We're Young and Reckless
Story by CherryBlossom210
Chapter Eleven: It's Where My Demons Hide
The weekend finally came around after a long week of taking tests and listening to music lectures. No matter how much Sawyer told herself it wasn't a date, she still felt very upbeat and excited about going to a concert with Castiel, even if Castiel seemed to hate Romeo. Even though she didn't see it as a date, Rosa thought exactly the opposite. "C'mon girl! It's not every day you go out on a date with one of the most hottest guys in the school."
"It is not a date," Sawyer argued with her best friend.
"It is too!"
"No it isn't! Besides, Castiel doesn't see me that way at all." Sawyer frowned as she decidedly looked in the mirror, trying to see if her new outfit suited her.
Rosalya sighed and forced Sawyer to sit in a chair. She smacked Sawyer's hand when she reached for a hairbrush off of her dresser. Earlier that day, Rosalya forcefully dragged Sawyer to the clothes store to pick out an outfit. Sawyer struggled and refused to go, but after seeing Rosalya's expression when she showed her what she was originally going to wear, Sawyer knew she wasn't going to win this battle. One point for Rosa, zero for Sawyer.
Obviously, Sawyer grabbed too much attention the last time with the hoochi mamma outfit. So Rosa decided something less flashy, but still very attractive. After Rosa curled Sawyer's long silky hair, Sawyer twirled for a minute, judging her appearance in the mirror. This time, Sawyer actually felt that it suited her tastes. A blue halter top that flowed over a pair of flared jeans, and flat gold sandals with a sequined butterfly that interlaced her toes. To add to her own personal style, she wore her black leather half-jacket over her halter, where Rosa didn't say no.
"You want me to do your makeup, Sawyer," Rosalya asked while digging through her makeup bag.
"You don't have to. I believe the best kind of beauty is natural beauty," Sawyer puckered her lips, refusing anymore help from Rosalya.
"Well I don't completely agree with you, but here at least put this on. You can have it, I never used it."
Rosalya passed her a pretty pink lip gloss tube that captured Sawyer's interest. "Too Faced: Mood Swing lip gloss? Are you sure Rosa? This looks expensive." Sawyer inspected the makeup product in her hand. Like Rosalya said, she never used it, and she didn't lie. The box was unopened and sealed; there was no signs of the seal being tempered with. That includes the tiny price-tag on the bottom of it, which made Sawyer's eyes peel wide open.
"Thirty-nine dollars?! Rosalya I can't take this!" Sawyer tried to pass the lip gloss back to Rosa, but Rosa just smiled and pushed Sawyer's hand back to her chest.
"Keep it Sawyer, just think of it as a gift. You deserve it."
Sawyer looked back down at the cute pink box and looked back up at her friend with unsure eyes. "Open it, I want you to put it on." Sawyer did as Rosa said and slipped the lip gloss out of its box and into the open. Sawyer traced her lips with the shiny pink gloss and rubbed her lips together to even it all out.
"Now look at that! You looks great!" Rosalya clapped her hands together, feeling exited for her best friend.
"Now Castiel won't be be able to keep his lips off of yours," Rosalya chuckled and playfully winked at Sawyer.
Sawyer turned into a different shade of red and smacked Rosalya's shoulder out of embarrassment. "Stop saying things like that!"
"Not until you realize Castiel likes you too. Now come on, you'll be late for your "date"."
Sawyer gave up on arguing with her and huffed out, allowing Rosalya to call it a 'date'. Waving Rosalya goodbye, Sawyer made it to the parking lot with no delay. She pulled out her phone to check the time and it read 4:57.
She was beyond nervous. If this counted, it would be her first ever date with a guy, a hot guy in fact.
Earlier, Castiel had texted her: I'll pick you up at 5, meet me in the parking lot in front of the school. So it was any minute that he would drop by to pick her up.
Vrooom Vrooom
The sound of a heavy engine echoed along the pathway coming from the street. Not really expecting it, a black Harley swerved into the parking-lot and stopped right in front of her. "Hey," a familiar voice called out to Sawyer.
"Castiel?" Sawyer raised an eyebrow to the guy under a red tinted helmet.
"No, it's Doctor Frankenstein. Who do you think it is?" Castiel pulled a smartass remark as he slipped his helmet off of his head. "Why am I not surprised that you own a motorcycle?"
"And why am I surprised that you look hot today?" Castiel pulled another fast one at her, making Sawyer express an unamused expression. "Smartass," Sawyer said as she glared holes into his head. "Ohhh c'mon, you know I was kidding. I think you look hot everyday." Castiel patted the seat behind him, still smiling that infamous smirk. Sawyer groaned at him, wishing he would stop making fun of her.
"Let's go before I decide to kick your flat-ass into the Gulf," Sawyer said as she got onto the back seat-pad of the motorcycle. "The more you continue to call me a flat-ass, the more I assume that you stare at my butt all the time."
"Are we going to go, or am I really going to have to kick you," Sawyer spat at Castiel.
"Okay okay, princess. Take my helmet and put it on," Castiel said, handing her his helmet. "But what about you?" Sawyer indicated and inquired why he wasn't going to wear a helmet.
"I'll be fine. I'm invincible," Castiel replied and grabbed Sawyer's arms, and made wrap her arms around his waste to hold on. "Whatever floats your boat. If you fly off, just hope that your hard head bounces off the pavement," Sawyer scoffed at him, being as much of a smart alack as Castiel is being.
"Hahaha, good one!"
Holding on for dear life, Sawyer squeezed her arms around Castiel as he zoomed onto the busy highway. Castiel laughed as he felt Sawyer hug him tightly. "Hahaha is Ms. Ironing Board scared?"
"Shut up! I've never been on a motor-cycle before," Sawyer cried out.
"Don't be a baby. I won't let you fall off," Castiel sneered.
"You swear to God?"
"I swear, cross my heart," Castiel said in a heartfelt manner.
Subconsciously, Sawyer smiled underneath Castiel's helmet.
'I guess I really do like him.'
Castiel came to a slow stop, and parked his Harley into one of those thin parking spaces made for motorcycles. "This is where his next concert is?" Sawyer asked as she pulled off Castiel's helmet.
Sawyer became completely awestruck as she gazed at this big auditorium shining in lights. "What is this place?"
"It's called the Marina Civic Center. I know it doesn't sound much, but the inside of it a pretty impressive."
"It looks impressive on the outside, but the name doesn't match it at all," Sawyer spoke, still wonderstruck with the amazing building all lit up with pearly white lights. "Do you have those VIP cards on you?"
Sawyer twisted her head quickly to look at him with a muddled mein spread across her face. "How did you know that? I didn't tell anyone about that."
'Shit,' Castiel cursed himself for being so stupid.
"I just took a wild guess that you had some," Castiel said, making a very bad lie.
Sawyer studied Castiel's straight face, trying to figure out his line of thoughts. But she shrugged her shoulders, brushing off the suspicion on him. Castiel then sighed in relief, hitting his chest in the process. "C'mon lets go in. Those VIP tickets will get us in without charge," Castiel said, taking Sawyer's hand and pulled her along. Though Castiel didn't think much of it, Sawyer could feel her palm getting sweaty just by feelings Castiel's hand holding hers.
Getting to the front desk, it seemed like all the tickets were sold out. That was obvious when both Castiel and Sawyer heard the loud screams coming from inside the Civic Center's main auditorium hall.
They followed an arrow that pointed towards to the backstage, and they revealed their VIP passes when the backstage security almost held them up. "Right this way," the lady security guard guided her hand for them to follow her. When Sawyer looked up to Castiel, she noticed that he seemed a bit distracted from the backstage workers looking at him. Just when she thought she was catching on, Castiel interrupted her thought process.
"Hey Princess, you thirsty? I'm going to go find something to drink. Stay here, I'll be back," Castiel said, walking off as if he was in a hurry. "Umm okay," Sawyer said, not given the chance to really reply.
"Hey, you're VIP right? Romeo is about to go on in fifteen. We need to get you to the blue room," a man said to Sawyer, what looks like to be the stage director.
"Umm okay, but I'm waiting on my friend to come back," Sawyer spoke out.
"I'm sorry honey, but we need for you to get back there. We'll let your friend know when he comes back," the stage director ushered her to move quickly as they hear the crowd getting more restless over the stage.
"Alright," Sawyer said calmly, looking towards the direction Castiel walked to.
Upon entering the blue room, Sawyer became even more astonished by the interior design. The walls were light blue and detailed with a flowery design. White leather couches of the Ashley design were placed across a 60" screen TV on the wall parallel to it. Across the room was a door that looked like it lead to a bathroom, and beside it looked like a fridge.
"That's one big TV," Sawyer said to herself as she immediately turned on the television with the roar of crowds screaming out Romeo's name, live on television.
"And now on live, Romeo Iglesias, featuring Sean Paul, Descemer Beuno, and Gente De Zona in "Bailando"!"
The crowd roared even louder as Romeo qued his entrance with smoke streaming around his silhouette as he, and those featured, began to sing. Girls up front with the "I love Romeo" t-shirts, tried to climb onto the tall stage, but immediately fall down after losing balance.
(A/N Disclaimer: I am using a song by Enrique Iglesias. I won't be using all the lyrics to the song.)
"You look at me, and girl, you take me to another place (because me need it, baby girl).
Got me feeling like I'm flying, Like I'm in outer space (heart beat).
Something 'bout your body says, "Come and take me." (Because me need it, baby girl).
Got me begging, got me hoping that the night don't stop (rock that body 'cause we don't stop party)."
Sawyer immediately became mesmerized by Romeo's smooth voice. No wonder the way Romeo sways his hips makes the girls in the crowd scream louder. The way his body moves practically hypnotizes the eyes watching his every move. As the camera pans in different transition to watch him in every angle of him singing and dancing at the same time, Sawyer just could not take her eyes away.
"I wanna be contigo, and live contigo, and dance contigo.
Para have contigo, una noche loca (una noche loca).
Ay besar tu boca (y besar tu boca)."
Sawyer didn't notice that she literally started to drool from the side of her mouth. She was truly hypnotized by Romeo Iglesias. 'I don't know why Castiel hates Romeo so much. I think he's amazing.'
"Bailando, bailando, bailando, bailando.
Tu cuerpo y el mio,
Llenando el vacio,
Subiendo y bajando (subiendo y bajando).
Bailando, bailando, bailando, bailando.
Ese fuedo por dentro,
Me esta enloqueciendo,
Me va saturando."
After a minute and some seconds later, the song finishes with those who were featured, taking a bow and leaving the stage. With Romeo all alone, a band was being set up behind him. As if it was practiced, someone from side of the stage throws Romeo his red Gibson electric guitar, and he gracefully catches it and slips the guitar strap around his shoulders. That's when something catches Sawyer's eye that she just now noticed.
'That guitar looks very familiar to me. Where have I seen it before?'
Just right when she was about to let her thoughts take her away, Romeo begins to play his guitar in a very flashy way, and distracts Sawyer from herself. As noted before, Romeo is a Rock and Pop artist. It is not unusual to find mixtures of pop songs and rock songs in each and every album that are put on shelves. That is what made him so popular, because none of his songs sounded the same and it was never boring to listen to him. It was like getting chocolate without knowing what's inside of it. It was a surprise in every album he issued. That is why Sawyer respects him so much. It is not just the way he moves his body or how he mesmerizes girls by his smooth voice, it is because he is an excellent and a very smart artist. He was good at what he did and he knew what would leaves his fans begging for more.
It's suppose to be like that for every artist, but he was different, all because he always hid his face behind his silver mask and a black fedora. It made him more mysterious and interesting. No one has ever seen his face ever since his debut. And that is what kept him number one on every hit list.
After about halfway into the show, a thirty minute break was issued before another band went on stage. Sawyer was clapping away at the TV like an idiot she was, and forgot all about Castiel trying to find drinks for them.
"Hehehehehe," A familiar voice chuckled from the door, catching Sawyer off guard.
"I see that you found me very enticing, mi amor," the voice teased Sawyer. So she turned to see who it was, and nearly hiccuped herself to death. It was non other than Romeo himself leaning against the door frame, watching her clap away at the television.
"Romeo!" Sawyer yelled out his name subconsciously, while he sat down next to her on the couch. "You were amazing out there! I never imagined VIP would be this amazing!"
"Es eso asi? (Is that so?) What was your favorite part," Romeo asked nicely, letting his Spanish accent roll right off of his tongue. Sawyer clenched her fingers together and went into deep thought.
"That is a hard question to answer Romeo. I've been a big fan of yours for so long. I just like everything you do on stage." Sawyer smiled sweetly at him, giving her honest opinion on how she saw him.
"Mi amor, you are very honest. I like that fire you have in your heart. Do you play any instruments to show your passion for music?"
"Yes I do actually, it's my mother's guitar. She gave it to me a very long time ago before she died. I learned how to play in her memory." Romeo's eyes widened as if he was taken back a bit. He didn't expect her to reveal something so deep about her past.
"I am so sorry. I reminded you of ill memories," Romeo said while patting her head.
"No no, it is alright. It happened so long ago. I don't feel lonely anymore because I have someone very special to me." Romeo felt the ping in his heart as it skipped at beat. 'She already has someone she likes. This is going to make it even harder to pull this off.'
"Ohhhh shit! That reminds me! My friend, Castiel. He went to go get drinks over an hour ago. Where the hell could that asshole be?" Sawyer began to fume with anger. She felt that she was stood up by the guy she very much liked.
"Don't worry, he probably got held off because of security, mi amor," Romeo smiled at Sawyer calmly, taking a few strands of her black hair, and placing his lips against it.
Somehow, this made her feel a bit uncomfortable. As much as she respected Romeo, she didn't like him in that sort of way. So of course, she wouldn't take this kind of advancement lightly.
She slowly snatched her hair away from Romeo, leaving him a bit puzzled. "I'm sorry Romeo, I'm just not use to men treating me so gently. Especially those who I barely know."
"I guess that just means we have plenty of time to get to know one another," Romeo smirked evilly and drew himself closer to Sawyer. "Wait, what are you doing?" Sawyer drew herself back while Romeo was only bringing himself closer.
"Forgive me, mi amor," Romeo said, as without warning, he grabbed her arm and pulled her forward, and forcefully pressed his lips against hers.
'What the hell?!'
Sawyer had no time to react as she felt something hard being forced into her mouth. 'It tastes like medicine!'
Sawyer began to panic as she was forced to swallow the unknown pill down her throat.
"Mmmmmph!" Sawyer pushed Romeo away and wiped her mouth with her sleeve. "What the hell Romeo?! Did you just drug me?!"
"I am so sorry mi amor, I had to drug you with Halcion. Please don't take this too personally okay?" He smiled wickedly at her, as she was beginning to become disoriented. Halcion is a very strong sleeping medicine and it works very fast, and because some of it was already dissolved in her mouth, it took less than a few minutes for the effects to kick in.
"You... bastard..," Sawyer said, trying to fight back the fast effects of the medication.
She grabbed Romeo's collar and pulled him in a threatening manner. But she was losing her own judgement and she was beginning to fall asleep. As her body began to feel as light as a feather, next thing she knew, all she could see was black.
Before her consciousness was carried away, she thought she heard Castiel's voice from a far away distance.
"I am so sorry Sawyer.. Please forgive me."