"hearts of smoke" - Kirk Hammett

Chapter 4, page 7.

April 29th, 1984, 3:04PM
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"What the fuck is this?" George busts into the bus with the newspaper.

"Did ya read it?" James sarcastically asks, "yes I fucking did, why do you think I'm fucking asking?" George yells at james.

"Lars jr?" Cliff laughs, "don't compare me to him!" Lars shoots up, making everyone laugh.

"You think this is fucking funny? I can ruin your careers!" George threatens, making everyone laugh even harder.

"I think we ruined yours, and the guy who's involved in it" Sydney laughs, "nobody will believe you, I'm older, smarter, your younger and selfish" George grinds his teeth together.

"Yet, more popular, and way smarter" Charles snorts, "admit you did, because If ya didn't, you'd be lyin"

"I did!" George admits, "never said I didn't, I didn't that big some of money, he picked val, so he gets val!"

"Thats enough I've heard for today, don't ya think tim?" The police come into the bus, George turns to them, acting like he didn't do anything.

"Ya admitted George" Tim says, grabbing him by the arm, "fuck" George mumbles, walking out with the police.

"That worked better then I thought" kirk shrugs, reading his comic.

"You didnt even say anything" lars side eyes him, "you guys had it under control" he shrugs, "total help, thanks kirk" I roll my eyes at him.

"The tour is almost over, we get to the hotel tomorrow and the 31st is the last one" micheal reads from the calendar.

"Actually?" Charles asks, looking at micheal, "Actually" he nodds, "hasn't felt like it" James mumbles.

"What are we gonna do after the tour?" Lars asks, "take a few months off then the Europe tour starts, for us" cliff says, "fuck really?" Kirk asks.

"Yeah, that close" cliff nodds, "Jeez man" kirk raises his eyebrows and goes back to what he was doing.

The tour hasn't felt long at all, its felt more shorter then anything else has, spending my days with kirk and always being by his side will shortly come to an end when we get back, he goes om tour soon and I'll just be another girl that he met and lost along the way.

The new found relationships in this tour have been nice, Sydney and James aren't together yet, who knows If they will be.

Lars and Jamie, well there good, Jamie has commitment issues, hopefully she doesn't this go around, lars seems like he really cares for her.

Amy and Charles, only hope I have from these relationships, well besides micheal and his girlfriend, they are expecting a kid.

Him telling us was the surprise of the night.

••••
March 22nd memory.
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"Guys meet my beautiful girlfriend, flower!" Micheal walks to us with a red haired girl with green eyes, pale but definitely a almost hippe type.

She had round glasses, her hair was down, she had a yellow and blue flower dress on that had no sleeves and white shoes.

She had a long necklace on and a shorter purl one, purl earrings and quite a few bracelets and rings.

"Hi!" She waved at us, smiling widly. "Hi! I'm Valerie, but you can call me val!" I stick my hand out for her to shake, "nice to meet you val!" She shakes my hand, still smiling widly.

"I'm Sydney"
"lars! hows it fucking goin?"
"I'm james, ignore him"
"Charles"
"Hiya I'm kirk!"
"I'm cliff"

They all shake hands with her, she smiles through all of it.

"Theres a reason for you to meet flower guys, besides the fact that we have meet dating for years" micheal smiles, looking at flower for assurance.

"What fucking is it?!" Lars rushes, leaning forward at the table we were at.

Micheal takes a deep breath "W- I mean she is pregnant," he grins, looking through all of us.

"THATS SO RAD!" Charles jumps up in the air, Flower laughs at Charles jumping, "he's a werid one, sorry, but congrats!" I smile at her.

"Yeah congregations!" Kirk smiles at her, "Little micheal running around? Ew" lars makes a werid face, "be fucking nice, congrats through" cliff hits lars on the back of his head, getting flipped off from lars.

Everyone said congratulations and what-not, flower seemed happy to be there, keeping her smile or grinning when somebody talks to her.

"So how far along are you?" Sydney asks, giving flower a water, "about months, 12 weeks, i think" she answers, taking a drink of the water.

"She told me the day you guys called for me to go join the band" micheal smiles, seeming proud of it.

"Fucking fucked on new years? Right fucking on!" Lars puts his hand up for micheal and flower to highfive, but Charles just lowers it.

"Or Christmas" lars says again, "please, lars, shut up" Sydney says, pleading.

"Nevermind" he mumbles, looking back down at whatever.

••••
end of memory
••••

"Hey micheal how's flower?" I turn and ask him, "she's amazing, I miss her, and the twins" he smiles.

Forgot to say they're having twins, one boy and one girl.

"Thats good! What will be their names, do you know yet?" I ask, he smiles, like he's been waiting to tell us for awhile now.

"Everyone, c'mon listen, I'm gonna tell you what we are gonna name the twins!" Micheal claps, making everyone look in his direction.

"You should name it lars" lars smiles, "no-anyway, the girl is gonna be named Faye Valentine Dickenson, the boy will be named Joey Earnhardt Dickenson" micheal smiles.

"Your last name will forever be werid to me" Sydney mumbles, still werided out by it.

"Sorry?" He looks at her confused, "I like the names, Faye valentine is beautiful" I tell him, "agreed" kirk chimes in, nodding.

It was good names they had picked out, I liked them a lot.

For tour about to end in a few days was scary, I will try to do my best with keeping up with James, kirk, lars and cliff, mostly kirk, though.

I like him a lot, I want to spend everyday with him, I never know if he wants to do the same with me, which makes me scared for the tour to end.

What if he doesn't?

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it's short sorry 😿