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Well I wasn't quite sure how to add Bob and the girls into this song, so I just extended the intro a little :S I hope this chapter is ok. I don't own the song Vampire Money (I just tweaked it a little), I don't own MCR, Elsa, Liz, Leesh or Harley. I do own myself, Jackson, and the song "So Close, Yet So Far".
The drums are raw and kinda primal, Gerard cries out,
"Well, are you ready, Ray?" "Yeah..."
"How about you, Frank?" "All night, baby."
"How about you, Mikey?" "Fuckin' ready..."
"Bob, ready to rock?" "You know it."
"Madam Calico." "Always..."
"Liz? Leesh?" "SHIT YEAH!"
"Harley, shall we show these fuckers how it's done?" "Bring it, bitch."
"Well, I think I'm alright...... 1-2-3-4!"

Both bands come in full force, Mikey and Liz slap away at the bass. Ray, Frank, Harley and I put all our energies into the guitar. Bob and Leesh pound away at the drums. Gerard starts to sing "3-2-1 We came to fuck
Everybody party till the gasman comes
Sparkle like bowie in the morning sun
And get a parking violation on La Brea till it's done"

Ray, Frank and I join in on back up vocals, then Gerard is on his own again.
"Hair Back, collar up, jet black, so cool!
Sing it like the kids that are mean to you,"
Again we join in on back up vocals. Then Frank, Liz and Leesh sing
"c'mon" and continue singing the c'mon part.

Ray and I continue to sing the other back up part
"When you wanna be a movie star (c'mon! )
Play the game and take band real far (c'mon! )
Play it right and drive a Volvo car (c'mon! )
Pick a fight at an airport bar"

Gerard takes the microphone off the stand and starts to go crazy on stage, showing off his awesome stage presence.
"The kids don't care if you're all right honey
Pills don't help but it sure is funny
Gimmie gimmie some of that vampire money c'mon!"

Gerard runs up to Harley, licks her cheek and says
"Hey you look like somebody I used to know!"

And now 3-2-1 we got the bomb
Everybody hurry till the tax man comes
Glimmer like Bolan in the morning sun
And get your finger on the trigger
Tap the barrel of the a gun"

"Hair back, motherfucker!
Jet black, so cool
Sing it like the kids that are mean to you (c'mon! )"

"When you wanna be a movie star (c'mon! )
Play the game and take band real far (c'mon! )
Play it right and drive a Volvo car (c'mon! )
Pick a fight at an airport bar"

"The kids don't care if you're all right honey
Pills don't help but it sure is funny
Gimmie gimmie some of that vampire money c'mon!"
Ray and I have a guitar battle, going up the scale.

"Fuck yeah
That's right
1, 2, 3, 4!"
Ray, Frank and I then split the guitar solo in three parts.

"Well 3-2-1 we came to fuck
Everybody party till the gasman comes
Sparkle like bowie in the morning sun
And get a parking violation on La Brea till it's done"

"Hair Back, collar up, jet black, so cool!
Sing it like the kids that are mean to you (c'mon! )"

"When you wanna be a movie star (c'mon! )
Play the game and take band real far (c'mon! )
Play it right and drive a Volvo car (c'mon! )
Pick a fight at an airport bar"

"The kids don't care if you're all right honey
Pills don't help but it sure is funny
Gimmie gimmie some of that vampire money c'mon!
C'mon!"

Gerard turns to me
"This party, I think it's way too loud" I nod in agreement. He turns to Mikey
"Gonna have to turn it down a little, sorry." He kisses his brother on the cheek and pats his head.
The song ends and what a beautiful end it is, we're all on time and boy do we milk it for all it's worth! We really feel and look like the rockstars we've become. What fun! Now it's time for our song! I hand my guitar to a Harley who puts it on it's stand, while Elsa takes her place behind the Grand Piano that the venue has miked up. She starts to play a slow, beautiful, haunting tune. I step up to my microphone and begin to sing.

(A/N the song is kinda like Cancer, Helena and an 80s power ballad all mixed together.. If that helps with the feel of it..
"When I miss you
I just close my eyes
And look back on all those times that we had.

When I need you
I put on your old shirt
That you gave me that last night in June."

Gerard then joins in with the harmony and backing vocals
"And when I loose my way
I think there soon will come a day
When I will see your smiling face again
And I tell myself that I can last
That all this time that has passed
Will only make me fonder of you
You're so close (You're so close)
Yet so far."

Gerard kisses my temple and starts to sing as the rest of the band comes in strong
"The days
The seem to grow
Each moment we're apart.

The nights
They seem so slow
Coz you're not in my arms."

This time I sing the harmony and backing vocals
"And when I loose my way
I think there soon will come a day
When I will see your smiling face again
And I tell myself that I can last
That all this time that has passed
Will only make me fonder of you
You're so close (You're so close)
Yet so far"

The both of us then sing in unison
"My friends all ask if I'm doing alright
Staying out if the night
They miss you too it seems."

Ray then shreds the guitar with an awesome solo. After which I sing the lead and Gerard sings backing again.
"Please come home (I'll come home)
Right back home to me(you)
I need to see you face again.

I'd kiss you
And hold you so damn tight.
I wish that I was there tonight."

"And when I loose my way
I think there soon will come a day
When I will see your smiling face again
And I tell myself that I can last
That all this time that has passed
Will only make me fonder of you
You're so close (You're so close)
Yet so far
You're so close (You're so close)
Yet so far."
Again we all finish on time and make it a big one. It's impressive that we only need one rehearsal to sound this good. We can tell that the guys take their music and this tour seriously and that they really practiced our song as much as we practiced theirs. We're all speachless when we finish it up. Jackson breaks the silence
"Wow guys! That. Was. Awesome!" Elsa nods in agreement, but she too is stunned.
"I'm really pumped for tonight." I admit. "If that's how good our rehearsal went, with only one rehearsal, then tonight is gonna rock." Gerard flings his arm around my shoulders
"Yeah but I think we should practice some more, just too see if it wasn't a fluke!"

*
"Thank-you guys! You've been a great audience!" I scream into the microphone.
"You're right Calico! Now! Let's go make out!" Gerard says to me.
"Hell yes!" I scream and we all run off stage!

"Ray! That riff in Na Na Na was so awesome!" said Leesh throwing her arms around Ray's neck and kissing him on the cheek. We all wolf whistle and they both blush. We all start talking away and making plans to have an after party back at our hotel just for the us and our crew. No one but me and Mikey see Ray take Leesh aside to talk to her. We look at each other sneakily and sneak away from the group. We follow the two of them and stop around the corner so we can still hear them talk and see them, but they can't see us.
"So Leesh, I was thinking that maybe after the show tomorrow night we could go out for drinks, just the two of us." Ray asks, and I'll be damned if he doesn't sound a bit nervous.
"Like a date?" Leesh asks through Bambi-like eye lashes.
"Yeah like a date." Ray smiles. Leesh raises up on her toes and plants a kiss on his lips. The innocent kiss turns into a heavier kiss. I look at Mikey and we share a smirk and decided to leave the happy couple alone. We go back to our celebrating bands with huge smiles on our faces. I'll tell the girls later and in the morning, we'll have a sexy breakfast story. My favourite kind.