"hearts of smoke" - Kirk Hammett

chapter 3, page 10.

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"I'm so boredddd" Charles complains, "well I'm sorry, but shut up" Sydney says, getting mad at Charles, "bitch" he looks, sydneys snaps at him, "sit the hell down and get in your place, the fuck?" She narrows her eyes at him.

"Yes MOM" he laughs, "not laughing" Sydney straight faced says, Charles frowns, sitting down by a think of drums.

"Micheal you good?" I ask, he puts a thumbs up and nodds, looking down at his base, he doesn't talk much which is honestly kinda cool, or maybe he's just stoned.

"Ay I got acid at the hotel, you want any?" Micheal asks us, looking around, "me!" Charles raises his hand, "yeah I will, but after this we go straight to the bus" I say, "yeah not today, we are skipping Mexico since we just have this little gig here, or something, so we have to fly to Texas tomorrow" Sydney says, "oh yeah I forgot about that, just Charles and val, you will pass out more then likely" micheal says.

"Fine with me" I shrug, Charles nodds in agreement, "okay I'll give you some when we get back" micheal looks at us, "alright" I smile, man I havet done acid in a long time, I remember how fun it was, mostly with Charles being the way it is, but worse.

"Hearts of smoke on in 5" a manger comes in, "k" Sydney responds to them, "here's lily" Sydney hands me my guitar, oh do i love her.

The guitar, I mean, and Sydney but, guitar.

"Only a hour show right?" Charles asks, "barley, like a 58 minute one with all the songs, but with breaks about an hour" I say, he nodds.

We all get our stuff, I start to crack my knuckles, making sure my hands are movable and not stiff.

"On in 3" a manger comes around again, I mean shit we know.

"We will be fine" Sydney nodds, "yeah we will syd don't worry" I pat her shoulder, she nodds.

"Hey sydney!" I hear a man's voice say, "huh?" She turns, oh it's James.. duh? "You will do amazing" he says, kissing her on the head, hugging her and leaving, "TMI" Charles gets grossed out, Sydney laughs.

I love how happy she is with James, it's good to see her happy.

"1, on in 1" Chris goes up to us and says, "you will do fine, it's a decent crowd, so goodluck" Chris hugs us, walking off, "thanks" I yell, he puts a thumbs up.

Good talk.

"Welcome in.. hearts of smoke!" We here a person say, everyone starts clapping, "comon" I gesture, walking up to the stage.

DECENT CROWD? HOLY FUCK MORE THEN DECENT.

"Maybe a little more then decent" Charles whispers, I nodd with wide eyes, he goes to his drums, "hi everyone, ready to rock" syd says, the crowd cheers, woah.

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"And goodnight!", we get off stage, holy hell am I sweaty, I see kirk, about to go on stage in a few minutes, "you did amazing, I watched the whole thing" he smiles, "really? I only saw you a couple times" I smile at him, "yeah I did, obviously, but let me see your hand" he says, I nodd and give it to him.

"I knew it" he says, "you cut yourself, I saw the blood" he laughs, "oh I never noticed" I laugh, "you need to tap your hand, like I do, when it cuts like this a string can get into it and it hurts just as bad or even worse as a paper cut" kirk says, wiping the blood from down my hand.

"Okay I will next time, but you got to go on now, Goodluck kirk" I say, kissing him on the cheek and leaving to the room, the cut is starting to burn now.

"How's the cut?" Charles asks, first thing I walk into the room to, "burning, but how did you notice?" I ask, "we all did, it was a lot of blood you lost, some got on lily" micheal shrugs, "I mean it gives it character but I want the blood off" I say, grabbing my guitar, wiping it off.

"Yeah it won't come off its dried" Sydney says, "greatt" I say, taking my guitar off and setting it down, "well are you gonna fix the still bleeding cut?" Charles asks, "oh yeah forgot" I say, going to the first aid on the table and wrapping it up.

"That works" I shrug, "yeah just keep an eye on it" Charles says, I nodd and go sit by Sydney, metacllica has like a hour and 10 minute show, plus the talk with the audience or mini breaks, so 1 hour and 15 or 20.

Boring hour.

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I'm so soreh for the short chapter, I mean longer then the last one but I feel like it needs more, but I can't keep my eyes open so sorry 😿.