The Ladies Man

Ashley had been gone for a month already and I was missing him like crazy. I couldn’t believe that there was still another month to go before he was home. On the up side, I had a lot of free time so I was drawing lots of designs for the guys.
“Hey Belle.” Madison said.
“Hey Madison, what’s up?” I asked.
“Just letting you know that I’m going to be out tonight.”
“Really? With who?”
“Remember that guy from work I was telling you about?”
I thought for a moment, trying to remember. “James, wasn’t it?”
“Yeah, he asked me out on a date. We’re going out to dinner.”
“I’m so happy for you. It’s good to see you getting out there. Maybe you’ll leave my life alone now.” I said.
“Never!” She yelled. “Messing with your life is way too much fun! I could never give it up!”
I laughed. “I had to try.”
“Well, I should be heading out now. I’ll see you in the morning.”
“Have fun!” I shouted as she walked out the door.
I jumped a little when my phone rang. I looked at it and it was Ashley. This was how we had been communicating. A phone call every day and we Skyped on the weekends. It wasn’t the same as him being here, but it was better than nothing.
“Hey.” I said.
“Hey Belle. So how was your day?” He asked.
“Pretty good. I got a few more designs done. I had some really good inspiration.” I smiled.
“Are you going to tell me about them?”
“Nope, it’s going to be a surprise.” I said.
“Awww.”
I laughed. “So, you guys have a concert tonight?”
“Yeah, we just got to the venue. We have a meet and greet and then the concert right after.”
“Well have fun and don’t do anything crazy.”
“That’s the plan.” He answered.
“Good, so I’ll talk to you tomorrow?”
“Yeah. Bye Belle.”
“Bye Ashley.” I sighed, definitely not the same. I hung up my phone and went to get myself some dinner.

Ashley’s POV:

I hung up my phone and smiled. These daily talks with Belle were the highlights of my days. I quickly got off the bus and followed the guys to a room where they had the meet and greet set up. It started shortly after and a long line of fans started bringing us stuff to sign.
Two young girls came up to us holding a poster. “Can you guys all sign this?” One of them asked.
“Sure.” Andy said. They put it down and he signed his name first and then passed it down the table. “What are your names?” He asked.
“Rebecca.” Said the second girl.
“Amanda.” Said the first.
I signed it last. I gave them a smile. “Here you go girls. Enjoy the show.”
They both had huge grins as they walked away with their poster. That was what I loved about this part of the job, seeing how happy our fans were just by meeting us. It really made me appreciate how far we’ve come.
I looked across the table and saw a girl asking Andy to sign her Set the World on Fire CD. He did and she walked off towards the actual venue.
“Hi.” I looked back in front of me to see a tall, skinny, big breasted, blue-eyed blond standing in front of me. I could practically feel her undressing me with her eyes. I put on a smile and decided to just get through this uncomfortable moment.
“Hi, what would you like me to sign?” I asked.
“Could you sign my shoulder?” She asked. She pointed to a place on her shoulder where she had our logo tattooed on her body.
“Sure.” I walked around the table and signed right under the logo. Signing someone’s body was always one of the more interesting things I got asked to sign.
“Thanks.” She winked at me as she walked away.
I swallowed hard. Damn, she was hot.
“Ashley.” Andy was calling me.
“What?” I asked.
“It’s almost time for us to start.” Jinxx said.
“Oh, coming.” I shook myself out of my daze and followed the guys.

The concert was over and it was great. The audience had a great energy and sang along to nearly every song. We just finished with In The End and I was hyped up from all the adrenaline.
“Who wants to go for a drink?” CC asked.
“I’ll join.” I said.
“Cool.”
I started heading for the street when I noticed that CC had stopped. I looked behind me to see him talking to Andy about something. Then they both ran up to me.
“You coming too Andy?” I asked a little skeptically.
“Yeah, haven’t been out for a while.” He shrugged.
“Cool.” I said. Then we all headed off to find a club.

We had been at the club for a bit over an hour, I think. I lost track of time after my fourth drink. I looked out in the crowd to find CC. He was out on the dance floor with a couple of girls around him. Someone was getting lucky tonight. I smiled to myself. Then I noticed Andy over at the other end of the bar having a drink and taking a picture with some fans.
“Hey sexy.” I looked behind me to see the blond from the meet and greet. God, she was so sexy.
“Hello.” I said.
“Wanna dance with me?” She asked. She batted her eyelashes and gave me a sexy smile. I swear, sex just oozed from this woman’s pores.
“Sure, why not?” I followed her out onto the dance floor where she immediately started moving her hands up and down my body. There was something wrong with this, but I couldn’t exactly tell what. It was niggling at the back of my mind, but every time I almost had it, it disappeared again. I was immediately shocked out of my thoughts when I felt lips on mine. That set off the warning bells. I quickly pushed her away.
“What the hell?” She asked.
“I can’t.” Was all I could say before I was running for the door. No one could know about this. No one.
Then I ran into Andy. He was staring down at me with a disapproving look on his face, hands on his hips. “What the hell Ashley?” He asked.
“I didn’t mean to Andy, it just sorta, happened.” I tried.
He slapped me on the back of the head. “You are an idiot.” He said. He grabbed my arm and proceeded to drag me out of the club.
“I said I didn’t mean it! Too much alcohol. And that chick was basically climbing on me.” I said in my own defense.
“Stupid.” He slapped my head again. “Now go call Belle and tell her what happened before I do.” He shoved me towards the bus.
Once I had gotten on the bus I pulled out my phone to call Belle.
“Hmm? Hello?” I heard her say.
“Belle, it’s me.” I said.
“Ashley, do you realize it’s midnight?” She asked.
Sorry, but I needed to tell you something.”
“Go ahead.”
“I got really drunk at a club and a girl was all over me and she kissed me. Then I shoved her off and left.” I explained.
“Oh.” Was all she said.
“If it makes you feel any better, Andy slapped me twice.”
“That does make me feel a little better.” She said. “Ashley, I gotta get some sleep. I also need some space to think about this. I’ll see you when you get back.” She hung up.
Man, I really screwed up.

Notes

Sorry for the wait, my week has been crazy. Please comment.