The Chance of a Lifetime (Wills gig)

Willow stood behind the stage in the venue just off Diagon Alley, sure the Drunken Bat wasn't the best place but it was a start, she shared a glance with Lizzie, the bands bassist while Mark slipped his arm around her shoulders and squeezed Williw tight.

"Don't look so tense, it's me doing the singing. Just do your best Wonka okay?"

Ruffling her hair Mark wandered off to find his guitar, Williw played lead but he played second if they needed it. Oliver had gone missing again and his keyboard lay forgotten on a sofa behind the stage, Kevin was drumming his first beats on a coffe table with a nervous smile.

Peeking her head put from behind the curtain she wondered who would turn up.

Arsen walked down the street, he'd managed to escape Hades to make it to the gig. He reached the place and walked to the front of the que to speak to the bouncer.

"Ermm... i was er invited by one of the band. Willow Hartman." He said looking up at the guy, then around him to make sure he wasn't seen. It would be awful if they found him now. Hades would go mad.

One of the bouncers had come round the back and with a smile had taken Willow out to the back entrance so she could see who her first guest of the night was, she grinned when she saw that it was Arsen.

"Managed to get away huh? Come on in!"

Beckoning to Arsen Willow walked back into the venue where she spotted Mark putting a safety pin through his nose piercing, coming to a halt in fro t of him Williw smiled gently first at Arsen then at Mark.

"Arsen this is Mark our lead singer and back up guitar, Mark this is my friend Arsen."

"Pleased to meet ya mate."

Mark grinned sticking out his hand.

Sam needed something to cheer him up and provide him with a bit of escapism. He put his hands in his pockets and found the napkin Willow had wrote on. Thats right, her gig was tonight.

Sam literally ran to the pub it was being preformed at and stopped nearly out of breath in front of the bouncer.

"Is it still too late to buy a ticket for this thing? Please, i promised Willow i'd come see her play."

Thankfully, there were still one or two tickets left, even if he did have to pay a bit extra for them. A bit unfair for a pub gig, but he was happy to see Willow; a friendly familiar face would help cheer him up in no time.

He got as close to the front as possible and tried to wave up at her. Then looked around to see if there were any students around. If they couldnt get in, he would try his old 'oh he / she's with me, im their big brother' bit and see if that worked. If not, there was always his good pal: money.

He smiled weakly as Willow led him inside. "Yeah just it was a close call." He smiled following her to the back.

"Hey." He smiled sticking out his hand for him to shake. He then turned to look at the drummer tapping away on the table.

Willow grinned and motioned for Arsen to stay with Mark as she wandered over to the curtain popping her head out from underneath it searching the ever growing crowd for anyone else she knew. Willow beamed when she saw Sam and she moved into the crowd tugging on his sleeve.

"You came! Follow me!"

Grabbing his hand Willow smiled and lead him backstage to stand with Arsen.

"You guys excited? I'm excited! I'm nervous too... I should practice my chords...I'm singing one song too you know?"

"Willow hey!" Sam smiled "Of course i came, i promised i would." He was dragged through the crowd back stage, quite ahppy becuase being in a crowded room freaked him out.

Sam smiled at Arsen. "Hey... hows it goin?"

"And wow, you're singing? I cant wait for that, im sure you'll be great." Sam gave her a hug. "You dont need to be nervous Willow."

Arsen stood back stage in silence his hands shoved into his pockets. This was a new enviroment for him and he still wasn't sure what he should do. He looked over to Willow as she dragged a guys behind her.

He smiled at the man named Sam and even gave him a little nod before he turned to look out at the stage in awe.

Willow nodded quickly and gestured to the set list, all of which were their own sings bar 2 that Mark had insisted they include from the Muggle world, Wilow was singing one song that was number three on the set list. Waving Arsen over she showed both of them the list.

"See we have 4 original songs, Many of Horror, Perfect, Hysteria and She Moves In Her Own Way. Mark made us include Mr. Brightside and Du Hast."

Willow was tapped on the shoulder by a very sheepish Lizzie, she grinned nervously and muttered quietly:

"Wonka, will ya sing She Moves? My voice just isn't up to it."

"No problem Lizzie, only if you're sure...?"

"Yeah I can't handle it right now, too nervous."

"You'll be fine chick." Williw soothed as Lizzie walked off

"Cool song list Willow. Im sure you guys are going to sound great " Sam smiled.

"Im going to be singing along like a right nerd ha ha, just to warn you. What do you go on the list....Arsen...? "

Jamie smiled a little as he walked up behind Willow and covered her eyes lightly with his hands from behind. He smiled a little,

"Guess who?" he teased before spinning her around lightly, grinning at her as he did so, "I heard around town that you're band was playing here today."

He clicked his tongue ruefully,

"I wasn't on the list so I had to..." he looked away with a sheepish smile, "Bypass, the security. I hope you don't mind. I just wanted to hear your band."

Willow bit her lip and jumped a little when she felt Someones hands over her eyes but the voice gave it away automatically it was Jamie. Blushing as she was turned around Willow grinned and hugged him lightly while running a hand through his hair.

"You could have just asked for me at the door that's how Arsen got here."

Winking lightly Willow was rapped on the head by Mark and pushed gently in the way of a mirror eyeliner and sleek ease thrust into her hand.

"Wonka, no face time, getting ready time."

He grinned a little and shot Arsen, who he already knew a lot about, a wink. Shaking his head he wrapped his arms lightly around Willow's waist,

"And where is the fun in that?" he asked with a pout, "How else would I surprise you?"

He chuckled a little and nodded at Willow,

"Go and kick some ass Willow." he smirked, "I'll be over here with the boys."

Walking over he smiled at Arsen

"Hey kid." he lent against the wall, "You're new old man mention me yet or do I have to introduce myself?"

Arsen stood and watched the drummer. Drumming had always fascinated him ever since his uncle taught him to play. He glanced over to the new man who seemed to know him.

He thought for a second. How did he know Hades had adopted him few knew and those were either close to Hades or knew him. "Umm no i don't think so. Do you know him?" He asked slightly confused. Turning to look around him for possible threats.

Willow had told her about her gig and being the nice person she is, Hayden decided to turn up.

She walked up to the bouncer and asked for a ticket.

"I'm here to see Willow" she said, her pretty blonde locks pushed back by a diamond studded rock headband.

"No tickets" the bouncer said gruffly.

"Frick! Hayden cursed.

She looked round to see if anyone could help her.

Sam wondered who this Jamie guy was. Was he the guy Willow was talking about. He wasnt sure what signals he was picking up off him.

He was pretty much ignored by Arsen and Jamie. Ah well, Sam was only the caretaker, and he figured he was doing a good job of being invisible. He waved Willow goodbye and left back stage to join the crowd again. As he did so he noticed Hayden at the door and his face lit up.

He threw her a look that said 'play along' and walked up to her.
"There you are honey" He kissed her on the cheek. "I got you a ticket." He passed her the own he had brought. "I dont need it since im a friend with one of the band members." He turned to the bouncers and slipped a wod of cash into his front pocket. "Thats fine right?"

He pulled Hayden in with him and wrapped his arm around her; keeping it up long enough to get out of the body guards line of vision.
"I'm so happy to see you here Hayden." Sam smiled.

"Ah Sam dont go!"

Willow turned from the mirror where she was applying a thick coat of eyeliner making her brow eyes appear even larger than normal. Dashing to try and catch him she tripped over an amp and went crashing to the floor bottle of sleek ease rolling under the sink.

"Ow."

She whimpers standing up and blushing.

"That was not embarrassing at all..."

Sam heard a crash backstage and told Hayden to excuse him one moment.

He ran to see Willow had tripped.

"Oh my god! Willow, are you alright?!" Sam gave her a once over to check she hadnt seriously hurt herself.
"I'm so sorry, my friend was at the door. What did you trip on?"

Seeing she was alright, he left her to get ready and went back into the crowd to find Hayden. He would rather watch with a friend then be stood awkwardly back stage. He could always go back there with Hayden after the gig to congratualte her then.

Jamie smiled a bit and ruffled Arsen's hair,

"I'm an old friend." he raised an eyebrow and pointed down, "From downstairs."

Upon hearing and seeing Willow fall, Jamie rushed over to her side,

"You okay Willow?" he stroked her cheek as he held out a hand, "You've got to be more careful Willow, I don't like to see you hurt."

Willow blushed brightly again and stuttered wildly trying not to seem too hurt even though she had twisted her foot in the fall. Taking Jamies hand gently and giving Sam a quick hug Willow wiggled around on the floor trying to get the sleek ease out from under the sink.

"I can't perform with frizzy hair! Я смотрю уродливые с вьющимися волосами, черт!"

Whacking her head on the sink as she got up Willow pouted.

"I'm sorry I'm just so clumsy..."

"Onyx! 30 minutes till curtain! First support act you're up!" a runner announced

"Oh no...I'm so nervous..." Willow bit her lip

Arsen mouth fall open. "No way your one of the three?" He smiled. "Draco's told me all about you guys. I've heard all the stories. It's nice to finally meet you. What's it like? Working for him i mean." He asked looking up at him eagerly.

"So which one are you? Python or Asp?" He turned to look over at Willow as she fell.

"Oh are you okay?" He frowned following Jamie over to her.

Jamie laughed softly,

"I certainly hope he hasn't told all of my stories." he smirked, "Some of those have an age limit on."

Rubbing idly at his right arm he shrugged a little,

"It's strange." he frowned as he thought of how to describe it, "It's very good when it's good. But if it's bad then it's very bad. He likes to show you when he's displeased."

He raised an eyebrow before smirking,

"I'm Python." he ruffled Arsen's hair again, "But you can call me Jamie."

Moving forwards, he wrapped his arms around Willow in a hug,

"You'll do great Willow." he kissed her on the cheek, "I believe in you."

Willow bit her lip and in the time it took her to straighten her hair and get her stage make up right the two support acts had performed and it was their turn. As a runner announced 2 minutes to curtain Willow dashed to her cherry red guitar and placed the strap over her shoulder.

"Here I go...wish me luck."

She grinned trying to fight the nerves away, quickly she gave Jamie a peck on the lips giving thumbs up to Arsen Willow ran onto the stage. Spotting Sam in the crowd with a girl she didn't know she winked and made smooch faces at them.

"Thanks you guys for coming tonight! Were going to give you some great music but even better than that you're not going to hear me speak again, Wonka's better at all of that."

Mark pulled tongues at Willow and she blushed bright red, why? Why do it to her.
"Thanks for revealing that little nugget of information Mark. Ass. Alright guys the first song is one we robbed, Mr. Brightside hope you like it."

Willow started her guitar playing and while she did so all she concentrated on was the notes and riffs that she needed to play, Willow beamed when it was time for her big part in the song and spun around while playing before dropping to her knees.

"Well wasnt that a rush?!" Willow grinned addressing the crowd "So give us done support guys! Are you ready for another one? I can't hear you I said are you ready?!"

Sam just shook his head at Willow with a side smile on his face. He made smoochie faces back at her and gestured to back stage with a wink.

When the lead guy said something, it made Willow blush as red as her guitar.

Sam roared happily and started moshing-out when the first song played. Willow was epic!

Sam cheered at the top of his lungs, applauding loudly. "Damn right we want another one! Woo!!!"

Jamie watched from the side of the stage, leaning against a wall casually as he watched her. Catching her eye he smiled widely and clapped. He smirked a little as he looked down at Arsen,

"Regardless of what you think about muggles you have to admit..." he chuckled and turned back to the band just as they were finishing the song, "They know how to make good music."

He clapped loudly and roared his approval with the crowd. Cupping his hands around his mouth to make himself louder, he called out,

"Push Willow to the front! We want more Willow!"