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            Quin walked out of the back of The
Planet, she was bone weary because she’d had meetings all day, then this gig.  She leaned up against the brick building,
resting her head back and looking up at the starless sky.  Wanting to be up in it instead of looking at
it.  Floating around in the clouds,
drifting in the air like a bird, free and boundless.

            “You look beat.”  Maddy said stopping and assuming the same pose
as Quin, looking up at the sky.  Polar
opposites in looks, Maddy with her long flowing jet black hair and luminous
blue eyes.  Quin with her white as snow
blonde hair, her green eyes and less feminine look because she wore guys
clothes and tied up her hair in a severe ponytail most of the time.

            Opposites yet there was very much
alike, both wanting to play music, at all costs.  Both with a passion that came from deep
within. 

            “I am.  Burning both ends of the candle so to
speak.”  Quin said, rubbing her eyes and
looking down the alley, seeing the limo there. 
She smiled, getting accustom to seeing Raul whenever she needed to get somewhere.

            “You really are rich.”  Maddy said, turning to her and smiling.  Quin met her eyes, then looked away.  Remembering the way Maddy had acted when
she’d started dating Alice, her hurt in her eyes and voice.  The fact that everyone else in the band had
known how Maddy had felt about her, except for her.  She’d never looked at Maddy in that light
before, because Maddy was always on the hunt for a new lay.  Quin sighed.

            “Yeah.  We all have our crosses to bear.”  Quin said with a snort and Maddy laughed,
pushing her black hair away from her eyes.

            “You should get going, I’m sure your
woman is waiting….”  Maddy eluded and
Quin swallowed, watching Maddy walk away. 
Quin grit her teeth, calling out.

            “If you’d told me how you
felt…”  Quin yelled and Maddy turned
around, walking backwards, throwing up her hands, and saying.

            “We’d never have worked Q, I’ll just
love you from a far.”  Maddy said with a
big smile and Quin’s face dropped, stuffing her hands into her pockets and
waiting a few more minutes.  She slowly
walked over to the limo, Raul getting out and opening the door for her.  Quin threw herself on the leather seat, lying
down.  From
afar….