The Rockstar Next Door

GREYSON

I sat on the edge of my bed looking at the silver necklace in my hand, it was a locket. I wanted to open it, hell I don't know why I haven't already. I traced the engraved T on the front of it. When Tessa stormed out of the gym this morning she mustn't have felt the chain come loose, after she was completely gone I decided to pick it up. Now I've just been sitting here for the past 15 minutes contemplating if I should open it and then give it to her, give it to her and then ask about it, or just hang it on her doorknob and just disappear. When she splashed me with water this morning it snapped me out of whatever haze I was in. Hell, I didn't even know it was her at first. I'd never noticed how attractive she was until earlier today. For the past three years she's just been a pain in the ass. As Ferris Bueller once said 'if you shoved coal up her ass it'd turn into a diamond.' Or something like that, anyway. A voice in the back of my mind kept telling me that I shouldn't open it, that it was too private, but I want to so badly. "Fuck..." I sigh and place it on my nightstand. I take a shower and get dressed. While in there I decided that I'll just leave it on her door and leave on my way to scout out where my next gig is going to be. I put my shoes on, grab my coat, and open the door. I'm met with the blonde that was here only a few hours ago, I sigh. "What do you want?" She smiles and bites her lip. "I was thinking that maybe toni-" I put my hand up and step past her. I close my door. "I'm busy." She seems a bit surprised. "I told you that last night was only a one time thing, I don't sleep with girls more than once." She lets out a grumble and I begin to walk, she grabs my arm and I roll my eyes. "I thought what we had was good! You're just gonna throw it all out?? Did you not have a good time??!?" I chuckle and snag my arm out of her grip. "I did have fun, but I also had fun a few hours later with a redhead, and yesterday some chick with blue hair. Like I said..." I turn and continue to walk down the hall towards the stairs. "It was a one time thing." I make my way down the stairs and go to put it on the door. Before I know it I'm knocking on her door. "Shit..." it's too late to leave now. My feet for some reason won't move and my hand continues to knock on the door. I hear a click and it opens. Holy shit. She's wearing silky short shorts and a matching top, she has no bra on and I can practically feel her nipples looking at me. "What do you want Greyson?" Her voice snaps me out of my dirty thoughts. I clear my throat and rub the back of my neck. "Umm...oh yeah." I lift up the necklace and dangle it in front of her. " You umm...dropped this at the gym." Her eyes go wide, her cheeks turn pink, and her hand flies to her chest. "I...." She hold her hand out and I drop it into her palm. "Thank you..." she looks up at me and blinks. "I-I would've gone mad if I hadn't been able to find it." She lifts it up to her neck and puts it on. My eyes go back to her chest, I gulp and shake my head. "Umm...yeah no problem." I turn to walk away but I stop myself. "Who's in it?" I tilt my head and she looks confused. "The umm...the necklace who's in it?" She looks down and there is a sad smile on her face. "My Mom when she was healthy..." she traces the T like I had done earlier. "Oh...I'm..." before I could apologize for her loss my phone rings. "Shit..." my manager is calling me and I answer it. "Yeah...what's up. Oh? Alright...what time? Okay sounds good. See ya." I end the call and shove my phone in my pocket. "I'll see ya around." I walk away and head for the elevator, once in the lobby I see my buddy out front. I get in his car and smile, we do our handshake and he's off. "You ready loser? I heard there are gonna be models here tonight, like actual model!" He's very ecstatic when it comes to women. I shrug. "I mean I did kind fuck some girl aaaaall night...so I'll probably be good on that tonight." I chuckle and look out the window, truth is I didn't really like seeing the bags under Tessa's eyes. I felt bad because I know I've been keeping her up all night. I mean I guess that's what happens when you live under someone like me. I try to brush off all these weird feelings of guilt I've been having lately, guilt over a girl that hates my guts. For some reason all I could think about was what her mouth would feel like on mine, or what her nice ass would feel like on my lap. "Hey man...did you catch anything I just said?" Jake pulls me out of my thoughts. "Huh? Sorry man...I was just thinking about how worried I am about tonight..." I lied. I need to get this fucking girl out of my head. "I was telling you that there will be an after party tonight if you wanna go...but judging by how you're acting I'd say you definitely need to go." He chuckled.
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The show was absolutely amazing, that was probably one of the best shows we've played in a while. All sweaty and tired I pull my hoodie over my head. "Yo, I'm gonna head back home to take a shower and I'll meet you at the party." I nod and give Jake a fist bump before grabbing a water and heading out. I wave down a cab and tell him where my building is. I rub the aching muscles in my neck and yawn, damn am I tired. Once we arrived I thank him and give the guy a generous tip, considering I got sweat all on his seat, and some chick threw up on my shoe when we were getting pictures done. I go to the elevator when I notice it closing, I stick my hand in the way and it opens. There she is, Tessa. She sighs and I chuckle. "We really gotta stop meeting like this." I hit the button for my floor. I turn, expecting to see her scowling at me, but she's not she looks like she's been crying. "Hey Tess...what's wrong?" She looks at her feet and doesn't say a word. "Something happen today?" Her jaw clenches and she wipes her nose. "Mind your own business." What the fuck. I was just trying to be nice and here she is being a bitch. "Fine, suit yourself." We stand in silence as the elevator dings when it passes each floor. I glance at her and sigh. "Ya know I was just trying to be nice, kinda hinting that it looks like you need to talk about something and I'm willing to listen." She laughs and it catches me off guard. "Yeah sure, like you actually care. You just want me to be all vulnerable so you can try to get in my pants. Men like you don't care Ca- fuck. J-just leave me the fuck alone...." Just like that the door opens on her floor and she gets out, leaving me there more confused than ever. "What is up with women." I shake my head and the door closes.
Whatever happened to her really had her shaken up, maybe I'll check on her later when she cools off.