We Dance in Misery

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Chapter Ten
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"Alright, thank you, thanks," Davey said scribbling out an auditioning drummer's name. "Uh, next!"

The drummer left and another man entered, holding a banjo. He was obviously American.

"Who are you?" Christian asked.

"I'm Reno!" the man said in a western American accent.

"Reno? Last name?"

"Reno Reno!" The man said smiling, he had amazingly white teeth for such a scratchy and dirty appearance.

"Reno...reno...okay," Christian looked over the list not finding the man's name. "Your name isn't on the list, Mr. Reno."

"Oh, I've just heard about this here aw-dish-in, an' I jist came by fer a try," Reno said. "I'm quite the player, I won't take long."

"What do you play?" Christian asked.

"Just the drums, been training on them m'whole life," the man laughed. "Lemme show you what I kin do. Just need m'self some drumings."

"Uh, you were to supply your own instruments," Davey said.

"Oh, well..." the man took off his hat and bowed. "Then I'll be on my way."

"You can borrow my drums for now," a man behind Reno said. The man stayed in the back in the shadows, and he handed the man a snare. Reno tipped his hat.

"Thank you very much," he said. He turned to the others, setting the drum on the floor and held the sticks at ready and gave the three friends a wink and said slowly. "Now, what I'm about to play is a fast piece I came up with by myself back in ol' Montana when I was staying with the Crow tribe. It's a beat best done on the base drum, like the Crows made, but the beats are easily repeated on a snare. Lesse..."

The man beat out a steady pace at first then increased. He began singing like the Native Americans, and the beats slowed, and paused, stopped, began slowly, increased, crescendoed, decrescendoed and so on until the man finally finished.

Davey put a question mark next to the man's name which Davey wrote down earlier. He smiled, "Thanks, we'll see about it. Next."

Reno turned to return the borrowed snare and sticks, but the man took it as he stepped up. "No problem."

"Hunter!" Davey gasped. "What, I didn't know you played!"

"You never asked," Hunter laughed. "Now shut it, and let me show you what I can do. Hold on a moment, I need to set up."

Hunter pulled in a base drum and some simbals, and a few different types of Drums, he set them in a semi circle around him.

He grinned, "I'll start now."

"Go for it."

Hunter started with some simple drumming, but quickly started to go more complicated and began to hit every drum in quick procession and with a great tempo. Davey, Jade and Christian bobbed their heads in time with Hunter's drumming. Finally Hunter finished with a loud Simble crash. He quickly muted the sound by holding the simble edge and he looked up at the three, hopefully.

They applauded, and Jade apraised him, "Great job, Hunter! Great job! Just as good as Mr. Reno! I don't think we should see anyone else, Davey. We should just have Hunter and Reno compete."

Davey nodded in agreement, "I agree very much! We should tell everyone that's auditioning to be a drummer to go home, but all those still auditioning for guitar to stay."

Christian got up, "I'll go tell them!"

Christian walked out the door and told everyone in the hall, after that there was only one person who was left in the hall, Christian escorted him inside. "Davey, this is..."

"Adam!" Davey yelled. "My god, I didn't know you played guitar! Geeze, fifteen years of friendship and you guys still have surprises for me!"

Adam laughed, "Of course, you can never know someone inside and out with in a single lifetime! Barely know yourself completely inside and out in a single lifetime.

"Well...you're the only person auditioning for guitar?"

"Yeah...looks like it."

"Play for us, even though you're sure to have the spot."

"Alright," Adam took out his guitar and started to play a small tune he learned from Satie. Christian sat down, recognizing the song immediately, he began to sing along to it, amazed that Adam knew it.

"I will love you until my dying day

Come What May

Come What May

I will love you until my dyyyiinng day..." Christian's eyes were filled with tears as Adam finished the song. Davey was confused and he looked at Christian. Christian wiped his eyes and got up. "Excuse me..."

He went into the bedroom that he and Davey now shared. He threw himself on the bed, and started sobbing. He knew he wasn't over her, but he was getting there, but hearing THEIR song just took him three steps back.

He heard the door open, and then someone sit on the bed. They put their hand on Christian's back, massaging it lightly.

"I'm fine, Davey," Christian said.

"Christian," the voice didn't belong to Davey. Christian turned over and gasped.

"Satine..."

Satine brushed the tears from Christian's eyes, Christian closed his eyes, savoring the touch he only felt in his mind.

"Christian, you love me," Satine said. Christian nodded.

"More than life, and more than anyone," Christian said.

"Christian, I love you, but you have to move on in this world. I'll wait for you," Satine said. Christian went to hug Satine, but by then she was gone. Christian cried again.

"I can never stop loving you, Satine," Christian sobbed. He buried his head in the pillow.

Davey let his eyes fall to the floor, he had heard Christian and saw him in his hallucination, not even looking at him. He opened the door again and stepped out, walking past his friends to the other room that was littered with canvases and a single chair, he closed the door and cried.

'How could I even think that he would ever really love me?' Davey thought to himself. 'He already loves someone else. I'm nothing to him, just something to satisfy his lust. Maybe that's why he became whore. He never loved me. He'll never love me.'

Davey buried his face into a canvas cloth on the sofa and cried. 'How could I have been so naïve?'

Davey sobbed again and wrapped himself in a canvas cloth, letting his tears fall.

Adam, Hunter and Jade stood in the Living Room quite confused at everything. Jade sighed and shook his head, thinking he knew what was going on, and he wasn't far from the truth. He explained to the others. "Christian's a former uh...'worker' at the Moulin Rouge. I'm betting something happened to spark a memory, he got upset, Davey went to comfort him, but something probably got said and Davey walked out most likely upset at the thought of Christian not really loving him...or something."

"How complicated," Adam commented. "D'you think we should talk to them?"

"I dunno, I mean, we really don't know Christian all to well, but we can comfort Davey," Hunter said. Jade shook his head.

"You two best get going back to your own home, I'll handle it, it's alright," Jade said. Hunter and Adam looked hesitant a moment, but then nodded a left.

Out in the hall, Hunter bumped in Reno, who quickly shoved him back.

"Excuse me! What's your problem?" Hunter said quite offended by being pushed.

"You best drop outta goin' for being the drummer!" Reno said. "Or I'll kill you and your little 'friend' you homosexual piece of trash! You disgust me!"

Adam quickly stepped up to defend his lover, "You watch what you're saying, you American piece of shit! Back off and leave us alone."

"Ooh, I'm so scared," Reno laughed mockingly. "I don't listen to your types. You stupid men who bed other men. It doesn't happen! Now stay away from my drumming place, and you'll be able to keep your life."

With that Reno walked out. Adam and Hunter looked at eachother a moment, then walked off, hand in hand, ready to fight if Reno decided to come back.

Lena walked up the steps of the Apartment complex that Davey lived in, deciding to see how Jade's work was coming along. She smiled and said hello to Hunter and Adam as she passed them. They nodded and said hi then walked out.

Lena knocked on Davey's flat door. Jade answered, "Lena! What're you doing here? Come in."

Lena stepped in, "I just came by to check up on how things were coming along."

"Tchah, we've got two people to compete for drummer and a guitarist now. But...we've got problems with Christian and Davey. A few minutes ago, Christian ran into that room crying, Davey went comfort him, but came out sobbing and went into that room." Jade pointed at the rooms with a hand, using the other to wrap around Lena's waist.

"I'll talk to Christian," Lena said. "Do you know what caused him to go into the room?"

Jade shrugged, "Adam played a song on his guitar, Christian started to sing along and when it was finished he ran into the room."

Lena paused then said, "What were the lyrics?"

"Something like...'Come what may' or something like that. Why?" Jade was talking to air now as Lena entered the room that Christian was in. Jade wanted to ask her but decided now would be the time to comfort Davey so he walked into Davey's room.

Lena sat on the bed, rubbing Christian's back reassuringly, she whispered, "Christian, what's the matter?"

Christian wiped his eyes as he recognized the voice of his old friend and he turned to her. He sobbed, "A-Adam played our song today...it just brought back so many memories. I can't stand it. I love her so much, I could never love another woman like I loved Satine. I don't know if I can love Davey the way I loved Satine."

"Of course you can," Lena said. Christian looked up at her quizically. Lena explained, "You see, you said you could never love another WOMAN the way you loved Satine, the way you love her. Of course you couldn't...but you could certainly love another man like that couldn't you?"

Christian wiped his eyes and nodded, "I guess so."

"Y'see? You have to tell Davey that," Lena said. "If you really love Davey, you can love him like Satine."

Christian nodded and hugged Lena. "Thanks, Lena."

Lena nodded.

Jade pulled Davey into a hug immediately and said, "What's wrong, buddy?"

"Christian...he doesn't love me." Davey sobbed. Jade shook his head.

"No, that's not true, Dave," Jade said. "He loves you, he does. If he didn't, he wouldn't be here, he wouldn't have tried to make you leave him knowing that Zidler could hurt you. He just doesn't want to hurt you because he loves you so much. When someone loves someone that much, they don't know what to do but just love them, and protect them and do anything they can to protect them. He does love you, Davey. I know it."

"No...he said it...he loves Satine more. He said he could never love anyone like Satine...he could never love anyone but Satine."

"No, he can and does love you, Davey," Jade said. "You just have to open your eyes a bit more to see it. I know he loves you, I know it. I just know it."

Davey sobbed, "Do you mean it?"

Jade nodded, "With all my heart, I mean it, and I know it's true."

Davey nodded and hugged Jade back, "Thanks, Jade. You're the best friend I ever had."

Jade nodded.

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What do you think? I'm loosing my inspiration, AAAHH, don't worry, I will continue...it just won't be as long as I thought it'd be...it might...I just need to get to the parts I really want to write...okay...a-hem Thanks.

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