Chapter 19 - The ticket / The secret admirer / Jealousy.
Kate POV
Saturday, September 29, 1973.
My cousin Andrew had gotten a presentation from Queen at a most famous pub in London and they will perform on Saturday. I finished packing and Roger said he would pick me up, give a ride to his sister Clare, my friends Sarah, Julianne and me. Josephine is not in London, she traveled to Liverpool for her grandfather's birthday and the whole family will be reunited.
At nine-thirty it was ready, and I look in the mirror once more. I put on some perfume and the intercom rings. The porter said that Roger was already waiting for me.
I leave my apartment and go down the stairs, toward the exit of the building. Roger was out of his car, his arms crossed, and the moment he saw me he smiled openly.
"Good evening, my dear friend," he said, approaching him, kissing him on the cheek, and he spun me through the air and began to scream.
"Do not be afraid, Kate," he said, smiling and dropped me to the floor and kissed my face.
"I was missing you." He smiled at me, opening the car door for me.
I get in the vehicle, sitting in the passenger seat and he the driver.
"Rog, we saw you yesterday, when you gave me a ride to college and back, too."
Roger was still taking me home when we left college. It was time for me to have lunch at home and then go to class in the afternoon, but I was already going with my car.
"I still missed you." He looked at me and started the vehicle.
"Is all this lacking?" - I do not know what to do. You're in need, you just can.
"I'm not lacking," he said, laughing.
Roger quickly sought out Clare in the Student Republic. Clare has a car, but Rog also likes to ride her sister. My friend is cute. You can count on Rog at any time, be it in joys and sorrows.Then he looked for Julianne and Sarah, my friends.
On the way, Clare spoke of her faculty of Administration and Economics, Julianne on the faculty of Architecture, Sarah on the faculty of Physiotherapy and I on the faculty of Literature and English Language.
"And you, my brother, how is Biology?" Clare asked.
- I'm doing well in college, my sister, got good grades, I'm interning as a teacher of biology, earned a little money, but it is not what I want for me - said Roger sad.
"Everything will work, Roggie," I said, looking at him.
"I do college, study, internship, because I have to do something, I have to have a Higher Education in the curriculum - He said stopping the car at the red light and looked at us worried.
"My brother, we trust in the ability of the band and it will all work out, really. You can not give up, "Clare said.
"And we will not give up," he said, looking at us. "I have some news to give.
- Which news? - I ask the looking and he goes out with the car again.
"Freddie, Bri, Deacy and I will travel October 11 to the city of Bonn, Germany. We will make two presentations in the city, at a concert hall and then we will perform at Le Blows Up in the City of Luxembourg. We'll be out for a week, it's a little tour, better than nothing. - Roger said speeding the car.
- That's incredible - I smile to him - We will have to celebrate this little tour that the band will do, before you travel.
He smiled at me and the girls and I asked Roger to drive slowly one more time.
"Girls, I know I have to control myself, but I have a love affair with the car accelerator," he said with a laugh.
Roger is really crazy and silly sometimes.
Thank God, we all came alive, after going through some dangers with Roger in the direction of the car. We entered the pub and headed towards Andrew. My cousin was already there earlier, seeing if everything was alright with the lighting of the pub's small stage, the instruments.
I greeted my cousin.
"Andrew, I told the girls about the little tour," Roger said.
"Great," my cousin said. "Girls, I'll go on this little tour, working for EMI Music and also to help my friends.
"Great news, my cousin," he said, smiling.
Then came Tim, my friends Harry and Luke, who would take pictures of the performance tonight. Luke commented that the boys called him on the little tour for him to take a picture and Luke accepted. My friend will miss a week of college, but, he says he can retrieve all the stuff later, just like Roger.
Freddie, Mary, Veronica, John, Bri and Chrissy came in and we all went to a table and ordered some drinks, before the band performed and food as well.
About ten-thirty in the evening, one of the pub waiters handed me a note and I smiled back.
"Who gave you the ticket?" I asked the waiter.
- A boy who was in the bar, until now, but he disappeared - Said the waiter and at that moment they all looked towards the bar, but, there was nobody else.
"There's no one," she said thoughtfully and Roger was beside me, sipping a beer.
"Excuse me, miss," the waiter said.
"Dear Kate, who is your secret admirer?" Freddie asked, curious and smiling.
"I do not know, I'll read the note now," he said, smiling.
But at that moment Roger took the note from my hand and lifted it up into the air.
"Roger, what is this?" - He said without understanding.
"I want to see what this guy wrote to you to see if he missed you with respect," Roger said seriously.
"Roggie, please do not act like you're my big brother." I smile.
Roger looks at me seriously.
"I'm not your big brother and I do not want to be interpreted like that," Rog said seriously.
The boys laughed softly.
"Is all this jealousy, Rog?" Asked John. "Jealous of your friend?"
"Yes," Roger said, looking at me seriously, and he was about to open my note.
But at that moment, my crazy friend Freddie, got out of his chair and went towards Roggie and tried to pull the note from the blonde's hands.
"Dear Roggie, give me this note, I'm interested to know who wrote to our dear friend, Kate. You're jealous and it's taking too long to read this, "Freddie said anxiously." I want to know who Kate's secret admirer is.
At that moment I look at Freddie and Rog who were pulling the note together and they all laughed. I was angry, they want to invade my privacy? So I went over them and with some force, I managed to pull back my ticket.
"What the hell is this now?" The two fighting to read my note that a supposed secret admirer wrote to me? "I know everyone is curious to know, but the ticket is for me and I believe I have the right to read first, right?"
"I'm sorry, dear Kate," Freddie said sheepishly.
Roger looked at me seriously.
"And you, Roger, have nothing to say?" He arched his brows.
He sighed.
- Sorry OK? I exaggerated, "Roger said, his head down, drinking his beer.
Honestly, I did not understand Roger's behavior, he never acted like this before. I know he's jealous of me, jealous of a friend, but sometimes he exaggerates like now and I do not understand why.
"Can you read the note to us all?" John asked.
Even Deacon is curious to know. Men are more curious than women, this is the truth.
I smile.
- Okay, I'll read it. Pay attention, "I said, opening the note and reading first in silence.
Roger looked at me and then said in a hurry,
"What does the note say?" Did the guy miss you with respect?
- No - I smile - The note is written like this: Happiness is ... Feeling me in paradise as I contemplate your graceful smile.
I smile at those words.
"Our dear Kate is leaving the boys in love," Freddie said, smiling at Mary's side.
"Congratulations, my friend, you're winning the hearts of the boys," said Clare, Roger's sister.
I look at Tim, who's downcast. He still likes me. Roger standing next to me turned the rest of his beer in a single swallow and lit a cigarette. I realized he was nervous, it was like he was not liking what was happening.
"All we need to know is who is this admired secret, he just disappeared," Bri said smiling.
Roger smoked next to me, when suddenly someone is approaching towards the table we were. I can not believe who the person was. Roger looked at the person, became more irritated.
"Good evening, everyone," the boy said. "Good evening, Kate.
"Good evening," she said a little nervously.
"Did you like the note I sent you for the waiter?" The boy asked.
At that moment Roger tapped his hand on the table and stepped out of my side, angry.
Roger POV
By the time the guy started approaching the table, I could not believe it was him, I do not believe it. It irritated me completely, without even understanding why I was so irritated. Kate is single, beautiful, free. But, there is something happening within me gradually and I am not able to identify what it is. After the idiot asked Kate if she liked the note he sent the waiter, I was completely annoyed, I hit the table with some force and I leave Kate's side, totally angry and I go towards the stage .
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