Hello! First of all this is my first fanfiction that I've ever uploaded so I would appreciate all comments both good and bad. (Just don't be mean ^^) This fanfiction is about 20 years before the show Gossip Girl started when Rufus and Lily first met and about Rufus Lincoln Hawk career. This is just a teaser to see if someone likes it. Please leave a review before you leave. Love, Thea. 3
"Humphrey, we're on in five" Paul shouted to Rufus while he was tuning his guitar. Rufus turned around and nodded at Paul. A girl that was working with the sound came over to him.
"It's tuned and plugged in to the speaker" she said and handed him his guitar. He grabbed it and went to the stage.
"Everyone ready, last show. Let's make it unforgettable!" John, another band member, said. The whole band stood behind him to get ready for performing a few songs. They were playing on a bigger bar that offered them 100 bucks for the night. They hadn't really had any big performances yet, they just played wherever someone with money offered them to play. Once they even played at a Zoo.
John put up three fingers and wordlessly counted down for them to enter the stage and Dave pushed Rufus forward so he could enter the stage first because he was the lead singer. When John had put down all his fingers they ran up on stage.
They were welcomed with a cheering crowd with about forty people in it which was a lot for them. The crowd screamed and clapped their hand before the band started playing. Some people were their fans that were on most of their concerts and some were friends with the band. The rest were locals that just happened to be at the bar or had heard that it was going to be some kind of performance that Saturday. Lincoln Hawk just did covers of different rock bands from the 80s and 70s. They had written some of their own songs but never really put together a song that was worth performing with.
In the middle of the concert Rufus looked out at the crowd and saw a group of beautiful girls coming through the door in to the bar laughing loudly. They were clearly drunk but they weren't usual girls. Judged by their clothes they all came from rich families. They sat down around a table in the back and ordered in different colorful drinks.
They screamed and clapped their hands at the music. Rufus eyed one of the girls. She had blonde long curls that rested on her shoulders. She looked him in the eyes slightly biting her lip. He tried to hide his smile. She was beautiful but he could already tell she wasn't his type. He grew up in Boston at a small apartment with a family that had just enough money to feed everyone. He wasn't really in to the swanky girls that thought that love was something that could be bought.
They kept on performing for about half an hour before thanking the crowd and leaving the stage. Once they came backstage they all cheered.
"Great gig guys! We're totally going to be signed by some big company soon and that disgusting bastard that turned us down will cry for us to pick him!" John threw his hands up in the air and high-fived the whole band "Let's celebrate! I'll pay the first round!"
The band laughed at his weak attempt to sound like he did them a huge favor. John was always the one that forgot his money so the other one's always had to pay for his drinks and he always promised to pay them back but he never did.
"Yes, then you're just 437 rounds away and we will be even!" Jesse said sarcastically and laughed at John that just grumped and went over to the bar and ordered six pints of beer. The bartender nodded and put up all the pints to John that went over to their table and gave everyone their beers.
The bar was still crowded and some people came over to ask for a picture. They all gladly took pictures with the few people that asked. Around the table was the band members and Paul's girlfriend Jane. All the other band members were single.
After two hours the bar was almost empty. There was only two other tables that still was filled with people, one of them were the one with the girls that came in the middle of the concert. The other table was a group of guys that had their clingy girls in their laps.
Rufus glanced over to the table with the girls and made eye contact with the same blonde girl that he made eye contact before. She winked at him and then took her eyes of him to laugh at a joke that one of her friends made. He looked at her for a while longer.
"Something caught your eye?" Jesse bumped his arm as he saw Rufus staring. Rufus just laughed and looked down at the dark table.
"No, nothing" he felt himself blushing a little. If the guys knew who he looked at, they would laugh at him for pining after a rich girl.
An hour later they all decided to get back to the motel they were staying at. They were leaving in the morning to get back so they all wanted a few hours of sleep. They didn't have any gigs soon so they decided to just go home for a while. Everyone went to their rooms and Jane and Paul went to their room together.
The next day they all started to pack their van with instruments and their package. The car ride home was quiet. All of them were still tired and everyone was asleep but Rufus and Jane that was driving. They were talking for half an hour about the gig but soon Rufus fell asleep too.
Three hours later Rufus was awoken by someone hitting his arm hard. He swore loudly and saw John's big grin. They were home in Brooklyn were they all had apartments except Dave that had already left the van at his apartment in Boston a few hours earlier. Rufus, Paul and Jane were living in the same apartment and shared rent. Their apartment was small. They didn't earn that much money on their career yet so Jane was the one with the biggest income from working at a restaurant in Brooklyn.
Rufus went up and chased John and tried to hit him. He caught up with him and pushed him down in the grass. Rufus sat on top of him and wrestled with him until John gave up and begged for mercy. Rufus stood up and laughed at John that was still lying in the grass. They all took their package and Jane gave John the keys.
"Thanks for driving" he said and hit her butt. Paul stared at John angrily.
"Get your hands off of her you dickhead" he ran over to John and slapped him but John just laughed and went over to the van again. Paul angrily went over to take his package and went in without looking at either Jane or Rufus.
Rufus just shrugged and looked at Jane that grinned. They both walked after Paul with their package in their hands and laughed at Paul that stormed up the stairs. When they came to their apartment the door was already open and Paul had already started on an old beer from the fridge.
"Sorry, he just pissed me off" he said with a calmer voice. Jane grinned and dropped her luggage at the door. She walked slowly to him and closed their gap.
"No I kind of liked it, that you saved me. That was so hot." Jane leaned in and kissed him.
"Oh stop it you two! It's disgusting enough to hear you every night, please try to not stick your tongue down each other's throat every time you're not in their doing…that" Rufus made a disgusted impression and went over to the fridge and took a beer but poured it all in the sink after just a sip.
"This is disgusting. I'm going to buy new beers. You can thank me later" he was out of the door before they could say anything more.
Rufus took a cab to take a bite before going to the grocery store to fill the fridge. His favorite place was one just outside the Upper East Side surprisingly.
He paid the cab driver and went in to the fast food restaurant. He ordered some fries and a large burger. When he was about to take a bite someone came through the door. It was that blonde girl from the concert. He just held the burger in front of him and tried to glance at her without anyone seeing. When she turned around he looked away.
"Oh my god" she said the second she saw him and she ran over to him. "Are you the guy from the band, what was it called? Lincoln Hawk right?" she giggled. "I'm pretty sure you remember me. I was at that bar and saw you perform, you guys were really cute"
Rufus turned his head at her and smiled.
"Yes, I'm Rufus" he shook her hand. "Would you like to join me?" he pointed at the chair on the other side of his table.
"Oh, who can say no to the change of sitting next to a rock star" she said jokingly and smiled widely. "I'm just going to order first" she pointed at the guy at the disk. "I'm Lily by the way"
A/N: That was all for the teaser, I will try my best to post as often as possible but I have a lot in school too so I'm going to try to write in between that. The following chapters will be a lot longer because as I said this was just a teaser. Don't forget to write what you think and if you have some suggestion on how I could change it or what you want to see happening in the following chapters than you can absolutely write that in a review too. Love, Thea. 3
