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16
BRYN
Avery is cute.Funny. This package of sexy girl with a feisty way of dealing with her world is what brought me back to her. I haven't met anybody like Avery for years, and Avery's presence pushed Hannah into the back of my mind for a few hours last time I saw her. That's a useful quality in a girl. Shame this will only be a few weeks before we go our separate ways. Who knows, maybe this could've been more.
Apart from the Mia issue, if I date Avery for a couple of weeks, she'll help me keep my hands off other chicks. If I keep going down the random hook-up route, I'm bound to end up in the wrong place with the wrong person and I do not feel like being centre stage in a scandal. So, dating Avery is the perfect solution. She’s easy-going and we could have some fun.
I grab a couple of glasses of wine from the tray passing by, and head back to Avery with the drinks. She's partially hidden by a group of girls. One with sleek black hair, who's not much older than Avery, attempts to catch my eye. I nod politely and switch my attention to my date for the evening.
Avery chews her short nails, glancing around like a caged animal at a zoo and guilt seeps in. I should've warned her but she would've said 'no'. Avery doesn't match a lot of the chicks around her but she's attractive enough to be a convincing rock star girlfriend. I can hear Sian now, big sister admonishing my judging women on their appearance. Tough, I'm male—a woman’s brain isn't the first thing we see.
There's a protective streak that comes out when I'm around Avery; she's that much smaller than me, a little over five feet. All woman, with those curves accentuated by her cute dress, and shy but deceptively ballsy. I suspect some of her bravado comes from being on the shorter side. I'm fully aware of her spitfire nature. My feet got the brunt of that shortly before Christmas.
“A drink,cariad.” I set the glass on the table in front of her and sit. “They have cocktails if you'd like another Screaming Orgasm.”
She pouts. “You'resofunny.”
“Okay. I'll behave.” I sip my wine. “I have another proposition for you.”
When Avery stiffens and shifts away from me, I laugh. “Not that kind! I know this can’t be a long-term thing, with me touring soon and all, but would you consider dating for a couple of weeks?”
“Dating?”
“Coming out with me in public, so people see us as a couple, a bit like I did for you.”
She gawks at me. “After tonight, I don't want to do this again.”
“Oh.” I chew my mouth. “Why?”
Avery tips her head. “What possible reason would I have for wanting to come somewhere like this a second time?” She flourishes a hand at the circus around her.
“The pleasure of my company? Don't you think it would be fun?”
“Fun? Define fun.”
“Whatever kind of fun you like,cariad,” I say in a low voice. I’m teasing but she looks away, in either disgust or embarrassment, I don’t know. “Just for a couple of weeks. I'll take you some places you want to go, if you like?”
“Bryn, I'm busy studying. There are plenty of girls out there who would love to date a rock star for a couple of weeks, ask one of them.”
I did not expect this resistance.
“But that's the problem, I like your company. You're less… complicated. Come on!”
“I agreed to a date with you, not a new career as your girlfriend!” I look back into her green eyes, and she sits stiffly. Have I overstepped the mark? When I first saw Avery tonight, something hovered between us, the same as the night of our first weird date. I find her hard to read. Avery shied away from looking at me the first night we were alone together, although she did seem keen on staring at my chest.
“I don’t mean that. I’m just being realistic about this. I told you I’m touring soon so I don’t think this could be more than some fun. Entirely up to you, but I like your company.”
Avery runs her tongue along her teeth and gives me a sour look. Now what have I said? “I’m won’t have sex with you, so I might not be much ‘fun’.”
I laugh. “Sure, no problem.”
“No kissing either!” she blurts.
“You really didn't like that kiss, did you?”
She rubs her lips together and looks at mine. Avery can’t agree because there was an enthusiasm when our mouths were on each other. “I don't kiss people I don't know. Not like that.”
I shuffle closer, unable to resist. “Okay. How about a kiss with no tongues?”
