Yes it continues...
And yes it's been a while...
Last time we met the narrator and his first encounter with Sarah Michelle Gellar, and he thought it was a simple one-night stand...!
I never fully introduced you to the rest of the band last time, well I did mention Suzie in detail but I never did the rest of the guys justice; after all they play a large part of the story later on.
Jon, who was on base, has been my closest friend since I was ten, it amazed me we kept in touch after going our own paths when I went to Uni but with the first band I was adamant he was involved. Jon was a tall guy around 5"11 or something thereabouts. He bore a close likeness to Hugh Grant only skinner and not as good looking and always with a funny coloured woolly hat on his frame..
Rich was a former sports freak that has slowly joined the beer drinking hell we created for ourselves. He was a muscled man who dealt with all our problems if it came to physical ones I mean. He looked like a young and leaner Ray Winstone.
Dave was the manic who never learnt to grow up and we love him for that, long dark hair, massive sideburns he was in his mind Jim Morrison reborn.
Anyway back to the important stuff, yes me and Sarah had arranged to meet again after our intense first meeting she seemed anxious for a second round. But this was top-secret stuff, no one had to know or even get a hint of an affair on her part and me being a marriage wrecker (sort of).
The chance came when we had to film our latest video for our last song to be released from the album. I arranged with Sarah for her to appear in the video, she loved the idea, her appearing in a rock video would both boost her image to a new audience and she would be close to me. She had a week off in November (seven months and one week till her wedding) so she flew over to London to discuss the video and start filming. We got her booked in the same hotel and on the same floor (I wanted easy access before you ask!) and work on the video was scheduled for only three days. She arrived here without any fan fare or mass crowds of the media photographing her every move, which eased any fear I had that someone suspected. She treated me like any old friend when I first saw her, a peck on the cheek, a handshake to the suits that were the record company, when they found out I had secured Sarah Michelle Gellar I think one of them nearly choked out of surprised, everyone loved the idea. She asked about the weather and about sights she caught on the way to the hotel, in truth this was like any meeting with a celeb only it was me who had invited the world famous celeb to work with us. How our lives had changed!
On the first day we all discussed the video with the director and producer, it was our first rock ballad type song, it featured a heavy guitar riff but also some gentle singing on my part. The video didn't need for Sarah to do much, she was to spend a lot of time in a room sitting on a stool in front of a piece of glass separating me from her as I sung my heart out to her, she had to not flinch and not take her eyes of me. The real kicker comes when her side of the room is engulfed in flames and she vanishes in the fire, I fall to the floor in pain. (Thought you might like it). There is however some flashback scenes of her and me as well as the band doing 'fun' things like playing football in the park, bowling, enjoy our company etc. Those scenes were great because I was close to her all the time, she even had one of her suggestions of her character kissing me, like it was the first time, put in the video, it was a brilliant idea if I do say so.
In between the shoot she did interviews with the likes of MTV, SKY television, a couple of magazines and our making of the video crew but once the shoot was over we partied. Sarah was only too willing to join in, but for the four days she was there so far she and I never crossed paths like our last meeting. The day of the drinking was her last night there and we went full out to make it a hell of a night. But as with all good things it had to end, at only two in the morning we all returned to the hotel and in my room we all crashed and had a few late drinks. A game was started where we told some of our sexual adventures. I went first, recounting a tale with an off-duty cop in Amsterdam and her handcuff's. Sarah decided to go next and guess which fucking story she retold?! Yes! Everyone liked it but I kept silent and smiled. The night ended with several of the others leaving, Sarah was asleep on my bed, Suzie wanted to help me move her but I said it was ok, she said goodnight and left, I looked down at the sleeping beauty, she wore no shoes on her petit feet, a pair of black loose slacks that still curved in the right places. The top she had on was a tight red t-shirt that went with a discarded black jacket.
She was lying on her side with her head resting on both her hands, curled up in the foetal position and every bit as sexy as you think it is. I joined her on the bed also on my side and stared at her face, I wanted to wake her up but I would have felt guilty, instead I said in a whisper, "God you are beautiful." Not expecting an answer I got one.
