Hey Sugar /Guns N Roses

6- snakes on the town

My head was pounding as if there were tiny builders inside, bashing at the inside of my skull with jack hammers.
That was the thing I hated most about hangovers, the fucking headaches.
I blinked my eyes a few times, adjusting to the light that was streaming through a slit in my curtain.
I glanced around my room, I definitely needed to clean it today.
Clothes and bottles were everywhere, the lamp steven had broken was still on the floor from a week ago.
I let out a groan and cracked my fingers.
"That's so nasty" I averted my eyes downwards to take in a tall blonde man laying beside me.
His feet were dangling off the edge of the bed and I had to suppress my urge to laugh.
His hair was everywhere, his makeup was smudged as well.
"You look like a blonde alice cooper" I chuckled while giving his hair a little ruffle.
"Thanks" he mumbled while attempting to sit up.
My eyes scanned his naked torso and I felt myself blush, reminding myself of what happened last night.
"So.." the corners of Duffs lips twitched slightly and I could tell he was trying not to smile.
I watched as his eyes gazed at my bare chest and I felt the need to cover up.
"What are you up to today" he smiled softly at me, he was clearly trying to not stare at my chest now and it made me smirk.
"I don't know. I need to go get more art supplies." I tugged the blanket up so that it covered my boobs while duff let out a breathy laugh.
"Can I come? I need some more picks" I felt his bicep rest against my arm as he shuffled closer to me.
"Sure "
We sat in silence for a few minutes until duff decided to break it again.
"Hey Astoria"
"Yeah duff?"
"I know you were only trying to make slash jealous you know"
I turned to face Duff, trying to read his expression.
His lips were in a straight line and his eyes were somewhat drooped.
He looked deflated, almost as if he was dissapointed.
I didn't even know how to respond.
Yes the intention of sleeping with duff was to make slash jealous, but it was more than that. Whenever slash and I had fucked, it had purely been because we were horny, we had good sex. But last night with Duff was more than just hormones. I had actually really wanted to sleep with him. Duff and I connected. We were friends. Maybe I'm over thinking this since slash and I are also friends and we have a good connection as well.
I guess it was just good to finally have some sex that didn't involve the kinky stuff if you get what I'm saying.
I would never tell duff that. We seemed to be turning into good friends and there was no way I was going to ruin that by sleeping with him.
But I already did
I wish I could turn back time, take back what I had done. I had just ruined everything by sleeping with duff yet he was so kind to me, and he was very good in bed despite being piss drunk.
Why was life so conflicting. On one hand I enjoyed sleeping with Duff but on the other, he was my friend and I had slept with him for all the wrong reasons.
Fuck slash, this was all his fault.
"Astoria?"
I had completely zoned out in my thoughts, duff probably thought I was crazy.
"Do you--you know, regret it?"
"Yes"
"But no. It's confusing" I admitted, seeing the same hurt look in Duffs eyes.
I hated seeing him like this.
"I mean, it's hard to explain" I placed my head in my hands.
"No I get it. You like slash, I get it" his voice was empty, void of all emotions and I watched as he got up and quickly pulled a pair of briefs on and his blazer.
"Duff-" he was sauntering over to the door and I just couldn't bring myself to get up and stop him even though I really wanted to.
"I'll get steven to pick up my picks alright? I'll see you around" Duff spoke through the crack in the door with a fake smile plastered on his face.
"Duff" I called.
"You were great last night" I smiled.
"At the show or in bed"
"Both" I blushed, watching as he shook his head slightly and made his way to the door.
I mentally slapped myself for being so dumb.
How could I have done that? I basically ruined the beginning of my friendship with duff and I probably ruined my chances of sleeping with slash again. God I was an idiot. Let's hope Bella had better luck with Steven.

Stevens pov
I was used to waking up on a stained mattress in the flat but today I woke up in a bed. I wiped my eyes before sitting up.
Whatever Astoria had given me last night had me feeling pretty shitty this morning. Damn.
I looked across from me into a mirror. Staring at my reflection for a bit.
Why am I so ugly
My eyes gazed at the tired and hairy man looking back at me.
The door opened a Crack and I turned to see duff peeping his head in the crack. He looked exhausted and somewhat sad.
I feel you brother
"Hey popcorn can you pick me up some guitar picks? Astoria is going out later on so you can go with her"
Before he could reply, he shut the door.
Hey Duff maybe I don't want to go out and get guitar picks for you
Sometimes it seems like no one gives a shit about me.
All the guys treat me like a baby but really I'm the most hard core of them.
I did more drugs than all of them combined and I usually slept with more women than axl did.
I guess that's nothing to be proud of.
The thing about my life is, no matter how shitty and worthless i feel, I'll always have my drumming. It's a constant for me, and that's why today I'll go out with Astoria and get duff some fucking picks with a smile on my face.
-
It was just me slash and astoria out on the strip. Slash decided to join because he said he wanted to stop at the pet shop but I know he wasn't very pleased.
I wasn't exactly happy either but I didn't act like a fucking prick about it,unlike slash who was mumbling profanities to himself every 10 seconds.
It was safe to say we were all in a shitty mood.
I pondered back to last night, the show was incredible. The vibe from the crowd, the energy in the building. It was something I had began to fall in love with, something I wasn't going to give up either.
Something that had also happened last night was me and Bella. We had slept together and let me tell you she was insane in bed. I blushed softly when I thought back to the things she could do with her tounge. God she was hot, but was I ever in trouble.
Izzy would kill me, he would never admit to liking Bella but I knew he did.
Every time he had slept with her which had been quite frequently the past few weeks, he could never stop smiling, which was something izzy did not do often.
I was honestly confused as to why he had hooked up with the blonde last night. Like yeah she was hot but Bella was way hotter in my opinion.
I'm thinking maybe izzy got a little scared. Izzy always gets scared away by feelings, whenever he starts liking someone, he ususlly backs off and moves on. I guess you could say he's afraid of getting hurt, but like it or not, it was obvious that he had feelings for Bella.
I better keep it to myself that we fucked hard last night.
I hadn't seen her this morning but honestly I couldn't have been bothered. I didn't exactly have feelings for her like izzy did. I guess you could say we were peers..peers who fuck.
I smirked to myself and glanced up at Astoria.
She had a grim look on her face and was puffing a cigarette.
I'm assuming that her and duff had slept together last night from the noises I could hear from her room.
(Oh duff right there)
Maybe it didn't go well in the morning,maybe that's why duff looked a little put out.
Slash was very grumpy, last night he couldn't exactly 'get it up' with the girl he was with, and then he heard that duff had stayed in Astorias room and he was not pleased. Mind you it was his own fault but I wasn't going to be the one to tell him that.
I wondered if slash had feelings for Astoria? I mean yeah she was hot as it gets and they seemed to get along but something about them both didn't seem right together. Maybe it's because they are both so similar. They are both pretty quiet when sober,but when they are under the influence they go crazy, and apparently she's into the crazy shit slash is into. I guess I've always gone to the phrase 'opposites attract', slash and astoria didn't exactly fit that phrase.
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Astorias pov:
I was currently in currys art store looking for pencils.
I huffed to myself while picking up a 4b and rolling it between my fingers.
I was conflicted. I felt horrible about the way things had gone with duff this morning, not to mention both slash and steven seemed to be in bad moods which I didn't think was possible for steven.
He seemed to be smiling none the less. I glanced over to the paint section where slash and steven were both standing, steven had managed to open an acrylic yellow paint and was using his finger to paint penises on the shelf.
I chuckled to myself and turned my attention back to the pencils.
Did I have feelings for slash?
I mean we mostly fucked, we talked on occasion after we fucked or when the guys all came over.
He was mysterious, kind, and he definitely was a fine piece of ass. Maybe making him jealous didn't even work.
He hadn't exactly spoken to me this morning, was he mad at me?
God why do men have to be so Confusing and why do I have to have feelings.
Feelings suck.
I quickly grabbed a pack of Faber Castell pencils along with a sketch book and some watercolor paper and made my way to the cash, where a man with long dreads sat idly.
-
"Where to now?" I asked the two men beside me, swinging my bag of art supplies ever so often.
"Well I need to pick up some things for duff at the music shop" steven grinned up at me while peeling some yellow paint from under his finger nails.
"Speaking of duff, how was he last night?" Slash's tone was full of malice and I felt my throat hitch.
How do i even respond to that?
"Knock it off slash, wasn't her fault you were with someone else" thank god for steven.
"I wouldn't of been with someone else if she wasn't staring a duffers Magee the whole night" slash spat before sending me a death glare.
"Last time I checked, duff was with the girl you were with, before you" I chimed in hoping it would shut him up.
He was acting so immature, I guess my plan of making him jealous had worked but I hadn't hoped for this awkward outcome.
I thought maybe we would have some hot angry sex and he would tell me that I was his, but nooo, he had to make me feel like a bitch. I should have known.
"Just for once quit being such a fucking cun--"
"Hey look were at the music store" steven cut slash off but I knew exactly what he was going to say.
I flipped him off before walking into the store with Steven ahead of me.
"I saw the way you were smiling at him during the show" slash was whispering behind me, picking up guitar strings as he walked.
"What does that even mean? " I turned to whisper yell back at him.
"I know what's up Astoria, I know we only were fucking but I would rather you only fuck me out of my band Mates" he shot back.
"Oh so you can sleep with whoever you want but I can't?"
"Yeah basically" he shrugged
"If it helps, I didn't even fuck that girl last night, she uh--she got cold feet"
"Right.."
"It's not like we're dating, you're not my girlfriend"
"Then why did you get angry because I slept with duff?"
"AHA SO YOU DID FUCK HIM"
slash shouted causing everyone in the shop to look at us.
"Shut up!" I covered his mouth with my palm until I felt his warm tongue lick it causing me to quickly yank my hand away and wipe it on his Metallica tank.
"It was a one time thing and I don't have to explain myself to you!"
"Sure it's a one time thing, what about when you and him left the rainbow to get some air"
I could practically see the sarcasm dripping from his tone.
"Like I said, I don't have to explain myself to you" I crossed my arms over my chest stubbornly.
"Fine then no more of this" slash grabbed his junk and stalked off, leaving me even more confused than before.
Did he have feelings for me or was he just a possessive ass hole?
-
"We gotta go in here" slash darted infront of me almost causing me to trip.
He had opened the door to a small pet shop and I looked over at steven for an explanation.
"Slash like reptiles" he whispered to me before opening the door and following slash.
The door chimed and a short old man with smile wrinkles and a safari hat approached us with a bit of aprehension.
"Why hello, can I help you?"
"No were just brows--"
Slash elbowed me in the gut to cut me off.
"Can I hold one of the pythons?" Slash's eyes seemed to light up when
The man nodded and walked over to a cage. Slash followed the man like a lost puppy and I could see him grinning away when the man pulled the large snake from the cage and handed it to him.
"This is Pandora"
"She's beautiful" slash mumbled to himself while the snake slithered over his shoulders.
The snake was quite large and I could tell steven was a bit creeped out by it.
I didn't exactly mind snakes, they were better than spiders.
"I'm going to look at the puppies" stevens voice shook a bit and I watched as he practically ran over to a pen of sleeping puppies.
Slash continued to hold the snake while the man went to check on another customer.
I didn't exactly want to be alone with slash while he practically got a stiffy from a snake so I followed steven.
He was making cooing noises and I had to stifle a laugh.
"I just love pugs" steven grinned up at me, leaning over the fence so he could pet one.
The small pug perked up at his touch and I watched as it yawned and cuddled into stevens large hand.
"Awww" steven seemed to be emotionally attached to the little dog.
First slash and the snake and now steven with the puppy? God what's next..
"Let's get out of here" slash came up behind steven and I, wearing his leather jacket all zipped up.
"Come on slash last time you were here for 2 hours"
"Yeah I just feel sick, come on"
Slash speed walked towards the door and I grabbed steven. If I hadn't, he probably wouldn't have left those puppies for hours.
-
We had finally gotten back and we all sat on the balcony smoking cigarettes, that is until axl came bounding through the screen door.
"GUYS SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHAT'S UP"
we all turned to watch the red head practically hyperventilate infront of us.
"If you want to show us how big of a shit you took were not intere--"
"FUCK OFF POPCORN, I JUST GOT A CALL"
"No one calls us, I thought duff broke the landline yesterday when he was cutting a pear--"
Axl didn't seem phased at all by stevens babbling, he continued to breath heavy and rub up and down his abdomen in excitement.
"GEFFEN RECORDS WANTS US TO SIGN WITH THEM"
slash and steven both stood up and started full out screaming.
"FUCK ARE YOU JOKING AX"
steven was on his knees in a praying formation and slash was standing with his hands on his hips, a huge smile on his face.
"I'M NOT JOKING THEY WANT US TO RECORD AN ALBUM"
Steven had begun to scream again,but this time it was a scream of utter fear.
I watched as a large python slithered out of slash's sleeve and onto stevens head, engulfing his hair and slithering on his shoulder.
"GET IT OFF" stevens voice was so high pitched I thought the windows would break.
Axl was panting and gazing down at steven with an amused expression on his face.
Slash on the other hand was going crazy.
"STEVEN DON'T HURT HER IF YOU HURT HER I SWEAR TO GOD I'LL SHOVE YOUR DRUMSTICKS SO FAR UP YOUR ASS THEY COME OUT OF YOUR MOUTH" slash spewed out threats while gently taking the snake off his shoulders and placing it on his own.
"WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT " steven was still on his knees with his hands in the air and his eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"I stole her" he shrugged casually.
I can't believe it.
I found myself laughing hysterically at the whole situation.
"So when do we start recording axl?"