It was a strange situation for Amy, having spent the majority of her career in an actual band in ‘Riot!’ and now doing her solo thing, she knew the dynamics were different since they were primarily session musicians with the main job of effectively creating whatever it was that Amy required for her own stuff. It wasn’t a collaborative project or a collective, it was essentially a backing band following Amy’s direction. She didn’t feel all that comfortable with it and tried to keep things pretty relaxed and enjoyable for everybody involved. Amy scrunches her nose and lets out a little chuckle as Lydia delivers the SpongeBob line. Despite being in the early stages, their relationship had continued to develop pretty quickly during their time working alongside each other, Lydia bringing her unique personality to these sessions had certainly made the process a lot more enjoyable for everybody involved.

The group of session musicians consisted primarily of Charlie, Sara, Dillon and Jacoby whom had all supported Amy previously with Lydia being added to the mix as a newbie and rotating cast of others who helped out from time to time. Amy smiles as Lydia briefly rests her head against Amy’s arms, “Oh my god!” she says in mock shock, grabbing Lydia’s hand and softly inspecting her fingers, “I had no idea! … What have I become?” she says, pausing for dramatic effect, “I’m a monster!!” she says with a chuckle as she inspects Lydia's fingers once more, switching back to her normal voice, "You really are no use to me now, huh?" she says playfully.

As much as Amy enjoyed the company of the other guys and gal from the band she couldn’t help but make a b-line towards Lydia, her silliness and adorable nature was exactly what Amy needed in the high pressure recording environment. It was known by the other musicians that Amy and Lydia were in the beginning stages of a relationship but they tried to keep things as low-key as they could.

Amy laughed as Lydia suggested being put down like an old racehorse, "But you have so many races left to run!" she says with a playful frown and pout. She gave Lydia’s fingers a little squeeze as she complimented Amy’s efforts in the studio. She turned her hips slightly, pointing her ass in the direction of Lydia, “That’s why it’s so tiny!” she says in mock exasperation. Chuckling a little, and glancing at the vending machine, “Yes, please! Surprise me!” she says with a smile.

Amy laughs a little, “I think the whole industry knows not to fuck with Erica or Karoliena.” She knew that entire group were very close knit, so appreciated the fact that they were willing to allow Lydia to moonlight as Amy’s bassist for her upcoming solo projects. Amy gave a little smile as Lydia checked her out before making her way to the vending machine, “I guess maybe we need to arrange a practical lesson.” She says with a shrug of her shoulders, smirking a little as she allows her mind to wander with Lydia’s squeezing motion painting a very specific picture.

As Lydia placed the can against Amy’s neck, “Holy shit!” she says as she shuddered for a second before the warmth from Lydia’s quick kiss immediately made the shock of the cold can dissipate. She smiles as she takes the can from Lydia, “Works for me” she says as she sits down on the sofa, gesturing for Lydia to join her in a much needed break from work.

Amy nods at the revelation that the ladies are actually not so scary, “They’ve always been very friendly whenever we’ve spoken online or in person. I’m still pretty sure if things called for it, they could handle a situation.” She says with a slight chuckle. Although they had all existed in the industry for many years, Amy’s one on one dealings with Erica and Karoliena were very minimal, but there was always some sort of connection or link between friendship groups it seemed. Amy laughs as Lydia continues the playful flirting, “What if I were to get zero butt squeezes for a whole day, is it still possible to have an entire days’ worth of these administered in one wonderful and possibly fatal dose later that evening?” she locks eye contact with Lydia and smirks.

Amy glances over as Lydia makes herself comfortable on the couch, offering a smile at Lydia’s suggestion of a shoulder rub. “You are way too kind.” She says, shuffling across the couch towards Lydia. Amy lays against her, relaxing into Lydia slightly as she awaits her shoulder massage. Although it was still relatively early days for the pair, she liked the fact that Lydia was so unafraid to show affection.

Amy nods along enthusiastically as Lydia runs through her sales clerk impersonation, she gives a little giggle before Lydia leans in and kisses Amy. She purses her lips, enjoying the kiss as she allows Lydia to take the lead. Amy closed her eyes for a couple of moments, savouring the kiss. Opening them once Lydia had pulled away, losing herself for a moment in her beautiful expressive eyes. “So damn cute.” She says with a warm smile at Lydia as the brief moment came to an end. Amy’s nature wasn’t so touchy feely, save for private moments of intimacy but she appreciated Lydia’s openly affectionate ways.

Amy leans back comfortably against Lydia as she massaged her shoulders, she could immediately feel any aches and tension dissipating as Lydia continued to work her magic. “Your fingers really do magic things” she says with a chuckle as Lydia continues massaging Amy’s shoulders. She smiles a little and lets out a laugh at Lydia’s comment, “You really don’t need an excuse.” She says before continuing, “I can’t help but feel like I’m facing the wrong way to really appreciate it though.” She laughs, “I think it’s probably safer this way around though, we’re not exactly in the most private location.”

Amy laughs a little as Lydia poses the question about how people would view their cuteness, “Shit, it disgusts me how cute we are!” she says, shaking her head a little and making a mock disgust face, scrunching her face in the process. “Really fucking gross.” She says once more, before laughing. She loved the easy-going nature of their interactions, it was unserious which was a definite change of pace for Amy, having always previously guarded herself to the maximum degree, both for personal reasons and also for career reasons.

Amy shakes her head in disagreement, “It’s pretty nice though. Maybe I should just retire and let that be my life.” She smiles before relaxing back into the massage, enjoying Lydia’s ability to relieve stresses and aches. She feels her face flush with warmth as Lydia teases playfully, “Oh, I have no doubt that you can.” She says confidently as Lydia kisses her neck, “Yeah, I don’t think the guys would appreciate walking in on that and seeing the preferential treatment you’re getting.” She laughs, taking Lydia’s hands and placing them around her stomach, relaxing softly into a cuddling position against Lydia. “Talk to me?” she says, sighing contentedly, “I feel like we’ve been doing *this* for a little while, but I wanna know your story.”

Amy smiles as Lydia continues, laughing a little at the groupie comment, “Oh there’s nothing wrong with a groupie, I have zero issues with a little idol worship.” She says jokingly. Although the opportunities would have been there for her, it wasn’t ever something that she had first hand experience with, her other band members may have differed. She nods her head, “I’ve tried to do some research but you remain elusive. Any links I came across seemed to direct me to the dark web” she says with a little chuckle. Amy sits and listens, taking in as much information as she can, she laughs a little, “Well, I definitely need you to give me a tour of sun studios and I guess the clown makeup could come in useful.” She says with a laugh, “Alright, maybe not.”

Amy thinks for a second, she knew that there was probably a lot of information already out there but assumed it would just all be pretty surface level stuff. “Yeah, we signed to ‘Nomad Records’ in early 2011, debut album came out that summer and everything just went crazy. When everybody wants a piece of you at seventeen or eighteen, it’s kind of a mind fuck.” She says with a laugh, looking back on things. “Everything just went crazy, I don’t think I could handle that level of fame now but somehow did when I was eighteen.” She says, making it sort of clear why she’s opted for a low-key minimalistic approach to her solo career.

Amy laughs at Lydia’s comment, “I try not to have an ego but I can’t help but love the idea that someone see’s me as the dating equivalent of hunting big game. You really gambled and went all out for the primary title, huh?” she says with a playful giggle. Amy nods confidently, “I will take you up on the tour of Memphis. I think I’ve only ever just passed through.” She laughs, “I don’t think clown make up makes it on my list of kinks.” Amy allows herself a moment to think back on those early breakthrough years, “I guess I never really thought of it. When it’s crazy like that you don’t really have the time to sit and think about how to navigate it all. You just sort of get on with it.” She considers the question about whether she’s fucked up because of it, not wanting to elaborate too much, “I’d say maybe I’m fucked up in ways everybody could probably guess.” She says with a laugh, “But no, thankfully my fucked up-ness is limited to the more normal scale. No jar of leg hair or anything like that!”

She smiles as Lydia faces Amy, “We never went super crazy, didn’t drink too much and were never into the whole drug scene. I definitely didn’t do the whole one-night stand thing and was never overly sexual on stage, I guess because I was very aware of how female frontwoman is just generally an over-sexualised thing in itself.”
She tries her best to think back on that time, “I guess I probably put a little too much pressure on myself to protect myself and protect my own image as much as I could. Some would say I’m a bit of a control freak. I sometimes wonder if I’d have enjoyed the run a little more if I just let those worries subside.” She laughs a little, “I think that’s why I have the fear of getting the band back together again even though everybody wants it, because it just immediately puts me back on that level of fame.” She frowns a little at the thought and lets out a chuckle, “It’s sort of weird, I can do this solo stuff with basically one hundred percent anonymity.”