Goodbye Beatles, Good Luck
Mick's POV:
"I wanna be your lover baby, I wanna be your man, mmmhmhmmh"
"Huh"
"Sounds good, I guess"
"Ya"
"Hey, do you really think it's a good idea to to do this?" I asked as Keith tried out the guitar licks that accompanied it. Brian was talking with Paul and John in the other room and Katie, George and Ringo went out to find Bill and Charlie. That's our line-up now: Me, Keith, Brian, Bill and Charlie; Rollin' Stones.
I looked back at Keith, he looked down at his fingers and tried the chords once again.
"What do you mean: not a good idea?" Keith asked me while focussing on his fingers.
"Well," I started, "they'll be releasing the same song in a month, do you really think we should do it?"
"Ya, why not?"
I smiled, ya, why not?
"Ok," I smacked my knees, "I'm gunna go an' find everybody then"
Keith nodded and bent lower over the guitar. I was about to walk out when Keith looked up abruptly: "Hey, Mick, could you tell Brian to git back here with me an' practice the chords with me? 'e's got the slide solo"
I smiled, " 'k"
As I walked past the window, I saw Bill and Charlie talking with Paul and Ringo, they were sharing bass and drum tricks. Then I walked downstairs and weaved through the stacks of records and said hi to the few wandering customers, two girls twittered and blushed like mad when I smiled wearily at them, hm, why were those girls looking at me like that?
"Are you two alright?" I asked awkwardly, shifting from foot to foot. The brunette twirled her hair and bit her lip, giving me a look that made my eyes widen. "Yes," she replied while her friend picked up a record, "we're fine, Mick"
How do you know my name? I got a look at the record that the blonde was looking at, "hmm, Muddy Waters huh? He's awesome, I love the blues"
She looked up, a very red blush crept up her face. "I-I-I-I'm fine!" she squeaked.
"Alright then" I said before moving to go away.
"Can't wait to see your next show!" One of them called to my back, I looked back and surprised myself by winking in their direction.
They giggled in response and turned to whisper to each other.
Weird.
"Brian! Brrriian?" I called out as I walked around to the back of the shop. I must have looked like a lost child, oh well.
I found Brian with George, they were comparing riffs on their guitars. As I walked in, George looked over at me, "you play, Jagger?"
I waved my hand down, "nah"
"You play. .anything?"
"Uhm, harmonica? I guess I been fiddlin' round with that, Brian showed me"
That's when Brian looked up, I pointed at him, "oh ya, Brian! Keith wants ya to play-"
"To play the solo, I know, check it out, ok one two three, George?"
"Yep"
That's when George and Brian did the exact same thing on their guitars. Slide soloist.
I was blown away, almost as blown away as I had been when me and Keith saw him play that Elmore James slide back in 1961.
"That was awesome!!" I said, just as John stuck his head in. "Hey you, George, we gotta go now, it time to move on"
I looked back at George, who nodded solemnly and took off his guitar strap. "I'll go find Keith and Katie" Brian said while standing up, the strap still across his shoulder and his guitar in his hands. "Alright" I said before following everyone out of the backroom and into the front.
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Brian's POV:
I went off to go find Katie.
"Have you guys seen a girl; tallish, has nice greeny blue eyes, brown hair-?"
"You mean Katie?" The brunette said
"She runs this place?!" The blonde snorted and put a record down. "Alright" I said, a hard expression on my face, "I'm going to go now"
I turned away before they could anything else and headed upstairs. Paul and Ringo were just saying goodbye to Charlie and Bill, who were shaking their hands and nodding.
Then I heard some guitar sounds and followed them to discover Keith. "Hey Keith? The Beatles are leaving now"
He looked up and turned around, but the guitar playing continued. "Ok, but check this out" Keith moved aside and showed me Katie, bent over the guitar and trying to play something.
"I showed her a g-scale, so now she's figurin' stuff out"
I smiled and moved over to bend down behind Katie. "Hello, love" I whispered as I placed my hands on hers, guiding her lost fingers. She looked up to me and I kept my eyes low, focusing on the guitar. She placed a nice peck on my cheek unexpectedly and I brought our hands down in a slide.
"Ow!" se exclaimed while bringing her fingers in and caressing them. I set the guitar down, "sorry Katie I-"
"How did you do that?" She asked excitedly, "that was amazing!!"
I smiled, being glad that this easy going girl is my girl. "Well, it's a slide, theres gunna be one in our next single-"
"Hey Brian? The Beatles are leaving now" Keith said in a mocking tone. I sighed and stood up, offering my hand to Katie, who grabbed it and bounced up.
"Alright, Keith we're comin'"
"Get offa me cloud Jones" he chuckled a bit, "I'm the teacher, you're the boyfriend! Ha"
I rolled my eyes as Katie and I followed Keith downstairs.
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Katie's POV:
As we went downstairs to say goodbye to John, Paul, George and Ringo, I noticed two girls just leaving. My eyes widened and I squeezed Brian's hand a bit. He looked back at me with his eyebrows drawn together, 'you alright?' he mouthed over, and I hurriedly shook my head up and down 'yes'.
Mick, Charlie, Bill, Keith and Brian were shaking hands with John, George , Paul and Ringo. Then John came over to me, "well darlin' I guess this is goodbye! Bye bye!" He shook my hand vigorously with a funny gleam in his eye. My hand shook from the repeated bouncing up and down "al-alr-right J-ohn bye b-bye" he winked and wiggled his eyebrows before going to stand beside the door. Ringo was next, "I hope you and the boys have fun with yur next single" he said politely while shaking my hand. "They will, I'm sure, hey maybe me and the boys could go to one of your shows sometime!" I said back with a smile, he smiled too before going to talk to John. George next.
He didn't make eye contact at first and just looked down at focusing on our shaking hands. "Hey George," I said softly, "I see ya later ok?"
"Alright Katie" he said while finally lifting his eyes to meet mine. "See you and the guys later"
"Bye George" I chuckled.
He smiled and moved on.
Paul came up and winked at me before going to shake my hand. He lent down and whispered, "hey maybe sometime we could have tea together y'know, as friends?"
I smiled and continued to shake his hand, "maybe McCartney, y'never know!"
He laughed and straightened up, "Brian you've got a keeper here!" He called over to Brian, who looked up and smiled."I know Paul, she's beautiful!"
I blushed hard at that, I can tell you.
The four lads from Liverpool made their way out the door, while Mick and Keith yelled instructions to the train station over my shoulder. "Thanks for the song!" Brian shouted while waving.
Bill and Charlie waved and smiled at each other. "Ya thanks!" Charlie called out. I decided I should put in my two cents as well, so I shouted out:
"Goodbye four lads from Liverpool!"
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