WHO: Sophie and Lia
WHERE: Black WIdow Tour Bus
WHEN: Summer tour 2008

Sophie didn't smoke, she abhorred the nasty habit, and forbid anyone to do it around her, in her space, or especially on the bus. So as she sat in the back lounge "toodle ooh" waving to the pair of freshly-made-men Emo Boys as they departed the bus, she chewed on a Rainbow stick of candy, and wore a grin most wide and mischievous. EZ had been gone only two days, but it had been nearly two weeks without sex, and she'd been about to lose her mind. That was until she started chatting up the twin brothers backstage, and learned a few fast facts about them. Mission accomplished. She stretched her legs out languidly in front of her, her arms over head, and let out a satisfied sigh as she wondered if there was any rum to be had for the perfect nightcap ending to a scrumptious evening.

Lia, un like her bandmate was not have a scrumptious evening. She was stressed and worried about things, and she missed her child. Hanging up her cell after talking to Tier she went back to the bus eyeing the two emo boys leaving. She just shook her head as she made her way to where her best friend was. "So I am going to assume they are the reason for the cat with all the cream grin you have"

Sophie grinned wider, if that was possible, and wiggled her eyebrows up and down at her bandmate. "Well, I was good while EZ was here. Lived the whole Straight Edge thing out of consideration for him, and now... he's gone." she said and reached into a pocket, pulled out a candy and tossed it to Lia. "You look like you could use a good shag from your old man... You've got the total sourpuss face on again." she said as she patted the spot on the couch next to her, indicating she wanted Lia to join her.

Lia flopped having caught the piece of candy. "Yeah well finding out your old man as you call him is being sued for 30million doesn't do much for not putting a sourpuss face" She said shaking her head at the way she was talking. "I'm scared Soph. Tier keeps telling me things will be fine but you know me. I can't help but worry"

Sophie leaned over and gave Lia a comforting hug. "Sweetie, all this is, is a shove to get them into the studio. They will go in, start writing stuff, and the suit will be dropped. I admit it's sort of a heavy handed tactic, but that's all it is..."

"Yeah but that's not how Isaac is. He's not going to respond to their shove like that and he controls the band. He may be the younger brother but he says jump and Tierney jumps" He chuckled a little. There was something slightly bitter in that chuckle. "It's cute but really kind of sad at the same time"

Sophie sat back and shrugged. "Well, I don't know what to suggest then, other than someone giving him a kick in the ass. I mean, why HAVEN'T they started on a new CD yet? They could totally be writing while still on tour. Shit, just about everyone does.

Lia shook her head. "They are not on tour and haven't been since May. Fuck if I know why their not working on a new cd. Isaac was working on a movie I think. Fuck if I can keep up with him and what he is doing" She shrugged a bit. It was thanks to her brother-in-law that she met Tier but she never really got along all that well with the younger Masters.

Sophie finished her candy stick, and started on another as more people boarded the bus that was getting ready to leave for the next stop. "Sounds like he needs a serious ass kicking from the rest of the band. Band comes first man. If he wants to be a fucking actor, that either has to come second, or he's gotta go." she said, and was never one to mince words when it came to business, she was always brutally frank about such business.

"See that's the thing essentially the band is him and Tier. They just allow the other guys to play with them. It's not a band like Black Widow is. We are a unit. It is the five of us against the world. That's not how 20 Second Shot is. Isaac calls the shots Tierney enforces those shots and everyone else is lucky enough to just play along" Lia tried to explain how things worked. After about thirteen year with Tierney she had a good idea how thing worked. She didn;t really like it but she accepted it.

Sophie listened, then leaned forward when something on the carpet caught her eye. It was a bracelet, no doubt left behind by one of her most recent conquests. She grinned as she put it on, then turned her attention back to Lia. "That's tough man. I hate to say it, but your boy needs to get some stones then, and kick his bro into gear, or it's lawsuit city for yall."

Lia laughed. The only person Tier would be kicking would be those that talked bad about his little brother. "Yeah not going to happen. We'll just have to wait and see what's gonna happen. There's nothing I can do about it here and since Tier and I aren't legally married all my assest are safe. Sometimes I have to be thankful that Tier has this anti-marriage thing"

Sophie snorted at that reply. "They're fucked then my friend. Simple fact. Good thing your shit's safe, and you will be able to provide for the Fuckling and all. That is why I don't do the Marriage-go-Round anymore. Scares the shit out of me, and I like to be able to run if I need, or want to." she said with another shrug. "I HOPE someday to meet a guy I want to stay with, but so far.... Nada."

"Yeah well there s going to be some sort of counter suit or something. I know with everything and all albums sold and shit Tiers got nearly nothing from the Virgin so yeah" She shrugged some, finally starting to eat the piece of candy her friend had given her. "Yeah it is a good thing. I have to say I was never all that anxious to get married anyway so it works. Not even EZ?"

Sophie sighed and crossed her arms over her chest and looked down at the ground. It was a sure sign something, or someone had hit too close to her armour of bravado. "EZ.... He seems so perfect, doesn't he?" she asked, then continued on to answer her own question. "He's sweet, considerate, polite, monogamous, clean of drugs, and shit.... He'd be the perfect guy if only I wasn't so insane, and ..." she sighed and waved her hand in the air. "Whatever. I'd destroy him before he cured me."

"I don't think you'd destroy him Soph. You haven't destroyed me. You didn't destroy me when we were young and you tried. Oh God did you try" Lia laughed remembering back to when they were young and on tour and Soph would try to get Lia drunk or other things and never succeeded.

Sophie nodded, and picked at a frayed piece of string on her jeans. "I know.... I know... I just don't feel right about it. I can't explain it. Maybe I don't want to cross that bridge with him because I don't feel right around him. I feel like I need to be cured, or fixed, or unclean. When I'm around guys like Frankie...." she paused and looked over at Lia with a grin. "I feel like I am at home with myself, and comfortable in my own skin. Sad but true sis."

Lia huged Sophie a little. "That is sad sis. No one should feel comfortable around someone like Frank... Did you just call him Frankie?"

Sophie hugged Lia back, then rolled her eyes as she pulled back. "Frank, Frankie, Shit-for-Brains, Bastard, Fuck Wad. He's got many names. Depends on my mood at the time. I guess, I'm starting to forgive the fucker. I'm actually using his first name again." she muttered, and then stood up and went to a cabinet in the wall of the rear lounge and began to scrounge for liquor. A nightcap would guarantee a sound night's sleep after the frolic with the twins.

Lia chuckled and watched her friend, her sis fix herself a drink. "Just don't forgive him too much" She saidafter a moment.

Sophie made a Rum and lime and soda over ice, then made a soda and lime for Lia, and handed it to her before returning to sit with her own drink. "I can't help it. I will. You know I will. He's like a drug. He's SO bad for me, and bad for my mind, and my body, but... He feels so good going in, and once he's inside... It's bliss." she said with a perverse grin.

Lia just shook her head sipping the drink. "I really did not need to know that Soph. I mean seriously. I didn't let him touch me when we were young. I didn't want to know what he was like then I don't want to know anything about what he is like now" She made a disgusted face at the thought.

"OK, I respect that. No more tales of Frank and his skills." she said and sipped from her drink again. "It's bad enough that you have to listen to us, or find wet spots on the couch in the lounges." she said with a snicker.