THE BAD BOY OF MANHATTAN
Chapter 44. A Brilliant Guitar Player's.

Emma opened the door of her apartment and stepped inside. He turned on the living room lights and was surprised to see Elric sitting on the sofa while folding both hands to the front of the chest.

"Geez (astaga), Elric .. You surprised me!" emma grumbled as she held onto her thumping chest.

"Hmmm, sorry," said Elric. He looked hard at Emma. "How's the date?" He doesn't want to talk. For hours she waited for Emma and wanted to ask what was going on between the girl and her godfather.

Emma put on her smile, then sat down at Elric's side. "El, may I ask you a few things about James?" Elric hissing. He threw his face towards the open balcony door.

"You must have known him from childhood, and you must have known what his character was like. Is he a good man?"

"No. He's mean, he likes to play with women's hearts and plan." Elric answered the origin.

Emma clucked. Why does Elric always vilify James in front of him. What's with the kid? It seems Elric doesn't like all his family members. "I'm serious, El."

"I'm serious too" said Elric short. "You're dating him?"

Emma returned to smile. What happened in James' apartment just a moment ago is, Emma hasn't been able to answer anything about James' love for her. The girl did not want to rush over wanting to get to know each other first. He and James have only met a few times and do not yet know their respective characters.

Elric nodded slowly. Emma's smile implies that the answer is yes, Emma is dating James. "So, are you moving into her apartment? Enjoying all of her amenities and living a luxurious life as a rockstar lover?"

Emma chuckles. Elric thought too far. After all, she was not a woman who was easily glared at by luxury. If Emma decides to accept James, then she should know what his character is like. Knowing one or two weeks is not enough to infer a person's true nature. James and I rarely spend time together.

Talking to Elric about this seems free. Looking at his reaction, the boy seemed to be ogah-ogahan gave him the information he needed. "Ah, El, what do you want to tell me? When James and I came in, it seemed like I heard you want to tell me something?" asked Emma to switch the conversation.

"Nevermind, forget it (let's go, forget it)," replied Elric angrily. He no longer had the spirit to ask Emma's opinion about auditioning for a band at Columbia University.

"Come, El. Tell me," insisted Emma. He suddenly felt curious.

Elric breathed. "There's a band's guitarists audition at Columbia."

Hearing the name of her alma mater called, Emma smiled happily. In addition, he was also happy Elric began to glance at the music back. As the boy once said, he would return to music if he met people one frequency, outside his family of course. "Well, I'm glad to hear that, El. Oh yeah, what's the band's name?" Emma knows there are some popular band names in Columbia.

"Bad Boy Of Manhattan."

"Owh .. I know the band," said Emma. The band was fronted by Darren Chevalier. His younger brother was in Columbia. The young man was quite famous on campus. Apart from being the son of Benjamin Chevalier, he is also a very talented musician.

"Oh yeah?" Elric is now interested in his relationship with Emma. "How (can you)?"

"Because I graduated from Columbia. Bad Boy Of Manhattan is pretty popular there."

"Owh, I see (so)."

Emma smiled and nodded. "Do it El ... I know you can (do it, El, I know you can)."

Elric turned his seat to face Emma. "I need your support, Em," he said, looking into Emma's eyes.

"Of course, El .. I will always support you." Emma slowly tidied up Elric's haircut that fell on her cute face, then stroked the boy's head slowly. He meant the elusan on Elric's head as a form of affection for a younger brother, but the young man's gaze suddenly made him nervous.

"Nr ...."

"Ah, huh?" Emma who hastily pulled her hand from Elric's head said nervously. He threw a glance in the other direction, avoiding Elric's eyes.

"Nothing (it's okay)" said Elric. He undoes his intention to touch Emma's lips which suddenly crossed his mind.

***

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY NEW YORK CITY.

Auditions were held at the Bad Boy Of Manhattan basecamp in the Columbia area. In an apartment turned into a studio.

A few minutes later, a scruffy young man came out from behind the door holding the softcase of his guitar. He smiled at Elric as he said, "Good luck, Bro. They're harsh (they're hard)." Elric greeted her with a smile and a small nod.

"You're Elric Bradley?" asked a black-brown young man who had just walked out from behind the studio door and approached Elric.

"Yes" Erlic replied as he shook the young man's hand firmly.

"Hi, I'm Darren. Are you ready?" ask the young man who mentioned his name Darren.

"Most ready (very ready)," replied Elric steadily.

"Alright, come on in (well, let's go in)."

Elric grabs his guitar softcase and follows Darren into the studio. Inside that muffled room, there were two other young men already waiting. Darren introduces the two to Elric. Samuel Alinsky, drummer and bassist Jacob Acker. Both have long hair, and so does Darren.

"Bradley, huh? Any connection to Nathan Bradley?" kekeh Samuel's.

"No comment (does not want to comment)," said Elric with a big smile while preparing his guitar. One tablet for effect software that is already connected to the guitar. Then he fiddled with the tablet screen to find the name of the device amplifier in the studio that could accommodate the sound of the guitar effect.

"Where should I connect?" elric asked while pointing at some amps beside him.

"Area 51 volume two" Darren replied. Elric nodded.

"Come on, show me what you got (let's show your skills), Elric," said Samual.

Elric pulled the corner of his lips. He began to shift his fingers on the guitar fret without pressing it. Make irregular noise. Then, he pressed one button on his guitar body and the sound of synthesizer effects made his guitar distortion falter.

The tones made by Elric sounded strange. Minor, broken, but dynamic. Making Darren raise his eyebrows in awe. Smile rises. Of the many guitarists who auditioned, only Elric immediately let him know, the young man he was looking for.

"Where are you going to school?" jacob asked Elric as soon as the young man ended his guitar playing.

"Hunter Science, 12th grade."

"Okay, we'll call you in a few days" Samuel said.

Elric nodded. He cleaned up his guitar and equipment and said goodbye. While Darren, he looked at his two best friends with sparkling faces.

"I want this kid (i want this kid)" Darren said.

'"Yeah. He's a genius (he's a genius)." Jacob. "He's Nathan Bradley's son?"

"Never ask him that. I know what the kid's thinking" Darren said. He sees himself in Elric.

"Hm." Jacob nodded. "I'll call him in a few days."

"No!" darren Protest.

Samuel and Jacob threw astonished looks at each other. Didn't Darren want Elric to join their band?

"Bring him in. Now (take him in. now)!"

***

Sorry if the ups are random and rare, because I walk four novels on different platforms.

Is that the Lady?. Yes, yes, I am ambitious, greedy, full of spite and grudges.

Hahahahaha (laughs very badly).