for years but am happy to say I’ m clean now,” He winked at her. He seemed sincere but somehow Sam knew that as sincere as he appeared he was a rock star and was known to give in to temptation easily.
“That’ s my life in a nutshell,” He was dividing pasta into bowls and covering it with a rich sauce. Jay took the two bowls over to the table; Sam brought the glasses and the wine.
Over dinner they talked more about Jay ’ s life and how Glam Metal was still very popular having being on the road for almost twenty years. He teased her about her crush on him. Sam laughed.
“You were cute then,” she teased. “And you took my heart every time you played a solo on your guitar.” She raised her glass to her lips and took a sip. Her lips were wet and she looking him full in the eyes seductively licked them.
“Oh man, you are one hell of a sexy woman!” Jay said. Sam blushed and lowered her eyes. He paid her so many compliments and he seemed to mean them. She had never had any compliments from Dan, even when they were dating.
She loved his accent. Sam knew that even though they had only been together a few days, if she spent much more time with him then she would fall for him and she didn’t think that she could cope with that.
It was almost dark when they pulled into the marina. It had been a glorious day and she had had a great time. Jay was great fun and he had a deliciously wicked sense of humour that Sam grew to love the more she got to know him.
“Darlin, do ya mind if we meet the guys tonight?” There was something pleading in the way that he asked. She smiled and took his hand as they walked. Jay put his arm around her and held her close. Only in private did he remove the sunglasses. Sam felt sure it was because he didn’t want to be recognized. They made him look very sexy and mysterious.
“Are you sure you want me to come along?” She asked hesitantly. She wanted to spend as much time with him as she could, but she wasn’ t sure how much he told the band about where he was and who he was doing it with.
“Hey, don’ t you think I ’ m still cute?” He pulled her close. Sam laughed. She couldn’t tell him just how cute she thought he was.
Sam changed into a casual pants and shirt and fixed up her makeup. Jay was stretched out full on the sofa when she came back into the room. He whistled as she came closer. Her heart missed a beat.
The band was sitting in a dark corner of the hotel lounge when Jay and Sam arrived. Now that she knew who they were, she couldn’t believe how she hadn’t recognized them.
When they got closer, the guys greeted them, and one by one they kissed Sam on the cheek. She wondered what Jay had told them about her or if he told them anything. A waiter came over to Jay and he ordered a water and wine. Nick turned to Sam and asked:
“Had a good weekend? We enjoyed you’ re gallery the other night.” She smiled and felt herself blush as she remembered what she did over the weekend. Were Jay and Nick still very close? She remembered reading, when she was younger that they once had four girls between them in their tour bus. At the time she wasn ’ t sure if she believed it or not.
Steve was teasing Jay about where he got to last night as the waiter brought their drinks, Pete said to Steve:
“Dude, can’ t you see the dark rings?”
“Better than red ones though, huh guys?” Jay cut in and they fell about the place. He took Sam’ s hand and held it. This surprised her because it was so natural.
At the bar there were a few guys staring over at them. They were shaking their heads in disgust. Sam knew they were thinking that they were loud-mouthed tourists. She doubted they knew that they were in a band. Perhaps if they did, they probably would provoke them into something unpleasant.
“Hey Jay, Tammy call you today man?” Steve asked. Jay said no. Pete said:
“We’ re shooting
Janwillem van de Wetering