1. Chapter 1 (2/2)

"she's pretty damn great too, and she's in 'ere every week." joe says piping in and i blush.

"joe i'm not all that great." i say but maybe i am, i don't know haha.

"yeah you are. go find one over there and plug it in and play paul here something." joe says referring to the instruments behind paul and i.i slightly nod and walk over there.

am i really about to play bass for paul mccartney? the bassist of the beatles, who is an amazing bassist.

i walk over by the racks and find one i always play here and find an amp and cord and plug it in, adjust the controls and sit down on a stool and proceed to tune it. paul finds a stool and drags it over by me and grabs a guitar and plugs it into an amp and tunes it and plays a few little things on it.

"how about i play a little something on the guitar here and you follow me?" he says with a smile and i nod.

i hope i won't fumble a lot of chords and make an absolute fool out of myself in front of my hero and the bassist i aspire to be like one day. he starts to mess around with some chords and puts a strumming pattern to it and does a few fancy things and i watch the chords he plays and i try to figure them out. i listen to him for a tiny bit before i get the confidence to follow him and put a bass line down and he looks to me and smiles after we start jamming with each other and i smile and nod. he plays a riff or two and we continue to play and get into it and we both are smiling all through it and we both eventually stop and he nods and smiles.

"you were lying when you said you weren't all that great because you really are fantastic love. being able to follow me like that. you really impressed me." he says with a smile.

"thanks, i really appreciate it. you impressed me too." i say with a nervous smile and he nods.

"wanna jam for a bit longer, love?" he asks me and i nod.

he starts to play something different, it seems like he made it up on the spot not with many chords or looking all too confusing. i follow him after awhile and we start really getting into and smile and laugh through it. i never would've dreamed i'd be jamming with my hero paul mccartney, this is a good day and i really needed a good moment like this. paul unplugs the guitar he was playing and puts it back on the rack and wanders around and finds a bass and plugs that in and tunes it. he goes on to show me some little tips that were very appreciated and little things i could do and chords, i had such a blast with him. it seemed too good to be true because it was him and i just was somehow jamming with him and getting bass tips from him. we jammed for maybe an hour, such a great hour.

"well love, i'm sorry but i have to go. i wasn't even supposed to be here this long, but i had a fabulous time with you. it was really fun and i hope you continue to practice and never give up and put those tips i gave you to use." paul says with a smile as he gets up from the stool putting his jacket on after we had put the basses away and comes over to me to give me a hug and a peck on the cheek and i smile after we part and thank him and he said "anytime".

one of the best days of my life, no doubt.