As Killia struggled to remember the chord she'd had in mind for her next verse, she noticed one of the doors leading into the studio from outside were wide open, admitting a very chilled February breeze. She usually loved to do her brainstorming in the studio. Recording room three was normally abandoned due to the malfunctioning equipment, but today for some reason people had been in and out, testing microphones and gauging the sound system to certain octives. Killia gently set her red Fender guitar aside, flipping the switch on her little carry along amplifyer. She had pretty free range in these studios seeing as her father was the manager of this department. She was so used to coming and going as she pleased that she forgot she had no right to be annoyed that someone would actually occupy "her" studio soon. As she crossed to the outer wall to shut the offensive door, someone came through it, looking over his shoulder and absentmindedly walking right into Killia. She staggered backward, as did he. At first she tried to push her black cabby hat up off her eyes while obtaining her infamous scowl. As soon as she looked into that set of chocolate brown eyes she completely forgot her own name, let alone the scowl she wanted the owner to use those gorgeous pools to register.
"So sorry... Um, here..le'mme help you." The guy stepped forward, admitting another person who'd been behind him, into the studio. The guy pushed Killia's hat into place, blushing apologetically. "I'm sorry, I'm just naturally a clutzy doofus.... Umm, I'm Joel...What's your name?" He stammered, fidgetting skiddishly with the ends of the bandana tied aound his wrist. Killia smiled and answered him.
"My name's Killia." her voice sounded soft and beautiful to his ears. Suddenly, Joel was pushed forward, along with the person behind him and yet another, followed by the person doing all the pushing.
"Hello? Can we come in now? It's a bit nippy out there!" A guy yelled, shoving them all in and shutting the door behind himself. The guy looked just like Joel only a little bit more solid and with a greater amount of tattoos and piercings. "Oh! A girl. No wonder." He stated, bemused at his twin's embarrassed flush. "Hey, Billy, what'd he use as a pick up line?" He snickered in the direction of their tallest companion. The slender guy turned to Joel's twin and grinned.
"'Hi I'm Joel what's your name' I believe were his exact words." They all smiled and Joel flushed deeper. Killia's heart raced. He was a beautiful looking creature. She knew her father would hate him! He was tattooed with a red mohawk topping off his closely cropped dark brown hair. He was gorgeous! Killia smiled at him and winked.
"I think it was a cuter line then 'Hey baby what's your sign?' if you ask me." she retorted. Joel smiled, and his twin frowned at Killia's boldness. "Well in that case, I'm Benji. You mind letting us into the studio? We have an album to make if you don't mind." Killia shrugged and walked back to the red bean bag chair she'd left her guitar propped against. She picked up the instrument and plopped down, strumming out the riff she'd layed down for a new song she was writing. She watched for a few minutes while the four of them got settled, and finally their bassist had to answer a loud bang on the door, admitting their fifth member, their drummer. Killia came to find the bassist' name was Paul and the Drummer was Chris. The only name she really cared about was Joel's though. She fathomed it would roll off the tongue nicely in bed in a moment of frantic, heated passion.
She got up to leave about ten minutes later so they could record in privacy, but no before making an invitation her father would kill her for. "My dad's the manager here. He's having a company party tonight to celebrate Valentine's Day. You can all come if you want. The address is in the company directory that should be with your personal copies of your contracts with the record company. See you boys later." She said smartly. She looked at Joel and winked. "Later!" she said, turning and slipping out of the room.
That night Killia did all the chores her daddy wanted her to just to get on his good side. Even at nineteen years old she had to do the chores he told her to, or else her stately allowance was cut off. She took out the garbage, set the table, made up a seating chart, showed the Disc jockey to his position, and numerous other things. She resented the maid getting to sit back and laugh at her inconvenience. About an hour before the party she rushed upstairs to get ready. She showered first, thinking of Joel and running her slender fingers over her ripe, young body. She fondled her breasts, teasing her nipples briefly before moving her hands over her tummy, the water from the shower cascading over her smooth, pale skin. She stopped herself in order to be able to hold some composure during the party. She ran into her room, stepping out of her bathrobe.
She had picked out a simple outfit for the evening. She slipped on a pair of tight black flared jeans and a red tanktop. She slipped her feet into a pair of black suede pumas and just let her light honey brown hair curl naturally while she applied a little black eyeliner, some mascara, and a little sheer lip gloss to her face. She looked at her mirror and frowned. Killia new as well as the next girl her looks were plain at best. She was definately not unattractive, but she was no supermodel either. She shrugged, and then stood up straight as she heard the doorbell ring. People were arriving. She descended the spiral staircase, a punk girl living in a princess' moment, and stopped at the foot of the stairs when she saw, to her disappointment, that her Dad's business associates were the first guests, and they'd brought their son Jeremy. Jeremy was a royal pain and was always drooling over Killia.
Killia spent about an hour answering the door, disappointment clearly shown on her face as she ushered each guest in. The guys were apparently not going to show. When Killia had just given up, the door bell rang again. Her dad looked around puzzled. "Everyone I invited is here. Who could this be?" He pondered out loud. Killia grinned at him angelicly.
"I invited some friends daddy!" She said before rushing to get to the door. When she opened it, there stood Joel and his band. "Hello boys, fashionably late I see!" She giggled, stepping aside to let them all in. She closed the gap in the door way a little bit when Joel came through, intentionally making his body brush up against her own. Joel looked into her eyes and she understood that they both wanted the same thing. "Daddy," she said, turning to her scowling father "this is Joel and Benji and..." she trailed off as her father rapidly spat out the other names.