She's Just So Beautiful

Jake eyes travel wildly around the club, Flashing lights blinding his vision with every sweep of the cramped room. The bar on the side was over-crowded as was the dance floor. None of the guys came with him to this club, having already found their girl for the night and went back to their hotel. Jake, however, was sick of just sleeping with a girl for the night– it wasn’t what he wanted but it seemed to satisfy CC, Ashley, and Jinxx pretty well. His band had been getting a little worried about the guitarist lately; he had been pretty down and not his typical lively self.

Jake sighs and comes down off his toes, throwing back the Seagram seven he was holding, about ready to give up and go back to the hotel. Just as he turns towards the exit a girl with cascading blonde hair catches his eye– not the fake blonde color that Ashley liked but the real, natural, almost caramel color blonde. It fell halfway a few inches past her shoulder and complimented her crimson dress. As the girl threw her head back in laughter Jake caught a glimpse of her rosy cheeks and beautiful blue eyes. That’s it. He has to approach her.

“Did it hurt when you fell from heaven?” Jake asks the blonde beauty, cursing under his breath for choosing the cheesiest pick-up line possible. He nervously taps his fingers on the bar counter next to where she is leaning, waiting for her response. She just giggles, her smiling warming his heart.
“No, but crawling up from hell wasn’t as fun as I thought it would be.”
He chuckles, blushing as Jake attempts to laugh off his failed attempt at a pickup line. “I’m sorry, I just panicked and used the cheesiest pick up line I know.”
The girl nods, glancing to where her friend stood moments before, only to find an empty space and with a quick glance at the dance floor she finds her friend dancing on some other club-goer.
“Eh, at least you know it was terrible.” She shrugs, leaning against the bar. She does a quick once-over of the guitarist, licking her lips without knowing. Jake feels a blush creep up his neck and quickly waves the bartender over. “May I buy you a drink?”
“You seem harmless enough.” The girl twirls a strand of her hair idly while Jake orders her some pink-drink, only to be interrupted.
“I don’t do he whole girly drink thing.”
Jake nods and instead orders her a beer, wanting to play it safe. She takes a swig, her eyes meeting his for a moment, only to look away from embarrassment.
“So, I never caught your name?”
“It’s Jake, and yours?” he asks, trying to keep eye contact with the lovely girl before him.
“Carly-“ She doesn’t finish, only looks over at the DJ with a small smirk playing at her lips. Just when Jake is about to ask Carly to dance she continues, “I’m surprised they’d play some good EDM here. You seem like a guy who would have a good taste in music… Want to dance?”
Jake takes her hand in his graciously, a wide smile on his lips as he takes her on to the dance floor, swaying with her to the beat of the music. His mind can’t help but to think that CC would like the club’s taste in music. As the song changes to a faster paced one, Carly is suddenly dancing on Jake, smiling and laughing with him through the whole song. As that song ends, Jake leads Carly off the dance floor to a seating area at the back of the club.
“So, what is it that you do?” Carly asks, scooting a little closer to the raven-haired man in front of her. Jake sneakily laces their hands together, rubbing his thumb across her palm for a moment.
“I’m a guitarist in a band.”
“Oh, that’s cool…” she says, looking up into his chocolate eyes. “What band?”
“Black Veil Brides.”
“Never heard of it.” Carly shrugs, swirling the whiskey in the glass Jake had just bought her. He stares into those magnificent baby blues and places a kiss on her hand, not breaking the gaze.
“Well, maybe if I could take you back to my hotel I could show you some of our music.” He asks, trying not to seem as though he just wants to get under her dress. Jake blushes as she contemplates for a moment, downing her shot and standing. “Sure, just know I’m not some easy playboy girl, I wouldn’t normally do this.”
“Well, that’s not what I was intending.” Jake smirks, bending down to place a kiss on her ear. “Maybe I was planning to serenade you first?”
Carly giggles, holding onto Jake’s callused hands as they make their way back to the hotel he is staying at. Jinxx’s room was right across from his and as they pass, Jake groans and contemplates yelling at him to quiet the fuck down. Carly only squeezes his hand tighter as the guitarist unlocks the door, smiling down at the blonde while holding the door open. The room is decent sized, not too fancy but good enough to not cringe in the middle of the night. Jake pulls out a guitar he brought up with him since he is still worried about their instruments being stolen, even with the heightened security they have versus the We Stitch These Wounds era. Carly takes a seat on the edge of the bed, drinking Jake in. He seems like someone who would be interesting to have some sort of relationship with but men she has met at bars only seem to be looking for a one night stand, no matter how much they say they want to go out again. Her mind travels back to all the mistakes she has made, leaving her to wonder whether she made the right choice to come back here with Jake. His question interrupts her thoughts.
“So, do you live here?”

She shakes her head, adjusting her skirt slightly as she watches Jake pull a guitar pick out of his pocket and begin to tune the acoustic. “Nah, I live in Los Angeles… I’m only here for a week because it’s my sister’s twenty-first birthday.”
“Oh, I live there too.” Jake says with another pick between his teeth as he finishes tuning and gets the strap over his head. “I’m not the best singer but I’m going to try.”
With a blush and a chuckle, Jake begins strumming looking into the magnificent blue eyes of the girl in front of him. The lyrics to Carolyn flow out of his mouth gracefully, filling Carly with peace and a curiosity of this man in front of her. Just as the last lyric passes his kissable lips, Carly gets off the bed, takes the acoustic off his lap, then sits down, wrapping her arms around his neck and leaning close to him. She leans her head on his shoulder, humming the tune of the song he had just completed. Jake closes his eyes and holds her closer, inhaling the intoxicating scent of butterscotch that is infused in the gorgeous strands of long hair. She pulls away for a moment, staring into his bright eyes with something the both know will happen. As the gap closes between them, Carly tangles her fingers in the long, dark hair at the nape of his neck, pressing her body to his as their lips meld together perfectly. The slow kiss only lasts for a few seconds before Jake pulls away to ask, “Will you stay the night?”
She smirks, quickly placing her lips on his nose. “Only if we go on a proper date when we are both in L.A.”
“I was going to ask you that anyways.” He chuckles, letting Carly slide off his lap to undress. He tosses her a large t-shirt that he has yet to wear, watching out of the corner of his eye as the blonde haired beauty shimmies out of her dress. Jake knows that this is so far, the best night he has had in a very long time.

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