You Could Be Mine

Good Grief

"We're here!" Emerson squealed, we jumped out of the car towards the arena the boys would be playing tonight. 

"Oh, how I missed this!" Emerson sighed

"And the snack tables are still here." I grinned

"The snack tables!" Emerson shouted, "Oh my god I forgot about that." She gasps

"Come on, lets go in!" I say and grab her arm

"Oh my gosh, cookies and chocolate!" Emerson gawks

"Want one?" She asks with a mouth full

"No thanks, I'm good." I laugh, "I'll stick to my coffee for now."

"Suit yourself." She shrugs

"Wanna go check out the stage now?" I ask

"Yeah, sure." Emerson follows me, the boys were doing soundcheck right now

They were in the middle of Mr.Brownstone, Axl wasn't doing his soundcheck right now, so it was just the four boys. I placed myself at Axl's usual spot and started mimicking what he would do. I started doing Axl's little snake dance, as I sang his words, copying his usual actions. 

"Now I get up around whenever, I used ta get up on time

But that old man he's a real muthafucker, gonna kick him on down the line"

By now the boys were laughing at me, and some of the crew members had gathered to watch me. I picked up the mic stand and started dancing in circles, like how Ax does. It always makes me think of a helicopter when he does that.

"Stuck it in the middle
And I shot it in the middle
And it, it drove me outta my mind
I should've known better
Said I wish I never met her
Said I, I leave it all behind"

Axl came over with his hands on his hips, squinting at me,

"Yowza!" I giggled when I saw that he had caught me

"What are you doing?" Axl asked

"Nothing." I grinned a cheesy smile

I tossed the microphone over to Axl, who just tossed it over to the side. 

"Let's take a break." Axl said

"You didn't even do anything." I replied, narrowing my eyes. Axl shrugged and went back towards the dressing room.

But the break wasn't much of a break, but more like a hell house. Axl and Stephanie were fighting, yelling over each other, while Dylan, (Stephanie's son), was crying. Izzy had the radio on, and kept turning it up over the yelling, while Duff had brought along his dog Molly, who was barking through all the commotion. Steven and Emerson sat back with wide eyes, watching everything spin out of control in front of them. I was growing frustrated, and my patience was wearing thin.

"Izzy shut that thing off!" I shouted, whipping around to face Duff, 

"Take your dog outside!" I demanded, 

"And you two!" I screamed, unable to contain my anger, "Shut the hell up! All you two ever do is fight, why don't you look after your damn son, instead of picking fights!" I said, looking Stephanie in the eye, lifting up the crying baby and walking out into the hall

"Shh, baby don't cry." I said soothingly, gently rocking the sad baby in my arms.  I remembered a song that my dad would always sing to me whenever I was sad,  or before I went to sleep,

"Hush, little baby, don't say a word,
Mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird. 

Even though I wasn't his Mom, I don't think he'll really notice a difference

And if that mockingbird don't sing,
Mama's gonna buy you a diamond ring." I sang, bouncing Dylan slightly, who was now calming down,

And if that diamond ring turns brass,
Mama's gonna buy you a looking glass.

And if that looking glass is broke,
Mama's gonna buy you a billy goat," I grinned, Dylan was now smiling and giggling, making me laugh as well,

"Hey." Izzy's voice said

"Oh, hi." I mumbled, 

"You're really good with him." Izzy saids, nodding towards the baby in my arms

"I guess." I shrug, looking over Izzy's shoulder to see Stephanie slowly appear

"Hi." She says quietly

"Hey, -look sorry for yelling at you earlier." 

"Here's your kid back." I mumble and hand the baby over to her, she nods and then scurries back down the hall

"Thank god this ends soon." I sigh, closing my eyes

"I know, I can't wait to go home." Izzy replies

"What are we gonna do when we get back?" I ask, opening my eyes

"Uh, what do you mean?" 

"Like, will I go back home to my apartment, and you go back to the Gunner apartment?" I asked

"Well we could do that, or, you could move out of the apartment and I move out of my apartment and live in our own house." Izzy said, smiling a little

"Really?" I squealed

"We're gonna get our own house, together?" I ask excitedly

"Yeah," Izzy laughs,

"I don't know about you, but I don't wanna live with those crazy people anymore. We've been with them 24/7 for what... like 3 years." He chuckles

"Oh my gosh, I can't wait!" I say, jumping up and down

Izzy laughs, putting an arm around my shoulders and leaning down to kiss my cheek. A future with Izzy was all that I could ever ask for.