Chance Meeting

Six

Aerin was surprised and a bit more than disturbed when a security guard walked up to her and Ash once they'd chatted with Mötley Crüe for a bit and gotten a couple things signed by each member. She just about thought the guy she'd threatened earlier'd decided to report her at first, so she was even more surprised when he told them why they were essentially being detained.

        One of the Poison members'd requested they be held back for a bit once they were done at Mötley's table, which caught her totally off-guard. A couple whistles and a Cat-call brought her attention back to the headlining band they were still standing in front of, and she couldn't help blushing at the grins Nikki and Tommy were shooting at her. Nothing good could possibly come of anything they said to her, if those grins were anything to judge by, and she damn well knew it. That made her elbow the youngest bassist when he started laughing next to her, especially since he still wouldn't tell her what Bobby'd said that he'd obviously understood.

        "I betcha I know which one of them's wanting ya to stick around for a while," the oldest bassist in the room chuckled.

        "Hell, I'll get in on that bet," his drummer agreed with a hoot.

        Even Vince and Mick were willing to add money to the pot, a knowing smile on each of their faces.

        "And who, pray tell, do ya think'd wanna have me detained?" she asked, cocking a brow curiously as they took a step back for other fans to take their turn.

        "Well, if the looks he's still shooting ya are anything to go by..." Nikki trailed off, still grinning as he quickly looked down.

        Glancing around the room discreetly, Aerin watched none other than the Silver Fox's head duck down at practically the same moment. "Uh, huh–is that so, Nikki?"

        "He hasn't stopped looking atcha since this group was let in," Vince chuckled.

        "I'd say he's smitten, if I didn't know any better," his band's quiet guitarist spoke up.

        Flattered that they'd think such a thing, the young woman wasn't quite sure what to say as she and Ash moved further outta the way. She knew damn good and well the man she'd befriended and been living with for nearly a Year wasn't gonna let her even go back to the hotel till she'd talked to Bobby for a while. Then again, he knew how much she idolized and respected him, and not just as another rock star she'd kill for the bragging rights of sleeping with. He also knew how unlikely she was to make a move since, if there was anything she was shy about, it was flirting with someone.

        Once the VIP crowd had thinned out and pretty much everyone'd cleared out unless they were finishing up at Mötley's table, she felt her heart rate speed up a bit. Now free from the constraints of adoring fans, the Silver Fox rose from his seat, his gaze clearly focused on her. Even when he started heading in their Direction, she wanted to grab hold of Ash and not let him go as her Anxiety started kicking in, and hard.

        "I'm glad to see ya stayed," he said once he was close enough for her to hear him.

        "Not like I'd a choice in the matter, really," Aerin responded nervously.

        "And why's that?" the gray-haired bassist asked with a chuckle. "You're a grown woman, from what I can tell–ya can do anything ya wanna."

        "'Cuz Ash no doubt woulda wrapped my hair around his fist and made me stay, even though he knows I don't like my hair being messed with," she answered, shooting a look at her friend.

        "I'd take the kick to the jewels I'd get for it," Ash chuckled, grinning at her.

        That comment made even Bobby laugh, and that Sound was like Music to her ears. "Whyddaya say that, Ash?"