The Dive – Thread 3 (Back Stage)

[brian_campo]

The Fraying Nerves had another twenty minutes or so until their set, so a couple of the band members hung out behind the stage, a little off to the side, where they could see the crowd. Maddy sat down on a guitar case and picked at her fingernail polish. Brian noted that the case wasn’t hers, but didn’t care enough to point it out and start an argument, because he was pretty sure the brunette had PMS. He flexed his fingers and sat over a low wall that separated the crowd from the staging area, swinging his feet.


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[maddy_ricks]

"Hey! Campo!" Maddy tossed a red Bic lighter, which she had borrowed a few hours earlier and forgotten to return. She was pretty sure it was empty now. It pegged him in the back of the head and slipped into his shirt collar. "Whoops."

With an annoyed look, he felt around in his shirt for the object. "Nice. I don't even smoke, Maddy." He threw it back.

She caught it and frowned. "Oh right, that wasn't you." Shrugging that off, she got up and walked to the keyboardist's side. She hopped up on the wall and slung one leg over to straddle it.

[valerie_vause]

“Well ditto. I didn’t expect to get hit on by your band mate and I wasn’t going to be rude about it either.” Valerie’s words were quiet, she wasn’t arguing with him just making a point. Maybe if he’d mentioned that he had a girlfriend the incident wouldn’t have happened, but that was personal information and perhaps he had wanted to keep it to himself.

“Panicking, by the looks of it.” She said gently, still frowning as she raised a hand up to fix his hair with a lingering touch to his cheek. “Don’t feel threatened by other people. I’m yours as long as you want me.”

[valerie_vause]

“I can be wild.”

The statement was light, mischievous, as Valerie grinned at his nervous laughter. Sure she’d heard her share of horror stories about bad trips but she doubted one pill would do any kind of harm. Especially if Brian had taken them before and was still standing. Perhaps she should have asked first but when it came to him she found herself being impulsive rather than cautious. It wouldn’t have been something she’d decide to do alone, but with Brian, with him she wanted to try everything. She came to the conclusion that if she was going to die young anyway, now was the time to live.

Green eyes watched intently as he took his pill and a thrill ran through the blonde when he leaned down to kiss her. The way he held her in that moment caused a shiver. Valerie recognised it as much as felt it, a sign that she was claimed, his alone. No wonder her arms wrapped around his waist as a happy little sound escaped into his mouth. She felt gooey inside, all warm and filled with emotions she didn’t quite understand but liked all the same. “Really?” She grinned stupidly against his neck before mumbling against the flesh, “That sounds kind of amazing.”

Now that she knew what to expect she wouldn’t be obsessing over when it might start. Valerie laughed when the pick hit them, and watched it bounce on the ground as they pulled apart. “Okay.” She said in breathy whisper. “I’ll see you in a minute.”

Valerie watched him for a moment with a silly grin then shook her head. The pill hadn’t kicked in yet, Brian just made her giddy. Bending over, fingers plucked up the guitar pick and she twiddled it for a second then pushed it into her back pocket. Later, she’d flick it back at Maddy when she least expected it. For now, Valerie made her way over to the wall and sat on the floor with her back pressed against it and waited.