Hollywood Hearts

Seven

"Wait, so, in an act of rebellion, you got a piercing?!" Johnny laughed and I nodded, smiling as I grabbed my drink and sipped at it.

"Where?!" Danny asked, the guys seriously interested.

"I can't just show you!" I laughed and they looked confused.

"Tell me you didn't get a gen-"

"NO!" I cut off Dylan and he let out a breath.

"I was so worried for you, Jorel!" He said, but Jorel rolled his eyes.

"So where is this piercing that even I haven't seen?" He asked and I smiled, blushing as I looked down some.

"Where?! You can't leave us in suspense!" Charlie laughed and I groaned.

"Fine!" I said then looked around, making sure I could show them without someone else seeing. As I reached for my skirt, I popped the top buttons open and Jorel's eyes went wide.

"Persephone, where-"

"Shh!" I whispered and exposed my belly button, which had the piercing through the top and the bar curved over my bellybutton, the little black gem hanging off the end.

"It's so pretty!" Matt exclaimed then I buttoned my skirt back up and smiled softly.

"All of my stuff usually covers my belly button so that no one ever finds out, so don't tell!" I said then cleared my throat as we kept eating.

"I seriously thought you'd gotten a vagina piercing!" Dylan laughed and I chucked a piece of my steamed carrots at him as the guys laughed.

"Ow!" He laughed and gave me a confused look.

"Don't be thinking of my girl's parts." Jorel said and I smiled as he kissed my head, the guys smiling at us. As we got back to the bus, we watched movies in the front lounge, but Jorel was hugging me to his chest and all I wanted was to just sit in his lap and kiss him silly and until we were both panting.

"Perse, you okay?" I looked at Charlie and nodded, realizing I had zoned out on the movie.

"Yeah, sorry, just thinking." I said and he tilted his head in a confused manner.

"It's nothing, promise." I said then looked at my phone to check the time, but saw I had to charge it.

"Just a second, Jorel." I whispered and he looked at me, nodding and letting me up so I could go to the back. As I plugged my phone in to charge, I stood and turned, nearly screaming as I saw Jorel standing there, but he covered my mouth with his and I moaned, gripping his shirt.

"I-I wanted nothing more than to just fucking kiss the life out of you and I don't know why!" He breathed, both of us panting hard, and I smiled.

"We're back here, they probably think we're already doing it, so why don't we lock ourselves away here?" I whispered and he grinned, leaning down and kissing me as he hugged the small of my back against him. I glanced over his shoulder then saw the door to my bunk area was shut and the lock was flipped, meaning he already locked the door.

"Jorel!" I breathed and he looked at me then I heard the TV volumes turn up in the front lounge.

"Guess we're in the clear for a bit then." He said and I nodded as I sat on the bed, grabbing his hand and pulling him to kneel on the bed in front of me. As he leaned down to kiss me, I slid my hands up the front of his shirt then he slowly laid me back, laying between my legs and deepening the kiss.

~*-*~

I slowly walked to the front lounge then reached up, rubbing my neck as I woke up still.

"Morning!" I jumped and opened my eyes, staring as I saw Candy there.

"Candy?!" I squeaked and saw the guys looked scared, so I wasn't sure what she knew.

"Sleep well?!" Candy asked and I nodded.

"I-I did, yeah!" I laughed and nervously glanced at the bus windows to see Jorel standing outside. Thank god she didn't catch us!

"What are you doing here?" I asked and she sighed.

"Well, the next leg of the tour was finally released and it is unfortunately overseas." She said and I slowly sat on the couch next to Johnny.

"It-it is, huh?" I asked and she nodded.

"You know how your dad feels about you going out of the country." She said and I licked my lips.

"Well this-this is for work-"

"Regardless, you'll be staying here while they travel, Persephone. When you're done with the stateside tour, you will return to your work in LA while they travel abroad. When they return, you are free to return to them. You know the rules, such a pain." She said with a sweet smile and I nodded.

"Right, of course." I said and she smiled.

"I noticed you had warmed up to these guys! Not too... intimately, right? Don't need a repeat of the last man, such a pain!" She laughed nonchalantly, but I knew better.

"N-no, Candy, I haven't." I lied and she nodded.

"Good girl, you learned to respect the rules." She said and sighed.

"Well, now that this business is out of the way, I'll be off! Enjoy the next month on tour, Perse!" She said and left, but I swallowed hard as Jorel slowly came back on the bus.

"What happened last time?" Johnny asked and I looked at him as Jorel sat next to me, grabbing my hand and soothingly rubbing circles into my back.

"There's a reason I don't work with artists anymore." I said and took a deep breath as I gripped Jorel's hand tightly.

"The-the last artist I worked with was a band, they were a small local band and one of the guys... took an interest in me." I whispered and looked at my lap.

"He-he asked my dad to get rid of the contract, the rules, all of it." I said and shook my head.

"He was reported missing three days later and, five months after that, they found him dead in the water. It looked like a gang hit." I whispered and Jorel cursed, gripping my hand tightly.

"Perse-"

"He won't find out about Jorel, I promise! If-if he's getting close to figuring it out, I'll deal with it!" I said and the band looked worried for Jorel, but I knew he was worried too. He should have known this before he entered this deal with me, but I was just a coward who couldn't tell him.