“Dec, we have company tonight. Actually, tonight and tomorrow night. Kendall and Harper are staying with us. Charlie may too.”
“The fuck you say? You’ve got to be kidding.”
“No, they came to help me and keep me calm. I think they’ll go to their parents on Saturday night.”
I drop my head against hers and sigh loudly. This fucking blows. In my mind I keep replaying Raven on that pole.
“You fucking owe me but let’s go get you dressed and head home.”
She points me to a dressing room on the other side of the stage, and the others follow us. When we get back to my house, it’s a full out party. My sisters and Jimi join us, and Raven calls Robbie, Tripp, and Gabe. Nate and I go to the store. When we get back, Robbie has started an Xbox tournament and the girls are all in our bedroom laying out clothes.
Several new outfits and bags are spread on the bed.
“What’s this?” I ask her nodding towards the mound.
“I went shopping for the shoot tomorrow. We’re choosing what I should wear. We’ll be out in a bit.”
“Girls, can you give us a few minutes? I need to talk to Raven alone.”
They leave, and I shut and lock the door. Raven starts to put the clothes away in the bags. I pull her to me.
“Rave, you amaze me. I need to know why you did this. It’s going to throw you into the spotlight, and I’m not sure how to feel about it.”
“Declan, I talked to everyone, including my parents. Charlie and Mike felt like I was the right person. And besides, I think it will be cool to tell our kids about one day.”
I lean down to kiss her and squeeze her ass hard. I only stop when she whimpers.
“You know we could start on those kids right now if you didn’t invite our entire crew over to party.”
She swats my arm. “We are in no way ready for a baby. Shut your mouth.”
“You’re right babe, but trying is the fun part.” There’s a knock at the door, and Robbie threatens me if I don’t open it.
I give her a quick kiss and go to the bathroom, and she goes to open the door and join the others.
The night turns out to be a lot of fun. The guys that aren’t in the Xbox tournament play poker and the girls sit around gossiping about whatever the fuck girls gossip about. At one point, Kendall brought out some magazines, and they went over some shit with colors and flowers.
Finally, after midnight, we start winding down. Charlie and Blake take one room, and Kendall and Harper take the other. Everyone else leaves. When I finally turn off the last night and turn on the alarm, Raven is asleep in bed. I think about waking her up, but she’s so peaceful I curl up next to her and pull her to me.
*****
“What the hell? No fucking way, go put on some more clothes now!” I shout a little too loudly at Raven when she joins me on the set. She is wearing a navy blue satin nightgown that is cut low with no back to it. I know this is supposed to be a very sexy scene, but there are at least fifteen people standing around. Even though Kendall, Harper, and Charlie are here, most of the others are guys.
“No, calm down.” she answers.
Before I can protest more, Mike brings the director over, and they start talking about what we’re supposed to do during this shot. They play the song a few times stopping at the point where this scene will play in the video. It’s towards the beginning when I sing about falling in love and losing my heart to her. We’ve already shot the soft love scenes this morning.
The hair and make-up group calls us over for one last touch-up and Raven’s friends fawn over her. They dress me in silk pajama pants and make me remove my shirt. Once they’re satisfied with me, I go sit on the edge of the makeshift bed to wait.
Finally, the lights go down, and my voice fills the speakers. The plan is to replay over and over and try to get at least thirty minutes of good footage. The director calls for quiet and then action. Raven walks towards me sitting on the bed, and I get up to greet her. I forget about everyone else in the room and focus only on her. She looks gorgeous standing in front of me. I hold her close and start singing quietly. Swaying slightly to the music, I lean down and kiss her trying to go slow. As soon as our tongues touch, there’s a current between us. She rubs her fingertips up my bare arms and runs her hands through my hair.
Our kiss deepens and the music starts over. Shit, have we really been doing this for four and a half minutes already? I remember what the director wanted us to do so I grip her hips urging her to jump up. Once her legs are around my waist, I break our kiss and lay my forehead against hers.
“Baby, you know how much I love you right?” I barely whisper.
She nods against my head. I go back to kissing her and then turn us to lay her on the bed. Her legs fall slightly, but it allows me to run my hand up her calf and thighs. I position myself between her legs and brace on my elbow singing to her again. My dick twitches in my pants and somehow forget about all the people watching us. I don’t know how much time passes, but I roll us around and continue kissing her until someone yells ‘cut’ and the music stops.
Raven looks up at me and smiles. Her lips are swollen and nipples hard against the silk of her gown. I pull against the sheets to try and cover her up, but she laughs at me. The whole room is silent except for her laughter. We both look over at the crowd together and see wide eyes and stunned faces. Two of the guys adjust themselves in their jeans.