Look Into My Eyes, Tell Me I'm Wrong
Chapter Five - Band Practice... And Mr. Hungry Eyes.
"Here we are," he jerks into a hidden drive. We drive up to this huge mansion that's like something out of a really fancy expensive book. What comes to mind is Carrick Grey and Dr. Grace Treyvalan Grey's mansion from 50 Shades of Grey. Yes, I've read those books. Whatever.
"Cool. This place is...nice,"
"Don't tell Ashley it's just nice, he'll buy a new house to impress a girl like you,"
"A girl like me?"
"Gorgeous,"
"No. And does he even have that kind of money?"
"Yeah. We're real rockstars,"
"Oh,"
"Let's go in," we get out and walk up to the front. Jake hardly knocks when the door sweeps away from his knuckles.
"Jake!" somebody says. "Who's this?"
"This is Ivy,"
"Well, hel-loIvy. My, my. I am Ashley. Purdy that is. Surely you've heard of me," I have this divine pleasure in giving him a sweet innocent smile, and telling him, that
"No, I have not," I smile sweetly. He shifts slightly, and drags his eyes down my body.
"Well, now you have," he recovers a second later. "Come on in. Jinxx is the only one here,"
"Sweet," Jake says. Ashley's eyes rake over my body again. Jesus Christ, talk about Mr. Hungry Eyes. Jake walks in, half shoving Ashley back into the house. Did he see..? Whatever. I walk in behind them. Jake is walking around like he owns the place, heading straight down a stairwell, and into a basement. I follow, and descend into what looks like a fancy recording studio thing, without a sound booth. Like the creative space or whatever. Ashley remains upstairs. Another guy with black hair (all of them have black hair what is this Kiss???) is on a couch.
"Buddy, hey! Let's get jammin' on that one part before- Oh. Hi. I'm Jinxx,"
"Ivy,"
"Alright, hey Ivy. Dude, seriously, before Andy gets here,"
"Does he have black hair too?" I say before I can stop myself. They both look at me for a second, before laughing.
"We all do," Jake says. He gets up and hugs me, still shaking with laughter. "We are on your shirt,"
"It's in black and white, Jake,"
"Still," and he smiles at me, unphased. Then he's next to Jinxx and they've both got guitars. And then, they're playing.
"I HEAR NEW RELIGION," a new voice bellows down.
"CC! COME JOIN US!" Jake roars back. Feet pound the stairs, and a streak of black hair and clothing runs past and plops down at the drumset, suddenly banging out a rhythm. Good, an awkward confrontation avoided. Like two minutes later, a huge amount of clashing comes from the percussion, and I jerk my head up. The guy at the drumset is trying to stop everything from clanging around before jerking his own head up to look at me.
"Hi," he says.
"Hi," I say back.
"I'm CC,"
"Ivy,"
"You're here with...?"
"Jake,"
"STORY TIME WHEN ANDY GETS HERE,"
"WHAT ABOUT STORY TIME," a deep voice rumbles down the stairs. Two sets of feet pound down the stairs, and Ashley is here with yet another guy. "Hey dudes, sorry I'm late. Who's the hot chick? Anyways, what story time, CC?"
"Ivy," I mutter.
"Hi, Ivy,"
"Story time with Ivy as the narrarator," CC says.
"No, no, I couldn't interrupt your band practice. Go on,"
"After practice then! Let's do this,"
They practice, and I can see why they're famous.
"Saints born together to fight against their holy fables
The streets are where we pray
Hymns for the lonely, wretched and forgotten
The feeling in our hearts won't ever fade away
We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)
Fight for all you know
When your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
Stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
Set the world on fire
Sing out united against the ones you left in hatred
Our message of today
Like children crying when all they knew was dying
And we will raise our flags up
It's time for them to pay
We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)
Fight for all you know
When your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
Stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
Set the world on fire,"
"And that's where we've stopped," Andy says.
"Well, if you took the guitar, and gave it a slight sing after that, leading into a guitar solo, it might work," I say.
"Pardon?" Ashley asks. Jake's jaw drops.
"Like, what do you mean?" Jinxx asks, remaining calmly. I get up, and walk over to him.
"D-do you mind?" I ask, tugging his guitar.
"Go ahead," he removes the strap for me, giving me the instrument.
"It went like this, right?" I play what I think it was.
"Yeah," he says.
"Add this," and I give it a little twang, and launch into an improv solo.
"Jeeze girl," Jake says quietly, after I hand Jinxx his guitar back.
"Let's try it!" Andy says. "From the top,"
"Let's!" CC taps his sticks together and they go again.
By the end of practice, they finalize the song.
"Wow, we really kicked ass today," Ashley remarks.
"Hell yeah!" Andy says. "Thanks Ivy,"
"No problem,"
"STORY TIME," CC jumps out from behind the drumset and charges me, scooping me up, and sitting back down with me on top of him.
"This is a long story, so get comfy,"
"Cool. This place is...nice,"
"Don't tell Ashley it's just nice, he'll buy a new house to impress a girl like you,"
"A girl like me?"
"Gorgeous,"
"No. And does he even have that kind of money?"
"Yeah. We're real rockstars,"
"Oh,"
"Let's go in," we get out and walk up to the front. Jake hardly knocks when the door sweeps away from his knuckles.
"Jake!" somebody says. "Who's this?"
"This is Ivy,"
"Well, hel-loIvy. My, my. I am Ashley. Purdy that is. Surely you've heard of me," I have this divine pleasure in giving him a sweet innocent smile, and telling him, that
"No, I have not," I smile sweetly. He shifts slightly, and drags his eyes down my body.
"Well, now you have," he recovers a second later. "Come on in. Jinxx is the only one here,"
"Sweet," Jake says. Ashley's eyes rake over my body again. Jesus Christ, talk about Mr. Hungry Eyes. Jake walks in, half shoving Ashley back into the house. Did he see..? Whatever. I walk in behind them. Jake is walking around like he owns the place, heading straight down a stairwell, and into a basement. I follow, and descend into what looks like a fancy recording studio thing, without a sound booth. Like the creative space or whatever. Ashley remains upstairs. Another guy with black hair (all of them have black hair what is this Kiss???) is on a couch.
"Buddy, hey! Let's get jammin' on that one part before- Oh. Hi. I'm Jinxx,"
"Ivy,"
"Alright, hey Ivy. Dude, seriously, before Andy gets here,"
"Does he have black hair too?" I say before I can stop myself. They both look at me for a second, before laughing.
"We all do," Jake says. He gets up and hugs me, still shaking with laughter. "We are on your shirt,"
"It's in black and white, Jake,"
"Still," and he smiles at me, unphased. Then he's next to Jinxx and they've both got guitars. And then, they're playing.
"I HEAR NEW RELIGION," a new voice bellows down.
"CC! COME JOIN US!" Jake roars back. Feet pound the stairs, and a streak of black hair and clothing runs past and plops down at the drumset, suddenly banging out a rhythm. Good, an awkward confrontation avoided. Like two minutes later, a huge amount of clashing comes from the percussion, and I jerk my head up. The guy at the drumset is trying to stop everything from clanging around before jerking his own head up to look at me.
"Hi," he says.
"Hi," I say back.
"I'm CC,"
"Ivy,"
"You're here with...?"
"Jake,"
"STORY TIME WHEN ANDY GETS HERE,"
"WHAT ABOUT STORY TIME," a deep voice rumbles down the stairs. Two sets of feet pound down the stairs, and Ashley is here with yet another guy. "Hey dudes, sorry I'm late. Who's the hot chick? Anyways, what story time, CC?"
"Ivy," I mutter.
"Hi, Ivy,"
"Story time with Ivy as the narrarator," CC says.
"No, no, I couldn't interrupt your band practice. Go on,"
"After practice then! Let's do this,"
They practice, and I can see why they're famous.
"Saints born together to fight against their holy fables
The streets are where we pray
Hymns for the lonely, wretched and forgotten
The feeling in our hearts won't ever fade away
We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)
Fight for all you know
When your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
Stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
Set the world on fire
Sing out united against the ones you left in hatred
Our message of today
Like children crying when all they knew was dying
And we will raise our flags up
It's time for them to pay
We stand tall (united)
Watch them fall (divided)
Break the chains and now we'll show them all (fight)
Fight for all you know
When your backs against the wall
Stand against the liars
Stronger than before
When your life becomes a war
Set the world on fire,"
"And that's where we've stopped," Andy says.
"Well, if you took the guitar, and gave it a slight sing after that, leading into a guitar solo, it might work," I say.
"Pardon?" Ashley asks. Jake's jaw drops.
"Like, what do you mean?" Jinxx asks, remaining calmly. I get up, and walk over to him.
"D-do you mind?" I ask, tugging his guitar.
"Go ahead," he removes the strap for me, giving me the instrument.
"It went like this, right?" I play what I think it was.
"Yeah," he says.
"Add this," and I give it a little twang, and launch into an improv solo.
"Jeeze girl," Jake says quietly, after I hand Jinxx his guitar back.
"Let's try it!" Andy says. "From the top,"
"Let's!" CC taps his sticks together and they go again.
By the end of practice, they finalize the song.
"Wow, we really kicked ass today," Ashley remarks.
"Hell yeah!" Andy says. "Thanks Ivy,"
"No problem,"
"STORY TIME," CC jumps out from behind the drumset and charges me, scooping me up, and sitting back down with me on top of him.
"This is a long story, so get comfy,"
Notes
Oh, sweet, manwhorish, stupid Ashley, we love you! <3Yeah, I've read the whole 50 Shades series, deal with it. Katy out.
done for you is from their 3rd album wretched and divine
12/12/14