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He’d done a lot of drugs in his teens, and even more in his early twenties, but there was no high like the high he got from performing in front of a screaming crowd. Growing up, he’d thought it would never get better than The Dive, where on its busiest night, held a few dozen people at most. Jesse still couldn’t believe that he’d come from there, to headlining for bands that were selling out fucking arenas. There was only one way to describe what had happened to Live Wire in the last five years: they’d made it. There was already talk of their own tour next year — just along the West coast, but still. Jesse was living the fucking dream. But no matter how many times he stumbled off the stage, ears ringing from the music and the screaming, he didn’t think he’d ever get used to it. He was even less used to the crowd of adoring fans that came afterwards. Autographs and pictures and gifts and girls. So many girls. So even though he’d done it a dozen times by now, Jesse’s excitement and adrenaline were still palpable as the backstage pass crowd came through the door, and it was the most non-routine routine ever as the guys tended to their fans. But it was only a few minutes before something different did strike Jesse, and he glanced over as someone stepped into his peripheral. A little blonde in a flowy little dress, almost pristine and delicate in comparison to the rest of the crowd surrounding him. She would have looked like she were in the wrong place entirely if not for the leather jacket she’d donned over her ensemble, which suited the hell out of her. Jesse actually blinked to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. No way. No fucking way. He was excusing himself and pushing his way through the crowd before he could even think. “As I live and breathe — is that Zoey White backstage at a fucking rock show?” Jesse he called to her as he approached, grinning from ear to ear. By the time he got to her, the adrenaline and disbelief and elation overcame him and he wrapped both arms around the tiny girl in a bear hug, lifting her off her feet and spinning where they stood. He was still grinning broadly when he set her back down.
