"This is Cassie," Bastian said
"Right," Kevin said "You'll be in the front wing, stage left. Smalls stays with you the whole show. Any problems, you pull him."
"She won't have problems," Darren said.
"Right," Kevin said again. He looked between all four of us, clearly decided this was not his business, and returned to his clipboard. "Forty minutes, boys."
When Kevin moved away to terrorize someone else, Bastian turned to the room and said,
"Drinks," like it was a decree.
Someone produced a bottle of something cold. Instantly, the green room shifted from tense to easy
Bastian turned the speaker up. Castien sat on the couch, smoking a blunt.
Darren pulled me close with an arm around my Waist. He put a drink in my hand. "First show experience," he said. "How do you feel?"
"Excited
