I woke up in Criss' bed once again; only this time the scenario was a little different. I was covered by the sheet, had no clothes on and there was arms around me. I looked over seeing Criss in the same position as I was in really, clothes wise that is, and I never noticed before but damn does he have a nice build. Then that's when something hit me, what time is it? I glanced over at the clock and saw 10:30 PM on it. Wonderful... I saw Criss smile slightly at me, which made me realize he wasn't exactly sleeping. He moved in and gave me an innocent kiss on the lips, which made me shiver some.
"Hey beautiful."
"Hey..."
I looked around the room and closed my eyes, only to reopen them and still see the same things. I guess I actually thought that maybe, just maybe it was all a dream... but I came to realize that it wasn't.
"Did I do something wrong?"
I shook my head a bit at his question.
"No..."
Was it bad that I felt no regret toward this situation? That if I could take back what happened between Criss, and me I wouldn't. In fact I would do it all over again, and again, and again... Does that make me a horrible person? In fact, I should have been gathering my clothes and getting my happy ass out of there. But was I doing that? No... instead I snuggled closer to Criss, which I think took him by surprise.
"So wait, you aren't going to say how much of a mistake this was, rush around the room, throw your clothes on and run out of here?"
"Nope... instead I'm gonna say, I'm tired still, I think I'm going to go back to sleep. Wake me up when its time for work."
Criss smiled and held me a bit closer to him as I dosed back off into dreamland once again.
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Criss' POV
Okay, so I was extremely glad she didn't freak out over this situation. I figured she would have as soon as she woke up so I was just enjoying having her next to me until that time came. However, it never did, she didn't freak out, actually she looked quite happy. Which made me feel great. The only thing really lingering in my head right now is how wrong would this be considered? I mean, she is taken... but for some reason, I feel no remorse for doing this because it felt so right. I looked back at the sleeping Gabby and couldn't help but grin a bit. However, the look soon faded when I heard a knock on the door. Sure this place is huge but you know what? I have good hearing. I slowly moved away from Gabby and got up. I slipped my boxers on and made my way toward the door. I opened the door a bit and looked to see a man I've come to know as the new manager of this place. Which, kind of means trouble for me because he's also Gabby's boyfriend.
"Where's Gabby?"
How should I answer this question? Should I tell him she's asleep, naked, in my bed... or should I tell him she's not here? Shit, if I keep panicking about this he's going to know something's up.
"She left a couple hours ago after her fever went down."
"Oh... well that's weird because she didn't call me or anything, I just got off my lunch break and she wasn't home..."
"I don't know what to tell you man but she's not here."
"Isn't that her purse?"
He pointed to the purse sitting on the floor by the door and I raised a brow slightly. Well that just killed my motive... wait, no it didn't.
"She left it here."
"Well then I'm guessing she's still somewhere around here because she keeps her keys to her car and the house in that thing."
Touché Mr. Boring boyfriend, touché... And that's about when I heard it... My room door opened and out walked Gabby, with one of my t-shirts on. Mind you, that's all she had on. Well... this situation was about to get very sticky, very quickly, and I figured that out by the look of absolute anger on Jack's face.
"I want cookies!"
Gabby spoke as she walked into the kitchen, not even noticing Jack was at the door.
"Gabriella Valo!"
She came back out and looked to see Jack. Well she found her cookies but they soon met the floor and she stood there frozen in place, not moving an inch.
"And you! You have most of the girls in Vegas swooning over you, yet you decide to pick my girlfriend!"
"Oh Shit..."
Well... Gabby its a little late to speak now but I agree on the oh shit part. I thought to myself. That's when it hit me... Literally, he hit me, straight out decked me square in the face. Yes, I deserved it, no I wasn't going to take it. So I hit him back, and next thing I know there's an all out fight going on and I'm involved in it.
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Gabby's POV
I stood there frozen in place watching Criss and Jack fight. I probably should have stopped it but seriously, this is two men that work out, beating the shit out of each other and I'm a little 120-pound girl. So knowing all this I did the only thing that could come to mind.
"Knock it the fuck off!"
Okay... so it wasn't that grand but it seemed to snap both of them out of the 'lets beat the shit out of each other' phase. They both stopped dead in their tracks and looked at me. Both men were a little bloody, one harboring a split lip and bloody nose, the other clutching his stomach in pain and suffering the same facial damage.
"Act like grown men for christ sake, and Jack that was more directed at you then at Criss seeing as you attacked him."
They both looked at me a little shocked and I just shook my head a bit. What's with men and fighting? Honestly, why does a guy think that in a situation like this they can fight and the girl will go throwing herself on whoever comes out of it alive? Sometimes I think I should start batting for the other team, if you know what I mean... That is until I realize that I tend to like a certain something only a guy has, if you catch my drift.
"How about we take this and approach it the talking, not yelling, not hitting way... I say that's a good idea so you both should just sit the fuck down and listen."
Just like little kids getting in trouble with their parents they did just that. This was sort of a weird situation for me because I seriously didn't think that was going to work... But it did... weird.
"Okay look... Jack, I'm sorry this happened, I'm sorry you found out but I'm not exactly sorry that I slept with Criss. It made me realize something, that thing being that, as much as I love you and care about you, you just aren't the one... I'm not saying you are either Criss... I honestly don't know but I do know that the relationship I was in was going no where."
"How could you say that?"
"Because, its true... The connection was there at first but it faded over time and don't tell me you didn't feel it too. Besides, I'm not stupid Jack... when we were living in LA I know you use to sleep with your co-worker... Emily or something like that. So you can't act like your hurt."
Jack looked at me completely shocked. I seriously don't think he knew that I knew about that shit. I glanced around the room and let out a soft sigh. Jack got up from the couch without any other words said and here it was, just me and Criss... I looked over at him for a moment before looking at the ground.
"You need a place to stay Gabby?"
"Yea... and it'd probably be best if I slept on the couch."
Criss looked at me puzzled for a bit and I just shrugged my shoulders. After everything that just happened it would probably be best if I just stayed away from intimacy for a while. I mean, come on now, it's not exactly the best choice to jump right into something else after getting out of one thing.
"You take the bed I'll sleep on the couch."
I shook my head a bit.
"I wouldn't feel right doing that. It's your place after all."
"And I wouldn't feel right making a guest sleep on the couch."
"Well too bad."
I smiled a little and lay down on the couch looking up at the ceiling. This was one battle Criss was not going to win.
"No, too bad for you."
"I'm already laying down and comfortable so ha!"
I smiled a little and it soon faded when Criss picked me up off the couch. Before I knew it I was being thrown on his bed and he was running out of the room and shutting the door behind him. Damn stubborn man, I thought as I got off the bed and walked toward the door of the room. However I was soon stopped when I reached the door noticing that I couldn't open it. Damn man!! I screamed in my head then just sighed and went back to the bed. I lay back down and soon enough fell into a deep sleep. That whole thing must have taken more out of me then I thought. I woke up to my cell phone blasting in my ear and glared at the device. I grabbed the phone and put it to my ear and pressed send.
"Hello?"
I spoke tiredly into the phone.
"Oh… hey bro… Why are you calling me at…"
I glanced over at the clock and my eyes widened a bit seeing it was 4:30 in the morning.
"Oh, I totally forgot about that… What do you mean you're plane is arriving in 30 minutes!?… Well this is a little bit short notice… Yea I'll grab my stuff and be at the airport in time. I'll meet you by the baggage claim area… Okay bro, see you in a bit, and love you… Bye."
I hung up my phone and sighed softly. Well, I guess that means an early start for me seeing as I have to pick my brother up from the airport. I pulled myself out of the bed and headed toward the bathroom. Once there I hopped in the shower and did all the regular morning stuff. Then I got out realizing the only clothes I had were the dirty ones from yesterday and this realization brought on another sigh. So I wrapped a towel around my body and headed back to Criss' room. I looked through his closet and pulled out some faded blue jeans, a black belt and a two sizes too big grey t-shirt with a skull on it. I threw it all on and walked out of the room and grabbed my purse. I looked over at Criss sleeping on the couch and shook my head a bit. Damn him. With that thought I was off. I arrived at the airport about 20 minutes later and went to the baggage claim area. Glancing around I saw my brother sitting on a chair waiting for me. No surprise, I was about 20 minutes late because of the shower. He looked over to me and grinned as he got up grabbing his suitcases and making his way over to me. Once he got there he greeted me with a huge hug, which of course I returned.
"Hey baby sister."
"Hey bro, how have you been?"
"Busy as always. The band and everything just barely got a break and we only have about two months before its back to the studio."
"Wonderful."
"Oh yea, how about you?"
"Um… I don't know how to answer that really. Me and Jack broke up, I slept with my boss and now I'm kinda staying with him until I can find my own place."
And that's about when Ville moved back at little and looked at me with a weird look.
"You and Jack broke up?"
"Yea…"
"Why?"
"Because he found out I had slept with my boss…"
"Wait, you slept with your boss when you were still with Jack!?"
"Um, how about we get out of the airport and I'll talk to you about it all then."
He nodded some and grabbed his bags back up as we headed out toward my car. Once there we got inside and I started the car up. I pulled out of the parking space and headed out of the parking garage. As we got onto the street Ville looked over to me.
"Okay explanation."
"Ok well this is what happened. Back in LA I had found out Jack had been sleeping with one of his co workers, but I felt there was still reason to hold on and see if there was anything there that had some kind of future."
"I'm going to stop you there and ask you why you even stayed with the man after that."
"Because, I loved him for starters and secondly, we were moving to Vegas so she wasn't going to be here."
"Three years is more then enough time to know whether you want to spend the rest of your life with a man or not Gabby."
"I know Ville but I just felt something there. Anyhow, when we moved here I started working for Criss and we had a sort of attraction. Here's the thing though, we were constantly at each other's throats when it came down to just us. Mainly because of the tension I'm guessing. Well one thing lead to another and next thing I know I wind up in bed with him."
"You can't say one thing lead to another. I mean how did you get to his place anyways?"
"I went into work sick, got hit with a door, and passed out. That simple. I guess he took me up to his room at work."
"He lives where he works at?"
"Yes and no… he lives in the place that has the little office room where the show is discussed. The show takes place pretty much anywhere."
"What show? Like a Vegas show?"
"More like an actual TV show. Mindfreak."
"You work for Criss Angel?"
"Yea, pretty much."
"You slept with Criss Angel?"
"Um… yea."
Ville just shook his head a bit and I sighed some pulling up to a red light.
"Anyhow as I was saying. I slept with Criss and I guess sometime before I woke up for the second time that night Jack showed up to ask where I was seeing as the last known place of where I was, was Criss' room."
"How did Jack know where you were?"
"He called the office and I guess Criss' brother told him where I was. As I said before Criss lives in the Luxor."
"Still doesn't explain how he knew the room."
"Jack's new job is one of the hotel managers for the Luxor."
"Well shit you seem to be in quite the bind there."
I nodded a bit as I paid attention to the road. Las Vegas Blvd. is a bitch to travel through but not as bad in the morning as it is at night.
"Well he showed up and I ended up waking up when they were talking I guess. I went into the kitchen not even noticing anything and then when I walked out I saw Criss talking to Jack. Jack looked at me shocked because all I had on was one of Criss' shirts and that's when the fight broke out. I broke it up, talked to both of them, broke up with Jack, and Criss offered me a place to stay."
"When'd the fight happen?"
"Last night."
"So… this all happened last night."
"Yep sure did."
"And you're staying with your boss."
"Sure am."
"So where am I going to stay?"
"I'll use my connections and get you a room at the Luxor."
"Okay."
I smiled some pulling into the parking garage for the Luxor. I felt a lot better now that my brother was there and I had someone to talk to about this whole situation. Pulling into a parking spot I turned the car off and got out. Ville got out too and grabbed his stuff he brought with him and we headed toward the hotel. We walked inside and got on an elevator and headed up to the top floor. Once there we got out and walked over to Criss' room then walked inside. When I got in Criss wasn't sleeping anymore, instead he was sitting on the couch playing with hammy. Ville dropped his bags by the door and glanced over at Criss. Who looked back at both of us.
"Who's that Gabby?"
"It's Ville Valo…"
"Well I know that but why is he here?"
He didn't sound mad, just more curious then anything.
"He needs a room and until I get him one I figured he could maybe relax here for a bit. He's not staying here or anything."
Criss' POVI looked between Gabby and Ville and noticed something that was quite apparent. They had the same eyes… Almost the same facial features and… why didn't I even think of it before?
"That's fine… are you two related or something?"
"I'm her brother."
Well shit, I hope she didn't tell him about everything that's happened. I don't want a threat from him and I don't want my ass kicked. That's when I noticed something else. Gabby had on clothes that were way too big for her and that looked very familiar to me. I smiled slightly.
"Ms. Valo, did you rummage through my closet?"
"Um… yea… I needed some clothes to wear that weren't dirty. Hope you don't mind."
"Not at all."
"Good."
She stuck her tongue out at me and it brought a smirk to my face. Ville just stood back and looked between both of us for a moment then headed off to find the bathroom I'm guessing. So I took this time to get up, walk over to Gabby and put my arms around her waist. She smiled slightly at me.
"Can I help you?"
"Why yes, yes you can. You can tell me before you leave next time so I'm not worried when you're gone."
"Sorry bout that, I was in a rush to get there on time."
Gabby put her arms around me and gave me a tight hug and a kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks for everything your doing for me Criss."
"It's no problem Gabby. Do you need me to set up a room for Ville to stay in?"
"That would be nice."
"Okay."
I was growing even fonder of this woman by the moment. I understand she's not going to want anything to do with relationships for a while but hopefully when she does, I'll be her first pick.