'The Bronze looks bigger today', the girls couldn't help but notice as they stood in front of the stage in the club.
They already put their instruments on stage, waiting excitedly for their sound check
It was nearly 6:30 pm, so there was only one and a half hours left till the audience would be let in.
... and still no sign of the Dingos!
"Where are they?" Anya couldn't hold back any longer.
"I mean, I know they are famous and all but they should do a sound check too. They should be here, talking to us, humping me. Whatever, you know?!"
Dawn patted Anya's shoulder in a funny way to calm her down.
"Anya, they'll be here, don't worry. The only thing that matters is that they're here in time for their gig."
"And there will be enough time for 'humping' afterwards" Buffy added, much to her surprise it didn't come out as a sarcastic comment for Anya but more as a demanding plea for herself.
"Yes, guys, I'm sure they'll be here soon. Remember they wanted the gig, they're probably stuck in traffic or at the airport."
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"Damn Gunn, we should've taken the car. Connor was right. I mean look at that. We're almost 3 hours late!"
"Xander, calm down. As long as we're there on time for the performance everything's great. We're the headliner, they'll wait."
Gunn had a hard time trying to calm down Xander as he was getting more and more nervous with every second.
"Guys, listen, we're gonna be there in time. Rupert Giles will pick us up and it's a 20 minutes drive from the airport to the Bronze so, no need to worry."
Oz, always calm.
"Angel, what about Spike. We know Connor took the car because of his chick but what about him?"
"To be honest. I don't know. I think he broke up with his girl and wanted some time alone. But he'll be there in time, same as Connor."
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"Harmony!!! Hurry up"
"Why, Connor, I just want to look good for you."
With that Harmony got out of the bathroom, wearing a short red dress.
'Totally inappropriate for a concert' Connor thought to himself.
"Harmony, we gotta go, otherwise we'll be late, which is just not possible. So move that ass of yours out that door and in the car."
"I like it, when you talk dirty." She swayed her hips slowly walking past him and out of the apartment.
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Gunn, Angel, Oz, Xander and Giles arrived at the Bronze.
"The girls are already inside. I think they just finished their sound check, so you can go right up the stage and built up your stuff. There's only an hour left till we let in the guests."
"Ok, thanx Giles." Oz walked past him and entered the venue, slamming right into something.
"Hey, try to look at where you going, buddy." The girl yelled on her way onto the stage, never looking back who actually slammed into her.
"Oh, oh. I think it's the typical chicks band." Xander couldn't hold back the laugh that was so hardly bagging to come out.
The guys went into the opposite direction the girl headed to and entered their backstage room.
"Where are Connor and Spike?" Gunn couldn't believe that they'd actually arrived at the club before the two other band members even though they were more than 3 hours late.
"I don't know, probably stuck in traffic. Try to call em."
Gunn did as Angel said and dialled Connor's number on his cell.
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Connor was having a hard time concentrating on what Harmony had to say.
'Damn, she's talking non-stop since we left the parking lot at home. Wouldn't be that horrible if she had something to say'
"And after me and Cordy came back from the cheerleading camp we were like that" Harmony entwined her hands for emphasis.
"But then Cordy joined that horrible band and we weren't together that much anymore, I mean. Hello? How could she expect me to hang out with those losers?"
ring ring
'THANK GOD'
Connor pulled out his cell from his jacket.
"hello?"
"Oh, yeah, we're almost there. We just passed the 'welcome to Sunnydale' sign."
"Yeah, well, Harmony was late."
"Spike? No, I don't know where he is. Probably..."
"What? Yeah."
"Wait. I think we're here. I'm just gonna park the car. See you in a bit."
As soon as the car came to an halt Harmony jumped out of the car straightening her dress. Connor pulled out his bag containing his keyboard from the trunk and started walking towards the entrance.
He'd rather wanted to use the backstage entrance as there were too many fans standing outside the venue but apparently he forgot to ask Gunn where the BS entrance was, or if there was any at all...
Harmony walked beside him, that smile on her face that made Connor wanted to kill her.
You could see exactly what she was trying to tell the fans that waited infront of the Bronze.
Look, Im better than you, cause I'm with the band
'Well, not much longer baby' Connor thought to himself while waving to the fans.
One bouncer recognized him and opened the door for him and his girl.
They had to walk passed the wardrobe to get to the stage. Soon Connor stood in the middle of the club, watching the stage he nearly felt his heart stop beating.
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"Ladies, I think they're here. I just heard something in the other room, so you better stop praising them as loud as you did before... that is, if you don't want them to hear you."
All eyes turned to Dawn who laughed like she'd become mad after seeing the expressions on the other girls' faces.
"Anyways the new string's up on my bass and everything's awesome again, so I leave you with your little crazy fantasies, the drooling over the band and go and put the bass back on stage... be good"
With that Dawn left the backstage room with the feeling of 3 pairs of eyes piercing her back.
"Yeah, as if she wasn't fantasizing about anyone..."
She heard and with a smirk on her face she jumped up the stage.
Her place was on the right of the stage, so she had to cross it to get to her spot.
She put the bass in it's place and turned around prepared to leave, when she suddenly recognised two familiar blue eyes pierce into hers.
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'This girl is amazing' Connor's jaw was practically wiping the floor when he looked into the, what seemed to be the bluest and most beautiful eyes he'd ever seen.
He wanted to do something. Walk over to her, talk to her, smile.
But he couldn't, it felt like the world stopped moving, he was stunned.
After what seemed like hours he snapped out of his 'coma' and a sweet smile crawled up his face.
He actually saw her smile back and decided that this was the most amazing smile he'd ever seen.
He had to talk to her, but as soon as he wanted to make a move one arm was wrapped around his arm and he looked down on some red painted nails and up into blue oh-so-sweet eyes.
He totally forgot about her. 'What was her name again?'
Looking up on stage he felt like he lost the two heaven like eyes and left were to ice blue and cold eyes darting in his and the girl beside him.
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Dawn couldn't help but feel a little dizzy at the way his eyes made their way through her and straight to her heart.
'Oh my god, is he smiling at me??? What am I supposed to do know' an insecure part of her self asked as a securer part of her answered 'Duh! Laugh! You moron.'
And so she did. She felt like melting as his smile became even warmer and cuter.
The moment that blond bimbo approached Connor something inside Dawn broke. And when that girl encircled his arm with hers she couldn't help but look away for a second.
Just to make sure she saw what she believed she did, she looked back at the couple standing right in front of her, just to realize that she actually did.
'Well, if he's into bimbos, he's never gonna be into me.'
With that she jumped down the stage and ran down the hallway that led to the backstage area.
"As if I wanted someone who's into bimbos anyways" she muttered silently, entering the room her band mates were in.
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"Honey, what's up, I lost you and why weren't you checkin if I was still beside you?" Harmony pouted a little and blinked with her fake lashes.
"Harmony...uhm... sorry" He muttered, angry that Harmony made him lose eye contact with that beautiful girl on stage, twice.
As Connor looked back to where the girl stood some seconds ago he found... nothin.
'Damn, where did she go?'
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"Dawn, girl. What took you so long?" Buffy looked curious at her, she thought she saw some sadness reflecting in Dawn's eyes.
"I bet you sneaked in the boy's room. Got to see any naked goodies?"
"ANYA! I just talked to Giles for a second and I don't know why I'd actually be interested in seeing any of their goodies anyways"
"Well, Dawn, we all know about the picture under your bed in that little box with Dingos' stuff" Buffy had a hard time keeping that smile inside that wanted to come out so bad.
"Yeah, well, changed my mind. Connor's a jerk. Not into him anymore."
"Oh yah!" To hold back the smile any longer would definitely be torture so Buffy decided to just let it out.
Outside they could hear voices. Not only some but many. Many female voices.
"Guess they're letting in the fans, huh?" Willow asked, trying to change the subject.
"Yes, it's about time and Buffy?"
"Huh?"
"We're so going to talk about the word privacy! Cause obviously you don't know the meaning of it... my room, my box, my picture." Dawn narrowed her eyes at her sister who gave nothing but a shrug and a smirk for an answer.
A knock at the door kept Dawn from saying any more.
"Come in"
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Connor walked in the backstage room the guys were staying in, quickly followed by Harmony.
"Hey guys. Sorry!" He rolled his eyes towards Harmony.
The other guys nodded, showing him they understood.
"Hey Harmony."
"Hello Angel." She looked at him with a sweet smile on her face.
"How are you, hopefully good, cause it's not good when the lead singer's not feeling well. You know, would ruin the show. But you're gonna make it, right? Like you always do. Always the uber talented leader, right? Oh, an..."
"Yes Harmony. I'm good, thank you." Angel interrupted her, thinking for the 100th time about what Connor saw in her.
"Where's Spike?"
"We don't know. Tried to call him on the cell phone, all we get is his mail box though. I hope he'll turn up. I mean, I know he broke up with 'what's her name' but I mean... get a grip, you know."
"Gunn, I'm sure he'll turn up and he's just stuck in traffic or something."
Connor couldn't help but think about the beautiful dark haired girl, even while he spoke to the other guys.
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Spike was in his DeSoto, passing a sign telling him that it would only be less than 20 miles to Sunnydale.
He could kick himself for not taking the plane like the others did.
'Tha's just bloody great, my first gig and I'm fucking late!'
... TBC
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