hellfire and brimstone

Big Night

We arrive at the concert Venue an hour before soundcheck. Eddie and I quickly make our way back to the bus and drop off our bags.
"Holy fuck, I'm so goddamn nervous."
"Eddie, look at me." I say grabbing his hand. "You are a kick ass guitarist, you learned Master of Puppets, by ear, in 2 fucking weeks. You are going to be amazing and the crowd is going to love you." He smiles at me.
"You're right, Love. This shows gonna kick ass and tonight will be the best night ever." I smile playing with his rings. That's when Mötley Crüe walks up.
"Hey Kat." Nikki smirks.
"Nikki! How are you doing?"
"I'm fine, shouldn't I be asking you that?"
"Oh I'm great, just growing a person." He snorts.
"Eddie, you taking good care of my little sister?"
"Oh absolutely, she barely gets to do anything."
"Good, well we're gonna go rehearse, then it's your turn."
"Nikki, you have that ass backwards, they rehearse first." Doc corrects my brother.
"Nikki, what are you high on?" I ask noticing his bloodshot eyes.
"I'm not high." I know he's lying, but I can't lose my brother. He leaves to go get his bass tuned.
"Hey, don't worry about Nikki, you have to take care of yourself and our baby. He's an adult."
"You're right, I just don't want him to destroy his life."
"He's gotta make his own decisions. Now I've got soundcheck, are you gonna come watch?"
"Of course I am." I sit backstage watching them rehearse, I knew Eddie was gonna go the distance. As he shreds a solo, I look at my belly. "That's your daddy, he's such an awesome guitar player. He loves you so much already." I smile as our baby kicks in response. We decided to let the gender be a surprise.
"Babe, did you see that sick solo?" He asks like an excited little kid.
"Of course, I did." He smiles wide noticing my hand on my belly.
"Is she kicking?" I nod as he puts his hands under mine. "That's so fucking cool. I can't believe this is all real." We head back to his dressing room. "So baby, I got you something and I wanna bring you on stage tonight, would you be ok with that?"
"Yeah, I'll come onstage babe, I'd be happy to." I smile up at him. He starts going through the rack of his stage clothes and finds a black fishnet top and cut up corroded coffin t-shirt with a pair of black bike shorts.
"I hope it fits. I picked it out for you." He smiles. I strip off my tank top and pull on the corroded coffin shirt which fits perfect and hugs my bump. I peel off my shorts and pull on the new ones. I add a bullet belt around my hips and my converse.
"Thank you, Eddie. I love it." He smiles at me.
"Goddamn you look sexy." He leans down and kisses my lips.
"You look handsome." I play with his fluffy brown hair. "Please don't ever buzz your head again. You wouldn't look like you without your hair." He laughs.
"Yeah no, I'm not planning on buzzing my head. It's just not me." He peels off his leather jacket and vest.
"You gonna take a shower?"
"Yeah, maybe it'll make me chill out."
"Wanna save some water and shower together?" I smirk at him.
"When do I ever say no to showering together?"
"Never." I start stripping heading into the bathroom and turning on the water. I put the new outfit on the counter and climb into the warm water, Eddie joins me in the shower and we makeout under the water.
"Hey Princess, would you wash my hair for me?" I smile.
"Of course, my prince." He had trouble after the demobat attack so while he was healing I washed his hair for him and I guess he loved it.
"Promise me, when we fight, we never yell at each other?"
"I promise, honey, I hate yelling anyway." I get the shampoo into his hair cleaning the dirt from it. "Damn baby, you need to stop the mud fights." He snorts.
"Dustin started it." After our shower he lights up a cigarette, just relaxing on the couch with the towel wrapped around his waist.
Doc calls him and his band to the stage.
"Ready?"
"As I'll ever be." I softly kiss Eddie's lips.
"You're gonna be amazing." I stand at the side of the stage with Doc and Doug.
"You know, I'm glad Nikki twisted my arm into adding them to the tour." Doug smiles.
"They are pretty good, especially coming from Indiana." Doc adds. "Khristian, would you like a chair?"
"I'm good, thank you though." I watch as their set continues. In between their fifth and sixth songs, Eddie looks over at me.
"Hey everyone, I need someone special to join us on stage for just a minute, then we'll get back to our set." Eddie smirks into the microphone. "Babe, you're needed on stage!" He calls me over.
"Yes, Honey?"
"Khristian, I have to ask you something, would you please marry me?" He sinks to one knee pulling a beautiful black diamond ring out of his pocket.
"Yes, yes a million times yes!" I wipe my tears away with my right hand as he slides the ring on my left. I kiss him hard. He sends me back over to the side stage where Nikki is waiting with a grin on his face. "You knew didn't you?"
"Of course, he asked me for permission." My brother pulls me into a hug. After their set, Mötley goes on stage and Eddie and I head back to the dressing room.