Hi Guys!

So, i'm really glad you liked the last chapter. This one is kind of a massive thing so i may have a few meltdowns in the middle of it all.

Lots of these characters are based on people i know so that adds a bit of complication. Also, you may see some reviews saying, oh my god i love me, or whatever form friends who are written into it.

Thanks go to MagnusC, IszyP, RoseM for characters. You have been done as accurately as possible but may have been modified to suit the story.

Hope you like this chapter.

"Give me a second,

I need to get my story straight,

My friends are in the bathroom

Getting higher than the empire state." I was singing quietly, avoiding the cleaner's eyes, painting my nails and waiting for Olivia and Rose to come round.

Olivia Lucas was our manager. She was the admin part of the team, always panicking about transport and sound and money. She was kinda prim, very classy and just the right degree away from being a snob. Nico had a crush on her but she was more into English guys who went to Oxford and could stay up all night arguing about The Tempest and Charles Dickens. Nick didn't have a chance in a million.

I added another cartoon character to my jeans, digging the biro into the seams, trying to get the definition of Wolverine's jaw. The cleaner sniffed loudly and glared at the mess I was making on my tattered trousers.

Rose Tennant was the other third of our threesome. She was the definition of cool. People turned to look when she walked into the room. It was her hair mainly, a rainbow of colour. Red chopped up hair with blue tips and black streaks. She had awesome fashion sense. She wore scruffy green trench coats and boots, and collected band bracelets. Her wrists were covered in them. It was her diary, of the things we'd done and places Liv had taken us.

Magnus and Nico pulled open the door and the cleaner sighed something to herself in Chinese, grabbed her bag and pulled the hoover behind her as she barged past them. Nico looked embarrassed and flattened himself against the wall, giving her enough room. It was slightly tense between those two. Unsurprisingly, seeing as he did sleep with her daughter and she had to kick him out.

Magnus tutted. "Liv and Rose not here yet?"

I shook my head. "Nope. Just got a text from Rose though, they're on their way. Apparently Liv's panicking about New York already so we need to get the tea ready and keep Nico away from her or she'll rip his head off."

He nodded and we saw Nico sighing dramatically.

"Have we got a gig any time soon?" I asked, finally perfecting Wolverine's eyebrows.

Magnus shot me a look. "You could check the schedule you know, it is right here, pasted to the wall in front of your very eyes. You wouldn't even have to move to see it."

I rolled my eyes. "You're closer."

He sighed. "We have a gig on Monday, that's three days away, just in case your lack of social interaction has made you forget. Then we have another the week after. But we are going to Charlie's show on Saturday. His band is playing and we have to be there."

I sat up straight, "Charlie's band?!"

He nodded.

"You mean, your best friend Charlie's band?"

He nodded again.

I squealed. "Oh my god! It's Hand In Hand To Hell!"

Magnus flopped down on the sofa. "Your obsession with them is unhealthy."

"No its not! They are phenomenal! Have you heard them?!"

He shrugged. "Well, I'll admit they're good, but not that good. Sure, Charlie can really play and the singer's ok but from what I've heard he's a total asshole."

My jaw dropped, "Oh no you didn't. Alex Winchester is perfect. Ok, fine, just never expect me to talk to you again."

He opened his mouth to say something but the door crashed open and Olivia walked into the room with Rose and they both dumped armfuls of bags on the floor. "Ok, calm down, I'm here!"

Magnus got up to put the kettle on and Nico started glancing at her and puffing out his chest. Rose smirked at his attempts and got fiddling with her bracelets.

"Tea?" Magnus was juggling mugs and tea bags.

"Yes please!" Liv sat next to me and opened her laptop, the screen flashing up to show me a list of dates and venues. "Are you free from here to here?" She pointed to a week in the not so distant future.

I shrugged. "Possibly, I might just let you plan my life for me."

Rose sat next to Liv and surveyed the calendar. "That would be a good week to have a gig, there'll be a lot of people around with nothing to do. It's fresher's week so they'll all want to go to a party or show or whatever. Just a thought."

Liv nodded and started typing manically. "Ok, I'm going to chat to the guy in charge of that venue and see if there's a free day. We need to get you in there before the tour starts."

Magnus came over and handed out teas. I took mine and wrapped my hands around it, warming them and trying to focus on what Liv was saying.

"Rose, who else will be playing around then?" Liv was looking at our friend with one eye and tucking her strawberry blonde hair behind her ear.

Rose shrugged and looked disinterested. "Hand In Hand To Hell are up in Saturday, then some lame band that no one's heard of on Sunday morning, but no one will go because they'll all be hung over and no one goes to gigs in the morning anyway."

Liv nodded. "Ok, we can do something earlier. Possibly Friday, we all want to go to Hand In Hand To Hell. I need to meet their manager, I think she's called Gemma Green or something. And we all want to see Charlie."

I started biting my nails. We hadn't planned for this new gig at all. I started running through all our songs in my head, wondering which would be the best to do. The thought of my outfit came into mind too. As one of the girls there was more time spent on what I wore and what Kay wore.

Liv looked up, sensing my uncertainty with her scary Savant powers. "Songs? I was thinking about putting a couple from your new album in there. Then one of your old ones and you can each choose one of your favourite to do."

I nodded. "Ok, can we do I Said So, Tween Feelings and Your Own Bloody Fault? I like those ones. But apart from that I don't mind."

Liv gulped her tea and started typing again. "Can do. Rose, any suggestions?"

Rose shrugged. Her shoulders hunched in her trench coat. "It might be good to lay off the slower songs until the evening. It's fresher's week so they'll want fun, upbeat stuff. Leave the sad ones until everyone's either gone home or is so drunk they'll dance to anything."

Magnus laughed. "Tell it how it is Rose."

Nico looked over the top of the computer and scrunched his eyebrows. "I may have classes that day so I'll get back to you on the timings for them."

Liv glanced up at him looking disbelieving. "You're actually going to classes now?"

He nodded proudly. "Yeah, you pleased?"

Rose laughed. "Keep trying Nick."

He sat back down, disappointed.

I smiled. "Good, are we all going to Hand In Hand To Hell?"

They looked at me. I put my hands together, pleading. I loved them, they were my heroes. I wanted to either be them, or marry them, preferably both.

Liv sighed. "I'm going. Rose?"

Rose nodded. "Might as well. I want to see if their actually as shit as some people say."

I clapped my hands and hugged them. "Thank you! I love you!"

Liv sighed and waved me away. "Off you go, take Rose and find something nice and not too slutty to wear for your next gig. But I veto the black spotty jeans and jumper with elbow patches. The comic strip belt can make an appearance if it has to."

Please tell me if you like it. I really want to know.

See you soon!

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