Times Like These

“Nikki can you PLEASE hurry the fuck up? We’re gonna be late for the show because you won’t get out of the bathroom!” My twin sister, Danielle shouted from the living room. “Calm your tits, I’m done.” I grumbled, smoothing out my outfit which consisted of a tight black tank, destroyed skinny jeans, and combat boots, and walking toward the living room of our two bedroom apartment. My sister Danielle and I moved to California a few months ago after a few messy breakups, including our parents divorcing after 27 years, which really tore us apart. So one morning we packed our shit and headed west until we decided to stop, which happened to be Huntington Beach. “You ready to do this?” She asked, grinning excitedly. I looked at her outfit, which was a black vneck shirt, skinny jeans, and her own pair of combat boots and nodded in approval. “Let’s do it.” I said, grabbing my leather jacker and following her out the door. We climbed in her black GMC Envoy and headed toward the stadium, blaring music the entire way.

Dani and I had seen Avenged Sevenfold at least 5 times, and they never disappoint. We pushed through the crowd to the front row, and rocked through two opening bands before Avenged came on. Then the lights went out and the opening notes for Nightmare came on, we were screaming as loud as we could, and one by one, the guys came on stage. We sang along to the songs and even got a few fist bumps from M. Shadows. It was the best show we had been to so far, even though the band was still reeling from Jimmy’s death. Once the concert was over the guys started throwing out picks. I git one from Synyster Gates, along with a wink. “Ooh, someone thinks you’re cute.” Dani grinned at me. “Shut up stupid.” I said, rolling my eyes and pushing her a little. Once the crowd cleared out we headed out to the car, where we decided we didn’t want to go home yet and headed right for Tom’s Place, our favorite bar in Huntington.

Tom’s was pretty busy for a Wednesday, so Dani went in search for a table while I headed toward the bar to order our drinks. “Hey Nichole! You guys go to the concert tonight?” Amy, the bartender asked. “We did!” I grinned, “I got a few guitar picks to add to my collection.” I beamed proudly. “Awesome. What can I get for ya babe?” “Dani wants a Landshark and I’ll take a rum and coke.” I yelled over the music. She nodded and got to work preparing our drinks. Once I had them in my hands I took off in search of Danielle. By drink number three we had definitely loosened up and were dancing and singing along to the music. Once we were both out, we headed for the bar for another. We were leaned against it talking when someone interrupted us. “Excuse me ladies, what are you drinking tonight?” I rolled my eyes and turned around to tell them we weren’t interested, but my eyes fell on a pair of green eyes and snakebites and my breath caught in my throat.

Notes

Okay so I started a new story even though I wasn’t finished with the other one. I’ve had this idea in my head for weeks so I wanted to finally get it out! Hope y’all like it.