Awright Dahlin's?
So proud to say that I'm from Hertfordshire! Which is the place where 2D was born! Wooooooooot! Although according to my mate in Manchester, I sound really posh. But that will be going soon. I'm listening to too many 2D interviews. No longer do I sound posh xD
Right, rant time:
There is something seriously up with British weather! It was so hot all of last week and now it's getting really cold! It was snowing in Wales!
Rant over.
I've just realised that I always seem to put lasagne (Or lasagna, if you're American) into my fics. I'm slightly addicted to veggie lasagne at the moment. Nawt wrong with it though ^.^
I don't own Gorillaz or the songs/lyrics mentioned, Darn it all.
Chapter 2: Orange Hair
"Then there's 5/4. Genius! It's in 4/4, but the guitar is in 5/4! That's amazing! I love it!"
Annie had not shut up all the way to 212 Wobble Street. 2D didn't mind though, he liked the way she grinned as she nodded her head. It was slightly starting to get dark, yet it was only quarter past five.
"And O Green World is good too. Your voice sounds really nice against the guitar and backing-"
"Annie." 2D cut of the woman's babble. "Could you just wait here, please?"
"Why? You're not going to go and leave me here, are you?" Annie said, worry upon her face.
"No. I just wanna, you know, tell the rest of the guys that you're here." 2D pointed to the house they were standing outside of. "If I brought a strange girl into the house then, I would probably get a shoe thrown at me."
"Could I just stand in the hallway?" Annie looked around. "It's kinda cold out here, D."
"I suppose so. Come on." 2D held out his hand and Annie smiled, taking it.
"Stay here, darlin'." 2D said, shutting the front door. "I'll be back in a bit."
"'Darlin'?" Annie raised an eyebrow.
"Come on, I call everyone 'darlin''." 2D shrugged "That and 'doll'."
"You are so Cockney." Annie laughed.
"My dad was born in Bow, blame him." 2D replied, not sure if Annie was teasing him or not.
"I love Cockney accents." Annie said, clapping her hands together, "Say 'Awrigh' darlin'' for me."
2D chuckled before smirking
"You awrigh', ma darlin'?"
Annie blushed
"Oh my..." She whispered
"You got a weakness for the Cockney accent, Annie?" 2D grinned
"Just a little bit." Annie looked away.
"I'll be back." 2D said, winking at the now scarlet woman.
Annie watched 2D run up the stairs and smiled to herself.
About ten minutes later 2D's head appeared around the corner
"Come up here, Annie." He grinned.
Annie placed her bag in the hallway and followed 2D up the stairs
2D was happy to see that someone had tried to clean up the place. 2D normally cleaned up the bathroom and the living room and it was still messy but at least the hall was pretty decent. As he lead her through the kitchen and up the stairs, Annie read all the things that Murdoc had written on the walls.
"I smash 2D's face in the wall... 2D is a complete and utter-"
"In here, Annie." 2D said, pushing the woman into the living room before she could read the more explicit things Murdoc had written.
Annie stood in the living room as 2D closed the door behind him.
Noodle, Murdoc and Russel all looked at her.
"Hi, my name's Annie." she said weakly, turning beetroot.
"Hi, Annie!" Noodle got to her feet "Your hair is pretty and so long!"
"Is Annie staying for dinner, D?" asked Russel
"Uh, would you like to stay for dinner, Annie?" 2D asked, smiling Annie who had allowed Noodle to touch her long hair.
"Ooh, I dunno." She shrugged "Can I borrow your phone, D?"
"Sure, darlin'" he passed her the little black phone and showed her how to work it.
As Annie called home, 2D turned to the rest of his band.
"So what do you think?" he asked, beaming
"She seems sweet." smiled Noodle.
"I hope she likes Italian food." Russel pondered
"How old is she?" Murdoc leaned back, checking the woman out. "She's older than 18, I can tell, but older than 25, I don't know."
"She's not looking for a boyfriend." 2D glowered "Stay away from her."
"The mother said that it was fine and that I wasn't to go wandering the streets alone after nine." Annie smiled, appearing from behind 2D.
"You could camp with us for the night." Russel said
"Could I? You wouldn't mind?" Annie's face lit up considerably.
"Of course." smiled Noodle "It's been a while since we've had people round."
"Oh wow." Annie smiled "Thank you guys."
"I'll go make dinner." Russel got up and left the room
"Bathroom." said 2D, really wanting to escape to his room. No way was he going to let any girl see his room the way it was, he barely knew the colour of the carpet.
"So, how old are you, love?" said Murdoc, turning the charm up
"23." Annie replied "How old are the rest of you?"
"I'm 45, love. Russ is 36, Noodle is 21 and Face-ache is 33."
"D is that old?"Annie paused "I thought he'd be in his late 20s."
"He can be very mature." grinned Noodle.
Murdoc looked at Noodle
"On the occasion." He muttered.
"OI! CAN SOMEONE GIVE ME A HAND DOWN HERE?" yelled Russel
"I will!" cried Noodle, running down the stairs.
Annie smiled
"It's like a dream come true." She whispered
"You a big fan, Annie?" asked Murdoc getting to his feet.
"Huge." Annie smiled "I've always wanted to meet you guys. Mostly 2D. I guess I felt connected to him."
"How?" asked Murdoc
"Paula." was all Annie said, before walking out of the room.
Murdoc sighed
"What has she got to do with anything?" he wondered
"Hey Annie, do you like Italian food?" asked Russel as Annie walked into the kitchen, tying her hair up in a half bun.
She tossed the hair over her shoulder so that is fell to her waist and cried
"I love Italian food!"
"Lasagne?" asked Russel, chopping onions
"Yes!" cried Annie "Wait, what kind?"
"The normal kind." Russel tipped the onions into a saucepan along with some tomatoes.
"Sounds awesome." Annie smiled.
Annie, Noodle and Russel finished making the lesagna in just under an hour. As the lesagne cooked in the oven for 45 minutes, Noodle and Annie washed up while Russel heated some garlic bread in the oven.
"So Annie-san," asked Noodle, "what do you do?"
"Oh, I do a number of things. I clean, iron, babysit, teach the flute."
"You play the flute?" asked Russel "I once knew a girl who played the flute. She was a bitch though."
Noodle and Annie looked at each other.
"I played the piano until I was 10, and then I moved schools." Annie changed the subject. "I wouldn't mind playing it again."
"2D-san could teach you again..." Noodle nudged the girl.
"What?" Annie cried "Well, actually I wouldn't mind it. I don't really know how to ask him."
"You don't really have to..." said a voice behind me. 2D stood in the door, with what looked like a very un-2D-like smirk on his face.
"But, could you,urm, possibly, uh, teach me...?" Annie looked at her feet.
2D grabbed Annie's hand and dragged her upstairs
"First, I'll teach you all the scales I know and the chords and then we can read some music." 2D babbled
Annie smiled, he was like a little kid.
"Do you remember anything?" 2D paused on the first floor.
"Urm, I can read music obviously and I know the notes on the piano." Annie explained "But that's about it."
2D beamed
"That makes things a lot easier."
"D, you sure everything's alright?" Annie dropped 2D's hand. "I mean, me staying here, eating dinner with you and now you teaching me piano. You met me today..."
2D's thick eyebrows knitted together.
"What are you saying?"
"Why are you doing this?" Annie shook her head "I'm just someone you met today, a stranger."
2D looked lost for words. Then he looked up and smiled.
"I suppose we're the same. You and I."
"How?" Annie frowned
2D leaned forwards and kissed her cheek. Annie caught the smell of smoke, cheap aftershave and, strangely, butterscotch.
"I won't let anyone else hurt you, Annie. Ever." 2D's face was less than an inch away. Pale green eyes met large black obs.
"Stuart..." Annie whispered.
"OI FACEACHE!" roared Murdoc "FOOD!"
2D pulled his face away and smiled
"Come on, Annie!"
He bounded off down the stairs, leaving Annie to ponder what had just happened.
Ooh-er, misses!
Alright, see you cool cats soon.
Byesie-bye!