<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=85270.msg3810264#msg3810264">Quote from: AngelsDemonsCode on 24-10-2010, 08:23:02</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_alternate_quote">"Hello. Is this Charley Tabitha? Hi. This is Kelly B. You need a bassist? Where and when? I've got one gig I've already started today I need to finish, maybe two hours. Beyond that, you name it. I'll be there." She doesn't sound super-anxious. It's the calm, assured tones of a professional who has no idea what a big deal this could be. She's figuring she's just a fill-in while someone goes on vacation or something. That's what much of her work has been since her old band broke up.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div>Glaring at it, she got the phone and resisted the urge to strangle it. She needed it, she needed it, she needed it... Sitting up straight, Charley answered it with a very deep and annoyed, "Charley Tabitha speaking."<br/><br/>It was the bassist she had called earlier, making the manager wake up more. She stood up from the chair and started to pace in her small office, carefully listening to the young woman's voice. She had to admit, Kelly B sounded very professional and cool. Something she needed right now for the band considering the other girls' personalities. She noted the time her newest band member would come in, making note to text Carry about this later.<br/><br/>"I was hoping that you could be our newest bassist, since ours quick all out of the blue for reasons I rather not explain," Charley said after she let Kelly B speak. "Think of it as a trail of sorts, to see if you fit in the band well enough. I've heard good recommendations from others about you and I hope they were telling the truth. We're going on tour soon and we need a new bassist."<br/><br/>She continued, "I'm alright with you taking two hours or more, but I need to see you here in the studio today to see how you interact with the others. I'll give you the directions to where we are now." She gave the directions, careful to make her voice soft but audible only for Kelly B since she wasn't interested in having the wrong person hearing this and paparazzi the living <em>fuck</em> out of the band. "I hope to see you soon now."<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Given the name of the location and an address, Kelly is fine. She taps that into the phone and saves it, just in case. Directions? That's for the cabbie to figure out. "Right. I got it. See you in three, OK?" She's keeping that professional tone to her voice, forcing herself mentally to keep acting like this is just another fill-in gig. She waits until she's off the phone with Ms. Tabitha -- yeah, that's how she thinks of Charley so far -- before she lets out a gasping breath and her body starts to tremble. Holy crap. Seriously? how was she ever going to be able to concentrate on playing for Billie when she's going to be obsessing over how to make a good impression on the Sinners?<br/><br/>Kelly gives herself a good shake, and a little time in the restroom to clear her head and bring her heartrate down. Then she heads back into the studio, and throws herself into the music. She just has to remember anything can happen. Right now, it's important she plays her heart out for Billie. This thing with the Sinners could go South. Better to keep making all the good impressions she can, so maybe she can get another opportunity. Keep plugging away.<br/>