Sweet Home Chicago
So close yet so far way
"Grrrr, only another hour and a half, "Danielle muttered as she walked over to the bar and sat down. She turned to watch Elwood who was singing "Rubber Biscuit."
"Hey kid."
Danielle turned to see who was acknowledging her. It was the bar tender.
"Yes?"
He looked at her, "Hey is something wrong? You look sad."
DanI shrugged, "Not really see those two guys in black on stage?"
The bar tender nodded.
"Their my brothers and I'm part of the band, but I can''t go on stage till eight on account of me being underage or something."
"Ah, I see. By the way, my name''s Tony," he replied extending his hand.
Smiling she shook it, "Nice to meet you Tony, my name's Danielle. But you can call me DanI, everybody else does."
Tony looked at the Blues Brothers then back at DanI.
"Wow for you three to be related you sure don''t look a lot alike, "he mused.
Taking a drink of her Dr. Pepper she looked at him, "Yeah, that''s cause we're all orphans."
"Oh, I'm sorry."
"It's ok Tony."
They talked for a while longer about different things. Favorite music, food, random things. Tony looked at the clock behind the bar .
"What time are you supposed to perform at?"
"Eight. Why?"
"It's 7:55 now."
"Really? Oh my gosh. Ok I gotta go. Bye."
Danielle jumped up and back to her table. Setting her drink down she picked up her harmonica and ran up on stage just as ""Hey Bartender"" finished.
Elwood eyes lit up behind his Raybans. Walking over to the mic he began to introduce Danielle.
"This lovely young lady about to join us is the beautiful Miss Danielle Emma Joliet Blues. Ready Danielle?"
"Ready."
The smile she gave him said it all.