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“Nope,” I agree.
“Are you going to be okay tonight?” Emma asks me, propping herself up on one shoulder to get a look at my face.
I open my eyes and watch her for a moment before answering. “I don’t care about the fans staring at him. He’ll just be doing his job.”
“And Serena?”
I sigh. “I think I may want to rip her hair out. Although knowing how he actually feels about her should make me feel better right?”
“It should, but will it?”
“No, because he’ll have to act like he likes her. He’ll have to play the role of the dutiful boyfriend. You heard Aiden last night when she called.”
“I did, but you also saw his face, right? He didn’t want to do that, but he did,” Emma reminds me.
“But why did he walk away to talk to her? Why couldn’t he talk to her around the rest of us? What if he really is starting to like her?”
“You can’t honestly believe that. I think you know Derek well enough to know when he’s actually into a girl and when he’s not.”
“I would like to think I do, but maybe it was all just an act to see if he could nail his bandmate’s sister. And oh, look, it worked.” I sit up and chug a sip of my seltzer, letting the burn of it go down my throat. I’m going to need a lot of alcohol to get through this evening. Might as well start as early as I can.
“I think you’re being dramatic. Maybe we shouldn’t go tonight. Tell them we’d like to stay here and make sure your parents are okay. Help a bit more with the house.”
“No, we can’t do that. I made my bed and now it’s time to lie in it. Plus, I know you wanna see Aiden play.”
“That I do. But I don’t want to go if it’s going to hurt you.”
I smile warmly at her. “I appreciate that. But you’re right, I’m just being dramatic and letting her get to me already. It’s going to be hard knowing she can touch him if she wants to. And no matter how much I want to, I can’t.”
“True, but you’re the only one who knows what his touches really feel like.”
I grin. “Thank you for making me feel better.”
“It’s what I do,” Emma says, lying back down.
I join her, and we soak up the rays until a dark person-shaped cloud looms over me. I open my eyes and stare into a familiar pair of brown ones.
“Hey,” I say to Derek.
“Hi.”
I sit up and look around, seeing he’s the only one out here. “Where are the other guys?”
“Getting ready to come for a swim. I got ready faster than them.”
“Is that so you could come out here and see this girl?” Emma teases.
“She knows?” He directs the question to me, but Emma answers for me.
“Did you expect me not to?”
“I don’t know what I thought. You excited to come to the show tonight?” His eyes are currently roaming up and down my body.
I’m wearing a hot pink two-piece. I can’t wait to see his reaction when I stand up and he sees that most of my ass is showing. I decide to test that little theory. I stand up and take a few steps toward the water, then turn around to face him. “Yeah, I am.”
“What the fuck are you doing to me in that bikini? Jesus Christ, woman, I’m sporting a partial just staring at you.”
I smile. “Well, that seems like a you problem, because this is my suit.”
