"hearts of smoke" - Kirk Hammett

chapter 4, page 6.

6:29PM
.... after practice

"Hey val, when is your aunt Jen and uncle Ken gonna be here?" Sydney asks, "they should ge here around 6:30? So technically now? I mean we're on in 1" I shrug, grabbing my guitar.

"Oh yeah, will we see them after?" She asks, "yeah duh" I nodd, walking up to the side of the stage.

"We will do good, just awesome" I breath in, "1, 2, 3" I count town.

Off to the stage..
....

"Yo that was sick" I walk up to Metallica, "I'd hope, I just held my breath for a good 8 minutes" kirk laughs, hugging me.

"And why is that? I walk with him done hall, "oh ya know, never can get threw on ner-" he says, getting cut off, "Oh my sweet Valerie!" I see my aunt Jen walk up to me with open arms.

"Hi aunt jen" I smile, hugging her, she pulls away, looking at Kirk confused, "oh this is kirk, my friend¿" I guess.

I don't really know what we are.

"She means boyfriend" Sydney comes up from behind me, "oh you got a boyfriend, he seems nice" she smiles at him, "hey Sydney sweet" she hugs Sydney.

"Hey jenny" Sydney smiles, hugging her back, "where uncle ken?" I ask, "back with David, Carl and livie" she points to the back of her, "we wanted to take you to dinner after, along with Sydney" she smiles.

"If that's okay with sydney" I ask, "yea ofcourse" she smiles, "then it's a plan! Meet me outside in just 20 minutes please" she smiles, walking off.

"I hate you" kirk mumbles, "me? The hell do I do!" I put my arms up, "no not you, sydney" he points, "be more specific" I roll my and sigh.

"Well, why me?"

"You told her aunt im her boyfriend!" He sarcastically laughs, "well, what are ya?" She asks, "can't go around sayin yall fuckin, which you arent, nor can you say friends with benefits, because that, that is inappropriate for her aunt"

"God, Valerie, you got one werid, fucking werid, bestfriend" kirk laughs, "and you dont?" I start walking to the rooms.

"No, lars, James and cliff are normal" he crosses his arms, "normal my fucking ass" Sydney replies, "cliff, yes, er well maybe, lars and james? Definitely not" I look at kirk werid.

"Besides the point, clean up and tell the boys that me and Sydney will be going out with her family" Sydney rushes me back inside, "I said hi to your aunt jen" Charles laughs from the couch.

"She said Amy looks like the right one, isn't that sweet?" He laughs, putting an arm over Amy, "She's never said that about any of my pass relationships, maybe she just knows" I shrug, "hey fuckers, and fucket, me and syd gotta go with my aunt and stuff for dinner, keep the place cleaned up and grab our stuff for the bus, yeah?" I ask, "I will, I'll force Charles to help" micheal leans back in his chair.

"Kay thanks, bye!" I wave, Sydney walks out the door, grabbing her purse. We walk to the back doors, exiting and looking around for Jen.

"Ah there you girls are!" Aunt Jen comes up, "yeah sorry, had to say bye to Charles and micheal" I smile, "yeah, micheal seems nice, sorry to what happened to angel, he's a little to much like ya father, not in the good way ethier, Charles seems like he has a nice lady, I think she's a good match!" Aunt Jen smiles.

"Uncle Ken, Carl, David and livie are in the car, ya ready to go?"

Sydney nodds, I do the same, following aunt Jen to the car. "Hey david" I look at the Littles cousin, who's about 10 years old, "hey" he waves, side hugging me, "hey uncle Ken, missed ya" I hug him, "still bald huh" Sydney jokes, "still red huh" he points to her hair, jokingly.

She rolls her eyes, "Sydney! Valerie!" Livie runs up to us, "I've been listening to your music a lot, your gonna make it big! I can feel it" she hugs us, "we can hope kid" I mess with her hair.

She was about 15, kindest soul ever, dressed like a hippie missed with a Rockstar.

She knew her styles.

"Carlington" I pull from livies hug and side hug Carl, "Valerie!" He laughs, his real name was calington, God do I know why but it is.

"How ya been?" He asks, "good, tired" I yawn, "you?" I ask, "better then usual, got myself a girlfriend" he fixs his poster, "grown up already, hell you about to turn, what, 16?" I ask, "I mean, me and livie are twins so, yes" he shrugs.

"I forgot you guys are" I think, "okay everyone let's get going!" Aunt Jen gets into the car, "how is everyone gonna fit?" I ask, having only 3 seats in the back, David is gonna get in the trunk, major tight fit though" Ken answers.

"I'll switch on the ground" livie sits on the ground, highly uncomfortable.

I get into the right side where livie was sitting, sitting in the sit above her, crisscrossed so I wouldn't hurt her.

Sydney sits next to me, Carl next to her.

"Ready?" Ken asks, "yep" I nodd, they drive off, hitting the traffic from the concert.

"So Valerie, tell me about this kirk?" My aunt turns to me, "oh well he's nice, Sydney thinks he's cool so that's a good sign, he pays for everything, even if I have the money to pay, goofy and he's funny" I smile, "ah, finally found ya one" she smiles, "huh?" I ask confused.

"Like I told Amy and Charles, I know when I see the one, I saw your uncle ken here, that worked out" she points, "obviously" livie and Carl mumbles at the same time.

I hate when they do that.

"I knew your mom wasn't the one for your dad, he didn't listen but I got you and angel out of it, along with dustin" she smiles.

"I got a good mind when it comes to that stuff, just sayin" she puts her hands up I defense.

Let's hope you do.

....

"God to I love aunt jen but she can talk a whole ear off" Sydney laughs, walking me to my hotel room, "yeah but it was cool seeing them, hell your my sister I never had, so there kinda my aunt to" she shrugs.

Did I forgot to mention her mom are not just bestfriends, but sisters, that married bestfriends, yeah, ya see why it didn't last there?

"Okay well bye val, get some rest you need it" she pats my shoulder, walking off, I unlock the door, walking and hearing the shower on.

I take my shoes off and sigh of relief, the shower turns off as sit on the bed, kirk comes out in just a towel.

"Oh shit, didn't know you were back yet" he stops, "well I was gonna go shower so," I laugh, taking off my jewelry.

"How was it?" He ask, "it was okay, she can talk a ear off, thats for damn sure" i mumble the last part of it.

I grab clothes to change into after my shower, "well, that's aunts for ya" he laughs, "noted" I nodd, walking to the bathroom.

I turn on the shower and strip of the clothes I had on, stepping in the shower and relieving the stress.
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"God, grease again?" Kirk laughs at me putting the VHS tape in for the movie, "yes, now deal with it" I point at him, laying down besides him.

"Whatever, just for you" he rolls his eyes, putting his arm around me.

"Goodnight kirk" I get comfortable on him, "goodnight Valerie, get a good rest" he smiles, kissing my head.

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THIS IS SO RUSHED IM SORRY.
I'm writing this at 3-4am on February first, can you believe January is already over, it's the fastest month tbh, same with December.

Sorry for it being so rushed, I'll make a better one next Chap.

Bye, goodnight, evening, afternoon, or morning! 💓