Note: Sadie Rivers is a character from the story "Sadie," posted under SoulTwins. I actually wrote that story, but my friend and I posted it under our combined account because she had a story she wrote to go along with it, which was "Kasper." This is a collection of snippets from the relationship, starting with the first time they laid eyes on each other. I don't own Jack Mercer or any of the Mercer family, should they come up later in the story. I only claim the rights to Sadie and Ellie at this point. Enjoy... Oh, and review if you'd like.
Sadie took another sip of her drink and looked around the room for her friend. Ellie was supposed to be at the club with a friend of hers whom Sadie had never met (a male friend who was gorgeous, according to Ellie). She had been fixing Sadie up with various men she knew for the past year. Sadie had never really had a boyfriend at all in her life, and Ellie claimed she was missing out on something special. As Sadie continued searching the crowded room, she absent-mindedly started scratching her newest tattoo, a butterfly on the center of her chest.
"Sadie, don't scratch it!" a familiar voice called out from behind her. She spun around to face Ellie, who was pointing an accusing finger at her. "You know better than that, Rivers…"
Sadie rolled her eyes and gave Ellie a light hug. It had been a few days since they'd last seen each other. Her attention was drawn away from her friend to the guy standing behind her. He was the Hollywood version of the perfect man: tall, dark and handsome. His dark brown hair was worn in a slightly spiky, entirely messy style that made him look like a teenager. A strong jaw line, full lips and sparkling blue eyes made him all the more attractive. He looked very thin, but Sadie had known skinny guys who were still all muscle.
Ellie knew what Sadie was looking at and smiled. "Sadie Rivers," she started, pulling Sadie and the guy closer together, "this is Jack Mercer, rock star hunk. Jack, this is Sadie, my favorite punk princess."
Both Jack and Sadie laughed nervously as they shook hands. Sadie was surprised at how tender his grip was. His smile was genuine, but it had a tragic quality to it. She supposed it was just the "misunderstood rock star" attitude most of the guys she knew had. On the other hand, she knew from what Ellie had told her about him that he'd had a rough childhood.
"So… I'm going to find myself a nice piece of ass," Ellie said, looking into the crowd. "You two have fun, now." She left them with confused faces, dancing her way into the multitude of people.
Sadie was the first one to start laughing, and Jack soon did the same. His laugh was just as attractive as his face. "She's crazy," she said. He agreed with a nod and scratched the back of his neck. Sadie decided she wanted to hear his voice, so she thought up some small talk. "So how do you know Ellie?"
He smiled for a second, showing a visible blush, and said, "She wanted to be a groupie, but I wasn't really interested."
"Oohh… So you're the infamous rock star Jack… You know, that was the first time any musician had ever told her no. I must say, I'm impressed you were able to turn down a girl like Ellie."
Jack shrugged. "I'm just not the kinda guy who makes music to get action. I'm in it for the music, just like everybody should be."
Sadie's smile grew wider and she looked down at her feet, brushing a lock of red, curly hair out of her face when it fell. "I admire that, Jack," she said shyly. "I love music, too. It's nice to finally meet a man on the good side."
He blushed again and put his hands in the pockets of his ripped, black jeans. Sadie was starting to think her predictions for this blind date were way off the mark.
There will be more eventually.