Under This Mask

Chpt. 2 Murder is a Six-Letter Word for a Dirty Conscience

The venue was fantastic. The roof was lined with gazebo style lanterns and there were flashing balloons everywhere. A stage was set up for a performance by The DinoSours, which is Avalyn's band (she only found out they were playing once we got here).

The DinoSours, in my opinion, is one of the greatest garage rock bands I've ever seen. They did a few covers, including Good Charlotte, Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Counting Crows, The Beatles, and plus a few original songs.

I was up in the mosh pit dancing my heart out, when I saw this girl. She was definitely different. She was dressed in all black with her jet black hair pushed to one side of her neck. She was darting around, looking suspicious, as if she just blew up one of the bathrooms or something. Well, for whatever reason, she looked like she was looking for someone. I guess she might have lost her date or something. Or maybe she---

"Ouch!", a girl yelled from behind.

"Oh, sorry".

"It's fine. I've already got enough bruises from the pit. I think I might have gotten a black eye."

"Ouch. I'm sorry to hear that", I replied, somewhat sympathetically.

"It's alright. I'm Dana, by the way. And these are my 2 homies, Betty and Latisha".

Dana and her group were odd girls. They all had the most pale skin I've ever seen. Dana was the tallest, with very short green and blond hair. She was wearing an MSI shirt with the brightest pair of pink pants I've ever seen. Betty had long brown hair with short bangs that were somewhat bleached. She was wearing a bright blue babydoll dress with tan vintage shoes. Latisha had black hair and very red lips. Aside from her dark look above the shoulders, below them she was wearing a pink graphic shirt and pink skater shoes.

"Hey, do you girls know who that girl over there is?", I asked. I was curious about this girl.

"Um, no", Latisha said, with a bite in her voice.

"I HEARD that she's on a super duper SPY MISSION!!", Betty said, almost yelling.

"Don't mind her. She's just a little bit of a lunatic", Latisha said. She then thumped Betty on the back of her head.

"OWW!!!!"

"Well, I think we're going to get black and blue", Dana said.

"Well I say mission accomplished!", I joked.

"TRUE SHIZ, MAN!!!!", Betty screamed.

"Ok, Betsie Boo. Let's go check you in at the funny farm...", Latisha said.

"WHERE LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL ALL THE TIME AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SEE THOSE NICE YOUNG MEN IN THEIR CLEAN WHITE COATS! THEY'RE COMING TO TAKE ME AWAY, HAHAAAAA!!!!!!", Betty sang.

"I'm sure they are, hun" Latisha said, practically dragging Betty away.

"Oh, silly silly Betz. Well, I'ma go now. By the way, you're hot. BYE!!", Dana said, then ran towards Latisha and Betty.

"Ooook.....", I said. Well that certainly wasn't a weird conversation!

Avalyn's concert was over, so I went back stage to see her. I was greeted by their lead vocalist, Maddilyn, making out with her fiery haired boyfriend, Sean. Their drummer, Isabella, was also kissing her sophomore boyfriend, Quentin. I'm pretty sure their bassist, Allison, was getting high. I walked over to where Avalyn stood to congratulate and to ask about that one girl.

"Hey, Avy, did you happen to see a black hair girl running around like a criminal?"

"Um, no. But I did see a brown haired girl singing like a drunk being pulled away by this goth chick and a green haired girl. Isn't that interesting?", Avalyn said. Ya gotta love that girl. She never knows what's going on.