-::- Chapter 4: Change Of A Life Time -::-
I had to hitch hike the entire way from Forks to LA, and let me tell you not an easy job to do. When I arrived in LA I called one of my friends and asked them if I could stay with them. I got a job as a waitress in some cheesy diner. It didn't pay much just enough for me to get my own apartment.
My apartment want a tour I'll give you one: in the bedroom there is a old mattress and in the kitchen there is a rusted fridge with nothing in it, end tour. Oh wait there is one other thing I have in my room a guitar and an amp, that was my only outlet music has been my entire life.
One night after work I decided to go out to a nearby club. I got in with my fake id which said I was twenty-one, not hard to believe with a thick layer of make-up and the ability to keep at least fifteen tequila shots down. Tonight there was a band playing, there were four girls and a guy on stage they weren't that bad they just needed a good guitar player the guy sucked. When they were done playing the guy came up to me and asked me what I thought of them and I told him the truth he sucked. He stomped away and the girl singing stood in front of me.
'Not many people would have the guts to say that in his face' I smiled at her. 'I'm not many people'. She gave me her hand to shake 'Veronica, but you can call me Roni' I shook her hand 'Isabella, but you can call me Bella' 'I like you, so Ben sucked know anyone better ?' I looked her in the eye and saw this as my shot 'Me' Veronica looked at me 'Ok let's see what you got.' She nodded towards the stage. 'Oh and you can use my guitar I don't think you brought your own.' I walked to the stage and grabbed her guitar and started playing Agent Orange's 'Too Young To Die' when I was finished the crowd was pleased with my performance.
I walked back to Veronica who was now standing with the three other girls that were standing on stage. 'You're in.' She started to walk away but turned around 'give me your address and we'll stop by tomorrow, I hope you have a rehearsal space, Ben's out of the picture and filling his place means providing a space to practice.' My apartment would be perfect I didn't care if the neighbors would complain, they could kiss my ass.
Rehearsing was a blast I got along with the girls. We also got a new line up:
Veronica: Guitar and singing
Jane: Drums
Rory: Bass
Danielle: Guitar
Me: Singing and guitar
After a week rehearsing we played our first show and it was amazing the people really loved us. After a few shows we were one of the hottest bands in LA and after three weeks we were approached by the manager of LA's hottest club, he wanted us to play in his club. We accepted instantly, we had a contract with him saying that we would play three nights a week at his club. We didn't get a lot of money for it, just enough to pay rent. But it didn't matter we got to perform on a regular basis.