Inhale

Chapter 44:

Joey sat at the booth as corey lit up a cigarette.

"I'm exhausted..." he complained.

"It was a good show!" Joey smiled

Corey raised an eyebrow "sure? I mean you guys you where great! I. Well I'm me."

"Oh come on." Joey rolled his eyes "literally everyone loved it."

Corey smiled "they are too kind."

"You're a lot more egotistical on that stage. I think we need to get you up there more often."

Corey chuckled "I'd like to be up there more often."

Joey looked over to the light. "Weve done a few live now."

"More than a few." Corey raised an eyebrow

Joey shrugged "I mean yeah. I just wanna do something bigger."

"Hey. We have plenty of time to figure it out." Corey said smiling. As he tapped his drink gently.

Joey smiled "I want to play stadiums one day."

"Stadiums?" Corey asked "surley we wont get that far?!"

"Who knows?" Joey chuckled

Corey gently put his cigarette out and took a heavy breath.

"Where you serious?" Corey suddenly asked

"What?"

"Serious when you said you...wanted to maybe get married one day?"

Joey blinked "if we could, I'd do it in a heart beat." Joey said.

Corey nodded

Joey took his hands "I mean it."

"I'd do it too." Corey said "in a heartbeat."

Joey smiled as he raised his glass to his lips, as he looked over at the door.

"We are gonna get signed soon. I can feel it." Joey said "we are going to be amazing."

"Its gonna be interesting getting out there and being a real band." Corey said

"We can do it though. That's the diffrence. Most bands cant."

"We will." Corey nodded "we have to. We just god damn it we have to."

Joey nodded as he looked up "I cant believe its nearing decmeber already."

"Oh god me neither." Joey looked up "speaking of which...your birthday."

Corey nodded

"Now we dont have to do anything brash or bold. We can stay in and watch a film."

"Suprise me." corey smiled

"What?"

"We can do whatever. Stay at home. Go out. It's up to you."

"But its your birthday!"

"Yeah. But I mean as long as we are doing something together I'm not gonna complain."

"You're too good to me."

Corey looked up "nah you're too good to me. Dealing with me and all my...baggage. god I feel sorry for you. I do wonder how you do it sometimes."

"You're more lovable than you think."

Corey smiled before he yawned. The show had really worn him out.

"You still got black makeup on your face." Joey commented "did you know?"