rockstar | gvf

chapter thirty nine:

amber was met with the smell of cigarettes mixed with alcohol as they all entered a local bar. there was a pool table in the corner by a dart board, along with many booths — the group found themselves migrating towards the one in the corner at the back.

"want me to get your drink?" jake leant down to amber's ear, asking her softly.
amber smiled, "you know my drink?"
"course, it's the same as mine." jake said, "you have good taste."

anber bit her lip as he walked to the bar, looking him up and down, admiring his figure.

everyone apart from jake and danny slid into the booth, soon joining minutes later with drinks in hand, placing them in-front of their designated person.

amber thanked jake as he placed her drink in-front of her, and he slid in across from her, glancing at josh beside amber, who she couldn't help but feel uneasy beside, something has just felt off about him all day, she felt like asking him, but didn't want to make a big scene in-front of everyone.

"a toast!" sam yelled, holding his drink up in the air, everyone else joining him, "to a night that absolutely rocked."
everyone cheered in response, clinked their glasses together, took a sip of their drinks and diverted into their own conversations.

amber turned to josh, "my sister told me about the rose," she said, gaining his attention, "thank you."
he shrugged, "you told me how much she adores us, i figured she deserves it."
amber smiled, "how did you know it was her though?" she asked.
josh took a large sip of his drink, "i'll tell you if you promise not to judge."
amber nodded, eager.
"i may or may not have stalked your instagram." he said softly.
amber giggled, "how far down did you go?"
"a few years." he said, a smile managing to form across his face.
"i mean i can't be one to judge, i've stalked as well but i just never expected someone to admit to doing it to me." she laughed.
josh shrugged, "well what can i say, i'm full of surprises."
the two smiled.
"so what did you think of your show? everything you'd expected it to be?" he then asked.

everything seemed so easy with josh. conversations came smoothly, and laughter soon followed. amber found a sense of relief being like this, being herself around him and knowing he was just as comfortable as her.

as she answered his question, she watched as his eyes glimmer when he began talking, how he spoke with such character, moving his hands and barely looking away from her.

"well i thought you guys were particularly amazing tonight." amber said, causing josh to smile and place his hand on her thigh, which she didn't think anything of, she liked it, she knew he was an affectionate person.
"honestly i thought i did poor tonight." josh admitted reluctantly.
"what? why do you think that?" she said, "you sounded great!"
he sighed, "i just wasn't hitting the notes i usually did, and well i was a little thrown off."
"thrown off?" amber questioned, "why?"

josh looked around the group, and amber followed his eyes.

"can we maybe talk about this at the bar?" he asked, quickly throwing his drink back and looking to amber.
"sure." she said, moving out of the booth and making her way to the bar with josh by her side.
amber looked back to the table and noticed jake watching them intently as josh ordered his drink.

the two took a seat at the bar and amber looked to josh, "so?"
he gulped and hesitantly spoke up, "i guess i was just a bit upset because of how much time you and jake have been spending together. you know you told me you wouldn't be choosing any of us and well it seems like... like you're choosing him."
amber furrowed her eyebrows and placed her hand over his on the bar, "josh..."