The past week had been a whirlwind for Liv. At the beginning of the week she was just a Jersey girl trying to find a way to break into the LA music scene. And now she was the opening act for Sunset Curve. Very few people knew who she was and now she was on an international tour with one of the hottest bands of the decade.
The show went off without a hitch, they even called her on stage during their set to cover Remembering Sunday. It was incredible, being up on stage with them. Liv had always been more of a solo act, but she had so much fun out there with those boys.
Reggie’s girlfriend suggested they go out to celebrate; to get dinner and drinks. The boys seemed to really like that idea, but Liv was still a little wary, these guys had known eachother for years, she was prepared to feel sort of left out. Like the odd man out. What she hadn’t expected, was to find amazing friends in their manager, Maeve, and Reggie’s girlfriend, Tara. They were both so cool and did their best to include her in conversation. It’s not that the boys hadn’t, they were very welcoming to her as well, but the girls went above and beyond.
She liked the boys just fine, Reggie was sweet and a little slow, Alex was sarcastic and quick witted, Bobby was a man of very few words, but it was oddly comforting, compared to his loud and brash band mates. Luke hadn’t given her the greatest first impression, but he was talented and passionate about music, which was a-okay in her books. Even if he had a habit of sticking his foot in his mouth whenever he was talking to her.
“Liv?” Tara’s voice snapped her back to the conversation at hand. Liv hadn’t even noticed she zoned out.
“I was just wondering what your story was. Since we’ve all been friends for years and we know eachother’s stories well.” And had been part of those stories.
“Oh... uh... I’m from New Jersey, I’ve wanted to sing for as long as I can remember. I used to beg my parents to get me lessons; guitar, singing, any sort of music lessons. Um, I moved out here as soon as I could, got in my car, and just drove.” There was nothing left for her in New Jersey.
“You look so familiar.. Have we been at the same house party?” Tara asked, hyper focused on placing her face. She’d definitely seen her before, the blonde just couldn’t place it.
“Yeah, remember that mysterious colourful haired girl MGK was dating last summer?” She said carefully, not really wanting to get into that. They had kept things way down low. So low that the press never got a good photo of her face or a name. Liv refused to be known as MGK’s girlfriend; she’d make a name for herself with her music alone.
“THAT WAS YOU! OH MY GOD! I TOLD YOU, REG!” She was so excited, it was sweet. “Sorry, I just, I thought you were Colson’s ex. Or...” Tara trailed off, praying to anyone listening that this wasn’t a sore subject.
“Ex.” Liv confirmed, nodding curtly, taking a sip of her drink to hide the discomfort on her face. “We’re good though; we’re better as friends.” Or at least sort of friendly lately. She sort of retracted into herself as they moved the conversation along. Her and Colson were sort of a raw subject and she sure as hell didn’t want to talk about it on their night of celebration. She refused to let him ruin her night.