The Morning After Always Sucks

[Alisha]

A part of him made Noah feel completely horrible for wanting to leave. He sighed softly after her words. "You know what," He murmured, twirling his car keys around his index finger. "Want to come with?" He asked, looking at her. "It might be fun for you, or utterly boring." He smirked. Noah shoved his hand into his pocket, and looked around the coffee shop to occupy himself.

[Mia]

Lia's eyes lit up and she nodded. "I can come?" She smiled. "I'm sure it can't be that bad." She forgot about her problems momentarily, happy that he still wanted her around. She didn't have very many friends here. Actually, she had none, the people she hung out with were just that - people she hung out with. She wouldn't consider them friends. "So, what do you do at the studio?"

[Alisha]

Noah smiled, "Sure." On a good day, the being at the studio offered him a distraction. Hopefully, though, today would be better. He was recording a couple new songs, and hoped that he wouldn't have to be there all day. Sophia was due back in a few days, and he wanted to get things ready in time. She had called him early this morning, before bed. He missed her dearly. "We'll see," Noah said, "In the studio? We record music." Noah chuckled softly, and opened the door for her. "I'm kind of the lead singer of a band."

[Mia]

"Really? Cool!" Lia thanked him for opening the door and walked through, turning to walk backwards. "I've kinda always wanted to be in a band, but I think I like playing solo too." She smiled. "I play guitar. Is it fun? Being in a band, I mean."

[Alisha]

Noah grinned, glad that the comber mood was all but gone. ""Well, when I first started out, I was solo." Noah told her, with a smile. "But once you go on tour, it can get pretty lonely. So, my label thought it would be beneficial to my music if they brought in more instruments." He led her to his car, a shiny Volvo. "Mind if I drive?" He asked. Noah pulled the cigarette out from his ear and placed it back into the pack, which was still full. He unlocked the doors and waited for her reply.

[Mia]

"Maybe..." She trailed off on her thought, smiling up at him. "Sounds fun, being on tour. I dunno if I'll ever get that far." She gave a soft sigh and smiled again when they reached his car, walking over to the passenger side. "Not at all. I don't drive so you kinda have to." She laughed softly, waiting for him to unlock the door.

[Alisha]

Noah's mouth hung open as he got into the car. "How can you not drive?" He asked in disbelief. He didn't know what we would do without his car. He didn't do public transportation and he would never be able to stand being driven around. He didn't like to rely on other people for things such as getting where he needed to go. "I would never be able do that." Noah drove along the streets, and into the parking lot of the huge recording studio. The building was at least thirty stories high. He parked the car, and hopped out. He waved to James, the day security guard, and he gave a smile. Turned to Lia, "Do you have any songs?" He asked.

[Mia]

Lia shrugged as she got into the car. "I just don't. I know how to drive. My family can't really afford to get cars for each of us. So I just walk everywhere." She shrugged again, smiling. "But I would love to be able to drive places." Azalia got out the car when he did, following him to the building. "Huh? Oh, no, I don't." She blushed a bit. "I'm not too good with writing songs. I kinda just pay songs I've learned from the radio or youtube."

[Alisha]

Noah nodded, he understood that not everyone had the money his family did. His younger brother owned a beach house for pete's sake. "Well, maybe you just need a little inspiration." Noah waved to the secretary, Clara. "Morning, Clara." He said with a smile, and the girl blushed. "This is my friend Lia, she's going to come in a listen to the band in the studio." He looked at the girl who had followed him in with a warm smile. Clara gave the girl a tight lipped smile, and went back to her work. "Come on," Noah said motioning for her to follow him. They walked along the hallway and he stopped in front of a red door, with a silver plaque. The Crimson Masquerade "Band name," He said with an easy smile, "Ready?" He asked.

[Mia]

Lia shrugged. "Maybe. Maybe I just suck at writing lyrics." She shook her head and sighed. She had to stop herself from rolling her eyes when the girl blushed at Noah's greeting, and nearly snorted at the expressing Clara gave her when Noah introduced her. She smiled back at Noah, however, and followed him down the hallway. "I don't think Clara cares for me very much." She chuckled the moment they were out of the girls ear shot. "Nice name." She said, giving a small nod at his question.

[Alisha]

Noah just shook his head back a forth, a chuckle on his lips. "Well, if you ever want to make it big, you should either learn, or hire a songwriter." He joked with her, and opened the door to the studio room. He waved to Derrick and John, the sound guys. Noah held the door open for Lia, and the guys raised their eyebrows. "This is my friend Lia. She's hanging out today." He said, and the men said their hello's. "This is is Derrik and John, and don't let them bother you. They're idiots." He chuckled.

He walked over to the sound booth, and the door was already opened. Seth and Chris were tuning their instruments, and looked up when Noah walked in. "Hey guys, I brought a friend with me." He said, they glanced at Lia. "Lia, Seth and Chris." They grinned at her, "Nice to see some new faces around here." Chris said. "Where's Spence?" Noah asked, looking at the drum set. His band mates shrugged, and Noah sighed.

[Mia]

Lia sighed softly, nodding. She wasn't sure what she wanted right now. Sure she wanted to be a rock star, but she'd never played for anyone other than her family. She wasn't even sure if she was good enough to make it big. Breaking herself out of her thoughts, she gives a small smile and waves hello to Derrik and John. Lia followed Noah to the sound booth and waved hello to the two in there as well.

[Alisha]

Noah pointed to a couch in the corner of the room, "You can go sit over there." He said to Lia, "I've got to get ready." He smiled at her before turning to move his stool closer to the studio microphone. He checked his wrist watch for the time. Spencer was late, again. Just as he was about to call her, she came strutting into the booth, a flurry of bright red hair and attitude. She smirked, and went to kiss Noah's cheek. "Sorry I'm late douches. Late night." She explained. "You knew we were recording today, Spence." Seth whined. She scoffed, and rolled her eyes. "Fuck you. I know." She said, annoyed. She smacked him on the back of the head, and he just laughed. She smiled at Chris, who just continued to mess with his guitar. "Let's get this show on the road, bitches." She yelled, going to her drum set. She pulled her sticks out of her back pocket, and sat. "The Downfall of Us All." She called out, tossing a drum stick in the air, it was a A Day To Remember song that they used to get pumped up to record. She counted it out with her sticks, and Seth started in on the base and Spencer followed with the drums. They played the song through, and when it ended Spencer got up, dancing around the room, stopping when she saw Lia sitting there. "Who're you?" She asked, her voice turning cold, watching her suspiciously.

[Mia]

Lia nodded and did as she was told, going over to the couch and plopping down onto it. She was a bit surprised when Spencer came into the room, shaking her head a bit. Well she's certainly...interesting. She found herself tapping her foot in time with the music as they played, and even smiled a bit when Spencer began dancing around the room. That smile faded, however, when Spencer spoke to her. "I'm Lia." She said with a small frown.

[Alisha]

Noah just shook his head at Spencer's behavior toward Lia. "Sorry, Spencer is a little hard to swallow." He said, watching the girl in question, "She doesn't like too many people. She's territorial." he looked back at Lia with an apologetic smile. "Just ignore the attitude." He chuckled at the red haired girl when she huffed and rolled her eyes. She shot a death glare at Noah, the intensity almost unbearable. She was good at those. Spencer was actually very fun to be around once you got her to trust you, she just took Lia's appearance as a surprise.

She took one last glance at Lia, her eyes emotionless and walked back to her drumset. "I know I can be a bit of a bitch," A bit? Someone mumbled. "Hey! Shut the hell up!" She yelled, pointing at at Seth, whose smile faded. "Anyway," She continued, looking at Lia, "Just give me some time. I'll start to like you at some point." She smiled slightly, underneath the hard exterior, there was a sweet girl just trying to protect herself. "Okay everyone! Let's get this show on the road." Noah called out, "What are we recording today?"