Vince just gave a slight grin that was hardly noticeable in the half second it took to disappear. He was groggy, tired, and rather dazed. He didn't want to be awake that was for sure, and wondered why he didn't just close his eyes and go back to sleep instead of getting out of bed. Now it was too late and he was stuck in the land of the living, and with no breakfast to show for it! That was the trouble with living in an apartment full of bandies. Half the time everyone was too drunk or stoned to make anything to eat, and the other half the time everyone was too lazy or busy wasting time to do it. Also nobody ever bothered to get much more than alchohol and snack foods, so the only real meals came from restaurants that were hard to get to unless you were sober..which luckily enough for Vince he usually was. He didn't like drugs, the high feeling he experienced when he did do them didn't appeal and so he easily quit. Drinking was never really a habit for him either, he didn't like the taste and so he only drank it when the band had their wild parties..if he didn't ditch them to go out with his "playmates".

"I'm headed out, I'll be back whenever," Vince announced to anyone who might care that he was leaving, but most were too preoccupied or hungover to care or even notice his disappearance from the apartment. He walked to the door and opened it, accidentally slamming it on the way out. He had pulled too hard, partially due to not being fully awake yet and partially due to a bit of stress that he couldn't explain that had been eating at him and growing slowly for months now. Was the life of a rocker getting to him to be not what he had expected? Sure, he got all the sex he wanted and he had fun doing what he did for money..playing guitar in front of people..but just something didn't feel right. Something was missing, and he wasn't sure what it was or how to find it..everything was just more confusing now.

When Vince finally got to the car, he just opened the door and sat down..not putting the keys in the ignition or anything, and just leaned his head back and closed his eyes, running his fingers through his hair.

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