CEM Book Five: DARK WATERS

When Darkness Falls

Left to her own devices once the other ladies said goodnight, Rayne rode the elevator back down to her floor. Avi's official room was on the fifth. Ester's and Kate's room was on the seventh and Kirstin's and the boys' were on the sixth. She rode down past his floor. She was happy. Ester had apologized and asked for patience. It was simply going to take her some time to adjust to the changes in Avi's life. Kirstin and Kate asked her a ton of questions that she didn't have the time to even begin to answer. They were mostly personal questions and had little to nothing to do with Avi. That was a relief. She smiled when Ester invited her to breakfast and promised to get her a backstage pass so she could see things from the back of the house. That was the most exciting thing to her. She always wondered what went into the production of a show. Tomorrow night she'd get to find out.

Happy as could be, she walked down the hall to her room. Avi would be along soon and she could get some real sleep. She was planning on going in and getting settled and brushing her teeth and preparing for bed. She wondered what she should wear. Naturally she didn't have any sexy things with her. That would not have been right anyhow, they could do sexy things later in their relationship. Who the hell travels with those? She wondered if she should sleep like she normally does, which would have been naked. She didn't know if either her or Avi could handle that just yet. Maybe just a tank top and panties. She really wasn't sure. She didn't even bring a nightie with her on her trips. Why would she? She always slept alone. That was about to change and she was very happy about it.

The very thought of having Avi near made her want to swoon. He was beautifully precious and very affectionate as well as kind and thoughtful. He made sure she was picked up at the airport by the right person and kept in constant contact with her. He was always reminding her how important she was to him whenever he got the chance. The roses he gave her were perfect. She left them on the bus in the vase with that pretty ribbon. She kept the cards he had given her with her in her bag. It was all very, very sweet and she felt loved and cared for. He was perfect.

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It seemed to take forever for them to get off the damned bus. Mitch wanted to talk. Kevin didn't really care and Scott wasn't concerned either way. In fact, he seemed quite a bit amused by the interaction between Avi and Mitch. But Avi? Avi wanted to get his shit get off the bus and get back down to Rayne's room as fast as he could. He just needed to remember what room was hers. It was in a text that she sent him. It was on the third floor, right?

He was both excited and nervous and a touch scared. He had stayed overnight with her once already but that wasn't intentional. This time it would be on purpose. He had asked her if it was okay. She said yes and provided him with his own copy of her room key. That might have seemed a bit cliché to some but it meant the world to Avi. They had been naked together and very intimate, almost made love that next morning. They did some pretty interesting things together just that afternoon. Would they make love tonight or just fool around? He had discovered two sexual things that he appreciated doing with her that he'd never done before and he really enjoyed them quite a bit. Neither of them required intercourse but had the same result. The thought of either had him smiling a curious little smile.

Finally, they got off the bus! Avi headed towards the elevator with his guitar over his shoulder and his backpack under it. He made a slow beeline for that elevator as he was a little lost in his phone trying to find her room number and a lot lost in his wild thoughts of her. He stumbled upon the pictures she sent him and he nearly walked into another patron of the hotel.

"I'm sorry." He said reflexively and looked up from his phone to see who he had nearly run over. Kevin was immediately at his side. His hand was warm and supportive on Avi's back. It was appreciated.

"No worries Mate." The young man said happily. "I don't know about those things." He said pointing to Avi's phone. "Too much distra..." He stopped mid word and just stared for the second it took for his brain to process who was standing in front of him. "Aren't you Avi Kaplan? And you're Kevin Olu, Oluso, K.O.." He gave up, then when on. "That's Mitch and he's Scott Hoying You're Penta-pentatonix! Holy crap! I'm going to the show tomorrow. I can't wait. I got V.I.P. and everything. I love you guys, wait one of you is missing! How did I get so lucky? We are staying in the same hotel." The guy was having a real fangirl moment. Avi and the others all understood. Avi didn't have any patience left thought. He just wanted to get to his girlfriend. But, he understood his part in all that was Pentatonix so, he went with it. He was forced to stay and hoped like hell one of the others would shoo the young man off so they could all get to their rooms and rest.