the gig had been amazing, sage always loved playing to a large crowd. music was her first love, her passion, it made her so happy that she could share it with people. once the gig was over and the fans had trickled away from the stage door, she headed back onto the stage, drumsticks in hand. sage made her way across the stage, stopping to look at some of the posters that had been thrown onto it, she couldn’t help but smile. she sat on the edge of the stage, looking out towards were the crowd would’ve been. it felt strange being here and it was so empty, but she’d always been curious to see it. she was having a quiet moment, thinking back to the show and how great it had been, when she heard a voice. it causes her to turn and when she sees mickey, a big smile comes across her lips. “hey” she says back to him, twiddling with her drumsticks, “i dunno. i just wanted to see what it looked like, empty. ya’know?” she shrugs her shoulders, watching as he sat down next to her. a laugh leaves her lips at his comment, she’d seen some of the signs too, she thought it was cute, she’d always had a thing for mickey, but her music came first and that was that. “yeah. i saw some of those, dunno what made ‘em think that though” she muses, then she notices his face, “it’s not a bad thing though, is it, kinda sweet?”.
mickey takes a long drag and exhales slowly, nodding. “ yeah, you know bruce actually suggested that we ‘DATE’ ” he remarks, making air quotes as he speaks the last word. bruce, their manager, had suggested that they use the fans’ “enthusiasm about them” — as he put it — for the band’s benefit. NOW, mickey and sage went way back, and mickey did love her so he didn’t want to do something that would damage their friendship. but what was an occasional “fake kiss” or “fake embrace” between friends ? he was sure that it wouldn’t cause any problems between them and it could potentially benefit them, so he was on board with the idea. “ he said that it would be a good publicity stunt for the band, but you know ” he shrugs, turning his head to face sage, trying to figure out if she was okay with the idea as well. “ i don’t know ”.