Rock Me : Wicked by Arabella Quinn Read Free Book Online

laugh. "Feeling
better?"
    She must
have noticed his amusement because she put her hands on her hips. "I'm
feeling better, but I'm looking even worse. And don't even say a word."
    Alex
rummaged through his toiletry bag. "Here, you can borrow my brush. And you
don't look bad. You just look like you got lost in a war or something."
    She
glared at him and took his brush. "Do you have some toothpaste in that
bag? And a toothbrush? And some deodorant? And I borrowed your razor, by the
way. I hope you don't mind."
    Alex
laughed and handed her the whole bag. "Here, use what you want."
    She
retreated back to the bathroom and came out a few minutes later looking much
better.
    Alex
crossed the room and pulled her into an embrace. "Better?" She nodded
as she melted against him. "And you look gorgeous. Really."
    The
smile that lit up her whole face had his cock twitching in response. He wanted
to peel off her clothes and take her right then, but that was obviously not a
good play.
    He
pulled back from her. "Melissa wants you to call her."
    She spotted
her phone and grabbed it. Her face went bright red when she turned it on and
saw the latest text exchange. Alex smiled as he busied himself, pretending not
to notice her discomfort.
    He
gathered up his few belongings and felt a pang in his gut. Tonight, it was back
to the tour bus to head out to the next gig. While he was going to try to
convince Lena to come to their concert at Jones Beach, he knew he was saying
good-bye to her soon. Even if she came to New York to see him, they would only
be together for a few hours before he headed out on the road again.
    Except
for playing the music that he loved, there was something so empty about being
out on the road touring. Passing the time with the guys, which usually meant
acting extremely stupid and doing juvenile and dumb things, wasn't so bad.
Preparing for a show and actually performing live at each location were the
highlights of the tour. The parties, the alcohol, the drugs and the endless
girls were just distractions to get through each day. They were shiny glittery
distractions that felt damn good at the time, but ended feeling so pointless
the next day.
    It got
so mind-numbing that he began not to care who he ended up sleeping with.
Gorgeous girl, pretty girl, average girl, dog-faced girl...who cared? What did it
fucking matter as long as it felt good at the time? The next day, you were
hundreds of miles away and you didn't even remember her name anyway. And it
repeated town after town, criss-crossing through the whole fucking country.
    But when
you were distracted, you didn't think about it much. Not until it was fucking
spotlighted right before your eyes. And that's what Lena did to him. Nick once
told him that it took ten good fucks to get over a girl. Alex wasn't sure it
was going to work for him this time.
    Lena
finished up her call. "Melissa is downstairs with Tommy and Nick. They
already started eating because they were so hungry."
    Alex
picked up his bags. "Ready? Let's go."
    He had
tried to hide the bitterness caused by his previous thoughts from her, but Lena
must have seen it lingering in his eyes. "Hey, what's wrong?"
    "Nothing.
I guess I'm just hungry too." Alex didn't want to spend the remaining time
that he had left with Lena, sulking like a baby.
    He
pasted on a smile. "You need a ride down to the elevator?"
    Lena
giggled and then hopped up on his back. He balanced her while holding his bags
and somehow managed to open the door. He raced down the hall with her laughing
and holding tight. When they reached the elevator bank, Lena pushed the down
button with her foot.
    She
rested her head on Alex's shoulder. "I'm glad that nothing's changed
between us after, you know, last night."
    Alex
felt his stomach knotting. Everything's fucking changed. His response
came out angrily,"You mean after the good pounding you got?"
    He heard
Lena inhale a sharp breath. "No, I mean that we aren't going to let that
ruin our friendship. That we