Sea Breeze and Smoke Shows

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Interviewer: So how was it, your first time on the strip?

Stephanie Woods (lead singer/background guitarist): Well, Juniper might have a different opinion on it, but to me... it was incredible. It was like i stepped in that bar and never left. The next few year, all the way through middle school and highschool, I spent almost every night I could going to those bars. Juniper would join me, but not always, we had different dreams, and hers didn't consist of spending hours on hours inside dingy little bars.

Juniper Roland (Best friend/model): Did I have fun going to those bars, dancing my heart out, and filling myself full of any drug or drink I could get my hands on? Yes, of course, and what teenager wouldn't. But eventually I had things i needed to prioritize, like school and work and all the things Steph didn't have to worry about. So no, by the time we reached sophomore year I wasn't spending every night on the strip. But it almost made those Friday and Saturday night that I did, all the more special.

Stephanie Woods: Looking back, it's honestly a miracle we didn't get into worse situations than we did. I mean come on, we were kids hanging around grown men, yet we almost always ended up alright. I guess we got lucky. 

Juniper Roland: It was horrible, I mean if i'm being straight up, it's a shock we didn't end up drugged and dead by the time we hit freshman year. I just know as a parent I would never let my child do what we'd been doing... that being said though, I don't think I regret a single thing. 

Stephanie Woods: I don't know where I would've been without all those night at the bars. It might've been harmful in some ways, but it was my gateway to heaven. I don't regret a single thing. 

Interviewer: That sounds great, but I mean, there must've been times where it wasn't as glamorous as you make it seem.

Stephanie Woods: Of course there were, i mean i don't think I can even count the times I felt like I was going to die because of whatever drug I had taken from some rando. And shockingly, losing your virginity as a fifteen year old girl to some twenty something year old guy, from a nobody band, isn't really the way to go. So yeah, there were some parts that were more gritty than glam,  but I pushed through and moved ahead. I never liked to stay caught up on the past. Holding grudges gives you wrinkles and grey hair, and I ain't got no desire for that. 

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Billy Dunne (lead singer): There were two options for the kids in my town, there was the mill, or there was the war. I always dreamed of something different. 

Graham Dunne (lead guitarist) : I remember when it really started, I had been upset about a girl, and Billy swooped in and saved the day as always. Came into my room one day and said something to me something like, 

"Come on, peaches. She's just a girl. There will be others.'" He had said, sitting down on the edge of Graham's bed. 

"how do you know?" the younger Dunne brother replied, looking towards the older boy.

 "because you're 14 years old, and you can play the guitar." Billy responded with a sympathetic smile, before continuing on, "Trust me, you're gonna have plenty of girlfriends some day."

Graham Dunne: I don't think Billy knew at the time have important that one little conversation would be. Because that was when I got the idea to form a band. And for the record it wasn't just to try and attract girls. 

Warren Rojas (drummer): It was Graham's idea to start a band, haha.

"Where's this all coming from anyway?"Eddie said, as the ran laps during Gym class. 

"He's trying to get his girlfriend back." joked Warren in response. 

"What?! No." Graham said, trying to defend himself, as the other boys laughed. 

They continued teasing him, and he knew the only way to really convince the other boys was to claim his older brother would be in the band as well. The other boys were in shock, at the mention of Graham's brother, 

"Your brother?"  "Like as in" "Billy Dunne is gonna be in this band?" the three other boys all asked eagerly, cutting each other off.  

Graham simply smiled at them before running ahead. Leaving the boys in shock and excited. 

Billy Dunne: Yeah i never agreed to be in their band. [laughs]

Graham Dunne: Of course, he never agreed to be in the band. But I knew I could get hi to join. 

As the band was formed and the practiced, the older Dunne brother watched on, it was clear that they needed a bit of work. Or... maybe more than a little work. It was clear thing were off, they didn't have a vibe they were going for, and the sound they were all making clashed. What they needed, was Billy Dunne. It wasn't long before Billy stepped in to give pointers, and when graham asked him to demonstrate he picked up the guitar and started playing. And after that, well he never really put it back down

Graham Dunne: (chuckles) I mean, I knew my brother.

Eddie Roundtree (bassist): By the second practice, he was basically in the band. And by the third? it was his. (sighs) Fucking guy. 

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Daisy Jones (backup singer/songwriter): I mean what a time to be alive if you loved music. I saw Cream at the PAC center, and Zeppelin at the Whisky. Snuck backstage for The Who at the Shrine. I was 15 years old, and the whole world just seems so beautiful and good. 

"Where is everybody?" the young ginger girl asks, after stepping into the room ahead of the lead singer. 

Unaware to him shutting and locking the door behind them. Until she heard the loud sounds, and a feeling a fear quickly fell upon her, as realization hit. She filterer back into the party afterwards, trying to feel normal. Something that proved to be incredibly hard. It wasn't long she could keep her composure before realizing she just needed to go home. 

Daisy Jones:  People say I was naive. I wasn't naive, I was a baby.

Despite being home, she still felt alone. And she cried and suffered and dealt with the pain of what happened that night alone. 

Daisy Jones: And I hated that feeling. So pathetic, and weak. I just didn't want to be that girl anymore. 

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Yay! First chapter with the other character is complete! I hope you enjoyed, obviously there isn't all too much creativity in this part, it's really just sticking to the actual story, because it's background. But my own creative twists will be coming soon!