Cigarettes and Alcohol

Oasis Part 1

We arrived at 6:50 and the doors opened at 7, but when the guard recognised Kurt and we showed him our VIP tickets we were rushed into the back. We followed the man through a couple of different hallways and before I knew it I was stood outside the room that contained some of my greatest heroes, and stood beside another of my greatest heroes. What even is my life now?

"Are you ready, Ginger?" Kurt smiled.

"I don't think I'll ever be ready for this." I replied honestly. At that, Kurt decided to push on the door and open it.

Kurt stepped in first and I followed quickly. The lads inside were sat on a couple of cheap leather sofas and armchairs drinking and smoking. Noel was the first to notice.

"Holy fuck."

"Nice to meet you too." Kurt chuckled.

"What the fuck are you doin' here?" Noel asked, shocked.

"My friend here is a big fan of your music so we decided to come see you."

"But none of our album singles have even been fuckin' released yet! What the fuck?" Noel exclaimed, still blown away.

"A friend of mine has seen you play here around three times? She may or may not have recorded the gigs to show me. She also played me the Columbia single from last year. I was bloody hooked but never got the chance to see you 'till I met my friend here." I told him. I was so calm considering I was meeting Noel Gallagher, the Chief himself.

"I'm not surprised," another voice cut in. "We're the fuckin' bees knees." Oh my GOD. Liam Gallagher just spoke to me. Liam Gallagher.

Kurt laughed.

"So, Effy told me you guys are Beatles fans?" He asked the band as we both went to sit down. There was a spot next to Noel and a spot next to Liam on the opposite facing settees. Kurt went to sit beside Noel so I sat beside Liam, who had his arm stretched across the top of it. Fuck, I'm about to sit beside Liam Gallagher.

I sat down and Liam didn't move his arm. He was wearing sunglasses, (indoors, might I add. He pulls off sunglasses indoors to be honest) an Adidas polo shirt and jeans. I was wearing my denim shorts, a fake Beatles shirt I'd bought in Camden earlier that day that I'd changed into and my army jacket (as usual.)

Kurt and Noel began chatting with Bonehead, Paul and Tony. Liam meanwhile kept his focus on me. Oh my.

"So, Effy the Oasis fan, how'd you land yourself mates with Kurt Cobain?" He asked curiously.

"Well basically, I went on a bender that started here, and three days later I found myself in Kurt's house with no recollection of leaving this country, nor those three days." The lie rolled off my tongue easily.

"Fuckin' hell, that's impressive. And that's comin' from me." He used this as an excuse to pat me on the shoulder and not so subtly pull me closer. We were very close. Our sides were touching. I could nearly feel his breath on my face.

"So you pulled the rockstar junkie Kurt Cobain out of hibernation just to see little old Oasis? I'm flattered." He pulled his sunglasses down and winked.

I swatted his arm,

"Don't play coy with me Gallagher, you're gonna be the best band in the world and you damn well know it!" I laughed. He just smirked at me and pushed his sunglasses up.

"You want a drink?" He whispered in my ear. I nodded and he got up to go to the table for beers.

"Kurt, want a beer?" Liam asked across me. Kurt looked up from his conversation with Noel and the others to nod. Liam pulled three out of the fridge and I heard the bottles open when I was looking at Kurt. He had an unreadable expression on his face as he looked between me and Liam but it disappeared when Liam jumped onto the sofa beside me and passed us the beers. He pulled me close to him again but I was still looking at the man across from me. I gave him a concerned frown and mouther 'You alright?' at him but he just nodded and went back to talking to the band. It seemed off.