Love Drunk Sims 4 Style: Chapter Two

Chapter Two: The Debut Of Sweet Cacophony

"I know who that's all about!" Roxy made Dexter jump as she tapped him on the shoulder after their practice.

"W-what?" He spluttered, unsure of what she meant.

"Your new song, Blonde Angel! I know exactly who that is about Maloney and it's adorbs!" She gushed, as Dexter's face burned.

"It's just a song Rox, I write them all the time. Doesn't mean they have any meaning or..."

"Maloney, cut the crap!" She always referred to him as Maloney, Ash and Drew were just Ash and Drew, but he got his surname and he wondered if it was some kind of insult. "Your songs always have meaning, and you mean Lain when you sing about your Blonde Angel!"

Dexter had no idea how to respond to that, so he took the cowardly way out and walked away looking for a rock to go and hide under. "I mean it Maloney!" She called to him, "It's adorbs!"

"Ugh, adorbs is not a word, please buy a dictionary!" He retorted, yeah that'll shut her up!

"You go buy her some flowers and tell her you love her, then I'll buy a dictionary ya patronising dweeb!"

Dexter stood alone in the hallway and tried to breathe, God if Roxy knew then did that mean that Lainie...? "Oh freckles, you're killin' me here!" He muttered to himself, when talking to Ash about her he always called her freckles hoping no one else would know who he was referring to. She had such cute freckles scattered all over her cheeks and button nose, she was his Blonde Angel and Roxy knew it! "Damn!" He mumbled as the rest of the band came flooding out of the practice room towards the kitchen.

Lainie was adjusting to living with so many people after it being just her and Roxy in their pokey little flat, she and Charlotte were becoming fast friends despite the initial wobblies. "Dexter Maloney is handsome, but then you already know that!" She announced as they watched television.

"Where did that come from?" Lainie feigned ignorance.

"You like him, he's very likeable. You should talk to him, I don't understand the silence between you!"

Charlotte was a very odd girl, sweet and kind, but odd nonetheless. She just came out with whatever she was thinking, a bit like Lainie but she had no filter. She was also eerily perceptive. "I have a brother!" She blurted out. "My twin in fact, he's called Rob and he's in need of a lady friend, maybe you two could go out and socialise?"

"Um..."

"He's not as handsome as Dexter Maloney, but he has some good qualities and he is single and lonely. Two things you have in common!"

"Well I..."

"I'll get him to pick you up tomorrow evening and you can go out and have some coffee or see a film, it will be good for both of you!"

"What's this, what's this?" Roxy demanded as she and the boys appeared after their practice.

"Oh Lainie is going to go on a date with my brother tomorrow evening!" Charlotte replied rather flatly, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

Roxy grumbled at Charlotte and threw herself down beside the girls, "But our first gig is tomorrow night! You both promised to be there!" She pouted, and Lainie felt relieved and nodded enthusiastically.
"Yes, Charlotte we promised!"
"Oh, yes we did!" She remembered. 

"A ha!" Charlotte beamed happily and clapped her hands, "Rob can take you to the show!" Lainie laughed out loud, it was an exasperated laugh as she nodded again and replied faintly,
"Yay!"

Dexter looked devastated by this and Charlotte knew it, the whole reason she had set this little date up in the first place was to get Dexter Maloney to act! To get Dexter to finally talk to Lainie! He turned heel and walked out as a smirk appeared on Charlotte's face, if this didn't spur him on then nothing would! 

Suddenly Drew piped up, "So the guy who visits, he's your brother?"

"Yes!" Charlotte blinked, of course he was, what a silly question!

"Oh!" Drew nodded with a relieved smile, he'd always wondered. Ash nudged him and winked as he grunted, "Beat it elder Maloney!"

"Just sayin'..." He whispered, "...she's available!" Drew blushed and nudged Ash back even harder.

"Drop it!" He and Ash continued to converse in hushed voices so that the girls wouldn't hear.

"What's your problem? Just ask her out for coffee or something!" Ash spoke through the side of his mouth still elbowing his friend.
"I can't!" Drew hissed, "I'm...oh blow this!" And he stomped off almost in imitation of Dexter.

"What's his deal?" Roxy eyed Ash accusingly as if she already knew.
"Headache!" He half smiled, but he knew she wasn't buying it.

Drew stormed into Dexter's room where he was trying to paint, "Ugh, why can't people just leave me alone!" He bellowed and dropped down onto Dexter's bed.

"Um, you barged into MY space dude, take a look in the mirror before you start with that accusatory..."
"Not you numb nuts!!!" Drew waved an irritated hand at his best friend, "I just wish I'd never mentioned liking Char now!"

"Oh!" Dex nodded, "Yeah I can relate! I write a song about freckles and now I'm getting grief from Roxy!"
"What song about her?" So it wasn't that obvious? Damn that Roxanne!
"Fuck! Blonde Angel?" A flash of realisation on Drew's face made Dex blush.
"AHHHHHHH!" Drew's unmistakable chuckle reverberated around the room as he wagged his finger at him. "Yeah I dropped the ball there but now it all makes sense hahahahaha!"

"Alright, don't start!" Dex huffed.
"Oh no baby Maloney while the heat's off me for a minute I'm gonna enjoy this!"
"Hey, that's not how best friends should treat each other, shame on you!" Dex scolded him.
"And shame on you for embarrassing me in front of Char the other night! Telling her about my award and my lack of plus one?"

"I was looking out for you my friend, I was trying to get you a plus one wasn't I?" Drew shook his head in disbelief, what a crummy way to do it though, he thought.
"Dexter it's up to me to get a plus one, and if I want to ask Char, I will! Got it?"
"Okay, okay geez!" Dex looked slightly hurt. But he understood why Drew was annoyed, he'd shouted across the kitchen to Charlotte that Drew had won an award for his pet hygienator and was looking for a date to the Inventor of the Year ceremony and would she be free.

Drew had gone a mixed shade of purple for rage and red for embarrassment. Dex truly thought he was going to explode as Charlotte was oblivious to the whole thing and said "Oh Dexter Maloney why are you asking me for help? I have no friends outside this circle, unless he'd like to take my mother!" She shrugged and left the room.

"Yeah it was a shitty thing to do, I'm sorry Drewski, I just wanted you two to go out together. Make your dreams come true!"
"Well I'll ask Char if you ask Lainie out, deal?" Dexter's head fell and he looked down at the ground sadly. "What? Seriously man what is your deal lately? You usually just go out and get the girl, why are you so weird with Lainie?" Dexter had no answer for him because he didn't know.

"I wish I knew! Anyway, she's already got a date!" There was a bitter tone to the word date when he said it, and he looked so sad.
"Oh that? That's just Char being wacky as usual. Don't sweat it, I'm sure once you turn on that Dexter charm on stage Char's brother will be out of the picture!"

Dex plastered on a fake smile and nodded. The problem was he didn't know how to turn on the charm with Lainie, and it was frustrating the hell out of him!

He would look at her and just melt. Watch her laugh with Roxy and Charlotte...

...see her fingers tapping to their music as she pretended to be nonplussed by them...

...he even sat next to her the other night to watch T.V. but he didn't dare speak for fear of making a fool of himself. He just sat there and tried to concentrate on the screen.

Dexter had moped about Lainie's date for a few hours and it only made him more and more furious. How dare Charlotte do this! How dare she!

He marched through the house looking for her to give her a piece of his mind, when a small figure walking by made him stop, it was Lainie. She kept walking as if he wasn't even there and it hurt his feelings. Did she dislike him that much? "Hey!" He blurted out as she passed. She stopped dead and the look of shock on her face was impossible to conceal. "Fr...Lainie!" Lame! Yeah just say her name like a total dorkus! And almost call her freckles to her face, ass hat!
"Uh..." She mumbled, still standing on the spot. Dex took a few steps backwards to face her.

"Hi, yeah um..." What in the heck was he going to say?
"I'm sorry I'm in a hurry!" She squeaked, and attempted to duck into her room.
"No, wait! Please?"

Oh God what did he want? She thought as her heart was pounding in her chest. "Fr...Lainie..." Yeah he almost did it again! What a loser! "I just wanted to say hi and you know, um, since you moved in we haven't really talked or even said hello or anything really so..." He was rambling.
"I'm sorry..." She began, why was she always sorry?

"Look, I don't think you should go out with Char's brother." There he said it.
"Why? Do you know him? Is he like, weirder than she is or..."

"No I don't know him I just want you to..." GO OUT WITH ME INSTEAD, SAY IT!!! His brain was screaming at him, but his heart was failing on him.
"To what? You're making me really nervous Derek!"
"Um my name is Dexter? And I didn't mean to I just..." SAY IT!!!

"...I want you to be careful." PUSSY! "Blind dates can be, well, disastrous so...good luck!" He grinned a little too much and ran into his own room.

"Huh!" Lainie was lost for words, what in the world was that all about? Why was he so odd with her? He acted like a cool dude with everyone else, why did he have to take the complete piss out of her? "What a prick!" She grunted, why was she always attracted to good looking douche canoes?

"Jesus Maloney you're such a dickhead!" Dex scolded himself. And she didn't even remember his name! God she really hated him! "I just wanna die, she fuckin' hates my guts! Fuck it!" He'd really blown it now, he knew she wasn't that fond of him before but now there was no going back from that shit show!

Things had become even more awkward between Lainie and Dex since their brief encounter in the hall. She avoided him at every turn and he tried to make amends but she was having none of it. "She thinks you're a prick!" Roxy stared blankly at him as they finished their last practice before their gig.
"I know, you don't have to tell me!"

"What the hell did you do?"
"I made a total ass of myself!" Dex stared her down with those aqua blue eyes, looking tired and defeated.
"Well unmake a total ass of yourself because she thinks you're poking fun at her and taking the total piss! She thinks you're a bit of a bully actually!" Roxy shook her head, "What the fuck did you say?"

"Hey I'm not a bully, and I'd never...I think the world of her!" Roxy stood back and blinked.
"Wow, you have it really bad!"
"Yes, I do! Fuck, why did I even speak to her yesterday, she's right I am a prick!" Roxy chuckled and gave him a hug, she was a huggy person and Dex had learned to live with it.

"Maloney, she's shy and she is a bit of a loner. Her shell may be hard, but underneath there is an ooey gooey centre I promise you!"
"She hates me!" He whined.
"No, she doesn't! Lainie is incapable of hate. Dislikes, maybe, but not hate!"
"Gee thanks!" He huffed and wriggled out of her embrace.

"We have two hours until we stand out in front of a whole crowd and I'm nervous as hell already, I don't need her glaring at me on the sidelines...with her DATE!" Dexter spat out that last word as Roxy laughed at him. "Stop laughing!"
"I'm sorry it's just...gah you two are just so annoying!" What the hell did that mean?

"Okay!" Dexter put his hands up, "I'll go and apologise before the show, satisfied?" Roxy eyed him warily.
"Just don't fuck it up, understood Maloney?"
"Yeah yeah!" He muttered and stalked off.

When Dex knocked on Lainie's door he was relieved that she immediately called "Come in!", so he took his chance and walked right into her room. "Finally, I need you to help me choose between this dress and..." Dexter's face felt hot as he caught sight of her in her undergarments, God she was cute!
"I...know nothing about these things fr...Lainie, sorry!" Lainie screeched with fright and wrapped her arms around herself in shock.

"What the hell are you doing here?" She demanded, as Dexter's face grew even hotter, it felt like it was on fire.
"Oh man, I...sorry you said to come in I..." Dumbass! He scolded himself, you've done it again! Just leave!
"I thought you were Roxanne oh my days!"

Try and get outta this one, fuckwit! Rather than leave it and give her privacy, to his horror his mouth opened and he began to speak, "I just need a moment of your time..."
"I'm in my underwear!" I noticed, his head screamed, but his mouth kept going.
"And very pretty you are too, please? Just gimme a couple of minutes?" She made an ugh sound and nodded reluctantly as he cleared his throat. "I wanted to apologise for upsetting you yesterday, it was the furthest thing from my mind to hurt you fr...Lainie."
"Why do you keep calling me fr-Lainie?"

"I don't I..."
"Yes you do! It's weird, and so are you!" Dexter felt a pang of hurt when she called him weird. But he soldiered on, might as well burn in the wreckage of this car crash.
"Right, well, yesterday I was being weird I admit. It's only because I get all nervous around you and make a total ass of myself."
"Me? You're nervous of me?" She raised her eyebrows in surprise.
"Yes. You're so pretty! Man I could so paint you right now!"
"And I'm still in my underwear, what is this Derek?"

"Dexter, my name is Dexter!"
"And my name is Lainie not fr-Lainie! What's your point?"
"You're makin' me work for this aren't ya?" He chuckled as his palms sweated and his mouth grew dry.
"Work for WHAT? WHAT DO YOU WANT???" She was getting a little hysterical and Dexter was really getting scared he was totally fucking this up. Why didn't he leave when she shrieked at him?
"I'm sorry Lainie, I'm sorry I'm such a dick, and I hope we can be friends because I do really like you. I wanna be your friend!" Lame, lame, lame-o! "See you tonight, bye!"

Dexter ran out the door leaving Lainie utterly confused. Then confusion became embarrassment, "He saw me in my fucking underwear, why do you hate me universe? Uuuuuuuuggggghhhhh!"

Roxy finally popped by to help Lainie with her dress, then she had to rush off to help set up the gear. 

Then Charlotte arrived and announced that Rob had a "tummy bug" and wouldn't be taking Lainie to the show. She tried to look disappointed but she was actually beyond relieved inside. "It's a real shame, he will be sorry he missed you dressing up for him!" It's not for him, Lainie thought, it's for that stupid Dexter who is the biggest weirdo she'd ever met. Yes she still liked him, even though he talked a load of rubbish and tried to have a conversation with her in her pants. She had butterflies just thinking about him.

As they headed out, Lainie couldn't help but notice that Charlotte was wearing the same clothes from the day before, in fact she'd been wearing them all week. "Aren't you dressing up Charlotte?" Charlotte shook her head and smiled.
"No no, I must wear green for luck, so the show goes well for Roxy and the boys. And this is my only green item of clothing!" Lainie shrugged and followed her out to the taxi.

The club was pretty busy, fans of Deadly Nightshade had followed Dexter and the boys, now Sweet Cacophony. At least Jeremy didn't take away their fan base. Right at the front were Lainie, Charlotte...

...and crazy Selena! Her cute friend was there too. Dexter was going to avoid Selena as much as he could when their set was done.

It was a good night, so good that it took Dex a while to notice that Charlotte's brother was nowhere to be seen. Did Lainie call it off?

The next song, was Blonde Angel! Dex announced across the room that this was a new song, a special song for a special girl. Ash was grinning at his special girl, they exchanged winks and his heart was all a flutter as Erin swayed along to the start of the new tune.

Lainie was aware of Dexter's eyes on her as he sang the slow ballad. "You don't know I exist, it hurts me deep inside, to think that all of this, this love I have to hide, is bleeding out from my heart and you don't give a damn, do you know when we're apart, how dead inside I am? My blonde angel, sent from up above, my blonde angel, you're the one I've always dreamed of..."

"Wow, I think he's singing to that girl over there! Looks like Rosalie is definitely out of the picture but..."
"Erin stoooooop!" Selena pouted. "The song is obviously about me! His blonde angel!" You wish, Erin snorted to herself as Ash's eyes twinkled only for her.

Lainie was afraid to look at him, Dexter Maloney was actually singing to her. Yes it was probably an act he put on for the first girl he saw in the crowd, but she was loving it! After all she acted like she didn't like their music when nothing could be further from the truth. She loved their band, and all the more when her best friend became the keyboard player.

And speaking of Roxy, she was having the time of her life! Lainie was so happy for her, she always wanted to play keyboard in a band. And now her dream was coming true!

Drew was playing his heart out, stealing glances at Charlotte who was looking her usual deadpan self. No one ever knew what she was thinking. She was a master at the poker face!

"Are you enjoying the show?" Lainie shouted over the music to her.

"Immensely!" She replied flatly. "They may be noisy boys, but they are very talented. But I don't need to tell you that, you already know how wonderful Dexter Maloney is, don't you?" She shot her a knowing look with a little smirk, as Lainie blushed and kept her head down.

They finally finished their set to whoops and cheers from the audience, Erin being one of them, as Selena gazed adoringly at her Dexter. "My baby, he's so talented!" Selena cooed as Erin rolled her eyes. If only she knew that Ash was most definitely Erin's, she would go berserk!

Dexter yelled over the mic, "Thank you very much, we have been Sweet Cacophony and YOU HAVE BEEN A FUCKING AWESOME CROWD!!!" Cheers erupted from the audience as the boys, and girl, took their bows and left the stage.

Lainie was feeling a mixture of emotions, she was still confused over Dex and his weird behaviour, but she was still so very much besotted with him...

...and she wasn't the only one, as Selena McLean followed her heartthrob's every move, not even noticing that her friend had sneaked off. She was determined to have him all to herself, and that girl over there was just a bug she had to squash!

To Be Continued...

Next chapter will introduce the eighth member of the gang, Matthew Hayes! Last time around he didn't appear until later on, but he's going to be there practically from the start this time.