Sarah hesitated. 'May as well go back, didn't come all the way here for nothing,' she thought. So she let Danny lead her back to the club and past the bouncers, who grinned at the sight of them.
"Nice catch boss."
Sarah started slightly at that. "You really own this place? It wasn't just some lame pick up line you used?" Danny smiled. He had such an enthusiastic boyish charm, Sarah had to resolve herself to be careful around him.
"Heck yeh! I only opened it up a couple of months ago." He waved his arm carelessly around the beautiful bar. "It's not much, but it'll do for now." He saw Sarah roll her eyes. Ok, so he may have been boasting just a little, but most of the girls normally lapped it up. This one was different, a mystery. A challenge. He offered her a drink, curious to see what she would want.
"Coke please." She was busy examining the club and bar area. It was contemporary hip hop, very retrospective interior. Funky, and very blue. Parts of the club illuminated, but the whole atmosphere was comfortable and almost like a cafe. Danny looked at her uncertainly, not sure if she really wanted a coke.
"I meant it when I said the drinks are on the house for you." He had his head cocked to a side. She looked up and smiled again. His insides almost melted as his eyes caught her amused lingering look.
"I'm 17." Oh.
'She's not that young,' the 23 year old lad thought. 'Oh else I'm just in denial.'
He gave her a coke and got into some small talk. Sarah wasn't too keen talking about her background; she basically mentioned coming from Australia and trying to get away from an ex.
"So...uh, looking for any new relationships?" He wished he didn't sound so hopeful. She smirked cheekily at him, but didn't say anything. Woah. His heart skipped a beat and then began pumping super fast. They chatted until 10:00 pm, and Danny managed to weasel some information out of her. He had been brought up in Australia, so they had some common knowledge. Sarah felt comfortable with him, if he would only stop looking at her...like that...Danny noticed her grimaces every time he was caught eyeing her.
'Not my fault.' He thought. 'And everyone else is looking at her too.' This was true. Almost every male in the club was busy staring at the new girl. But Danny tried to refrain from it anyway. Their conversation was beginning to pick up pace, as Sarah asked more about the Blue Bar. Danny hastily explained that the reason why there were less people at the moment was because Busted had their final gig for the season tonight, and most of Britain was watching it. He noticed Sarah stiffen slightly and her face flicker. So he rushed on to fill the silence.
"They're really gonna rock tonight. They always do, but last nights are a little crazy. And I heard from James last night that they were freaking about having no guitarist, and their manager Josh came up with a chick to fill in! And James was saying they'd rather have no guitarist than a girl. I mean seriously, they don't need another guitarist, and they definitely don't want a girl!" Sarah's insides flopped. So it wasn't Josh. James. She gritted her teeth together. What pissed her off was that he had always been her favourite out of the three; and it turned out that he was the sexist idiot that-
"Are you ok? You don't like Busted I take it?" Danny looked concerned.
Sarah shook her head. "No, I used to, quite recently, but not anymore." Her face darkened. Such an idiot. 'Why did I bother trying out for the stupid auditions just so they could laugh at me?' she thought bitterly. Danny watched her closely, anxiety twitching his face. She seemed to really hate Busted. 'Oh great,' he grimaced mentally. 'They'll probably be coming tonight after their show...' He glanced over at the area the boys normally occupied. Sarah probably wouldn't see them come in. She had her back to them if they sat in their usual place.