Story Title: New Tattoo
Summary: THIS IS A SONGFIC STORY
Author: cowgurlhat
It was the end of another long tour, and for drummer Daniel Adair it couldn't come fast enough. He loved his band members like family, but over a year and a half with them constantly on the road was almost more than he could take. It seemed that way with everyone else once they got back to the airport. He noticed Mike's and Ryan's wives waiting for them, so it was no surprise when they rushed through their good-byes. Chad, most likely anxious to get back into the studio, was already heading to his car, searching his duffel bag for his notebook and tossing a "Later" to Daniel over his shoulder. No doubt he'll be calling me in a couple of days to come into the studio and work... again. What he really needed was to get out for awhile. After a few moments of standing restlessly in the airport, he hatched a simple plan and put it into action: get in the car and drive to wherever the car wanted to go.
He stored his suitcase into the trunk, climbed in, and started his car. He revved the engine, a wicked smile coming across his face as he reveled in the sound. He spent a lot of time on the road on a bus, but all of that time was easily forgotten in that instant. He made his way to the end of the parking lot, and when he didn't know which way to go, he decided to let fate choose, and pulled his "lucky" coin out of his pocket. "Heads is left, tails is right," he told himself and flipped the coin. It landed on tails, and he flicked the signal on while returning the coin to his pocket. He was now officially on vacation and wouldn't bother to let himself think about work. He quickly swung by a liquor store for a "private party" later and got his favorite case of beer. Now he was all set.
Sometime in the summer of '96
I was off on a road trip
A couple hundred bucks and a case of beer
Outside Panama City limit's where it all begins
2 a.m. I saw hazard lights
Appeared to be a dame distressed in the night
She was 5 foot 6, and damn she was built
I slammed on the brakes, got sideways and told her "Get in"
He had been driving around for hours on end, only stopping for food and gas. He listened to his car radio as loud as he could stand it and just let the wind blow in his face. It crossed his mind quite a few times that this was a better way of touring than that bus. Whenever I decide to call the guys back, this'll be the first thing I'm suggesting to them. Before he knew it, it was almost 2 in the morning and he was just about ready to find a hotel when he saw a glimmer of orange up ahead. As he got closer, he slowed down and took a look at what was happening.
From what he saw, there was nothing wrong with the engine since the lights were still on. The driver was standing near the front of the car, and as the headlights washed over him... or her, Daniel thought, raising a brow. She had her hair tugged away from her face with one arm, and the other one was holding a cell phone in front of her. She noticed the headlights, then stepped away from the car a little and started waving her arms abover her head to flag him down.
"Fuck. Me," he muttered as he got a good look at her. She was wearing a red cami top paired with low rise jeans that must have been so tight she had to lay down to put them on. Her body was built for every single inch of it... Black heels completed her outfit, and he had some sudden wicked visions of her wearing nothing but those, of him tangling his hands in her mass of curly blond hair...
He just about slammed on his brakes as he pulled over to the side. She ran up to the driver's side as he rolled down the window.
"Hi, Ah'm sorry Ah flagged ya down like that, but y'all gotta be the first person that came ahround here in forevah." She spoke with a Texas drawl that sent even more wicked images in his head.
"Well, that's no problem, but I don't really know anything about cars..."
"Oh, that's no problem, sugah. It ain't even my car... it's my ex's," she replied, a smirk spreading across her face. "Where y'all headed?" she asked, leaning in.
Daniel snuck a quick look at her chest before meeting her eyes and answering, "Nowhere special."
"Nowheah special..." she mused. "I always wanted to go theah. Ya mind if I come?" As she asked him that, she raised a brow and slowly smiled, as if daring him to take it the wrong way. He didn't really need her help to anyways, his mind was far gone since he first saw her.
Well, two can play this game... "If you think you can take it, I just might let you."
She bit her lower lip, then quickly ran around the car and slid in the passenger seat. "You don't need clothes or anything?" he asked her.
"For what Ah have in mind, Ah don't need 'em," she replied with a wink. That was all the incentive he needed to speed off into the night.
She said "Where you headed, to the city?"
I said, "Yeah, I'm gonna have some fun!"
She tossed back her hair in confidence
And said "Mind if I come?"
Two days later we left the room
Did all in there that we could think to do
I could see she was restless so we hit the town
Ended up at a place where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Daniel woke up in the hotel bed, an arm draped across his chest. He followed that arm with his eyes, until his gaze landed on her sleeping face. He admired her for a few seconds when she shifted, then pulled her arm away to cover her face with it. "Why y'all lookin' at me?" she whined sleepily.
He smiled and chuckled at her before turning over and gently moving her arm from her face. He gave her a kiss before saying, "Because you're pretty." He added a slight Texan drawl and a goofy grin which made her laugh.
She stretched her body like a cat, then settled back down on the bed. She glanced around the room before asking, "Y'all think we should pay foh that?" Daniel propped himself up on an elbow and looked around the room also. Daniel had made sure that he had loved her on every available surface that he could find, and it showed. They had knocked over everything, even the T.V., there were handprints on the mirror, the coat hangers were either on the floor or entangled... he could even see the edge of the shower curtain where they left it after accidentaly pulling it down. Chad would be proud.
"Yeah, I'll pay for it later," he said.
"Ya know somethin'? I think we should go out an' see what the hell this tahwn has heah." she stated, sitting straight up. The sight that she had gifted Daniel with, however, made him want to do something else entirely. She saw the look in his eye and said, "Aw, come on. Theah's time foh that latah. Please?" She pouted for effect, and it worked with Daniel.
He sighed, sat up, then looked at her and said, "Alright."
They had quickly gotten dressed and climbed into his car and drove around the town. He was having a conversation with her as they were "sight seeing", and he quickly found out that she was quick with her remarks and humor. He could definetely tell that it must've gotten her into trouble a few times, but it seemed like she didn't care.
As he stopped at a red light, he heard her gasp. She pointed at a building and said, "Ah wanna go in theah!"
He followed the direction of where she was pointing and saw a sign that said "Tattoo's Here". He had gotten tattoo's before, and it always counted on the person behind the needle. He got his done by a pro, but this place seemed kind of sketchy to him. He still pulled over though, because with some of these places nowadays you couldn't tell what exactly you were going to get.
About an hour later, he was sitting on the couch in the front waiting room. His elbows were resting on his knees and he was looking at the curtain that she had disappeared behind. Damn, I never remember my tattoo's lasting this long. He started bouncing a foot slightly, becoming slightly impatient. As he heard the curtain slide back, he looked in that direction, then walked over to her as she stepped out. She had the biggest grin on her face, he noticed. It made him smile also.
"Where'd you get it?" he asked her. She didn't answer him with words, just undid her jeans enough to reveal her left hip. It was a rose, in full bloom, with some thorny branches on both sides of it. Feminine and sexy, yet rough... fits her to a "T"."What should we do know?" she asked him, still smiling.
"I personally think that you need some rest now before we head back out later tonight, and I plan on giving you just that..." And more... oh, yeah, a LOT more.
Into the back she went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later, cheesing ear to ear
I thought, "Hell, I need to try to get back there"
When she unzipped her pants and said, "Looky here:
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue was for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Oooh, I got a new tattoo."
One week passed, woke up a day late for work
I found my good time gone and she took my shirt
Drove by all the places where we had been
There was the one where the windows read
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here
He spent one amazing week with this girl, Cindy, when he woke up one morning in an empty bed. He looked around quickly to see if she was still in the hotel room, but he lucked out. As he walked out of the bathroom, he noticed the little note that was held down by the small shampoo bottle. He pulled it out from underneath it and opened it to read:
Daniel
Thanks for the great time, luv. You're one wild spirit... one
that I could definetely want to see again sometime soon.
Oh, and I hope you don't mind: I took one of your shirts to
remember you with. I'd leave you mine, but you don't have
the chest to pull it off. Ha ha!
XXOO Cindy
Daniel smiled at her note, and turned it over to see a number scrawled on the back. He found his cellphone and dialed it, but got her voicemail right away: "Howdew, this is Cindy. You know what to do... unless this is Daniel. Ah meant what Ah said about my top, boy, ya can't have it." He laughed as he hung up the phone, and decided he probably should head back home also. He packed his stuff together in the car, and as he was about to start the car, his phone rang. He looked at the caller i.d. and saw it was Chad. He supposed that he had ignored him long enough and answered the phone. "Hallo."
"Jeez, Adair, where the hell are you that you can't answer your phone the first fifteen times I call?"
"Actually, it was eighteen, but who's counting?" he shot back, a smile spreading across his face. A typical Cindy response. Man, I hope I never forget this girl.
"Where are you, dude? I got stuff I wanna go through."
"I'm... um... backpacking in the Himalayas." He seized on the first lie that he came up with. Yeah, it sounded lame to him, but maybe Chad would buy it.
"Oh, okay. Well. Does this Himalaya chick have a close friend or a sister that you can bring home? Because I'm not buying that shit for a minute."
Daniel rolled his eyes and started the car. He headed back towards the city limits as Chad went on about a couple of song ideas. But as Daniel stopped at a familiar red light, and he glanced at a certain building, a wicked smile came across his face. "Hey Chad, I'm going to call you back later."
"Wait, wha--"
Daniel hung up the phone before he finished that sentence and pulled his car off the road and parked it. He remembered her lazy, Southern smile as she came out of the back room, and wanted to know what was so special back there... and if it could possibly make a repeat performance.
Into the back I went and disappeared
Reappeared an hour later cheesing ear to ear
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue was for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Oooh, I got a new tattoo.
The next day found Daniel in front of Chad's studio. He was wearing some of his clothes from the tour, and looked almost dazed. Chad saw this, and blinked in confusion. "Dude, you okay?"
Daniel's smile renewed as he suddenly thought of Cindy's huge grin. "Oh, yeah."
"Did you even go home yet?" asked Ryan, from the couch. Daniel shook his head and took a seat next to him.
"So, I take it you had a great time?" asked Chad.
Daniel just laughed a content laugh. You have no idea...
And I cannot forget
That smile, when she said
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
I got a brand new tattoo
All the colors in it remind me of you
The blue was for the bruise that you left in my heart
And the red is for the color we're about to paint this town
Oooh, I got a new tattoo.
A new tattoo (Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here)
A new tattoo (Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here)
A new tattoo (Tattoos, piercings, belly rings here)
"New Tattoo" lyrics by Saving Abel, copyright 2008
