"I didn't bring any guitars." Richie admitted. "I had everything shipped to join the rest." He explained as they headed up the stairs.
"Guess you'll have to play some old ones."
"Wow man. That's agist."
Jon looked at him confused. "What?"
"Calling guitars old like that, as if their age values their worth."
Jon shook his head. "Oh my God." He sighed.
Upstairs they sat down around the table, David and Tico hadn't arrived yet, as Jon would always arrive before an agreed upon time. Richie knew that and was used to Jon always being early so he didn't mind waiting with him.
Their conversation from earlier was continued as Richie texted Sarah. It'd be about midmorning there so she should be back from driving Noah to school and he wanted to check in on Daniel as well.
"Daniel's teething." He said to Jon, making him groan in frustration.
"That sucks." He said, knowing the experience very well.
"Yeah, he was giving Sarah a hard time all night, makes me feel shitty for being away."
"True." Jon said. "Teething sucks but at least it's usually just a week or so, per tooth."
"Hopefully." Richie agreed with him. "At least she's able to stay with him, Noah's in school all day so that's more relaxed." He read another text from Sarah.
"He'll be fine." Jon reassured him.
Richie frowned as he texted with Sarah, devoting his attention to it instead of continuing the conversation with Jon.
After a few minutes Jon had to ask. "What's going on?" He asked.
"I'm not sure." He sighed. "Noah broke his arm two weeks ago but apparently it's been hurting the entire time so they're getting new x-rays."
"Fuck man. Do you guys ever catch a break?" Jon asked him, understanding the frustration.
Richie frowned. "Guess we'll see."
Not much later, they heard a knock, followed by David walking into the room
"David in da house." He announced.
"About damn time." Jon said.
"What are you talking about? I'm 10 minutes early." David told him.
"We've been here for 30." Richie pointed out and you live closerby. Gotta be here on time man."
"Oh quit your yaps." David said. "So are we just playing some today?"
"Yeah cause you need your practice." Jon said smartly.
"Tico isn't even here yet." David complained again.
"True, but he gets a free pass." Jon told him.
Richie enjoyed the bickering, it was nice to be with his friends again and it was almost nice to not have to worry about his children. It was nice to be away from it all and to enjoy himself.
Soon after Tico arrived and, after Jon had his warm-up cigarette, they got into the studio where Richie found one of his older guitars and picked it up. Knowing a song on this guitar or another one wouldn't really make a difference, in the end a guitar was still a guitar to him. He mainly had to remember how to play which songs and that would work on any guitar.
After an hour of messing around with the songs from their last album, they decided to take a little break.
It had felt good to play his guitar again. He hadn't played it much at all over the last few months, sometimes for Daniel but often he would search youtube or iTunes to find his songs to play for him since Daniel was so specific about what music he would listen to.
"Jonny?" He asked once David and Tico had left the studio.
"Yeah?"
"So what about what we talked about?" He was a little hesitant, he knew Jon wasn't an easy person to deal with or relent his authority. "Playing some of my songs?"
"I remember, we'll fit them into the shows."
"Should we practise them though? If Dave and Teek want to play them with me while you take a quick break during shows?"
Jon nodded. "Yeah, I guess we should."
"I've got the sheet music in my bag so I can show them."
"Oh." Jon said.
"Is that okay?" Richie asked quickly. "It's just a handful of songs. I don't really want to do the same one every night."
"Yeah alright."
Richie grabbed his bag and retrieved the papers from it.
"Guess I'll go sit down then." Jon said.
Richie recognized the tone of voice he used, Jon wasn't happy about it but it was what they had talked about and agreed upon.
"Wait." Richie said, making Jon stop from leaving the room, then noticing David making faces at them from the other side of the window. He shook his head and flipped him off while Jon gave him the same gesture. "I was thinking of something else," Richie started again, "what if we play songs together?"
"I'm not singing your songs." Jon pointed out a little too harshly.
Richie tried hard to ignore the snap and continued his suggestion. "That's not what I'm saying. We've done this before where we play one song and then you change to something else, then change back to the first song. We could do something like that." He explained, waiting for a response from Jon but he only looked intrigued. "We can figure out which of my songs could go well with one our original songs and mix it up that way."
Jon nodded. "Yeah, I kind of like that. We'll have to figure out which songs but it could work." He agreed.
"Yeah?" Richie asked, knowing he sounded much too excited but he couldn't deny Jon's agreement made him very happy.
After an hour of messing around with the songs from their last album, they decided to take a little break.
It had felt good to play his guitar again. He hadn't played it much at all over the last few months, sometimes for Daniel but often he would search youtube or iTunes to find his songs to play for him since Daniel was so specific about what music he would listen to.
"Jonny?" He asked once David and Tico had left the studio.
"Yeah?"
"So what about what we talked about?" He was a little hesitant, he knew Jon wasn't an easy person to deal with or relent his authority. "Playing some of my songs?"
"I remember, we'll fit them into the shows."
"Should we practise them though? If Dave and Teek want to play them with me while you take a quick break during shows?"
Jon nodded. "Yeah, I guess we should."
"I've got the sheet music in my bag so I can show them."
"Oh." Jon said.
"Is that okay?" Richie asked quickly. "It's just a handful of songs. I don't really want to do the same one every night."
"Yeah alright."
Richie grabbed his bag and retrieved the papers from it.
"Guess I'll go sit down then." Jon said.
Richie recognized the tone of voice he used, Jon wasn't happy about it but it was what they had talked about and agreed upon.
"Wait." Richie said, making Jon stop from leaving the room, then noticing David making faces at them from the other side of the window. He shook his head and flipped him off while Jon gave him the same gesture. "I was thinking of something else," Richie started again, "what if we play songs together?"
"I'm not singing your songs." Jon pointed out a little too harshly.
Richie tried hard to ignore the snap and continued his suggestion. "That's not what I'm saying. We've done this before where we play one song and then you change to something else, then change back to the first song. We could do something like that." He explained, waiting for a response from Jon but he only looked intrigued. "We can figure out which of my songs could go well with one our original songs and mix it up that way."
Jon nodded. "Yeah, I kind of like that. We'll have to figure out which songs but it could work." He agreed.
"Yeah?" Richie asked, knowing he sounded much too excited but he couldn't deny Jon's agreement made him very happy.
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