The Beginning of Us (69 page)

Holden
and Lilly join us for a shot.  Luke remembers that his cousin is coming and texts her to see where she is.  She replies saying that
she's
outside.  We have never met his cousin. 

We met Luke last semester. We have been trying to put together this band for a while now. Someone told us he's
a kick ass guitarist, and they were right. 

I see Luke come back in with two beautiful girls.  He has obviously been holding out on us. 

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Eaven

Ivy’s new ‘friend’ Owen safely gets us to Smitty's. Luke texts me asking where we are
just as we arrive.  I t
ell him we are stuck at the back of the line waiting to get into the club. He came outside and led us past everyone. He whispers something to the bouncer at the door and we are in.

"Girls are you trying to get yourselves laid tonight looking like that?"
  Luke says
as he frowns at both of us.

"Luke you can lay me down anytime." Ivy says.  She loves to boldly flirt with him. 
I'm not sure what I would do if they ever did hook up.

"You two need to get a room, I'm going to hit the dance floor. What time will the band start?" I ask, hoping to break up whatever they're going to say to each other.

"I'm going with you, chica, we will tear it up together out there. Luke, honey, will you see if you can get us some shots?"

"Sure, the band will be out in an hour, so enjoy your beats while you can. We are pure rock and I know you girls don't dance to that, but before you do come with me to our table to get your shots and meet some of the guys."

"Oh yea, we will meet the guys, Eaven are you ready?"
  Ivy
doesn’t even let me answer. She grabs my arm and off we go.

Luke introduces us to the group. 
"Guys this is my cousin Eaven and her best friend, Ivy. Girls this is Taron, Talon, and Holden. Taron is our lead singer, Talon is the drummer, and Holden is their pain in the ass older brother."

It's obvious that Taron and Talon are twins. They look identical except Taron is smiling and playful looking and Talon is quiet and just observing me.
 

Taron is standing immediately rubbing on Ivy and whispering in her ear. Ivy has the most sensual smile on her damned face. She's going to ditch me and I know it. Seriously?

Ivy turns to me and says "I'll be right back. He wants to show me their ... uh, dressing room."

"I bet he does."
  I smile at her and she knows I know what she's up to.

I look down and see Talon still staring at me. He is sitting there with his arms crossed with such a serious look on his face.
He's gorgeous.  He has dark hair that is just long enough for me to run my fingers through.  I begin to imagine what it would look like all messed up from my hands and notice how his sexy green eyes are piercing right through me. 
Why is he staring at me like that? I can't even look in his direction anymore because it's like he's taking away all of the oxygen in the room. My heart is beating so fast and it's extremely hot in here all of a sudden.

"I thought you were going to dance, Cuz."
  Luke interrupts my confused thoughts.

"I don't know. I should probably wait on Ivy."
  I say distracted by my recent reaction to my cousin’s friend.

"You always have to have her to do anything fun, don't you?"

"No, why the hell did you say that?”
  He got my attention with that comment. 

"Because I know you, Ev, she's your balls. She's your guts. You like to play it safe and she takes you out of your safety net and makes you live a little."

Ok why are these people that know me so well ragging on me so much about this living thing? Just because I'm more reserved and cautious doesn't mean I'm a stick in the mud.

"Whatev,
Lukie, you promised me shots. Where the hell are they?"  I remember that I have decided to live a little.  It’s time
that I do just that.

"Right here, cuz,” he says with a devilish smirk.

Damn it's tequila. Tequila does not like me. I glance over at Talon and Holden. Holden is purely interested, while Talon is still staring at me with those gorgeous green eyes and that freaking serious face that is making me nervous. Yes that's it, I'm just nervous.

Luke hands me the shot and mocks me by saying, "Be careful lil cuz, I know how you react to tequila."

Screw him. I down that shot and grab the bottle to pour me another. Just about that time my bitter tequila face scrunches up and I'm
gritting my teeth trying to breathe.  Holy shit, I hate tequila. How can I prove that I have
guts
? 

What would Ivy do? 

Let me think. 

She would probably do a body shot.

About this time I find myself grabbing a chick that is walking by. I ask her if she would like to do body shots with me.
  She quickly agrees.

What am I thinking?

That’s right, now I remember.

Don't think, just do.

I lie down right on the table in front of Talon. The girl l
ifts my shirt just a little above my belly button.  She
takes the lime and smears juice all around my stomach and sprinkles the salt on the lower section just above my jeans.

She puts the lime in my mouth and pours the tequila around my belly button.

I'm so thankful that I let her go first, because I really wasn't sure how this works.

She starts to lick the salt
extremely slowly.  I can’t help but feel the sensation as she nears the edge of my button.

She takes her time licking all of the tequila
next.  She makes sure to make eye contact with me often.  Then she nears my face for the lime.  Before I know it she has the lime inside her mouth and she's kissing my lips.  She lifts her arms in celebration as people nearby begin to cheer her on
.

Holy shit! I've just been kissed by a girl.

Luke is laughing at me because he knows I'm shitting my pants right now. Damn him. Talon is still looking at me, of course. If I was trying to get him to stop looking, girl on girl body shots are probably not the best bet. Does this guy ever smile?

It's my turn. Ok, here goes nothing.

She lies do
wn. I set the lime in her mouth. 

She grabs the salt and shakes it in her cleavage. Wait, what? Salt goes near the belly button, not in the cleavage.

Oh. My. God.

I hear Ivy in my head. ‘Ev, just do. Quit thinking so much.’ I look around and notice that we have drawn quite the crowd. There is no way I can back out now.

I grab the tequila and pour it around her belly button.

I take a deep breath and go for it. What the hell, right?

I lick the cleavage….I mean the salt.

Then I head to her belly button to quickly get some of the tequila
. 

I hurry to grab the lime with my teeth only. Making sure not to touch lips, because you know that would just be awful since we've already been there. This bitch grabs my head and obviously wants my lime back. She begins to tongue battle me for the damn thing.

I yank my head up. What is happening?

This time Talon has a freaking smile on his face, Luke is bent over laughing his ass off, and I don’t even know what Holden thinks.
  There are so many people whistling and hollering that I can’t do anything but turn bright red.

When my cousin's stupid ass quits laughing he jumps up and introduces me to Lana. Apparently she likes girls and he knew that. He decided to wait until after my shots to tell me that tidbit. I'll show him!

"Lana it was so nice to meet you, maybe we can go out for a date sometime!"
  I say with a wink so that these guys can’t see.

The boys’ faces drop.
I look around and admire the fact that I was actually able to shock them. 
Bingo! That is exactly what I was after.

I decide to follow Lana to the bathroom to clean up and let the boys wonder. Lana lets me know in the bathroom that she knows I'm not into girls. I apologize for using her and she tells me that it was not a
problem and that she enjoyed it. Oh man, I feel better.  That was crazy shit.

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Talon

Eaven is freaking hot.  I can’t keep my eyes off of her. 
She's
feisty and nervous at the same time.  I can tell
she's
out of her comfort zone.  I watch her as she leaves our table.  I have a hard time taking my eyes away from the sway of her ass in those jeans.  Her legs look like they go on forever.  

I notice her hair shining in the lights as I try to remember if her hair was blond with brown or vice versa.  To be honest I had a hard time taking my eyes off of her hot pink shirt.  Her chest fills it completely.  When I did let my eyes move anywhere, they seemed to stop when I hit her eyes.  She has the bluest eyes that I have ever seen.  I know we were making people feel uncomfortable as we seemed to have this connection with our eyes that wouldn’t quit.

Then she had to go and drink the tequila.  I like a girl that can handle herself.  Most girls drink those wine coolers or fruity mixed drinks.  She had my attention for multiple reasons.  That stunt she pulled with the tequila shots will forever be embedded into my mind.  Damn. 

“Luke, why the hell have you not told us about your cousin?”

“Do I need to remind you of your man whore brother?”

“No, I guess not.” I frown because he has a point.

“Don’t even think about it, she's way too innocent for any of you boys.”

He did not just say that t
o me.  Why do I give a shit what he says?  Wait, I don’t. 
It's time to take the stage. I better find my man whore twin.

I go to the back room and find Taron, making out with a busty blonde. 

“Taron, get your dick in your pants and take the stage.”

I rip off my shirt and take my spot on
stage. 
I'm
in my zone.  The first song we
will
play is a hardcore rock song.  I have a huge solo part in it.  I
prepare to lose myself and get ready to put everything I have into my performance, like I always do
. 

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Eaven

As I leave the restroom, I notice Ivy on the dance floor. I head over to dance while we still can.

"How was their dressing room?"
  I'm curious why she's back so soon.

"Crowded."
  She seems frustrated.

"What?"
 

"That bastard was making out with me and grabbed another girl that was walking by. I may be a kinky bitch, but I don't share. What have you been up to?"
  I can tell she just wants to change the subject.

"Oh nothing, I just did body shots with some chick while trying to get the attention of the twin to your lover boy."

"What the hell?
I missed it." 

"Yep! The girl kissed me and I licked her cleave."

"I can't even talk right now, I'm
so proud of you!"  Ivy says proudly.

"Yea well, I think I pissed myself when she French kissed me, and the boys laughed their asses off at me. Then I acted like I wanted to go out with the chick sometime. That shut the boys up.
  They were choking on their tongues.
"

"I bet it did. Oh how I wish I would have passed on Taron groping me to see that."

"Did you at least get an O out of it?" I ask her knowing that she probably did.

"Hell ya, you know I'm selfish to get mine first. He will have to get his from someone else."

We danced like we didn't have a care in the world. Next thing we knew the band was taking the stage. Taron gives Ivy a little wink and she flips him off.

Then I notice him.

He isn't wearing a shirt. Why is it drummers take off their shirts? He's so freaking gorgeous.
I can't take my eyes off of him.  His entire torso is tan and his muscles flex every time he moves.  He stands to adjust something on a cymbal and I see that he has the ‘V’ muscles that I have always heard about.  His pants hug right below those muscles and they seem to be pointing in the direction that my mind keeps going.  

As the music starts, I notice he quickly gets lost in the music. It's like he's alone with his drums, creating a beat to his own thoughts. The band is really good, but he mesmerizes me.