Lucy made her way up to her room after an eventful night. She made quick friends with Sarah and Kate and exchanged numbers. Lucy had a feeling she was going to call them up tomorrow, get help with the room makeover. It was still bare of any personal style she had. She had a feeling that Caleb and Pogue were a bit wary of her, not really sure why, but she didn't think they trusted her very much. Tyler she could tell, was interested in her, not in the romantic way, but in a way that some one would want to learn more about her. Reid, she knew that he was interested, but wasn't sure why. A conversation with Sarah and Kate made it a bit clearer though. Apparently, he was a bit of a playboy. So being interested in Lucy was an extremely different feeling for him.
She could remember her conversation with Nicky about them. He was a bit proud that she had already made friends, but told her to be careful around Reid. Lucy just hoped that he wasn't as bad as everyone said, because she had taken a liking to him. He was the boy who had given her friends, and seemed alright, when he wasn't flirting with him.
The next morning, she picked up her phone, and called up Sarah.
"Hello Sarah," She said cheerfully, "I hope I'm not waking you up, but I really need help putting some life in my room. It's so dull."
"No it's no problem, here, I'll put you on speaker, so Kate can here too." Sarah said just as cheerfully.
"Okay, well, I hate to ask this, but would you mind coming over and picking me up so we can go to an Ikea or something? I don't have a car yet, and I don't know how to get there, so you can see I'm in a bit of a pickle."
"Hey," Kate spoke up, "We'd love too, makeovers are like our thing, you know?"
"Thanks," Lucy laughed, "I'm a bit hopeless at all this, so I need professionals."
Nicky watched as his niece walked down the stairs into the bar. She was on the phone with someone, and he never realized how much of a social butterfly Lucy could be.
"Okay, I'll see you in a bit. Thanks. Bye." He heard her say, ending the conversation.
"Who was that?" Nicky asked pouring her some orange juice.
"Kate and Sarah, they're taking me to an Ikea so I can decorate my room a bit." She said, sitting comfortably on the bar stools. Lucy wasn't wearing any makeup today, but was wearing a white sun dress, a bright yellow cashmere cardigan, brown lace leggings, red, shiny ballet flats, and was carrying with her a blue leather hobo bag. Her wavy hair was down, but a few strands were pulled back over her scalp, and held there by clips.
"Okay, have fun, and be back by six tonight, I want you to perform again." Nicky said. Lucy grinned, knowing that she would be regular entertainment at Nicky's now, and hugged him. At that moment, Sarah and Kate walked through the door.
"Hey Lucy!" Sarah waved.
"Wow, it feels weird to be here in the morning." Kate said, looking around.
"I know right, after last night, it just doesn't feel right." Lucy giggled.
With that, they took off. It was a bit uncomfortable in the car so Lucy started up a conversation "I'm performing again tonight, Nicky wants me to be the regular entertainment!"
"Really? That's awesome,"Sarah exclaimed, "We have to go back tonight, Reid couldn't take his eyes off of you when you were last night."
"Um, okay..." Lucy said, not really knowing how to respond to that.
"What are you going to sing?" Kate asked, curious.
"I don't know... should it be upbeat, or slow?" Lucy asked.
"Upbeat, definitely." Sarah said, "Then, when you get more Ipswich fans, you can play anything you want and they'll like it."
Kate laughed, and said "You just like dancing to upbeat songs."
"True," Sarah shrugged, "But if Lucy played a slow song, I wouldn't mind it."
"Good to know." Lucy laughed.
When they had finished with her room, it looked completely different. While the walls were still white, her bed know had blood red sheets, and a black comforter. Her curtains were white, with black designs on them, and on her wall (the one that wasn't covered with posters or pictures), there was a collage of old vinyl albums, some Beatles, some Kinks, you get the idea, and on her floor was a Black rug with red and white flowers intertwining through the ropes of carpet.
Finally, they stood back, and admired their work.
"This looks pretty good." Sarah said, nodding her head.
"Good? Girl, we are miracle workers." Kate grinned.
"It's perfect." Lucy said in awe.
Then they went downstairs, and called up the boys, so they could keep Sarah and Kate company while Lucy did her sound check, and a few practice runs.
While she was sitting on the bar, tuning her guitar, Lucy heard the Sons of Ipswich walk in.
"Hello mates," She called out, "Glad you could make it."
"Well," Tyler said with a silly grin on his face, "We wouldn't miss a private performance from our favorite singer."
"Awe, thanks Ty."
"God, it feels weird being here without any people." Reid said, and they all laughed.
"Yeah, but you get used to it." Kate said, as she had been here since noon.
"So what are you waiting for?" Caleb asked, sitting next to Sarah and putting an arm over her shoulder.
"Yeah, go and do your thing." Pogue said eagerly.
She went up onto the stage, and for the first time in her life felt nervous about performing. As soon as the feeling came though, it was gone when she saw Reid wink at her.
She started strumming her favorite guitar, and let the words come out.
"This day probably tore me apart
And I didnt even know it
This day probably ate up my heart
And I got nothing to show for it
Why, why is it so, so, so easy to compromise"
She saw her friends, all sitting at a table, looking stunned for the most part. Then, she remembered what Sarah had said about Reid.
"This fog is like strawberry pie
But it keeps you keep on reaching
Here I am just watching me die
Just watching death that's coming up
Coming up creeping
Why, why don't you start
Calling me ungrateful
Oh yeah"
He was pretty handsome, she had to admit. She never usually fell for blonds, but there was something about him, behind the bad boy facade, that made her think he was no different from her.
"Keep me away
I've got no will to fight
Keep me away
I'm running to the light
Cause I don't wanna lose your way
With these devil, devil archerist."
He seemed a bit arrogant to her, like he thought he was better than everyone else in the world. Yet, he was nice to her, last night.
"My soul here a million to one
Says I didn't even see it
Looking up looking down at my soul
Looking everywhere but don't know
Where the help is come, coming from
Why, why do I seem broken stumbling
Every time I can hear."
Why was she even thinking about him? It's not like she was interested in him... or even attracted to him, was she? He confused her so much, it was like he was a walking contradiction.
"Keep me away
I've got no will to fight
Keep me away
I'm running to the light
Cause I don't wanna lose your way
With these devil, devil archerist."
He seemed to be a bit hypnotized... or something. The way he was staring at her, it was unnerving. Yet, she didn't really mind the attention. She basked in it actually. She wasn't sure why, but it scared her a bit.
"Come on now
Keep me away
I've got no will to fight
Keep me away
I'm running to the light
"Keep me away
I've got no will to fight
Keep me away
I'm running to the light
"Cause I don't wanna lose your way
Ha, I don't wanna lose your way
No, I don't wanna lose your way
"With these devil, devil, devil archerist"
When she finished, they all stood up and clapped. Lucy grinned, and stood, curtsying a few times, jokingly. Yet they all noticed, it was a very smooth curtsy, almost like she's had to do it before.
"That was amazing!" Kate squealed. Lucy blushed, and thanked her for the compliment.
"Very nice." Caleb commented. Then, they stayed there, and joked around for a bit before Nicky's started filling up, and it was time for Lucy to go back up and performe.