A few weeks ago
Ally's POV
"Come on Ally it will be fun." Trish said hand on the door handle to the bar. "Just a few drinks, maybe find a guy." Her eyebrows shot up suggestively.
"Trish, I'm not that type of girl." She reminded her. Trish and her werent exactly alike but they were best friends like her and her stepsister kira were, but they got along well enough. She had been working with Trish this past week to plan a party for her and her sister. There parents indulged them to much especially Trish.
"Oh come on Als. You don't have to hook up with anyone. Although it would probably help." Trish said as she pulled Caroline into the bar. "You need to loosen up live a little."
"I'll have a few drinks but nothing else."
"Good just have some fun, whatever happens, happens. Your single again." Trish said as they sat down at the bar.
She so was never confiding in Trish again. "Can I get a water." She said to the bar tender. Trish glared at her. "And a..." She didn't drink often or ever really it wasn't her thing.
"We'll keep it light." Trish smiled. "Can you bring her a Smirnoff apple." She looked at Trish. "It's a beer sort of. A little fruity. You should like it. You'd have to have a lot to get drunk."
"Ok."
Trish turned on the bar stool so she was looking out at the growing crowd. "See any hot guys you want to flirt with yet."
"No." She said quietly she had no interest in this what so ever.
"Well." Trish smiled. "I am going to go dance with that guy." Trish said pointing to a tall dark haired man. "Don't wait for me." She said smiling. "And remember have fun." She yelled as she walked away swaying her hips.
Ally sighed as she sipped her water. She would sit here a few more minutes to make sure Trish wouldn't miss her and than she was out of here. Just because her and Elliot were over didn't mean she was going to hookup with some random guy.
"What's a pretty lady like you doing over here by herself?"
She groaned internally and started cursing Trish in her mind as she looked at the not so suave looking guy in front of her. Seriously? Did he think she was interested. "I'm waiting for someone." She replied turning back to the bar.
"Well I'll keep you company until they get here." He said sitting down next to her flashing her a grin. Maybe this worked on other girls, but she was not about to fall for it.
"Thanks but my boyfriend is the jealous type." She said ignoring the stare he was giving her. To be honest he was kind of creeping her out.
"Is there something to be jealous of?" He said his brown eyes flashing as he stared at her cleavage. His hand landing on top of hers giving it a gentle but subtle squeeze.
"Hey sweetheart. This guy bothering you." She felt a hand come around her shoulder and she looked up at the man about ready to freak out. Well she started to freak out but not for the reason she had thought. He was gorgeous.
"Um yeah." She stammered her eyes going back on the douche who was bothering her.
"Let's get out of here love." He said his hand going to hers and pulling her off the stool.
Her eyes widened as she took her savior in. He was hot to say the least. Beach blonde hair and bright hazel eyes. "Please." she smiled looking into his eyes. He smiled and she saw the dimple. He turned and led her thru the dancing bodies to the exit. She tried to ignore the heat in her hand and the tiny volts of electricity his touch sent thru her.
Austin's POV
Austin turned toward the extremely hot woman before him as they exited the bar. "I hope you don't mind. He looked like he was bothering you." he said looking at her brown eyes. She was stunning. She definitely wasn't the type of girl he usually picked up. Nor the type of girl who went to bars often seeing as she had sipped more of her water than her drink.
"Yes he was bothering me and thank you." She said looking around nervously. "My friend dragged me here and then abandoned me at the bar."
"Your welcome."
"Well I uh… should probably get going." She said taking a step back and removing her hand from his. "Thanks again."
"Do you want to get something to eat or something?" He asked. He didn't know why he was asking. He didn't date, and she didn't look like the type of girl who would just go home with him on a whim.
"Um." She frowned.
"Relax it's just food. I promise I don't bite."
"Ok." She finally agreed after a long moment.
"So what do you want? Dinner? Ice cream?" he asked. It was early enough she could still want dinner, but late enough she might just want dessert. Dessert sounded fantastic to him.
"There is a Mexican restaurant around the corner." She said nervously.
"Sounds good. I'm Austin by the way." He said holding out his hand.
"Ally." She said slipping her small warm hand back into his.
-Present
Austin's POV
Austin smiled at the woman judging by her reaction she remembered him all to well. Good. He hadn't been able to get her out of his mind. Sure he had plenty of one night trysts but no one had ever left him before. He wanted her again.
"Hello Ally." He said as he sat down. "It's nice to meet you." Again.
"Hi." She said not quite meeting his gaze.
He watched as she nervously played with her straw in her water. Cassidy looked between the two of them. He wasn't sure if she had picked up on the tension or not. "So I've told Austin about how good you are at setting up musicians. He has an amazing voice and his people skills aren't the best."
Oh his people skills were just fine, just not when it came to selling his music. "Yes I only socialize well with members of the opposite sex." He grinned.
Cassidy swatted his arm. "He's also a bit of a flirt." she said rolling her eyes. "I've already told you she's in a relationship." she said frowning at him.
He remembered Cass telling him that, but he remembered Ally telling him that she had just broken up with her boyfriend. He couldn't help wonder which it was. He hoped the latter. He was going to hire her. He needed to spend more time with her.
"So how exactly does this work?" He asked
She cleared her throat. "Well it depends on how involved you want to be. I can plan everything for you or you can help with the planning. I'll draw up an official contract for you if you decide you want my help."
He wasn't really interested in setting up this thing but if it got him alone time with Ally he would be more than happy to help out.
"I have a class to get to." Cassidy said standing up. "Are you ok here?" She asked Ally.
Ally looked at her eyebrow raised. "Yeah sure. Have fun."
He smirked at Ally as Cassidy left. She sighed and leaned back in the booth. "So I'm a bit confused. You told me you were single and Cass says your in a relationship."
"Well." she took a sip of water. "I was single that night. Now I'm not."
"Lovers spat." he asked amused.
"something like that."
"How long have you been dating him?"
"Three years."
"So what happened?"
"Not your business." she snapped. "Cassidy is one of my best friends and I love Elliot. So if your not interested in my professional services I'm going to go ahead and leave."
"Ouch." He mocked hurt although he was slightly hurt. "I don't remember you being this cold the other night."
"I'm not that type of girl Austin. I don't do that type of thing. So let's just forget that it happened."
"Ok love." He said quietly. If that's what she wanted he would oblige her for now. He shouldn't care so much. He didn't do relationships, so why did he have to keep reminding himself of this? "Well if I don't hire you I'll never hear the end of it from Cass. So what do I have to do?"
"Like I said it depends on how involved you want to be. You can give me a date and I'll plan everything, or you can help with the planning process. We can go to different locations and you pick. It also depends on what kind of event you want to do." She said looking at her water.
"This is Cass thing not mine. Why don't you do what you think works best, and don't worry about the cost."
She lifted an eyebrow. "Must be nice to just snap your fingers and get whatever you want."
He shrugged. "My mother left me a very large trust fund as I'm sure you know from Cass. Draw up a contract of what you think would be best and I'll go along with it." He smirked. "You seem like an honest person, I trust you won't take advantage of me. Although I would very much enjoy helping with the planning process."
"Wait I'm confused." She frowned. "You don't care what I do, but you want to help? Why?"
"I like you." he said locking eyes with her.
"Oh." She said surprised as her cheeks turned a deep red.
A few weeks ago
Austin's POV
"So how did you end up in the bar anyway?" Austin asked looking at her. She was breathtaking. Her ombré hair fell in soft curly waves around her face and her stunning brown eyes were so full of life.
She rolled her eyes. "My friend dragged me in there, and then abandoned me to go flirt with some guy."
"Will she miss you?"
"No. She likes to have meaningless sex with random men, she is completely different from her sister."
Too bad she didn't feel the same way. "But not you?"
Her eyes widened surprised, and he thought for a second he might have gone too far. "Not me." She said quietly. "I'm a relationship person. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing something like that with a stranger."
"So your in a relationship?"
She sighed and played with her straw. "No, I broke up with my boyfriend a few days ago."
Good she was single. It shouldn't matter, but it did. "So you like your tacos?" He asked noticing that she had ate all three of them and her sides.
"I like the sopapillas even more." She smiled wiping her face.
"A woman whose not afraid to eat. I like it." He smirked. "Are we getting two orders or do you want to share?" he questioned.
"Sorry I don't share."
"Shame."
"So where are you from?"
"Other side of the world."
"Obviously, but where specifically? Do you live here or are you just visiting?"
"Nosy much?" He teased.
"Curious."
He smiled at her. She was surprisingly easy to talk to. "LA, and yes I live here. I moved here about a year ago to be closer to my sister."
"Your close with your sister?" She asked drinking her water.
"My step siblings and I are all close, but I'm closest to her."
She sighed. "I'm an only child. My family life sucks. My dad decided when I was in middle school that he enjoyed the company of work more than life, and left me and my mom home alone. My mom dealt by drowning herself in her work."
"Ouch." he said as the sopapillas arrived. He watched as she doused hers in honey before digging in.
"So what about your parents?"
He cringed at that question, he should have known it was coming he'd opened himself up by talking about family. "My mother passed away a few years ago, and My dad left us."
"Ouch." she said taking a bite. "Did you ever try to find your dad."
"He left because he didn't want us and I don't plan on wasting my time trying to find him."
"Oh." She said sadly. "Well You turned out ok."
He smiled at her genuine concern for someone she'd never even met. "Thanks."
-Present
Ally's POV
"Can I hear you play…you know to kind of get a feel for what kind of environment we should use" Ally asked trying to avoid his amazing eyes.
"Sure. Do you remember where I live or do I need to give you directions?"
She felt her face flame. "No I remember." She said looking at the table. This was going to be excruciating. Why did he have to be so cute, and why did he have to talk. That voice was captivating and he hasn't even sang for her. And he liked her, that was almost too much to handle. If Cassidy wouldn't ask a billion questions she would forget the whole thing.
"Good when do you want to come by?" He smirked.
"I'm available Thursday or Friday."
"I should be up by eleven on Thursday." He said. "Come by after that."
-A few weeks ago
Ally's POV
"So this is your place?" She asked looking at the fancy apartment complex. "I've always liked this building."
"Do you want to come up for coffee?" He smirked.
She scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Oh please that is so cliché." Yet she had knowingly walked back to his house with him.
"Or I could really just be asking you up for coffee." He said with a mischievous grin.
She inhaled sharply. She should leave now, but she just didn't want to. There was something about him that was so alluring. "Ok."
She didn't miss the smile on his face. "You know nothing has to happen love. You can leave whenever you want."
She bit her lip. "No it's ok." What exactly was she agreeing to?
The ride in the elevators to his loft was long and quiet. A voice was nagging on her that she shouldn't be doing this, yet she wanted to. She walked into the apartment and was in immediate awe. He either lived well outside of his means or had a lot of money.
"What kind of coffee do you like?"
"Your really making coffee?" She frowned.
He laughed as he went to the kitchen. "Your confusing sweetheart."
She frowned she was being confusing. The problem was what she wanted to do and what she should do were two completely different things. He was being surprisingly sweet to her. He wasn't pushing either even though she was sure he wanted it.
"I don't do this kind of thing." She murmured.
He smirked. "Drink coffee?"
She rolled her eyes. "You know."
"Ally I don't want you to do anything you don't want to. Why don't we just watch a movie or something."
He was giving her another out. She sucked in a breath and walked toward him to take the cup of coffee. His hand grazed against hers and she felt tingles jolt through her body. Their eyes met and she took a step toward him setting her cup on the counter. His eyes searched hers for a long moment as if asking permission. She gave a slight nod and he leaned into her.
His lips brushed against hers and she parted her lips letting him in. Her hands wrapped around his neck and ran up into his blonde hair. He gently backed her against the kitchen counter. His kisses were soft and sweet at first, the longer they stood there the more passionate they became. She felt warmth spreading throughout her entire body as he deepened the kiss even more.
His hands wandered down her sides and slowly snaked up her thigh until it was against her core. She gasped as she realized what he was going to do, and she felt him smirk against her lips. She let out a soft moan as he sank his fingers inside her. His lips left hers and trailed down her neck his other hand cupped her breast gently kneading it.
She wasn't use to someone touching her like this. She kept one hand in his hair and placed the other on his shoulder. Between his ministrations with his fingers his lips all over and his other hand on her breasts she realized she was losing herself in him. In his touch.
"Austin." she moaned as she gripped onto his shoulder tighter. His lips claimed hers again as she felt the sweet release wash over her body.
He kissed her gently as she came down from her high before he pulled back cupping her face. "Do you want to go the bedroom?"
"Yes." She said kissing him again.
-Present
Ally's POV
"Austin told me he hired you." Cassidy said as she came back into the apartment.
"Yep." She said setting her stuff down. Bet he hadn't told her what else they had done. Or that he liked her. She still couldn't get over it. Especially the way he had said it. She could have sworn her heart had been beating so hard the entire restaurant could hear it.
"He likes to flirt, but he's a good guy."
"I noticed." She mumbled.
"I appreciate you helping him. I just want to see him do something with himself." Cassidy said quietly.
"I'll set up the event, it will be up to him to sing." She said quietly.
"He's good. He could make so much money if he tried. I just hope he follows through."
"I'm meeting him on Thursday morning at his apartment if you want to come." she said secretly hoping she would say yes. The last thing she needed was to be in his apartment again with him alone. She shouldn't be this attracted to him. She was in love with Elliot.
"Can't I have class."
"Right." she replied sarcastically. "And what exactly does Mr. Centino teach?"
Cassidy grinned. "It depends on the day."
A/N Thank you to everyone who reviewed, alerted, and faved. Please let me know what you think. And please please review because if you don't review then I think your losing interest and if I think your losing interest then I start to lose interest too and Bam no more story.