"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Finn looked over at his bandmates, frown on his face as the car came to a stop before DeathStar Studios. Poe shrugged, nudging him playfully. "I mean, it's not like we have to do anything. It's mainly Rey they want." He smiled broadly at their bassist and lead singer as she fingered her instrument nervously. "Isn't that right, sunshine?"
Her nose crinkled at the guitarist's question. "They asked for all of us here... They probably want you and Finn to help produce the track or maybe offer your opinions on what to tweak with the original." She swung the car door open, hazel eyes squinting in the bright L.A. Sun, her mouth crinkling. Rey knew that she should be excited, that it was a huge honor that her band—With the Resistance— was being featured on a song with one of the most popular bands on the music scene, but she couldn't work past her unease. Poe had been ecstatic when their manager had called them, told them that The Knights of Ren wanted to collaborate, that they wanted Rey's voice on their new single, but Finn, like her, had been a bit suspicious, like it was too good to be true.
Yes, their band was fairly successful- they had just finished their first headlining tour, and had seen their first album blow up on the charts- but this was Knights of Ren , for crying out loud. They were veterans in the industry, the alternative genre's golden geese, and everyone's favorite band, including hers. Rey smirked to herself, remembering that it was by doing a cover of one of their songs did Resistance get discovered: "Welcome to the First Order," if she remembered the song right. She glanced over at Finn, wondered how he was taking it. Before he joined Resistance a few years ago, he had been a drummer with them on tour, and he wouldn't talk about the experience, saying only that it was a learning experience, and that he was quite happy where he was now, thank you very much.
Rey smiled at her bandmates before stepping out into the parking lot, looking around, musing aloud, "Are they already in the studio?" Poe frowned, consulting his phone and the text that manager Leia Organa had sent the night before. "She said that they were supposed to meet us here, that they wouldn't be in the studio until we were here." Finn snorted. "They're rockstars. They're going to be fashionably late,bringing the paparazzi with them."
Rey frowned, shook out her short hair, fuming a bit. You'd think that people would have more manners, but she couldn't say that she was surprised. Despite being her favorite performers, The Knights of Ren weren't known for being nice. The band was often in the tabloids after a major award show, or any big party for that matter, often because of frontman Kylo Ren's bad behavior. Her cheeks tinged a bit when she thought about that particular member of KoR, remembering how much the guys had teased her on their first tour about how many posters she had of Kylo in her area of the tour bus.
Yes, Hux on bass and backup vocals was a ginger dream come true, and Phasma was an Amazonian goddess in her own right, but Rey would be a goddamn liar if she said that Kylo Ren wasn't her all of her middle school punk wet dreams combined in one person. Dark hair, dark eyes, dark persona... she was surprised that she was keeping her shit together right now. She took a deep breath, shaking her head and turning back to the car, leaned in to grab her bass.
By the time she turned back, cars were flooding into the parking lot. Rey looked over at her bandmates in confusion until Poe pointed out the sleek ebony town car that was screeching to a stop several yards away. Finn's smirk was unmistakable, his eyes dancing with a spark of "I called it!" pride, and Rey had to focus on him so as not to stare when the paparazzi practically flew out of their cars, wanting to be the first ones to catch a picture of KoR heading into the studio to record their next hit.
The door opened, and at the first glimpse of a head of shiny black hair, Rey found herself dizzy and falling back, no amount of deep breathing stopping the fangirl- turned- singer from swooning there in the parking lot. Poe and Finn did their best to pick her up, but it's hard when suddenly a paparazzo is shouting to Come look, it's Rey and With The Resistance and then a swarm of cameras descends to snap pictures, no matter how awkward. Poe glanced at Finn, amused and yet pissed as the other band didn't stop to help, walking quickly into the studio. "Did you expect this, drummer boy?"
Finn smiled back weakly, offering up only, "Turn Rey's head to the right- Leia's gonna be pissed that the paps got us, but let's at least show them our good side."