Disclaimer:
All characters are 18 years of age or older while actively engaging in sexual activity. This story is a prequel/sequel (sprequel?) to my other work, Alex & Alexa. As always, many thanks and gratuitous panty shots from Freja and Jeanie to my long-suffering editor and beta-reader for their assistance in polishing up and improving this work. Reviews are welcome; flames will be snickered at and deleted with extreme prejudice. Enjoy!
Please Note:
There are incest themes with a secondary couple in this story. Just a forewarning.
***
1986 ...
The small music room was quiet, everyone readying their instruments while Mike prepared himself, sitting at the piano and cracking his knuckles. He then began to play, his fingers dancing gracefully across the keys. Seconds later he was joined by Aaron on the acoustic guitar, followed by Kasey playing drums and Rob on his bass. The harmony sounded good today as Mike began singing.
"
There's a road I'd like to tell you about, lives in my hometown
Lake Shore Drive the road is called, and it'll take you up or down
From rags on up to riches fifteen minutes you can fly
Pretty blue lights along the way, help you right on by
And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace, help you right on by.
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town
Just slippin' on by on LSD, Friday night trouble-bound!
"
Mike was pleased; everyone was keeping up nicely. He continued playing smoothly, pacing everyone along with Rob on the bass. The song continued, and every sounded great.
And it's Friday night and you're looking clean
Too early to start the rounds
A ten minute ride from the Gold Coast back make sure you're pleasure bound
And it's four o'clock in the morning and all of the people have gone away
Just you and your mind and Lake Shore Drive, tomorrow is another day
And the sunshine's fine in the morning time, tomorrow is another day
And there ain't no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town
Just slicking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble-bound.
"
Mike's piano flourish was everyone's favourite part of the song, and the other three laughed as he made Liberace faces while his fingers flew over the ivories.
What a pity they were missing one essential instrument.
Mike had finished another keyboard flourish, when they all heard an unexpected sound from the doorway - the sprightly strains of a fiddle. They all glanced over and saw Karen Gordon walking into the room, her instrument pressed to her cheek, fiddling away. They gaped as she joined them, standing between the piano and bass to keep time.
She looked at Mike, smiled and winked.
The song ended with the guitar and fiddle fading away, and everyone was silent for some time, staring at the unexpected arrival. Then they all burst into laughter and applause, while Karen blushed and did a little curtsy. Mike rose from the piano and looked down at her.
"First my Calabi-Yau math and now our missing fiddle. When are you
not
pulling my butt out of a fire, Gordon?"
Karen was still flush with some form of personal excitement as she replied: "If my father caught me or even
heard
about me fiddling, I'd be lucky if all he did was disown me."
"Your name's Gordon; isn't fiddling kind of a Scottish thing?" Rob asked.
"Perhaps, but my father's name is Blackwell, and the Blackwells do
not
fiddle," she replied, enjoying her little tingle of rebellion. "Fiddling, so I am told, is for peasants."
She'd been walking down the hall on her way from a violin lesson, when she heard the familiar strains of the classic rock song. Intrigued, she followed the music into the basement, where the free practice rooms were, and came across this little troupe - sounding great but sorely missing a fiddle from the mix.
Not surprisingly, DeBourne was in charge. She should have known. The men playing, aside from the giant lug on the piano, were all majoring in music, each accomplished in his own right. Their playing had been spot-on, but for the lack of a fiddle.
"But one does wonder, DeBourne," she mused, looking up at him now. "Why a song about Chicago? Are there none about our lovely hometown to play?"
"What song do you want us to sing? 'Spadina Bus' by the Shuffle Demons?" he replied, making everyone chuckle. "Besides, Aaron's from Chicago and he plans to get accredited so he can attend Juilliard. It's one of his favourite songs from home."
"Oh, now that's sweet of you," Karen said, putting her instrument back in its case and closing it. "But I have numbers to crunch, so I must away. It was splendid playing with you, gentlemen. Ta!"
And then she was gone. Kasey let out a low whistle as he watched her wiggle out of the room and disappear.
"Damn, the only thing tighter than her playing is that ass," he sighed. "Wonder who's playing bongos on that?"
Mike frowned but resisted the urge to gibb the brown-haired kid. He just sighed and prepared to lock up. "Well, now that we have proof positive that we can't play it without the fifth instrument, let's call it a day, shall we?"
***
Chapter VIII - Don't Piss Her Off
They'd gone to the campus via public transport instead of using a car, and Alexa had to admit, she always enjoyed the experience. True, there were many subway systems in Europe that she'd ridden on regularly, but something about riding the system 'at home,' as she now called it, was special to her. It was a sign of how quickly she had adapted to her new life, thinking of Toronto as home. It was where she had come from, and it was where she belonged.
They got off the bus several stops from the house, deciding to walk. It was a clear and pleasant day, perfect for a leisurely stroll. Well ahead in all their courses, they'd left their backpacks, books and study material in Karen's office for the weekend. They ambled down the street, enjoying one another's company and talking about whatever came to mind. They may have wanted to hold hands, but they were close enough to home that they
might
be recognized by anyone driving past, so they tacitly avoided it.
Alexa looked up at the trees and sighed, smiling. Alex couldn't help but stare, because she was the most beautiful thing he'd ever seen. Everything about his aunt was utterly perfect - her sapphire eyes, dancing with joy and deep emotions; her "megawatt smile," as he called it, that simply lit up a room when she entered; her long, thick golden-blonde hair, cascading down to the small of her back when she let it hang loose; her statuesque neck and shoulders, just above her magnificent bust, tapering into her tiny waist and womanly hips; strong and supple legs that went on forever and feet that looked dainty, but carried her like a gazelle when she was running. All of this was somehow wrapped in the breezy sundress she was wearing today, a light yellow with flowers printed on it. What wasn't to love? What wasn't to get lost in, staring at her? ...
THUMP!!