I'd Never Expected

Chapter 12

My mom caught me walking in out of breath.

"Wow, it's different to see you come home without Ronnie anywhere," she commented.

"You know where he is?" I breathed out.

She nodded. "He told me yesterday where he would be. Why? You don't know where he is?"

I shook my head. "No, yeah, I do know where he is. I'm actually going to meet up with him later. I was just wondering if he had told you that he would be going out."

She smiled. "About time he's out of the house, huh?"

I agreed and headed into my room. "Seems like he's finally coming out of his shell," I whispered.

I decided to take a quick shower, since I was all sweaty now, and change into some clean jeans and a shirt.

As I ate my lunch, my dad arrived from work.

Great, maybe I can take the car instead of having to walk all the way to the venue, I thought and went up to my dad.

He checked the mail. "What?" he asked.

"You see dad, I'm going to go out right now and I don't want to-have to-you know, walk all the way over there and stuff-"

"You want the car?" He right out finished the sentence for me.

I grinned and nodded. "Please?"

"Okay, fine." He handed me the keys.

My eyes lit up. Wow, this was easier than I thought. I was positive he was going to deny me.

I finished my lunch, grabbed my stuff, and headed out the door.

The drive wasn't too long. I arrived at the venue in about ten minutes. I parked in the lot behind the building and walked around towards the entrance. The place was empty. Usually this place is filled with kids on the weekends.

My eyes widened. Could these guys be planning a show this weekend? I got excited and hoped so.

I opened the doors and walked into a small lobby with stairs on both sides. The place was dark with few lights illuminating the tagged walls all around, but what really caught my attention was the quiet muffled music playing on the other side of the doors, right under the stairs.

This was actually my first time stepping into this building. I mean, I've been invited to shows here but I've always denied them. No bands that interested me really ever played here. I always found them too wannabe for my taste.

Maybe that would change, I thought.

"May I help you?" A big bald man stood by the entrance door.

I hadn't noticed him. This place was way too dark, and that black shirt he wore that read 'security' didn't help too much in this light either. "Uh.. yeah, I was invited here by Max… To see his band practice…I’m....uh sss-erninty"

He nodded. "Okay, well I got to search you. It's the rules for everyone that comes in."

"Okay." I gave him my bag for him to search.

He then waved a handheld metal detector around my pockets.

"Clear," he spoke and headed me back my bag.

Two teenage boys then walked into the door. They told the security that they were here for audio testing matters.

I walked towards the door under the stairs as they began to get searched.

When I opened the door, the music all of a sudden became louder. I walked through I short brief hallway then stepped into a large room which slanted downwards.