USE YOUR ILLUSION, slash

four

The walk was silent for the next ten or so minutes. Slash reaches into his back pocket, pulling out a pack of cigarettes. He slips a cigarette out, placing it between his lips.
     "Want one?" He breaks the silence and points the box toward Danielle.
     "Please," she takes one. This leaves four sticks left, "Thank you."
     "Yep," Slash speaks softly, almost muttering. He puts the box back into his pocket and trades it for his lighter. Raising it to his cigarette that hangs, covering it with the opposite hand, he lights it, then passes it over to Danielle. She lights hers and passes the light back to the curly-haired man.
"What do you wanna do?" Danielle takes a drag from the cigarette, the same time Slash does, so there's a delay in his response.
"Whatever you want," Slash shrugs and his lips purse out into duck lips almost. The two are about to pass by a sex shop, "In there?" He laughs to himself. Danielle laughs.
"Absolutely," Danielle looks up at him, her eyes full of straight infatuation, but she wouldn't ever admit it to anyone or herself. Especially since she's only known him for a couple of days. Slash flicks his cigarette.
"Let's go then," He heads toward the door. Danielle follows him. When they go inside, they both become super giggly, both immature, but neither care.
"Look at that one," Danielle whispers and points to one of the toys, she has to cover her mouth with her other hand, if she doesn't she'll burst out in laughter.
"Pfffft," His hand meets his mouth, but he puts less effort into holding it in than Danielle.
"You're so immature!" Danielle hits his shoulder. Her hand no longer covers her mouth, but she has a big ginormous smile.
"You laughed first!"
"I didn't!"
"You did!" Slash laughs, not really trying to hold it anymore.
"You're wrong, I'm right," Danielle crosses her arms, the smile still plastered on her face. She turns on her heels and makes her way through the store. Slash follows her, his hair bouncing when he walks. They get to the end of an aisle. Danielle raises her eyebrows and points to another toy.
     "Who should we get this for? Axl?" She jokes.
     "Nah, his head is already up his ass, he doesn't need anything else," Slash scratches right under his chin. Danielle stand there, bewildered. Slash finds amusement in her reaction. Her bewilderment turns into laughter.
     "There's no way you just said that," Danielle says.
     "I'm just speaking the truth," Slash shrugs. He still has his cigarette from a little bit ago, he takes a drag from it. Danielle's smile entrances him, but like Danielle, he wouldn't admit that to anyone. An employee comes up to the two of them.
     "Excuse me, you can't smoke in here," They employee crosses her arms.
     "Then why are you in here?" Slash gets defensive.
     "What are you talking about?" She raises an eyebrow.
     "I mean, you're smokin', you can't be in here if you're smoking," A smirk creeps across his face and he sends her a wink. Danielle feels her stomach twist. Why is she feeling this way? Only after a couple days of knowing the man?
     "Hm, thanks, that's really.. charming, but you still have to leave," The employee motions toward the door.
"Nothing can change your mind?" He makes some sort of face that gets the woman flustered. Danielle looks away out of awkwardness.
"No sir. Leave the store or I'll have to call the police," She looks at him, still flustered but not amused. Slash brushes his hand against Danielle's arm, purposely getting her attention. Danielle looks at him, Slash is already almost out the door. She hurries to catch up to him.
"Where to now?" Danielle asks. Slash drops the cigarette that he's finished and stomps and twists it with his heel.
"There's a record store over there, we could go there.. if you want," He suggests and trails off. He loves record stores, but isn't sure if Danielle does.
"Uhhmmm, yeah sure we can go," She nods. Slash shakes his head.
"Do you actually want to or are you just saying that?" He moves out of the way of the people passing them.
"I actually want to," She shrugs.
"You're not being very convincing," He laughs nervously.
"If you wanna do it, I wanna do it," A soft smile elucidates onto her face.
"Oh c'mon you're making me blush," Slash feels his cheeks grow hot and he smiles. A bigger smile grows onto Danielle's face. She grabs his hand and drags him to the record store across the street.
"Watch out for the cars!" She laughs. They're practically playing frogger. They get to the other side of the street and walk into the store. It's beautiful. An endless selection of vinyl, posters, and movies too. Danielle watches his face light up. Slash looks as if he's just entered his own heaven. They split ways, Danielle looks in a particular aisle, yet looking for no one in particular. She passes Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith, Rush, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, ZZ Top, and a ton more. Then she gets to another section, Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, Megadeth, Motley Crüe, Ratt, Exodus, Def Leppard, AC/DC, Kiss, and another familiar name, Guns N' Roses. She feels her excitement build. She grabs the album, Appetite For Destruction off the shelf and begins to search the store for Slash.
     Slash is looking through a crate of records that he found hidden. He sees Danielle come up to him out of the corner of his eye. He looks up.
     "What'd you find?" He asks when he sees that she's hiding something behind her back.
     "This," She pulls the record out from behind her back and presents it to him. He smiles.
     "That's so cool, what? Let me see it," He holds his hands out, Danielle hands it to him, "Didn't even know they had it here," He feels giddy. A feeling he hasn't really felt since he met Danielle.