Priss had just finished her last song of her first concert in the USA kicking off her first ever world tour. The audience screamed for more as Priss and the others walked off the stage. They all leaned up against a support beam for the stage with a glass a Champaign as their agent made a welcome to the big time toast. Priss and the others drank their Champaign and looked out at the audience.
"What do you say guys? One more song?" Priss said looking at the others.
"Hurricane?" Max asked knowing it was the only song that Priss was even thinking about singing.
"It's the song that got Sekiria on the world charts."
"Lets do it."
The whole band jogged back out onto the stage earning a loud roar from the crowd. As the music started the while audience was on their feet cheering out their approval. Priss gave them one hell of a final song hitting all of her notes perfectly and ended the song right on queue. They all ran back off the stage and headed for the dressing room to celebrate their first world tour concert with true excitement. It was like nothing they felt back at the bars in Tokyo. They walked towards the dressing room doors as a large crowd of mostly women came running around a corner screaming for signatures holding up posters, CD cases and even bras.
Priss and the others walked up to the crowd that was being held back by numerous Security guards and started signing anything that was handed to them. As always Priss was getting the bulk of the signature requests and couldn't sign them fast enough. She loved this part of the night. She got to meet her screaming fans and make their night even better. As she was signing a group of posters she saw a young woman standing quietly behind the first line of people. She was holding a CD case and a pen looking at Priss with star struck eyes.
Priss reached past the others in the front line and offered her hand to the woman who shyly put the CD case and pen in her hand. Priss smiled at her and signed the inside booklet of the case and took a second to look at it. She normally never looked at what she was signing but there was something about this case that intrigued her. She looked up at the woman genuinely surprised, the CD was her demo album that they had released several years ago, long before Galatia and the Boomer crisis. This woman must have paid a fortune for it. Priss waved her forward and the woman's eyes went so large that Priss thought they were going to pop out of her head.
"Hey let that girl in red through." Priss yelled at the security guard that was standing near her.
"Ok make a hole!" The big man yelled with a deep voice that commanded authority.
He waved the woman forward and she shyly stepped forward and under the ropes that were keeping the fans from the band. Priss handed her the CD case and showed her into the dressing room followed by the rest of the band.
"Hey Priss what's this?" Max asked. "You making friends?"
Priss ignored him as she led the woman to the back of the dressing room and offered her a seat. She looked at the CD that the woman was clutching like it was her most prized possession. After cracking the seal on a water bottle Priss looked at the woman and smiled.
"I haven't seen that CD in years." She said taking a swig was water. "Where did you get it?"
"I found it at a yard sell of all places." The woman said in a tender almost a whisper of a voice.
"Wow. I guess some people don't know what they are selling."
"Their loss." The woman said smiling.
"What's your name?"
The woman turned bright red at this question and looked around trying not to look into Priss' eyes. Priss reached out and touched the woman's hands and she jerked them back like she had been shocked.
"It ok I'm not going to bite you." Priss said with a slight smile. "I just want to know your name."
"Its Rebecca. Most of my friends call me Becky."
"Ok Becky. How would you like to have the entire band sign that CD case for you?"
Rebecca's eyes shined as she nodded her head and handed Priss the case again.
"Hey guys." She called back to them. "Come over here real fast."
The band members put down their celebratory beers and walked over to Priss and looked at the woman who was turning redder by the second.
"This is Rebecca. And she is one of our biggest fans."
"That's what they all say." Fox laughed then howled and Priss stomped on his foot.
Priss held up the CD and the band all stared in awe.
"Whoa!" Max said lowering his glasses. 'Is that our demo album?"
"She would like you all to sign it."
Each member was happy to sign his name to the booklet and handed back to Rebecca who simply beamed at her. She looked at the booklet as if it was the last thing she ever would see in her life. Priss laughed and reached for a fresh bottle of Champaign and popped the cork off sending it flying to the back of the room. She poured two glasses and handed one to Rebecca and set the bottle back in the ice.
"You look like you could use a drink." Priss said. "You look like you might faint at any moment."
"Well ma'am you…"
"Ma'am!" Priss yelled. "My God how old do I look?"
Rebecca shot up out of the chair dropping the Champaign and backed away.
"Now you did it Priss. You scared her." Fox laughed.
"Its ok." Priss said. "I was over acting it I was kidding."
Rebecca slowly sat back down looking a little shaken.
"Becky you can call me Priss."
Rebecca smiled and picked up the empty Champaign glass and Priss filled it again. Before long Rebecca had loosened up considerably and was talking to Priss like they were old friends. She told Priss that she had been following her singing carrier on the internet since almost the beginning. She had always wanted to hear her sing in person but could never get the money together to go all the way to Japan to hear her sing. When she had heard that she was coming to her home town as the first stop on her world tour she had bought a front row ticket. Priss thought about it thought she remembered seeing her sitting almost center stage.
After an hour had passed Rebecca stood up saying that she was late to meet her friends at a local bar. They always sang Karaoke on Friday nights and she couldn't wait to tell her friend that she actuallygot to meet Priss in person.
"Hey I'll tell you what,' Priss said standing up with her. "How are you getting to this bar?"
"I'm taking a taxi." Rebecca said gently tucking the CD case into her purse.
"How about a Limo?"
Rebecca looked at Priss wondering what she was talking about.
"Well I was about to leave for a bar anyway so why don't I join you?"
Rebecca nodded franticly. Priss said good night to the rest of the band and Rebecca thanked them for their signatures before they walked out of the dressing room to the waiting Limo. Priss asked what kind of songs they would sing at Karaoke nights and was a little surprised when Rebecca told her that she only her songs. When Priss asked her if she was any good Rebecca shrugged.
"I haven't heard anyone complain yet."
Priss nodded and thought that this could be a fun night as they pulled up to the bar. Several people stopped in their tracks when they saw the Limo stop in this run down place. Rebecca got out followed by Priss and they walked into the bar. Instantly Priss was reminded of Legs back in Tokyo however there were only women here.
"Is this a gay bar?" Priss asked.
"Umm yes, dose it bother you?"
"Not at all."
Rebecca led Priss to a table in the middle of the bar where her friends were sitting with their hands covering their ears as a large woman was trying to sing an Aerosmith song. They all asked where she had been they needed some talent up on stage. Rebecca was just about to answer when the woman on stage ended her massacre and stepped down to scattered applause.
"Ok ladies I just saw our local star walk through the door.' The DJ said into the microphone. "Miss Rebecca come on up I know you want to sing."
Priss was impressed when the room erupted in cheers and applause as Rebecca quickly ran to the stage.
"Hi ladies." Rebecca said. "Sorry to keep my adoring fans waiting. But I was at a concert and guess what it was Sekiria live right here in town.
The music to Rocking the beat started as the crowd sheered. Priss sat back in the her chair and waited for her to begin singing. She was nothing short of amazed, Rebecca kept perfect beat and pitch with the song and was even dancing on the stage. She looked like a natural up on stage and already Priss' mind was moving. As Rebecca ended the song the whole bar came alive with applause and shouts for another song.
"Ok ok." Rebecca said. "I do have another song in mind for you. it's a new one for me. However it's a duet so I will need someone else to come up here with me."
She turned around to tell the DJ what song she wanted then turned around to see if she had any volunteers. There were none. She turned and looked at Priss with a pleading look and Priss knew that she had already known who she wanted to come up on stage with her.
"Yeah, ok." Priss said and stood up.
Rebecca was smiling and jumping on the stage as Priss walked up. Several women in the room started mumbling as they thought they recognized her. Priss was handed a microphone just as the song began. The song was 1000 words one of her newest songs that she usually had Jade sing along with her. Rebecca asked if she could take lead and Priss nodded and started tapping her foot to the beat of the song. Rebecca started singing the song and Priss stared at her, she was perfect. She was so impressed with Rebecca's singing that she almost missed her queue but caught herself and began singing.
The bar sat completely silent as they sang the song like they had rehearsed it hundreds of times. The bar remained silent even after the song had ended they were all to stunned. Priss turned to look at Rebecca and already knew that she was meant to meet this woman. After a few seconds a few people started to clap and quickly the rest of the bar joined in. Rebecca was in heaven she had just sung on stage with Priss the Priss. After the crowd and settled down a little Priss and Rebecca made their way back to the table where Rebecca's friends were waiting.
"Wow Rebecca where did you find this girl?" One of her friends asked.
"I met her after the concert." Rebecca answered reaching into her purse and pulling out the CD case.
She showed it to her friends and opened it to the booklet and showed them all the signatures under their pictures.
"This one kind of looks like her." Rebecca's blond friend said pointing to the picture of Priss.
"I never really liked that picture." Priss said. "I had the flu when they took it."
Her friends all turned their heads to Priss and then to Rebecca as if asking "Is this really her?" Rebecca simply nodded her head. None of them could believe it, they were sitting at a table in a run down bar with a famous singer. They ordered round after round of Tequila shooters talking to Priss about her world tour and what it must be like to perform in front of a packed stadium. Priss just shrugged saying that you got used to it. She lied of course, now and then the butterflies still got to her.
After all the Tequila started getting to them both Priss and Rebecca started talking less and less about concerts and singing and more and more about their personal lives. Rebecca had told Priss that she had ended a five year relationship with a girl not long after getting out of collage and had never been with anyone else for longer that a one night stand. Priss even told her about her short lived relationship with Linna back in Tokyo and told her that Linna had ended it right before Priss started her tour. Linna had told her that no matter what Priss said to her she knew Priss would be sleeping around with her fans. Priss wanted to deny it but Linna wouldn't have believed her.
The rest of her friends fell silent in a drunken stupor and weren't even listening to Priss or Rebecca anymore. After several more shots Priss stood up on uneasy legs saying goodnight to the tequila zombies and headed door of the bar which she saw three. She aimed for the middle one hoping that she was right and not about to hit a wall. Rebecca was walking right next to her supporting Priss as she walked but also supporting herself. They walked out to the waiting Limo and all but fell into the back. The driver didn't even ask where they wanted to go, he simply drove to Priss' hotel and pulled up to the curb. Max and Fox were standing there to help carry Priss into her room.
"Bring her." Priss said being lifted out of the car.
Fox handed Priss solely to Max and lifted the almost passed out Rebecca out of the Limo and carried they carried both women to Priss' room. This was a normal thing for Max and Fox, they were always taking care of Priss after concerts but this time they had to take care of Rebecca too. They sat both women on the bed and went to fix some coffee to help start sobering them up. Rebecca was leaning her head up against Priss shoulder as Priss was trying to tell then about Rebecca singing.
They only words they could decipher were "Sings, angel join and band." Naturally they had no idea what she was talking about. They helped both women to sip at some coffee while holding them upright. It took some time but both women started to show some signs of improvement and were ably to sit up mostly under their own power. Their speech became more intelligible and they began talking to each other again.
"You really sing good." Priss said looking at Rebecca.
"I was so scared, normally I'm ok but this time you were there listening." Rebecca said smiling.
Priss reached out her hand and turned Rebecca's hand to offer her the chance of a life time but as soon as Rebecca was looking at her Priss leaned in and pressed her lips to Rebecca's. Rebecca leaned against Priss returning the kiss with eagerness and soon she was laying on her back with Priss hovering over her. Max and Fox took this as their queue and left. Priss and Rebecca kissed not caring much that they had just met each other a few hours ago as Priss started moving her hand under Rebecca's shirt.
They probably would have gone much farther that night if they weren't still so drunk. Instead they were content with kissing and running their hands over each others bodies. Priss had knows since Rebecca had started singing that she was going to be spending a lot of time with her, Rebecca just didn't know it yet.