"You responsible for the dress?" I ask Renee and then lounge back in my seat and sip my rum and coke
"From the drool I take it you approve?"
I snort my reply to her comment and then take another sip as I let my eyes move slowly over Taylor.
She's leaning against the bar, chatting to the gorilla and even though he keeps glancing over at me I keep my gaze slow and all consuming
I start at the gold strappy sandles that finish at her ankles and then reveal the golden expanse of her legs and then continue right past her knees and up her thighs. Renee chose well when she chose short and black for the dress, the gold metal neck band looking like something I should own a key to open and then plunge my teeth into the soft warm flesh of her throat
Alcohol makes me a lot of things, louder, more cocky, horny, always horny, but tonight it's just making me obsessed, the long black waves of her hair enticing me to wrap it around my hands and pull her mouth to mine
"So what is it? The fact she's a virgin?" I look at Renee, surprised Taylor shared that information with her "What? It's pretty obvious Trav, or is it the fact she's so unattainable? Or maybe because she's letting another man have what she won't give you"
"Is she sleeping with him?!" I push forward in my seat as my eyebrows pinch together and I stare at the two of them propping up the bar, a heat mixing with the alcohol in my stomach and burning its way into my brain
"She's not but he wants to. Just look at the way he's watching her, the way his eyes keep flicking over here, his shoulders squared to show you who the bigger man is, everything about him is screaming possessive and insecure"
"Everything about him is screaming brain dead gorilla"
"And everything about you is screaming jealous asshole"
"Fuck you" I spit, my eyes never leaving Taylor and her 'friend' as I throw back the rest of my drink
"What's going on Travis? When are you going to make your move? I know you want to, I can almost taste the testosterone from here"
"There's a hundred girls in here I could leave with tonight, why would I make a move on the only one that won't give me what I want?"
"I don't know, but I'm beginning to think it's because sex isn't all you want from her"
"Sex is all I want from any girl"
"And you know Taylor won't give it to you, not tonight anyways, probably not any time soon and still she's the only girl you're looking at"
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"One more beer then it's back to the vegan shit"
"Come on Nesto"
"Your new personal trainer will kick my ass if he knows I'm letting you drink when he's trying to get you down to the weight they want"
"Do you think I'm fat?" i look up at Nesto knowing that I'm trying to entice the response from him I want
"No, of course not, you know you're perfect to me" He places his hand on my shoulder and out of the corner of my eye I see Travis stand up
"Hey Travis, how many calories are in your drink?" He scrunches his face as if to call me an idiot for expecting him to know the answer
"Get a diet soda and there's barely any" winks Renee
"It's too strong for you" Nesto warns me as he sips his water and I feel Travis' presence warm against my back
"2 rum and cokes" he instructs the bar tender and moves a bit closer so I can feel his arm against my back and I feel my body begin to heat up.
Taking the drinks, he pushes one towards me without turning to look at me and then strolls back to the table he, his band mates and Renee are seated at
"Taylor!" he yells my name as I see him lounge back in the booth and fix me with a loaded gaze "Coming to play with the popular kids, or are you going to stand there on your own all night?"
"I'm not on my own I have..."
"The hired help, yeah, yeah" he budges over and makes space for me on the edge of the booth
"Do you mind?" I ask Nesto, feeling bad for ditching him but there's no space in the booth for anyone else, especially not a person of his stature
"I'm here to watch out for you Taylor, not to party with you. Go ahead, but if he does anything you aren't comfortable with just shout, I'm going to sit just here and watch"
"He's not interested in me Nesto, there's nothing to worry about" I stand on my tip toes and kiss his cheek before picking up my new, more potent drink and take my seat next to Travis, making sure to leave a gap between us
"What's up Princess? I don't bite" he slides an arm behind the small of my back and then grips my hip pulling me closer to him "Drink up" he whispers in my ear "The night is just getting started"
