You're One In A Million, Babe. (Guns n' Roses / Duff Mckagan story)

Chapter 8 - Las Vegas

SLASH'S POV
After the excruciating pain of a 4 hour flight, guns were finally landed in no other place then; Las Vegas, Nevada. I'm not 100% sure on why Duff & Ax picked this crappy city out of all the awesome places we could've gone, but I guess they did it for the ladies. Around this town, there's multiple cheap wedding chapels. (Yes, this was Duff's big idea of Kayla's birthday present)
No one knows it yet, but apparently Iz, Duff & Ax are supposed to propose or some shit.

I felt isolated for some reason. Maybe I was convinced by now that I'd have a hot chick to bang whenever I wanted to. but that's most definitely not the case. well, at least for now its not.

running my hands through my shags of curls, Steven approached me with a wide smile. Typical popcorn.

"You excited for today!?" He asked, bright eyed. I assume he was referring to the proposal.
"Yeah..these fuckers are finally ready to tie the knot."

his voice grew solemn. the happy go-lucky popcorn faded. His eyes twitched as he scratched at the tangled blonde mess upon his head.
"Erm..yeah. I need to tell you something, dude. & you have to make sure no one else finds out." He was twiddling with his fingers, as if he had horrible news to tell.

I gave him the 'well I know you're obviously not pregnant, so what the hell is up' expression. If you're not familiar with this look, it's more of a slightly disappointed & submissive sort of emotion. I have no clue what the hell he's going to tell me.

"You see I....the past few days I've been thinking about things..."

"what" I said monotone, with the least bit of excitement.

"I think..I think I'm in love with Kayla." he blurted out all at once. From the awkwardness of the situation, I didn't know whether I should support him on this, or make it 992929293% clear to this little fucker that she is no other than Duff's property. In all honesty, I was slowing letting this information sink into me.

Well shit

"Well aren't ya gonna say anything?"
Inhaling my cigarette with style (hahahahahaa) , I flustered my eyebrows & exhaled rather dramatically.
"What am I supposed to say? Steve, you know I love you dude but this is a lil fuckin weird."

He glanced down at his hands, disappointment plastered across his face.
"It just happened all at once. When I saw her, I wanted her right away."
"So did Duff."
I chuckled softly at my own dumb joke, which was probably a little harsh from Steven's point of view.

Duff appeared, ripping through the drapes of the plane.
"What're ya fuckers doing? We landed ten minutes ago!"
Steven and I exchanged glances & quickly sat up.
Awkward.

"Come on! We've got some ring shopping to do!"

KAYLA'S POV
I was starting to think that Duff's whole 'surprise' wasn't that great of an idea. He'd grown distant & I'm not sure why. The fact that we're in 'Sin city' doesn't necessarily help my insecure standpoint in this situation. He'd gone out with the guys as soon as we arrived, which left Mariah & I trapped in a 3 bedded suite at a casino called Planet Hollywood.

Aside from my constant bitching, Mariah was as happy as a pumpkin. She's never really been exposed to Vegas scenery, so of course sight seeing was on the top of her to-do list. Instantly grasping the nearest brochure, Mariah began her search for a good time. She was obviously admired on what the small city had to offer.

"Can we go to Fremont street?" She questioned, her eyes examining the lines of the text with excitement.
"Sure! What's it all about?"

"Its just a street, like a literal street, with lots of casinos, & people and I don't know. It seems like a whirl."
"If it's something you're interested in, let's give it a try."