“I don’t know how I feel about sloppy seconds,” I admit, looking away from her.
She slams her glass down. “Is that what you think? Let me tell you something Tee, Saxon thought he was in love with me, but he wasn’t. We were young and had no idea what we were doing. I’ve seen the way he looks at you and that’s on a whole different level. You brought Ryder into my life, and maybe I was meant to bring Saxon into yours.”
“This is weird,” I announce.
She serves the food and puts my plate down in front of me. “Best friends share, don’t they?”
“You’re a bitch,” I laugh, shaking my head at her. “I’m only friends with you because you give good breakfast.”
She fills her own plate then sits next to me. “I can live with that.”
We share another smile and then dig into our food.
Chapter Six
Saxon
I look down at the photo of Tee that Lexi sent me once more. She’s wearing a black dress and knee high stiletto boots and looks sexier than I’ve ever seen her. I can only imagine what those two got up to last night, considering Ryder was pacing the tour bus worried about Lexi. He seriously needs to try and relax. I hope Tee didn’t hook up with anyone, but since she was with Lexi and wouldn’t want to leave her alone, I’m assuming she wouldn’t. Like I said—she’s as loyal as they come. They probably just had a crazy ass girls’ night. Ryder showed me the picture message Tee sent him, and I couldn’t help but laugh. She’s such a shit stirrer.
Jet walks into our small kitchen on the tour bus and opens the fridge. “Where’s Ryder?” he asks me. Jet is Tee and Ryder’s younger cousin. He’s the youngest in the band and is treated as such.
“Sleeping,” I reply, glancing down at the pic one more time before locking my phone.
“Still?” he asks, forehead creasing.
“Yeah, he was up worrying about Lexi having a night out on the town with your cousin.”
Jet smirks. “If my girl was out with Tee I’d be up all night panicking too.”
I frown. “She’s a lawyer, she has to be somewhat responsible. She seems so to me.”
“Oh she is,” Jet replies. “She can be responsible, she’s smart. Badass even. She just tends to get into trouble. Oh and sometimes she doesn’t know when to shut up.”
I could see that.
She has a bit of a wild side I guess, which is not a turn off for me. She’s fun to be around and makes the best of any situation. She’s also successful and ambitious. What a mix.
Jet’s grey eyes find mine. “She is one person you don’t want to piss off or get on her bad side.”
“Trust me, I know,” I mutter, thinking back to how she vandalized my car.
Jet laughs, clutching his stomach. “Oh so you found out about how she knifed your tires did you? I caught her doing it and told her off but the damage was already done.”
That was her?
I sigh and run my hands through my gel-free hair. I should have known that was her as well; it was a few weeks after I ran into Lexi for the first time after she got together with Ryder.
“And then she told me off for taking sides and choosing you over my own blood,” he continues. “And somehow I ended up saying sorry to her.”
He scratches his head. “Fucking lawyers.”
“Are you close with Tee?” I ask, wanting to know everything about her.
Everything.
“Not as close as Ryder,” he replies. “But if I ever need her, I know she’ll be there in a second. She’s like that, someone you can always count on.”
Like I said, loyal.
My older brother Kidd walks out, lifting his chin at us in greeting. Dressed in nothing but a pair of track pants, he rubs his chest absently.
“What time’s rehearsal?” he asks me.
I look down at my watch. “In about an hour.”
“Better get Ryder’s ass up,” he replies, grabbing a beer out of the fridge and taking a sip.
My eyebrows raise. “Beer?”
“It’s twelve o’clock somewhere,” he replies, walking back to his bunk.
Jet looks at me and shrugs.
“Didn’t he bring a girl back with him last night?” I ask. Something’s going on with Kidd, I just have no idea what it is. He’s been acting off for a few weeks now but won’t talk to me about it.
Jets chuckle makes me look up at him. “Trey’s messaging me.”
Another one of their cousins and another musician.
“Where is he?” I ask.
“He’s spending some time with Sasha and her kid,” he tells me, which sounds about right. From what I’ve heard Trey is very close with her son Jye.
“We better get our asses ready for rehearsal. I want to try a new song for tonight’s show,” I say, standing up.
A song inspired by her.
*****
The crowd screams as we play our first song.
“I see some gorgeous women in here tonight,” Ryder calls out, looking into the crowd. “Does someone want to come on stage for the next song?”
Louder screams.
I grin from my safe spot behind my drum set and watch as Ryder, Jet, and Kidd work the crowd.
“You! The pretty blonde,” Ryder says into the microphone, pointing at a woman in the audience. “Security could you help her up please.”
The woman is lifted on stage and instantly wraps herself around Ryder.