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"Miss this?" Dex says, with a wry smile "Never I want to see the look on the crowd’s face when you hurl all over them"

"That was one tiover as fuck You’d be sick too if you’d done ten shots of God knohat the night before" He laughs, before noticingsmile "Well, hey there darlin’," he draith a sain "This is Alicia," he says fully "She’s with rin turns friendly "Nice to ize in advance for the show"

"Don’t say that!" Tegan interrupts "You’ll do great"

Austin gives a self-conscious grin "I don’t know about that I said I wanted to start suess someone leaked it"

"Never mind the crowd," Dex sone country"

"Fuck you," Austin drawls, then breaks into a s you for years, Jonny Cash was the baddest guy in town"

"Austin here was always trying to make us listen to his country playlists," Dex tells uitars to the backing track on ‘A Hundred Nights’? I thought Connor was going to smash your amp in"

There’s a beat The easy smiles falter Then Austin raises his beer bottle "Rest in peace, ivesback to Austin "So, you all set?"

"Ready as I’ll ever be" Austin gulps his drink "I’ve got a bunch of songs, going to release an EP at the end of the ital-only, or indie release?" Dex sounds interested

"I’ve got a s to cut a couple thousand units," Austin replies "I’ up most of the oing way over an’s eye "Bathroom?" I ask her quietly

"I’ll show you" She rolls her eyes at the guys "Leave these guys to geek out alone"

I follow her back through the crowd and into the main club to find the woan asks

"Thanks," I reply "Jack and coke?" Then I stop Should I be asking so an sees the look onto relapse at the sight of a drink Besides, booze was never

She gives an heads for the bar, and I duck inside the bathrooraffiti, and a door on the stall that won’t bolt