A Rock & Roll Romance

Chapter Eight

"You're gorgeous you know that." Alex said whispering loudly in Meghan's ear. "Thank you." She said sternly as she wrapped up her conversation with her Aunt. "Yes so I think if we go out for lunch tomorrow, then we can go to the sound check with the guys and you can do what you need to do before the gig?" Sheryl said. Meghan nodded as Alex stumbled and lent against her tipsy. His girlfriend rolled her eyes standing him back up. "Sounds good to me. Thank you again for dinner Uncle Alice. It really was good fun." She kissed his cheek. "I better get him to bed, with the jet lag and the booze I don't think he'll manage by himself." The 76 year old rock star nodded. "Night guys." Meghan said loudly to the group who were scattered around the private bar area. Multiple greetings were yelled back and as she turned to head to the exit, she caught eyes with Johnny who smiled and winked at her. She smiled bashfully back before putting an arm round her unsteady boyfriend and leading him out.

In the elevator, Alex was doing a fine impression of a dog on heat. Attempting to kiss Meghan's neck sloppily and grope her through her dress. She kept batting his hands away. "Stop." She said smirking. She wasn't into masses of PDA and certainly not known for it in hotel elevators. Besides he had pissed her off today so the last thing she wanted to do was give in to his desires. They made their way down the long corridor to their suite where she pulled out the key card and entered, Alex stumbling fast behind her and the door slammed shut. Meghan leaned down to unzip her thigh high boots and kicked them off. "Now you're talking." Her boyfriend said shredding his suit jacket. Her eyes widened. Did he seriously think he was going to try something after his behaviour today? "God you're a fine piece of ass." He said approaching her from behind and slapping her rear. She scoffed at that comment, which surprised her. Since when had his compliments not made her smile? She turned on the spot before heading to the mini fridge and bending down to pull out bottles of water. "Now you're just cockteasing me." He said as he fell back onto the sofa. "That's what you are Meghan, a cocktease. Every man wants you, but they can't have you because you're mine." Her eyebrows raised as she wandered over to him dropping the bottle of water onto his lap winding him slightly.

"Would you look at that, Mr My girl can't handle her drink can barely stand." Johnny smirked into his glass. He was sat at a small table in the corner with Tommy, and Stephen. "He's just a kid." Tommy chuckled. "Just a kid? He's fucking 30. I almost had Lily by then!" Johnny exclaimed. "Yeah well that generation is different now isn't it." Stephen said before calling the waiter over and ordering more drinks. "And to think he thinks he's god's fucking gift." Johnny said downing his glass. Tommy looked across at Stephen and smirked slightly. "Maybe he is." The latter responded. "Ha. I doubt it. God she could do so much fucking better couldn't she?" "Are we still talking about Alice's niece?" Tommy asked licking his lips. "Yes Megz for fuck sake have you not been listening." Johnny exclaimed. "I mean she is wasted on him isn't she?" Johnny continued as Stephen excused himself to find his wife.

"I should have just kissed her." Johnny muttered under his breath but loud enough that Tommy spat his whiskey across the table. "What??" He asked in hushed toned, "When did you nearly kiss her?" He asked his friend. "Oh fuck. I should not have said that." Johnny said looking at his lap. "You can't fucking drop that bombshell and not continue." Tommy said wiping the table with his sleeve. "We were seconds away from kissing the night we met her." "I'm sorry when the fuck did this happen?? I was with you two the whole night." "You were making out with a bag of crisps or something I don't know. What is this kids cluedo? We just had a few too many to drink but she told me she had a boyfriend. At the time I respected that and her massively, now I'm regretting it maybe I should have just bedded her and let the fucker find out." "John.. you could hurt a lot of people by doing that. She's ALICE'S NIECE." Johnny nodded "I know I know. I just think he's an absolute dickhead." "you've got that right."

"Oh come on. I've not seen you in weeks and you won't let me touch you.." Alex followed Meghan into the bedroom in a huff. The latter span on the spot. "I said no Alex. You're not guilt tripping me into sex after how you've treated me today, you were rude to my friends, argued with me about dinner, insinuated I do nothing, made me look like a fucking child at dinner, squared up to one of the guys I'm working for and then stumbled around for the last hour spilling your drink on people. I said NO." She said as she batted his hand away from her body once more. She rushed into the en suite and slammed the door. Alex unbuttoned his shirt and kicked off his trousers before climbing into bed. He downed the bottle of water she lovingly had dropped into his lap before waiting for her return.

Eventually after 15 minutes or so, she had completed all her skin care, taking her sweet ass time knowing it would irritate him and secretly hoping the booze would have made him pass out, she emerged in her short pyjamas and a band tee. "Oh for fuck sake so now they come to bed with us too?" He said looking at her shirt. She rolled her eyes. "If you must fucking know the pyjama top I wore last night I spilt coffee down it, so I'll need to send it to be laundered and this is the next best thing ok?" She climbed into bed and he rolled over in a mood. She set her alarm and rolled away so her back was to him too before trying to get to sleep. Some reunion this turned out to be.

The next day, just before lunch Meghan and Alex emerged from the elevator and headed into one of the lounge bars. "How long will you be working for this afternoon?" He asked her politely. "Not long, I usually just get some raw footage of them rehearsing one or two tracks then we are free to do what we want until they go on." "Nice. I saw there was an art gallery here that's very well reviewed. Maybe we could swing by there after the sound check." "That sounds real nice, I'd like that." Meghan smiled, grateful he was making an effort. "Here the kids are." Alice said standing with a cup of coffee. "We were starting to think you had forgot." Sheryl said hugging Meghan. "We didn't see you at breakfast." "Oh no. We had it on our room sorry were you expecting us?" "Nonsense, we know what it's like, we were young once, breakfast in bed seems like many moons ago." Alice chuckled. "Shall we go?" Meghan asked. "Sure I hear this place does the best French cuisine." Sheryl added.

As they climbed into the waiting car Meghan's phone pinged, she checked it and it was a text.

Hope you're evening went ok doll. Remember follow YOUR dreams not anybody else's. See you at sound check. Bring the whiskey if you want. Love and Respect JD x

She smiled at her phone before continuing the conversation. "What's made you so happy?" Sheryl asked. "Oh it's just Mum texting." Meghan said smiling away.

Thank you, it really was a wonderful evening, I enjoyed every second, especially the cigarette thank you. Ha, maybe I'll get a rain check on the whiskey until after the show? Only if you'll join me though. X

Cigarettes and whiskey? Sounds like a plan to me. X

Later in the day, the couple had been at the art gallery for under an hour. Meghan stopped at every portrait reading all the information as well as the guide book she had purchased upon arriving. Alex slid an arm round her clearly disinterested, "How about we head back to the suite and make use of our time before you've got to go to the gig?" He whispered. "Alex.." Meghan said still looking at the painting in front of her. "Oh babe. Come on.." "Alex we've been here less than an hour, we've only seen 5 paintings so far." She said as she slammed the guide book shut. "Yeah but you're gonna be out all evening." "What do you mean I am. Surely you're gonna come to the gig too right?" "I just don't fancy it, it's not my thing." "Alex you can't be serious.. it's my uncle?" Meghan said rather loudly making the other patrons look at her. "So??? I've seen him perform before." He said even louder. "Alex!" Meghan huffed almost shouting. A staff member approached. "Mam I'm going to have to ask you to leave if you don't keep it down." "Sorry." Meghan said embarrassed. "Alex, he's paid for your flight out here, he's paid for the suite you're staying in and dinner last night, the least you could do is look a tad interested in what he does." Meghan said in hushed angry tones. "I just wanted to see you! Is that a fucking crime? You don't come to hardly any of my work events, why should I be any different for your work?" "Alex with all due respect, you organise small time networking events in fucking courtyard hotels, this is a rock supergroup and I'm offering access all areas with some of the coolest people I've ever met!!" Megan said loosing her rag. The staff member approached once more and Meghan held her hands up in defence, and she yanked her boyfriend out the building. "You've fucking changed do you know that? I don't know what your problem is but you need to sort your fucking attitude before coming home, you're not better than me you know? When you had nothing going on in your life I was there for you, paying for your lifestyle, taking care of you and now all of a sudden you are travelling the world you're acting as if I'm an inconvenience." "If you believe that then you're more stupid than you look." Meghan said as she began walking back towards their hotel.