*Mallory*

We walked into the backyard, seeing everyone partying and drinking and swimming, music playing by the pool.

The four of us practically stood out in this crowd.

I wore my black crop top with blue studded shorts and black boots, hair slightly teased and with my leather jacket on as we walked in.

Nikki took the bottle of Jack from the bartender as we walked, having a drink before handing it to me, where I down two chugs before handing the bottle back to him.

We continued there, getting some looks before finally arriving to the source of the music, seeing the band performing.

"A fucking cover band?" Mick asked.

"Yeah, but I'm telling you, I went to high school with this dude," Tommy said as we watched, seeing the band was covering a Billy Squier song.

Well, the singer's cute.

Mick and I went to get us a table as Tommy pointed out the singer to Nikki.

"You a starter groupie or something, by the way?" Mick asked.

"What, no," I scoffed.

"You seem close with Nikki," he said.

"He and Tommy got me out of a shitty job and rent, so I definitely owe them, especially Nikki," I said.

Mick took a swig of Jack as Nikki and Tommy joined us and continued to watch the band, particularly the singer, who Tommy said his named Vince.

"His voice ain't bad," Mick said, to which I nodded in agreement.

"I don't care if he can sing or not. Look what he's doing to those chicks," Nikki pointed out, us watching as a bunch of the girls in the crowd screamed and reached out for the singer.

I nodded my head and softly sung along to the lyrics as I watched them, munching on some chips from the bowl nearby, moving my hips from side to side, too.

*Nikki*

I was supposed to be watching this guy sing, but I noticed how Mal enjoyed the show, and it just made me smile for some reason.

"Yeah, Vinnie!!" Tommy shouted as the song ended, everyone cheering as I was pulled from my thoughts.

"Woo! Thank you, we are Rock Candy!" Vince yelled into the mic.

"Shitty name," Mick said, Mal chuckling softly as she applauded and the band stepped down from the set.

"He's fucking perfect, man," Tommy encouraged me.

"He's pretty good," I agreed as we all watched Vince head to the bar, grabbing a beer and then talking to some girl.

"Hey, I'm gonna get something to eat, I'm kind of hungry," Mal said.

I nodded as she headed over to where a guy was cooking barbecue.

"I'm gonna talk with Vince," Tommy said and jogged over.

"Be honest, man," Mick said. "You like Mallory?"

"Wait, what?" I asked. "Nah, man, she's just a friend and I only met her a few weeks ago. I just didn't like the way she was living so I decided to give her a hand."

"The way you looked at her just now says otherwise," he said, taking a swig of JD.

I scoffed as we look to see Tommy talking with the singer, motioning over to us and stuff before handing him a copy of our tape.

Soon Tommy jogged over towards us.

"I think he's in," He said excitedly as I high fived him.

"This party blows," Mick said, looking unimpressed.

"Yeah, it does..." I agreed. "You two go wait by the car, I'll get Mal."

They nodded and I went to where Mal was getting food, seeing she was arguing with some guy before he grabbed her chest and she suddenly threw her drink at his face and slammed the plate with a burger and stuff over his head, then kicking him into the pool, everyone laughing or gasping.

She grunts as she stormed away towards me, snatching another bottle of Jack from the bartender and chugging it down.

"What the fuck happened?" I asked as she then grabbed my hand and stormed out with me in tow.

"Fucking pig could be related to my ex-boss," she snapped. "Tried to rip my shorts off for a quickie by the pool."

"What?! Are you okay, though?!" I asked as I made her stop by the gate.

"I'm fine, just mad as hell," She sighed.

"Alright, come on, I can order us a pizza when we get home," I assured her.

She nodded and that's when we realized we were still holding hands and she let go.

"S-Sorry...." she mumbled, blushing a bit.

"Its fine... Come on, let's get home before shit gets ugly. Tommy gave the singer our number," I said, taking the Jack from her and putting my hand on her back and we walked to her car before climbing in and heading home.

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Alright, hope you all like how the the story is going so far!

Video above is of Vince's pool party performance from the movie. 🤘🏻

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