I catch Chases eye as he sets his guitar down and motion for him to come over. “S’up babe?” He asks as he slings an arm around my shoulder. Remy raises a brow at this and mouths babe. “These are some girls from my nursing program,” I point to Maggie and Trina. “And this is my good friend Remy. We work together over at Ginos.” Remy creamy white skin instantly breaks in a blush at just the mention of her name. I swear that girl has an almost constant red tint to her skin to match her hair. “Nice to meet you girls. Have you seen any of our performances before?”
I have Ally watch Caleb while I excuse myself to go use the restroom while Chase talks to the girls. I turn around and run right into Gages broad chest. “Hey Leah, sorry,” he says as he grabs my shoulders to steady me and appraises my body with his eyes. “That’s okay I was just heading to the bathroom. Our tables right here, I’ll be right back.” I turn and head towards the bathroom and mentally smack myself in the head. Well that’s going to be an interesting way of Gage meeting Caleb. Oh well it was bound to happen and it’s not like we’re dating or anything.
I make my way back to our table through the thick crowd of people that’s shown up. Allys cutting up Calebs food for him as I sit down and Gage is sitting stiffly in the seat next to me, trying to sit as far away from Caleb as possible.
“Hey how’s it going Gage? I haven’t heard much from you this week.”
He replies with a tense jaw, “Uh Leah did you think you should have uh explained something to me before….” I shake my head at him to interrupt him. “No I don’t think I owe my friends any kind of explanation but I can fill you in if you’d like. Later.” He nods his head in agreement before placing his order with the waitress.
The band starts off with a slower song and my eyes roam around the bar. There are really a ton of people packed in here and most of them look they’re here for the band. And quite a few of those are girls, looks like the band has a lot of groupies. I can see why, all three of them are pretty sexy in their own way.
And they are really good, I was kind of expecting some sort of garage style band. Teddy being the front man has the perfect personality as he works the crowd, flirting with the group of girls lined up in front of the stage, some of the girls even have homemade shirts on with the band’s name written across their chests. And Chase. Wow. I’m not into music much but I can tell he’s an expert on the guitar and I love the low sexiness of his voice when he sings the chorus along with Teddy.
Gage hasn’t made one peep to me the whole time and I can tell he’s uncomfortable. Especially after Caleb landed his ketchup covered hands on his perfectly pressed white polo shirt. “Oops sorry Mommy, it was accident.” Caleb looks over at me with his wide brown eyes at the look of horror that’s crossing Gages face. “It’s okay baby. I’ll try to get it off.” I dab a napkin in a bit of water and try to blot out as much of the stain as possible. “Sorry about that, he can get a little messy sometimes.”
“Uh its fine,” he replies stiffly. I catch Allys eye and she’s trying to muffle a laugh about the look on Gages face. Obviously he hasn’t been around kids much. Most college guys are looking for a good lay, not some girl who’s tied down with a kid. And I know Gage was definitely thinking we could be more than just friends.
The band ends their set and begins to pack up the instruments while a large group of girls swarms them trying to get each ones attention. I see Chase maneuver through the crowd and head towards our table. He lays his hat on our table and uses the bottom of his shirt to wipe off the sweat on his forehead. I notice his pants are swung low on his hips and the trail of hair down his stomach that disappears into his black boxers that are sticking out. “So, how’d you guys like the show?” Well I think I just saw the best part of the show right there.
Everyone chirps up how great they were and can’t wait to see them play again. I nod my head in agreement as Chase turns towards me and I introduce Gage to him who stiffly shakes his hands and darts his eyes back and forth between me and Chase who’s now closely standing next to me and leaning over Calebs shoulder to check out the game he’s playing.
“I’m going to take off Leah.” Gage says as he stands up and pushes his chair in. “Uh nice to meet everyone.” He looks down awkwardly at Caleb before meeting my eyes. “See you later.”
Chase straightens up and slings an arm around my shoulder. He’s covered in sweat but it’s mixed with his soapiness smell and the combination causes butterflies to float around in my stomach. I never knew sweat could be so sexy.