It Started that Night

Part 14

Approaching 10pm Dex belted out the final note of the show to an explosion of applause and screams. Exhausted and soaking wet with sweat he breathed a sigh of relief as he stood centre stage, he walked to the front of the stage touching the hands of the girls in the front row he sent them into a primal frenzy! There were so many pretty girls all screaming for him but there was only one girl on his mind tonight. Dex felt happy as he came off stage, almost excited, he hadn't felt that way in a very long time. He just wasn't an excitable person, his mood was mostly sombre, often depressive, but he liked that. He was a happy depressive, it was the state in which he wrote the best songs! But tonight he felt different; he genuinely felt happy and couldn't wipe the smile that was fixed to his face! As he came off stage an usher handed him a towel, he wiped the sweat from his face and brushed his hair back with his fingers.

"Mac, can I have my cell please, dude?" he asked. Mac handed him his phone as he slumped down on the couch backstage. Dex scanned through all his messages, there were always a lot! As he came to the last few his heart sank a little, there was no message from her. He opened the last message he sent her to double check it had sent. It did. Read 9.05pm. He sighed, putting his phone in his pocket, ignoring the other messages he had got.

Zach, Jesse and CJ were packing up their instruments as stage guys brought them off stage for them.

"Hey, man," Zach called over to Dex. "Drinks?" he added.

"YEAH!" replied Dex, he definitely felt like he needed to drink! He gathered up his stuff and waited for the other guys.

"Hey, Mac, can we go out?" asked CJ.

"Where?" replied Mac, who hated that question! Keeping the band safe out on the town in a foreign country was a logistical nightmare and required a lot of man power.

"Dunno, a bar," replied CJ with a cheeky grin.

"Yes," huffed Mac reluctantly. He couldn't say no, though he wanted to! Mac arranged their security team and called for a taxi. "Back by midnight!" he said sternly.

"Yeeeeeees!" said Zach sarcastically.

After a ten-minute taxi ride they pulled up outside of a very lively looking bar on the main high street.

"YES! This one!" said Zach, watching all the drunken pretty girls dancing around the street outside the bar. A couple of guys from the security team got out first and went inside the bar. Everyone outside the bar was staring at their two-car motorcade. Dex hated it; everywhere they went they drew attention to themselves, when he wanted nothing more than to blend in. Mac got a message on his radio that it was okay inside. Mac got out first, followed by Zach and Jesse. Girls instantly recognised them and began to surround them. Dex put a cap on and his sunglasses and took a second to prepare himself and take in the peace and quiet before the mob began.

"Ready, man?" asked CJ. CJ knew Dex was going to get it the worst! Girls wanting photos with them already surrounded Zach and Jesse; they could barely be seen through the hoards of people.

"Let's go, dude!" replied Dex, taking a deep breath as he slid along the seat to the door. Mac opened it for him and Dex climbed out, followed by CJ. Girls began to scream.

"Oh my god, it's Dex!" screamed one girl the second he emerged from the car. The crowds moved towards him. Mac, together with three security guys from the second car surrounded the band and escorted them inside, a trail of girls following behind, all trying to touch them and talk to them. Girls were pulling at Dex's shirt. It took every ounce of his willpower not to snap. Inside, the security team had got them a private table cordoned off away in a back corner. They sat down at the table surrounded by their security. A waiter brought them a selection of drinks over, there was no way they were going to be able to fight their way to the bar to get their own! Constant streams of girls were approaching the security team who weren't letting anyone near the table. They could finally relax and enjoy some drinks. Dex opened a can of beer and downed half the can.