Just The Music • • Robert Plant

eighth

Almost everyone slept through the flight over to Boston. They landed early in the morning, just before the sun rose. Georgia helped the roadies with moving the equipment and got to know some of them. All but two roadies were men, and most were really nice. The two girls, Rosa and Kim were covered in tattoos and had mouths worse than Bonzo's. Kim was from the navy, and made that blatantly obvious with her attitude. 

This time the hotel they were staying at was right across from the venue. Because of that, Grant had the whole sixth floor taken for the band. Georgia had a room that she was sharing with Cynthia. She was riding with some other groupies down to Boston, they were to make it just before the concert started. 

Everyone slept until about noon after they finished driving the equipment from the airport to the venue. Georgia decided to shower before she left to find Bonzo. The crappy hotel shower seemed to have only really hot or really cold water so she decided to stand in the scolding water. When she got out, she tried to wipe the steam off of the mirror but was stopped when she heard a knock at her door. She walked out of the bathroom in her towel, aggravated somebody caught her at this time. Robert was the one who knocked, he was about to try again when the door swung open. 

"Oh, sorry Georgia," said Robert, laughing slightly at her appearance. He wasn't expecting her to be clad in a shaggy towel and soaked hair. "Bonzo told me to come get you, we're ordering food and wanted to know what you wanted." 

"Just give me a second," she said. She left the door open and walked back into the bathroom to change. Robert let himself in and sat on her bed waiting. Georgia got dressed and finally was able to clean the mirror. She was embarrassed about being seen before she had a chance to dry her hair. She was especially embarrassed because it was Robert and because he laughed at her. The whole situation put her in a grumpy mood. She walked out of the bathroom with her hair up in her towel, not wanting him to see the wet mess.

"I didn't know your hair was that long," he said when she walked out. The unexpected question caught her off guard. At first she thought he was going to tell some perverted joke about her in the towel. 

"Yeah, it shortens up when it curls," she said leaning against the dresser opposite of Robert. 

"It's cute straight," he said handing her a paper menu. Georgia looked down and smiled. "It's cute curly too though, I think I like it better that way." Georgia kept looking down and gave a small thank you. Such a nice complement wasn't really expected from him, because of their rock n' roll lifestyle, Georgia assumed they were always in a sexual mind.  She hated herself for not coming up with something witty to say. Now he thinks I like him, she thought. 

"Um, I guess I'll have a chicken sub," she said, handing him back the menu. "If you give me a second I can find my wallet," Georgia walked over to the night stand, rummaging her bag. Robert grabbed her wrist and pulled her back. 

"Nuh-uh, we're paying for it," he said standing up. Georgia looked at him with her wallet in hand. 

"Are you sure cause-" she began. 

"Yup, Peter has it, he pays for everything. He gives us cash only to go clubbing," said Robert. Georgia smiled at that. 

"Well, thank you very much, I really appreciate it." she said, smiling at him. 

"Of course, love," said Robert walking out the door. When he closed the door behind him Georgia blushed. She took her hair down from the towel and questioned wither she wanted to put it into curlers. She decided she wouldn't, thinking that Robert would notice. Georgia knew that Robert Plant was good looking but she didn't know he had a good personality too. She prayed the whole tour he'd be like this to her. 

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