Home Sweet Home (REVISED)

Chapter 61

Vince woke up ‪at two P.M.‬, noticing that Mick wasn't by his side. He had already gotten up, Vince figured, since the sheets on the other side of the bed weren't warm anymore. The singer dragged himself out of Mick's double bed and walked into the kitchen, where he found Mick drinking coffee, fully dressed. When Vince was at his own place, he used to walk around half-naked all the time, but Mick seemed to be pretty clean and neat. "Morning, blondie", Mick said, taking a sip from his coffee cup. "Morning", Vince mumbled back, rubbing his tired eyes. After taking the last sip, the guitarist got up from the chair he was sitting on and walked over to the sink to clean the empty coffee cup. Vince scratched his head, not understanding how Mick had the powers to do that this early. ‪Two P.M.‬ was pretty early for a guy like Vince. "Get dressed, I'm driving", Mick said, still washing up. "To where?", Vince asked, a little confused. Mick turned around, only to look at the blonde, now drying the cup with a towel. "To the studio", he simply replied, "We're also picking up Nikki and Tommy. Decade of Decadence, remember?" Decade of Decadence was the album the four of them were working on at the time. It was kind of a greatest hits thing for their 10th anniversary, but since there were almost only already-recorded songs on the album, all they had left to do now was to remix it. "Oh, yeah", Vince responded, walking back into the bedroom to get dressed, just like Mick had told him to. Vince was like a little kid sometimes, and Mick was acting like the parent.

Three knocks were made by Mick on Nikki's door, and two more as he never opened. Mick rolled his eyes, and knocked once more, and then sighed and looked over at Vince, who just shrugged as a respond. They decided that they'd just walk right in, since Nikki's door was never locked. What did Nikki own that people would care to steal anyway? As they opened the door, they just stood there speechless. On the floor, making out, was Tommy lying over Nikki. Vince had never in his entire life seen anything this intense before and for once, Mick didn't know what to say or think. The strangest thing about the whole situation though, was the pancake mix that was spread over almost the entire floor; and Nikki's hair was basically bathing in it. Vince looked over at Mick, who responded by walking the fuck out of there and closing the door behind them both. "Promise me one thing, Vince", he said. "Yeah?" "Wait until they open the door next time".

Tommy and Nikki arrived pretty late at the studio. Mick looked at them as they walked in the door. Nikki's hair was all wet; probably after having washed out all the pancake mix. "You were supposed to be here an hour ago!", Vince whined as they entered the room. Nikki just rolled his eyes, and looked over at Mick. "And you were supposed to pick us up in time!", he said, not at all aware that Vince and Mick had already been there. Mick just sat there with his guitar, letting his hand fall down against the strings. Tommy sat down by the mixing table. "So who's ready to mix this shit up?", he asked, all excited, making everyone else forget that they were kind of grumpy. "I guess", Nikki smiled, dumping down in an office chair, rolling over to him.

Some hours later, when they were getting kind of tired after a lot of mixing, they just decided to stay at the studio and talk. "So how's it going, Vince?", Tommy asked, turning to Mötley's only blonde member. At first, Vince had no idea of what he was talking about, but after a while it finally sunk in. "Oh, I'm great actually", he said, smiling as he was finally happy with being single, "I decided to just not go and look for the right one, because then I know I'll never find him". Tommy nodded in agreement, happy that his friend had figured out what to do, even if he didn't seem as interested when he first heard about it. "Well, good for you, Vince, way to go", Nikki added. Mick had no idea of what they were talking about, but he didn't really care either. There were probably just some changes in gay-paradise, he figured.