A Hellbent Crossover: LYTE IT UP!

 Blake sighed softly as he angrily wiped the sweat from his brow. It had been two weeks since he and Ashley had kicked Maxx out of their home, but the Damage he'd left behind made it feel like he was still living with them. "That little fucker never ceases to amaze me with how much he can wreck a home. There are the clogged drains from the sheer amount of skin treatment supplies, and our backyard foundation is screwed up because the idiot thought he could build a stage to play his non-existent music on with his non-existent band, for his non-existent groupies... And to top it all off, I'm seeing water damage that he caused from the spare rib incident..." He ranted with a sigh as he grabbed a beer from the fridge. 

Ashley just sighed and retreated into themself. "I'm sorry I let that monster clown into our home Blake, I feel so stupid for ever believing he was my friend. They said as they looked down. Blake just rubbed Ashley's back. "You're not STUPID Ashley, you have a very trusting soul. But that much trust led to naivety and I thought Maxx would be the lesson you needed to learn... Unfortunately, as we can see, that lesson proved to be very costly.... We're gonna have to find some way to get back in the green with our budget." He said with a sigh. Ashley nodded and got to work on dinner.

"You know... with Maxx gone, we could always open his room back up... this time we rent it out to someone willing to pay a month upfront for rent!" Offered Ashley as they served up some Tacos. Blake nodded and grabbed a few tacos. "Not a bad idea Ashley! I'll put some ads up near our house and see if we can get something going!" He said while digging in. Ashley nodded and smiled at having been a help as they also loaded their plate.

A couple of weeks later a ring of the doorbell came and Blake answered the door. A Young blonde woman smiled and waved at him. She had dark blue eyes and was wearing a white tank top with white capris and rainbow-colored sandals. "Hello! I'm here about your room for rent!" She said as she held up a flyer. Blake nodded and invited her in. She had a light skip to her walk as he took her to the dining room, where she perked up at the smell of fresh cookies and sweets. Blake just eyed her up, in a lot of ways, she reminded him of Ashley. She was cheerful, she liked sweets, and she was a bit bubbly. "So... I assume you have the first payment?" He asked with a brow. She nodded and pulled out a briefcase. "I Have the first three months upfront!" She said as she slid him some money. His eyebrows raised as Ashley came down.

"Oh, we have company? Who's your new friend Blake?" They asked as the woman smiled and waved. "Hiya! My name is Lisa Sonata, but my friends and Fans all call me Lyte!" She said as the siblings looked at her. "Fans?" Asked Blake. Lyte nodded and pulled out a flyer of her own. "DJ LYTESTRYKE Baby! Here to Lyte up Australia!" She said happily. Blake and Ashley both had a grimace that made Lyte frown a bit. "Not music lovers I take it?" She asked. Both Ashley and Blake put a hand up. "It's not that.... it's just that the last 'Musician' we let stay here was a huge mess." Said Ashley.

Blake just scoffed, "Let's be real, he wasn't even a REAL Musician, just a poser with a fake band who wailed into any microphone that he could get his hands on." He said with a bitter look. Lyte just nodded and bit her lip at the harsh vibes she felt. "Well, I can assure you I'M no fake! In fact, let me sweeten the deal! On top of three months' rent, how bout free tickets to any and all events! Starting tonite! We're gonna party til we drop baby!" She said as she handed them tickets. Ashley smiled and looked to Blake, who after a few seconds nodded. "Deal." He said as Lyte went to get her stuff.

"So... What do you think of this girl so far?" Ashley asked Blake as they headed to a club a few miles out. Blake focused on the road and shrugged. "She's a MASSIVE improvement over Maxx... a little too extroverted in my opinion, but I think she'd be a good enough roomie." He said with a nod that Ashley returned. "She liked my sweets, and giggles at my cat puns! So she seems to get on just fine at the house." They said as they arrived at the club. it was about the size of a warehouse, with neon lights that seemed to give color to the clouds in the skies above and said 'The SPIN CLUB' on the front. "Now to find out how different from Maxx she REALLY is." Said Blake as they both walked into the club after showing their I.Ds and tickets to the bouncer.

Blake and Ashley both felt a bit out of their element when they looked around. There were people all over the place with different outfits from different cliques, and they were all talking at once about vastly different subjects from each other. if anything it was a bit noisy. "Maybe we should get some sodas or drinks?" Offered Ashley. Blake just nodded, ready to do anything to get out of the center of the club. Both of them sighed after a soda. It got a bit easier to tolerate the club once they got used to it, but the overstimulation was still a bit irritating. "She must be popular to be in a club like this." Stated Ashley. Blake shrugged, "Maxx had rich parents, you never know... Honestly, I'm going to be nice, even if this turns out to be a wash, as long as she pays regularly and cleans up after herself, I will still tolerate her more than I did Maxx." He answered as all eyes turned to the glowing stage.

Lyte grinned as she stepped out in a white sports bra, A pair of white daisy dukes, a fishnet bodysuit with glowsticks taped to it, and a pair of Knee high white boots. "SPIN CLUB! ARE YOU READY TO SLAVE TO THE RAVE?!" She asked. The crowds rushed forward as Lyte turned on her soundboard and got to blasting colorful music while she scratched her records. Ashley Just smiled and watched while Lyte not only played music, she put on a cool rainbow laser light show with pyrotechnics. Blake just chuckled and watched, Truth be told he didn't care much for Lyte's kind of music. But it was easy to see her appeal, she was every bit as much of the show as her music was. Unlike Maxx, she was trying to make other people happy, not just herself. "I think I got my answers... welcome to our home Lyte." He said to himself as he watched the show with Ashley.

The next morning, Lyte yawned as she came into the dining room smelling freshly baked cinnamon rolls. "Oh that smells GOOOOOOD" She said with a bit of drool forming. Ashley just chuckled and served her one. "Help yourself!" They said as Lyte dug in. "Didja like the show?" She asked as Ashley grinned. "The club was a bit noisy, but I loved your Light show! Very Psychedelic!" They said as they sat down with her. "Yeahhh I used to get nervous in places like that, but something about my shows making people happy... makes ME happy ya know?" She asked. Ashley just nodded and grinned. "That's what I wanna do with my food! I wanna open up a place where people can enjoy my food, and maybe even help the stray cats around the city!" They said. Lyte lit up at the mention of cats. "I LOVE CATS! You gotta do that Ashley!" She said excitedly. Ashley giggled and chatted with Lyte about both of their favorite cats.

Unbeknownst to both Lyte and Ashley, Blake just grinned and sipped his coffee. "well that's the Room for rent situation down... Still gotta fix up the house though... But we've got time." He said as he grabbed his cinnamon roll and tools before heading out to the backyard, feeling a lot more at ease than he did in the past few weeks.