Marions Story Chapter Fifteen free porn video

I must acknowledge and offer a huge debt of gratitude to my dear friend Marina Kelly who helped and guided me through this story, and of course supplied the wonderful editing. Life goes on and the road isn't always smooth. Back in LA following moms wedding, I got a couple of lucky breaks. The first was meeting Adam. He was the sound engineer at one of the gigs I played. As well as being a great sound tech he was a really nice guy even if he did hit on me. When I explained I was a lesbian he didn't freak out or take offense like some dudes did, he understood and said something like he should have known after listening to my songs. Adam wasn't just a sound engineer he also owned his own recording studio. He had only just brought it and was still trying to kit it out and get it re-established, when he brought it he discovered there were a whole lot more issues than he first thought and it had taken him a while to get it to where it was. To fund the ongoing work on the studio, he worked as a sound engineer for a major recording studio KGM, probably the biggest in LA. The good news was they were always looking for help and he got me some work as a part time tech. He as an aside moonlighted at other studios and sound hire companies from all around the City. He managed to get me work with him and let me sit in on desk so I could watch and learn which is where I really leaned to respect his abilities, he was damn good. Over many sessions he began to understand that I wasn't a complete novice and let me take the helm. The plus to all that was not just the money, I also got to meet and talk to a lot of artists. During a recording session at one of the major studios, I talked to Steven a singer songwriter of some repute and as we talked he nodded away, he had heard of the Lips so he knew a little about me, after that conversation the next time he came in to do some recording he invited me to sit in with him. He loved what I played so much he offered me a job playing guitar on three of his tracks and sang backup vocals on a couple of others. That session led to a couple of others and that led to playing with a couple of bands for actual gigs. The whole thing snowballed and I was making enough money to afford my own apartment. When I mentioned it to Adam, he showed me an old room above his studio; it used to be an apartment but hadn't been used for anything other than storing shit for years. It was pretty rough and full of crap stacked from floor to ceiling but he offered to help me clean it up and it was cheap with the added bonus of use of the studio whenever I wanted. Life was good. Now that I had established myself the gigs, I got were getting better and of course paid more. I worked as a sound tech at concerts helping Adam and I got work as a session muso. It meant my life was full and busy. Kim and I still saw each other occasionally so my sexual needs were being met, at least partially. During my session work when Adam found out I could play cello he got me to sit in with a band who he heard were looking for something different, the moment they heard me play cello I was booked to play on their album. That led to my biggest break. Adam played a couple of tracks to a friend of his who was making a movie and he needed a sound track. When he heard the cello, he contacted me about writing a score for the movie. He sent me the script and when I read it, I started to get my head around how to write a score. Not something I had ever done before but it intrigued me, the process, how to depict emotion with music. The movie was a drama about a young guy who discovered he was homosexual and it was his journey in coming out. Paul the producer wanted a deep haunting sorrowful feel through the early stages as the boy battled with his sexuality although once he comes out; he wanted the music to lift with the story and build to a bright emotional ending and if that wasn't enough, to make it more difficult he wanted lyrics. Having never attempted anything like this before the first thing was to get my head around the story. I read it five times trying to understand the flow and nuance of the story. I guess I was lucky because most of the emotions I related to my own life, battling my identity. The good news was I had tried many times to write about that journey and had a huge pool of partially written songs that I could delve into. Once I understood and had a feel for the flow, I spent hours in Adams studio writing and recording. It took a month but I finally came up with something I thought he might like. I sent it off with my fingers crossed. Long story short he loved it. It was an independent movie so it wasn't going to be a blockbuster or anything but it was another avenue for getting recognition as well as earning extra income. Things were somehow falling into place and one job led to another, then another. When the movie aired it not only gave me a huge thrill but I was invited to play cello with one of the biggest bands in the country. They were doing a short west coast tour and wanted to include a cellist. These guys were rockers, alternate yes but still mainstream and one of the biggest names on the planet. To be playing on stage with them was huge. To make it even more appealing they asked me to open for them. It was the most amazing experience, to stand on stage in an arena filled with thirty thousand people is a whole lot different to playing an indoor venue. It was huge and the sound...oh my god the sound...it was incredible. The first night nobody knew me from a bar of soap. It was with real trepidation that I walked out all alone onto that stage. It took me back to the Lips first gig I was that nervous I could feel my hands shaking. There was this air of expectancy, of course all the crowd wanted to see was the main act, they didn't even know who I was. It was obvious they weren't interested in me they were talking and chattering, laughing and jeering. They just wanted me to hurry up and finish. The moment I strapped on my guitar and played a few notes to stop the shaking and warm up my fingers everything changed, the talking and chatter stopped, their eyes all focused on me as I stood alone at the front of this huge empty stage. The moment I burst into my first song I could see they were getting into it, they liked me...oh my god they liked me that thought alone lifted me and I started to appreciate it, my feet started moving and I played up to them and gradually over the period of a couple of songs they started to get into it as well and bit by bit their enjoyment flowed into me, by half way through my set they were all on their feet and swelled forward, there was dancing and clapping. At the end I got a huge round of applause. I was pretty happy with the applause but that paled into insignificance when the main act Hallucigenic walked out on stage and the place erupted as one. Thirty thousand screaming fans shrieking their fool heads off. I sat in the wings listening and watching. Holy shit what a noise, it was ear splitting in intensity. A jumbo jet could land next door and it would go unheard above the cacophony. They started with their popular stuff before I was signaled out on stage to play with them. It was mammoth for me, just experiencing that level of intensity, God damn it was deafening. As I said it was the biggest musical experience of my life to date. The battle of the bands final was incredible and amazing but this, holy shit this was off the planet a whole different level. It also reminded me how much I missed the lips and big gigs. After that it was hard to going back to playing the beer garden and Sunday sessions but hey you do what you have to. Adam managed to make my life difficult, he didn't intend it to be so, he didn't do it maliciously he thought he was doing me a favor. We were working in his studio one day when he passed me a CD. "Listen to this, you might find it interesting." When I slipped the disc into the player and cranked the volume I was blown away! It was the lips new CD. "Where the hell did you get this?" I asked. He laughed. "I'm working as a tech during their recording sessions at KGM. I know you used to play with these chicks and I thought you might be interested in having a listen." After he left, I listened intently playing the album over and over. The old feel of the lips was there underneath this wall of noise. What spoiled it was Wayne's over the top guitar. The metal approach was out of sorts for the overall feel, it was just wrong, what amazed me for such an experienced musician he had no feel for the music. The next day Adam caught me in the studio recording a new song and he asked, "So what did you think?" I tried to not sound bitchy but failed miserably. "Well to be honest I didn't like it." I couldn't hide the bitterness. He chuckled. "Didn't think you would, FYI, I don't like it either." I nodded and then asked cheekily, "Could you get me a copy of the pre mastered tapes." He gave me an inquisitive grimace. "Jeez girl you don't want much do you? What do you want them for?" I shrugged. "I don't know really, look it's no big deal dude, I don't want you to get in trouble." Later that day I was in his studio recording a young guy who was putting together a demo. When Adam walked in, he passed me the tape. "Alright girl, but no one must find out how you got these OK?" I chuckled. "All good dude. This is just for my benefit. Nobody will ever know." That night after he was gone, I listened to the tracks. I cut out Wayne's vocal and guitar, fuck I couldn't believe how many overdubbed guitar tracks there were and none of them were Mel. I cut them all and replaced it with my own. Nothing extreme just nice simple riffs. When I went to do the vocals, I decided to change some of the lyrics. That proved a little more difficult. It meant cutting Mel's vocals and inserting my own over the top. It was hard matching my vocal to hers and it was only with the aid of auto tune that I got a decent recording. Once I added the harmony vocal it was not so obvious and sounded pretty good. Over the next couple of days, I kept at it until I had a finished product that I was happy with. I gave Adam back the originals so he could return them. As I handed them over he laughed. "So am I going to get a listen?" Embarrassed I mumbled, "Yeah if you're interested." He nodded. "Oh I'm interested all right....come on girl don't be a bitch I want to hear what you did." I pulled out my laptop and hooked it up to the monitors and played it. He turned to give me an appraising look as he listened, his discerning ears tuned in and he leaned back in the chair, his head nodding. After the fourth song he shut it down. "Damn girl you nailed that shit, Christ I don't know why you left that band but damn that's good." I agreed listening to it was awesome, it was the way the Lips should sound and as I listened it also evoked memories of playing with them, being part of the band, the laughter, the banter and yeah even the fighting. They were great memories. At least now I had a recorded reference and in many ways, it meant I got to play with the lips one last time, even although they would never know. I had hoped it would give me closure on that part of my life but if anything it made me miss it more. Sunday found me back at the beer garden playing to what was a boisterous Sunday afternoon crowd. There were a half a dozen people up dancing swaying to the music. The chatter was loud as it always was on Sundays. I was immersed in playing a new song and the guitar part was intricate so I was head down concentrating, when I looked up I got the shock of my life. There was one girl dancing by herself amongst the others, a very pretty girl who moved with the sensuous grace of somebody lost in the moment, her body swayed moving with every booming thump of my stomp box, when she looked up and our eyes locked my heart skipped a beat. It was Molly, when she realized I saw her she gave me a sexy seductive smile and a little finger wave. At my first break she sauntered over hesitantly and sat with me. We shared a hug and kiss as a greeting. "What are you doing here?" I asked. "We just finished recording the lips latest album at KGM, the girls have been out here for a couple of weeks. I just arrived the other day, Gloria wanted me to hear the recording and she wanted me to meet a couple of artists I am going to manage." Nodding I muttered, "How long are you out here for?" "Oh I don't know just yet, it will depend on how the recording goes. There have been a few issues and Gloria isn't happy with the results so far." I wasn't surprised but I couldn't say anything. She smiled thinly. "You've been busy, I saw some footage of you playing with Halucinagenic at the Hollywood bowl. You were incredible by the way. I never realized how good you were on the cello." Her grin widened. "Jas was envious, she said you were great and to give you a kiss." I laughed. "Tell her thanks but I'm sure she would have done a better job." She continued mumbling, "I saw a movie released last month and when I saw you listed as the composer of the music Mel and I went to the theatre to watch it. You know I actually cried, you fucking nailed that score." Her eyes glistened as she whispered, "Mi it was beautiful you really did a great job I loved it and so did Mel." I grinned. "Thanks for the compliment. Yeah that was a cool experience, never saw myself as a score writer." She leaned in close asking, "Where are you staying? I would love to catch up properly if you're interested?" I wrote out my address for her just as the bar manager waved at me it was time to get back on stage. Molly stayed and danced for a while. Her sexy swaying body certainly got plenty of others up and the dancefloor was packed. Not what usually happens on a Sunday, the crowd is usually quite chilled, more a social gathering than dancing. Later that night back at the apartment I got a buzzing announcement from the intercom outside, it was Molly. She greeted me with a kiss and passed me a bottle of wine as she walked in. "So, how's the girl's going?" I asked. "To be honest not so good. The new guy just doesn't fit and that has caused some issues." I saw through her attempts to play it down, I knew Mel well enough to know she wouldn't be happy with the results of that recording. "Well why not get rid of him? Hell, I could introduce you to a hundred guys who would be better suited." She gave me a funny pained expression. "Yeah I think we all know it was a mistake, but we have already recorded the album, and we don't want to have to do it all over again. Gloria's already upset about the time and cost." "But if it's not working, surely you should cut your losses now?" "It's not that simple, there's lots of stuff I can't talk about, plus he is actually a nice guy and we all thought after a while he would settle in and change but he just doesn't seem to be able to. I would love to replace him." I opened her bottle of wine and poured us a couple of glasses. "What else have you been up to?" I asked. She shrugged non-committedly. "Just the usual stuff, not like you, sheesh I can't believe what you have achieved. You mustn't have any spare time." I laughed. "Yeah things have been pretty hectic." She walked around my one room apartment. "What's it like living up here? It must be pretty noisy?" "I work for Adam the owner as a sound tech so if there's noise I'm usually involved." "Life seems to have been kind for you, are you seeing anyone?" "No, you're right, life's hectic and I'm too busy for girls." "What...none at all?" Grinning I muttered, "Well I do have one friend and we get together occasionally but it's just casual." She snorted mockingly disbelievingly, "You...casual...I don't believe it." "Yeah, yeah, yeah OK smart ass, I know it sounds a little hypocritical but Kim is a bit of a free spirit." "Hey I'm not judging, just doesn't sound like you." Trying to change the subject I asked, "So what happens after the recording? Is the tour still on and are you going with them?" She gulped down her wine. "I don't know...yes we planned on a tour but now it's all up in the air. Gloria is losing faith in the band, she's really stressed and is sitting on the album, she doesn't want to release it." "Are you still seeing her?" I asked hesitantly not really wanting to hear what I thought the answer was going to be. She frowned and answered slowly, reluctantly with a hint of guilt. "No, I mean yes we have slept together a couple of times but, it's not even casual, it's just...oh I can't explain it Mi, we have slept together maybe four times max. It's nothing serious." "Well, are you seeing anybody else?" She laughed. "No like you I'm too busy, that's why it is nice to get together with Gloria, I'm always frigging horny." Her admission made me laugh. "Yeah I understand that." We had another glass of wine and sat on the cushions spread on the floor. She asked, "So have you done any more recording? That stuff you played at mom's at her wedding that was amazing." I nodded. "Yeah I've done a few, I'm sort of working on another album." She smiled coyly and asked, "Well can I hear them?" I dug out my laptop and scrolled through files until I found the latest ones. I connected up the Bluetooth speakers and hit play. I had to get another bottle of wine as the first one was now empty. We listened to the new tracks and she nodded. "Wow you have improved, hard to imagine but your songwriting has got better." "Thanks, I appreciate the sentiment." We sipped our wine and we were now less sitting and more snuggling on the cushions, and she asked, "Mi don't you miss the band, surely you must?" "Of course, I do, I loved being in the band, the girls, and you I miss it all, it was an amazing experience and maybe the happiest I've ever been, jeez Molly I loved everything about it." Playing with her glass she spluttered quietly, "Why don't you come back, the girls miss you as much as me, especially Jas." I laughed. "Yeah we always got on well but Mel made it abundantly clear she wanted me to leave. After the things I said they must all hate me." With a frustrated grimace she snorted, "Babe nobody hates you...Mel was angry, we all were and things were said, but none of them were meant. Believe it or not Mel has said many times over the last few weeks she would love you back." "Yeah right....and what happens to the new guy? I bet Gloria would hate it as well." She smiled. "Yeah convincing Gloria would be hard, but I reckon I could twist her arm." "How? By sleeping with her....no thanks Molly, the one thing that I said and meant was I wouldn't work with her." "Babe you have her all wrong, she's nice, that first night it got all twisted but she is not the hard ass you think. That night when we flirted, her first question was what about you, would you be upset. She didn't want to do anything that would affect our relationship." Sitting up and leaning away I grumbled, "Sorry but I don't buy it, her hands were all over you, way past flirting." Guiltily she sighed. "No you're right, we went too far but it was my fault, she asked about our relationship and I said it was cool, we had an open relationship, I was hoping that I would get a chance to talk to you...but then you caught us." "Damned lucky that I did, it certainly opened my eyes." "Mi it was wrong I know, but you have never even considered my perspective, never been open minded enough to think we could try. You are condemning something you've never tried. That's why I was so shocked when you mentioned your new girlfriend." "Yeah, well she's not my girlfriend, she is just a friend, I don't love her. I like her and that's the difference." "You like her huh, but you think it's OK to have casual sex?" "We both agreed that this wasn't a serious relationship, it was just for fun." "Then why couldn't we have the same arrangement" Why can't we just be casual friends who have sex?" "Because I love you Molly...that's the difference. God damn it even after all this time I can't just put that aside." "Mi, I'm not asking to get back together, all I'm suggesting is we have a causal relationship, like you have with your friend." "Sorry Moll's but I couldn't do that, the difference is love...I love you. Even after everything you put me through I still have feelings for you and it would be too hard to have a supposed casual fling. I would always be wondering where you were and what you were doing, just like when you and April were fooling around. That ripped my heart out." She snuggled back up against me. "Damn it Mi, I miss you like crazy, my life is shit without you in it." "I'm sorry Moll's I do love you but I can't put myself through that again." "What if I promised myself to you right here, right now I make an oath that I will never so much as kiss another person." "If you meant it, I would be over the moon, but I don't believe you. I think what would happen is that we would get back together and after a while what happened with Gloria would happen again and we would be right back where we started." She sighed as she snuggled closer and we lay back on the big soft cushions listening to my new records playing in the background and sleep slowly dragged us into the black abyss. I woke to the sounds of Molly screaming, "Oh my god...oh my fucking god." I sat up worried and confused rubbing the sleep from my eyes. "What the hell is the matter?" I moaned. She pointed to my laptop. "Where did you get those recordings from?" She stared at me with an angry look in her eye. I realized I had left my laptop playing last night on shuttle and it had moved through to the recordings I made of the Lips new album with my overdubs on it. "A friend gave them to me." I mumbled apologetically. "And what you thought you would just record over the top of them, you think you're so much better. All that shit about the band not using your songs and you just wreck ours." Frantic I tried to appease her, I scrambled over to try and hold her but she pushed me away batting of my clasping hands. Ruefully I moaned, "Yeah OK it was wrong, I'm sorry but I listened to them and just like you said yesterday they are wrong." She flopped back down beside me. "Jesus fucking Christ Mi....you can be such an arrogant bitch, so twisted, so insecure and jealous. What would you say if somebody did that to your songs?" "I would be furious, look I know what I did was wrong but nobody else has heard them and nobody ever will. I didn't do it for others I did it for myself. It was my chance to play with the band one last time." She shook her head, stood up and straightened down her skirt. "I can't believe you Mi, that was so wrong, so selfish and deceitful!" She stormed out leaving me feeling very guilty and embarrassed. As I went back to sit down, I noticed that the computer was still open and I saw there was still the little drop down box open, she had copied my recordings... 'Bitch!" I muttered to myself. It was hard to concentrate on anything for the next few days I felt miserable and guilty. Emotions like guilt are so draining, it's impossible to get any traction. Thankfully I had a gig on Wednesday night at a little wine bar not far from home. I was halfway through my first set when I saw Molly sitting in the crowd listening. The set was mellow as requested and the audience were barely listening there was plenty of chatter. The moment I spotted her I cringed, she was probably here to give me another talking to. At the break she stood and walked determinedly over to stand in front of me. "Can we talk?" We sat at one of the small tables off to the side. "Look Molly if you're here to give me another kick in the nuts save your breath, I feel like shit for what I did." She smiled a thin little hint of a smile. "That's not why I'm here. I just want to talk about why you did it." "Fair enough.... well I liked what I heard. Some of the new songs are good but the more I listened and appreciated them the more I recognized there were things that irked me, bits that I didn't like. I will be honest and maybe it's because he is my replacement and I'm jealous...but I don't like Wayne's vocals or guitar playing." "So why change the words?" "Because I thought mine were better, Mel wrote some great lyrics but you know what she's like... I thought I could improve them so I did. Look it was only ever recorded for me nobody else, so I didn't see the harm." "You said the other day that you wanted one last chance to play with the band, but when I suggested you come back you said no...I don't understand that." "I love playing with the band, but now there's all this anger and baggage. It wouldn't work." "What if I said it would work? I think we could get past the resentment if you would only try as well." Frowning I mumbled, "What did you do with the copies you made?" She shrugged. "Nothing yet. I went back to the hotel and listened to them properly without the emotion and it pains me to say it but...I agree with you. Your versions are better, way better actually, so now I'm in a quandary about what to do. I want to play them to the girls, I mean Mel will be upset at first but then when she calms down she will hopefully see." "You got it part right, she will be angry, but I don't think she will like them." "Well then what do I do?" I smiled. "If you like them keep them and enjoy them, if not delete them and pretend you never heard them." "Damn it Mi, I want you back in the band this is exactly how those songs are meant to sound, that is the essence of what made the lips so great, you and Mel have this marvelous connection when you sing together, that sound is the lips." Taking a chance, I spluttered, "OK you're right I would love to be back in the band." There it was out, I admitted it. The moment the words were out...said in the emotion of the moment I knew they were true, I did miss the band but there was still that issue...Gloria and to an extent Molly. I spat out caustically, "I would love to be back in the band but I refuse to work for Gloria." "Babe if you just open your mind, I'm sure we can get passed that...I know we can, I mean shit we don't even see her on tour. She only ever turns up to a few gigs." "It doesn't change the fact I would be working for her, making her money." "Forget about her, the band is the important thing, the songs, the music." "Molly the music world is littered with bands that were great but couldn't work together. It's not the end of the world." "No but it is frustrating that the world is going to be deprived of hearing them the way they should be." I got called back up for my second set and when I looked back for Molly she was gone. A few days later I was working in the studio, Adam didn't have anybody booked in so I was working on a couple of my own songs. I was playing drums laying down the groove, as I looked up into the control booth I saw Molly sitting at the console. Frustrated I put down the sticks and walked in. The moment I walked into the booth I saw she wasn't the only person there. "Hello Molly, what can I do for you?" I moaned wondering how much trouble I was now going to be in. "I want you me and Gloria to talk, no acrimony, no nasty stuff just talk." I gazed over at Gloria who stood leaning against the door, I nodded at her and she rasped throatily, "Hello Mimi." I replied curtly, "Hi Gloria." Glancing at Molly who had a determined grimace on her face I muttered, "Yeah OK, what do you want to talk about?" Gloria interjected, "We want to talk about the Lip's. Oh and some stolen tapes." When I didn't respond she muttered, "Molly played me your recordings and although I'm not happy about it, I mean whoever gave them to you effectively stole them...but if we put that aside for the moment, I want to tell you I like what you did with them and I agree with Molly, that is the sound that drove your band to success, that's why you won battle of the bands." I frowned but kept my mouth shut. Molly added, "Babe in the current format I doubt where we could even win the regionals let alone the whole thing." "Well hire a better guitar player, I told you I can recommend some that are a hundred times better than the one you have." Gloria nodded, "Yes I think we know we made a mistake, the biggest mistake was going away from the all-girl line up. That's what attracted me to you in the first place. I should have listened to Mel." Molly cut in, "Mi what we are trying to say is we want you to come back into the band, we haven't talked to the girls yet, but if you'll commit to coming back, I will talk to them, smooth the waters." Seeing Gloria sitting there only highlighted why I didn't want to even consider this path. "Molly you know there are other reasons why I don't want to go down this track. I told you the other day." Molly was about to say something when Gloria interrupted her, "Molly told me you didn't want to work with me. I understand you have concerns, let me put them to rest. I like Molly, we have become good friends but if our relationship is what's stopping this then I will put aside my romantic feelings towards Molly and we will remain nothing but colleagues and hopefully friends." I swallowed the biting comment I was going to make and just sat there staring, biting my lip. I was dying to say yes, after recording those songs I appreciated how much I loved being in the band and how much I missed them. Gloria rasped, "Mimi, I want this band to work. The first time I heard your recordings I felt something, something wonderful and a lot of people talked to me about how good you were but the moment I saw you play live I was hooked. I realized right then you were better than good, I want the world to see what I saw." Molly jumped in before I could squeeze a word out. "Mi please put aside what happened, don't let your ego get in the way of what you really want." Gloria butted in again, jeez I wasn't getting a chance. "Mimi, I have seen you play solo a couple of times and you are good, very good but the truth of the thing is you are so much better with the band, that band is part of you." After a long pause I groaned, "And what would happen about the current player?" Gloria shook her head. "He is on the verge of leaving, he is as frustrated as we are. I think he knows it isn't working. Wayne was my mistake and I will fix it." Molly implored me, her big goo, goo eyes batting. "Mi please, don't do it for me, do it for yourself and the band." Trying to get my brain to function I knew I couldn't decide there and then. "It's a lot to take in Molly, I will need time to think about it." Gloria sucked in a sharp intake of breath. "Mimi, I'm happy to give you a few days but you need to commit because quite frankly I am running out of patience. The current lineup is not working and I am not releasing that album, no way in hell am I releasing that." She smiled evilly. "Perhaps we will release your versions." She raised her eyebrows laying down a challenge. Trying to throw up something...anything I spluttered, "I want to be able to have my own solo career as well, I have good material that will not fit the band." Gloria nodded. "You're right you do have some very good material and it is becoming very popular. I don't have a problem with that, in fact I would love to get you into a proper studio and do it correctly." Smug bitch I thought, I've already got good recordings and I was about to say it when Molly interrupted my train of thought. "Mi wouldn't it be good to get the songs recorded by a top of the line studio, where you have time and resources?" I sneered, "Look around Molly, where are we sitting. I already have good quality recordings. This is where I recorded the lips songs you like so much." Gloria jumped in, "Yes, yes, yes I get it, you're good at what you do, but what you don't have is my contacts, do you want to hear these on the radio? On TV, that's what I offer. I have a good reputation whether you believe it or not and I can make that happen, for you as well as the band." "Yeah, well I'll think about it." Molly slipped into my arms and we hugged. "We could go out and get a drink to celebrate." I chuckled. "That's a bit premature, there's nothing to celebrate yet, so sorry not for me, I have too much to think about." The next couple of days were filled with introspection, when I considered it, weighed up the pros and cons I still couldn't decide, yes, I wanted to be in the band, but I would have to eat my words and try to find a way to work with Molly and fucking Gloria. I would love to play in the band but I wanted to try and get my life back. Working with Molly would make it awkward, jeez even just the last few days had brought all the old emotions back to the surface. I couldn't hide from the fact she still aroused me, every time I saw her my heart raced. The question I kept asking, was, is this what I really wanted, could I deal with it? Those thoughts kept going round and round, I guess it was my insecurity. Yeah, on stage I'm this hot rock chick but out on the street I'm just a guy in a dress and it doesn't matter who tells me or how many times I hear it I never consider myself pretty. When your girlfriend falls for some gorgeous sexy woman you can't help but think it's because I'm not pretty enough, and I'm not really a woman. All that does is drive my insecurities, yeah I know and recognize it but accepting it is like telling a depressed person to just be happy, yeah right that works... After sleepless nights and uncomfortable conversations with myself I decided I did want to be back in the band, I missed it and I missed the girls, but I had shot myself in the foot because I had behaved like a bitch, not letting them use my songs when we had been using them for months wasn't fair. They were within their rights to hate me. Molly called and asked whether I had made my mind up. When I said I had she suggested we get together for a drink that night to talk through my decision. It took me hours to get ready, I wanted to look good. I rummaged through my clothes and came up with a little velvet red dress, it was short, it was low cut and it fit like a second skin. The sleeves were black lace and showed plenty of skin. I used the stretchy corset because of the tight fit I didn't want the corset to stand out. Stockings were a no go because the dress was so short and I didn't want the stocking tops to show. Black three inch heels and a little glitter on my nude colored pantyhose and I was feeling pretty good. Makeup I kept light fuchsia lipstick dark smoldering eyeshadow with not too much mascara. We were meeting at the Venice Beach Bar & Kitchen. When I walked in Gloria and Molly were waiting at the bar. Damn it they both looked spectacular. Molly wore a beautiful little green cocktail dress, Gloria filled out her LBD amazingly. Shit I was nervous already but as I closed in on them Molly broke into a big beamy smile. "Wow babe...you look sensational." She held out her arms and we hugged and shared a sweet little kiss. Gloria as well climbed down from her stool and nodded as her eyes ran lecherously up and down my body. "Wow is right." Gloria ordered a round of minty mojito's and we headed off to our table. We had been sitting down just a few minutes when Molly asked, "So...have you made your mind up?" I nodded. "Yeah, I would like to try again but I have my reservations. Most importantly I want to be able to have my solo career separate and that must come first for me. I don't know how it will work but if I get a gig offer it must come first." Gloria sighed grimly. "Then it's not going to work. I want the band to be the focus. I am prepared to help you establish your solo career in fact I'm very excited about it. Molly and I have spoken at length about how we can help but first we want to focus on the band." Molly muttered, "Babe, we can really build your career when the tour is over. But Gloria is sinking a lot of money into this and we have to get her a return on that investment. We want to go on a national tour first to promote the record then it's off to Europe to really drive home the nail." We all sipped our drinks in silence until Gloria asked, "Can you live with that." I nodded. "Yeah I suppose so I want the band to work but I have been having discussions with a couple of big bands who want me to open for them." Gloria sighed. "Mimi there will be plenty of opportunities for you to do your own thing when you get back. I promise I will make it a priority to help out. I can get you big gigs, but really once we return you won't need much help because you will be huge. Artists will be falling over themselves to work with you." She waved the waiter over and she ordered more drinks. The conversation turned to the tour and the venues that Molly had already organized and they were right it was going to be huge. It blew my mind to be talking about venues like this. It was exciting and the atmosphere at the table could only be described as ebullient. The food disappeared as did several rounds of those damn mojito's, I was starting to feel the effects of the dinks. Gloria kept the compliments and flattery coming thick and fast as another round of drinks disappeared. As we talked, I couldn't hide the fact that it excited me and I said, "Yeah OK I'm in. Color me stupid but I'm in." Molly leaned over drunkenly and hugged me. "You've made the right choice babe, it's going to be awesome." Gloria topped up all our glasses and raised a toast. "Here's to making the lips the number one band in the world." We touched glasses with a loud clink and threw them down in one gulp. With a shake of the head Gloria said, "Mimi, I need you to do me a favor. I need you to delete the recordings you made of the new album." I instantly thought is this whole thing just her getting me to delete those recordings? Is that what this is all about? She saw the frown and muttered, "Sugar you are going to have to trust me. I have a plan but I don't want somebody else stumbling on those recordings just like Molly did." That made sense. "OK then...what's your plan?" "Well unfortunately Molly and I both think that Mel will react badly if she were to hear those recordings. What we want to do is get you back in the band and when you hear the new songs you must pretend it is the first time you've heard them." I nodded accepting what she said. I never believed Molly when she said Mel would be OK hearing my versions. Molly mumbled, "Babe you have to trust us, we aren't trying to screw you, well not that way anyway... we just think small steps, first we need to get you back in the band, get you playing with the girls and we have a plan for that as well." I laughed. "Oh this I have to hear." She giggled. "I won't lie I think it will be difficult but we have a plan but and there is a big but. This is going to require you to reach out." Confused I mumbled hesitantly, "Go on....." She bit her lip. "Alright, here's our plan. We are going to take the girls out for lunch on Sunday. We are going to the Rainbow bar because that's where you're playing." "How did you know that?" I asked. She snickered. "We did our research, anyway we will rock up for lunch and drinks and you will be playing. You will see us in the crowd, we have already reserved a table. The hard bit is you will have to announce to the audience that there are some friends of yours in the audience and you want them to get up and play with you." I think the shocked expression on my face said it all. "Yeah and what happens when Mel tells me to fuck off?" Molly giggled. "Babe she is not going to say that, she has told me many times recently that she misses you and she didn't realize how much she leaned on you when you played together. I think she will love the chance." "Yeah, but if she doesn't I am going to get left with egg on my face in front of a whole bunch of people." Gloria added as she topped up our glasses. "I did say you would have to trust us." I sneered, "And what if this is nothing more than a cruel ruse to make me look silly?" Gloria who had been sitting around the table stood up unsteadily and tottered around to stand beside me, her hand dropped onto my shoulder, confused I turned to look up at her and watched in terror as her head lowered slowly until our lips were caressing, her juicy sexy lips felt so good my mouth unwittingly opened accepting her succulent juicy lips and her tongue slithered its way into my wanton adulterous mouth. Her tongue flicked and toyed with mine playfully and her arms curled around my shoulders as the kiss intensified. I guess it's an automatic reaction because my arms circled her head and I held her as tight as she held me. I was brought out of my delirium by the sounds of whistles and cheering from nearby tables as they watched us make out. When Gloria lifted her head and our lips finally broke contact she grinned. "Does that seem like I want to make a fool of you Mimi." Shocked, stunned and confused I sat there blushing my breath taken away. I glanced shamefacedly around the bar and saw the cheering faces of those nearby. Molly sat staring at us with a smirk a mile wide and she purred, "That was a hell of a kiss for two people who hate each other." Gloria snorted, "I never once said I hated Mi, infuriated, disappointed, disillusioned all words I have used but I never said hate." They both turned to me and I blushed, I had said many worse things than hate, I wanted to say something but couldn't find words. Gloria saved me. "I think perhaps it would be nice to finish this conversation up in my hotel, what do you say Mimi, would you like to join us for a night cap?" I only stutter when I'm really embarrassed or nonplussed, and right now that's exactly how I felt, the words didn't exactly flow. "Yeah OK." As we walked out, she stopped at the bar to pay for everything, Molly picked up my hand and we walked out into the fresh air. As we waited, she leaned against me. "Wow babe that was a hell of a kiss, damn you looked sexy." Feeling lightheaded and woozy I swallowed hard, wondering, 'WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?' As we stood breathing in some fresh air Gloria appeared at our side and she took no time before hailing a cab. Molly, jumped in, Gloria gave me a bit of a push. "Hurry up or they will leave without us." I climbed in scooting over beside Molly and Gloria followed. She gave the driver the address and we were off. As he weaved his way through the traffic, I felt Gloria's arm slide up over the back of my shoulders and when I turned to say something her lips crashed mercilessly against me and if the earlier kiss was hot this was sizzling, her hot moist lips forced my mouth open and again our tongues played like naughty children, I could feel her pounding heart against my chest as her bountiful breasts crushed against my somewhat insignificant by comparison tits. My arms circled her head, my fingers sliding through her silken hair. I jumped, startled at the feel of a hand working up my leg and when I broke free to look down Molly's hand was sliding inexorably up the inside of my thigh. Her fingers floated lightly over my skin and when I looked up into her eyes I saw the desire, the lust. As I turned back to Gloria her mouth attached itself to my neck and she fed ravenously, sucking and biting, her hand cupped my breasts squeezing and fondling, mauling and massaging. My nipples hardened, I could feel them poking into her hand and she moaned wetly in my ear. My head spun giddily as my eyes locked onto the drivers perverted gaze, he watched lecherously as I was sexually assaulted in the back seat of his cab. Molly's hand no longer stroked my leg, now it was curled around my aching pulsing cock. As I sucked in a deep breath Molly and Gloria kissed, their lips sliding salaciously together, their cheeks bulged as their tongues fought for control. Jesus Christ what a sight they were a porno happening right in front of me. My breast ached as first Gloria and then Molly mauled them, Molly's fingers pinching and twisting my protruding nipples like she was picking cherries. Her hand stroked my cock through my silk panties under my dress and I watched in awe as it flapped in time with her moving hand. I was lost in a sea of ferocious desire. There was no fighting this, Jesus I wanted it. The cab came to a halt and the driver rumbled, "Shows over girls, but if ya need a hand I could come up and help." Gloria sat upright and dug into her purse pulling out a fifty and handing it over. "We should be charging you, and thanks for the offer, but we will be quite alright thanks all the same." He laughed. "Ya know what, keep your money, you're right, the show was worth the fare." Gloria scooted over and climbed out before reaching in to help me out. Molly climbed out the other side and we stood together on the sidewalk. When I looked at them, I laughed. "Shit you should see yourselves, your lipstick is smeared all over your faces." Molly laughed. "Yeah well perhaps you should look in the mirror." We walked into the lobby and up to Gloria's room, it was a suite and a very expensive one. There was already champagne in a bucket on the coffee table. Gloria picked up three glasses and walked over to the settee and beckoned us over. We all sat side by side and she poured us champagne. We toasted again and this time Molly called the toast. "To a long and happy relationship." We sank the glasses in one gulp, I leaned back trying to clear my head, I wanted to say this isn't happening but for some reason the words wouldn't flow. They were trapped in my throat. When I gazed at Molly she reached out and pulled me into a kiss, oh damn that kiss, it was like coming home after a long break, I had missed the sweet juicy luxurious lips and her probing tongue. The kiss was deep, it was wet and arousing, we fell deeper into it. As I luxuriated in its fire, I felt Gloria's hot wet mouth on my neck, my ear her probing wet tongue sliding in and fucking my ear, filling my head with soft wet sloppy noises. Her hands moved back to my boobs mashing them together but not just mine, Molly's were pressed against mine so when she fondled me, she also caressed Molly. Just like in the cab Molly's hand was back under my dress although this time she didn't hold back, she pushed down the top of my panties exposing my raging erection to the light. Her touch gentle but forceful as she stroked me urgently. I wanted to moan, to say something, anything but her mouth was glued to mine so tight we were breathing through each other. She slowly lifted back separating our mouths but Gloria soon fixed that by gripping Molly's head tightly and sharing another kiss. I took the opportunity to take a deep breath and sigh, but it was short lived as Gloria's mouth returned to orally assault mine and Molly replaced her hand on my cock with her mouth. I jumped, thrusting my hips up at her as I felt her hot wet mouth close over the head and she sucked me deep into her. Not a gentle kissing suck this was a full on assault and her head quickly fell into a deep bobbing blowjob, my cock nudging the back of her throat as she sucked. I couldn't take it, I broke the kiss and moaned loudly, "Oh fuck....yes suck it, Jesus don't stop." She did stop to look up at me and giggle. Gloria had already started to strip off my velvet dress and my boobs were now exposed and she took great delight in sucking the exposed fleshy orbs into her mouth. It was an all-out assault but not for long, soon there were two mouths sucking my cock, two mouths sharing my balls, sucking and caressing, stroking, passing my cock from mouth to mouth. Molly took the chance to rub it all over Gloria's face, pushing it into her mouth before pulling it out and rubbing the slimy saliva coated erection around her face. "Suck it bitch." She moaned. "Suck, go on put it in your mouth." They kissed passionately all around the head, I had never experienced anything like it, they fucked me with their mouths. Gloria climbed back up and resumed our kiss, My cock went cold and I felt Molly move, when I looked down she was between Gloria's legs which were spread wide, and the filthy sounds of her mouth explained she was now furiously licking Gloria's hot hole through her strained panties. I pushed Gloria back which was easy because now she was luxuriating in the feel of Molly's rapacious attack. I stripped her pushing her dress off her shoulders and lifting her tits out into my waiting mouth. "Oh yes that's it, fuck yes suck them, bite them." Never one to deny a lady I filled my mouth with her pointy nipples and I bit down hard pulling them with my teeth, nuzzling and licking. Molly meanwhile had stripped her panties and her oral assault was now unhindered and her tongue was deep inside Gloria's pulsating pussy. The noises, the sloppy sloshy squishy noises and her rapid arm movements highlighted that she was also plunging her hand in and out of her sloshy hole. It took only a few minutes before Gloria exploded, her ass pushing right up out of the settee her body as taut as stretched wire and she screamed like a banshee as she came. Her orgasm going on and on her body shuddering like a passing express train shaking the building. It took a few minutes for her to get control and her breathing returned to normal. "God you are so good at that, god I swear you are the best." Molly's head appeared from beneath Gloria's dress covered in her slick juices. "OH babe you are in for a treat, I wasn't joking when I said Mi eats pussy better than any girl I have ever been with." Gloria smiled staring into my eyes. "Is she right? Are you that good?" Not knowing what to say I babbled, "I guess we'll find out." Molly poured out the contents of the champagne and we drank the last of it before Gloria said, "I think we should take this to bed." It was a huge bed and even with the three of us laying naked on it there was still room to spare. It started slowly but I moved down between Gloria's widely spread legs and kissed my way up past her stockings taking the time to absorb her perfectly manicured landing strip and the runway beneath. I started slowly licking all around her pouty pussy lips. I stayed right away from her actual vagina or her throbbing little clitoris which peeked out from beneath the glistening hood. I took my time savoring the taste, the feel, the earthy aroma, I loved the smell of pussy and Gloria's smelt good, her sticky juices still coated her lips as her fingers laced through my hair tried to direct me where to go but I held back sucking and biting her swollen labia, I nibbled softly like a gnawing hamster. I ran my tongue from her ass to her clit without slipping inside but as her impatience grew and the pressure from her hands grew, I slowly let my tongue delve into her syrupy depths lavishing her pussy with deep penetrating probes of first my tongue and then my fingers. I worked them in unison caressing her inner walls with just the one finger swirling it and curling it until I found her G-spot. It was obvious because I felt her hips jerk uncontrollably and I knew I had it. I rubbed my finger up and down the front wall of her slit stroking her until her body trembled violently and she had a small orgasm, I kept going even although she squirmed and writhed her body trapped beneath Molly who was perched atop her face riding her like a rodeo rider. Another small orgasm overtook Gloria before I sucked her clit into my mouth and I swapped the gentle caress into a full on three fingered assault on her soppy gaping hole, I fucked her hard with my fingers squelching wildly as her juices flowed a river of slimy yummy nectar into my mouth. As her hips began to thrust trying to meet my attack, I slipped my little finger into her ass which made her jump again. She moaned loudly although it was smothered by Molly's pussy although as I peeked up at Molly, her eyes closed her head thrown back rocking from side to side like it was about to fall off I knew she was about to cum as well. I doubled down thrusting faster and faster harder and harder fucking her sucking her until I was rewarded with a mouthful of sticky gooey cum. The thick syrupy juice flowed freely as her body thrashed and jerked wildly totally out of control. As she came back to earth, I heard Molly moaning loudly announcing her own orgasm and we all crashed to the bed in a muddle of limbs. Molly crashed on top of me and her lips slid over mine and we kissed, her wide beaming smile indicating that she was enjoying herself. Gloria whose head was down the other end called out breathlessly, "Fuck, Molly you were right again, she licks pussy goooooood, so damn goood." Molly giggled as she stared into my eyes. "Yes I haven't forgotten how good, I did warn you though." Her lips closed over mine and she whispered, "I am going to get a turn as well aren't I?" I smiled. "I can't wait." She giggled. "Thank god." She turned around facing my feet and climbed on my face like she was mounting a horse and her sodden pussy sank down over my face. My nose pressed up against her ass as she rode me slowly my tongue buried as far up inside as I could get it. She fell forward taking my still aching cock into her mouth and she was joined by Glory as they worshipped my cock like some ancient shrine. It felt amazing two mouths sucking and kissing me but it changed and soon the mouths were replaced by the hottest wettest pussy I have ever felt, it sucked me deep in one long slow slide until my balls were crushed by her pubic bone. She rode me quickly in a frantic race to finish and my fingers fucked Molly my tongue flicked her throbbing clit we both came in a tsunami of orgasmic juices. My balls emptied themselves in one giant squirt that I was sure would blast Gloria of the end but she sank back down on top of me. I don't know what happened after that because I fell asleep. I woke a few hours later dying to pee and I had to extract myself from beneath their bodies which were tangled together in a messy heap. As I sat on the toilet, I sucked in a huge breath letting my bladder empty with a powerful flow I was surprised by Molly. She leaned against the door staring at me with warm loving eyes. "Well did you enjoy your first threesome?" What was I going to say? You can't hide from the truth, I nodded in agreement. "Yeah it was fun." She walked in and leaned down holding my head between her hands and kissed me. "See babe, it didn't have to be a fight, we could have shared this that night and all the pain would have vanished." I couldn't argue as she sat on my knee, the flow from my bladder now just a trickle. "Come back to bed, I need you to make love to me properly." In bed I went to lick her pussy but she whispered, "No babe I want you to make love to me." I climbed between her legs and felt her legs wrap around me as my cock slid into her velvety hot pussy. It was slow and loving, gentle yet strong and it built gradually until I lost control in a fierce burst of desire and I filled her womb with my seed. In the morning I felt a hot ass pushing back against me. I was spooned up against the most gorgeous fleshy sexy ass and my cock slid between her cheeks deep into her pussy. As my eyes opened, I realized it was Gloria and her ass wriggled and jiggled as I long stroked her. I felt her fingers toying busily with her pussy as she pushed back as hard as I pushed into her. I went slow until I knew she was coming and then the wet slap of our flesh filled the room and I filled her pussy. It was then that I thought, jeez I hope they're on the pill. After wards I was a huge three way kiss and then we all squeezed into the shower together to rinse off. We all helped towel dry each other and it wasn't until I went to pick up my dress, I realized I was going to be doing the walk of shame back home. Gloria giggled. "Glad it's you and not me." Molly said, "Babe if you want something else to wear, I have a room across the hall." I shook my head. "Nope I will do this walk with pride, thanks for a fun night." Gloria got serious quickly. "Sugar as much as I enjoyed last night, I know there was agreement but we had a lot to drink...can we hear it again...are you onboard with us? Can I trust you to delete the files?" I nodded. "Gloria I may have acted badly over this but I have never welched on a deal in my life. My PA taught me that a deal is a deal win lose or draw." I reached out my hand and we shook. "I will see you ladies on Sunday afternoon." Molly giggled. "Do we have to wait that long?" I frowned. "Molly...I'm still not sure what happened last night, but if you want, we could have dinner tomorrow night and talk things through?" She smiled. "Thanks babe, I would love that and thank you for a wonderful night." Gloria wandered over. "Yes that goes double for me, you are a beautiful sexy little creature Mimi, that was a hell of a night, I hope it's not the last." The next night Molly turned up at the studio with a pizza box and we went up to my room. We ate in silence the only sounds the munching of pizza and the gurgling sounds of beer being swilled. Afterwards we lay back on the pillows under the big window and Molly sighed. "This reminds me so much of our place in Lawrence, the cushions and all." I nodded. "Yeah...god those were fun days." She reached for and gripped my hand. "Mi, I want those days back, I want you back. We can make it work?" I frowned. "Can we Moll's, I'm not so sure, yeah OK I agree last night was incredible, but what happens the next time you get the urge to sleep with somebody and I don't like them or they don't like me...what then?" "Babe, you are getting bogged down, nothing's happened, and I don't plan on jumping into bed with anybody unless you are either with me or happy for me to do it." 'Yeah, I know that's what you're saying now but what happens in a month when you meet another Gloria, I get cast aside again and we're back at step one again." She was becoming visibly frustrated. "Could we forget about the past and just take each day as it comes, just try to find our way back to us again?" "I would love to Moll's but the closer we get the deeper the pain is when we rip apart, don't you get it I love you and I don't think I would survive another break up like the last one." She ended up snuggling up close and intimate and of course the snuggling led to kissing and once her gorgeous tongue slithered into my mouth it was all over, we made love over and over until we were too exhausted to breathe. Sleep carried us off into the dark and it was just amazing to wake up in her arms. We wandered down to a caf? and ate breakfast before she scooted off to meet with a new band she was managing. It gave me a couple of days to ponder the future and what that entailed. I did get a troubled thought and texted Moll's, 'WHAT ABOUT INSTRUMENTS ON SUNDAY? DRUMS, AMPS, GUITARS?' It was Gloria who responded, 'ALL ORGANISED, THE OWNER IS SETTING UP THE STAGE FOR US AND PROVIDING A SOUND ENGINEER.' There was no escaping this and it raced towards me like a runaway freight train and the closer it got the deeper the anxiety became, by Sunday I was a mess, nervous, anxious and downright scared shitless. I set up the stage and Gloria was on the money the stage was set up for a band and there was a sound engineer unlike usual on my Sunday gigs where I was left to do my own. The moment I walked in Neville the sound guy started running around after me like I was a star, most unusual. Normally for these shows I played only my acoustic guitar, going for a casual low tech vibe. That's the way I started but I did have my tele sitting at the back plugged into my favorite vox. So, like normal I sat on a tall stool at the front and played. When I started the crowd was small and the room filled with idle chatter, nobody was really listening but as I played the place quickly filled up with a very lively crowd. I got the impression the owner had told them something special was going down. Halfway through my first set I saw Gloria, Molly and the girls walk in. They sat at the back and ordered their lunch and I tried to ignore them which was hard. At the end of a song Jas came running up and jumped into my arms and we hugged it out for what seemed an age. She smiled. "Wow babes I've missed you so much and oh my god...you sound great." I gave her a kiss. "Thanks Jas that means a lot, what are you guys doing here?" She shrugged. "Gloria decided to buy us lunch, I wasn't expecting to see you here." I laughed. "Well while you're here jump in and help out, I could use a hand." She smiled. "whose is the gear? Do you think they'd mind?" "Who cares, if they say anything, I'll smooth the waters." She frowned. "I better not...Gloria might get mad." She gave me a final kiss and headed off back to eat her lunch which had been delivered. I played two more songs and took an early break. Standing there tuning my guitar Cindy came up and gave me a hug. "Hey chick, how's it hanging?" I laughed. "All good, how about you?" She hugged me. "Well we miss you like shit that's for real but Jas and me are good." We talked for a few minutes before she disappeared. I was about to walk away when Mel walked up slowly, she looked nervous and uncomfortable, like she didn't know what to say but we fell into a huge hug and she squeezed so tight I thought she might crush a rib. "How have you been?" She asked after a quick kiss. "I've been good, wow it's so good to see you, damn it I've missed you guys." Her hand rested loosely on my shoulder. "Yeah well not as much as we missed you, fuck it's good to see you again. Damnation you sound good though." Seeing the opportunity, I threw it out there. "I would sound better if you played with me." "Sorry but I don't know any of your songs." "You would if we played some lips songs?" She sighed deeply and glanced nervously around the room. "Fuck I would love that but Gloria might freak out." I snickered. "Fuck Gloria, what harm could there be in playing a few songs?" She shrugged looking around uncomfortably. "Maybe in your next set we could do a couple?" We hugged and she slipped back to the table. I had a quick beer and then got back on stage. The crowd had grown way past a Sunday crowd. As I glanced around the room I realized they were well past their attendance limits. And as I stood there I shivered, Jesus this was all going to be on me, if I invited them up and they didn't come I was going to look like a damn fool. I played one song and the crowd seemed on edge, as if they were waiting. I had reached that moment and I felt it, god my whole body trembled, I was shit scared. As I stood there anxiously I reached for the mic and spoke loudly, "Folks, in a former life I was a member of a great band, you may have heard of them, My Dirty Kissable Lips." Before I got the name out the crowd started cheering and stamping their feet. "Well folks, what you may not know is that the other members of that band are sitting up the back." There was more cheering and people turning and staring as I continued, "Now folks, we haven't played together for a long time because I can be a real bitch and a damn fool to boot. I would love to play with them again but I made a mistake and let my ego get in the way and I destroyed the best friendships I ever had." There was some gentle applause at my admission. Sucking in a deep breath I added, "I am standing here hoping that we can fix it...I want them to come up here with me but they're scared just like me, but I think if you made some noise, you could help me get them up here to play a few songs." There was a small group in the front who clapped a little louder and stood up. Soon the whole place was standing and the applause got louder. I got another shock because standing there at the front was Kim and she was bouncing up and down clapping as hard as she could, her hands must have been red. I took a deep breath and stared up the back at their table and said as sincerely as I could, "Girls if you can forgive me, and you're up for it, I would love you to come up here and help me out." With forlorn hope I added a desperate, "Please..." The cheering turned into screaming and it got louder and louder until the girls couldn't hide any longer. I could see the heated conversation at their table and it took a few anxious restless moments before they slowly wandered down the front. That in itself took an age as they were set upon by a huge group of fans all wanting hugs and kisses. Cindy arrived first, we hugged and she disappeared behind the kit where she set about getting everything right and doing a sound check with the engineer. Jas arrived just after and we hugged and kissed before she grabbed the mic. "She ain't a bitch, just stupid." Mel finally broke free and climbed up beside me, again the hug and as we hugged, she whispered, "This is a set up isn't it?" I chuckled. "I don't know you tell me...you walked into my gig?" She snarled. "Well light it up then guitar girl, let's fucking rock." She did a quick sound check and tune up as Cindy started the into Cherry Red lips, her thundering rolling drum intro thumped out through the PA and the crowd swelled instantly to their feet and suddenly the little dance floor was swamped with people all swaying in time with Cindy and when Jas fell into that sweet tight fat assed juicy bass line it got serious, Mel came in and I followed. She started the vocal line and I fell in with her to rapturous applause, foot stomping and the crowd sung along with us. Mel had her own mic but she reached over and we shared mine our faces inches apart as we sang our collective hearts out. When I stared down into the front of the stage, Kim was dancing her elfin heart out, her arms way up high swaying and bouncing around without a care in the world. She smiled up at me and blew me a kiss. Mel gave me a sneaky look as she stared down at her and we went into the bridge to close it out. The crowd screamed the roof off and we sailed into all the old songs and the place kept getting louder and fuller, there wasn't even standing room, the security struggled to keep people from surging on stage. It was getting so raucous I got concerned for Kim so I reached down and offered my hand and pulled her up on stage. She hugged me and she gave me a big kiss before dancing over to Jas and the two of them like twins danced crazily as we broke into Home Town. When we got to my love Mel and I were so close sharing the one mic that our lips touched. Jas danced over swaying her ass in front of us and for once she joined in and the three of us shared the mic. The crowd went banana's singing so loud we didn't have too. It turned into a really late night and at the end Mel said, "Do you want to try something new?" I nodded. "Yeah go for it, I'll try to follow." She waved for the crowd to be quiet. "Alright guys, this is going to be hard, cut Mi some slack because she hasn't heard the next song and it's going to be a bit of a jam. This is new, off our new album...it hasn't even been released yet, so here we go, I hope you like it." She started in on one of their new songs, she didn't know that I already knew it and was shocked when I easily fell into the song. My melody was tight as I followed her lead. When it came to the solo, I blasted into something she wasn't expecting and at the end she jumped into my arms. "How the fuck did you do that, you're good but you ain't that fucking good." I laughed. "That is just a classic riff and I do know you better than you think." She shook her head. "You amaze me bitch, god damn it that was friggin good." She glanced at me. "We have another couple if you want to have a go?" I nodded. "Do your worst, I'm ready." We pumped out another half a dozen and by then it was late and the owner gave us the signal that we were done." Kim ran up and jumped into my arms screaming, "OH my god!" Over and over, she screamed until she was hoarse. She wasn't the only one either we were swamped by eager fans or new fans and it took a lot of talking before we could clear the stage. As the crowd thinned out and the bar manager brought over a tray of drinks Molly and Gloria joined us on stage. Gloria jumped right in. "My god...that was amazing. I cannot believe how good that was." Molly who had a huge grin followed her with. "Guys that was beyond awesome, damn I have missed that sound." Mel nodded. "Yeah I have to say that is the most fun I've had in a long time. I forgot what a great band we were." Jas cried out, "Tell me again why we stopped?" Cindy laughed. "Because Mi was a bitch, she said so herself." I laughed along with her. "Yeah you're right I was a bitch, a snotty bitch, but you didn't have to agree quite so readily." Molly interjected, "It wasn't her fault, but I think we should stop talking about the past and concentrate on how we make this happen. I don't care what anybody says, this has to happen." Kim joined in from out of nowhere and almost screamed. "You guys were so good, better than when you won battle of the bands, please tell me you're gonna kiss and make up." Mel laughed at her. "It's not that easy honey, we have another guitar player, and we have a contract." Gloria cleared her throat with a loud cough. "OK, Mi was brave enough to admit she over-reacted and I guess it's my turn. Guys I fucked up bringing in Wayne, I should have fought harder to keep Mimi in the band, I just didn't understand, and I should have listened to you Mel because you were right. If I can get rid of Wayne and I tear up your contracts, can we start again?" Kim bellowed, "Yes please." Molly gave her a look as if to say, 'Who the hell are you?' Jas exclaimed, "I'm in, I forgot how much fun this was, I never wanted it to stop, and lately it's been terrible Wayne doesn't fit. Mi if you want to, I think we have to do this." Cindy nodded. "Yep I'm with her, we should never have split to start with." Mel who had been a little silent spoke softly but with conviction, "While we are all confessing and apologizing, I have to add mine, "Mi we let you down and we shouldn't have. I admit I thought you were being silly but hey that was your call. We should have stood beside you, all I could think of was that fucking recording del, it was selfish. Gloria if you're serious I'm in." All eyes turned to me and I couldn't hold back the tears. "I love you guys, I never wanted to leave I just had a meltdown. If I had my time all over again I would do it differently. If you'll have me, I want back in." The tears flowed and I couldn't hold them back, the dam had burst and it was Kim who threw her arms around me and cradled my head. "It's going to be alright babe, it's the right thing to do." With that we kissed and I watched as Molly flinched watching. Addressing them all I announced, "Guys this is my friend Kim, well we're more than friends, everyone say hello." Jas and Kim had been dancing and seeing them stand side by side it was like looking at twins, Kim was a slightly perkier darker haired version. Cindy who had been ogling her lecherously couldn't wait to give her a hug and kiss. Gloria interrupted, "Alright, it's a deal. I will talk to Wayne and then we can talk terms and put together a new contract to include Mi." Then she yelled, "Party at my hotel, this needs to be celebrated." Kim drifted back into my arms and as the others cheered, but I hesitantly moaned, "Kim and I might leave you guys to it." Mel shoved me hard. "Like hell girl, Kim can come as well, it'll be OK won't it Gloria?" Gloria smiled. "Of course, the more the merrier." Up in Gloria's hotel room she took control, she ordered in drinks and food and the party started. As everybody started talking and chattering, she dragged me out onto the balcony. "Thank you Mi, your honesty was the key. That's what opened the door, you were wonderfully brave to reach out like that, it doesn't happen very often but I admit I cried seeing you expose yourself like that, it was beyond brave." She hugged me tight. "Are you sure you're into this...no backing out?" I chuckled. "No Gloria, I was a fool, I handled the whole thing badly. I shouldn't have let my insecurities; jealousy and especially my ego take off like that." She nodded hesitantly. "Mi what about Molly? Please be gentle with her, believe it or not...she loves you so much." I grimaced. "Gloria I can't answer that at the moment. I have never hidden from the fact I love Molly, it's just whether we can live together." She sighed. "Well why couldn't you?" "Because I'm not sure that we want the same thing, I know what I want, I just don't know whether Molly wants the same thing." She gave me a hug. "Just keep an open mind, I know she will do whatever you ask of her." "Yeah, well I'm not so sure, because I still want a monogamous relationship." She frowned, her face a mixture of confusion and uncertainty. "Surely you enjoyed our little rendezvous the other night?" I chuckled. "Yes I did, no sense in trying to hide from that but, it's not the way I see my life going. I see that as a wonderful memory which we should cherish not necessarily repeat." She sighed even deeper a grimace taking over. "Oh I see...that's a shame because I enjoyed it as well and I was hoping for another get-together." When I didn't answer she grabbed my arm. "Come on, let's go back inside." When we walked inside Molly and Kim were deep in conversation, Mel, Jas and Cindy were in a tight group and when Gloria and I walked in their group opened and we joined. Mel wanted to know what we could do about the album...could we just cut Wayne and add me dubbed over the top. Gloria shook her head. "No, sorry Mel, it will take longer but the difference in your vocals singing with Mi was so much better than before and I want to capture that." Jas agreed. "Oh hell yeah, shit you girls rocked today, it was amazing we definitely need to seize that." "So, when do we start?" Mel snapped. Gloria laughed. "As soon as this week, I will talk to Wayne and get that finished." Molly walked over and barged into the group and there were huge hugs and cuddles. Kim snuck up behind me and her arms curled around my waist her sharp pointy nipples digging into my back. Gloria brought over a round of drinks and we toasted the new start. As the night dragged on, we all had way too much to drink. We all danced together, watching Kim and Jas dancing raised the temperature, god what a pair of hotties. When Molly and I danced she whispered conspiratorially, "Kim is amazing, you're lucky." "Yeah, I know, and I feel damned lucky and a little grateful, she brought some light into my life when I really needed it." She sighed wistfully. "I think she's awesome." "Molly we are just friends, I told you it's casual, nothing more than that." "Casual...fuck off you can't do casual. I saw the way you watched her, you like her." "Yes, I do, I like her but I don't love her, she knows that." "What's happening tonight?" She asked, as she glanced over at Kim talking intimately with Gloria. When I glanced over and saw them in a very intimate embrace Moll's whispered, "You better be quick or you might lose her." We finished dancing and I moved over to stand beside Kim, when she saw me she hugged me. "Hey babe." "Are you ready to go?" I asked. She smiled at me. "Sure am." She kissed me as she whispered, "Babe I'm feeling as horny as hell." I kissed her quickly and replied softly, "Well I think I can fix that." As we were getting ready to go Molly came over. "What are you doing?" "We're going home, Kim's feeling a little tired." As the words fell out of my mouth Kim giggled slyly. Molly looked disappointed. "You know you could both stay here...there's plenty of room." I sneered, "No thanks Moll's, another time maybe." She and Gloria walked us to the door. At the door there were kisses all around. Gloria made sure I would be available tomorrow to look over contracts and Moll's asked, "Are you sure you don't want to stay, it could be fun?" I laughed before repeating my earlier refusal. As Kim and I walked out into the night air she whispered wetly in my ear. "You could have stayed you know." "What and miss a night with the sexiest girl there....like hell!" She sighed. "Babe I know you have feelings for Molly and I know she has them for you." That night we made love ferociously, she wasn't lying when she said she was feeling horny, wow I must have weighed ten pounds less by the time daybreak greeted us. That night we started the next phase of the Lips. Gloria true to her word produced new contracts and the money was too good to turn down. We all signed on the dotted line. Wayne accepted a pretty good golden handshake.