<strong> John Fredricks  (http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y200/babycakes_0765/John2.jpg)...continuing the chat with Katey.</strong><br/><br/>John took the shove ...and anything else the little vixen wanted to dish out to his body . At this time he was too tired to care , not that it bothered him any for he admired a woman with a little spark that could not be controlled . When she had calmed though the man reached up and pulled his sunglasses off no longer hiding behind them. The normal state of those eyes were glassed over and at this time there was none of that . So anyone who knew him well would soon realize the man didn't have a buzz .<br/><br/>He shook the glasses at her ...<strong>" Look , you say your name is Katey ...works for me . Sometimes individuals have something they wish to escape from , understandable . Especially in this business . You say your clean , I want to believe you . Doubt you need the lecture that you pick it back up - your right back in it and worse do ya ?"  </strong><br/><br/>Damn her anyways ...he needed a buzz badly , having a serious conversation with anyone after driving half the night away . Rest of that shit on his mind , people dead ...fricking memories anyways . Slide his sunglasses back on as he drew in a deep breathe.<strong>" We all were young and dumb ...ifin you get that second shot , don't go blowing it . "</strong>as he started walking back the other way towards the coffee shop .<strong>" I got you a shit job as gofer on this crew as a roadie ...that ain't nothing to be thanking me about . You want to land your ass back in the spotlight with this band ....your on your own there. Earn it , prove yourself ....I ain't helping you attain no free pass in that regards . "  </strong><br/><br/>Then the man went silent as he leaned up on the java chart ....letting her do the ordering . Pulling out a twenty dollar bill if she needed to use it to buy the coffee . No longer did he even act like he was paying attention but that was just how JD was building up his walls again . Keep those that hurt you at an arms distance so they don't get a chance to do it again . A debate going on in his mind now ...didn't pertain to her or the prior situation . Just always seemed that when one ghost crept up out of a closet a few others poked their fricking head out to . Would of , Should of ...Could of sentences begin to float about in the mind as the devil himself toyed with a man's very soul .<br/><br/>No he wasn't going to help her ...silencing inside now everything speaking up to the contrary . He would listen to whatever she had to say , might even carry back a thing of coffee to help out . Though he was going to be silent . When they got back to the sidewalk area and no other prying ears could hear .  He spoke ...<strong>" You need a place to stay on the tour , you know how to find my room ....not offering my bed mind you . I not ...not you , just can't put myself back in that position again . I not going to watch another one die and have my heart ripped out ...not happening . "  </strong>John looked away from her , his jaw was clenched tight ..anger flooded through him and he wasn't numb enough to stop it . He needed to feel numb again soon and by the smell of that package Maggie had left under the seat he was indeed going to be that way .<br/><br/>