Chapter 1
Aurora giggled at the barman as she ordered three shots of tequila.
"Would you like all the paraphernalia that goes with that little miss?"
"Ha ha, no it's cool, I'm hardcore like that." She flashed him one of her super sweet yet innocent smiles.
"Here ya go ladies."
Aurora passed the shots to her two girlfriends, Ambrosia and Lyiana. "Bottoms up-cheers to.. Uh, being kick ass hot!"
She raised her ninth glass of Guevara tequila to her full red lips and knocked her head back, letting the burning liquid shoot down her throat and slamming the tot back down on the counter.
"Hey Aurora," Lyiana grabbed her best friends arm and linked hers through it.
"Guess what band is on next?"
"Which one is that miss?"
"The one with the bassist you were so hot over at Woodstock"
"You mean Shaun? Aurora's eyes went open wide. "Man that dude is sooo fucking sexy. And the way he plays.. Holy Fuck!"
"..And he's such a nice guy too dude, I've spoken to him once or twice." Ambrosia piped up from the sidelines.
"How the hell do you two little ladies know so much about him huh huh?" Ambrosia and Lyiana burst out giggling
"Because we're shameless flirts and totally addicted to face book"
Aurora giggled and began to walk towards the stage area where the band was setting up their equipment, she spotted the man the trio had been talking about tuning his bass guitar, his fingers hitting the strings with exact precision, his shoulder length brown hair tucked behind his ears.
"You're so staring at him dude, he really is hot hey?" Lyiana came and stood next to her. "We got a table yo, and Ambrosia went to get us some brandy and coke."
"Sweetly. Ha ha you guys trying to make drunk?"
"You know it, maybe then you'll pass out and not freak out on the drive home, you Para pants"
Aurora giggle, her friends were constantly ripping her off about how scared she was of cars. Sliding into the seat, Aurora reached into her bag and pulled out a small compact mirror to check if she still looked presentable. She had been drinking a lot tonight and the weather was extremely humid, everyone around her was moaning about the heat, metal heads had taken off their shirts, pouring beer in their long hair to try cool themselves down. A bruise had already begun forming on her arm after a drunken slam dancer had knocked her doing some ridiculous windmill move. Aurora glanced in the mirror, her dark blue eyes were intensified with thick lines of black eyeliner and dark Smokey eye shadow, her tanned skin had sheen to it from the perspiration, and she flipped the mirror shut and put on some of the pale lip-gloss she kept in her pocket.
"Here ya go ladies "Ambrosia returned with the ice cold drinks
"Better get some form of liquid inside you before you dehydrate Aurora, you've been going ape shit for almost every band here."
"I can't help it ha, they've been really good, and I'm in such a SUPER awesome mood."
"Yeah and you're looking SUPER hot today."
Lyiana looked over her friend's profile- Aurora was wearing killer lace up boots, a long black skirt with deep red hem, slits that reached up high on her fishnet clad thighs and a red and black corset that pushed her ample breasts up high on her chest. Her long wavy black hair hung loose behind her back.
"Aww thanks buddy."
"Only because she's gone try mack on Shaun"
Ambrosia winked at Aurora.
Just then, a loud crackling noise came from the speaker, Auroras head turned sharply towards the stage as she felt the deep pulse of the bass line. The band had begun their sound check. A slow smile began creeping over her lips. "Shall we go get a decent spot in the front?"
"Right in front huh Rora?" Lyiana piped up
"Yeah, right in front of Shaun oooo lalala" Ambrosia teased.
"You guys are so lame." Aurora giggled at her friends, they were always teasing her about her thing for bassists, not that she had ever actually done anything remotely groupie. She had been on the metal scene for ages now, since she was fourteen, had fallen in love with the unique sounds of many bands, only to be heartbroken when they broke up and the brilliant musos turned to the corporate world to join the rat race. Each time it happened, it broke her heart; she became attached to the bands. Many of the musicians had become her life long friends. However, she had never gone out of her way to snap up a bassist. She was usually pretty shy around hot guys. It was only recently that she had started flirting deliberately.
The trio picked up their drinks and walked towards the stage, ducking and diving around people to get to the front. They put their bags on the floor in front of them and smiled at the guys next to them. Lyiana turned to the guy directly behind her and cooed in her sweetest voice "Will you be my protection against the mosh pit? I think it's going to be pretty insane tonight?"
"Sure thing Hun."
"Thank you kind Sir." She winked at him and turned back to her friends. "I so shotgun that guy"
"Ha, totally shameless" Aurora winked at her best friend then turned to the stage, looking directly in front of her. Shaun was talking to the drummer of the band. They were laughing and checking out the crowd, impressed at tonight's turn out. Aurora stared straight at him and when his eyes fell on her he paused. She gently cocked her head to the size, face expressionless and returned his stare. Shaun leaned towards his band mate and whispered in his ear. Just then, the vocalist of the band roared through the mic:
"HEY HEY HEY ALL YOU METAL HEADS OUT THERE!"
The crowd began screaming loudly as the drummer counted in the opening song of the set.
Shaun loved being on stage. It was such a rush for him. He began circular head banging while running his fingers over the fret board with the greatest of ease. He was feeding off the energy of the crowd, adrenaline rushing through his veins. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed the girl in the front row just standing staring at him, gently rocking to the beat, a slightly amused look on her face. Occasionally a stray Mosher bumped into her, but her gazed was locked onto him. As the song ended, he turned and looked at her properly. Her long hair was cascading down her bare shoulders; she had a slight smile on her face a look of mischief in her ocean blue eyes. Shaun grabbed the mic
"ARE YOU MOTHERS READY TO ROCK THE FUCK OUT!?"
"HELL YEAH!!" the crowd cheered. Shaun was intrigued to see his silent observer raise her hand into the air, her black painted nails saluting the band, her full lips forming a soft 'o' shape as she screamed along with the crowd.
The band launched into a heavy set, the drummer pounded away and the vocalist was growling into the mike. Aurora started swaying her body from side to side feeling the beat of the song slowly she began moving her head from side to side, her pace increasing as she starting feeling the song intensify when the guitar solo began she let completely loose and swung her hair wildly from side to side. Her graceful neck swinging around in circles. Her back arched up and down and she head banged to the song. The crowd was cheering and bodies were slammed into each other. Aurora heard nothing but the music. Through the rest of the bands set Aurora danced along with the crowd.
When the band had finished the song, the crowd quickly dispersed. Ambrosia went off to the bar to get another drink, Lyiana and Aurora moved over to the benches on the side of the dance floor.
"Good god I can't believe those assholes- they kept jumping on my feet!" Lyiana moaned. "mmmhmmm..."Aurora replied uninterestedly