Knives jumped out of the shower at 3:30. It took him until 3:50 to get dressed. He emerged from his room with a tight short sleeved cranberry turtleneck, and a pair of black velvet tux pants. Rem smiled. "Both of you look wonderful." The boys looked at each other. "Exact opposites." Vash said and he smiled.
Meryl headed downstairs. Her mother and father were sitting at the table, her mother on her cell phone and he father reading the paper. She looked at them, and blinked. "Well, I'm heading out...." They didn't look up. She walked to the door. "Don't wait up." She said, as she closed the door.
"Meryl... come back."
She stopped dead in her tracks..."Yes"
"Come in, you're letting the Air conditioning out."
Meryl came back in and sat down.
"We have something to tell you."
Both of her parents looked at each other and smiled.
"We're getting a divorce!" they said cheerfully.
Midvalley had put all of his equipment in the backseat of the car. He caught his reflection in the rear-view mirror and smiled. He looked like someone from an old gangster movie. He was wearing a white tux, with tiny black pinstripes, a short sleeved black dress shirt, and a pink tie. He liked pink. Hell, everyone in the school knows I'm gay, so why the fuck not?! He thought to himself. He looked at his pocket watch, 4:09, I should get my handkerchief, and hat. Kiss mom goodbye, grab my keys, and head out.
"4:20!!!" Nick and Heidi shouted in unison. She'd came over, to "Help nick get dressed" for the show. In fact, she'd done the opposite, that's why the two of them were sitting there in their underwear smoking a blunt. Heidi blew smoke out the window, "We got 40 minutes, and two more blunts...." Nick grinned and lay back.
The Thompson Van was loaded with the Thompson teens and Meg, the "Responsible supervisor", ("Who was off to a party the next town over anyways.) by 4:32 and pulling out of the driveway. Millie was sitting next to Matt, who was listening to his CD player, and humming out of tune. Millie smiled. I have a crush....oh gosh...this is so exciting....I wonder..... Her dreamy thoughts were interrupted by Meg saying "Be careful with those pants..." Millie looked down and the striped pants and nodded. Those eyes....those lips.......those... Once more her train of though de-railed... Her littler sister Emily poked her. " Ha! Made you look!!!" The ride would last forever.
4:40 came, Vash and knives were n the stage setting up for the show. " We came allot earlier than we needed to Vash." Knives grunted. Vash jumped off the stage, and headed towards the front of the Cafe. He spoke a few words to the manager, and than an back up to the stage. The Cafe was closed for the two hours before the show. The door jingled and a few kids who did lighting, and other technical stuff for the band came in. They began setting up, and the brothers went off to sit and work out the whole details for the show. The show would begin with Vash, Nick and Middie playing the green day song "Blood, Sex, and booze." Then a few of Kuro's original songs. Then a couple of requests. Then the bowie song Space Oddity. If, by then Nick had dropped the bomb, the band would take a quick break, in which Meryl and Knives would take the stage, along with the rest of the group. The rest of the show was a Mystery.
Meryl showed up at the confessional at 5:20, and was a total mess. She was pissed and sad. She couldn't stop crying, and when she did, she'd just get more pissed and then start crying again. Her hair was messier than it was meant to be. She looked like hell had hit her. "What's wrong?" Vash asked, genuinely concerned. "My parents are getting a Divorce!!!" She screamed and then headed off to the bathroom. Vash looked at Knives and shook his head. "Don't worry, Vash, things are gonna go fine." Millie and her brothers and sister were outside now. Vash realized that Nick was nowhere to be found.
Nick lie there, he was in complete euphoria. He had just gotten laid twice, and smoked more weed than he'd ever smoked. Now he was curling up with the girl of his dreams, This is heaven....Nick.... yeah?..... What do you think?!. I think I'm really tired.....*eyes close* ...NICK!!!!! You have an obligation...you're right... Nick shook Hedi gently. "Hmm?" She moaned. "Thank you." Nick said. "Mm.....you're welcome....." Idiot. WHAT!? "Hey nick? didn't your band have a gig tonight?" Hedi said suddenly. Nick jumped up and there the pants on his floor on. Heidi giggled. "Those are mine hon." he looked down. They were. He growled slightly. "What am I going to wear!? It's 5:30 and I don't know what to wear....oh well, I'll just go in this.." He said, barely pulling on a pair of jeans. Heidi laughed and put her pants on. "No, I came over to help you get dressed, therefore I will." She headed over to his closet and pulled out a large garment bag. " What's in here?" She asked curiously. Nick snatched the bag away. " It's nothing." He said, putting the bag in the closet. Heidi pouted. "Fine...I wont help you get ready." Nick sniffed his shirt. "Ugh.. It smells like weed, i cant leave smelling like this....evergreen will have a fit. I'm gonna jump in the shower.." He left the room in a hurry, and Heidi opened the bag.
The stage was set and the big foil "KURO" was hanging. a crowd was building outside. Knives and Vash looked at each other. Midvalley burst in the side door. "There's a fucking line!!!" He yelled up to the twins. "Where's the asshole? " he asked, once he was closer to vash . "I don't know..." He muttered. They all checked their watches in unison.."...5:45..." Knives headed up to the front of the cafe, and Midvalley sat on the stage. "Where's Meryl?" Vash sat down next to him. " She's in bad shape....her mom and dad are getting a divorce. She's been in the bathroom crying for more than 15 minutes...do you wanna go check on her?" Midvalley got up, and headed towards the rest-rooms.
Heidi marveled at the beautiful slate grey suit setting in front of her. The jacket buttoned differently than most men's jackets. The cream colored shirt that lay under it looked like it had been made especially to go under the shirt. There was no tie. It was a very interesting piece of clothing indeed. Heidi lifted the right part of the jacket up, looking for a tag. Nothing except a small hidden pocket. She pulled the piece of paper out of it. Carefully unfolding the paper, she read :
" Angelina...we lay you to rest....on a day you would have loved to see. Birds are out, singing in your memory, yet their voices pale in comparison to yours. Most things in nature paled to you...you were so much a free spirit. The days have gone by slower, and the sun never seems to rest. Nothing in the world seems right anymore. You were so young, so full of life. There were so many things you'd yet seen. You always needed someone, mostly me. I needed you too. Together we were going to take the world on. I remember the day before you left the home...you looked so fragile, so scared. I hugged you and told you we'd keep in touch no matter what. You looked relieved, this was your time, you'd been waiting a long time, you'd been waiting to fall down to your knees and let go. You'd finally be freed of all the injustice dealt to you. In the letter you wrote, you said "I love you nick, I love you so much... you mean everything to me, that's why I cant bear to go on like this. Now that we're apart nothing makes sense anymore. You seemed so peaceful when I left, but i know you're feeling the same. That's why I'm glad we're going through with the plan....we've got nothing to live for...oh well, I'm getting teary eyed. I'll see you in Eden..." I believed you Angie. I've got to much to lose now, so I'm breaking the promise, well, postponing it....I'm going off to live with a cop, I'm leaving tomorrow. Angie, I will see you in Eden. "
Nick opened the door to his room wearing only a towel. He dropped it when he saw what Heidi was reading. "Why did you...?" His sentence was cut off by tears. He dropped to his knees. Heidi joined him, and they cried together for a few minutes. "Nick....i think you should wear the suit... It would do her justice." He sniffled. "You think so?" Heidi nodded , and took her cross choker off, "And this....and hurry, Your already late for set up."
It was 6:20 when Meryl and midvalley came to of the bathroom. Vash hugged them both. "You ok Mer?" She nodded. Vash took the stage, and the mic. "Testing....Testing.....1-2-3..." He nodded to a sound tech man. He spoke into the mic feeling quite good about the upcoming show. "Well, ok then....Meryl, Middie, and knives, Let's try Random Number.... before the show, on real instruments..." The lights dimmed, and the people outside stirred with more excitement. Red and yellow lights flashed against the foil. Vash took his drum stool, knives picked up his guitar, and Middie took his bass, and the mic. "Ladies, and Gents, with us tonight on a new song, Their onstage debut Ms. Meryl Strife, and Knives Millions!!!" Meryl stalked out slowly, and whispered into the mic.." one two one two three.." And vash began with the drum... The first two measures carried through Meryl began to sing " All my feelins and thoughts...expressed in ones and in augts..."
Vash listened and drummed, but could tell there was someone in the pit. This song was a masterpiece. Knives was extraordinary, and Meryl's vocal skills seemed to have multiplied.
The song ended, and the houselights went up. Sitting in the front row, Nick and Heidi looked un-impressed. " So, You're replacing me with a bitch and your brother, how touching." Vash got up. "You were late. and besides we figured you'd be leaving the band anyways." Nick sneered. "Yeah, this will be my last show. " He grabbed the guitar he called Angelina, ands headed up to the stage. Midvalley looked at Heidi. " I thought we weren't letting the groupies in until the show." and with that he headed to the backstage area with the rest of the band.
It was 6:30 when the local press was allowed backstage. Knives and Meryl were off, as not to stir any suspicion. The press agent from the school newspaper was there, along with the entertainment journalist from the local paper.
School Newspaper: So Vash, what do you use to get your hair to stand up like that?
Vash: Just Gel.
SN: Fascinating!!!
Local Paper : How do you feel about tonight's show Nick?
Nick: Ok...I feel it will be a big event.
SN: Midvalley, you were the victim of a small brawl on your very first day in our school , how do you think this is going to affect your outlook on the show tonight?
Midvalley: Well, I loathe the school, and it will have no affect on our show.
LP: Vash, What's your outlook the next album?"
V: Well, If there is another one, it will be quite different.
LP&SN: If!?
Millie and the other fans were growing restless outside. A local newssation reporter was filming it and trying to broadcast. Millie was so tall, that she could see everyone in the whole crowd. Among the people she noticed were E.G., Brittany, (and her followers) Legato (and his followers) Demeitrus, Rem, with a girl Millie's never seen, a bunch of college students, and Dominique, looking quite gothic, though a bit unsure of what she'd decked herself in. Millie made her way over to the other towering beauty in the crowd. "Hey... Sorry about your dad."
The boys of Kuro were done with the interviews by about 6:50, just enough time to primp and then get out there. The doors to the stage were unlocked. Standing right behind the large sliding wall (that divided the stage ) of the confessional, Vash could hear people crowding into the pit. The lights dimmed. A familiar voice, (that of the Confessional's owner, Jessica Morales) announced. "And now, Doors are closed.....Refreshments will open in 30 mins, and without any more ado...."KURO!!!!"
The lights blinded the three well dressed boys as the wall slid out, and the stage unfolded. The boys took their places, and began to play... "Waiting in a room, all dressed up and bound and gagged up to a chair, It's so unfair.... I don't dare move, for the pain she puts me through is what i need, to make it bleed..." Nick sang beautifully, and directly to Heidi. Midvalley rocked in beat with Vash's drums, and things were going fine....so far.
"Ok.....Truth.." Meryl said, over he lime spritzer. "Aww man, That;s like the 30th truth in a row for you Meryl!" Knives spat. " If you're going to run with this crowd you'll have to liver more dangerously." Meryl nodded. "Just one last truth...ok?" Knives nodded. " Do you like my brother?" He asked. Meryl gasped. "No he's an inconsiderate blob...I guess He's ok." Knives laughed, "You're ok kid."
The crowd cheered. "Thank you....That was a piece by Green day..." Nick said, and all of the girls in the audience went crazy. "Well, there's a girl who I'd like to tie me to a chair...Heidi, I love you so much more than I've ever loved anyone..." Midvalley pulled the plug to his mic. He spoke into his own "I think what Nick is really trying to tell you all, is to enjoy a good thing while it lasts, and not take it for granted. That's why We're going to differentiate from our set list, and go straight to "Space oddity" by bowie, and after that, a little REM...While this is going on, head up to the counter to get your requests in."
Nick had re-plugged his mic in and stepped back a bit, as midvalley sung the next song... Though the really weird thing was....This song now made Nick Cry. It never had before.
Knives and Meryl were now bored with truth or dare, and were out in the pit.
"Ground control to major tom, your circuits dead there's something wrong... can you hear me major tom?"
Knives saw Rem....and Elendira. His heart stopped. She was beautiful. And next to "Her" was legato, looking none less than a prince. Legato saw him and made his way over. He placed a lifeless feeling hand on Knive's shoulder. "Can I...........talk to you?" he asked, his voice cold, and seductive. Knives felt powerless and nodded. The blue haired "Goth in white" lead the blonde off to the front of the cafe.
Nick got back in front and looked a little trebly. " Ok, this next song, goes out to two people, M. Salino, and my first love, Angelina.....sweetie this is for you." Vash and Midvalley looked at each other puzzled. "Because," he said, as the music started, "I've lost my religion."
"Life, is bigger, than you....
well you, are not me....
the lengths that I'd go to
for the distance in your eyes....
Oh shit I've said too much
I've set you up.."
Those weren't quite the words, but nick owned the room with them, and He was making vash even want him, just all of it, the music, the way he sang, everything......It was amazing, and that was only the first verse.
"That's me in the corner
this is me in here the spotlight
losing my religion
trying to keep up with you
and i don't know if i can do it.
Oh shit I've said too much
I haven't said quite enough
I thought that I heard you laughing
*looking at midvalley...*
I thought that I heard you sing...
I think i thought i saw you cry...
Every whisper of every waking
hour I'm choosing my confessions.
Trying to keep an eye on you
like I'm a hurt lost and blind fool...fool
Oh hell I've said too much
I've set it up..
Consider this..
consider this
the hint of the century
consider this
the slip
that brought me to my knees
I Failed....
what if all these fantasies come,
Flailing around
and now I've said....
too much..."
The boy's eyes were now watering, and he looked like he really meant every damn word he sang.
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing...
I think i thought i saw you try....
*Instrumental Piece*
Well, that was just a dream,
that was just a dream
That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
losing my religion
trying to keep up with you
and i don't think that i can do it.
Oh fuck I've said too much
I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing...
I think i thought i saw you cry...
but that was just a dream,
that was just a dream"
The room was silent when Nick finished, he was on his knees on the stage, and everything seemed frozen in time.
Legato slid a hand behind Knive's neck. "I know you've been invading my dreams." He said, yellow eyes glimmering eerily in the dim light. Midvalley's smooth as silk voice drifted in "With every breath truly madly deeply do...I will be strong I will be faithful cuz I'm counting on a new begininning, a reason for living, a deeper meaning yeah..." Knives shivered. " Legato...I"m sorry, I guess...I Don't controll my thoughts well enough..." He dropped his chin... Legato looked at him. He blinked, and with the same hand he'd guided him away with, he lifted the other boy's face. "and when the stars are shining brightly in the velvet sky..." The voice in Knive's head, wasn't.....Midvalley's.... He allowed his ice-blue eyes to meet legato's golden irises "And make you want to cry..." Legato whispered " I don't mind you in my dreams." and kissed knives on the cheek. Knives put his hands on the other boy's hips, and held him close, and did what he'd been dreaming about doing to him, for years.
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S-S: Well, there's another chapter. You fans are going to give me carpel tunnel. No, I don't mind. I get to make ppl do what I want them to, as well, as introduce you guys to new bands and stuff, and hopefully you guys look them up. or something.
Vash: Why don't you tell them what happened to the awards.
*Silver-Stampede Sweat drops*
S-S: What awards?
Vash :The ones you lost.
S-S: oh those....Eh....I did write who won, but i lost it....once I find it, I'll post them, but until then.... We're stuck, sorry for any inconvenience
*Back in Silver's Conference Room*
S-S: Oo-oro?
*Knives and Legato look at each other in awe.*
S-S and Millie: Tell us what it's like to kiss Legato!!!!
Knives: A lady never tells.
*Everyone laughs...except legato and Knives, who don't get it.*
S-S: How hot would it be if the guys of Savage Garden were lovers?
Meryl: You've got to credit the sources of the songs.
S-S: Just bureaucratic bull shit.
S-S: Ok, Once more, "Random Number Generation" is By Steven Trask(Whom I'm quite enamored with at the moment.) "Blood, Sex and Booze," is of course, by The boys of Green day. "Space Oddity" By the very sexy, and odd David Bowie, who is married to the supermodel Iman.
"Losing My Religion" By REM (No, not Rem, one's a single woman, and the other is superband, headed by the WONDERFUL Michael Stipe, who is also a friend of Dorothy, if you catch my "Drift" LOL. And the last song I used, was "Truly Madly Deeply" By Savage Garden, Who would be the hottest real life couple ever, except maybe Steven Trask, and John Cameron Mitchell. ( Are they together?!) Thank you for joining us, We love you!
