(Love) Contract

Tara’s POV

Oh my god!
Could somebody please tell me what just happened?!
I cannot believe this!
I went to the bathroom to breathe a little, to not show anyone that I had a huge fear of flying and that I was nearly hyperventilating... and then... how could this happen?!
I had excused myself from Jason and how in hell did I end up kissing my maybe new boss?!
I must have left the door unlocked so he sneaked inside, he must be wondering where I have been.

I couldn’t really concentrate on a thing that he said to me, I just stared at him and damn, he was so attractive… and then he had just kissed me.
He just pulled me to him and kissed me and then he said, 'this should have never happened'.
What does this mean, was I out of the job?
Was he now just being nice to me because he had to, but he made up his mind already?
Maybe this was a test and I miserably failed…

I grabbed the wine and not caring what he would think now I downed it in one big gulp, setting the empty glass back on the table.
Not enough to make me drunk, but maybe it would calm me down a little.
I looked over at Matt and he had done the same, holding his hand up to order more.
A woman came towards us and have another glass to me, I frowned a little and looked over at Matt, he grabbed his glass and swallowed the wine, and I took in the picture of him, his jaw muscles working, his Adam’s apple jumping with each swallow.
Stupid idea, I looked away again.
“Alright, so… I told Denise the details already, so now it’s your turn.” He leaned a little towards me and described my new job tasks.
He was very careful with his words and I saw him thinking and rethinking some formulations and sometimes I had a feeling he was trying to avoid some topics.
“So to make this short, your band mate, Brian… Has a problem, and he needs someone to look out for him, someone who will live in his home, who will organize that he will show up to meetings and if I understood the little hints you gave, someone who will improve his outer image? Something like he is having a stable relationship and not the whoring around rockstar image?” Might be a shot in the dark, but this is what I got from his description?
He looked at me a little surprised and then nodded “You are good, all in all, yes that’s it.”
“I’m not gonna sleep with him.” I said and Matt nearly choked on the third glass wine that he was drinking.
“What?” He got out coughing.
“If you think that this would also be in the deal, I am not a prostitute or and escort or something.” I tried to clarify beforehand.
“Fuck, no. How.. I mean what makes you think that…" Matt stuttered next to me.
"Well your description of the job is a little abnormal to say in the least…” I pointed out.
“I know, don’t tell me that. I just can’t seem to find a better solution, so are you still interested, it might get a little rough sometimes, and he can be a real ass… just so you are warned.” Matt looked a little helpless and I had the need to soothe him so I did.
“I think I can handle someone like that…” I tried a small smile and was regarded with a dimpled one, which made my stomach flutter again.
I quickly looked away and thought that he really made me forget about the fear of flying, but that would change as soon as we landed, which was soon.
“Oh and here… the monthly payment would be this.” He held out a small note and I took it, looked at it and with that much money, my whole financial problems would be gone, just like this.
I stared at the note and stared some more, then held it back out to him and swallowed.
I could do this job just a couple of months and I could rent my own apartment, could take some time to find a new job, damn I could even do a holiday after this.
“Okay?” Matt asked and his fingers lightly touched mine, when he took the note back from me and I felt a small electric jolt move from where our fingers touched but I tried to suppress the urge to shiver.
“Okay.” I replied finally and still had the money in front of my eye, I needed this job now, more than ever.

Matt’s POV

I was glad that we don’t have to act awkward now around each other, I just tried to keep my distance.
This was pretty hard, when my hands longed to touch her at every moment possible, but I was stronger than that.
It became clearer and clearer to me that she was the right person for this job, I really tried to describe the job and my intension behind it as vague as possible and she saw right through.
She seemed convinced that she could handle the situation and Brian, that could easily change when we would arrive in the hotel.

We sat in the cab and Jason had called Zack, right after we landed to know in which hotel we could find our lost member.
Thank god, Zack knew so we could organize us a cab and move right to the hotel, and that’s where the not so fun part would be starting and the two girls have to show how they would handle the situation.

We arrived at the hotel, I asked for Brian’s room and paid for a spare keycard so we could move inside, he wouldn’t open anyway, of that I was sure.
I had to control my temper…

I didn’t know what I had to expect but I have seen the last party’s he had been attending and the rooms looked horrible afterwards.
So I didn’t expect any less this time…
“Matt, calm down. We don’t know what happened here…” I heard Jason behind me, trying to soothe me.
“I cannot guarantee anything, Jason. I don’t know how I will react.” I told him honestly.
“I fucking told him we would be coming over, he agreed. He knew it and still he made a trip to Vegas, without saying a word!” Alright, temper was not rising it was nearly over boiling and I couldn’t care less, if I saw that guy, I would fucking rip his head off!
“Don’t scare our girl’s away, Matt.” Jason motioned behind us.
I breathed deeply in and out when we walked into the right corridor, I stopped on the number which stood on the keycard and scanned it, the door opened slowly and I looked inside.
Yeah, that’s what I expected.
There were still passed out people lying around, bottles and cans everywhere, it stank and it was still dark, all the windows were shut and damn, the further I walked inside the more vicious was the smell in here.

“Oh god, it stinks… I can’t get any further inside or I have to puke.” I heard a voice behind me and knew already it was Denise.
“If you want the job, you should know what this is about. Or you are out.” I said without turning around.
“Alright…” I heard her whisper.
“BRIAN?” I yelled but no one answered. Just a small moan and groan from a direction.
“Jason, would you wake up these people and get them outta here…” I told him and he nodded, bending down to the first girl he could find, to wake her up.
“GATES, DAMN IT!” I yelled again… nothing.
“Damn, this son of a bitch.”
“I really.. I cannot do this. I need fresh air… I need to…” Denise stuttered and ran out of the hotel room, okay so I guess we have our winner, if Tara was still up for the job, we still haven’t found Brian.
“I will check the bedroom, will you check the bathroom?” I asked her and she nodded.
“Sure, his name is Brian and how do I know it’s him?” She asked with a frown.
“Brian, yes. You will know, when you see him.” I told her and she looked a little confused so I helped her out. “Tattooed all over, on his hands MARLBORO, black hair in a spiky way, sunglasses, black clothes, maybe still wearing his fedora hat, he seemed glued to this thing…”
“Oh okay, I will find him.” She nodded and I had to smile and I even granted me the little moment of watching her walk away and let my eyes stay on her swaying hips.
“Yo, Matt?” Jason stood suddenly beside me.
“Yeah?”
“We are alone, but your other candidate is downstairs getting fresh air and trying not to puke, should I send her home?” Jason asked.
“Yes, buy her a ticket and send her home. I knew she was not the right one.”
“Tara is good.” Jason nodded at the direction she vanished.
“Let’s see, they still haven’t met yet.” I told her, Brian could still ruin it all.
“FOUND HIM” We heard Tara yell suddenly.
“WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOUUUU!” Brian’s yelled back and Jason and I hurried over to the bathroom to see what was going on.

Notes

Another first meeting... :D
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