by Tania Sparks
A waitress comes up to us eyeing each of the guys attentively, “Hey guys…ladies, come through.” She flicks her head towards the back of the diner and walks ahead of us sashaying her hips as she guides us past groups of kids who seem to find us somewhat amusing. There’s a group of three guys and four girls sitting at a booth muttering between themselves while keeping their eyes glued securely on us. The waitress seats us in a booth a few tables down from them.
We place our drink orders with the waitress and she winks and says, “Okay folks, I’ll just go grab y’all drinks, have a look through the menu and I’ll be back in a few minutes to take your lunch orders.” The guys all nod and politely say thanks. I notice the group of cheerleaders and jocks still can’t seem to stop staring at us. Then one of the girls raises slightly out of her seat and flippantly yells out, “Freaks!” across the diner. Most of her group giggle. One of the other girls elbows her in the ribs and scolds her playfully. “Candy, you can’t say that, that’s so rude. They can’t help that they look weird!” They all continue to whisper and giggle to themselves as I scowl angrily at them. I didn’t expect such hostility and it pisses me off. I start to jump up out of my seat to give the stupid small-town-thinking twats a piece of my mind when Ash grabs my elbow and pulls me back down gently.
“Don’t worry about it Angel. Just ignore them, we get it all the time. We don’t exactly blend-in in places like this. Besides, at least one of them doesn’t think we’re freaks, look at the redhead eyeing up Cody.”
The redhead is batting her eyes coyly at Cody while trying to ignore her rude friends. I turn to look at Cody and he’s ogling at her with a cheeky smirk on his face. “S’cuse me guys” he says as he shuffles out of the booth and walks towards the bathrooms lifting his chin at the redhead to encourage her to follow. I notice her shuffling her way out of the booth then she trots off after Cody.
“Un-fucking-believable.” I chuckle.
“There’s always one!” Ash smirks.
The waitress comes back with our drinks and places them on the table. She takes our food orders and we add on an extra cheese burger and fries for Cody who seems to be taking a rather long bathroom break.
A few minutes later the redhead slinks back into her seat with a bashful smile and flushed pink cheeks. A few steps behind her Cody comes out with a massive grin covering his face. He dramatically straightens the buckle on his jeans. I shake my head in disbelief.
The waitress delivers our food and we eat our lunch without too many more disturbances or ridicules from the other diners. Once we all finish we start to walk back outside. As we pass the group that seemed to think we were freaks, Cody leans across the table so his face is only a couple of inches away from the redhead. She blushes profusely as he rubs his thumb across her lower lip and whispers something in her ear. Her friends are all wide-eyed, moving their gaze between their friend and Cody. Obviously they had been oblivious to her and Cody’s earlier little rendezvous. Cody straightens up and strides out with a smug grin on his face. We all follow, leaving the embarrassed redhead to be grilled by her friends.
“Did you really have sex with that girl in the bathroom Cody?” I ask incredulously.
“No Eve, I’m not a total dick. I just kissed the hell out of her and fondled her tits. The girl was way too innocent to fuck in a bathroom. She was trembling with nerves before I even touched her!” He grins smugly.
“Oh, okay…I guess she has some explaining to do to her friends though!” I laugh.
“Yeah, guess so.” Cody smirks.
We jump back into the bus and settle in for the remaining four hour drive. On my way into the bus I ask Dave, our driver, to call into a supermarket so I can pick up a few supplies. A little while down the road we pull into the car park of a small supermarket.
“Why we stopping here?” asks one of the guys.
“I just need to pick up a few bits and pieces.” I reply. I’m guessing that the guys all presume I need some ‘girl supplies’ so they don’t ask any further questions.
“Don’t be too long Eve.” says Dave as I jump out. “We’ve got a schedule to keep.”
“No problem Dave, I’ll be in and out in a jiffy…”
After rushing around the supermarket, I pay for my items and I’m back in the bus within ten minutes. We pull out and head onto the highway. I pack my supplies away into the kitchen and get to work. Everyone else is busy doing their own thing, so no-one notices me fluffing around in the kitchen. A little while later the smell of baking starts to waft from the oven as I take out my first batch of cookies.
Ash slinks up behind me placing his arms firmly around my waist, “What ya doing Angel?” he purrs into my neck.
“Just a bit of baking!” I say shrugging my shoulders. “I was bored. I enjoy cooking, so thought I may as well stock up the biscuit jar with some cookies.”
Nikki wonders over, “Fuck, that smells amazing Eve!”, He quickly swipes a hot cookie from the tray before I can knock his hand away. He shoves the whole thing into his mouth as he mumbles, “Mmmm, fucking delicious.” Droplets of cookie splatter out from between his lips. He quickly swipes another one. I go to hit him, but he darts away before I get to him.
Ash goes to grab a cookie. But he’s not fast enough and I bat his empty hand roughly away, “Fuck Angel, Nikki had some!” he pouts.
“Go sit down Ash, I’ll bring a plate of cookies over and some coffee in a minute.”
“But I want one now!” he sulks pouting his lower lip dramatically and giving me sad puppy dog eyes.
“Go.” I say, laughing and pointing towards the sitting area.
Ash turns around and starts to skulk off melodramatically. Before I even notice, he darts back and grabs a cookie, shoving it into his mouth. He rushes back to the sitting area, with a big grin on his face looking very happy with himself.
I take the rest of the cookies out of the oven and pile them onto a couple of plates. I make some coffee for everyone and take them along with the plates of cookies to the sitting area. A couple of minutes later the guys have demolished both platefuls of cookies and are all looking full and contented.
Cody looks over to Ash and with a serious expression states, “Ash, I’m really sorry, but I think I love your girl, she’s as hot as hell and she can cook – I’m definitely smitten!” He rests his head on my shoulder and bats his eye lashes at me. Ash thumps him on the shoulder playfully as he chuckles. “Fuck off Cody, she’s all mine!”
At three o’clock we pull into the hotel driveway at North Carolina. We’ve made really good travel time, so we decide to check into the hotel and settle in before the guys have to go off to sound check.
We jump out of the bus and meander on inside. Scott and Lizzie take charge to check us all in and make their way over to the check-in counter while we all wait in the lobby lounge area. We’re all relaxing and chatting when we notice that there are a few raised voices coming from the direction of Scott and Lizzie. They both come stomping over to us, Scott’s face is in a red rage as he blasts out, “Un-fucking-believable, that stupid bitch has done it again, Beth made the booking for the wrong fucking dates. They don’t have our rooms reserved until next week!”
Ash frowns, “You’re kidding me. How the fuck has she done it again? this is bloody ridiculous. You wouldn’t think it was that fucking difficult!”
Hansen tries to calm them down a bit by asking, “You guys sure we’re in the right place, we didn’t drive to the wrong city did we?”
Ash flicks on his phone and presses some buttons looking intently at his screen, “No, this is right where we’re supposed to be. Beth obviously fucked up again!, I’ll get her on the phone so she can sort this shit out.”
Ash dials a number on his phone, but after a few unanswered rings there’s obviously no answer. “Shit, she’s not picking up.” he says, “What the fuck do we do now?”
“Let me see what I can do…” I say as I walk over to the check-in counter. I ask to speak to the duty manager. A
middle aged lady comes out looking very official in her navy blue suit. I explain humbly what our situation is. I also tell her that I work in the hotel industry and I unashamedly drop a few names hoping it will do some good. I’m not sure if she believes me or not, I’m not exactly dressed to impress in my shorts and tank top. After a bit of discussion, I manage to secure a number of standard rooms, all on the same floor. Also on the same floor is a large conference room that they are going to set up with some couchs, chairs, coffee tables and a bar so the guys can use it as a lounge area. She punches a whole pile of information into her computer and hands me a stack of swipe cards, explaining that they have all been programmed to open all of the doors to the rooms we’ve been allocated.
I walk back over to the guys, “Well, their suites are definitely booked out, but I managed to get some standard rooms, one king room for each of you guys and a number of twin rooms. I’m afraid the crew are going to have to pair up for tonight. The rooms are all on the same floor and there’s also a large conference room that the manager’s going to get set up as a lounge area with some seating and a bar.”
Ash hugs me into his shoulder, “You’re amazing Angel, what would we have done without you?”
“Sorry I couldn’t get your normal standard of room guys. You’ll have to put up with no flashy suites for one night.” I say apologetically.
Cody says sincerely, “It’s no problem Eve. We really don’t need flashy suites, we’re hardly going to be in the rooms anyway.” The guys all agree and seem genuinely unbothered with what rooms they have for the night. They all thank me and we make our way up to the rooms.
Once me and Ash get into our room I ask him, “Does Beth muck up the bookings much Ash?”
“More than you’d fucking believe Angel. Not just once or twice, but we have to put up with this shit all the bloody time. If it’s not hotel bookings, it’s interview times or transport. I tell ya, if she wasn’t the daughter of our manager, she would have been kicked out on her ass years ago!”
“The tour’s only just started Ash, if I were you I’d be checking all the bookings and schedules now. You don’t want too many nasty surprises further into the tour.”
Ash pulls me into a hug, “Thanks for being concerned Angel, that’s not a bad idea actually. When we finally manage to get hold of Beth I might get her to drop off all her files so we can check them. It’ll give me and the guys something to do on the bus ride tomorrow. It shouldn’t take more than an hour or two to check all the details, at least that way we’ll know there aren’t any more fuck ups.”
Chapter 18
That night’s concert is incredibly amazing! Just when I think watching Oblivion can’t get any better, they perform another show that knocks the others out of the ball park. I still find it hard to believe that I’m here on tour with Ash, something I had dreamt about for years when we were apart. Him and the guys are so talented, I can definitely see why they’ve become so successful.
As always, I get a buzz out of watching him perform and tonight’s no different. As soon as the concert finishes, we do our usual post show act - Ash rushes over to me, stops a couple of feet away and raises his arms out to his side in question. He has a massive smile on his face, “So Angel, what d’ya think?”
With a smile so big it’s hurting my face, I rush towards him and jump into his arms wrapping my legs around his hips and shriek, “It was fan-fucking-tastic band boy!” Our lips collide and our tongues caress like we haven’t seen each other for months.
Ash groans and nuzzling into my neck he mumbles, “That’s my girl, a couple of hours on stage is too fucking long for my mouth not to be on yours. And talking about too fucking long…I need to feel your skin against mine, feel your body beneath me. It feels like a lifetime since I’ve buried my cock deep inside that hot pussy of yours. I can’t wait any longer…let’s go.” He grabs my hand and pulls me along the corridor as we weave hurriedly through the rabbit warren of hallways.
I can hear someone yelling to Ash, trying to get him to come back. “Are you still needed here Ash?” I ask concerned.
“They can do without me for one night. There’s a brief meet and greet, but the other guys can handle it this time, I have somewhere else I’d rather be.” he grins.
“You’re a naughty boy Ash.” I giggle as I playfully scold him by shaking my finger at him.
“You have no fucking idea Angel.” he rumbles as he grabs my finger and sucks it seductively into his mouth.
We get to a waiting limo and tumble inside. We kiss, lick and grasp frantically, barely managing to keep our hands and bodies off each other. The hotel is really close and the trip is very fast. Because we rushed out of the arena so quickly most people haven’t made it to their cars yet, so the traffic is almost non-existent. We get to the hotel and Ash pulls me out of the limo and drags me through the lobby. He frantically pushes the elevator call button multiple times.
“It’s not going to get here any quicker the more times you push it Ash!” I giggle. I hear Ash growl angrily at the elevator for being too slow. I’m giggling like a teenager. His desperation is comical, but I can appreciate his enthusiasm, I’m just as desperate as him, I’m extremely turned on and my body is humming in eagerness. The door to the elevator opens and Ash shoves me inside. He hits the button for our floor and the doors close. He drives me up against the back wall, his hips pressing firmly into mine. His hands are everywhere. If he doesn’t stop tugging at my clothes, I’m going to be naked before we even get in the hotel room.
The elevator dings to indicate we’ve arrived on our floor and the doors open. Ash picks me up, throws me over his shoulder and strides down the corridor purposefully. I’m giggling and screeching the whole way as I playfully paddle my hands on his ass. Ash is making a weird combination of noises, both growling and laughing. He’s concentrating so much on striding down the hallway he walks straight past our door. He gets about six doors too far down the corridor and snarls, “Shit, which fucking room is ours Angel?” I’m laughing so much I can’t even get the words out to tell him, so I just point back towards the way we came. He spins around and starts walking back. He stands in front of a door, “This one?” he asks. I’m still hysterical, so I just shake my head and point further down the corridor. He moves onto the next door and stands in front of it, “This one?” he asks. I nod my head to indicate that he has the right room.
I’m still slumped over his shoulder, still giggling uncontrollably. He reaches his hand down to locate his swipe card from his jeans pocket. He rifles around for a few seconds, but is unable to find the card. Annoyed, he growls, “Shit”, then lowers me down to the floor and pushes me against the door, his hands firmly grasp me around my waist and he leans down and crashes his mouth onto mine. He sucks and licks at my lips, his tongue darting into my mouth, which immediately ceases my giggling and turns my knees to jelly. He starts to search his pockets again, his body still holding me firmly against the door, his mouth still ravishing mine and his hands still fumbling to find his swipe card. After a few more seconds he hasn’t had any luck finding it, so I reach into my bra, pull out my card and hold it up in front of his face.
“Thank fuck!” He laughs and grabs the card from my hand, quickly swiping it through the reader on the door. The door opens and we fall inside stumbling clumsily. He flicks on the bathroom light but keeps the lights for the main bedroom off. It’s a very small room so it only takes a couple of steps before we’re standing at the foot of the bed. Ash holds me by my shoulders and then takes a step backwards putting some distance between us. His hands drop to his sides and I instantly feel a chill at the loss of his touch. His deep voice rasps “Clothes. Off. Now Angel.” I start to grasp at my clothes hurriedly to get them off as quickly as I can. “Slowly…” he groans as his eyes glide methodically over my body. He pulls out a chair from the desk, flicks it around to face the bed and slides down into it. He’s a few feet away from me and I think I might just die if I don’t feel his hands on my body soon.
For some god-forsaken reason he seems to have gained his composure and now wants to take things slow! It’s driving me mad!
He’s sitting down casually, his legs spread wide as he leans back, his right hand clasping his chin as if he’s deep in thought. He looks cool, calm and collected, nothing like the desperation he was displaying just a few moments ago. I look into his eyes and although his body language is giving the impression of being unperturbed, his eyes reflect the desire and burning raging inside him as he lustily peruses every inch of me. “Clothes.” he repeats sternly. “I’m not going to ask again sweetheart, I need to see your beautiful body.”
If he wants a show, that’s what I’ll give him. I fix my eyes onto his as I slowly and seductively start to remove my clothing. I reach behind me, slowly undoing my dress, so slowly that you can almost hear every single tooth on the zipper clicking open. The only other sound in the room is our breathing. Once the zipper is fully undone, I push my dress from my shoulders and let it shimmy down to the floor. I delicately step out of it leaving it pooled on the floor. I’m standing in front of him willingly displayed in my pale pink bra and panties along with my silver strappy high heel shoes. Ash has resisted the urge to look at my body, our eyes are still fixed resolutely on each other. I smile defiantly at him and raise my eyebrows, looking for some sort of reaction. He smugly smiles back at me then his eyes slowly lower as a deep growl emanates from his chest. His focus moves down to my breasts, over my stomach and hips, down my legs, then slowly back up again until his eyes are again focussed on mine. I don’t know how he’s managing to keep control because I’m just about ready to detonate. I’m tempted to rush over to him and take what I want, but I’m enjoying this game too much to risk it by rushing to get quick gratification.
