The Crüe (AU)(SPN/The Dirt Crossover)

Chapter Nine - First Gig

Scarlet was in the bath, trying to relax, when she heard someone knock on her front door. She was trying to ignore it, but the person at the door was persistent. They kept knocking, and after a couple of minutes of listening to this person knock, she became irritated and stepped out of the bathtub.

She had washed her hair earlier, so it was braided over her shoulder. She had washed her body about fifteen minutes before the knock sounded, so technically she was clean, she was just trying to relax before work. She bad been working so much, and she was tired of working, but she wanted to have money — it's crazy how it works that way.

Scarlet stepped out of the tub, pulled the plug to let the water go down, and grabbed a black towel. She wrapped the towel around her body, and headed out to the door. She didn't care that the towel barely fit completely around her, which meant her most intimate parts were covered, but the top of the towel was low, and the towel opened over her thigh, almost all way up to her panty line. She didn't care, because she planned to scare the person away at her door.

When Scarlet opened the door, she was surprised to see Tommy, Nikki, Vince, and Mick. She was practically naked, and they were all outside of her house. Nikki and Vince were staring at her with wide eyes, but their faces quickly changed to smirks. Mick was being respectful, even if it was hard, and Tommy acted as though he couldn't tell she wasn't dressed.

"What are you guys doing here?" She asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Why are you naked?" Nikki questioned, crossing his arms.

"I was in the bath," She retorted,"Did you guys burn your place down? Is that why you're here?"

"No, we have our first gig tonight, and we wanted you to go." Tommy answered, making Scarlet's heart skip a beat.

Scarlet felt horrible, because she had work, and she couldn't call off. Her boss had told her that if she called off right before her shift, she would be fired, and that went for everyone that worked there. She needed to keep her job, so she couldn't just call off to go to their first gig, no matter how much she wanted to.

"I can't go, I've got work." She replied, making a frown appear on Tommy's face.

"Well, we were hoping you would, 'cause you're our first fan, and like my best friend --" Vince cut Tommy off.

"And you're like our manager, kind of. I mean, you're the one that's been keeping us focused and shit." Vince commented, and Tommy nodded.

"We also kind of wanted to use your car, 'cause Mick's is way too small for all of us, and Vince has a flat tire." Tommy added, causing Scarlet to purse her lips.

"When's the gig?" She asked, motioning them to come inside.

"At ten." Mick answered, and Scarlet nodded.

She looked up at the clock, and seen it was just barely nine, so they still had an hour.

"Let me get dressed, and I'll drive you guys to your gig. You shouldn't be too far from my job, so after your gig, you can come wait until I get off work, and I'll drop you guys at the apartment." She said, and the guys agreed almost immediately.

Scarlet quickly went to her room to get dressed and redo her hair. It didn't take her too long to get ready, considering she was trying to make sure the guys got to their gig on time. Mick would be driving his own car, since that's what he wanted to do, but the other three guys were depending on her.

"You guys ready?" Scarlet asked, and the guys nodded.

"We left our shit in Mick's car before we came here." Tommy commented, making Scarlet chuckle.

"So, you guys walked all the way here?" She asked, causing Tommy to shrug.

"We had to get over here somehow." He answered, and Scarlet smiled.

"I told him to call you, but he said it would be better if we surprised you." Nikki commented, causing Scarlet to roll her eyes playfully.

"Which I think it was, she answered the door almost naked." Vince added, making Scarlet flip him off, and the guys laughed.

Once she got to the place where they were having their gig, she stopped the car and stepped out. She hugged each of the guys, hoping they wouldn't be too mad at her for not being there.

"Break a leg," She commented, before getting into her car,"Acutally, just good luck, and if any leg is broken, make sure it's someone else's."

"Bye Scar!" The guys called, as they tried to not laugh at what she had said.

Scarlet was sometimes awkward during certain things, but her awkwardness made her funny. Often times the guys would laugh when she said something off the wall because of her awkwardness. It was one of her quirks that they all thoroughly enjoyed.

Anyhow, Scarlet didn't feel as into it when working, after she knew that she had to miss the guys' first gig. She felt horrible for missing it, and feeling that way made her kind of shit at her job for the night. Nobody really noticed, considering at this time of night, everyone there was either too drunk or too high to notice.

She promised herself that she wouldn't miss their next gig, even if that meant she had to take off work for a week. She wasn't going to miss their next gig. She was going to be there, and she was going to be the person cheering the loudest in the crowd. If anything, the other people in the crowd would get tired of her. She wanted to show the guys that she was proud of them, especially considering she knew how far they'd go later in life, since she had loved them for so long...