Brian’s POV

The evening was going perfectly, and with perfectly I mean… this would be the night where I would finally tell Sam my feelings. I would go all in and tell her the three words I think every woman wants to hear, I just hoped she would reply.
And it wasn’t only about me being free of the book, it was also about me and her, about me wanting to hear from her that she was feeling the same way.

This woman, she was just special and she was mine and I had to keep her… I just needed the perfect moment on this perfect date.
We would head over to the beach after we had our dessert, there we would walk around when the sun was slowly setting down, we could sit there watch the ocean. I could surprise her by grabbing my guitar and giving her the small gift that Matt had prepared for me.
I already had something in my head what I wanted to play for her, weird right, since before I didn’t even know how to play the guitar and now something new was already forming in my head.

I just hoped Sam would hurry, then I could feed her with the dessert, and she could feed me, do all this stupid childish couple things I used to hate… wait I used to hate? That was something knew!
I remembered Matt and his girlfriend Val when we were younger, they used to cuddle all the time and she was feeding him and I thought this was disgusting…
I remembered Matt?!

A huge smile was spreading over my face when I realized that something from my past had surfaced. I remembered the scene from Matt and Val, even thought I couldn’t remember all, this was another puzzle piece falling to place, I had to tell Sam about that, had to tell her that-

“Hey Syn” A woman stood suddenly before me, she was the waitress Sam had pointed out.
She had been watching us apparently and I haven’t even realized she had been standing anywhere near us.
And where did she come from so quickly? Does she know me? Recognize me? Why else would she call me Syn?

That was my stage name, right? She must want an autograph or something?
“Hi” I greeted back but didn’t really know how else to treat her right now, maybe I should have asked Jimmy what to do in a situation like this.
“You are here with your sister? Or cousin?” She asked and I frowned, alright… subtle, very subtle.
“No. Sorry, do I know you?” I asked and she inched further to me, sitting down on the table and leaning in as if she wanted to tell me secret.

“Yes, I do know you. And I am a little hurt that you don’t remember me. We have history you know” She winked at me and I had to swallow thickly, really? We had history? Was she one of my ex-girlfriends and I forgot about her? Would she make a scene?

“I’m sorry, I don’t remember you. Do you want an autograph or something?” I asked and she began to laugh loudly and I didn’t want to be rude so I chuckled along.

“I had your autograph already, Brian. Here-” She took my hand and guided it to her chest and laid my hand right above her breasts and I sucked in a breath, oh shit.
I tried to pull my hand away as quickly as I could “You remember now? Or should I help you further?” She asked and let her long nailed finger trace up and down my chest.

I had to say, she wasn’t really my type, or at least right now I would say she wasn’t my type, she was a beautiful girl, no question, but the blonde hair and dark tanned skin wasn’t doing much for me right now, even though I had to admit that the way she was flirting with me right now was doing a lot for my ego. And I kind of liked that, but still I wasn’t here to flirt with anyone and I wasn’t interested anyway, I was here for Sam and me.

“I’m sorry sweetie, I’m here with my girlfriend and I wasn’t lying when I told you that I have no idea who you are.” I stopped her finger from running up and down and held it there for a moment until she met my eyes so she knew I was serious.

“I am not interested but thank you.” She huffed out a breath looked to the side and then leaned further in and for a short moment I was thinking she planned to kiss me but she just whispered in my ear “If you think plain and simple will do for you, you can try… but if you want more here you can find me.” She chuckled and I smirked back at her whispering “You have no idea, how happy your ‘plain and simple’ is making me.”

She finally got the message and walked away from me and I sighed, this was weird, she clearly recognized me and wanted more from me while all my friends took a while to even realize who I am, so why did she know?

Would all our fans know? Was she even a fan? Or just a girl I had picked up one time? Shit, who was I before all this? Were here more of those woman running around?
Would they ruin my evening? I couldn’t let that happen and needed to leave quickly, so I could finally finish my plan.

I looked up and saw Sam was already back and I smiled at her but she didn’t even meet my eyes, what was wrong?
I was about to open my mouth and ask her when the waiter finally brought out dessert. I thanked him and spooned up the ices and chocolate sauce to hold it out for Sam, but she just took her own spoon lost in thoughts and began to eat, ignoring my advances.

“Sam? Babe, you alright?” I asked her and her eyes snapped up to mine.
“Yeah, sure… you don’t have anything… to tell me, do you?” She asked but looked away again and I frowned, what did she mean?
Had she seen me talking to the waitress? But she couldn’t have, could she? And even if, I didn’t do anything wrong, right?

“What do you mean?” I finally asked because I didn’t want to run into a trap.
“Forget about it… you know, I don’t feel too good anymore, would you mind to drive us back to the hotel?” She asked suddenly and then her eyes met mine and I saw in them worry, disappointment and sadness.

It was overwhelming and I hadn’t seen her look at me like that before, I felt it like physical pain in my chest.
What had happened? What could I do to make it right again?

“Sam, what is wrong? I have more plans for us, this evening is not done… I mean-” I started again but Sam just shook her head, hiding those disturbing emotions from me.
“Just bring me back home, okay?” She asked and put the spoon done leaving me nearly speechless.
Why didn’t she just tell me what was on her mind?
I wished I could read thoughts right now, but I couldn’t and the mood Sam had right now, I bet I couldn’t convince her and change her mind…
Would this be the end of my perfectly planned date? This was it? I didn’t even get the chance to tell her how much she meant to me?

One last try, because I couldn’t let this go… maybe this was the only chance I would get?!
“Sam, I wish I knew what is going on in that beautiful head of yours, because… I see your are hurt, but I don’t know why? What did I do? And how can I fix it?”

I asked her but she gave me a weak smile “Yes, I saw you, and please spare me the details… I don’t want to hear any explanations right now. I just want to think and want to go back to the hotel, if that’s okay for you?” Sam said slowly and I sighed, no matter what I would tell her now, she wouldn’t believe me and I couldn’t get back the mood from before… I failed and I couldn’t fix it now…
Would this be the end?

Notes

Uhhoooo did you expect that?!
Could this go more wrong?

What should he do now?!