Seduced by a Rockstar: A Rockstar Romance

by J. L. Ostle

  I place my hands on his chest to push him away, but feeling his skin—feeling his heat—makes my head a little dizzy. He places his hands over mine and starts to push our hands down till we reach the towel. I pull my hands away and glare at him. “My body isn’t saying anything.”

  He steps away from me, and yeah, I can feel the sexual tension in the air. I know he can feel it too, but he has to know I will not go there, no matter what he says and does.

  He will not break me down.

  “Okay, fine. I give up. You don’t want me. But at least I have beautiful Cara to keep me company.” He winks at me, and my blood boils.

  I walk to him and slap him hard across the face. “You are such an asshole.”

  He grabs my arms and shakes me. “Stop fucking hitting me,” he growls at me.

  “If you hurt my cousin, I swear I will gut you like a fish,” I seethe at him.

  “She knows what she is getting in for. At least she admits she wants me, unlike you.”

  “You are a pig.”

  “Deny it all you want, flower, but soon you will be begging for me to take you and you better hope that I will be kind enough to say yes.” He steps back.

  “I’d rather eat dog shit.” I open the door and look back at him and he is watching me. “Stop being a grade-A dick and grow up, Sebastian.” I close the door behind me and lean against it, taking in long, deep breaths. I need to stay angry as it’s the only thing that makes me keep my distance since right now a huge part of me is tempted to go in and say fuck it.

  I head to the bar and the whole way there I hate that I can’t get that egocentric dickhead out of my head. He is a player; he will use me and throw me away like all the others he has been with. He really bothers me in a huge way. I hate that I keep saying I will stay away and stop lusting after him, but my resolve only lasts for like a day, if that. I keep contradicting myself. I need to see him as the pig that he is.

  I wonder, though, if we’d never danced, would I still feel like this towards him? Probably. Who am I kidding? Any girl just has to be two feet away from him and she would throw herself at him.

  I arrive at the bar and Sean calls out my name, running over to hug me, and then taking my hand, guides me behind the bar. He quickly shows me where all the different glasses are and how to use the dishwasher since the other night we hadn’t had any time to go through anything when I just jumped right in.

  “You think you can handle it?” Sean gives me a knowing look.

  “I can handle anything.” I bump my side to his and start taking out the clean glasses and putting them away.

  An hour or so has passed and it’s already starting to pick up when I hear screams coming from across the room. I see Sebastian walking in with his arm over Cara’s shoulder. She looks like she is walking into a ballroom or something. He searches the room and he looks at me, gives me a glare, and heads off, taking Cara with him. For the rest of the night, he ignores me, not even looking in my direction.

  So, we are going back to ignoring me again.

  He either sends Cara to get their drinks or he makes sure either Cory or Sean serve him. If he is going to be a big baby over this, fine by me. At least if he ignores me and acts like a brat he will stay clear from me.

  “I think I made more tips tonight than last week,” Sean says, looking at his glass of money. He mentioned before that he could make more tips than me and Cory, so we got a large glass each, and yeah, at the moment he is earning more tips, but he is smiling and flirting with the customers.

  “You haven’t won yet, mate.” I stick my tongue out at him.

  “We will see.” He goes over to another woman customer and puts on the charm.

  “Sean is very competitive, he likes winning,” Cory says, before serving someone and I stand there thinking of ways to get more tips rolling in.

  I can be very competitive myself. An idea pops in my head and I quickly climb onto the bar as no band is playing yet, and whistle out into the room to get everyone’s attention. “Hi, everyone,” I shout out and everyone is looking at me. “I am Iris, a new bartender here, and I have a game to offer you.” I smirk down at Sean. “Have you ever heard of body shots?” I smile when I hear guys cheering. “You pick your poison, and as long as you promise to tip, you can take it off me.” I give out a seductive smile and jump back down, and already I get bombarded with men.

  I grab a towel and quickly dry down the part of the bar I’m going to be lying down on, and sit up and point to the first guy. “What’s your poison?”

  He smiles at me. He is cute with light brown hair and brown eyes. “Whatever you think,” he replies.

  I look at Cory, who is smiling widely, and he grabs a bottle as I lie down and lift my top—thank God, I look thinner lying back. I squirm when I feel the cold liquid hit my belly button and the guy doesn’t need to be asked when his lips and tongue suck up the alcohol. He pays for the shot, telling me to keep the change. I give him a smile in return as the next guy comes forward.

  “Poison?” I ask him, and this one looks a little shyer but I notice him look at his friends and they are cheering him on. “Just close your eyes and suck.”

  He looks back at me and I give him a wink as Cory pours more drink on me. The guy leans down and sucks it up quickly, smiling hugely when his friends come over to ruffle his hair. Just like the last guy, he tells me to keep the change.

  “You know this isn’t fair,” Sean says, chuckling at me.

  “What can I say? I don’t go down without a fight,” I smirk at him. “Next victim,” I shout out and I hear Cory and Sean laugh. Sean continues serving but Cory helps me with the body shots and serving the odd customer since most of the customers are lining up to drink off of me, even though I feel my stomach is full of men’s saliva.

  “Can a girl have a go?” I see a beautiful woman, who must be at least ten years older than me, approach. She looks so put together and I wonder why she is even in a place like this.

  “Ummm …” I look at Cory and his eyes have darkened as he looks at her then at me.

  “I am Jessica, by the way. I just want a shot.” Somehow, I feel like that sentence also meant something else.

  “Okay.” I lie down and Cory pours the liquid on me and I watch as Jessica leans down, her eyes staying on mine as she sticks her tongue out, licking up the alcohol slowly before her lips touch my stomach before standing up again.

  “Tasty.” She licks her lips and hands me a note. “Hope to see you again.”

  I watch her walk off and I notice all the men around me are looking at me like I’m prey. I think enough men and women have had enough body shots off me.

  “That was so hot,” Sean says, looking at where the woman went.

  “You think everything is hot,” I try to joke and he just shrugs and chuckles.

  “Well, I think you beat Sean.” Cory shakes his head, showing my glass full of money and it’s all squished in together.

  “I couldn’t let him beat me, could I?” I tap his shoulder and I climb off the bar, telling everyone that the body shots are now over, and they all groan in protest. “We probably should each try body shots on different days,” I suggest before serving again.

  “I can’t believe you did that.” Cara squeezes through the crowd of people.

  I just shrug as I finish off an order. “It was fun and I had to beat Sean on getting the most tips.”

  “So, all that money you earned is yours?” She looks over at the glasses filled with tips.

  “No, we are going to put it all together and share it out, but we wanted to make a game out of it to see who would earn more.”

  “Ah, okay, well I think Sebastian has a prudey side,” Cara giggles.

  I head to her wondering what she means. “Why?” I ask her.

  “Well, he saw what you were doing and thought it was disgusting and degrading,” she says, like it’s no big deal.

  “Degrading from the guy who fucks women in classrooms and probably toilets?” I won
der incredulously.

  She just shrugs. “Don’t listen to him. I thought it was entertaining to watch. Anyway, I came over to get another round, please,” she says sweetly and I start pouring her drinks as she goes on about Sebastian playing next. “We’ll talk later.” Cara kisses my cheek and heads back to Sebastian and his band.

  A week has gone by and I have gotten into a routine that makes me feel like I have been here for months and not just a couple of weeks. I go to school and three nights out of the week I work at Randi’s, and in between, I hang out with Cory and Sean. I sometimes hang out with Cara, but she is normally wrapped up in Sebastian who he is avoiding me like the plague.

  I am in the cafeteria talking to Cory when a girl with long red hair struts across the room. The only reason I have noticed her is because she is wearing a skirt that I swear I can see her ass in. Her top almost looks like a bra. She looks like a stripper to me and I watch as she walks towards Sebastian. Cara is sitting there with Anna and I wonder what is going to happen.

  She is trying to grab Sebastian’s attention and she looks so desperate I almost feel sorry for her. She walks up to Sebastian and practically purrs a hello. I am shocked when he pulls her onto his lap, making her squeal. I look at Cara and she looks like a deer caught in headlights.

  What the fuck does he think he is doing?

  I almost see red when his lips crash down on hers. Cara stands and leaves, and I stand about to follow her but I wait to see if he notices that she was gone, but he is obviously too distracted. I see his hand gliding up her thigh.

  “I’m surprised he lasted this long,” Sean says.

  I look at everyone around the table and they are rolling their eyes. “What do you mean?”

  “He normally makes out with girls in here, anywhere that he can, really, but I noticed he tamed down the last couple of weeks. I guess the player is back in full mode.”

  “Well, like fuck he is going to do that sort of shit in front of my cousin.” I grab my drink and head towards him. He doesn’t see me coming since his eyes are closed as he kisses Miss Hooker. I make a coughing noise and pour my drink over him and her, causing him to drop her on the floor as he stands.

  “What the fuck?”

  “You bitch.” They say at the same time.

  “If you are going to pass on diseases, can you do it away from where people are eating? Show some class.” I put my empty cup down and head in the direction where Cara went.

  “You get back here,” Sebastian shouts out to me.

  I turn around, walking backwards as I put up my two middle fingers. “Go fuck yourself.” I turn back around and leave. I look left and right and wonder where she will be. I take a guess and head towards the toilets. When I walk in, I hear her cries echo throughout the room.

  “Cara?” I head to the stalls.

  “Please leave me alone,” she sniffles.

  “You know what he is like. Don’t let that dick make you cry—he isn’t worth it.” I place my forehead against the door.

  “You don’t understand. I think I’m in love with him and he spends all this time with me. Listening to me, being so sweet, but he won’t see me as more than a friend.” She cries again. “How can I sit there and watch him be with another girl when I feel like this?”

  I close my eyes, knowing how she feels. “You just have to try. You can either be his friend or you have to walk away.” I hear the toilet flush and she opens the door and I step back, taking in her mascara that has smudged down her cheeks. “You look so creepy right now,” I chuckle, causing her to giggle as she heads to the mirror.

  “God, I look awful.” She grabs some paper towels and starts cleaning herself up. “I wish I didn’t feel like this.”

  “I know. We can’t help how we feel.” I climb up, sitting on the sink.

  “I had this plan in my head, you know? I thought once he got to know me he would realize he was crazy about me and would want to change—do anything, just to be with me.”

  “It’s a nice plan but you can’t plan someone’s feelings.”

  “I guess we are just friends.” She looks into the sink and I take her hands.

  “You will be okay.” She gives me a hug and I hold her back.

  “Thank you, Iris. I am happy you moved here, you know.”

  “Me too,” I half lie. I help her look put together again, and as we walk out, there is Sebastian, leaning against the wall with wet hair.

  He glares at me first before his eyes soften when they land on Cara. “Is it okay if we talk?” he asks her.

  I squeeze her hand. “I will see you soon.” I give her a smile and she nods, looking at the floor. I give a glare back to him before walking away, and when I’m about to turn the corner, I look back and see him holding her. I close my eyes for a second and then turn away.

  I head across campus to my next class when I decide to call Ella, as right now I really do miss her. Luckily, she answers after a few rings.

  “You are lucky that I haven’t got a sexy man here or I wouldn’t have answered at all,” she jokes and I laugh. “So, to what do I owe this pleasure?”

  “I just wanted to talk to you. I really miss you and the guys.”

  “We miss you too, honey. So, any gossip you need to fill me in on?”

  I roll my eyes as I knew she would want to jump right in with the gory details. “Well, I’m loving my new job.”

  “With the hot twins,” she adds in.

  I had spoken to her after my first proper shift and had filled her in about everything to that point. “Yes,” I giggle. “I am getting closer to Cory and Sean.”

  “I bet you are,” she laughs, interrupting me again.

  “You are a pain, you know that?”

  “I know. Well, what about Mr. Broody? Is he still ignoring you?”

  “Yup, and about twenty minutes ago I poured a drink over his and his skank’s heads as they were making out in front of Cara, who ran off in tears.”

  “What a dick. But I guess it’s a dick you are still wanting, though.”

  “Ella,” I scold her.

  “I’m sorry, but even though you say he is this, that, and the other, I know you, sweet cheeks, and I know you are still into him.”

  “Well, like I always tell you, I don’t care. Cara was hurt and he was the cause of it. You know I hate men who walk all over women, using them, and then throwing them away like yesterday’s trash.” I reach my class and take a seat.

  “I know, but you can’t help how you feel.”

  “It’s just lust and eventually it will blow out and I will see him as just another asshole.”

  “You see him as that anyway.” We both chuckle. “I have some good news as well.”

  “Oh, tell me, tell me.”

  “I think I can scrape enough together to come over for a week around Halloween.”

  I can’t help but squeal. “Holy shit, are you serious?”

  “I am, so you better prepare those twins as America doesn’t know what’s going to hit them.”

  I scream and she screams with me.

  “Why are you screaming?” I hear from behind me and see Cory shaking his head at me before he sits down next to me.

  “My bestest best friend is coming over next month.”

  “I thought I was your bestest best friend?” He tries to looks sad.

  “I heard that,” Ella says down the phone. “Put me on speaker.” I put the phone between me and Cory and put her on speaker. “You better not be stealing my BFF.”

  “It’s not really stealing if she came to me,” Cory teases.

  “I don’t care how hot you are or how sexy your voice is, she is mine—my best friend, not yours. You are just keeping her warm until we are reunited again.”

  “Who has been telling you I’m hot?” He smiles at me and I can feel my face blush.

  “Ummm, you know who did, so don’t act stupid. Remember, mate, I can cut you like a bitch.”

  He laughs.

  “Fuck, even his
laugh is sexy.”

  “Ella,” I giggle.

  “What? I’m not going to lie.”

  “I like you,” Cory chuckles.

  “Don’t try hitting on me yet, cowboy, I need to see the goods before I say yes.”

  I roll my eyes.

  “Okay, will see you next month.”

  “You bet your ass you will. Remember, Iris is mine.”

  “Okay, she is yours.”

  “Thank you.”

  “For now.”

  “I swear I will fly over and hit you.”

  “I might like it.”

  “Okay, now that is hot.”

  “Right, you two, class is about to start so see you soon, Ella.”

  “Bye, honey buns. You too, Iris,” she laughs as I hang up.

  “She seems nice.” We both burst out laughing.

  For the rest of the day I feel happier. I am counting down the days until she’s here.

  Another couple of weeks have flown by and Cara has asked me and Cory to join her at Randi’s as it’s our night off. I said yes as we haven’t spent a lot of time with each other and I do miss her. Cara, Cory, and I are outside the building waiting for Sebastian to show up as he is our ride as we plan on drinking.

  Cara got ready at my place even though she doesn’t live that far away and I even let her do my hair and makeup. My hair is all wavy, my eyes are all smoky, and I’m wearing a dark brown colour lipstick. I definitely look like a rocker tonight with my short black dress and suede knee-high boots. Cara went with a leather skirt and a black boob tube top, showing off her flat stomach. Her makeup is all black and her hair is down straight. She looks hot.

  “Where is he?” Cory asks, standing next to me and wrapping his arm around my shoulders, pulling me into him.

  “Hold on.” Cara takes out her phone and calls him. “Where are you?”

  I give my body a little shake out of boredom.

  “Okay, will see you in a sec.” She hangs up. “He had to pick up Louie and Colin. He is just a few minutes away.” Louie and Colin are Sebastian’s bandmates. I haven’t really had a chance to talk to them but Cara has told me that they are nice and funny.