How was that possible?
Ashton's P.O.V
I was outside washing my car on Saturday when I saw a car pull up in front of Ronnie's house & then I saw three guys walk out of the car.
Band practice.
Well I mean I guess they needed it.
I saw Seth, their drummer who I am much better than, walk to Ronnie's door with two other guys who were in the band. I had never seen them perform live before but I have heard a practice or two of theirs since I have the joy of being Ronnie's neighbor although I haven't heard a practice in awhile. The other two members were like a year older I think but their age didn't help at all, my band was better.
I turned around to see Ronnie open the door for them.
"I'm glad you're practicing!" I yelled from across the lawn. "You guys desperately need it!"
"Sure we do..." Ronnie yelled back at me once she popped her head outside to see me.
"You do! Like I told you before, 5sos is at its prime right now."
"Right. Because your amateur cover of teenage dirtbag is just phenomenal." Ronnie said sarcastically.
"Just saying...you guys should watch it."
"Whatever, Irwin. Thanks for annoying me once again. You even manage to annoy me on the weekends."
"Anytime. It's my favorite part of the day."
"Oh really? I'm your favorite part of the day? Wow, I am so honored." Ronnie said, again with an insane amount of sarcasm.
"You should be. You're lucky I just wasted two minutes of my day to talk to you. You should feel honored."
"I promise you Ashton that if you wanted to save those two minutes for something else, that's totally fine with me. I'm sure you only last two minutes anyway so you could go get in a quick fuck instead of talking to me if you wanted."
"I'll have you know that I last way longer than two minutes. If the guys you're with only last that long, I feel bad for you but oh wait, you're not with anyone!"
"& you're with half the school so who's the winner here? You're just using girls & I have my dignity."
"You're just too tense. You need to find a guy, get a dick in you & maybe you'll lighten up, Ronnie."
"I'm good. Thanks for the advice though. I have a band practice to get to." Ronnie turned away & she shut her front door behind her as I went into mine.
I continued washing my car & then a bit later, I heard her band start playing from her garage.
I listened in, just to scope out the competition, when I realized they really were competition. Like they actually sounded good. How was that possible?
I heard Ronnie's voice instantly start off, "Shot through the heart & you're to blame, darlin you give love a bad name." Her voice like pierced through my skin. She had some depth to her voice, a huge rock edge.
I had no idea.
I mean I had heard her sing before but not this type of music.
Ronnie was rock.
& her band was killing it.
Shit.
It didn't help that musicians were my weakness...except Ronnie...I think.
I texted my friends in a group chat.
Ashton-
Emergency band rehearsal tonight.
