at a local club. They were practicing extra hard, because the label had called and said that the members of Vicious Innocence were coming out to watch them. The girls were no stranger to touring. They had toured with several small name emo groups in the last couple of years, but this was going to be the largest tour yet and they wanted to impress. When Colin Matthews, Jenny and Liz's mother's friend's weird son, entered the garage, it was in a state of chaos. Marianne and Lisa were arguing over the set order. Lisa was so into the fight that she was threatening to take Marianne's precious bass and throw it into oncoming traffic. Jenny kept interjecting comments that were supposed to calm the feud, but only ended up fueling it. Lottie was laughing so hard at the arguing pair, that she had fallen off her drum stool, and Liz was sitting in the corner with her guitar and a pad, trying vainly to concentrate on her lyrics. Finally unable to stand the noise any longer, Liz stood up and screamed,
"SHUT THE HELL UP!" Silence immediately greeted her words. "We are using the same fucking set list that we have used for the last FIFTEEN of our shows! And that is the last I want to hear about it! Now STAY QUIET, unless you want to have to try and find a new guitarist, singer, and songwriter before tomorrow's concert!"
"Bravo Elizabeth." Colin said. "Now, Elizabeth dear, I have come to save you from the evil of this music and take you on a date."
"For the last damn time Colin, I will not now, or ever go on a date with you! Get it into your fucked up little head will you! Now, if you would kindly leave, we really need to practice for our show tomorrow." Sulking, Colin turned to leave, but as he left he called out,
"One day Elizabeth! One day you will realize what you are missing!" The rest of the girls cracked up at this proclamation.
"Oh ELIZABETH!" Lisa mocked, "One day you will realize what you are missing by not dating one of the weirdest, greasiest, and shortest guys on the face of the planet!"
"Shut up!" Liz said, but she was smiling too. "Come on, we have to go through the set one last time."
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"All right guys!" Liz said. "We're on in fifteen!" The girls were on stage behind the curtain, getting ready. They had all spent an abnormal amount of time getting ready, though none of them would admit to it. They wanted to impress the guys from Vicious Innocence, and anyone who looked at them would say that they would be hard pressed not to succeed. Jenny was wearing her long reddish-blonde hair in a French braid that zigzagged down the back of her head. Her tall, slim frame was bedecked with a black sleeveless satin tank with a red lacey skirt that fell about mid-thigh. Lottie's short black hair was slicked into a mo-hawk, and she was wearing ripped jeans and a red vinyl vest with nothing under it. Marianne's thick curly brown hair was pulled back into a high ponytail and her petit body was covered by a knee-length black tube dress that flared out at the waist with a pair of jeans underneath. Lisa, as always, was outlandishly dressed in a super short black skirt and a red tank top that looked about two sizes too small. Her blonde hair was pulled up in a complicated twist, with the ends sticking out in all directions. Liz's incredibly short body was wearing ripped jeans similar to Lottie's and a red and black corset. Her long black hair was loose around her. The five girls were arranging themselves on stage, when Jenny's voice could be heard frantically whispering,
"Guys! Guys! I left the plug for my keyboard in the dressing room!"
"I'll get it Jenny! I left my pick too!" Liz whispered back, and rushed off the stage. Liz hurried to the dressing room and grabbed the needed items. She was running back to the stage when she heard a voice from behind one of the curtains say something in a harsh tone. Curious, she paused to listen.
"Chase, I know the company is God, but did we really have to come out here and watch this stupid band!" said a deep masculine voice with a prominent accent.
"Look, Will, I know you hate this sort of thing, but they are opening for us! We have to listen to them before we start the tour." another man's voice, Chase apparently, answered. These guys are in Vicious Innocence! Liz realized.
"I know Chase, but you seriously can't call this emo crap music! I bet these girls sound like trash." the British one Will said.
"Hey! Remember what Finn said! Give them a chance! They have to be really good for the company to set them up as our opening act. Plus, they are all really hot!" Chase said.
"LIZ!" Jenny shouted, as she appeared down the hall. "Where is my cord? We're about to be on!" Liz tossed the cord to Jenny and saying,
"Here! Plug yourself in! I'll be right there!" Jenny caught the cord and returned to the stage. Liz stayed behind to see if the guys were going to say anything more about the band, but they had disappeared.
"And now, Ladies and Gents, I give you, Emotional Hangover!" Liz heard. Oh Shit! Liz thought, and she ran to the stage. The curtains were opening, and she was not yet on stage. Luckily, this was not the first time that Liz had been late to the stage. At a previous show, she had been overcome with a sudden urge to pee and had not made it back to the stage on time. After that incident, they had come up with a plan to buy time should it ever happen again. The plan was, in Lisa's words, "If Liz ever fucks up again, we count off really damn slow and start playing, "This Is Me" because it has the really long opening, and pray she shows up in time for her part." Thanking the lord that she was only a few seconds late, Liz grabbed her guitar off of the stand behind the curtain, as she heard Lisa counting off. As the music began, she ran on the stage. She skidded to a stop in front of her mic. The rest of the concert went off perfectly.
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"Holy CRAP! That was close!" Lottie shouted as the girls changed into street clothes in their dressing room. "What took you so long anyway?"
"You are NOT going to believe this! I was running back from here with the cord, when I heard two of the guys from Vicious Innocence talking about us!" Liz said.
'Who was it? What were they saying?" Marianne asked.
"It was Will and Chase. Will was saying he thought we were going to be crappy and about how emo is not REAL music!" Liz said laughingly. "Boy did we prove him wrong!"
"No way!" Jenny said. 'What did Chase say?"
"He, thankfully, was defending us, to that pompous ass!" Liz replied. "I don't know how I'm going to be able to survive a tour with that jerk! No matter how gorgeous he is!"
"Liz, give the guy a break!" Jenny said.
"Jenny, you are far to forgiving, and I shall never be able to shake things off as you do! Now, come on guys! Daddy said that he was buying us dinner tonight!"
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Why do they have to be so damn good? Will thought to himself. If they were terrible, it would make it so much easier to hate them!
"Will...Earth paging Will...come in Will. WILL!" Finn said to him, drawing him from his thoughts.
"Huh? What?" Will asked.
"They were pretty damn good weren't they?" Finn asked with a smirk.
"Fine. I will admit, they weren't that bad." Will said.
"And there lead singer? She was a tasty little bit wasn't she?" Finn asked.
"Fuck off Finn!" Will said.
"Yep, you think she's hot." Finn replied.
Damn! Why does my cousin have to know me so bloody well? I have to admit, she was beautiful.
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The girls pulled up in front of a local pub. Lottie, Marianne, and Liz had all recently turned 21 and this had become one of their favourite haunts. They walked into the place, still joking and laughing. Liz spotted her father seated at the bar already.
"Hey old man!" she called to him.
"Who you calling old, Lizzybug?" he called back. "Come on over here girls!"
"Hey Mr. Bennett!" Lottie said as she slid onto the seat next to him.
"Hello Lottie, girls, how was the concert?" Mr. Bennett asked.
"Oh it was A-fucking-mazing!" Lisa replied. "We sounded great!" The rest of the girls nodded their heads in agreement.
"That's wonderful." Mr. Bennett said. At that time, the bartender came over and took their orders. Jenny and Liz excused themselves to go play a game of pool in the back. They were making their way back over to the bar, Liz gloating loudly about how she had kicked Jenny's ass, Liz noticed that their group at the bar had grown by three. Sitting at the bar were the members of Vicious Innocence. Oh this should be fun! Liz thought as she and Jenny arrived at the bar.
"Good! Liz, Jenny, let me introduce you to Will Darcy, Finn Fitzgerald, and Chase Bingley." Mr. Bennett said.
"Nice to meet you." Jenny said offering her hand. Chase instantly took it and replied in a daze,
"Yes, yes, wonderful to meet you." Liz rolled her eyes as Jenny blushed. There is DEFINTELY something going on there. She thought. As Jenny and Chase walked over to seats further down the bar.
"Lizzybug," her father said, "Say something." Crap! I'm always losing track of myself. She thought. And then she verbally apologized.
"Whoa! Sorry guys spaced out there for a second! Yeah, it's good to meet you guys." she said to the remaining guys.
"So," Finn said, "We are going to be touring together!"
"That's the rumor I heard." Liz replied.
"Well, this is going to be really interesting. Especially considering that Jenny and Chase are already looking at each other like they want to jump each other right here on the bar." Finn joked. Liz laughed.
"Yeah, good thing to know that at least some of us are going to get along." Liz said, eyeing Will, who remained silent.
"Yep!" Finn said. "I have a feeling you and I are going to be cool too though."
"Me too." Liz replied. But, somehow I doubt Mr. Darcy and I will be. She thought.
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Wow...I already feel soooo much more secure in this fic than in the previous one...
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