t-shirt, it was smaller, tighter, but definitely not revealing.
“No, I just felt bad beating you up after we just made up and all.” I sat back in my chair, trying to get some distance between us. Maybe if I couldn’t smell her, I could find a way to clear my head.
After a few silent minutes, she picked up my guitar that we thankfully hadn’t kicked off my bed. “I haven’t heard you play for a while.”
“Yeah?” Playing for one person like that always felt like showboating.
“Play something before I go?”
No. “What do you wanna hear?”
She handed me the guitar and I took it. “Something relaxing. I got tackled by this mental guy tonight and it gave me a little headache.” She smiled and gave me the eyes. Damn it with the girl eyes. I needed to figure out some kind of defense against it.
Aspen moved to the foot of my bed, crossing her legs beneath her. There was nothing I could do but sit back and play.
Chapter Six
It had been a week since Aspen showed up at work to pick me up. For some reason, we’d only worked together once, but she still stopped by DJ’s a lot. She and Pris would come flitting in for no apparent reason other than to taunt us with their freedom while we were knee deep in pizza dough. As quickly as they came in, they’d disappear again, leaving nothing behind but the urge to dump the uniform and go with them.
Matt talked me down from that a couple times. I think DJ wanted us to be pizza partners or something because it seemed like every time I worked, Matt worked with me. Every time I worked with him, he bugged me more. I trusted him less.
“So, your first couple weeks on the job and you’re already trying to get some time off, huh?” DJ asked me when I went into the back office to see about getting the weekend off for Pris’s birthday. I did manage to weasel my way into an invite for me and Jaden. Of course, it hadn’t been that hard. I guess they were kind of freaked out about staying the weekend by themselves anyway, but didn’t want to tell her parents, because then they wouldn’t be able to go.
We had it all figured out. I’d tell my mom I’d be spending the weekend with Jaden. Even though I never stayed at Jaden’s I knew she wouldn’t check up on me. It would be the perfect time for her to play house with the loser. Of course Pris and Aspen already had it figured out, because their parents totally trusted them and thought it was a good idea to rent a beach house for a couple teenage girls for the weekend. Lucky. And Jaden’s parents just never gave a shit where he was. I’d be surprised if they even noticed he was gone.
Which sucked. My mom might be one of those girls who always thought she needed a man, but I knew she loved me. I wasn’t sure Jaden could say the same thing when it came to his asshole parents.
Now, all I had to do was secure the time off, which I realized wasn’t going to be so easy since I was not only new, but Aspen was taking the time off, too. “I’ll make it up, DJ. Anytime you need me. Its Pris’s birthday and we’ve had this planned for months. I can’t believe I spaced telling you about it when you hired me.”
DJ sighed and my stomach sank a little bit. I was really looking forward to spending the weekend out town with my friends. I figured it would be the best way for me to get back to normal… to hang out like we always did and then the weirdness would be gone. Oh and let’s not forget beaches and bikinis, what guy wouldn’t look forward to that?
“When is this happening again?”
“Next weekend. I can pick up extra shifts this week if you want me to. I’ll be your go-to guy for the rest of the summer.”
DJ kicked his feet up on his desk. “You have a knack for getting what you want, don’t you?”
“Yep. I can show you how. Girls, favors, days off of work from cool ass bosses.”
DJ laughed. “I’m married so no
“No, I just felt bad beating you up after we just made up and all.” I sat back in my chair, trying to get some distance between us. Maybe if I couldn’t smell her, I could find a way to clear my head.
After a few silent minutes, she picked up my guitar that we thankfully hadn’t kicked off my bed. “I haven’t heard you play for a while.”
“Yeah?” Playing for one person like that always felt like showboating.
“Play something before I go?”
No. “What do you wanna hear?”
She handed me the guitar and I took it. “Something relaxing. I got tackled by this mental guy tonight and it gave me a little headache.” She smiled and gave me the eyes. Damn it with the girl eyes. I needed to figure out some kind of defense against it.
Aspen moved to the foot of my bed, crossing her legs beneath her. There was nothing I could do but sit back and play.
Chapter Six
It had been a week since Aspen showed up at work to pick me up. For some reason, we’d only worked together once, but she still stopped by DJ’s a lot. She and Pris would come flitting in for no apparent reason other than to taunt us with their freedom while we were knee deep in pizza dough. As quickly as they came in, they’d disappear again, leaving nothing behind but the urge to dump the uniform and go with them.
Matt talked me down from that a couple times. I think DJ wanted us to be pizza partners or something because it seemed like every time I worked, Matt worked with me. Every time I worked with him, he bugged me more. I trusted him less.
“So, your first couple weeks on the job and you’re already trying to get some time off, huh?” DJ asked me when I went into the back office to see about getting the weekend off for Pris’s birthday. I did manage to weasel my way into an invite for me and Jaden. Of course, it hadn’t been that hard. I guess they were kind of freaked out about staying the weekend by themselves anyway, but didn’t want to tell her parents, because then they wouldn’t be able to go.
We had it all figured out. I’d tell my mom I’d be spending the weekend with Jaden. Even though I never stayed at Jaden’s I knew she wouldn’t check up on me. It would be the perfect time for her to play house with the loser. Of course Pris and Aspen already had it figured out, because their parents totally trusted them and thought it was a good idea to rent a beach house for a couple teenage girls for the weekend. Lucky. And Jaden’s parents just never gave a shit where he was. I’d be surprised if they even noticed he was gone.
Which sucked. My mom might be one of those girls who always thought she needed a man, but I knew she loved me. I wasn’t sure Jaden could say the same thing when it came to his asshole parents.
Now, all I had to do was secure the time off, which I realized wasn’t going to be so easy since I was not only new, but Aspen was taking the time off, too. “I’ll make it up, DJ. Anytime you need me. Its Pris’s birthday and we’ve had this planned for months. I can’t believe I spaced telling you about it when you hired me.”
DJ sighed and my stomach sank a little bit. I was really looking forward to spending the weekend out town with my friends. I figured it would be the best way for me to get back to normal… to hang out like we always did and then the weirdness would be gone. Oh and let’s not forget beaches and bikinis, what guy wouldn’t look forward to that?
“When is this happening again?”
“Next weekend. I can pick up extra shifts this week if you want me to. I’ll be your go-to guy for the rest of the summer.”
DJ kicked his feet up on his desk. “You have a knack for getting what you want, don’t you?”
“Yep. I can show you how. Girls, favors, days off of work from cool ass bosses.”
DJ laughed. “I’m married so no
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