Infatuated With You (Guns N' Roses - Duff McKagan)

Chapter Twenty

Duff's POV:

As soon as we finished off Sweet Child O' Mine, I rushed to put my bass down and race over to her. She looked absolutely stunning, like she always did. She also had a kind of smile that could lighten anyone's day up, especially mine. Getting to her, I immediately wrapped my arms around her body and lifted her off of her feet. The smile she had when I did it only made me want to kiss her twice as bad. This woman had me, she had me good to. I hadn't ever felt this head-over-heels for somone. Whilst holding Shelia in place, off of the ground, I brought my lips to hers. She was my drug, she seemed to be the only thing that mattered to me. And truthfully? Despite it being only new, I was sure I was in love with her.

The kiss didn't last long, not due to Shelia or myself, but due to someone coming up behind me and shoving me. At once I lost my footing and my grip on Shelia, managing to drop her onto the ground while I fell over her. I was astounded. Who the fuck did that and why? Surely it wasn't one of those crazy fans. We did get them occasionally, but I wouldn't have thought they would be spiteful. Rolling over to see who the antagonist was, I was shocked to see Axl standing over me looking wild. Without warning, the fiery headed singer managed to lift me off of the ground before shoving me back into the speaker. He was in a pure rage, what for? I didn't know. He had been in a good mood for the last four hours and he appeared to still be in one up to only ten minutes ago.

Hearing a shout, I couldn't make out who it was or what they said, all I knew was Axl had a problem and it was clearly with me.

"Just look at you!" He hissed, his green eyes were glowing. I was sure I could practically see the steam rushing out of his ears. "You fucked up the entire show!"

What the fuck was he talking about? For a change, I was still mostly sober, thanks to Shelia. When I'm around her, it seemed as though I forgot about having a drink or having a smoke. So since I was pretty much sober, I knew I played every note right and in tune. Axl's problem though? Fucked if I knew, all I knew was he was pissing me right off. "What the fuck are you talking about?" I growled back, still very unsure of what the hell was going through his thick skull.

Axl completely ignored me, he just had that same glare of anger and hatred and the more I tried to get away from him, the more he shoved me right back into the speaker. It was pissing me right off. I did nothing wrong, all I wanted to do was go to Shelia. Nothing else.

"Axl back the fuck off!" I yelled, giving him his final warning. As I did so, I shoved Axl back, the force knocking him back harder compared to what he did to me. Watching Axl stumble back, I glared daggers at him before I straightened up and went to walk over to Shelia. She was standing beside Alison, who looked in shock. Just as I had got as far as a metre away from the speaker, Axl charged for me and threw a punch as he did so. Hitting me in the jaw, I stumbled backwards in surprise. I knew he was pissed, but I didn't think he was going to go to this extreme. As my back made contact with the speaker once again, I finally lost my patience. I was done. He wanted to fight? Oh I'll knock him the fuck out.

Throwing the second punch, I watched as my fist collided with the centre of his face. The hit was hard and Axl didn't even seem to be phased by it, instead he hit me back again. Hearing a yell, I was too engrossed in both defending myself and hitting Axl back, I couldn't figure out who the voice belonged to. "Guys! Stop!" It yelled.

But neither Axl and I stopped, I sure as hell wasn't stopping if he was going to keep hitting me. Out of nowhere, Axl was yanked back from me. I was a little confused at first, but when I seen who grabbed him, I felt my heart speed up. Shelia was who had a hold of him. "Axl fucking stop it!" She yelled, ripping him back further when he fought against her. I could just see what he was about to do, but everything was moving way too fast for me to react. "AXL!" She yelled one last time before he turned back to her and punched her in the face. His fist hitting her cheek, the force throwing her back and onto the ground.