Stranger Things Have Happened, I Know

Ch 17

Chapter 17

                As planned, two weeks later, I did the all too familiar walk from the terminal to the baggage claim, looking for a driver holding a sign with my name on it. I saw him at last and nodded. He took my bag and I followed him out to the car, ready to begin my week long vacation.

                “Mr. Grohl has asked me to bring you to the studio,” the driver said.

                “Oh…? Ok,” I replied, taking my place in the back seat. “Thanks.” I pulled out my phone and typed a text to Dave, letting him know that I’d landed and was leaving the airport now. He messaged me back that he could not wait to see me.

                When I arrived at the studio, I let myself into the control room, where there were several guys sitting at a huge panel of switches and knobs, watching and listening to the band rehearse in a large room through huge glass windows. I was greeted by a few “Hi”’s or “Hey”s and I took a seat on a couch set against the back wall. When they wrapped up the song they were playing, one of the engineers hit a button and spoke into a microphone.

                “Dave, you have a visitor.” Dave’s eyebrows shot up.

                “Kate’s here!” He called, his voice coming through the speakers.

                “Hey girl,” Taylor called, waving.

                “Hey Kate,” the other guys called.

                “Ok, gimme two seconds,” Dave said, slipping his guitar off and setting it on the stand. He jogged excitedly out of the room. I jumped up and ran out to meet him in the hallway. Smiling ear to ear, I threw myself into him and he scooped me up, squeezing me to him and he kissed me. “You feel so good,” he murmured, burying his face in my neck.

                “I missed you,” I said, feeling whole again. Even though I’d come out for a quick weekend visit in between this trip and Dave’s trip to Massachusetts, it still felt like forever since I’d seen him. He set me down and leaned in, kissing me again, running his hands through my hair and down my back, giving me goose-bumps all over.

                “We are almost finished here, do you mind waiting for me?” he asked when we parted.

                “Not at all,” I said, smiling.

                “Awesome, go have seat, we have a few more run-throughs to do, then we can have some… alone time and you can show me how much you missed me,” he said, winking at me. I turned to head back into the control room, but Dave grabbed my arm and pulled me back into him for one more passionate kiss. My heart was still racing when I returned to my seat on the couch to watch the rest of the rehearsal.

                They worked through the rest of the songs off their new album until Dave was satisfied.

                “Ok, I feel pretty good for today,” Dave asked, tucking his hair behind his ears. He leaned in and spoke into the microphone.

                “Kate, want to pick our last song? What do you want to hear?” The engineer motioned for me to come over to the microphone so I could reply to Dave.

                “Hmmm,” I said speaking into the mic, thinking.

                “If she says fucking Everlong, I’m leaving,” Taylor called.