So yeah, I found myself drawn to her like a fly to honey. Which meant I retreated into my shell more and more. Self-preservation. My plan was to ignore her as much as possible and get myself on the road, and then I could forget all about her. It wasn’t that hard to avoid her, I was either able to hide behind my drum kit or my phone to post new videos of our studio time. Alex often tried to engage me when I was in the middle of our social media stuff, but I’d taken to giving her one-word answers and acting disinterested, when I was anything but.
After our last night in the studio, we loaded everything out and everyone had left but I still had to pack up the last few pieces of my drum kit. When I brought the bass drum to the band’s new green Ford passenger van, Alex was leaning against the side of the brick building where it was parked.
“Dude, are you mad at me?” Alex inquired, sucking on an orange lollipop. Today wearing a white tank with cutoff shorts and those boots. I swear, I could see her nipples through the fabric of her top.
“Nope.” I pushed my hands into my jeans and slouched next to her against the side of the building, avoiding her gaze. And looking at her chest.
“Oh-kay.” She leveled her gaze at me.
“I’m just focused on my band right now.” I shrugged. “We have a lot riding on this.”
She didn’t break eye contact. “Yeah, I’m aware.”
“We leave in just over a week.”
She bit off the orange candy and crunched it. “Yeah, I know.”
“Carter has really set things up for us. We have a real chance to make this work, so I have to focus.”
“What did he say to Zoey?” Alex squinted at me. “She was crying earlier.”
“Maybe he was comforting her because she’s upset about us leaving.” I really had no idea what she was talking about.
“I don’t think so.” She was unimpressed. “She was upset by something he said to her.”
“I don’t know, Alex. I mean, don’t you think Zoey and Ty are a little too serious for having just met a couple of months ago?” I usually kept my feelings to myself, but it was something that Connor, Zane, and I had talked about with Carter.
Unlike Connor, who had been with my sister for years, Zane who would fuck anyone for the sheer pleasure of it, and me who was slightly more discerning but not in the market for a serious relationship, Ty was a sensitive soul. He was our lead singer. We needed him to give 100 percent to the band right now. We all loved Zoey, but the odds of them working out were next to zero. Less than zero, pardon the pun.
“Yeah, I think they are too serious.” Alex surprised me. “She’s going to get her heart broken, and I can’t stop it.”
“What do you mean?” I was similarly worried about Ty’s heart.
“You guys are going on the road. You’ll have your pick of beautiful women in every city you visit. Zoey thinks Ty is the one for her. I know that Ty will not be able to resist temptation.” She raised her eyebrow.
Despite my feelings on the matter, her comment made me angry. “Wow. You don’t give him much credit.”
“He’s a dude.” She shrugged as if it was a foregone conclusion.
“You know nothing about him, do you?” My voice raised even further. “He’s not wired that way. If anything, Zoey will meet someone at college and forget all about her fling with a rock star.”
“Hmm.” Alex walked over to the trash and threw away her lollipop stick.
“Hmm, what?” I followed her, wanting to complete this conversation and stick up for my man Ty.
“You just seem very defensive.” She smirked defiantly. “But, I’m glad to hear you say that about Ty, it makes me feel better.”
“Why?”
“Because tomorrow she’s going to lose her virginity to him, and he better goddamn know what a gift it is.” Alex crossed her arms across her perky tits, drawing my eyes to them. Christ.
“Jesus.” I was shocked. “The way they carry on, I could have sworn they have been going at it all summer.”
“Nope.” Alex smiled. “They’re making it special. Seems unnecessarily dramatic.”
“Well, it’s none of my business.” I walked back over to the van we’d dubbed “The Green Dragon,” unlocked it and loaded in my bass drum.
“Can I tell you something?” Alex walked up behind me, her hands clasped behind her, causing her breasts to jut out slightly.
“Um, sure.” I couldn’t help but lick my lips.
“I was hoping that you’d do that for me.” Her cheeks reddened just a little, but she kept her composure.
My heart stopped. What?
“Do what, Beanie?” I gulped.
“God! Stop calling me that. I hate it.” She cocked her hip and narrowed her eyes.
“Okay.” My heart was pounding.
“All summer I’ve been hoping you’d notice me because I wanted my first time to be with you,” Alex said boldly before looking down at her boots.
I couldn’t speak, my dick filled at the thought of her naked and writhing under me. All I could do was stare at her like a nutjob.
Alex looked up at me innocently, yet there was lust and passion behind her big blue eyes. She was impossible for me to resist. I reached out and stroked her lips with my finger and all bets were off when she opened her mouth and sucked in the tip, still staring directly into my eyes.
“Fuck. Alex. That’s such a bad idea.” I stroked her hair with my free hand as she drew my finger farther into her mouth and then released it.
“Probably.” She grinned.
“You really thought I didn’t notice you?” I stared into her eyes, questioning.
“Sure hasn’t seemed like it.” She playfully pouted.
“I’m too old for you.” I shook my head but couldn’t help but smile. “You need to be with someone your own age.”
“Do you want my
