Make Me Smile || Kurt Cobain

Chapter 25 - Affection, Not Romance

Kurt

"Holy crap" I heard Ashlyn mutter as we got to the vicinity of festival. There were different bands and musicians all getting set up and she seemed to be having a moment.

"Someone's Star struck?" I asked with a chuckle. She nodded eagerly as she spotted Metallica not too far away. "Kurt, that's James Hettfield. Oh my God" She gasped as she struggled to catch her breath. "Oh and look, over there's Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell!"

"Well I feel kinda bad that you didn't react like this when you first saw us" Dave joked. She smirked at him.

"Give it up David. You guys just aren't cool" She teased. "Can i please meet James? Please?" She asked giddily.

"You know what, I'm quite offended as well that you weren't this excited to see us as well" I poked fun as well. She smirked.

"I was but Michael didn't want me scaring you guys away." She said then frowned for a second before she smiled again.

"Everything alright hun?" I asked. She nodded.

"Yeah. I just miss Michael" She said but shook it off. "I'll be fine. Can I meet James Hettfield?" She asked excitedly.

"Well neither of us are really friendly with Hettfield but sure. I guess you could. And you could meet Kirk Hammett and the rest of the guys. I am friends with Kirk after all"

"Thank you" She said sweetly.

"Of course. Then you could meet our buddies Chris and Eddie" I suggested. She squealed as we went over to meet the members of Metallica.

Ashlyn was a gem I'll tell you that. She seemed to be bubbly and excited as she took pictures with Metallica and they all signed her songbook that she took everywhere.

She also seemed to have a bit of a crush on James Hettfield but nothing I had to get too worried about.

"...and these are Chris Cornell and Eddie Vedder" I introduced. She blushed at the sight of Chris Cornell and while that didn't get me worried, it did get me annoyed.

Why wasn't she so flustered around me the first time we met?

"Hi. I'm Ashlyn" She said still looking flustered. Chris and Eddie shared a look I couldn't really interpret as they shook hands with her.

"I'll be over there" I said pointing over to where the Metallica guys were. Not that I wanted to leave Ashlyn alone but I just didn't want her being uncomfortable or thinking I was jealous or something.

But I still stayed at a close distance.

Chris (Ooh)

I took a good look at the girl in front of us. Ashlyn. She was beautiful, looked innocent and... young. I was sure I had a good eight years on her at least. And I was just twenty eight.

What business did she have here? With Kurt Cobain nonetheless?

Judging by her dressing, she was from Seattle.

I knew all of Kurt's female friends, girlfriends, exes, family members etc. It came with being part of the Seattle scene. We all knew each other.

And I had never seen her before.

"I was wondering if I could get an autograph from you guys? Pretty please? I'm a huge fan" She pleaded. Eddie laughed and happily obliged.

"It's always so refreshing to see a fan. A pretty fan for that matter" Eddie said with a wink which made her laugh and blush a little as he passed over her book to me.

The book looked all cute and all as I signed the second page. I wondered who kept rockstar signatures in a book rather than on a CD or something to sell later.