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CH1
I spent my light with my bandmate, my idol, my friend, Alice Cooper, as usual. We had spent serval nights together for the new album already. He was always so caring but a bit over protective these days. One thing I concerned the most was the relationship between Manson and him. They were good friend for many years but it seemed something wried happened. Alice avoided inviting Manson to their parties and gigs made me worried.
"Are you coming for party tomorrow night?" Alice asked.
"Why not? Did you invite Brian and Twiggy?"I asked, trying to bring up my question.
"I can invite them If you want...."Alice agreed but did not looks so happy with that.
"To be honest, I'm worrying about the tension between you guys. Anything happened?" I couldn't keep the question in my heart. They were my best friends, I wanted to solved the problem before it get more serious.
"Um...what are you talking about?" Alice was hiding something.
"Come on dude, I just want to help."
"Nothing happened. Manson and I are good friends, still are." Alice gave me a comforting smile but I knew he was lying.
"I'm inviting him to our party."
"Ok, I'm fine with that."
Thats' why I called my friend at mid night. I was pretty sure he was still awake so it was not a problem. After a few seconds, he answered.
"Oh!Johnny!What makes you call at this time? Feeling lonely without a girl to sleep with? " his voice seemed he was in a rush. It made me think that maybe I interrupted something good.
"What makes you think I don't"
"So you're fucking in love! With whom? Don't tell me you.."
"No! You know it's impossible. But why you care?" I knew who was he talking about and I knew how much he worried about me after my failure in marriage. But his reaction was too large.
"..No, I don't care actually. "
"Anyway, Alice asks if you're free tomor...tonight. We're having a party." I checked the clock, it was half past twelve already.
"So you're in love. Do I know her? A young model?"
"You know..him. Brian!Stop imagining my love life."
"You're talking about Alice Cooper?"
"Finally...Will you come?"
"Of course..."
"Tell him to bring Twiggy. It's gonna be fun."Alice yelled. I knew there was something really going wrong but I still couldn't tell what was that actually. But he was right, it was gonna be fun.
"Bring Twiggy. We would like to have a drink with your boyfriend."
"I'll ask. You're with Alice right now?"
"We're working on the new album."
"Looking forward....Twiggy is calling, night."
I was glad that they were coming, maybe everything would be fine after few rounds of drinks. When I looked up, I saw Alice stared at me with a worrying look.
"What's wrong?"
"Nothing, you should get some sleep before the next song."
"It's just mid-night..." I couldn't sleep. It was too early for me and yes, I had some sleeping problem since those messy things happened.
"But you looks tired. Take a bath and get some sleep. Or you need some lullaby?"
"Fine, Daddy...."I didn't want my friend worry about me. Alice had already helped me a lot.
I laid on the bed and stared at the ceiling. I was alone. Those I thought I could trust betrayed me and my friends were getting fewer and fewer. The most heart breaking one was the death pf my mum. I was so lost and couldn't find my way. The road was too long and harsh for me. I would like to grab some drinks but I didn't want to make Alice worried. My mind was getting more and more messy. I couldn't control it. I got up and walked downstairs. To my surprise, Alice was still sitting on the coach but he was not surprised to see me.
"Some hot milk?"He asked.
"I'm not a kid."
"You can't sleep at night, can you?"
"What?"I didn't expect he know. I didn't tell anyone and tried my best to hide this problem.
"I know quite something about you. I know you're having a harsh time but you don't need to hide it from me."
"Thanks. "That's the only word I could say.
"You're not alone, Johnny. Wanna watch some movies? It might help you relax a bit."Alice turned on the TV and took out some blue rays from cabinet.
"The Conjuring 2? It doesn't seems relaxing."I picked up one of those disks. The cover showed a hand holding a catholic rosary beads necklace and a girl in red dress standing in front of the window.
"Horror films can lessen stress. It creates distraction. Believe me, it works."Alice took the disk from me and put it into the player.
I was not a fan of horror films. To be honest, I was not a fan of any film. I always fell asleep in cinema but all I needed now was a nice sleep so it might work.
I sit next to Alice, he dimmed the light and movie started playing. I expected it was a film with tons of jump scare and blood but it didn't. The choose of sound tracks were nice especially the one played by main character Ed Warren with guitar. The film showed a true and simple love between Ed and Lorraine. After so many relationships, I was touched by this love bound. A trust without doubt was the most precious in my heart.
"You scared?" Alice's voice pulled me back from imagination.
"No, but I love this one."
"Good choice of music, right?"Alice put his arm around my shoulder. It is quite weird for two guys hugging on the coach but I felt just right at this moment. I needed some support from friends and Alice always knew what I needed. I felt my mind flew away gradually and fell asleep.
tbc