I woke up pretty early. Around 9. I put the coffee on and had to twist a cigarette with the rolling tobacco. It's a pain, but I'm kind of low of cash right now so I can't buy packs. It lasts longer to just roll them ourselves. With my cup of coffee in one hand, and a cigarette in the other, I head into the bathroom to get ready this morning.

Today I have to meet Harry Baldino, the guitarist that Andre was telling me about. I'm curious to meet him. I wake up and shower and take care of all my grooming. Let me tell you, having long hair is a pain sometimes. Half the time I don't even brush it, I just put it in a really messy ponytail. Today however, I didn't want to look homeless like usual, so I brushed my shoulder length hair out as best as I could and pulled it into a tight ponytail. I usually don't wear my hair long like Beck does. Otherwise we'll look the same pretty much.

I emerged from the bathroom and saw that Beck had finally got up.

"Morning." He greeted tiredly.

"Morning bro." I reply. I get the tray out from under the couch and start packing a bowl.

"What are you up to today?" Beck asked from the kitchen, he's pouring a cup of coffee.

"I'm going to meet up with Andre and meet that Harry guy." I respond. "what about you?"

He came over and sat next to me and sighed.

"I have to talk with my parents about my lack of cash. The bottom line is that I'm going to have to get a job. I know you're working but it's not enough. Our habits are expensive." Beck ran a hand through his messy hair.

"I feel you there. Weed, cigarettes and alcohol ain't cheap." I say with a laugh. I take a hit from the bowl and pass it to Beck.

Just as Beck hands me back the bowl someone knocks on our door.

"Fuck." I grunt, quickly putting the bowl back on the tray and sliding it under the couch.

Beck opens the door and Jade allows herself to brush past him and come in.

"Morning boys." Jade says taking a seat on the couch next to me. I pull the bowl back out and continue smoking it. With three people on it I had to fill it up again. After the second bowl was cashed I got up and grabbed my keys.

"Alright guys, I'm gonna head to Cat's and spend some time with her before I hit up Andre's. I'll catch you guys later." I say. They both said goodbye and I walked to my car and got it. I put some Supertramp on and jammed on my way to Cat's.

I pulled up to her house and called her on my phone. I let her know I was here and she said to come in and come up to her room. Her parents were at work already. I parked and cut the ignition. I went inside and walked to her room.

I knocked and heard her soft voice tell me to come in. When I opened the door I saw her sitting on her bed with her ipod and a pair of beats around her neck. She was wearing one of my shirts I left here. It was oversized and went down to mid thigh on her. That seemed to be all she was wearing. She looked sexy.

I hopped on her bed and laid out next to her, propped up on my elbow.

"Whatcha listening to babe?" I asked. She kissed me and then replied, "Kansas."

I smiled wide. When I first met her she didn't listen to any of the older stuff that I love. But I guess in the years I've known Cat I've left a lasting impression on her musically.

"Good choice." I smirk before pressing my own kiss to her lips. We kept kissing and kissing and things escalated pretty quickly.

I found out pretty quickly that my suspicions were correct, she was only wearing my shirt. And she soon removed that as well. We chilled and snuggled for a while until I had to leave to Andre's. Cat decided that she wanted to come with me to meet Harry Baldino. I couldn't refuse.

We got re-dressed and left. We jammed to some April Wine on the way and we sang every line

together. We sounded awesome as hell. We made it to Andre's and I texted him that we had just pulled in. Soon enough his front door opened and he appeared.

"Sup bro." I greeted, giving him some dap.

"Hey Andre!" Cat said peppily.

"Sup Lil' Red?" Andre replied moving aside so we could come in.

"So is he here?" I ask.

"Yup. He's in the studio warming up. You gotta see him dude. He's amazing!"

The three of us walked into Andre's basement studio. As soon as we started down the stairs I could hear him playing guitar. He sounded pretty good. He was going through different scales slowly getting faster and faster until he was sweep picking them all. Impressive, I'll admit. I follow Andre into the studio.

Whatever I was expecting him to look like wasn't it. He was tall, had blond hair, which was cut short, a crew cut. He had dark blue eyes and wore glasses. He had a black sleeveless shirt on which showed off his muscular arms. Strangely, his left arm had white bandages from his fingers up to his shoulder. On his right arm I saw a tattoo of an old looking camcorder with the words 'everyone leaves and everyone dies' coming from it.

This dude was weird. As soon as we walked in he stood and put his guitar down, and stuck his hand out for a shake, which I shook.

"You must be Vincent. Andre's told me a lot about you. I'm Harry." he said with a friendly smile. His voice was deep.

"Nice to meet you, Harry. This is my girlfriend, Cat." I reply. Cat shakes his hand next.

"Nice to meet you!" Cat says cheerfully.

"Likewise." Harry replies.

"Well, since you're all warmed up, let's see what you've got." I say taking sitting in a chair.

Harry cracks his knuckles and picks up his guitar.

"What song are you gonna play?" Andre asks.

"Surrender by Angels and Airwaves." he replies. I've never heard of it.

Andre walks to his mixer and puts the song on. Harry gets into his rhythm and starts playing along to it.

I don't really like the song from what I've heard so far, but I've been focusing on the guitar playing, not the song too much. And in the guitar department he's pretty good. I feel like I was more impressed by his warm ups than the actual song but it's whatever. Either way I look at it though, this guy is talented. I'm going to have to chat with the rest of the band to see whether or not he can join up with the band.

The song ended and Andre and Cat clapped.

"So what'd you think?" Harry asked.

"I think you can play that guitar pretty damn good. What kind of music do you listen to?" I ask.

"Well, aside from the group that does the song I just played I like heavier music, like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest and stuff like that. I like Metallica a little bit. The guitar is awesome but I just can't get past the singer. His voice kills me." he said with a laugh.

I could definitely work with this guy.

"Can you play Die with Your Boots On?" I ask.

"Of course!" he replies with a grin.

"Set it up Andre. Me and Harry here are gonna jam for a while." I say.

"Gotcha."

We jammed and got to know each other for a couple hours. He didn't really share too much but that's cool. He seems like the kind of person that stays to themselves most of the time. I can tell he's got some personal issues that he isn't willing to talk about but I don't blame him.

We exchanged phone numbers and I told him I'd get ahold of him soon so he could meet the rest of the group. If it all worked out this would be very good for the band.

Me and Cat left and headed back to my house. She's spending the night. I'm excited about the way things are going.

Cat and I jammed all the way home.