anywhere before the night she showed up at a party with Kieran.
"I don't remember you," he admitted as he let go of her.
Crumpling the paper in her fist, she swiped her hair out of her face giving her shoulders a little shake as she turned to face him.
"At a pasture party, you got into my car by accident."
Staring at her, a memory from back then flashed through his mind before he recalled, "You used to have blonde hair..."
"The next day, you were back with Lily and I was over it."
Remorse weighed heavily on Braden as he replied, "Liv..."
Back to her usual self she let out a loud "Ha!" before saying, "It's not a thing. Everybody losses it in one way or another."
It took a minute for him to understand what she meant.
"Liv?"
Walking past him, Liv pressed her finger to his temple, pushing his head back a little, she warned, "Stay outta my stuff, punk."
Watching her as she walked to the other room he recalled a night a few weeks before his high school graduation. He was pissed that Lily had cheated on him again. Getting drunk after playing at a party, he knew he couldn't drive so he'd called Auggie to come get him. Thinking it was the car he drove to the party he climbed in to wait for his brother and ended up on some girl's lap. Most everything was hazy, but he remembered that she felt good. Or more that he felt good. He was drunk and hurt and couldn't have cared less who she was. It was still hands down the best sex he'd ever had. Even though he was drunk and barely remembered her, he remembered that. He'd always assumed it was so hot because it was unexpected. At that time, he'd only been with Lily. As it stood his total was only three with Lily, Mina and a hot blonde in the passenger seat of a car one night. And it turned out it was Liv. Damn...
~
"I'm headin' to the shop." Liv informed before quickly walking to the door and stepping out of the house.
She never would have said anything to him about it and she'd always wondered if he secretly knew. Now that it was out, it was kinda funny to her that he never realized. Then again, he was smashed that night and the next time he saw her, she had jet black hair and was covered in tattoos.
On the way to Legacy Ink, Liv thought about that night.
For two and a half years she'd gone to every party, event and local spot Braden played at just hoping he would notice her. That night when he fell into her lap, literally, she wanted him to never forget her. It was good too. Not as good as it was later on with some experience behind her but since she'd always heard how horrible first times were, it wasn't half bad. Plus, she wasn't too far from being hammered herself.
When Auggie showed up, irritated and honking the horn like the damn jackass that he was, Braden was still kissing her. Something later in life she appreciated about that night. Her experience, with Kieran, was that when a man is done, he doesn't normally linger.
With Auggie out of his truck, cursing and making a scene, Braden gave her one last kiss before asking, "I'll be at the shack tomorrow night, wanna come?"
"I always watch you play," she shared as he flashed a smile at her, the ridiculous one where it was obvious he was biting the side of his tongue, and slid out of the car.
That night taught Liv a lot. So did the next day when she showed up to the shack and his arms were wrapped around Lily's waist. At the time she figured she must not have been worth remembering.
When a week later her grandpa got sick and they moved so her dad could take care of him, Liv decided to reinvent herself. Her first tattoo was so liberating she had to have another and another. Before she knew it both her arms were completely covered. When her grandpa passed and her dad decided to move up north, the once shy girl who left at seventeen came back to town at age twenty-one a completely different person. Tossing around the idea of thanking Braden for that, Liv loved who she became. She never hesitated to speak her mind and damn
"I don't remember you," he admitted as he let go of her.
Crumpling the paper in her fist, she swiped her hair out of her face giving her shoulders a little shake as she turned to face him.
"At a pasture party, you got into my car by accident."
Staring at her, a memory from back then flashed through his mind before he recalled, "You used to have blonde hair..."
"The next day, you were back with Lily and I was over it."
Remorse weighed heavily on Braden as he replied, "Liv..."
Back to her usual self she let out a loud "Ha!" before saying, "It's not a thing. Everybody losses it in one way or another."
It took a minute for him to understand what she meant.
"Liv?"
Walking past him, Liv pressed her finger to his temple, pushing his head back a little, she warned, "Stay outta my stuff, punk."
Watching her as she walked to the other room he recalled a night a few weeks before his high school graduation. He was pissed that Lily had cheated on him again. Getting drunk after playing at a party, he knew he couldn't drive so he'd called Auggie to come get him. Thinking it was the car he drove to the party he climbed in to wait for his brother and ended up on some girl's lap. Most everything was hazy, but he remembered that she felt good. Or more that he felt good. He was drunk and hurt and couldn't have cared less who she was. It was still hands down the best sex he'd ever had. Even though he was drunk and barely remembered her, he remembered that. He'd always assumed it was so hot because it was unexpected. At that time, he'd only been with Lily. As it stood his total was only three with Lily, Mina and a hot blonde in the passenger seat of a car one night. And it turned out it was Liv. Damn...
~
"I'm headin' to the shop." Liv informed before quickly walking to the door and stepping out of the house.
She never would have said anything to him about it and she'd always wondered if he secretly knew. Now that it was out, it was kinda funny to her that he never realized. Then again, he was smashed that night and the next time he saw her, she had jet black hair and was covered in tattoos.
On the way to Legacy Ink, Liv thought about that night.
For two and a half years she'd gone to every party, event and local spot Braden played at just hoping he would notice her. That night when he fell into her lap, literally, she wanted him to never forget her. It was good too. Not as good as it was later on with some experience behind her but since she'd always heard how horrible first times were, it wasn't half bad. Plus, she wasn't too far from being hammered herself.
When Auggie showed up, irritated and honking the horn like the damn jackass that he was, Braden was still kissing her. Something later in life she appreciated about that night. Her experience, with Kieran, was that when a man is done, he doesn't normally linger.
With Auggie out of his truck, cursing and making a scene, Braden gave her one last kiss before asking, "I'll be at the shack tomorrow night, wanna come?"
"I always watch you play," she shared as he flashed a smile at her, the ridiculous one where it was obvious he was biting the side of his tongue, and slid out of the car.
That night taught Liv a lot. So did the next day when she showed up to the shack and his arms were wrapped around Lily's waist. At the time she figured she must not have been worth remembering.
When a week later her grandpa got sick and they moved so her dad could take care of him, Liv decided to reinvent herself. Her first tattoo was so liberating she had to have another and another. Before she knew it both her arms were completely covered. When her grandpa passed and her dad decided to move up north, the once shy girl who left at seventeen came back to town at age twenty-one a completely different person. Tossing around the idea of thanking Braden for that, Liv loved who she became. She never hesitated to speak her mind and damn
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