Faded Memories (Guns N Roses - Izzy / Axl / OC)

The Crazy Chick

February 10. 2012
Santa Barbara – California

Izzy

'Please tell me you're fucking kidding me!' I snapped at Ana.
'Nope. Get over it. This is going to happen and you're going to play nice.'
'But, honey...' I tried to complain as Ana shut me down.
'Don't fucking honey me, Izz. Everything is set up. They will be here any minute.'
I rolled my eyes. 'Jesus Christ, Axl is coming too. This is going to end real bad, Ana.'
She chuckled.

I seriously was expecting to wake up any minute, soaked in sweat, realizing this was all a bad dream.
When Ana mentioned she'd make some dinner for my friends I wasn't expecting having Slash and Axl in the same room. Were they even aware of that?
And if this scenario wasn't already bad enough, Ana invited April the crazy chick.
Damn, Axl was going to kill me.

'Could you please open the wine, honey?' Ana said while folding some napkins.
I grabbed the bottle and the opener. 'You know Slash and Duff aren't drinking either, right? I'm not so sure about Stevie though.'
She hesitated for a minute and looked at me concerned.
'Oh god. I totally forgot. I thought we girls could have a glass of wine. You think this is a problem for any of them?'
'Nah, I'm sure their wives are drinking too, sometimes. Just don't set up the glasses for them.'
The second I opened the bottle, the doorbell rang. Now, this was going to be interesting.

Axl was actually the first one to show up. Wow. Never would have seen that one coming.
He had been here a few times already so when Slash and the others showed up, he helped Ana out in the kitchen. Thank god.
When he walked back into the dining room, I automatically prepared for a huge fight.

'Damn. I never thought you'd show up here.' Slash said with a huge grin and held out his hand to Axl.
'Good to see you, man.' Axl replied and shook his hand.
What the fuck was going on here? Duff, Stevie and I looked at each other dumbfounded.
'What the fuck did we miss here?' Duff asked while I was still staring at them in shock. Stevie just grinned like he got the most precious Christmas gift ever.
'We kinda got things out of our system.' Slash said, throwing a look at Axl. Seriously?
'When did that happen?' I didn't speak this out loud, did I?
'A few months ago.' Axl chuckled.

A few months ago? Were they fucking kidding me? Those two were my best friends, not taking to each other more than fifteen fucking years and suddenly they're bonding again? And nobody even thought about mentioning this to me?
I was just about to explode, when Ana entered the dining room with Mel and the crazy chick. This evening would be fucking awkward.

'Oh my fucking god. You didn't changed a bit, girl.' Slash blurted out and kept staring at April. She gave him a huge smile.
'I didn't expect you to remember me, Slash. You grew up just fine. Still got a fucking hot ass.' She chuckled. Axl eyed her awkwardly, squeezing his eyes a bit.
When April turned to him with a wide smile, realization hit him. I couldn't help but laugh. Axl wasn't easy to freak out, but the crazy chick gave him the creeps.
'Jesus Christ!' He blurt out.
'What, Axl? You actually remember me? I'm flattered.' April said.
'Damn. I ain't gonna forget, girl.' He shook his head in disbelieve. 'People always say I'm crazy, you know? But I guess they never met you.' He stepped back to get away from her a bit. Mel watched them both strongly.
'What on earth happened between you two back then? And why won't anybody tell me about this?' Mel asked and waved her hand at Slash. 'And what fucking part is Slash playing here?' Slash chuckled while Axl still looked at April anxiously.
'Oh honey. I have no idea why those guys didn't keep me in good memory.' April shrugged. 'I might have been a little overwhelmed back then.'
Axl snorted. 'Overwhelmed? You fucking cut my hair and when I tried to hide from you in the bathroom, you stole my pants. I needed security to get you off my back, woman. You've a nut loose.'
Mel chuckled while April pouted.
'Sorry I scared you. I was kinda obsessive back then.'
'Dude, you think that's scary? You've no idea what that woman is capable of.' Slash said with a huge grin and April slightly blushed. I always knew there'd been something between those two. Slash was some wicked motherfucker.

Ana looked at April surprised.
'You and Slash? Come on, April. Really? You never said a fucking word about this.'
Mel snorted. 'Nobody said a fucking word to me about anything.'
'You never told me Mel's Izzy's kid. So I guess we're even.' April said.
'So, Aunt April, did you hook up with Axl or Slash? Or both? You never told me you're a groupie.' Mel asked. This conversation was beyond awkward. I felt like watching some strange soap opera.
Before April could say anything, Axl decided to rejoin the conversation.
'Could we please not talk about this anymore? I have no idea what wicked shit went on between you and Slash, but we surely didn't hook up.' Since when did Axl care defending himself?
April chuckled. 'Yeah, you were way too uptight.'
'Damn, woman. I tried to forget that for fucking twenty four years now.'
Axl groaned. Without a warning he turned and ran out of the room.