|| Take Me Away, River Phoenix ||

¤ Rowan's Dialoge ¤

My most favorite part about being alive is wondering how I may die, life is one big mystery.

If you would've told me months ago that I will die of an mixed drug overdose, I would tell you you may be right. But if you ever told me that I would fall in love with the soul and spirit of River Phoenix, I would've told you that you're fucking nuts. ~ Rowan Skye

My friend Julia and also band member works in a club called "the viper room". Today I was getting a lecture from her of something that I have done while I was drunk.

"Earth to Rowan!" Julia shouted.

"Fuck, you don't have to give me a fucking heart-attack I am listening."

Julia sighed, I knew by look of her face she wasn't going to let me get off this easy. Can a lady ever drink in peace? I guess not according to Julia. I get it, I should lay off the booze for a while.

"Oh really? What was I saying Rowan? Please, repeat it." Julia snarled.

I beamed at her in confusion, I held up my pointer finger to her and guzzled down the rest of my beer, slamming down the bottle.

I cleared my throat sarcastically. "Well my good lady, you were trying to remind me that I am in the prime of my life and I shouldn't be late to my engagements."

I smiled lightly at Julia while in return she glared at me so hard, she could kill me. A thing or two about Julia, she loves me too death and hates seeing me destroy my life over a stupid two timing botox looking woman whom cheated on me with our best friend.

"No Rowan, I was reminding you that Saturday we play for Peta to promote or educate people about vegetarianism and veganism. Don't go on stage drunk, we have interviews and please this time when you see Sam and Terence please don't call them out. Shit, wait until the party to drink and act like they aren't visible." Julia advised.

I rolled my eyes growing uncomfortable at the thought of seeing my ex fiancé at the Peta concert.

"Well gee Jules, it's going to be pretty hard since she left me to be with my own best friend since I joined our animal rights group. You act like I wasn't with Sam since I was seventeen and you seem to forget that she was the first woman I had ever loved and had sex with. You also manage to forget we planed a family and future together, that it was only ten days before our wedding when I found out Sam was screwing around with Terence and she left me to be with him ." I proposed sarcastically.

Julia put her hand on top of mine and sighed.

"Dude, I know you spent half of your life savings on that wedding. But she wasn't right for you Rowie, towards the end she treated you like a servant, she stopped going to our underground club shows. She was the one who even introduced you to the drugs and that's a bullshit excuse for her to cheat. Man she is older than you, I mean I think she is getting grey hairs, she is close to menopause."
Julie always picked on the age gap between Sam and I. Although, Sam is only ten years and two months older than I am.

"Jesus jules! Samantha isn't that much older than I am. You guys are only eight years apart, why do you hate her so much?" I proclaimed. Julie narrowed her gaze at me squinting slightly. I sighed, knowing I was in for another lecture.

"Rowan Skye, why are you making up excuses for her? You knew all that time she was cheating on you with him, you just didn't wanna believe it." she barked.

I opened my mouth to defend myself but Julie pointed her finger at me with a stern expression.

"Rowan she made you have a threesome with Terence, on three different occasions... Do you wanna finish the rest?"

I sighed and glared at Julie before I rolled my eyes at her and cleared my throat. "I know, you're right. I should stop trying to justify her actions, I am blessed to have you still Jules. Thanks, I will be at practice tonight... At the right time."

As I strummed on the guitar too in bloom, I felt like someone was undressing me with their eyes. I stopped in my tracks to look at the bar stool on the other side of the room, too my surprise no one was looking at me. It must be the cocaine.

I shook off my feeling and continued to play in bloom. Julia is our lead singer of the band, we are an alternative based band. We used to do emo music but we kind of grew out of that phase, we were now mostly grunge, indie, and punk. We also do covers of certain pop songs or bands like sublime. Julia sometimes will let us do covers of songs by Ritchie Valens and doo wop material, when that happens I am usually singing lead and playing lead guitar.

When I don't play in the band, I am usually exercising animal rights and help save mother earth. I used to attend a lot of earth gathering meetings and such but Terence is the leader to our activist rights group, I haven't been to a meeting or even rally in months.

I am a bonified vegan, I am all for the rights of animals. Animals were the first species known to man and I believe it is they who helped our earth, people are killing them for their skin, fur, meat and what not and it is inhumane in my book.

"That's a wrap!" Julia interrupted.

"Rowan, remember tomorrow at nine I will be at your apartment."

I rolled my eyes sighing and continued packing my guitar. "Yeah Jules, I got it. Now if you'll excuse me I've gotta take a piss and a dog to feed." I muttered.

As I strutted out of the exit with my guitar case, I noticed a man with long dirty blonde hair outside smoking a cigarette.

He looked as if he was sent from above, too innocent and breathe taking to be apart of this fucked up world. I stopped in my tracks admiring his whole physical appearance, his outfit he wore looked as if he from another decade which I find attractive.

He quickly noticed and turned around to observe me. I instantly got embarrassed and a pit in my stomach. He looked behind him like he was in disbelief. I felt my cheeks warming up and got nervous.

I quickly strutted to my car.

As I drove home, I thought of how familiar that guy looked, I was trying to pin point where I have seen him. I feel as if our paths have met.

This story isn't in first person, it is actually in third person. This chapter is only first person bc I was introducing Rowan to you guys. But, these updates may be slow because, it is about River and I brain storm and plan this out on paper.

This story is going to be a little similar to the movie starring Patrick Swayze called Ghost from 1990. It will be like it in certain ways but in a lot of ways, it won't. 

This story is set in modern day time where River is still dead. But, Rowan is the only one who can see him like he is alive. He eventually runs into Rowan and seeks help from her but she has her own problems and demons. River then realizes that she is broken and helps her, but through the way feelings grow and people get hurt or a lady may end up pregnant. Who knows? Read on to find out ✨