Chapter Three-Hundred and Twenty
Clarissa grabbed John's wrist just before he stepped on stage, pushing his bangs back and tying a bandanna around his head. "For good luck." She smiled, pressing a quick, motherly kiss to his head before she tapped his back and watched him jog onto the stage. She didn't miss the harness he had attached to his hips, or the extra carabiner clipped to his hips.
"What's up Florida?" He shouted into the mic, grinning as the crowd cheered. "As I'm sure you've figured out, this concert is completely free, and all we ask is that you enjoy the music and any donations you are able to give are much appreciated. After a storm like this, every penny counts." He glanced back at Jerry behind the stage, his eyes changing to a blue tint. "We can all understand that." He smirked at Clarissa. "Now, my family and I have a swear jar back stage, and just in the last three days I have put probably two hundred dollars in it myself. And every penny that any of us trouble makers have put in that thing is going toward the rebuild." He took the jar from Claire as she walked out to him, placing the giant pickle jar on the end of the stage. "There are donation tables all over the venue and if you'd like, you can even put some in this thing if there's room." He nodded to the other members of the band. "I'm better, so much better now I see the lights touch the light We're together now I'm better, so much better now Look to the skies Give me life We're together now We've only just begun Hypnotized by drums Until forever comes You'll find us chasing the sun," John pulled Claire to him, skilled fingers clipping the extra carabiner to her harness as their feet lifted from the stage. "They said this day wouldn't come We refused to run We've only just begun You'll find us chasing the sun oh, You'll find us chasing the sun oh, You'll find us chasing the sun When the daylight's fading We're gonna play in the dark Till it's golden again And now it feels so amazing Can't see you coming And we'll never grow old again You'll find us chasing the sun I'm never, I'm never down Lying here, staring up And you're looking down I'm never, I'm never down Live forever, forever With you around We've only just begun Hypnotized by drums Until forever comes You'll find us chasing the sun," He pulled his in-ear pack out as Clarissa's voice started screaming at him, smiling as Claire gripped at his shirt while they soared over the crowd. "They said this day wouldn't come We refused to run We've only just begun You'll find us chasing the sun The sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, the sun, You'll find us chasing the sun oh You'll find us chasing the sun oh, You'll find us chasing the sun When the daylight's fading We're gonna play in the dark Till it's golden again And now it feels so amazing Can't see you coming And we'll never grow old again You'll find us chasing the sun oh, You'll find us chasing the sun Oh, You'll find us chasing the sun When the daylight's fading We're gonna play in the dark Till it's golden again And now it feels so amazing Can't see you coming And we'll never grow old again You'll find us chasing the sun You'll find us chasing the sun… You'll find us chasing the sun…"
Claire gasped as their feet touched solid ground again, lifting her eyes to John's before she slammed her lips to his with enough force to make their teeth clack.
He pushed his fingers into her hair, flicking the mic switch at his belt so that the crowd wouldn't hear his moans as she slipped her tongue into his mouth and their kiss intensified. He held her closer as she pushed her tongue deeper into his throat.
She pulled back slightly, looking into his eyes with soft love. "Knock 'em dead, babe." She smiled, noticing how he was favoring his left shoulder. "And no more flying."