God i have my fathers eyes
POV: Sirius Black
,,Is the lipstick too much?" Lily asked looking in the small mirror in her hands. ,,No way! You look beautiful love." James meant driving. She smiled at him as she put away the mirror. I mumbled the lyrics of our newest song while looking at my boots. ,,Want a sip?" Asked Marlene, holding a bottle of whisky towards me. I smirked and took the bottle with amusement. As i took a sip, i felt how my throat burned. But it felt good. Peter wiggled with his head humming. ,,Do you know how many people are coming tonight?" Asked Lily. ,,Francis said everything is sold out. So it will be full to the brim." Marlene answered, taking the bottle from me. We were only a few minutes away from the location, we would play this night. ,,Marauders map..." I mumbled dreamily. ,,Do you think the people will like the album?" I asked the band. ,,I bet on my mother they will!" Peter meant. ,,If they won't i'll eat a broomstick." James meant sarcastic. I laughed. ,,When the moons comes out, i howl like a werewolf in the streets of London~" I sung silently. Suddenly, the outside world got loud. I looked outside, seeing a big queue at the entrance of the building we will play, as we drove by. ,,Final destination." James said, as he parked on the other side of the building. ,,Have you seen this queue?!" Peter gasped. ,,Yes Pete', we have." I said laughing. ,,Guess you're just too good at playing the keyboard." I took my e-guitar out of the trunk of the car and slung it on my back.
..There you are!" Francis, our manager walked up to us. ,,Nice to see you too." Groaned Marlene as she took her bass. ,,You should work on your punctuality!" Francis meant as he followed us inside. ,,You will start with God save the Queen and then you'll go on with your plan, understood?" He said strict as he tried to keep up with us. I rolled with my eyes. ,,Yes dad." I meant as i went up on the stage to see how it looked like. ,,You have fife-teen minutes to warm up." Francis meant to Peter who was drinking a coke he had gotten from one of the people that worked there. The stage was a good size and there was much free space for the audience. I got backstage again and started tuning my guitar.
,,Five minutes." A backstage member told us. We nodded and made ourselves ready.
,,And now, THE MARAUDERS!" Someone yelled on stage, which was our signal to go up. The crowd started cheering and fans were screaming. We all waved at the crowd. ,,How are you doing London?" I shouted into the microphone. The audience cheered and waved with their hands. I smiled at them for a moment going over the posters with my eyes they held up. ,,You wanna hear some good music?" Marlene asked. Again, shouting. ,,Then listen carefully! Cause we are THE MARAUDERS!" I yelled and right after that we started playing. ,,Good safe the save the Queen" I sung into the microphone. ,,The fascist regime." The crowd sung with me. ,,They made you a moron!" I saw how there were cameras everywhere. No matter if from the television or from fans.
I started to sweat after a while, but pretended i didn't. The music penetrated my ears as we played our songs. Sometimes i looked back at my friends who played their instruments.
After a while of singing and playing we got slower until the song was over. ,,Now," I said into the microphone. ,,tell me. What song shall we play from Queen?" I kneeled down and held my microphone towards a man my age who looked confused. He had just taken a picture of me as he stuttered. ,,K-Killer Queen?" He meant and i smiled. ,,You have good taste." I got up again and put the microphone back on it's stand. ,,She keeps her Moët et Chandon in her pretty cabinet. 'Let them eat cake' she said. Just like Marie Antoinette." The crowd sung with me and the man i just talked to looked at me now without the camera in front of his face. ,,To avoid complications she never kept the same address. In conversation she spoke just like a baroness." I winked at the beautiful man and kept singing.
As the song was over i spoke into the mic again. ,,You all probably dead from all the singing, aren't you?" I looked into the crowd. ,,You did good work there." I took a sip out of the water that stood by my side, but then continued singing another song. ,,My father never talked a lot. He just took a walk around the block. Til all his anger took a hold of him." The light got more dark and blue.
,,I say they're just the ones who gave me life. But i truly am my parents' child." This song was one of my favorites but also one that i hated, because it reminded me on home. ,,God, i have my father's eyes, but my brother's when i cry. I can run, but i can't hide from my family line." Marlene sung in the background with me. ,,I watch the fathers with their little girls and wonder what i did to deserve this. How could you hurt a little kid? I can't forget, i can't forgive you, cause now i'm scared that everyone i love will leave me."
As we had played a few more songs, the concert was over and we all were exhausted from playing. ,,Thank you ladies and gentlemen, you have been the most beautiful audience! Remember to buy our new album if you can! If anyone needs me, i'll be at the bar." I mumbled the last sentence as we left the stage. The audience still cheered as we were backstage again.
,,Good play!" Lily said as she sat down with a beer. ,,I'm so dead." Marlene meant exhausted. ,,Me too." I agreed. ,,I was a bit slow at the family line one." Peter mumbled. ,,You did good Pete'!" James said cheerful. ,,I didn't even noticed it." Lily agreed with her husband. ,,Anyone with me for a fag outside?" I asked putting on my jacket. ,,Nah man. Me and Lily have to go now." James told me. ,,I promised Dorcas i would meet her after the concert." Meant Marlene. ,,Well then. Peter?" The man looked pitiful at me. ,,Sorry Sirius, have to talk to Francis." He said leaving me behind in the empty room. I raised my eyebrows. ,,Well then." I made my way outside and leaned against a wall away from the fans that were on their way home. Only one person was standing a bit away from me.