The Beginning of Us (79 page)

Her dad is quiet.  He just seems to sit back and take it all in.  I guess when you live with four girls, you learn to just observe and let them take the stage.  I notice him watching me every once in a while.  I feel like I'm still on the receiving end of some critical glares and stereo-typing at its best. 

We finish dinner and say our goodbyes to her parents. Her mom forces a hug and I make sure to shake her dad’s hand. He responds with a tight squeeze in warning for any bad intentions I may have with his daughter.

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Eaven

The weeks have been flying by.  My parents seemed to love Talon last weekend.  My mom called and said Avery has not stopped asking about Talon and said she wants to come see us.  He melted my heart when he focused on Avery.  None of my previous boyfriends gave her any attention.  I didn’t realize it was a problem for me until now
that I see how Talon treated her. He can tell I love my little sister and he treated her with as much respect as he did my parents. That is the first reason my mom jumps on the Talon band-wagon to support him when my dad tries to be a little skeptical.

I spend most of the day working with Ivy finishing up any edits and enhancements on proofs that we need to get back to clients. We manage to get caught up pretty easily since we both are getting better at taking great pictures to begin with. There are times we switch to black and white or pull in some vivid colors to help an aspect of the picture to pop, but all in all the raw photos pretty much sell themselves.

T
alon and the band will be playing at Smitty’s again tonight.  Ivy and
I'll
be going and we are taking Macy. 
She's a friend we met on campus this past week
. 
She's
very cute in a country girl kind of way. 
She's
always sporting the cowboy boots.  Tonight
she's
even wearing them with her dress.  I’m not going to lie, she looks great. 
She said her brother offered to give us all a lift to the club.

“Here is to you, here is to me, and here is to all the dicks we will
see!”  Ivy cracks me up with her toasts.  Macy’s face went into total shock as she was waiting for us to grab our stuff and drink our pre-club shot. 

“Macy! You want a shot?” Ivy practically screamed at her and I wondered at that moment just how many shots Ivy took without me when I was getting ready.

“No thanks! My brother is waiting and we shouldn’t keep him too long.”

“Is your brother hot? I hope he's
fucking hot as hell!”  Ivy asks Macy causing her to cringe a little. 

“Um… I’m not sure what to say about my brother being hot. Y’all will have to decide that one for yourselves.”

“You have to drink at least one shot with us.  We just started a tradition Macy.  We can’t leave for the club unless we toast.”  Ivy is determined to drink another shot. 

“Fill her up Ev!” 

I fill up three shot glasses and we raise them to look at Ivy as we wait for the toast.

“To the men we’ve loved.  To the men we’ve kissed.  Our heartfelt apologies to the men we’ve missed!  Drink up bitches!”  How can you not drink to that? 
I'm
not really sure!  This is why my life is never boring.  Macy smiles and tips her head back.  I notice how
I'm
the only one who has to breathe through my teeth as the alcohol stings its way into my body. 

We start out the door as I see Aiden walking up the stairs. “Evenin’ ladies.” Why does his southern drawl sound so damn cute?

“Hey Aiden.”  I say as I start to walk past him. 

“Are you girls finally ready?” He asks us. Shit. Let me guess Macy’s brother, Aiden,
is here to pick us up.  I guess I should have gotten better information from my new friend. 

“Yes. I didn’t realize you guys were siblings.” I say as I look at Macy for confirmation.

“Oh hell, he
is
fucking hot!”  Ivy says as she jumps on his back for a piggy back ride.  She also swipes his black cowboy hat and places it on her own head as she throws one arm in the air swinging it in a circular motion and rotating her hips.  Ok
she's
way drunk.  Aiden lifts his eyebrows in surprise and grabs on to her legs to help her stay on.  He manages to get her down the stairs and near his truck before she starts singing.  “Save a horse, ride a cowboy.” 

I quickly realize I'll
be taking care of her tonight.  She hates country music and she sure as hell wouldn’t be singing it out loud or jumping on someone’s back if she was all here.  Ok, well she might be jumping on him, but probably not on his back.  

“Thanks for the ride there, partner.” Ivy says as she slides down his body and replaces his hat. Aiden turns to her and says,
“Anytime.”  I watch as the two of them settle in close to each other. 
They're
definitely seeing eye-to-eye right now.  He opens the door for her and they both stare into each other’s eyes as she gets in the front seat with him.  Macy and I take the back seat. 

We arrive at Smitty’s very quickly. 
I'm
very excited to see Talon. 
He's
sitting at their regular table when we arrive.  The club is busy and all of the seats are taken.  He greets me with a very public kiss as soon as
he
see me.  His hands and tongue are all over me.  I love that he makes me feel like
I'm the only girl
in this entire place.  He sits in his chair and pulls me onto his lap.

Taron is quick to rise when Ivy gets near.  “Ivy, do you need a seat?” 

“Um… sure.”  She says walking to his empty seat.  He quickly sits down
in the seat
and puts his fingers in a ‘V’ shape near his mouth.  “I got your seat right here, baby.  Sit right here and let me take care of you.” 
He's sticking his tongue out between his fingers and flicking his tongue in such an inappropriate manner that everyone at the table freezes, except for Ivy.

She doesn’t miss a beat. She strolls right over to him. Flips her hair behind her and sits straddled on Taron’s hips. He has the biggest shit eating grin on his face as she faces him
.  She
begins to
full on kiss him with tongues licking all over each other.  Then she pulls back and says “Don’t you just love how Aiden’s cum tastes?”   

Taron's eyes darken as he glares into Ivy's eyes, probably searching for truth in them, or should I say looking for a gleam of hope that she's
pulling his leg right now.  She must not show any signs of weakness because he stands up causing her to slide down his body.  He grabs the edge of the table and throws it in the air sending all of the drinks flying.  Luke and Holden are next to Taron immediately trying to calm his raging anger.  They lead him into the back to cool off. 

Ivy is smirking at him and licking her lips like she has just eaten dessert.  Aiden is with Ivy whispering something in her ear and smiling as well.  

Everyone at the table erupts into either hysterical laughter or complete concern for the situation that Ivy has managed to get us all into. God, I love her! Who else can cause such chaos in less than a minute? The only person who comes to mind is the bad boy, Taron himself. The two of them are the only people I know that have that kind of explosive behavior.

"Holy shit, Ivy
is fucking crazy!  Tell me she was joking."  Talon says as everyone is cleaning up the mess.

"Yes she's crazy, and yes she was joking."

"That is why I love her. Anyone that can shut my brother up when he's a vulgar ass, is a friend of mine."

"Yes she's
very quick on her feet.  I would never have come up with retaliation like that." 

"Not many people would have." Talon says, still laughing as Smitty walks up.

Talon quickly apologizes and calms things over with the bar owner. He assures him that there won't be any more disruptions from our area tonight. That is a big promise to make.

"Ivy, are you insane?" I say as I make my way to her.

"He was an ass. He deserved it." She says as she drags Aiden to the dance floor.

Talon guides me out onto the dance floor also and we instantly fit together like puzzle pieces. Our bodies move together as one with every song that is playing. All too quickly he has to go back-stage and get ready for his performance. He pulls me into a very passionate kiss before he leave
s me alone.  I love the way he just dives in and takes my breath away with passion in each embrace we have.  He looks so deep into my eyes and he doesn’t have to say a word about how he feels about me.  I can see it in his eyes. 

Ivy grabs me to dance after Talon pulls away
.  She has Aiden in her back pocket the entire time we are dancing.  I notice how he seems less stiff dancing with her.  She moves in behind him forcing him to be caught between both of us girls. 
He's
rather enjoying himself at the moment. 

We have done this before, but not when either of us had a boyfriend at the time. 
It's
very fun to dance two girls on one guy. 
I'm
just not sure how Talon will take it.  So I pull back just a little and Ivy instantly rotates her way into my face.

"What is wrong, Ev?  Why are you backing off?" 

"Talon will have a fit if he sees me doing something like this." I say hoping she will back off and let me take it easy.

"Oh hell no. You are out here having fun with your sista. You are not going to let a guy stop you from doing what we have done forever. This is us. It's not like we really share in the sack. If he's
lucky we will dance on him next time.  Now fucking dance with me."

If Ivy is anything, she's persistent when she's
drinking.  I know she won't take no for an answer.  The fact that a guy may influence my behavior makes her furious, so I continue to dance with the two of them.  Aiden is turned towards Ivy, so I decide to dance on the other side of Ivy.  This seems
to appease her as we all move
together with the beat of the music.  After that song is over, we go back to the table.  There are plenty of chairs available now that the band is prepping for their show.

Aiden orders us a round of beer and we wait until our band takes the stage. I push my way through all the girls towards the front of the stage so I can see everything. Just like the last time I watched him, he has removed his shirt. If it's possible I appreciate the view even more now that I know he's
mine.  His demeanor is completely different this time. 
He's
still serious, but his energy is less dark and he doesn't have the desperate sadness that intrigued me last time.  He has my attention for completely different reasons.  I have my camera this time, so I start clicking.

Taron is still angry. 
He's
scowling at the audience.  Luke and Lilly both begin the first song strumming their guitars.  I notice Talon has his eyes closed and starts with the beat of the drums not very long after.  The heavy beat gets louder and louder as the audience is responding.  The three of them keep this up until the crowd is going crazy.  This gets Taron back into the crowd pleaser personality that he usually is.  He starts working the crowd and someone has already thrown a pair of panties at him.  It wouldn't be Taron if he didn't pick them up and inhale them, then smile and put them in his pocket. 

I don't know if it's just that I'm
paying more attention to the rest of the show this time, but it seems like they have done some major enhancements to the lights and sound. 
They're
very good and the crowd is really reacting to everything they do.  This time I watch Luke during his solos. 
I'm
so proud of my cousin. 
He's in his element and the lights make him out to be something like that
of a rock god status.  Lilly is smoking hot and matching Luke with every song.  I keep snapping pictures through the entire show.   

"Come out next Friday night and support us at the Battle
of the Bands.  We will be playing at the stadium.  We hope to see all of your sexy faces out there."  Taron ends the show jumping off the stage and is instantly surrounded by a group of girls.  I notice the groupie crowd has grown in large measures since the last show.  I hop onto the stage and take pictures of the crowd. 
Focusing in on Taron and his girls, I take a side view picture of him in the heat of the moment in all of his glory.

Talon walks
straight into my arms.  Damn
he's
sweaty and sexy as hell.  Click, I have to have a picture of that.

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Talon

"You are fucking hot behind that lens, baby."  Hot doesn't begin to cover it.  I can see her passion when
she's
behind that camera.  Of course she was the only person in my sight anytime I looked out into the crowd.  My eyes are drawn to her no matter where she is. 
She's
still taking pictures as I wrap her in my arms with her back to my chest.  The DJ starts playing music again and we begin moving together.  We are on stage, so we have a great view of all of our friends and fans below.  She keeps clicking the camera until the song is over.  Then I decide
I'm selfish and flip her around to face me.