Roses in the Sand by CS Patra Read Free Book Online

her element here.
     
    She couldn’t wait to talk to Johanna after the show. She wanted to know every detail there was to her rock star life. More importantly, she wanted to know how they were going to be able to survive all of this.
     
    Being the girlfriend of a rock star was not going to be an easy thing.
     

 
     
    Chapter 8
     
    Lily was excited over the fact that she was dating a rock star. This was the type of thing that she dreamed about, but never expected to do. In the past, she pictured herself getting married to various rock stars. She dreamed that she would be following them around the world as they went on tour. She wanted to be involved in a rock star’s life where people would take pictures of them. They could end up on the cover of magazines and on the red carpet. This was the kind of celebrity lifestyle that Lily wanted. She didn’t want to be the celebrity; just the person linked with the celebrity.
     
    She tried to meet up with Johanna backstage, but there were too many people over there, holding out their pens and books for the band to sign. There was no way she would be able to get a hold of Johanna right now. She would have to wait until the coffeehouse to talk with her. Then they would get their privacy and she could tell her everything that she was feeling. She could talk about the euphoria she got from seeing Johanna behind those drums. In the end, Johanna had been honest. She was a rock star and she did play the drums. What she didn’t tell her was the band that she played in. Not like Lily asked her in the first place.
     
    “I told you I wouldn’t forget about our coffee date,” Johanna said. “I was just nervous that you weren’t going to show up.”
     
    “Oh my God, you were amazing!” Lily squealed as she ran over to Johanna. “What makes you think that I wasn’t going to show up? Was it because of the surprise?”
     
    “Yeah, I was worried about that. Since you are here now…surprise!” Johanna waved her hands in the air. “It’s me! Johanna Villanueva! I hope I didn’t scare you off or anything.”
     
    “I cannot believe it!” She exclaimed. “You are Johanna Villanueva of Black Widow’s Kiss! You are the Johanna Villanueva! I’ve been roaming around with you for the past few days and I didn’t even realize it! This is just so funny and unreal for me!”
     
    “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you this sooner. I thought you would have figured it out on your own.” Johanna said. “That, and I’ve bad luck with people who find out my identity. It’s even worse when they find out that I’m gay. I’ve dealt with a lot of horrible comments and bullying from all ends of the spectrum. People have stopped listening to our music solely because I’m gay. They claim that I’m ruining lives,” she rolled her eyes. “I’m asking you, how does one’s sexuality ruin lives?”
     
    “I don’t know. There are some ignorant people out there,” Lily said. “I just don’t know how I didn’t figure this out.”
     
    “It’s a good thing you didn’t. You got your chance to know me, which most people don’t get.”
     
    “I suspected you were someone famous but I hadn't figured out who,” Lily said. “I should have known from looking at your pictures. Those pink streaks were very familiar.”
     
    “Yeah, that’s one good thing about being a drummer of a band. No one really pays that much attention to you. You still get all the glory of being in a band, but without worrying about the bad parts of fame. Of course, that is true unless you do something terrible to get you in the news.”
     
    “Have you done anything terrible?”
     
    “Oh, no! Worst thing I’ve ever done is get wasted. I’ve gotten drunk in pretty much every country there is. That’s not something to be proud of though.”
     
    Lily kissed Johanna and didn’t seem to care about the leather and studs that were lying around in the room. Gone was the disguise of plain old Johanna and here was