“Daz?”
When no reply came, Daniel turned and looked over his shoulder at Darren. He chuckled when he saw that Darren had his nose buried in that Anne Rice novel again.
“Darren...”Daniel called again. Still no answer.
“Darren!” he shouted. The dark head shot up and Darren looked at Daniel with obvious embarrassment.
“Er, yes Dan?” he asked, still a little flustered.
“We’re here.”
“Um, where?” Darren meekly asked, feeling stupid. Daniel merely rolled his eyes.
“MuchMusic. We have an interview, remember?” Daniel replied, only a little sarcastically, as he opened the limousine door. Darren followed suit a few moments later and opened the other door. He shivered as he stepped outside, it felt like he was standing in the middle of a blizzard.
Darren watched the snow swirl around him in wonder, he still wasn’t used to it and the cold. How the Canadians stood it was beyond him, yet there they were; waiting happily all bundled up in a parka-ed, gloved, scarved and booted bunch. Well, not all of them, Darren caught a glimpse of a person clad only in a long dress standing at the back of he crowd.
Gods, she must be freezing the singer thought, but the women didn’t seem uncomfortable.
A hand on his shoulder shook Darren out of his reverie.
“Come on, day-dreamer, we have a lot of talking to do.” Daniel reminded Darren as he turned them both towards the door. Darren tried to catch one last glance of the strange lady but she wasn’t there when he looked again...
...Darren and Daniel lounged comfortably on a couch in the middle of the MuchMusic Environment. Opposite to them sat Sook-yin Lee, her long braids swinging gently as leaned forward slightly in anticipation of Darren’s answer to her question.
“Well, I don’t really feel we deserve all the adoration we’ve been getting,” he replied “we have made only one album. Sure, people enjoy our music and I am aware that they find us physically attractive, but frankly I don’t know why their feelings are so strong.” Darren shrugged slightly and turned his head to the side as he shifted on the couch.
He belated realized he was looking at that strange lady again. She was watching him intently and Darren found his eyes locked with her gray-blue ones. Time seemed to slow down and music seemed to play almost out of hearing in a tantalizing way.
~We Are Watching You~
Darren fought the urge to look over his shoulder, wondering who had said that. Couldn’t have been the strange lady in the deep blue dress, he had been watching her and he lips hadn’t moved...
Suddenly Darren blinked. He realized that both Daniel and Sook-yin were looking expectantly at him but for the life of him he couldn’t recall what was just asked.
“I’m sorry, I drifted off, could you say that again?” Darren asked weakly. Everyone laughed and Daniel rolled his eyes again...
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