Chapter 09
Naminé sat nervously in her dressing room. Although she had done hundreds of shows she still got butterflies before each performance. She lay down on the couch in her dressing room and closed her eyes. It wouldn't be long now before she was called to go on stage, and she was exhausted. She had practiced and practiced and practiced the guitar for the concert that night until Roxas went to her hotel room and promised that she was doing an amazing job and that she would only play the guitar on those songs.
She let out a sigh and rested her arm over her eyes, thinking about how they had started out.
At first she, Kairi, and the guys played at local bars and clubs, until their popularity had begun to increase. They were selling out large venues, and had a sizeable fan base.
"Bizarre Twilight is on in five," a girl with a headset on said, interrupting Naminé's concentration.
Naminé got up and jumped around the room to energize herself. She was wearing baggy black cargo pants, a tight white tank top, and two wrist bands. Her hair was up half up-half down in a messy ponytail. She never wore much makeup, but for shows her manager, Tidus, required her to sit in a makeup chair for thirty minutes and have people fuss over whether she looked better with blue or black eyeliner. Naminé, who was a girl that didn't particularly care about her appearance most of the time.
"Come on Naminé lets go!" she heard Tidus call. Naminé forced her mind to stop wandering. She walked to the opening of the stage where the rest of the band was.
"Ready?" Sora asked her and she took a deep breath before she nodded. Tidus handed Naminé a white and blue guitar and pushed her on stage. The guitar felt cool and strangely familiar in her hand. The minute the group got on stage the crowd started cheering frantically. Naminé smiled and waved at them. This feeling was the reason that she worked so hard. The band began to play the first song. Naminé didn't have to think much about what she was doing. Because she had practiced so much, playing the song was almost second nature to her. She bobbed her head to the beat and let the music take over her as she and Roxas took turns singing the verses to their songs.
Before she knew it the concert was over. Shows always pumped the band up and often they didn't want to go straight to the hotel or bus after a performance. This meant that the boys would party at a near-by club while Naminé and Kairi took the opportunity to have some quiet time to themselves.
She gave her band mates huge hugs, something that they always did after concerts, but hesitated when she got to Roxas. She took a step back, putting her arms to her sides, and gave a smile and a nod.
Roxas briefly smiled back and turned away to talk to his friends. Naminé sighed and rubbed her arm dejectedly.
"Don't worry about it," Kairi stated as she put her arm around Naminé's shoulders. "He'll come around soon."
"I don't know what you're talking about." Naminé replied stubbornly.
"If you say so," Kairi paused. "Let's go to the bus."
A/N: Another short chapter, sorry about that, they're going to be longer after this.