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She seems somewhat appeased but is still eyeing me with concern tainting her expression. “All right. If you’re happy.”
“They gave me their numbers.”
“Shannon, honey…”
“I know it doesn’t really necessarily mean anything,” I quickly disclaim.
“You like them, don’t you?”
“Well,yeah. I wouldn’t have slept with them if I didn’t like them. They were… amazing and so much fun to be around, and they really did look out for me and seem interested in what I had to say.”
Grace stays silent, her expression more somber now. She reaches out and places her hand on my knee. “I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but girl to girl, and we’ve all been there, don’t go falling for them, yeah? They’re hot, but they’re guys, and you barely know them. Especially in a situation like that, they probably just see you as a groupie.”
She’s right. I don’t want to hear it, and the reminder makes me deflate.
“I don’t want you getting your heart broken over this,” she says firmly.
“I know.” I sigh. It’s not like I haven’t thought it myself often enough, utterly torn between the euphoria of everything that happened, imagining more, and the bitter realization that reality doesn’t play out that way. I’m only setting myself up for disappointment and heartbreak if I get too attached to the fantasy of it all.
It doesn’t make it any easier to hear.
“My break is pretty much over. I gotta get back to the lab,” I say reluctantly. We both stand, and she hugs me tightly.
“Hey. Tell me the deets some other time, yeah?”
I snort. “Oh, God. No… no. Nobody needs to hear about that.”
“Uh-huh? Well, if you wanna spill any time, I’m always here for that sweet goss. Also,don’tthink I’ve forgotten you still haven’t explained that cut. Was that from them too?”
“Don’t worry about it. I can explain some other time. And I’ll, uh… keep that in mind.” I smile and wave her off as she heads home. My smile dies on my lips once I’m out of sight, turning in the other direction to get back to work myself.
Why does it have to be so complicated?I wasfinewithout a relationship. I’d learned to be perfectly content with my own company. Life was so much easier without trying to deal with romantic feelings, not getting hung up over anyone, and having so much more energy and free time for myself.
One night with them, and they’ve shaken my whole existence to the core.
I snort to myself. Yeah, getting attached and hardcore crushing on anyone is the world-shaker here. Not the part about them beingfucking demons.
I shrug on my lab coat, grab a fresh pair of gloves, and return to my lab bench. I don’t want to think about it anymore. Grace’s words have left me unsettled.
She’s right. I know she’s right. That is what’s the worst about it. I talked so much about myself, but they didn’t talk about themselves in return. I hardly know anything about them. Not really.
It feels a little uncomfortable, weird, or stalkerish, perhaps.As if tracking down the theater wasn’t?But I want to find out more about them. They’re at least decently famous, after all. Goëtica’s music is niche but well-known within that market. I’ve skimmed the fan forums before. I know there’ssomeinformation about them online.
The moment I get home, I swing my bag off my shoulder and boot up my laptop.
Where to start? I don’t even know the most basic details like how old they are or their surnames. That never seemed to matter. Of course, there’s every chance that information would be falsified, even if it is available. I doubt whatever ages they may have given would be the truth.
A Wiki page exists for the band, at least. The band page is straightforward. Nothing I didn’t know there—the year it was formed, albums, dates, chart positions, and information about older tours.
Goëtica is an American alternative symphonic metal band based in Los Angeles, California. The band is known for its dedication to its concept, utilizing imagery of the members as supernatural beings throughout all albums and live appearances. Performing under stage names, Elias provides vocals and keyboard, and Caelan features on guitar. In studio albums, Caelan is also responsible for drums. Both share songwriting credit on all albums produced. There are currently seven available studio albums…
Basic. Blatantly obvious. Whatistelling, however, is that even the page doesn’t have surnames for them. It states that Elias and Caelan are stage names. There are links to pages for each of them, but it’s notthem, as in, the people. It’s only a short stub about the characters they portray on stage.
The only line relating to their personal lives is to say they keep their privacy, with nobody knowing so much as their actual names.
Because maybe they don’t evenhavetrue names. It’s just Elias. Just Caelan.
I’m quite confident they must have at least fake surnames they use. It would be impossible to navigate society without them. But in terms of the actual names they were given or prefer to go by, it is just first names.I suppose demons don’t have much use for surnames.
