Nobody weird like me

Part 50

Mary's P.O.V
As soon I closed the door behind me after Tony left, I looked around the hotel room,letting out a deep breath. Kinda felt relieved not to go back to LA but at the same time, I had my doubts again. I know it wouldn't be forever like that and many girls would kill to be in my position right now,but I kinda felt trapped like a bird in a cage. There was only one thing to get me back on track now, a long shower. Followed by me not looking like a train wreck. As I was standing under the shower, I figured out it might not be a bad idea to leave the room for a couple of hours, since the boys aren't in the hotel anyway. I decided to put on my newly bought dress, with a leather jacket and my Doc Martens. Before I left the room, I only adjusted my pixie in the mirror. Feeling good about myself again, as I walked down the hallway. Oddly enough the dress did wonders to my self esteem.
I decided to walk instead of taking a taxi, it was a beautiful day and my last one in Amsterdam. As I strolled alongside the canals with all the little bridges and house boats,I realised how different it was from LA. Thinking that without Tony, I would have never got the chance to see all this. I had to sit on a bench by the water and smoke a cigarette. Slowly I got a much better feeling of choosing to leave LA for a while and be here. I was still anxious of the upcoming months but I think that was all because of Tony, I mean who can blame me right. It's not easy to be the girlfriend of the most good looking man at the moment. But he showed me
that he loves me in a sincere way and this gave me some safety. As I took a last pull on my cigarette, I let the sun shine on my face,closing my eyes. Five minutes in the sun, with closed eyes always kept me sane and gave me strength,it was like meditation to me. I continued my stroll now, it felt so good just to walk around without any plan where to go. And for some reason I was more drawn to it here in Amsterdam than in LA. I stopped by a coffeeshop, the smell of weed was in the air. Now, I wasn't quite the regular pot smoker. Only at parties and with alcohol. I saw people sitting outside with their fresh mint tea or their coffee and smoking joints. I thought, I'm not always in Amsterdam so I gonna try it. Walked in, it was a warm invite, it didn't feel like you just arrived at a pot head college party, it felt more like a big living room. I was about to order a coffee with my joint but they told me to choose a fresh mint or jasmine tea instead. I chose the fresh mint, and soon I was sitting outside on a little wooden bench, lighting up my joint. I took a deep pull and exhaled it,then took a sip of my tea and had to realise they were right,it added a smooth flavour to it. After a couple of minutes I was feeling how my body was in deep relaxation. I was deeply in thought about Tony, I wish he would be here with me now. Then I remembered the gig and the thought of sneaking into the crowd crossed my mind. It was very risky but at the same time I could disguise myself. I took another pull of my joint and decided to ask a group of people next to me
"Hey, I'm sorry to disturb you, but could  you tell me how I can get to the dam square?"
They smiled at me
"Sure, it's only a couple of streets away from here, you can walk to it"
"Ohh that's nice, thank you" I said, finishing my tea. When they turned around again
"Wait, you aren't by chance planing on going to the gig of the Red hot Chili Peppers? Cause we are heading there later."
To be honest, I didn't expect that but I guess it's a sign from the universe.
"Ah yeah, that's what I was planning actually" i answered.
"Cool, you can join us if you want?"
I smiled at their offer
"Thank you, I'd love to" i said, as they offered me a seat by their table. We talked for a while as everyone finished their drinks and joints. While we made our way to the gig, I searched my backpack for a cap or something I could wear on my head, but I couldn't find anything. Damn it I thought, how am I supposed to go undercover now. One girl of the group sensed my nervousness and asked me if everything's alright.
"Ohh I'm fine, I just hoped I had my cap with me, you know the sun"
She giggled and immediately took off her bucket hat
"Here, take that!" she said smiling at me
I was amazed by her generosity,as I put it on I thanked her.
"Thought you, as a girl from LA would be  used to the sun" she said.
I laughed
"Well, I'm originally from Detroit Michigan, so guess I'm not quite immune to the sun"
"Oh I see, I'm from Italy so the sun flows through my veins. My name's Lara by the way"
"Oh that's cool, I've never been to Italy. My name is Mary, nice to meet you Lara"
We almost arrived, people started to gather around the stage. I put on my sunglasses, now I was fully undercover. My eyes of course searched for Tony, but guess they would already be backstage. Lara linked arms with me, dragging me to the bar. They ordered beer and handed me one, I took a sip at it as we immediately walked back to the stage. It dawned me they wanted to be quite in the front, which not gonna lie made me nervous. But I didn't want to be the joy killer so there I was now, quite in the front,waiting for the band. But I couldn't complain, I had my beer and lit myself a cigarette up, when Lara asked me
"So, who's your favourite?"
"I'm sorry?"
"Out of the boys, who is your favourite in the band?" she asked me again
"Oh I don't know, who is yours?"
That was a reversed psychology question of mine, I was curious who she would say first.
She took a sip of her beer and licked over her lips.
"John Frusciante of course,my Italian boy" she said
My heart dropped,I was glad she didn't say Anthony, but now I thought of Ivy.
She continued though wanting to know my favourite as I answered with Anthony.
When she let out an "ugh"
"Not my type, he's too much of a womaniser you know, but hey enjoy him honey"
This kinda hurt to hear how she thought of him, but I didn't let my mood crash because of her comment. One less potential "rival" I thought to myself. I didn't like that mindset, but this only made me realise more that I really loved Tony and wasn't about sharing him with anyone.

The moment the band stepped on stage and I saw Tony, my heart skipped a beat. There I was with the bucket hat of some Italian girl and my sunglasses, trying not to stand out. He looked gorgeous in a skirt,better than me I thought to myself. It was such a strange feeling to see him on stage again,since the LA gig, even more  surreal that I was his girlfriend now. The show was amazing, I really had fun even if I was undercover. At some point, Lara must have told one of the guys in the group that I like Anthony, so the next moment I was lifted on this guys shoulder. I looked towards the stage when Tony looked into my direction, he was trying to see if it was me.
It was a timescale of a minute,the guys were into jamming and that was my chance to take off my sunglasses and hat real quick. Tony recognised me and his smile was everything I needed. Quickly I went into undercover again and stayed for a while on this guys shoulders. My heart was beating faster at the thought that he knew now, I made it to the gig. I could see a remarkable energy shift in his performance,after our one minute encounter and it made my heart swell.