Hey Sugar /Guns N Roses

8 - logos, flashing and rooftop blues

Duffs pov.
Slash had finally showered. Not in our apartment of course since our shower had been broken for months now. Astoria and I had taken Slash to a public pool and told him to shower there. Slash originally suggested he take a shower at Astorias but she was dead set against it. I believe her words were, 'you'll probably leave diseases in my bathroom'.
At least he was clean and somewhat smell free. He had finally started leaving his room and coming to the studio with us and that is where we all are now.
Axl, Slash, Izzy, Steven and I. Axl was in the booth recording vocals for 'its so easy' while the rest of us sat on the couches in the opposite room.
It was quite exciting, knowing that an album, our album, would be out soon.

I sighed to myself as I lit up a cigarette. Steven was currently high out of his mind and had been absent-mindedly hitting his drumsticks off the table. Izzy was sleeping and slash was trying to see how many cups he could balence off Izzys head before waking him.
It had been entertaining to watch though.
I glanced in the vocals room and watched as Axl threw one of his small fits. He had decided that he would record one line at a time and he would get anxious if his vocals were off. Mind you they never sounded off, but he was his own worse critic.
A perfectionist you could say.
I hummed a random tune as I continued to smoke and nod my head.
God this day was boring. Astoria had wanted complete isolation so that she could design our logo, Bella was working at a book shop and Aryanna, we'll I don't even know where she was. Maybe that's why Axl has been in a cranky mood today. Usually she goes with Axl to the studio.
He says she gives off 'A positive aura unlike you fuckers'.
Steven had protested at that statement.
My thoughts were interrupted when a tall black haired female burst into the sitting room with a grin on her face and a sketchbook in hand.
"I've done it!" She exclaimed while holding the sketchbook up, the toothy smile never faltering.
Izzys eyes fluttered open and I watched as the pile of red cups tumbled onto his lap.
"Fuck you Slash" he mumbled in a monotonous voice while Slash and Steven both cracked up with laughter.
Axl had exited the recording room, I'm guessing he heard all the commotion coming from Astoria.
"You designed it?" Axls eyes were full of curiosity and hope. I hoped for everyone's sake that the logo was up to his standards. Who am I kidding, Astoria is amazing, of course the logo will be great.
I watched intently as she flew over to where Axl stood and flipped through her sketchbook. Her long ebony hair fell in loose waves down her bare back. I noticed a few splotches of ink on her fingers and face. God she was cute, and that black backless dress really did a number on her.
Sometimes I get in these weird moods where I really notice things about someone I appreciate and I guess I was in one of those moods now. Her smile was mesmerizing, the way her two front teeth were slightly crooked, or how her upper lip stuck out more than her bottom one. The freckles that littered her face and arms
,her soft pale legs with small red stripes on her upper thighs, but what stood out most of all was her bright aqua eyes. A mix of blue and green that stood out from all of her sharp features.
I'm guessing that's why the guys had noticed her in the first place, her beauty was unmistakable, and she exuded charisma and character.

Axl let out a breathy gasp as she turned the paper to face him.
"It's fucking perfect Storia" I tilted my head at the nickname he made for her. She gushed at his compliment and all the lads witnessed axl give her a bone crushing hug.
"I can see it on shirts, jackets, posters, this logo will be remembered for years!" Axls mood seemed to have shifted into an optimistic one because of the logo and now I was curious too. Was it really that good?
"Can I see?" My eyes met hers snd she gave me see small smile before walking towards me.
My heart rate immediately began to pick up.
What the fuck is happening to me. I'm turning soft.
She plopped down in the minimal space beside me so that her bare thigh was against my leather clad leg. Our shoulders brushed together. I had to control myself from not staring down her dress..harder than it looks.
"Here" she passed me her sketchbook and my eyes widened. Holy shit this was amazing. Axl was right, I could see this logo adorning shirts and jackets for years to come.
She had drawn the logo with black ink. It consisted of a large tire like shape with two pistols in the middle of it, facing outwards. Around the barrel of the pistols were rose vines and underneath were two large roses. The closer I looked the more I noticed the detail and shading, and the fact that the pistols and roses made out a skull somewhat.
The words "Guns n roses" were written around the outside of the circle. Everything just looked so complete and amazing.
"What do you think?" She whispered in my ear while looking over my shoulder.
I felt speechless, like no words could describe it.
Steven reached over and grabbed the book from me so Slash, Izzy and him could take a look.
"Fuckin rad"
"This is sick!"
"Wow, this is really incredible" even Izzy chimed in his thoughts. Astoria was grinning from ear to ear from all the praise.
"It really is perfect" I finally spoke up and met her eyes.
"Thankyou" she mouthed before standing up.
I almost wanted to grab her arm and pull her back down because I missed our contact, but I refrained from that.
God am I ever in a weird mood today. Maybe it's the pills I took, I didn't exactly know what they were, steven just threw them at me. They could've been estrogen for all I know. That would explain all the sensetivity today.