Carry grinned at her backing guitarist. "Yeah... Emma's disappeared to god know's where, and Adrian's late too! Not like her."<br/><br/>She was just about to send one of the roadies to go look for the missing band members when the door to the studio opened and Adrian wandered in, apologising with a total lack of sincerity. That wasn't unusual... But Emma emerging from a side room with the same colour lipstick Kim was wearing smeared around her mouth, followed a few moments later by Kim, and both of them smelling of something other than tobacco...<br/><br/>"Jeesus, Kim, that stuff screws your head up! And do you think maybe you guys could fuck each other on your own time?" In truth, though, she was jealous. She fancied Kim like mad. Hell she fancied all the band members. But it seemed that they all saw her as some kind of outsider. The fact that the band was her idea and it was her vocals that won the talent contest - she wondered vaguely whether she could have done it without their help. Probably not. They needed to be a team.<br/><br/>"Yeah," She answered Em. "Mum had the radio on in the car and the tune got stuck in my head. I can't remember enough of the words to get it out. Perhaps we should cover the song?" She giggled. Stupid suggestion.<br/><br/>"OKAY! Let's rehears. Let's start with the one that's making us money...."<br/>Carry set her Fender aside and took the radio-mike in both hands, as the band behind her launched into the opening riff of Eternal Flame, the sweet, sexy rock ballad that was a hit for the Bangles in the 80s, Atomic Kitten in 2001, and was now a top 40 hit for the young up and coming band called Sounds of Sinners.<br/><br/>♪♫Close your eyes, give me you hand... (Darlin')♪♫<br/>♪♫Do you feel my heart beating, do you understand?♪♫<br/>♪♫Do you feel the same? Or am I only dreaming?♪♫<br/>♪♫Is this burning an eternal Flame?♪♫<br/><br/>She sang, the thing she enjoyed doing most, putting all the passion she could into the words.