Brian’s POV

Maybe I was a little too excited about the fact that I had sent a text to Everly to meet her at my place later today.

She hadn’t replied right away, but I knew she was just playing. She agreed to my proposition and now we had to set some main rules and how we would achieve our goal.

We had to figure out a plan on how to piss of Chris to finally realize what he was doing.
I still had no idea why he would be giving up on something great that he had, to be with the crazy ex of mine, and beside that, she was my ex, he shouldn’t be up and about one of my past lovers.

I took my phone and my finger hovered over the call button at Chris number, I had no idea what he was thinking, I didn’t even know why he couldn’t talk to me, or any of our friends lately.

If this shit was real with him and Rachel, then why the hell wouldn’t he admit it to us and stand up to it?! Instead he is in hiding and sending stupid wedding invitations to everyone, what the hell was that about?

My phone buzzed before I could make the call and a smile came over my face seeing it was Everly who wrote me.
I’ll be there in about 20, will leave from work now. – Everly
I looked at the time, realizing it was already five. When I wasn’t on tour or having appointments I quickly lost the feeling for the time of the day, especially since we normally just begin working around this time.

I looked around my living room and realized some empty bottles and food container standing around from the last delivery service. I should at least clean that up.

I got up and put the trash away, I grabbed the empty bottles and glasses put them in the kitchen and before I knew it the doorbell rang.

I walked over and saw Everly standing there, she looked exhausted but had still enough fire in her eyes to make me smile.

“So what is it you need to talk to me about?” She asked pushing past me into the house.
“Hey babe, had a rough day?” I asked walking behind her, when she abruptly stopped I almost ran into her.

She lifted and eyebrow at me “What is this?” She asked and I grinned even more “Well, we should talk about the arrangement, like you said or no one will believe us being together” I clarified and she sighed “No one is around, so why the hell should we do that now?”

“Because with the way you act around me, it is hard to believe you feel anything for me beside hate or disgust… and I honestly have no idea why” I said and saw surprise in her eyes at my honest words, but then her eyes clouded over again and she sat her bag to the floor.

“Can we sit down, if we have to do this? Cause I have been up all day” She looked like she might sink to the floor right where we were standing, so I motioned her to the living room.

“Sure, go ahead. It’s not like you don’t know your way around here” I told her “You want something to drink? Maybe eat? We could call-” I started but she shook her head “A water, thanks. I’ll eat at home”

“You are invited, Eve. Please?!” I asked and she sighed “I need to be home soon, tomorrow is another tiring day, Brian.” She said but that didn’t sound like a definite no, so I walked to the kitchen, ordered pizza and grabbed a bottle of water and two glasses. I told the pizza guy if he would be here in less than 30 minutes, he would get some extra cash.

I asked her about her day and she even answered without sarcasm or other nasty replies. Maybe she was too beat from the day, that she didn’t have enough energy to hold up her snappy replies, and I was thankful for that, because even though I liked our back and forth, I also liked just being normal around her.

My phone and the doorbell rang at the same time “Shit, can you take that. I’ll be right back.” I handed her my phone and she stared at it for a second with wide eyes. I almost had to laugh from the look on her face, while I started walking to the door and taking the pizza and paying the delivery guy.
When I came back to the living room Everly looked near panic and motioned to her phone. “Wait he walks right back in… I’ll hand you over” She said and almost threw my phone at me.

“Who is it?” I asked and she mouthed “Val”

I held the phone to my ear and heard Val’s voice “Brian?” She asked “Yeah? What’s up?” I replied and looked at Everly intensely. I hope she didn’t give anything away, maybe this was the first step to our plan, or maybe she had ruined it all before. Everly went to the kitchen, grabbing plates and came walking back, it almost looked like she felt at home, and that send a weird emotion through my body.

“I thought I didn’t see right, but… I saw Eve’s car at your house, when I just drove home. And then she picks up your phone… how did you manage that?” Val asked in disbelief rousing me back from my disturbing thoughts and I chuckled. So it wasn’t ruined yet.

“Well-”

“Forget the question, I mean… I’m glad she finally came out of the house. I asked her about coming to our place for weeks, she wouldn’t leave her house. And now she is at your place…” She continued without letting me speak, so I listened Val ramble on.

“Well, guess what. We will be coming to your party on Saturday together as well” I said and heard Eve nearly choke on her water. I moved in close to her an patted her back lightly, letting my hand run over her blouse and maybe enjoying that a little too much.

I looked at her and she stared at me wildly “Are you okay, Eve?” I asked and Eve began coughing even more.
“Wait.. what?” Val asked and I grinned “You know, we got some plans… We will see us on Saturday, alright? Send my greetings to Matt.. Bye”

“Are you insane?” Everly asked looking at me confused “You cannot… we cannot go to their party. I mean, all our friends will be there.”

“Well, yeah… Eve, that’s the main part of it. We gotta start, making our friends believe in us.” I said and Everly got up from the chair, paced my living room and then plopped down on my couch looking so tired that I just wanted to tell her to go upstairs and lie down. To use a real bed for a change, but I know she would think I was up to something else so I kept my mouth shut.

“Okay, then let’s eat something and talk about the reason why we are having this meeting” I said and handed her another slice of the pizza. She took it from me and gave me a small smile “Thanks… for this. I mean” She put the pizza on her plate and began to eat slowly. I took one for myself and we ate in silence.

“So I guess you want to know some things about me, to act as the loving boyfriend you have no idea how to be?” She asked smiling into her water glass and I smirked, nice try, love.

“I might know more than you think. But actually… I want to know other things.” I said and looked at her deeply, she frowned looking at me as well, but with a big fat question mark in her eyes.

“What do you mean?” She asked uncertain as if cautious to what I would ask of her, and she was right to be so. I had a plan, and I didn’t really know if she liked it.

“I mean, if we want to piss off Chris, we need to bring it to the next level. You have to tell me more personal things” I said and the frown only got deeper so I clarified “Things that Chris always wanted from you, but never got”

She looked at me surprised “Please tell me you are not talking about sex positions” I laughed out loud at her disgusted expression “You are actually not far from it.”

“Think about it, if Chris sees us together as a couple, he will challenge the idea of us being together. He is going to watch us closely, he will ask a million questions so for the sake of taking the blow off a little, I want to find out what would kill him to know that you do to me, but preferable, never did for him.” I said and Everly crunched her eyebrows together, thinking deeply, she looked adorable like that.

“We need to make him jealous, believe me if I tell you I am not into details about your sex life with my best friend, but if we want this to really work, we need to take every chance we get. You know, he thinks he has seen everything from you, and we have to show him he hasn’t, and that he still wants you” I said and she nodded.

“I don’t know, Brian. I mean… I think I was a decent girlfriend. I mean, we did all the couple stuff…” She seemed to think a little longer “I gave him massages, we had regularly sex, if you still want to know that” Her cheeks heated up and I felt a weird feeling in my stomach, but couldn’t point it.

“I mean, if you think I’m a prude or anything, I am not. We tried… lots of things, and I don’t think he would say he lacked anything in that department” She continued, probably taking my silence the wrong way.

“Maybe” She said after a moment of silence. “He did say, I could you know, be more open when we went out with you guys. I mean… he always talked about you and your groupie times, and look at those women. I didn’t dress like that, I mean, I didn’t feel the need to show off everything.” She said and I nodded.

“Well, it comes with the band and-” I started to justify but she shook her head “Yes, and I think Chris was jealous, I mean… he did say so as well sometimes, but I didn’t take that so serious, he saw you with the changing women, in the skimpy outfits, showing off what you could land… He craved the attention, but I didn’t really…” She shrugged and I nodded, I totally got her, I had the attention but didn’t always want it either.

“So basically, Chris wished for you to show off some more, to wear little dresses and be more ‘loving’ to him when we were all out? That is a perfect start. We just need you to find your courage and touch me at some point, to make us a believable couple.”

She looked almost ill when he eyes met mine “Wow, that look right there, you look almost nauseous when you look at me. Is it so hard to muster a little affection and lust towards me?” I asked feeling a bit cranky, when I looked at her and would imagine her the way she had opened the door for me the other day, I didn’t need any encouragement. My brain would already be going insane with scenarios of what we-

“You don’t have anything to worry about, Brian. I will manage” She said and I laid my hand on her thigh, letting it slowly move higher, her eyes fell to my hand and I saw a small hitch in her intake of breath, was that a good sign?

“Basic flirting 101” I said with a smirk and she rolled her eyes “Screw you” She got up and I realized it was already after nine, with eating, our talks and all that.

“I need to go home now” She walked towards the door and I followed her “We should go shopping tomorrow, you need some new clothes for the party tomorrow evening”

She sighed heavily “Yeah, let’s talk tomorrow about this.” She almost dismissed me, but I held the door open for her.

“See you tomorrow, babe” I held my face into her height but she walked past me “Dying with excitement here” She said and I chuckled, when she drove away I closed the door, one step forward with our plan.

Notes

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