Page 16 of How to Love a Rockstar

He smirks. “No time.”

I shake my head. He’s lucky Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum aren’t paying attention. The shit they would give him.

“Let’s hit the diner. Those pancakes smelled amazing.”

“What about recording?” I ask.

He motions to Gibson and Jett. “They’re going to be busy for a while.”

“I could stop them.”

He chuckles. “And give up on the fun?”

“I’m beginning to think I didn’t give you a hard enough time when you were chasing Indigo.”

He slaps me on my back. “Too bad, brother, because it’s your turn now.”

I’m not bothered by his words. I’m happy for it to be my turn. I’ve always been a one-woman man but between recording and touring, there hasn’t been enough time to meet a woman who isn’t after me because I’m a rockstar.

But now there is. We’re in Winter Falls for a while. Cash made a deal with our producer to give us some time off after we finish this album. Time we desperately need to decompress.

Time I plan to use to convince Virginia to give me a chance. The shy librarian who doesn’t give a damn about my rockstar status is perfect for me. She doesn’t know it yet. But she is.

“You coming, Fender?” Cash asks as we exit the studio.

Fender grunts before standing to follow us.

“Wait for us,” Jett shouts.

“We can’t miss it if Dylan makes another attempt,” Gibson adds as he joins us on the sidewalk outside the studio.

“And here I thought I was bored.” Jett smirks. “Watching Dylan crash and burn can never be boring.”

“I hope you picked up those Lego pieces,” I say.

He throws an arm around my shoulders. “You’re funny.” In other words, he didn’t.

“It’s not Rob’s job to clean up after you. He’s the sound engineer, not the cleaner.”

“What do we have here? Is it the library?” Jett uses his hold on my shoulders to stop me on the town square where the library is located. I shove him off of me and continue down the sidewalk.

“Bummer. It’s not open yet,” Gibson whines. “I guess we’re having a long breakfast.”

“We’re never going to finish this album,” I mumble.

“The longer we take to finish the album, the longer we can stay in Winter Falls.” Cash winks at me.

“I totally didn’t tease you enough when you were chasing after Indigo.”

“Nope.”

My bandmates are annoying, but I can handle their ribbing. As long as Virginia is in my arms at the end of it. The little librarian won’t be able to resist me forever.

Chapter 7

Pizza – a yummy tool used by matchmakers to carry out their sneaky plans

Virginia

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