Sizzle (Bad Boy Rockers 1)

“I’ll leave it for now, but you’re not okay and neither is Jack, and, how the fuck did I become a bridesmaid at his wedding. That is just screwed up somewhere.”

“I agree with you there. He should have spoken up and said something. Just go along with it for now.”

I winced at his suggestion. Why did everyone keep telling me to go along with it? “Liam, it’s in three weeks. I can’t just act as though everything is normal when it isn’t.” I felt close to tears. “I’m in love with her fiancée; there is no way I can be part of his wedding… And you’re in love with your brother’s fiancée,” I whispered wiping my eyes.

He braked hard outside the club, which said it was called Kix. “How,” he cleared his throat, “do you know that?”

“I saw you with her today in the boutique.”

He sighed and rested his head against the back of the seat. “God, we’re a sorry pair.”

Opening the door, I climbed out with Liam following, because if I stayed talking to him in the car I would be in tears.

Until I’d met Jack I’d never been an emotional person, but I was now and it pissed me off. If Callie was here she’d rib me to no end about it, which would probably have cheered me up some. I missed my best friend and needed to talk to her later. One thing I did know and that was, there was no chance of me leaving for Texas just yet, because I wasn’t ready to let Jack go.

“You ready to go inside?”

“Yeah.” I pulled the door open to be met by a wall of bodies. The place was packed as Liam took my hand and pulled me towards the bar through the mass. The group that was playing tonight was obviously popular, because there was hardly breathing space.

“You want a beer?” Liam shouted.

“Yeah.”

While I was standing waiting for Liam to get us both a beer, I had a good look around the bar or rather I tried too. It was a bit difficult with the sweaty bodies all-clambering for prime position near the stage, a lot of which were women.

About to turn back towards Liam, I spotted Donovan at about the same time he spotted me. He paused, before starting to walk in our direction.

He came to a stop in front of me, and then got shoved from behind which brought him up close and personal, with me ending up wrapped in his arms.

He grinned down at me, which had me laughing. He was cute and I needed to get Callie with him.

“Hey, get your hands off her,” Liam shouted, looking pissed.

Donovan’s body went rigid against me before he relaxed and pulled me even tighter against him. “Make me.”

They sure as hell were not going to fight over me. In fact I wasn’t sure I had anything to do with what was going on.

Pushing out of Donovan’s arms, I faced Liam. “Leave it, he got shoved from behind.” I placed my hand on Liam’s chest, hoping he’d leave it alone, before I turned back to Donovan who looked angry, but more relaxed than Liam.

“Look after Thalia.” With that Donovan shoved his way through the crowd towards the stage where the band had already set up.

The lights dimmed slightly, someone jumped up on stage and the crowd started to shout.

“Shut the fuck up,” came blaring out through the speaker system, which the majority found funny. “Okay, calm it down, I know why you’re all here, so with that in mind here’s ‘Phoenix and Deception’.”

Liam froze at the side of me with his beer half way to his mouth. I turned to look at him but he was fixed on the stage. Turning back I met the piercing blue eyes of Jack who stood in front of the microphone.

My heart began to drum against my chest and I felt like it was going to burst as we held each other’s gaze, and then he started to sing; I melted. He had the most amazing voice as he sang about a hero who fell in love with a girl out of his reach, and the whole time his gaze stayed on me.

Liam moved closer and leaned into me using his thumbs to wipe my face, because unbeknown to me, there were tears flowing from my eyes.

When the song came to an end, without taking his eyes from me Jack said something to Donovan, and then passed him the microphone before jumping down from the stage with a look of determination as he headed in our direction.

Panicking, I shoved past Liam towards the back of the bar, which was easier said than done with all the people jammed into the place.

Coming to a stop in a hallway, I had no idea which door would lead me to the outside. About to try the one at the end, an arm snaked around my waist.