HOT Mess

Chapter Eight (Aidan's POV)

As much as I wanted to restrain a smile, my face muscles cracked until I was sputtering laughter in Bryan's face. He arched his eyebrows, his hand still propped on my hips.

"And this is funny because?" He asked, a bit unsure of what the hell humored me so much.

I bit my bottom lip to control my laughs and composed myself to press into him, our chests touching. I looked up at him, studying the way he reacted, the way he suddenly lost his cool. He swallowed, his eyes lingering over my lips.

"Can you say...what you said a bit clearer now?" I teased. "I couldn't understand you over the music."

Sure I was lying, but this was a big moment. Bryan West was about to ask me out or rather claim to be my boyfriend. This is what people have been waiting for. Someone who can tie Mr. Player down and right now, I had him restricted, bounded, and all of the above and below.

"You are such a tease," He mumbled. "How about you let me show you what I was saying?" He lowered his hip, ducking in to kiss me but I pushed away, a smile forming on my lips.

"Not until you tell what you said." I folded my arms, taking a daring step back.

He rolled his eyes but kept a smile. "I said I'm your boyfriend, you're mine. Now, can I proceed to kiss you?"

"If you're my boyfriend, you wouldn't have to ask." I laughed.

"Ha-Ha..." He faked with a grin. "Fine, I won't." He whispered, grabbing my wrists and ducking his head until his lips brushed against mine. I waited for what would be our first kiss, the official piece that noted our relationship, but it never came. I glanced at Bryan confused who had the biggest grin on his face I'd ever seen yet. "As in 'I won't', meant I wasn't going to kiss you, yet."

My jaw dropped a bit and I realized I'd been played with. Obviously, I wasn't the only tease.

"You loser," I chuckled, slapping his stomach. He just smiled down at me as I smiled up at him, until I realized my hand was still on his abdomen muscles. He was perfectly toned, the sculpture of his muscled form feeling my gentle waves of water under my hand. A bit stupefied that I could ever embarrass myself like this, I moved my hand and whispered a sorry under my breath.

"You're always free to touch where ever you want." Bryan insinuated making my eyes widen as a heat ran over my face. It was my turn to swallow, to loose my cool.

"Maybe some other time." I simply retorted, thanking God when Eva came up out of nowhere.

 "MDan, where have you been!?" She shouted, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me lightly.

"With Bryan." I tilted my head to him and she looked over at him.

"He was actually pretty safe with me." He winked causing Eva to glance from him to me, from me to him. She caught on with his words and the way the atmosphere between us felt.

"Excuse us," She pulled me the other way, back to the bar where Britney and Mackie were seated. Mackie's head was dropped on Britney's shoulder until Eva exclaimed, "Dan and Bryan are dating!"

Mackie and Britney snapped around to face us, twining their expressions as they gasped at me. I slipped my hands, casually into my pockets and glanced off like I didn't know anything about what Eva was saying.

"Is that true?" Britney slapped my shoulder and I stared at her, her huge smile rubbing off on me.

"Yeah, it is."

"Holy fuck-mode, you've definitely got Bryan wrapped around your tongue." She blurted, causing Mackie to tilt her head in confusion.

"Um...Brit, I thought it was finger." She corrected but Britney shook her head eagerly.

"Not with Aidan, it's definitely his tongue." She winked.

I just shook my head as Eva laughed at her. "So how'd this happen?"

"I wanna say it started with this sex-hungry predator that tried to get me home with him," I paused to let the girls annoy me with their comments about how I should stay away from strangers in the club. "Then he introduced me to his friends, there was the one dude Myke,"

"I heard about him, Myke McGuissen," Eva nodded in acknowledgement. "He's a pure slut, I mean, he sleep with ANY one. I heard he had sex with the school principal who was like sixty something."

"Well, that explains a lot. Anyway, we were dancing and before I knew it he kissed me, I kissed back I suppose since Bryan was watching and then he pulled me away from Myke and told me he was my boyfriend and that he didn't want me to let any strangers approach me, basically, he was jealous and became impulsive for a moment."

"I can't believe we're talking about thee Bryan West. I never heard of him like this, it's usually the, 'oh, Bryan just hooked up with Emily for two minutes', that kind of bull. But this sounds like a complete different Bryan, like he actually wants to make a relationship out of you two. I hope it works, damn I really do and If he breaks your heart-

"I'll break my foot up his ass." Britney finished for Eva and I laughed, kissing Britney's cheek.

"I'd like to see that, especially with your heels on."

"Will do." Britney saluted me with a smirk before glancing over my shoulder, "Here comes lover boy."

I didn't have to glance back to know that it was Bryan. He came up to me, greeting the girls before asking me, "You want me to drive you home?"

"As in my Auntie's house, or your place?" I turned around to face him, a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"That depends on which one you want."

"I've had enough fun for tonight, I'd like to go to my Auntie's house." I shrugged and he nodded that he understood.

I kissed the girls goodnight and followed Bryan out of the club and into his car. The drive back to my Auntie's place was a bit quicker then intended which left us, parked in front of the driveway, the night engulfing our surroundings. I could hear the rumbling of the city, the sounds in the far distance. I felt relaxed a bit, even with my hand intertwined with Bryan's. He was my first boyfriend. Take it, or leave it but it was the truth. I had three previous girlfriends but Bryan was my first boyfriend, ever. It didn't help that my stomach was churning in anticipation as Adam Lambert's 'Fever' played though the radio.

"This is hysterical," Bryan said over the lyrics Adam was singing. "If you listen, it sounds like us a bit."

"You have fever for me?" I inquired with a crooked grin.

"Evidently...I mean, look at you. You're fucking hot. Not to mention your personality is..original. I love it. The whole package." He murmured with a grin.

"Confessions of a fever struck teenage boy." I announced in a deep husky voice.

Bryan laughed at me and I laughed too before realizing it was near eleven o'clock. "I really have to get inside." I informed as I pulled my hand from Bryan's. I opened the door to get out and looked back at him to say goodnight but instead I received a kiss. I bowed my head down, tilting my neck and pushing into him. I leaned over the passenger seat, placing my hands gently on the structure of his shoulders. My hands tingled from touching him. Damn did he have to be so ripped? I could only imagine him with his shirt off. I lost my breath, pulling away with a huff.

For a moment, all we did was stare at each other, our expressions blank. I broke out into a grin and he followed. I stood up and backed away from the car to close the door. He rolled the passenger window down, "You look a little pale there, are you...are you catching a fever Aidan?" He asked, humor playing his voice as he tantalized me.

I rolled my eyes, as I backed up onto the the cement of the driveway. "Don't sweat yourself, your kissing skills are nothing."

"We'll see. Goodnight Aidan." He called out to me as I slipped through the front door. I closed it and leaned against it as I listened to his car engine start. A moment later he was gone.

"Looks like someone had a good night." My Auntie surprised me when I stepped into the kitchen.

I merely smiled. "Goodnight Auntie." I drawled, dragging myself to my bedroom.

I was in for it now. Me and Bryan West? Yeah, I was totally in for it.