He winced and took a long pull of beer. "I so didn't need to hear that."
Shannon tried to hide a grin. "Sorry man.. guess honesty's one of my faults."
He forked into his chicken and laughed. "Man he's a big guy; he can take care of himself." I hope. He watched as she dove into her chicken and grinned. "So tell me more about Lil bit."
Shannon swallowed a bite of chicken and took a sip of her tea "Well.. first of all... lil' bit has a name..."
Her eyes were sparkling, the tone of her voice is jovial. She was teasing him? Well he could tease right back. Oh yeah that's right, what was it she called you? Squirt."
Shannon groaned " Oh please........can we just forget the nicknames Captain Kidd?"
His brow quirked upwards as he leaned forward; his lips brushing over the pretty shell of her ear easily. "Nope, I live to tease."
Shannon shivered in delight then exhaled deeply, temporarily forgetting her own name. " um.. uh.. I uh," she stammered. Good lord he smelled good. She gathered her racing thoughts, cleared her throat and finally answered his initial question. Filling him in on her plans, her schooling, her tentative job. If she kept talking maybe she would make it thru this dinner without embarrassing herself by spontaneously combusting.
" So... 100 more hours and I can take my state board, then I get the official status as "employee" instead of simply gopher." She ended her long winded recitation.
"Seems like you have it all planned out." He grinned and watched her natter on about her schooling. He liked that, she had plans, knew where she was going. Way too many girls her age had no idea of what life was about.
"Well I'd like to think so, but hell I can’t see the future" She shrugged and pushed away her plate, her stomach content for the moment. "All I can do is try my best ya know"
he stood and tossed enough bills on the table to cover the meal and tip. "Well come on, lets go find some trouble to get into."
She smiled and hopped up " trouble!! Now your talking my language!"
He laced his fingers through hers and pulled her towards the door. he was ready to rock roll and have a bit of fun and damn if she didn’t seem willing. The night was looking up.
____
He parked next to the lake and turned the car to just battery, leaving the music playing quietly. Laying his head back he sighed, "So whatcha wanna do lil bit?"
Shannon looked at the man beside her. What did she wanna do? Here she was, alone with him, able to ask anything she wanted; say whatever was on her mind. The sun was setting over the remote lake, the wind blowing warm. The scent of late summer surrounded her. She'd dreamed of this, never even daring hope it would come true. Things like this just didn't happen to her. But here she was and he was expecting an answer.
"What do you like to do?" she asked as she shifted herself to face his profile. She resisted the urge to reach out and touch him just to be sure he was real. "I mean... besides music.... I mean....I know all about you," she stopped short and shook her head " What I mean is.. I know what they print about you but..... half of that’s probably made up..... so... What do YOU like to do... the real you?"
He grinned as he listened to her babble; she was trying so hard to not talk about what he did. At least he thought she was trying to see beyond the flash and sizzle. He considered her question then shrugged, "Fuck if I know, I'm usually on stage or in a bus, not much downtime for anything else." He turned to her and smiled, "Even off stage I'm usually somewhere singing or jamming, it’s just what I do. How bout you though? Bet the guys line up to date ya right?"
She gave a slightly unlady like snort " Oh yeah .. they line up by the dozen! I think you’ve forgotten I'm guarded by Melanie the chaste..."
He twisted in his seat and watched her, "Your kidding? Melanie the chaste?"
"Yeah.... " Shannon chuckled, " I swear once I'm out and on my own she'll probably join the nunnery."
"Join a nunnery? Fuck she’s a hot ..." He shook his head, "I mean.. hell she’s what Rich's age?"
"Twenty-seven yeah,... but sometimes I think she's like 58 or something...." Shannon sighed "I just wish..... I wish for once she'd try to live a little. I feel so bad sometimes... I mean I know she had to worry about me but.."
"What do ya mean lil bit?" He smiled invitingly and watched her, hell he liked watching her talk, she got so wound up in whatever she was saying.
"Well..." She paused to blow a wayward curl out of her face before launching into another long winded tirade. "Like... like this... ya know.. what were doin.. just .. get in the car and drive and wherever ya end up ya end up... ya don't plan it ya don't think about it ya just go with it. You start out working in the back yard then you end up at a beautiful lake at sunset with nature all around ya... the world is at your feet....." she slouched a bit in defeat. " Mellie just can't.. or wont do that...."
Shannon stopped suddenly and looked up into his startling blue eyes and saw interest there. He was interested? He couldn’t be. "I'm sorry.. I must be boring you with tales of my repressed nutty sister," she joked feebly.
His brow flicked up, "You make it sound like she never does anything." He chuckled, but the warmth building inside of him as he studied her told him one thing. She wasn’t that boring; she just didn’t understand how unboring she really was.
"She doesn't."
His brow flicked up, that didn’t sound right, to be sure Melanie wasn’t that bad. Was she? "Come on is that little sister jealousy? She’s bound to date or go for drinks or something."
She looked him directly in the eye. "There is no jealousy towards her at all. I owe Melanie everything I am today. That's what I'm saying She's never been able to, or never allowed herself to even go out; to something as simple as a movie cause she's always been worried about me. That's why it's so important to me to finish my classes, pass my state board and give her a little room to live. Not that I think she’d do anything more than shes doing now, which is nothing."
His brain spun out on the idea of the virginal old maid with a 1980's twist. She sure didn't look like a fuckin' old maid. "You seem pretty determined to succeed."
Shannon nodded "I am. It's what I want. One day I want my own shop, I wanna be the boss. I know it won’t be easy but that's ok. I want it that bad." Shannon smiled a bit, "kinda like YOU," she steered the conversation back to him "I'm almost positive your success didn't fall in your lap"
"Naah I worked my ass off for it, still am really." He leaned in, her sparkling eyes calling to him as she fluttered on and on about the shop she'd own one day, her lips teasing him. He reached out suddenly and pulled her in his lips teasing over hers. "I bet you'll make it with all the drive you have."
He caught her by surprise; he'd given no indication of any physical attraction to her, not really until now. His quick teasing kiss made her heart jump up into her throat. She must have been holding her breath because she suddenly let it out in a whoosh of surprise. She felt her face flush and she licked her lips as her eyes darted anywhere but at him.
Lips slid to caress her chin then ears, "Tell me you’re not a nun Lil Bit." Please tell me you’re not like the big sister.
She heard him speaking but the words were just not making sense. Her skin tingled where his lips trailed. She closed her eyes and leaned a bit closer, the hairs poking out of the top of his shirt tickling her nose. His cologne invaded her senses. She vaguely noted her hands had fisted his shirt. She let one hand relax and felt his long hair tangle in her fingers.
She was at a loss. She didn't know what to do or what to say. She felt herself slipping away and tried to regain herself. " I... I'm not....."
What was she? She couldn't remember.
He bit down on her lobe gently, "Not what precious?"
She sucked in her breath and leaned away for a moment to look at him. Damn it all to hell how sexy was he??? Her eyes settled on his lips. One kiss.. just one real kiss.... what would it hurt? When would she have this chance again?
Feigning more confidence than she felt, she leaned in and touched her lips to his slowly, gently, hoping to god she wasn’t coming off as a totally clueless kid.
The butterfly touch of her lips had his jeans tight in mere seconds, his hands sliding around her to pull her closer into his chest as his tongue flashed along the crease of her lips. God damn she was a sweet little kisser, he'd bet she was a wildcat in bed too.
For a moment she let herself go, reveling in the taste of him, the feel of him. He held her so gently yet his lips were strong and a bit demanding. Her mind was cycling thru so many thoughts so fast she couldn’t quite catch them. She let her arms snake around his neck and her fingers tangle in his hair.
His hand slid up under the back of her shirt, his fingers caressing her spine slowly as he continued the kiss. She was so tiny, so fragile, her skin so soft, nothing like the hardened pure sex appeal of most groupies, and it just made him want a little bit more.
She had to get out of this car, had to get her bearings back. she didn’t even KNOW him, had just met him today.....
Thru ragged breath she finally spoke " You uh.. you wanna get out?...go for a walk??" it was the only thing that she could think of to give her time to think.
He nipped her ear again and chuckled, "Nuhuh, don’t feel like walking," his hand wandered up along her spine slowly, "I like it right where I am."
She leaned her forehead on his shoulder and shivered. "Mmmmm... ok."
His lips pressed tighter to hers, as he pulled her in closer, his hands skating over her back and lower, teasingly brushing over the waist band of her pants. "You feel so nice Lil Bit."
She gasped when his hands moved lower and without thinking her hand flew to his wrist, stilling his hand. "No."
He pulled back and studied her quietly. "Did you just say no?"
She felt strangely empty as soon as he pulled away. Her mind still half mush she tried to justify her actions " I just met you.. I…"
He bit back the retort that rose and nodded. Maybe she wasn't a little wild cat, seems little Shannon was cast in the same mold as her sister. Yeah Right, she just didn’t want the fast and easy like most. This was a girl worth knowing. He chuckled low and soft, "Right, just met." Shifting on the seat he cranked the car, and smiled. "We'll just have to get to know each other then."
Shannon tugged on her shirt a bit and quietly focused vision on the now dark windows. He had smiled when he spoke but it seemed forced. She wondered if she'd just blown any chance of anything. He was probably used to getting what he wanted when he wanted it. In his life she was sure girls did things at the drop of a hat just because of his name.
She had to admit, the thought was there with her too when he'd first kissed her but she just couldn't do that. It wasn’t fair to him or her.
"I.. I'm sorry" she said softly.
He rolled his eyes slightly,. "Sorry for what? Being honest? I respect that Lil Bit. Not many have the guts to say no ya know."
" I....." how could she save face here? There had to be a way. She really did like him. A lot. She just wanted to know HIM, the man behind the image. "I'm not saying... never.. I'm just saying... not yet......"
"I'll keep that in mind precious." He glanced over and winked. "Don't mean I won’t try again though."
His words and the cheeky wink made her face redden again but she fought thru it and gave him a shy little smile. She still felt warm and shaky and maybe even a bit overwhelmed so she let the miles pass by in silence.
The drive was over too soon. he pulled into the driveway, his eyes going wide. Every light in the house was on. "Fuck me does she sit up and wait for you?""
"What time is it?"
He flicked a glance at his watch, "It's after 2 am."
"Oh god......" Shannon groaned. "SHIT!" She hurriedly undid her seatbelt and flung open the car door " Mel's gonna KILL me..."
Shannon groaned " Oh please........can we just forget the nicknames Captain Kidd?"
His brow quirked upwards as he leaned forward; his lips brushing over the pretty shell of her ear easily. "Nope, I live to tease."
Shannon shivered in delight then exhaled deeply, temporarily forgetting her own name. " um.. uh.. I uh," she stammered. Good lord he smelled good. She gathered her racing thoughts, cleared her throat and finally answered his initial question. Filling him in on her plans, her schooling, her tentative job. If she kept talking maybe she would make it thru this dinner without embarrassing herself by spontaneously combusting.
" So... 100 more hours and I can take my state board, then I get the official status as "employee" instead of simply gopher." She ended her long winded recitation.
"Seems like you have it all planned out." He grinned and watched her natter on about her schooling. He liked that, she had plans, knew where she was going. Way too many girls her age had no idea of what life was about.
"Well I'd like to think so, but hell I can’t see the future" She shrugged and pushed away her plate, her stomach content for the moment. "All I can do is try my best ya know"
he stood and tossed enough bills on the table to cover the meal and tip. "Well come on, lets go find some trouble to get into."
She smiled and hopped up " trouble!! Now your talking my language!"
He laced his fingers through hers and pulled her towards the door. he was ready to rock roll and have a bit of fun and damn if she didn’t seem willing. The night was looking up.
____
He parked next to the lake and turned the car to just battery, leaving the music playing quietly. Laying his head back he sighed, "So whatcha wanna do lil bit?"
Shannon looked at the man beside her. What did she wanna do? Here she was, alone with him, able to ask anything she wanted; say whatever was on her mind. The sun was setting over the remote lake, the wind blowing warm. The scent of late summer surrounded her. She'd dreamed of this, never even daring hope it would come true. Things like this just didn't happen to her. But here she was and he was expecting an answer.
"What do you like to do?" she asked as she shifted herself to face his profile. She resisted the urge to reach out and touch him just to be sure he was real. "I mean... besides music.... I mean....I know all about you," she stopped short and shook her head " What I mean is.. I know what they print about you but..... half of that’s probably made up..... so... What do YOU like to do... the real you?"
He grinned as he listened to her babble; she was trying so hard to not talk about what he did. At least he thought she was trying to see beyond the flash and sizzle. He considered her question then shrugged, "Fuck if I know, I'm usually on stage or in a bus, not much downtime for anything else." He turned to her and smiled, "Even off stage I'm usually somewhere singing or jamming, it’s just what I do. How bout you though? Bet the guys line up to date ya right?"
She gave a slightly unlady like snort " Oh yeah .. they line up by the dozen! I think you’ve forgotten I'm guarded by Melanie the chaste..."
He twisted in his seat and watched her, "Your kidding? Melanie the chaste?"
"Yeah.... " Shannon chuckled, " I swear once I'm out and on my own she'll probably join the nunnery."
"Join a nunnery? Fuck she’s a hot ..." He shook his head, "I mean.. hell she’s what Rich's age?"
"Twenty-seven yeah,... but sometimes I think she's like 58 or something...." Shannon sighed "I just wish..... I wish for once she'd try to live a little. I feel so bad sometimes... I mean I know she had to worry about me but.."
"What do ya mean lil bit?" He smiled invitingly and watched her, hell he liked watching her talk, she got so wound up in whatever she was saying.
"Well..." She paused to blow a wayward curl out of her face before launching into another long winded tirade. "Like... like this... ya know.. what were doin.. just .. get in the car and drive and wherever ya end up ya end up... ya don't plan it ya don't think about it ya just go with it. You start out working in the back yard then you end up at a beautiful lake at sunset with nature all around ya... the world is at your feet....." she slouched a bit in defeat. " Mellie just can't.. or wont do that...."
Shannon stopped suddenly and looked up into his startling blue eyes and saw interest there. He was interested? He couldn’t be. "I'm sorry.. I must be boring you with tales of my repressed nutty sister," she joked feebly.
His brow flicked up, "You make it sound like she never does anything." He chuckled, but the warmth building inside of him as he studied her told him one thing. She wasn’t that boring; she just didn’t understand how unboring she really was.
"She doesn't."
His brow flicked up, that didn’t sound right, to be sure Melanie wasn’t that bad. Was she? "Come on is that little sister jealousy? She’s bound to date or go for drinks or something."
She looked him directly in the eye. "There is no jealousy towards her at all. I owe Melanie everything I am today. That's what I'm saying She's never been able to, or never allowed herself to even go out; to something as simple as a movie cause she's always been worried about me. That's why it's so important to me to finish my classes, pass my state board and give her a little room to live. Not that I think she’d do anything more than shes doing now, which is nothing."
His brain spun out on the idea of the virginal old maid with a 1980's twist. She sure didn't look like a fuckin' old maid. "You seem pretty determined to succeed."
Shannon nodded "I am. It's what I want. One day I want my own shop, I wanna be the boss. I know it won’t be easy but that's ok. I want it that bad." Shannon smiled a bit, "kinda like YOU," she steered the conversation back to him "I'm almost positive your success didn't fall in your lap"
"Naah I worked my ass off for it, still am really." He leaned in, her sparkling eyes calling to him as she fluttered on and on about the shop she'd own one day, her lips teasing him. He reached out suddenly and pulled her in his lips teasing over hers. "I bet you'll make it with all the drive you have."
He caught her by surprise; he'd given no indication of any physical attraction to her, not really until now. His quick teasing kiss made her heart jump up into her throat. She must have been holding her breath because she suddenly let it out in a whoosh of surprise. She felt her face flush and she licked her lips as her eyes darted anywhere but at him.
Lips slid to caress her chin then ears, "Tell me you’re not a nun Lil Bit." Please tell me you’re not like the big sister.
She heard him speaking but the words were just not making sense. Her skin tingled where his lips trailed. She closed her eyes and leaned a bit closer, the hairs poking out of the top of his shirt tickling her nose. His cologne invaded her senses. She vaguely noted her hands had fisted his shirt. She let one hand relax and felt his long hair tangle in her fingers.
She was at a loss. She didn't know what to do or what to say. She felt herself slipping away and tried to regain herself. " I... I'm not....."
What was she? She couldn't remember.
He bit down on her lobe gently, "Not what precious?"
She sucked in her breath and leaned away for a moment to look at him. Damn it all to hell how sexy was he??? Her eyes settled on his lips. One kiss.. just one real kiss.... what would it hurt? When would she have this chance again?
Feigning more confidence than she felt, she leaned in and touched her lips to his slowly, gently, hoping to god she wasn’t coming off as a totally clueless kid.
The butterfly touch of her lips had his jeans tight in mere seconds, his hands sliding around her to pull her closer into his chest as his tongue flashed along the crease of her lips. God damn she was a sweet little kisser, he'd bet she was a wildcat in bed too.
For a moment she let herself go, reveling in the taste of him, the feel of him. He held her so gently yet his lips were strong and a bit demanding. Her mind was cycling thru so many thoughts so fast she couldn’t quite catch them. She let her arms snake around his neck and her fingers tangle in his hair.
His hand slid up under the back of her shirt, his fingers caressing her spine slowly as he continued the kiss. She was so tiny, so fragile, her skin so soft, nothing like the hardened pure sex appeal of most groupies, and it just made him want a little bit more.
She had to get out of this car, had to get her bearings back. she didn’t even KNOW him, had just met him today.....
Thru ragged breath she finally spoke " You uh.. you wanna get out?...go for a walk??" it was the only thing that she could think of to give her time to think.
He nipped her ear again and chuckled, "Nuhuh, don’t feel like walking," his hand wandered up along her spine slowly, "I like it right where I am."
She leaned her forehead on his shoulder and shivered. "Mmmmm... ok."
His lips pressed tighter to hers, as he pulled her in closer, his hands skating over her back and lower, teasingly brushing over the waist band of her pants. "You feel so nice Lil Bit."
She gasped when his hands moved lower and without thinking her hand flew to his wrist, stilling his hand. "No."
He pulled back and studied her quietly. "Did you just say no?"
She felt strangely empty as soon as he pulled away. Her mind still half mush she tried to justify her actions " I just met you.. I…"
He bit back the retort that rose and nodded. Maybe she wasn't a little wild cat, seems little Shannon was cast in the same mold as her sister. Yeah Right, she just didn’t want the fast and easy like most. This was a girl worth knowing. He chuckled low and soft, "Right, just met." Shifting on the seat he cranked the car, and smiled. "We'll just have to get to know each other then."
Shannon tugged on her shirt a bit and quietly focused vision on the now dark windows. He had smiled when he spoke but it seemed forced. She wondered if she'd just blown any chance of anything. He was probably used to getting what he wanted when he wanted it. In his life she was sure girls did things at the drop of a hat just because of his name.
She had to admit, the thought was there with her too when he'd first kissed her but she just couldn't do that. It wasn’t fair to him or her.
"I.. I'm sorry" she said softly.
He rolled his eyes slightly,. "Sorry for what? Being honest? I respect that Lil Bit. Not many have the guts to say no ya know."
" I....." how could she save face here? There had to be a way. She really did like him. A lot. She just wanted to know HIM, the man behind the image. "I'm not saying... never.. I'm just saying... not yet......"
"I'll keep that in mind precious." He glanced over and winked. "Don't mean I won’t try again though."
His words and the cheeky wink made her face redden again but she fought thru it and gave him a shy little smile. She still felt warm and shaky and maybe even a bit overwhelmed so she let the miles pass by in silence.
The drive was over too soon. he pulled into the driveway, his eyes going wide. Every light in the house was on. "Fuck me does she sit up and wait for you?""
"What time is it?"
He flicked a glance at his watch, "It's after 2 am."
"Oh god......" Shannon groaned. "SHIT!" She hurriedly undid her seatbelt and flung open the car door " Mel's gonna KILL me..."
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