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Authors: Amanda Dresden
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alright? Calm down! Just calm down, okay? Everything’s good. It’s all good, see?"
Wade released one hand from Chris and pushed it right up against the window and into the face of a nameless fan and raised his middle finger. The fan didn’t know any better and continued scanning the inside of the bus blindly.
“They ’re tinted windows,” Wade explained. “They can’t see shit.”
A wave of relief came over Chris and she felt her blood pounding in her ears along with Wade patting her gently on the back.
“C’mon now, take a deep breath. You’re alright! You’re not gonna to wig out on me now already, are ya?” Wade asked, half-teasing.
“ Hell no,” Chris said, shoving supportive arm away. “I was just caught off guard. It won’t happen again.”
She made every effort to hide her near fatal scare and to ensure that her thick bangs were pulled over her eyes. And after she readjusted her hoodie and beanie again, Wade was left stunned at the simple transformation. He swore he had never seen anything like it and that alone put his own nerves more at ease. He began to feel like they might just pull this off after all.
“ Hey!” Chris barked as she slapped Wade on the arm . “We gonna do a show or stand here all damn night?”
Wade smiled at her brazen confidence.
“Soon. Hey , I talked to Mike a few hours ago. He doesn’t know why, but he made sure that the techies only zoom in on the three of us during the concert. That way, the projector screens won’t hone in on you and your ‘disguise’. Understand?"
“Yeah. Great. Whatever.”
Chris was only half- listening as she leaned over and swiped her drumsticks off the table.
“He may not know you ’re a girl, but he still thinks I’m taking a big chance with you,” Wade admitted.
In response, Chris stopped and stared back at him from under her hoodie.
“And what do you think?” she asked.
“I think that if you don ’t hold anything back, we’ll all be in for the ride of our lives tonight.”
Chris didn ’t how to think or feel after such a statement, but she didn’t have time to.
“Just one more thing, ” Wade interjected her thoughts.
“ Now what?” she asked impatiently.
“ Don’t flash anyone,” Wade said with a straight face.
Her attempt to get Chris to relax was silly, but he hit pay dirt when she rolled her eyes and chuckled.
“ Don’t worry. The ‘girls’ won’t be making a cameo appearance tonight."
And with that, she situated her hood one last time before Wade gestured to the door. He walked off first and took the brunt of the fans that security had a rough time containing, but luckily, they were more interested in him than Chris.
But no sooner than Pete opened the door for them, than Wade heard the crowd going crazy over the starter groups. On their way into the auditorium, Wade saw the techies run back and forth to the vehicles for any last remaining touch-ups for Heretic’s many electronic devices. The one thing that Wade did forget to mention to Chris was the numerous lighting and special effects Heretic was known for. But there was no time for it or for anything else for that matter. But anyone who’s ever seen Heretic perform would be expecting it, so Wade hoped that Chris would too.
But as the duo walked backstage, the noise became magnified by the microphones. Mike met up with them and Chris finally saw Heretic’s agent for the first time.
He was a tall, well-dressed man in his forties and while she tried shying away from his studying gaze, she noticed he looked a little well dressed for a rock concert – dressed head to toe in a three-piece suit with his slightly graying hair combed in neatly in place. To Chris, Mike looked like more like the CEO of a bank – not an agent for rough and wild group like Heretic. But as soon as Mike and Wade met up, he had to shout to Wade over the noise even though they were standing right next to each other.
“Alright! Everything’s set up the way you
Wade released one hand from Chris and pushed it right up against the window and into the face of a nameless fan and raised his middle finger. The fan didn’t know any better and continued scanning the inside of the bus blindly.
“They ’re tinted windows,” Wade explained. “They can’t see shit.”
A wave of relief came over Chris and she felt her blood pounding in her ears along with Wade patting her gently on the back.
“C’mon now, take a deep breath. You’re alright! You’re not gonna to wig out on me now already, are ya?” Wade asked, half-teasing.
“ Hell no,” Chris said, shoving supportive arm away. “I was just caught off guard. It won’t happen again.”
She made every effort to hide her near fatal scare and to ensure that her thick bangs were pulled over her eyes. And after she readjusted her hoodie and beanie again, Wade was left stunned at the simple transformation. He swore he had never seen anything like it and that alone put his own nerves more at ease. He began to feel like they might just pull this off after all.
“ Hey!” Chris barked as she slapped Wade on the arm . “We gonna do a show or stand here all damn night?”
Wade smiled at her brazen confidence.
“Soon. Hey , I talked to Mike a few hours ago. He doesn’t know why, but he made sure that the techies only zoom in on the three of us during the concert. That way, the projector screens won’t hone in on you and your ‘disguise’. Understand?"
“Yeah. Great. Whatever.”
Chris was only half- listening as she leaned over and swiped her drumsticks off the table.
“He may not know you ’re a girl, but he still thinks I’m taking a big chance with you,” Wade admitted.
In response, Chris stopped and stared back at him from under her hoodie.
“And what do you think?” she asked.
“I think that if you don ’t hold anything back, we’ll all be in for the ride of our lives tonight.”
Chris didn ’t how to think or feel after such a statement, but she didn’t have time to.
“Just one more thing, ” Wade interjected her thoughts.
“ Now what?” she asked impatiently.
“ Don’t flash anyone,” Wade said with a straight face.
Her attempt to get Chris to relax was silly, but he hit pay dirt when she rolled her eyes and chuckled.
“ Don’t worry. The ‘girls’ won’t be making a cameo appearance tonight."
And with that, she situated her hood one last time before Wade gestured to the door. He walked off first and took the brunt of the fans that security had a rough time containing, but luckily, they were more interested in him than Chris.
But no sooner than Pete opened the door for them, than Wade heard the crowd going crazy over the starter groups. On their way into the auditorium, Wade saw the techies run back and forth to the vehicles for any last remaining touch-ups for Heretic’s many electronic devices. The one thing that Wade did forget to mention to Chris was the numerous lighting and special effects Heretic was known for. But there was no time for it or for anything else for that matter. But anyone who’s ever seen Heretic perform would be expecting it, so Wade hoped that Chris would too.
But as the duo walked backstage, the noise became magnified by the microphones. Mike met up with them and Chris finally saw Heretic’s agent for the first time.
He was a tall, well-dressed man in his forties and while she tried shying away from his studying gaze, she noticed he looked a little well dressed for a rock concert – dressed head to toe in a three-piece suit with his slightly graying hair combed in neatly in place. To Chris, Mike looked like more like the CEO of a bank – not an agent for rough and wild group like Heretic. But as soon as Mike and Wade met up, he had to shout to Wade over the noise even though they were standing right next to each other.
“Alright! Everything’s set up the way you
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