by Mj Fields
���Broke his Duck?���
���Yeah, I had to Google it. Apparently it���s a British term for a man losing his virginity. Was he a virgin?���
���That���s not for me to discuss,��� Harper looked up at the sky. ���I wonder if he���s okay.���
���Call him.���
���No, she doesn���t need to,��� Liam warned Ava.
���They have two more stops on their US tour.���
���Ava, it may take her a bit longer to get over her first than it does the normal girl.���
���What is that supposed to mean?��� Ava shouted back.
���Exactly what I said, leave her alone.���
���Hey Harper, I fucked Liam in the barn at the farm a year and a half ago.���
���Jesus, Ava!���
Harper giggled.
���What we know about her first time she should know about ours. So your cousin is hot������
���Ava, honest to God������
���And safe, I knew I would be comfortable and we were both curious.���
���I���m leaving.���
���Sit down and shut up, Liam!���
���And this is why it will never happen again.���
���He is kind of big, so it was not really������
���Goodbye Harper, please call me when she is done.���
Harper and Ava looked at each other and started laughing when Liam peeled out.
���Okay now that he���s gone������
���Oh no, I wanna hear about this,��� Harper laughed.
���No big deal, I just didn���t want to be uncomfortable when I did find the one.���
���Have you found the one?���
���Nope, tried another time though,��� Ava smiled big.
���Who?���
���Your brother������
���What! Which one?���
���Oh I couldn���t choose, so I took them both on,��� Ava smiled.
���Are you kidding me?���
���Yes, but it made you smile. So look, Burning Souls played in Red Rock last night, they play in Noblesville, Indiana tomorrow, and in four days they end their tour in Jersey baby, Bader Field. You are going to go hang with me for a few days, and we are going to that concert.���
���I don���t think that���s a good idea,��� Harper looked at her and tried not to smile.
���It���s a great idea, you should be off of the ���I must love him��� high, so you go see him and if it���s still there we form a plan and if not we go out and find you a rebound bang.���
���Ava.���
���You���re twenty years old. They will let you go. Just be like, I need to clear my head so that I can move on, and they will let you. Come on, it���ll be fun!���
���Fine,��� Harper looked at her shaking her head.
���Really?��� Ava smiled broadly.
���Yeah.���
Harper and Ava walked out of Ava���s grandfather���s house in New Jersey, giggling. They both wore Sweatshirts and mesh shorts. They had told Ava���s Grandparents they were going to the movies, then to dinner, and would be home late.
Harper called her mother when they got in the Jeep to let her know where they were going out. Tessa told her to have fun and to be careful. Harper hung up and banged her head on the steering wheel.
���Get over it,��� Ava laughed.
���I know. Let’s do this!��� Harper pulled out of the driveway and the sped down the road.
They drove around looking for a glimpse of the band���s bus. They parked as close as they could get to it. When they got out they pulled off their sweatshirts and straightened their dresses. Both wore black tank style dresses and sandals. Not matching, but very similar. They threw their shorts in the Jeep, and Harper grabbed her small cross body purse.
Ava smiled and jumped up and down. The opening act was thanking the crowd of screaming fans when they walked through the gate. They showed their VIP badges to the security guard, and he let them pass and they made their way to their seats.
Harper looked around and recognized many of the crew members from the show at Madison Square Garden. She pulled her black shades over her eyes. She and Ava kind of stuck out from the crowd. They were the only ones not sweat drenched and the only ones in dresses.
���We over did it.���
���We look hot,��� Ava yelled, and they heard tapping sticks.
Harper looked up and saw T, Zach, and someone who was not Jazz on the keyboard, ���Have they mentioned anything about Jazz on the news?���
���Just that she was taking a break,��� Ava scowled, ���Stop worrying about her!���
���HELLO NEW JERSEY!���
Harper looked at Ava, and her jaw dropped she didn���t look at the stage, she couldn���t.
���This is one hell of a crowd to end our US tour with, thanks for coming out tonight!���
Harper turned and looked at the stage. He had a grey tank that revealed the lean muscles in his long strong arms. Arms that had held her, arms that moved her body to where he wanted it, arms that at this moment, she needed around her. He had Black cargo shorts that hit just above his knees leaving his muscular calves exposed, and his black military looking boots were undone. He grabbed his guitar and lifted the strap over his shoulder exposing the v, and the dark trail of hair that started just below his belly button and lead to his long, thick���
���Harper!��� Ava yelled and snapped her fingers in front of her face, ���What are you thinking?��� Ava laughed.
���He is so beautiful,��� Harper turned towards Ava and closed her eyes.
���Yeah he is, but what about the boy in the back? He is delicious!���
���T?���
���U, V W, X, Y I don���t care what his name is, you���re introducing me to him. T will be number three,��� Ava laughed.
���Who was number two?��� Harper asked as she watched Maddox sing, not really caring about the answer.
���Not your brothers, we���ll discuss that when you can concentrate,��� Ava laughed at Harper.
Harper could not stop watching him; his voice seduced her, just like he said. He knew it, and she knew it now more than ever. She closed her eyes when he started to sing Stained and felt a tear fall down her face. She opened them at the last chorus and looked up. He was standing on the edge looking at her. She knew he could see her, and she smiled.
���He sees you!��� Ava clapped.
He closed his eyes and finished. Maddox walked off stage and Zach looked at T confused. T shrugged his shoulders and started bagging on the drums.
Maddox bound back on stage, ���Did you miss me?���
The crowd screamed, and he looked back towards where Harper and Ava stood and laughed out loud, ���It has been a long, hot summer,��� the crowd yelled.
���I have to tell you I really didn���t think I would make it here, what a fucking maddening month. Do you all know how long it takes to form a nasty little habit?���
The crowd screamed Twenty One Days.
���That���s right and how long does it take to break one?���
They answered again.
���That���s right so tonight we end it right here. The last night on stage in the US for a very longtime, with all of you! I���ll miss you all, but it���s time to get back home. Hit
it, T!���
Maddox pulled his guitar strap over his shoulder and smiled.
���Let���s do this���
Twenty one days of regret, twenty one days to forget. Twenty one ways to get through, the day twenty one ways to make it okay.
Sitting thinking, drowning drinking, sinking lower you���re not speaking.
Needing wanting, pushing pulling, suffocating silence is my hearts still beating
Close my eyes thinking of all the ways we should have said our goodbye,
Knowing there was no way. No way to keep you here, to make you stay.
I search to find the answers to let you go, to get over you
I found twenty one days to live thirty years, twenty one days for first and lasts to shed their tears.
Twenty one beats of my heart. feels like twenty one lifetimes apart.
For twenty one days I sat alone, learning twenty one notes that make your name a song.
For twenty one days I sank lower than the Dead Sea, twenty one days down on my knees.
Twenty one habits I formed just to break, hoping twenty one days is all it takes.
To forget the twenty one reasons I count today, those twenty one sins that took you away.
Twenty one days of regret twenty one days to forget. Twenty one ways to get through the day, twenty one ways to make it okay.
Singing strumming, smoking drumming, close my eyes and see you crying
Seeking looking, seeing dying, memories draw me in sinning lying.
I sit and wonder why I���m here, the torments worse when you’re not near.
I���ll let go, no way to renew, to make you know.
I dredge the depths to where I fell, face to face with my new hell
I found twenty one days to live thirty years, twenty one days for first and lasts to shed their tears.
Twenty one beats of my heart, feels like twenty one lifetimes apart.
For twenty one days I sat alone, learning twenty one notes that make your name a song.
For twenty one days I sank lower than the Dead Sea, twenty one days down on my knees.
Twenty one habits I will form just to break, hoping twenty one days is all it takes. To forget the twenty one reasons I count today, those twenty one sins that took you away.
The chorus repeated, and the crowd screamed and chanted FUCK YOU!
���Is that what you all want?��� Maddox laughed, ���Well then how could I refuse, it���s a new day, a new chapter so fuck you all!���
He sang and danced and looked beautiful doing so. He even looked happy: how could he look happy singing that song? Harper felt sick to her stomach.
He didn���t pull anyone onstage, and she was glad he didn���t. Harper sat the rest of the concert, surrounded by his voice and the screams of all the fans. She was emotionally drained and wanted to go home.
The last song of the concert he took his shirt off and wiped his sweaty face and threw it out to the crowd. It almost caused a riot to the left of Harper and Ava.
The concert ended, the crowd thinned out and the girls with backstage passes were all rushing to get in line. Harper stood up and looked at Ava, ���If he wanted to talk to me he would have called, I don���t want to������
���You���ll do it for me?��� Ava dragged her to the back of the crowd, ���That drummer is fine, fine, fine just what I need to get over number two.���
���Okay but only if you spill it,��� Harper looked at Ava and crossed her arms.
Ava pulled out the cute little gray and black floppy hats out of Harpers bag and shoved one on her head, ���Here, no one will recognize us now. Put on your shades.���
���This is crazy, we look like we are in disguises,��� Harper laughed.
���They���ll think we are covering up our eyes, my god I think I caught my first buzz just off the second hand smoke,��� Ava laughed.
���Stop skirting the issue Ava, a name,��� Harper pulled her sunglasses on.
���Fine, Luke,��� Ava shoved her glasses on.
���Luke Lane, as in Jade���s son, my second cousin, your father���s namesake and God child, who just happens to be five years older than you?��� Harper gasped.
���Yeah, yeah, yeah, that one, focus on the task at hand,��� Ava blushed and turned away.
They watched as the security guards pulled the younger girls with their parents to the front of the line.
���Speaking of fine looking older men, check out Maddox���s daddy. Damn, he���s yummy,��� Ava laughed.
���Oh God I hope they don���t see us,��� Harper squatted down as they walked by holding hands and laughing.
���Dodged a bullet,��� Ava laughed. ���Okay, they have passed stop hiding.���
���Then tell me about Luke.���
���His parents and mine were out to dinner a few months ago. I watched him with his bitch girlfriend all night while a bunch of us hung at the pool. I mean seriously… he���s on leave, and she acts like a complete bitch to him. It pissed me off. He ignored her until she left and he was drinking a lot. Everyone went into sleep and we went swimming. One thing leads to another and well let’s just say I practically had to beg him to do me after we teased each other all night. He went down, a first and I swear I have never felt that way before. Then I guess it turned him on, you know the OH MY GOD, OH, AW, YES, MORE, AW, OH GOD LUKE��� Ava reenacted her noises loudly, and Harper giggled when people turned around and looked at her Ava looked up at the women in front of them who were scowling at her, ���WHAT? That���s what it sounds like when you get off���sorry you two have never been there.���
���AVA,��� Harper tried to calm her down.
���Well I���m sure if that were true we could remedy that tonight,��� the blonde sneered.
���Like you have a freaking chance,��� Ava hissed at her.
���We were in Denver,��� she snickered.
���What���s that supposed to mean?��� Ava asked.
���You���ll see, after me of course,��� she rolled her eyes and looked away.
���Skank ass bitches!��� Ava snapped.
And they were escorted in. Ava and Harper were last in line. They stood for thirty minutes and waited.
���I want to go now,��� Harper whispered, ���Ava I can���t do this, I don���t want to see him. I think I���m going to get sick.���
The two skanky big haired over done pigs walked out smiling and laughed at Ava, ���Fucking pigs.���
���Go ahead in.���
T and Maddox walked out of the bathroom chuckling followed by a cloud of smoke. Maddox pulled his hat lower over his eyes and didn���t look up; he had not put on a shirt. He flopped on the couch and pulled his hat over his eyes.
���Did you enjoy the show loves?��� T smiled and sat back on the other couch.
���It was great,��� Ava smiled.
���So do you want an autograph or photo, or tell me why else would two beautiful ladies be coming back here tonight?��� T asked looking Ava up and down.
���Well to say hi, I suppose,��� Ava blushed.
���Oh Kitten look at your pink cheeks, so flush and we have yet to begin,��� T winked.
Ava blushed deeper.
���Let me ask you something kitten, do you prefer drums or guitar?���
���Well I don���t play either,��� Ava was confused, and Maddox chuckled causing his abs to flex but still he said nothing.
���Have you ever held a stick in your hand kitten? Even made of wood it is smooth as silk, shall I show you?���
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���Are you talking about your dick?��� Ava yelled.
���Well it���s not American, so it���s a bit bigger than a dick, it���s a cock love, come have a look.���
Maddox threw his arm over his face trying not to laugh.
���Does that shit really work for you?���
���Um yes, twice tonight so far but I hear the third time���s a charm, show me kitten, show me������
���You���re a fucking pig, S!���
���Oh Kitten its T������
���Seriously you need a reality check band boy,��� Ava rolled her eyes.
���How many people have licked you from inside out���?���
���Oh God������ Harper held her stomach.
���That���s it see she gets it������
���Oh shit,��� Harper sprinted to the garbage and threw up.
���Is she drunk?��� T laughed.
Maddox walked into the bathroom and grabbed a bottle of water and paper towels.
���Hey, here,��� he handed them to her and she sat back on her heels not looking at him.
���I want to leave,��� her voice shook.
Maddox pulled her hair away from her face and rubbed her back as she threw up, ���Don���t touch me.���
���Sorry,��� he said softly, ���Are you alright?���
He took the top off the water and handed it to her. She moved quickly away and slipped on the water that had spilled. He caught her, ���Sit for a minute. I���ll make him shut up.���
���DON���T TOUCH ME!���
He spun her around, ���Harper? What the hell are you doing here?���
���She came to see you idiot,��� Ava smacked him in the back of the head, ���and now she is leaving.���
