Home Sweet Home (REVISED)

Chapter 24

At one point, they were all playing together, and Axl and Vince shared the microphone. After they had played a couple of songs, they just sat down to chill and talked to eachother about whatever was on the topic. Nikki leaned forward to look at his Terror Twin. "So, Tommy", he started, surprising Tommy a little with the expression he had, "Who's a better singer, Axl or Vince?" Tommy put his water bottle down, a little relived, since the question wasn't as bad as he had imagined, something like 'who would you rather sleep with'. He shrugged. "Uh, I don't know, you can't really compare those two, they've got two totally different ways to sing", he replied. There was a silence that lasted for about ten seconds. "OK, Vince", Tommy finally said. Unfortunately, Axl, who's kind of known for his bad temper, heard their little conversation. "Hey, I heard that!", he yelled, coming over to Tommy with his hands in fists. "Yeah, so?", Tommy replied, not really seeing the issue here. "Fucking take it back!", Axl kept yelling. Tommy just rolled his eyes, pretending not to care about the scene Axl was making. "Don't ignore me you BITCH", Axl said. He soon realized that he should have kept his mouth shut. Tommy got up and grabbed Axl's Mickey Mouse shirt, lifting him up from the floor. "Don't fucking think that you can talk to me like that and get away with it, dude!", Tommy snapped, threatening him with a punch in the face. "Hey, T-Bone...", Nikki said, "Calm down, man, he's not worth it". Tommy finally dropped Axl, and turned to Nikki. "Don't fucking tell me what to do!", he yelled, and went into some other room. He fixed his curly hair in the mirror, which now was everywhere after drumming through a couple of songs. Normally, he wouldn't lose it for something as stupid as Axl Rose, but he got kind of grumpy when he was hungover, and besides, Nikki had been bugging him the entire day.

"So, why did you come to visit us?", Vince asked Axl to start a conversation. At first he didn't answer, he just looked at Vince with a creepy smile on his face. Then he shrugged. "I totally want that girl over there", he whispered, nodding in Nikki's direction. Vince's cheeks blew up with laughter; he couldn't hold it in. "Which girl?", he asked, with his hand over his mouth, so that Axl wouldn't see him laughing. "Your sexy bass player over there", Axl replied, staring at Nikki, who in his eyes was a totally hot chick. Vince burst out laughing. Axl looked at him as if he was the biggest idiot in the world at the time. "What're you laughing at?", he asked, as if Vince was laughing at practically nothing. "Nikki, come over here for a while!", Vince shouted as he turned around. Putting his bass down, Nikki, confused by what was really going on over there, walked over to the two of them. "Look at Nikki for a while", Vince said to Axl, almost advertising as he waved his hands in front of him as if it all was one big commercial. Axl flipped his hair behind his shoulders, and admired Nikki as he tried to smile in a flirty way. Feeling kind of uncomfortable standing there, Nikki decided to break the silence. "So... What's up..?" Nikki's voice startled Axl so that he almost jumped in surprise. "You're a guy!?", he exclaimed. Vince was rolling on the floor, laughing more than he had ever laughed before. It was all like a really cheesy TV-show; it just couldn't be for real. "Yeah, what the hell did you think!?", Nikki replied, more insulted than ever. This redhead that had just shown up at their door, was he blind? "Uh... I just thought that maybe...", the redhead started, but got interrupted. "Why are you here anyway?", the hot chick asked. Oh, he wasn't going to love the answer. "I... was kinda into you...", Axl mumbled awkwardly. Nikki smacked his forehead. "Get out" "But –" "Just get out".

The band continued without Axl Rose, something that was perfectly fine by Nikki, and for Tommy as well. I guess Axl just wasn't their type. It was starting to get really late, and the sun was on its way down. Mick went home to his place, and Nikki went home with Tommy that night too. So did Vince; he had a two hour drive the other way. Sometimes they wondered why they wouldn't just rent a rehearsal spot closer to their homes, but then it went up for them that they lived totally different places as well, so it wouldn't exactly change their situation.