In Drummer Heaven

What They Don't Know

We all walk down to the strip toward the recording studio. We got signed last night! Well we haven't signed anything yet but that's what we're going to do now. This is all really surreal to all of us, it's like a dream come true. I think we're all kinda scared that we're going to wake up and this would all be gone or someone will just say 'nope it's a joke!' People have really sick sense of humour and that's coming from me.

Anyways, we're walking down the strip.

"So remember class, if you hear ominous chanting, the appropriate response is to run." I say and Dani laughs.

"It's all a trap, right Darc? All celebrities are vampires and our boyfriends want to sacrifice us to their almighty." She laughs.

"I was actually gonna say they were going to make us join their legion of the undead." I laugh and Rose rolls her eyes.

"You two are so weird." She states.

"Just realizing that?" I ask. "You've known me for seven years."

"Fair enough." Rose laughs.

"As for me I don't go looking for trouble but I do enjoy befriending it." Dani says then motions to me.

"I am trouble, sweetheart." I say and Jade laughs.

"Yeah Dani, just be warned its all fun and games until she goes rouge and completely obliterates you from existence." She says and Dani laughs.

"I knew I liked you." She laughs.

"Lord give me patience or an untraceable handgun." Rose says and we laugh.

"You love us, Ro!" Jadie yells and hugs her tightly.

"You really do, Rosie!" I yell and hug her as well.

"Rosie!" Dani mocks and hugs her as well.

"Okay, okay, easy!" Ro laughs and we all drop our arms from her.

We make it up to the front door of the recording studio and we all stop. You can feel the nervous energy that courses through our vein then bounces to the person beside us. I look across at my band mates.

"This is the big leagues, ladies." I say.

"Now, terror twins,--"

"There's no twins anymore, Ro." I say and she rolls her eyes.

"Darcy, Dani, I want you two to be on your best behaviour. So no fighting, no biting, no arguing, no sassing, no smartassing, and absolutely no switchblades." Rose says and both Dani and I frown.

"Kill our fun why don't you, mom." Dani mocks and we laugh.

"I mean it, no switchblades." She says again. "Do you have them on you?"

"No." We both lie and she sighs.

Rose holds out her hand and I look over at Dani. We both mutter 'fine' before digging in our back pocket for our knives. We both put our knives in her hand and she drops them into her purse.

"You'll get them back once we finish with this." Rose says and opens the door.

In all honesty I sat in the office of the recording studio and listened to what the producer had to say. I wasn't really playing all that much attention, I was just watching and nodding every once in a while.

"Now we do have a couple of policies that we want everyone to follow. First, respect our equipment but I think that's a given. Two, don't drink in the studio, we're tired of cleaning vomit out of the studios. Three, we don't like our employees dating each other, so don't date anyone else under this label."

Wait what? Isn't Tommy under this label? What if I'm already dating him? I don't want to break up with Tommy, I think I'm in love with him. Could this get us both fired? I mean is this a legit rule?

Dani looks over to me and my eyes grow. Did I hear that right? I mean by the look on her face she heard that too.

"And that's about it girls." The producer says.

"Uhh, do you mind if we have a couple of minutes? To talk everything over?" Rose wonders.

"Take all the time you need. I'll be in here as soon as you're ready." He says and motions to the door.

We file out of the office and we all look at each other. Rose screws up her face and grabs my wrist.

"Where are we going?" I ask and she pulls me back to the lobby.

"The payphone. You've gotta talk to Tommy." She says and I look at her.

"You're seriously going to make me break up with my boyfriend over a record deal?" I ask and she shakes her head.

"I said you have to talk to him, I didn't say anything about breaking up." Rose says and hands me the phone.

I load the phone full of quarters and dial Tommy's phone number. I hold the phone to my ear and lean against the wall.

"Hello?"

"Hey, babe." I say.

"Darcy! Where are you calling me from?" He asks.

"The studio." I tell him.

"Oh have you signed the contract yet?" Tommy wonders.

"That's actually what I'm calling about." I take a breath. "They have a policy about people dating if they're under the same label."

"Oh shit." There's a thump like he just hit his head on the wall. "I forgot about that."

"So what do I do? I mean I don't want to break up over a record deal." I admit.

"Neither do I, babe." Tommy says. "Well what if they didn't know. I mean what they don't know won't hurt them, right?"

"Tommy, baby, you're a genius!" I say and he laughs.

"Nikki, Vince, and Mick aren't gonna tell anyone. I don't think that Poison will say anything." He says. "We'll just wait them out."

"Okay, great." I smile.

"Babe?" Tommy asks.

"Yeah?"

"Go get your fine ass signed." He says and I laugh.

"I will. I'll see you soon." I say.

"I can't wait." Tommy says and I hang up the phone.

I turn around to face my band mates, they are freaking out. I smile.

"Let's go get signed!" I say and they light up.