Stringed Love

|Chapter 1|

It was a cloudy day in London when she stepped out of her dormitory and walked towards the main road. She got to the music store and headed to the back of the store setting down her purse to pick up a name tag that read "Aria". She fixed her hair and walked out to the front of the store "Hey Aria can you go check all the guitar strings?" Her manager yelled from behind a shelf. "Sure." she replied and walked towards the guitar section and picked one up one by one tightening each string. Just as she was close to done she heard the bell over the door ring and she heard male voices talking noticing there were more than two men. She got up setting the guitar down as she walked next to the shelve and she poked her head around to see a man with dark curly hair asking about guitars. Her manager was telling him about the multiple styles they had in stock until he moved around the counter "Come with me I will show you them!" She moved backwards very fast knocking over a stand of drumsticks just as they turned around the shelve. She started picking them up quickly and then looked up to apologize she looked right at the curly haired customer speechless. He smiled at her and then continued walking with her manager every now and then looking over at her.

           After a few minutes she finally picked up and rearranged the stand looking over at the guitars noticing he was gone. She thought to herself 'Why didn't I ask for his name...' before she could finish she turned around almost running into him. "I'm sorry!" She blurted out fast looking up at him. He smiled down at her "It's okay.. I'm Brian." he held out his hand and she reached out shaking it softly "I'm Aria." We smiled at each other and we stayed silent for a few minutes until the bell to the door went off. In came a long blonde haired man who came walking over to them. "Hey Bri we got to get going so we can make it to the gig." Brian looked at him then back at her "Aria this is Roger. Roger, Aria." Roger gave her a half smile and nodded politely "Hi. Now Bri we really have to go." Brian looked back at her and smiled "You should come see us perform we will be at the club down the street. We start our set at seven thirty." She smiled at him and nodded "I'll be there." He smiled at her his face turning a little red as he turned to walk out with Roger.

         Later that night she was walking to the gig with her best friend, Eva, who also attended the same college she did. They entered the club and looked around "Woah it sure is crowded in here." Eva said looking around at all the people. "I just want to see one band that's all then we can leave." Aria said pushing through the crowd. They pushed their way to the front of the stage where they found other girls they know dressed in a very revealing manner. "So why do you want to see this band again?" Eva asked leaning against the stage. The noise finally quieted now so she didn't have to scream over the noise "This guitar player came by the store and wanted me to come see his band play." She smiled trying not to blush. Eva looked at her and smiled at her, her smile was so big she looked as if she was a painting "You have a crush on him don't you?!" She asked excitedly. Aria smiled and looked down trying to hide her red cheeks, then over the speakers came a voice "Ladies and Gentleman Smile!" They watched and waited for Brian to come on stage, but it was pitch black they couldn't see anything even though they were front row. The lights went up and she saw Brian standing there with his guitar she felt butterflies inside and she couldn't look away. He looked out into the crowd and he saw her he couldn't help but smile at her while pointing in her direction. The band started to play their set and she loved ever minute of it she loved watching him play. She was intrigued by how well he played and how into the music he was it was unlike anyone else she has seen in concert.

          Once the concert ended they waited out front for the band, but they never came out to see everyone. She then turned around to tell Eva they should leave and she saw that Eva had already left "well that's just great." Aria said as she walked towards the door before looking at the clock it was midnight already "Shit. Looks like I'm sleeping on a bench again.." she said as she walked out the door out to the street. After she was out the door she felt a chill it had gotten colder outside to a point where she almost saw her breath. She only got a few feet from the door before she heard someone call out her name behind her she stopped and turned around to see Brian walking towards her. She smiled at him and walked towards him "I was trying to find you then I saw you walk out the door." He said putting his hands in his front pockets. "Yea I was looking for you until I couldn't find my friend and I noticed the time." We stood there awkwardly again until he cleared his throat "Do you have a place to stay tonight?" I looked down then back at him "My dormitory closed an hour ago because there's a curfew so not I don't." She replied kind of embarrassed by it. "You maybe want to stay at my place? I live in my own apartment off campus so there's no curfew. If you want to." He asked kind of nervously. I looked around and smiled at him "That would be nice." We then walked to his car then headed to his place.

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