Penny comes barging into my room the next morning entirely too early.
“Go away,” I groan and try to cover my head with my pillow.
“Not a chance.” She jerks my pillow from my fingers.
I try to pull my blanket over my head and she steals it away too.
“You suck.” Scrubbing my fingers over my eyes, I try to pry them open.
“You are going to go take a shower and we are getting sexed up for the concert. I refuse to let you go with me looking like a gym instructor in your yoga pants and wife beater.”
“Penny!” I whine.
“No Katie, you are going to wear real clothes and make yourself presentable.” I guess she has a point. My Saturdays are usually spent lounging on the couch downstairs in my sweats watching movies with Percy and Stewart.
“Yes ma’am.” I salute her and trudge across the hall to the bathroom.
“And for the love of all things, shave your legs Katie. You shouldn’t have more hair on you than Percy!” She bickers at me. I just haven’t seen much point. No one touches my legs but me. But maybe Penny is right and I should start caring more about my appearance…I used to care.
After my shower, I feel good. Recharged maybe?
Penny is waiting with her makeup bag and hair rollers when I come out of the bathroom. “I hope you have a magic wand in that bag,” I say with a snicker.
“I just might, smartass.” She points to a chair and I take my seat like a good friend.
After an hour of my life, I will never get back, spent with Penny plucking my brows and teasing my hair, I am allowed to move from the chair, to get dressed.
“Please put on pretty panties and a real bra,” she says with a raised brow.
“We are going to a concert not to get me laid, jeez.” Penny means well so I appease her and wear an underwire bra and black lacey panties under my jeans with the holes in them. Going to a rock concert, guess I had better dress the part. I put on a tight fitting spaghetti strapped white tank top. My hair is blown out in big waves. I have big movie star hair and I have to admit
I look hot when I look in the mirror. I look like a woman.
It does feel good to be getting dressed up and going out. Penny actually had a good idea. I am getting excited.
Penny is actually working and I am tagging along as her guest. She has to wear her red employee t-shirt, but at least she wears red like nobody’s business.
Chapter 28
The traffic leading up to the Speedway is insane. We are only able to get around it because of Penny’s special parking pass. There are rows of tour busses in the lot we pull into. My heart starts hammering in my chest. Is this the life he is living? Is he on the road somewhere on a bus, like these right now, touring the states? The only downside to this day is it has put him on my mind more than I care to admit. My fingers are clutching the pendant around my neck tightly.
Penny finds a parking space and hands me the pass I need to wear around my neck that will get me access to basically anywhere today. Since Penny will be working, I will mainly be on my own, but she has promised she will hang with me, when she can.
Maybe I should have brought Stewart along. He probably would have loved this. I don’t want to give him the wrong idea though. I like having him around and I don’t want to lose his friendship.
Butterflies flutter in my stomach. Taking a deep breath, I get out of the car. As we walk through the sea of tour busses, we are catcalled by a few roadies, and it gives my confidence a much needed boost.
Penny gets us cleared through security and I walk with her so she can check in and I can find out where she will be posted. It turns out Penny will actually get to stay with me. They just want her passing out flyers for the Speedway while we walk around and check out the different bands.
I wonder who is playing. It has been so long since I have allowed myself to enjoy music. I avoid it always…afraid I will hear his band. Afraid I will hear the voice that owns me completely.
‘Want you so bad Kat.’
Four words that I long to hear from his dimpled mouth…my heartaches and my chest is tight, and I cannot breathe remembering his face.
Why did I agree to this? Penny…right. She looks over and sees the panicked expression on my face.
“You are thinking about him aren’t you?”