100 ways to escape you

Chapter 25

Yup. I chickened out. I really did.

I didn't tell my brother... or his bandmates (as in my friends) that I accidentally signed an actual contract with an actual company about an actual job... in music.

I keep wondering if it's the right thing to do, to actually go ahead with it. It could be for a girl group or... I don't know what else would be worse.

But even if... even if it was a stupid girl group... honestly? I want to try it. I want to try singing in a group. My own group.

Just that thought is exillarating.

It makes me forget everything else. Well except what I said yesterday...

I barely recall how we moved back. Or how I went to work or how I actually got here. Into this underground club.

I just know that I am standing here with Chloe hugging my side, Joo, Ben and Glenn standing somewhere near us.

I look at myself.

Well, at least I clothed myself decently.

Chloe licks my cheek and I snap out of my daze.

-Ew.. what the... C!!-I wipe off the drool with her sleeve.-Keep your tongue to yourself or to Joo for all I care!

Suddenly Joo turns up at my other side and licks my other cheek.

-Oh come on!- I push him away and they hug each other fake crying.- You two honestly suit each other...

-Well thank you.- JW says, hugging Chloe closer to himself. –It was a good way to finally get you back. I haven't seen you so out of it in a long while. Was it something at work?

-Um, no, everything is okay.

-Are you still worried those Blackies will be after you?- Chloe asks me concerned, playing with Joo's earring.

-How do you know? Did Joo tell you?- I ask looking at him, but he just smiles at me secretively.

-No, well yeah... he didn't tell me why they harassed you, but he told me how he took care of them.

I pause and analyze that smile on Joo's face. Yeah, it's the one.

-Okay, what did you do?- I ask pointedly, while he just smiles innocently at me and shrugs.

-Not much. There might have been some acid involved from the lab... Those girls weren't very hard to find you see. And I needed to make sure they wouldn't bother you any time soon.

-Oh god.. you didn't actually dissolve them in acid, did you? If you did, I really hope you covered your tracks well and... if the police asks, I don't know you or what you did, got it?

Joo dissolves in chuckles while I continue to stare.

-Relax Hannah. I just scared them a little, that's it. Might have dissolved some shoes and shit but nothing... vital.

-You're scary Joo. –he gives me the cute kitten look.- No, that's even creepier. A cute serial killer. Everyone is doomed.

-Too bad I already have a job as a guitar player. Let me put down serial killer as my next job though, if I don't make it in this one.

I give him a thumbs up.

-I'm going to the bathroom, Chloe wanna come with me? You still have some time before you guys perform.

-We're going to find a table for us.- Joo says going along with Ben and Glenn.

As we move to the bathroom it's still early so it's not as crowded as it could be. I prefer to empty my bladder now, than have to stand in line and miss the performances.