Tennessee Whiskey AU

CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR

"You make a sinner out of me, I'm a need a priest."

Jensen's POV

Work today has been good. One of those rare days when everything runs smoothly and on time. I'm feeling pretty good when I reach my apartment and start to make my dinner. As I'm finishing up and sitting down to eat my phone dings with a notification. I feel the excitement in my stomach until I check the message and realize it's Christian and not Scar. Sighing I open the message.

CK- Hey, Jen. Just wanted to check in. see how things are going.

JA- Yeah, I'm all good. Work went well today. Which is always a plus.

CK- That's all good man. But it wasn't what I was asking about, and you know it.

JA- Yeah, maybe. I may have fucked up.

CK- Oh, shit! You slept with her, didn't you?

JA- No I didn't. I haven't even seen her since the other night.

CK- Then what the hell did you do?

JA- I started rambling about doing the right thing.

CK- What the fuck?

I decide it's probably easier to just call him at this point.

"Hey, man"

"Hello, you wanna explain now?"

"Yeah, figured this was easier than texts." I take a deep breath as I try to figure out how the hell, I explain this one. "So, she said she managed to get tomorrow free. It's their last day here and we had planned to spend the day together."

"So, that's a good thing. You know you can spend the day with a woman and not sleep with her. Right, Jen?"

"Yeah, I know that you idiot. Things had been said about picking up where we left off the other night and I thought about what we talked about, and I panicked."

"Oh, wow. So, what's the problem?"

"I started going on about being friends and doing the right thing. I thought it would be better if we did something with all the band."

"Guessing that didn't go over too well?"

"That you guessed right my friend. I had to call her and explain. She still has no idea what the right thing is. I nearly let it slip last night and because of that, she might think that you guys don't like her. I tried to fix that to. I'm making a right mess of all of this."

"Jesus' man have you forgotten how to talk to a woman."

"She gets me in knots dude, and I have no idea what the fuck I'm doing."

"We can all see that. It's funny as fuck to watch."

"Yeah, thanks for that. Have I told you what a massive dick you are lately?"

"Anyway, what's the plan now? Seen as how you're spending the day with the band."

"Actually, we now have plans for her to come here tomorrow. She's going to cook me dinner and we are going to spend the day watching films together and stuff."

"Sounds awesome."

"You know what the scary thing is. It really does. We've been messaging and keeping in touch. It's just nice."

"Oh, shit. You really do have it bad."

"Nah, I'm all good. I probably won't see her much after Friday."

"You gonna be ok with that?"

"Hey, you know me. I always land on my feet."

"One of these days someone's gonna knock you off those feet. I have a feeling it's going to be a certain pretty blonde with the voice of an angel." He laughing at me, the dick. "And I must say we are all here to watch, this is too good."

"Dick"

"Yeah, yeah. But where would you be without me."

"Living a peaceful life probably."

"Doubtful. I've had to bail ya ass out of a few dodgy situations over the years. We all have."

"don't remind me." I groan thinking about some of those situations. Not pleasant.

"You remember that one crazy piece of ass who broke into your apartment?"

"Please don't remind me. There are things we agreed never to speak of again. You ain't so squeaky clean either."

"Fair one. Hey, you wanna meet up tonight, have a few beers?"

"Nah, it's been a long few days if I'm honest. I'm gonna eat, shower, and hit the hay."

"Ok, mate. You know where I am if you need anything. Like to chat about that broken heart of yours when she leave." And he's laughing again. I'm glad he finds this shit funny.

"Yeah, I know. You wait around for that phone call that will never come."

"Yeah, right. I give a day. Catch you later."

"Yeah, bye."

I put the phone down and put my head in my hands. I'm not sure I disagree with his assumption about Scar knocking me on my ass. I did what she asked last night and talked to her until I heard her breath even out. From where she had placed her phone it made it look like I was lying in bed next to her and all I wanted to do was reach out and touch her. Then I might have just lay there watching her sleep for a bit. Just to make sure she was sound asleep, you understand. Nothing creepy.

Fuck, maybe it was a little creepy. What the hell is wrong with me? I Don't do this. I don't sit here and stress about a woman. I have a feeling this isn't going to end well.

Scarlett's POV

I think I'm finally ready to do this. I'm dressed and ready to go. Erin has styled my hair beautifully and helped me with my make-up. We went for tasteful, natural but fiery red lipstick. I think it was a good touch. I'm staring at myself in the mirror as nerves roll in. Am I making a huge mistake? I'm laying everything out on the line. He mentioned just being friends a few times yesterday and it's left me feeling a little confused. Should I just stop this now? Stick to the plan of cooking together and a cuddly day. That would be the safer option. That would be the way that would keep my heart safe. Ok, not my heart because I don't have feelings for Jay. This is just about sex. About getting back to a normal person. Normal people can have sex and enjoy themselves. Not freak out when someone looks at them. Nope, no feelings it wouldn't matter who it was.

So, why is the voice in my head laughing at me?

Maybe because it knows it would matter who it was. Maybe because it knows I'm starting to fall for him? Maybe because it knows I don't want to play it safe anymore?

Fucking know it all voice in my head.