The Devil Inside

It might be a good idea to have a copy of this open when reading this story :-) 

The bar was bright and impersonal, the train was late , the beer tasted like old washing up liquid and his feet ached but despite all this there was a small smile on Ian's lips. How many hours had he spent in bars near train stations waiting for trains or whiling away the delays? Not exactly the wild life.  But for once he didn't mind. In this drab, dreary commuter bar they were playing Kick by INXS - the whole album. It must have been 20 years since Ian had heard the album in its entirety, but he could still sing along with every song, hit every note, remember every word. He wondered whether he'd spent more time lip syncing in front of a mirror to this classic LP or sitting in train station bars. He'd like to think it was the former but it was more than likely the latter. Never mind right now Ian wasn't in a smelly bar in Reading, he was in a dimly lit room in 1988, ‘Kick’ on the cassette player, her parents in the pub and both of them ready for a new sensation. He'd been with Claire for 3 months and tonight was the night, there had been tiny daggers of passion growing between them in the last few weeks and Ian knew full well that the devil inside could not be kept inside much longer. 

Ian was 16, it was time, it had been time for a while but he wanted it to be special. Not just anyone but someone special and Claire was the loved one. 

Hutchence sang ‘I need you tonight’ and Ian knew exactly how he felt.  Ian could tell he wouldn't have to mediate, Claire felt the same way. 

At the time he'd honestly felt that they'd be together for ever, that they'd never tear us apart and to this day it mystified him as to why they'd ever split up.

As he lay there after the event he wanted to be calling all nations to tell the news of his love for her. 'Throw your guns in the sky and rejoice in love,' he wanted to yell out. How could people fight when something so special was had just happened? Arcade Fire replaced INXS on the stereo and Ian looked at his watch, his train was due, time to get back to the real world, back to the present and stop wallowing in the past. 

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