𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝'𝐬 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭 |𝟏𝟖+

| CHAPTER II |❀

Sunlight shone brightly over his wooden floorboards through the curtains, his eyes slowly opened and squinted at the source of light. Dominic groaned as his eyes struggled to adjust to the brightness and forced himself up. It's been late nights after late nights these days, getting more difficult to wake up on a good note and that frustrated him. His feet found their balance and energy to lead him to the bathroom, he cursed out loud as he knocked over his guitar case which hit the ground hard, he ignored it and continued into the bathroom. He proceeded which his normal routine, cold shower, brushing teeth, dressing himself for the day, cleaning the apartment and of course picking up that goddamn guitar he loved so much.

His watch read 9:23, 7 minutes from the time he was supposed to leave but to be early, he left his house before time. Before he left, he put dog food into his dog's bowls, making sure she had enough for the day.

He opened the backseat to his car and carefully placed his guitar before he took his place at the steering wheel, he had a busy day ahead of him. Dominic worked 2 jobs diligently, guitarist by day and bar tender by night. But that wasn't the dream, Dom wanted to become a guitarist, famous, wealthy and in the magazines however all of this was just apart of his journey.

Dominic drove his car to a performing arts centre across town, not too far from where he stayed. When he arrived, he set up his guitar equipment and made sure he tuned before he grabbed a quick snack to eat before they would start, soon, a group of ladies began to fill the practice room, one by one, clearly surprised to see Dominic and whispering at him, he didn't know if this was a good or bad thing but he blamed it on them not being used to him. He took his seat where his guitar was and pulled his curls into a man bun, his golden earrings dangling from his ears, complimenting his skin tone well.

The music director soon entered the room, right on time, she took the time to greet Dominic before she addressed all the ladies in the room "Morning ladies, thanks for being on time today! Before we start, I want to introduce our new guitarist who's going to be accompanying our A Capella sessions temporarily, everyone meet Dominic." Dominic gave a curt nod and smile to everyone, waving a smile hand before letting Catherine speak.

"Okay so-" Before Catherine could start her sentence, the doors opened loudly and someone rushed into the room, she wore a white sundress which complimented her soft and gentle nature, her curls cascaded down her collarbone lusciously, she smiled and took her place near the rest of the ladies "Sorry i'm late." Dominic couldn't help but stare, he remembered her from last night, they made eye contact for a brief moment, Dominic's hazel eyes meeting Alina's honey brown eyes, her lips parted in small surprise.

"It's okay Ali, I was just introducing Dominic, he'll be our guitarist temporarily until our usual accompanist feels better again. Anyways, let's get started ladies! Dominic please give us a G."

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During the whole practice, Alina couldn't help but stare, occasionally looking away as Dominic would notice, partially because she couldn't believe he was here and because he was eye catching. After they wrapped up, some of the ladies stayed behind to catch up and talk, some immediately went over to Dominic to talk. Dominic only had one person on his mind, the rest didn't matter to him, he quickly ended his conversations with them and walked over to Alina. "Seeing you again wasn't on my agenda today."

She smiled and looked up at him as he towered over her "It's nice to see you again..I didn't think you'd be here either..you play guitar really well." She complimented

He nodded and smiled sheepishly "Thank you, I do try. You know, I was wondering when i'd see you again." He said with a more bold tone, Alina intrigued him more than he would've expected.