I'm standing at the front of the crowd making eyecontact with Axl. He seems surprised to see me but has a big smile on his face.

Everyone dances around me.

Then Axl walks backwards a bit and nudges Slash with his elbow. Slash seems caught up in his own little world and it takes a while before Ax gets his attention. When he does, he points me out and I see that Slash sees me.

He nods his head in my direction. I can't really see any expression because his hat pushes his hair over his face. But he's already hunched over his guitar again.

Imani speaks the words that I'm thinking

"Little anticlimactic...".

I shake my head

"He's just like that...".

"If you say so"

Imani says as she starts dancing again.

They play 3 more songs. I get an excited wave from Steven. A wink from Izzy and a nod from Duff but Slash doesn't look up again.

I can't keep my eyes off him though...

Watching him play on stage. He's... so good. Near end of the show a spotlight shines on him. He plays an elaborate solo and his fingers move so effortlessly as he plays complex riffs.

It's beautiful.

He's beautiful.

Holy shit I want him to look at me... I want to kiss him.

I snap out of my daze when Axl talks into the mic. He thanks the audience and says goodnight. Then he throws down the mic and kneels before me to talk in my ear

"Come here, otherwise we'll lose you in the crowd".

He grabs ahold of my hand and quickly pulls me on stage right before the lights turn out.

I stumble, but it's Steven who catches me and leads me backstage with the others.

I'm disoriented in the dark and can only feel Steve and Axl's hands leading me through curtains and hallways.

Then I lose them as I hear unfamiliar voices call for the bandmembers.

Axl and Steven are now talking with a man in a suit and Duff and Izzy are talking to a woman with a clipboard.

I look around all confused until I see Slash. He's leaning on a wall with his arms crossed. He's no longer wearing his hat and he's looking at me with an amused smile.

I'm relieved and quickly walk towards him.

He opens his arms and hugs me...

That's a first.

I'm a little taken aback but it feels amazing to have his strong arms around me. He smells intoxicating even though he was just performing under hot stage-lighting.

We pull apart and he asks

"How was my performance?".