The Wonderful World of Music [jack7654 x Letrixia]

[Letrixia]

Avril looked around the campus from her 2018 Camaro that she bought only two days before. She loved good old muscle cars weather modern or not she loved the feeling of the engine and how fast it drove. The band was in a small break after news broke out that the main guitar player from her band quit without much of explaining why and moved to another band. Avril had told the band to give her two days and she would find the person who would fill that roll. There she was in front of the college campus and especially in front of the male dormitory, she knew he was here on his college education however she knew very well that he always said to her that he was envious of her playing in big stages.

He had the ability to back up any claims that he was very good with the guitar, in fact she knew that with little time he would learn all their songs. Sighing she stepped off her car and began walking in direction of his place. From time to time people of course recognized her and asked for autographs or photos which she gladly gave to them. After managing to get into the front of his room he knocked on the door a couple of times and hummed as she waited. She took a long deep breath and looked around people seemed to be dispersed finally as she knocked on the door again. “KT… open up unless you want me to break it open my wonderful friend”.

 

[jack7654]

A knock. Then another. And another. ‘Who the fuck is it?’ Jack wondered with consternation that bordered on explosive rage. If there is something he loathed and abhorred beyond all reckoning, it was having his slumber disturbed. It awoke within him a beast that nobody desired to witness. Therefore, when the banging on the door became almost unbearable, he arose from bed, eyes still lidded, the slumber beckoning him back into its comforting embrace, which, most reluctantly, Jack chose to ignore in favour of answering the knocking wretch.

Then, he heard it. And he knew who it was. Nobody but her called him ‘KT’. It had to be her. It was AV. She always called him ‘KT’ and he called her ‘AV’. But after such a long time? And why now of all times? Why this place? They had barely exchanged a word in the course of an entire year, and now suddenly, early morning she comes knocking at the door of her dormitory? It was quite unlike AV. Setting his long black hair, which looked like a wiry mess from sleeping all night, straight, Jack washed his face thoroughly, lest she see him in a way he never wanted her to see and began dressing up properly, almost falling twice in the attempt to jump into his underwear as the knocking simply aggravated further.

‘Stop your knocking,’ Jack bellowed. ‘I am in. Just give me a moment here.’ With this he was ready, his blue ocean eyes gazing at the doorknob when he held it, now wearing his favourite ‘Beatles’ black T-shirt, and ripped blue jeans, he twisted the knob, unlocking the door and smiled brightly when he saw her. ‘AV!’ he exclaimed and leaned in to give her a hug. ‘After such a long time! What brings you here to see me all of a sudden?’

 

[Letrixia]

She could not help but to giggle and gave him a strong hug kissing his cheek before nodding and backing away. AV was wearing a black shirt with the pink band logo on it, black jeans with a belt full of studs and a pair of black shoes. On her hand she wore her usual fishnet gloves as well as rings and on every finger. She looked at him and then tried to look behind him before grinning. “I kinda have a small favor to ask you… can we talk inside? I prefer to be in some private place people might take pictures and I am not dressed for that”. She rolled her eyes as another fan who was a mutual friend of his came and asked for a picture which she took before turning back to KV, “See?”.

She knew that they were not in contact for a good while but still she needed his help, who in their right mind would say no to becoming famous and touring all over the planet giving tunes and making fans crazy. She knew that as a man he left stuff everywhere but she really did not cared. “Really I know you have a mess in there, I known you my entire life so please let me in so we can chat”.

 

[jack7654]

That is the thing with people who understand each other. They know the other, what they are thinking even before any words are exchanged. And though Jack and Avril had not met or spoken for a year, the connection, the bond they shared was the same. It had not changed. Maybe nothing had really changed and they only skipped a little time to be back to the same that they once were.

With a grin and a nod, Jack allowed Avril to come in. 'Yeah,' he said, scratching the back of his head. 'You will have to forgive me for the mess I usually create. You know I'm not a very tidy person and keep nothing clean.' He then held Avril's hand and led her to the bed, making her sit down on it along with him. For a moment, he spoke nothing and only gazed at her, reminiscing the good old days when they used to play together in the park as children and then skip classes to go to movies together, and finally how they played in the same band together in college. But sadly, they only grew apart after that and Avril had become this big shot celebrity, while Jack, well, he was just plain old Jack. Plummeting out of this reverie, he was reminded that Avril had come here for a purpose and presently he said, 'Of course, AV. You know I'm always here for you. Tell me what is it that you need me to do and I am pressed upon to it."

 

[Letrixia]

“Let me see… become famous… earn money…. Travel all over the world…. Play your guitar in front of thousands or millions of people… fill arenas… in shorts I want you in my band… I need you in my band… There is nobody that knows me better and nobody I can trust with the short period of time I have other than you. The first person that came into my mind was you to tell you the truth” she smiled and sat on the bed next to him. “One of my bandmates suddenly quit and we are pressed on time, if we don’t get you then the band will go into a hiatus for a long period of time which is not good for the fans, the band or me.

The producer allowed me to come here to ask you in person, I will not play with someone I don’t know I refuse to play with someone I don’t really trust. What I asking you is this… quit college and come with me and be famous… I know this is a lot but you are the only person I can trust enough to get this done and fast. You have the skill to memorize all the songs fast and we will even give you an advance of one million dollars”.

 

[jack7654]

Even as he heard Avril’s words, Jack’s face contorted and his curled lips drooped into a grimace. She could offer this? Now? Knowing what had happened. Knowing that he promised never to touch a guitar again. ‘You really think, AV,’ Jack began, standing up, his expression grim and sombre. ‘That you would come in here and start making demands of me and I would just accept it? I am not that enchanted fool who used to run around behind you all the time doing your bidding and whom you could use to your benefit like a puppeteer making a marionette dance to her strings. I have a life now. I have goals and aspirations. When all my life, hope, goals and aspirations was you, you did not want me and asked me to abandon my dreams of love because your dreams were different. And now suddenly, you come back and ask me to come to you, something which I begged you in the past for and you refused? And what do you ask me for? For me to play in your band? Do you even remember why I quit playing to begin with? Because you felt Jeffrey didn’t ‘love’ you and he wouldn’t have feelings for you which are dangerous for the welfare of the band. Suddenly now when you are in need because the same bastard quit, you come back to me?’ He pointed his finger at the door. ‘AV, I suggest you leave. I smashed my guitar the day you asked me to leave the band and have never touched it since. I am going to become a doctor soon and I do not wish to go back to that life. Please leave.’

 

[Letrixia]

“I never forgot you… but I understand” she searched her pocket for a DVD and placed it on top of his desk. “Please watch this, see what I am asking you to be a part of, try to remember that dream you had back then with me…. Yes I did walk out and I am sorry for that… there is a song that is one of my best… it was dedicated to you…. I waited for you to fight for me and you didn’t…. without thinking I would had thrown him on his ass for you at any time… I had no idea you liked me. Watch this… think about it… if by tomorrow afternoon you don’t contact me I will go back and never bother you again”. She left a piece of paper with her personal phone number and sighed. She nodded and began walking to the door, “I am truly sorry” she brushed her tears away and began walking back to her car. Once back at her car she finally could break down and cry all she wanted, nobody could see her since the windows were tinted she finally finished up crying and drove back to the local motel.