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    Shane
    August 1983
    The tour with Neptune had been such a success that I could not have foreseen what better we could do now. As Pete Crowne’s daughter, Kat had a charisma about her which people adored. Having her on my side was one of the best decisions of my career to date. I had to meet with Roy again about getting Neptune back on with us. I didn’t care what Roy had to say. I’d have my tour with Neptune .
     
    Roy
    Early September 1983
    “Come in!” I said casually
    I saw a mop of curly brown hair as he entered the room. “Ah, Shane, good to see you buddy. What can I do for ya?”
    “I want Neptune with us for next year’s tour.”
    “Neptune, ´ eh? You just finished touring with them in July!”
    “I realize that,” he started, “but the turn out… you saw the numbers…”
    That I had. They had skyrocketed. Pete Crowne’s daughter had suddenly become high in demand.
    “I’ll see what I can do for next year, Shane. Are all the guys on board?”
    I saw the change in Shane’s stance and I knew he knew what I was talking about, Drew.
    “Yeah, they are,” Shane stated after a brief pause, “we will make it work no matter what.”
    No matter what.
    I heard it. “I’ll see what I can do,” I responded
    And with that Shane left the room with a smile wider than I had seen in months.
     
    Kat
    November 1983
    “Gary, I don’t want to go with you and that stupid old hag anywhere! It’s my fucking birthday. Just let me go out. You fucking let me go on tour all the time and as soon as I fucking move back in with you… fucking all these rules??? I’m seventeen now!”
    I couldn’t help but shout at him. For months I had been patient and done whatever he had wanted when I wasn’t practicing with the guys. Thomas, James and Ian had renewed their lease into a bigger apartment and I had declined to join them. At this moment I had really wished that I had. I still saw Thomas every day. He and I never spoke about Drew or the things that had happened between the two of us. It was almost like it had disappeared altogether.
    “Kathryn, please be nice to Jen! She just wants to take you to dinner for your birthday that’s all”
    It was all too much in my book. I had seen Gary fly through women like my father had. This one was no exception to the various dumb blondes with perfect figures except I called her the “hag” because she was the first one to be over twenty-five I had seen him with.
    “No, I’ll go with you, Gary but not her.”
    “Fine,” he gave in, “just you and me,” he sighed, “why must you be so difficult with me, Kathryn?”
    “I don’t mean to,” I said. In truth; I didn’t mean to, I didn’t know what was wrong with me lately.
    He took me to the nice Italian place around the corner from the house. I hated that restaurant, but to be honest, I was okay with spending time with him, just the two of us.
    Gary’s soft brown hair fell over his face as he laughed at my stupid childish jokes. I knew that’s what he thought of me, “childish”. I was seventeen now and I had been desired by Drew who had been nearly ten years older than me! Then again, maybe that’s why Drew never called or even tried to contact me in any way. Maybe I was childish.
     
    Gary
    November 1983
    Sure she had pissed me off royally, but it was actually nice to spend the time just the two of us since it was rare we did. She had grown up so much in the past couple of years. The last time I had truly talked and spent time with her was before she was contracted to my record company. She had been fourteen then, three years ago… I couldn’t believe that she was seventeen, and so like her mother she looked. But her eyes, her eyes were all Pete’s.
    We got back to the house, which was a short walk around the corner. She suggested a movie which I put in the player as she went and “changed” into her “pajamas”. When she came back I could hardly look at her. Those weren’t pajamas, at least not ones