Chapter 138

"Fear awaken, Go with it now and let it over come you, Go with it now, go with it now, Your fear awaken, Go with it now and let it over come you, Fear awaken, Your mind is racing!!"

David was in the best mood he'd been in for months. He was singing better, he was pushing the guys harder than he ever had. He was making THEM keep up with HIM in EVERY way. True, most of his energy was going toward... other things than the rally, but those other things were inspiring him to push himself and his brothers in the band the hardest they've ever been pushed.

When the song ended, he looked at the guys. "Was that the best you slackers could do?" he asked.

"David, look brother. We are doing our best, but seriously?" Dan asked.

"Well, how about we take a few hours and you three go up and screw your wives. Maybe that will improve your performance."

John looked amazed. "What?"

"You fuckers heard me. Go fuck your wives. Maybe that will give you some inspiration." David said with a chuckle. "Hell, it's helped me a lot!"

"You've got to be fucking with me", Mike said. "You want us to take a break from rehearsal to go have sex with our wives?"

"Did I FUCKING STUTTER?" David asked.

"David, the rally in a week away and we just can't afford to take that kind of time", Dan said.

"THEN GET YOUR SHIT TOGETHER, DANNY! You're missing riffs left and right." He looked at Mike. "Don't EVEN get me started on you, Mikey. What the FUCK was that in 'Inside the Fire'? Did you have a short bout or amnesia or something?" Then, he looked at John. "Not have enough coffee this morning, John? Your playing is a LITTLE sleepy. You're putting ME to sleep, and THAT is what we can't afford when we're on that stage."

The guys just stared at him for a few moments. "Are we really sucking that bad?" John finally asked.

"You guys are sucking some serious balls right now, I'm not going to lie." David crossed his arms and rubbed his chin.

Dan cleared his throat. "Is fooling around with Brie really helping that much?"

David laughed. "Are you kidding me? At first it was just to vent my frustration. I'd just go find her and fuck her until neither of us could move, but then, it was as though I couldn't keep my fucking hands off of her. Hell, I want to go do it now, but like you were SO genius to point out, we have a show in a week. That means I'm being deprived of the one thing that's keeping me SANE in this fucking hell hole. So, again I say, brothers, GO FUCK YOUR WIVES!!!" He rolled his eyes and walked toward the stairs.

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David went to his and Brie's room and sat on the edge of the bed, leaning to rest his elbows on his knees. When Brie came in from feeding their kids, she looked at him. "Something wrong?"

"No. I'm just sitting here waiting on you."

"For what?"

A wicked smile came over his face, and she knew what he wanted. "I told the guys they needed to do exactly what I'm about to do to you."

She turned and walked to the bathroom. "I'm going to go take a shower." She pulled her tank top off and walked toward the bathroom. "Care to join me?"

He took off like a bat out of hell behind her, his clothes coming off as he walked. She didn't even get to turn on the water before he was behind her, setting her on the counter after spinning her around. "GOD, I LOVE YOU", he said just before his lips touched hers and he devoured her.

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About an hour later, David sat in the studio waiting on the guys. One at a time, they trickled in. David smiled at the cheesy grins that the guys wore when they walked down the stairs. "Feeling a little more motivated, Danny?" he asked.

"I hate to admit it, but yeah. Your method is fool proof", Dan said with a chuckle.

"What about you, John?" David said. John just gave him two thumbs up as he picked up his bass.  "Mikey?”

"Let's just play some music. I'm sure they're up there talking about it. I don't want to hear it", Mike said.