Brian’s POV

I was just about to plan the rest of my evening with Ave when my phone rang. I saw Maya’s number and picked up, she immediately said “Hey, do you have a couple of minutes for me? Now?”

“Hello? Is this really the best time?” I asked and knew that Matt also had other plans for Maya, I mean I had seen that look on his face and I bet I had the same one on my face when I looked at Avery “Yeah, normally I also had other plans, but that will just have to wait for a couple of minutes…” She said and I grinned. “I’m sure you have someone else you’d rather be doing…” I couldn’t see her but knew she would roll her eyes at me.

“Haha, brown eyes. And yes… so do you. Can we now meet in the lobby? But don’t tell Ave, alright?” Maya asked and I had to frown a little, what was this about?
“Okay, okay…I’ll meet you down in the lobby. Yeah, see you soon. Oh, and you now owe me.” I hung up and meet Avery’s frowning and curious eyes.

Of course she wanted to know who that was and what I would be doing, but since Maya asked me not to tell Avery, I would just go with the guys, the phone call sounded like I had been talking to one of them anyway.

I left Avery with a kiss and reminded her of an evening for two, just her and me that’s what I was counting on for later.

I quickly moved downstairs and met with a pacing Maya in the lobby, when she saw me she grabbed my shirt and dragged me off to the Bar area, we sat down there and I lifted my eyebrows at her, waiting for her to explain this secret meeting.

“I need to ask you something, and as sad as it sounds you are probably the one that understands me the best.” Maya murmured and she was tapping with her nails on the table until the waiter arrived.
“Two beers, thanks” She said and I nodded, alright… I could use a beer anyway.
“Where does Matt think you are?” I started finally the talk and Maya’s eyes snapped up to me and she blushed a little.

“I told him I would be talking to Avery. I don’t even know why… but I think you would understand me better…” Maya turned fully to me and I nodded “Is this about Matt? You wanna break up with him or something?” I asked with a frown and Maya shook her head, “No, god.. No!” She shook her head vehemently.
“More the opposite honestly.” She sighed and I put my index finger underneath her chin, making her look up to me.

“Would you tell me everything from the beginning so I can keep up with your thoughts, tattoo girl?” I asked her using the nickname I almost forgot from first meeting her and Ave.
“Tattoo girl?” She chuckled and then sighed “Well, since you and Avery seem so happy and everything is red roses with you I think I need an advice. Or maybe I just need to hear what you think, cause I’m so confused.”
I nodded “I can do that, but it’s not all red roses and rainbows either, but we work on it.” I grinned and she nodded.

“Matt told me he loved me, you know what right? And I kinda freaked out after he first told me. Now, I can say I somehow got used to it and I really like it, but whenever he says it to me, he.. he looks at me as if he is waiting for me to reply… and then when I don’t there is this disappointment in his eyes that breaks my heart.” She told me finally and I nodded.
“I know what you mean, M. I mean I haven’t told any girl before Avery that I loved her. She was my first if you wanna call it that way.” I chuckled and Maya shoved my shoulder, when the waiter set the beer in front of us we both took the bottles and drank, giving us a little room for thoughts.

“Problem is, I cannot really give you an advice, other than to trust Matt. He is an amazing guy and the way he looks at you is like he is worshipping the ground you walk on. He loves you and I can see in your eyes that you love him, too. Maybe you don’t realize it yet, just like I did, maybe that needs a bigger trigger to finally make you see it, but give it time… Matt won’t leave you because you can’t tell him. He is a fighter, and he will fight for you and your love until he gets what he wants, you should be prepared for that, your heart is gonna belong to him, sooner or later… I know I can start already giving you the count to when your hearts gonna belong to him completely, Maya. It’s just a matter of time.. Don’t fight against it. It’s a good feeling. I can tell, after hearing and telling her those three little words it’s like you are on a high, I haven’t felt better in all my life, truth be told.” I finished and Maya had a smile on her face “I’m glad you and my Gnome are so happy. I just don’t know if you are right… I wished I could give him back what he is giving me, but I am just not used to someone caring for me… I always think the worst, it’s a defense mechanism from me, I guess”

“Why don’t you start telling him exactly that? I bet he would want to know something like that, than he can work with it Maya. He needs to understand those things about you or he will always run in the wrong direction…” She sighed and then leaned forward and kissed my cheek “Thank, Brian. Maybe I will…”

She downed the rest of her beer and was about to leave me sitting there, when I pulled her back “Not so quick, tattoo girl.” She frowned and sat back on her chair.
“What? You wanna count in what I owe you now?” She asked a little perplex and I shook my head “That’s a treasure I’m gonna keep for a really good occasion, right now… I thought that we two gorgeous people could talk about something else, too.” I said and looked at everything but at her.
She didn’t say anything and I finally had to look at her again, she had lifted her eyebrow just like I had first.

“Gates, you are with my best friend and I am with yours… You should know better than-” I rolled my eyes and she burst out laughing.
“Okay, fine. Tell me…” She said when she could finally breathe normally again after her outburst.
“I.. well when we were talking already about our significant others… Did Ave.. talk to you about tomorrow or something?” I asked and Maya shook her head, being serious again now.
“No, I didn’t really talk to her about much lately… but I sensed she was getting a little restless, right?” Maya hit the nail on it’s head.

“Yeah, honestly she is distancing herself a little. I don’t know if she is doing it on purpose or if she doesn’t even realize that she is doing it but it begins to freak me out a little. What if the talk tomorrow won’t go as we think? What if her Dad will want haul her back to Huntington while we are on tour, what if he does this guilt thing and Ave doesn’t see any other way then going back? She loves her Dad and it’s hard for her to go against his wishes, right? So how am I supposed to tell her not to go back… because I couldn’t stand that…” I said and Maya patted my back and said “I will be there tomorrow, I won’t let her hop on to the guilt trip. I will talk to her beforehand if you want me too?”
I nodded “Yeah… do you… what do you think will happen? You know Larry quite good, right?” I asked her and she sighed.

“It’s hard to tell, I bet he will realize quick what had been going on and that Avery was with us all the time, which will piss him off. Maybe then we first need to cook him down a little bit before barging in with how much you love her. He won’t want to hear that anyway, but we need to make him listen in the end. We should tell him, how good everything went, that Avery never been in any danger or nothing had happened then us working here and doing everything as before.” Maya explained and that sounded logically, but would that work?

“When Larry listens to that, maybe afterwards we can let someone neutral tell about the relationships. Or do you think Matt should be the one talking? He is the one Larry normally went to right?” Maya asked and I nodded but I guess that would change now, too. “Maybe Zack? Or see how Larry reacts?” I shrugged and Maya nodded “Maybe we prepare Zack to maybe do the talking if Larry keeps being pissed at Matt as well?” Maya suggested and I could live with that.

“And in the end you take over and tell Larry just how much you love my best friend… now enjoy the rest of the evening with her, I bet she is already missing you and so is my big guy. Hope he didn’t knock on Avery’s door looking for me.” Maya said and I drank the rest of my beer setting it back and paying for it.
“I hope he didn’t, Ave’s in the bathtub… and that’s where I plan to join her right about now.” I told Maya with a wink and she sighed.

“Bathtub sex? Kinky, I like that.” She grinned and then placed another kiss on my cheek “Thank you for listening to me and well helping me… I bet everything will work out tomorrow, don’t let Avery push you away, she doesn’t mean it. She is just overwhelmed with her feelings and the upcoming talk with her Dad. I bet you find the right words and actions to distract her tonight, right?”
“I will try everything in my might, believe me. You better be glad not to have the room next to ours, Short shit will be not sleeping much tonight, I’m telling you.” I winked at her and she laughed loudly when we both walked back to the elevator.

I pushed the button for the elevator and when the door slid open Matt stood there, frowning when he saw Maya and me. I quickly stepped inside when Matt went outside. I pushed the button to close the doors and left Maya and Matt standing there, because I just had one thought in mind, getting back to Avery in the bathtub as soon as possible.

Jess’ POV

Later that night I sat together with Johnny, Zack and Jimmy at the hotel bar. We were having a few drinks and Jimmy told funny stories about the band.
Some time later some of the roadies joined us and it was getting even funnier and funnier, and the drinks were getting more and more… Was Jimmy serving them all the time? I have never seen him without one… weird…

I already had a pretty good buzz and knew I should slow down a bit or I wouldn’t remember anything tomorrow. And I really wanted to remember this, it was funny as hell.
“Where do you sleep tonight, Queen?” Jimmy whispered and his lips were nearly brushing my ear, even though he was just leaning next to me to grab his drink.

“I got my own room… Maya said, normally we would be sharing the room, or that’s at least how Mr. Jacobson had planned it, but since she is sleeping with Matt she said I could take that one as my own.” I said quietly and I don’t know why I thought it was a pretty damn good idea to have a room alone, maybe because I was already getting flushed at the thought that Jimmy might have more intensions then just knowing if I had a place to sleep.

He finally took the bottle of the table and leaned back, he spread his legs wider and his thigh was pressed to mine and I felt a small spark jumping from him to me.
I swallowed thickly and moved my eyes up to his, to check if he felt it as well and his blue eyes were nearly eating me up.

“You felt that?” He whispered and Jason turned around “Felt what?” He asked and Jimmy rolled his eyes, “This” Jimmy slapped Jason on the back of his head and Jason tried to hit Jimmy back but he was faster and stood already behind his chair.

“I’m going to get me something to eat, someone joining me?” Jimmy asked but his eyes were only focused on me and even before I could say anything I was already standing beside him as if my body decided to take over the decision for me.

“No, but you could bring me something?” Matt Berry said grinning and Jimmy flipped him off. “I’m not a delivery boy, asshat.”
With that Jimmy took my hand and dragged me out of the front door, even though Johnny had just got up to follow us, but Jimmy was so fast that Johnny finally sat back down, not wanting to bother and running after us, that wasn’t really decent but well, they were all drunk just as we were, so why bother anyway?!

“You want something to eat?” I asked Jimmy who just pulled me closer to his side, his arm finally moving around my waist and then he stopped “Not really.” He admitted grinning.
“Then what do you plan?” I asked him and he chuckled “I just wanted to get you out here, in the dark of the night, you and me… Don’t you think we could do some amazing secret missions together? I mean, I have one in my head already, but to achieve that goal I must know if you are on board with me.” He stared into my eyes and I could only stare back, I had no idea what he wanted from me right now but in the end my head nodded and he sighed as if he was afraid I would decide against him.

“We can’t just go back inside like that… we need to find another way. Follow me, I will think of something.” Jimmy grabbed my hand in his and moved around the hotel towards the back entrance, he tried different doors but they were all locked.
“Damn, we need to figure something new out.” Jimmy scanned the area and I looked up “There is the fire ladder” I pointed up and Jimmy just grabbed my hips and pulled me into his body, his lips crashed down on mine and his tongue enter my mouth nearly immediately.
I sighed into our kiss, god he tasted good, like beer and something sweet… something unique and damn I knew I wanted more of that.

When we were both out of breathe slowly pulling away Jimmy beamed at me “I could kiss you again, you are brilliant, my Queen… so brilliant” He jumped up and at the second try he grabbed the fire ladder to pull it down, it gave a loud screeching sound but thank god no one was looking.
“But Jimmy, we don’t know which floor we can get in…” I tried to reason but Jimmy waved me off “I will get us to the right one don’t worry. Which room number do you have?” He asked and I blinked at him, so his questions did have a double meaning, thank god…
Because honestly I needed more of his kisses and I was already imagining how good we would be together, his hands on my body were bringing my blood to boil over.

“325” I finally answered and Jimmy nodded “Good, then let’s go.” He looked at me and waited for my approval before making the first step and I was wondering if this was just the alcohol talking or would it be like that as well when we were sober?
I guess I knew the answer already, cause I had been close to him all day and I had been feeling the same, and now I was closer to the goal then ever… if we wouldn’t get caught or drop of the small ladder or something.

Jimmy climbed up and I followed him, heights weren’t really my thing, but that was too late to mention now, was it?!
“You okay, Queen?” Jimmy asked and I concentrated myself on looking up and not down “Fine, I’m fine.” I said and Jimmy chuckled “You checking out my ass, huh? Worth it, I know” He laughed again and I couldn’t stop the smile forming on my lips “You could say that… but wait-” I told him and gave his ass a nice squeeze making him stumble a little “Worth touching too.” I grinned up to him “Ouch, you little witch” Jimmy said but still had a smile on his face when he went further up. “You know that I’m gonna do the same to you later on.. and more” He winked at me and I was suddenly feeling all heated up, and couldn’t wait for the end of this climb.

“3, that’s gonna be it.” Jimmy said and tried the fire door leading to the third floor.” The door opened with another loud squeeze. “Fuck yes, its open” Jimmy almost yelled and I held my hand in front of his mouth, I didn’t want to get busted just before we made it.
“Yes, right… silence.. I’m not that good with silence” Jimmy said behind my hand and I chuckled only hearing his mumbles.
I took my hand away and he licked his lips grinning “So, show me your residence my lady.” He motioned me forward and I walked towards my room when suddenly Jimmy pinched my ass and I turned to him finding him chuckling “Hmm.. you are right, totally worth it”

I stood before my room and opened the door “You want to come in, Knife master?” I asked him and had picked that name up from earlier conversations.
“I would love to, my Queen” With that we moved into my room and as soon as the door was closed Jimmy grabbed me into his arms and gave me another of this bone melting kisses and all my rational thoughts were gone.

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