Author: rulersmakebadlovers
Again: 2016
You sat quietly listening to Lindsey's part on one of your tracks. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't quite what you wanted it to be. The only problem was, you didn't know how to talk to him. It had been three weeks since the....incident....in the bedroom and tensions were high.
You shake your head a little and sit back in your seat, "I don't like it," you say.
"What do you mean you don't like it?" Lindsey asked.
"It doesn't sound the way I want it to."
"Then please, Stevie, enlighten us how you want it to sound!" He snapped at you.
You rub your forehead and take a deep breath, "you sound so....angry on the track, Lindsey. It doesn't fit with the rest of the song."
The rest of the band braced themselves for his comeback. It had been a long time since any of them had witnessed an epic Buckingham Nicks fight; but this might finally be the breaking point.
"Shall I get the popcorn?" John whispered; you glared at him.
Christine chuckled quietly and smacked him playfully and the three other band members pretended to busy themselves and act as though they weren't listening, but you knew they were. You wished they would leave.
"I am angry! Jesus Christ, Stevie!" He yelled at you.
You crossed your arms and looked him in the eyes, "you have nothing to be angry about!"
He looked at you incredulously, "are you fucking kidding me right now?"
You stood up from the chair you had been sitting in, "you have no right whatsoever to be angry with me, Lindsey Buckingham."
"Of course I do!" Finally noticing the two of you had an audience he cleared his throat before he continued, "I worked hard on that song."
You rolled your eyes which drove him crazy, "I worked hard on that song. You had a few lines and you couldn't even keep the anger out of your voice. What's this about? Is this because I won't fuck you anymore?"
The room went quiet. Mick, John, and Christine all froze where they were standing as if they weren't sure whether they should go upstairs or stay and see how this played out.
"You KNOW it doesn't have anything to do with that, Stevie!" He shouts at you.
"Oh it doesn't? Because everything was fine three weeks ago Lindsey! Now you're moping around here like an idiot. We have deadlines to meet. We don't have time for you to act like a petulant child!"
"You don't know what it's like to have to work side by side with you everyday!" You could tell he wanted to take the words back as soon as he said them.
You face must have fallen because Chris and Mick were by your side instantly. You were so tired and so, so angry. You don't know what came over you but you lurched yourself at Lindsey, "I don't know what it's like, Lindsey?! That's where you're going with this?! I lost you too!!" Mick was holding you back with very little effort.
Lindsey paused at what he had said, "no...no, Angel I didn't...I would never say anything like that to hurt you. I know this is hard on both of us."
"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME LINDSEY!" You turned and sobbed into Mick's shirt.
Christine nodded at John and he took Lindsey upstairs to get him a drink. You wished he would just go the fuck home.
