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Chapter 2: Be Still My
Beating Heart
The door closed and the room felt
colder, looked darker than it had a moment before. Terry’s stomach buzzed and the ground was a shifting, semi-solid mass beneath his feet. He wanted
Dominique. No if ands or buts about it. No one had ever rocked his world, made
him literally ache to see them again, like she did. Twenty-four hours seemed an
eternity to wait to see her, to hear her again, but wait Terry would. Forever
if he had to.
“—Terry!”
“Yeahbuwha?”
“Damn, man, didn’t you hear me
callin’ you?” Eric asked.
“No.”
Eric folded his arms across his
chest, smiling. “The woman hasn’t even kissed you yet and your nose is so wide
open a semi could drive inside and do a u-turn.”
“Fuck you, Groove.”
“Naw, l’il bro, I’ll leave that for
Ms. LaSalle.”
“Anyway, let’s get back to
rehearsal.”
“Are you sure you can? You haven’t
forgotten how to play?” Terry gave Eric the finger.
Eric laughed. “Okay, okay. I’ll
stop.”
“Thank you. So, what d’you think of
her, as a singer, I mean.”
“She’s got some straight-up bad-ass
talent, ‘cuzzin’. I’m glad she’s singin’ for us.”
“Me too.”
“Otherwise, you wouldn’t be able to
concentrate on playin’.” Eric grinned.
“What’s that supposed to mean?”
“Terry, don’t front. You got a
hellified crush on that girl.”
“Yeah, I do. D’you blame me?”
“Nope. Just don’t want you to get
distracted. Remember what happened with Leticia?”
“Don’t remind me.” Terry grumbled.
“Right. Anyway, let’s get back to
rehearsal.”
“Finally.”
“Hey, Terry!” Wanda shouted. “If
Miss Thang don’t come through, can I be the lead singer?”
“Damn, woman, give the girl a
chance.” Rob interjected. “Just ‘cuz you on some diva shit…”
“I wasn’t talkin’ to yo’ non-pussy
getting’ ass.”
“Hey! Hey! Hey!”
Rob and Wanda stopped as Eric glared
at the both of them. He took a deep breath and said, “Rob, I appreciate the
help, but I got this. Wanda, Dominique is our lead singer until Terry and I say
different. If it doesn’t work out, we’ll look into it eventually.”
“Yeah, when Hell freezes over.”
Wanda spat.
“Keep it up an’ that’ll be about
right.” Terry added. “Alright, y’all. Gimme ‘Crazay’ by Jesse Johnson, on the
one. Larry, count it off.”
Four stick clicks later, the band
started playing the aforementioned tune. As he got lost in the groove, Terry
found himself thinking about Dominique; her curves, the warmth in her eyes, the
graceful way she moved and the brightness of her smile. He wanted to hold her
close and feel the softly resilient pressure of her body against his. This,
Terry surmised, would happen in time. Hopefully.
(c) 2014 W.L. Sherrod & Courtney Sherrod
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