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Hi everybody! Interesting reaction to Crash! Lol. Again, I hope nobody is mad at Garody in this chapter, their true colors come out just a bit! I also went on a route writing wise that I hadn't before, so don't be hating too much on me!
WARNING: VERY STRONG SEXUAL CONTENT!
Chapter Thirty Seven: Sin City Part Two
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
GARETH
"Beth, where's Melody? She's been gone for a half hour, I thought she was with you?"
Beth shook her head. "No, she said she'd meet me back here. Maybe she got lost or something." We were interrupted when Maggie leaned her head in and took a selfie with Beth.
"I love it, it's going to look so cute!"
"Have you tried texting her?" Beth asked, to which I nodded.
"Text, call, you name it. This is unlike her."
"Like I said, maybe she got lost, this place is huge!"
"Hey, look." Maggie nudged us both to look at her phone. "Who is that?" When she pointed at the screen, I went into a state of shock and denial over what I saw.
""CrashBridges #TerminusLasVegas officially became the best place to be in a zombie apocalypse thanks to LyricalMelody. Happy 21st Birthday! #newfriends #bachelorparty #Vegas #21 #hotgirls".
The three of us stared at the picture of Melody- Melody Silverstone-Blake, MY girlfriend Melody- sitting on some random guy's lap who had his arm wrapped around her, the two of them looked rather cozy together. I could feel myself break out in a cold sweat and my heartbeat accelerating, my emotions in a game of pong, ranging from panic to practically apoplectic, unsure if it was entirely from the shots. Lucky for me, I recognized the couch and the "Never Again" "Never Trust" "We First, Always" signs from the first level lounge.
"I know where she is." As I turned around, I felt a pair of hands gripping onto my arm, turning out to be Beth, who had a frantic expression on her face.
"Gareth, please, whatever you do, don't get mad at her! We've had a lot to drink tonight and it's just a picture, I'm sure nothing's happened, so please don't explode!"
She looked at me with sad eyes, I could tell right away she was one of those overly emotional people when she drinks, but I felt my anger subside a little. I nodded, patting her shoulder.
"You have my word, I just want to find her and figure out what's going on."
FIVE MINUTES LATER
"Oh, my gosh, Ve Neil is an artistic genius! They broke the mold when they made her. Edward Scissorhands, Mrs. Doubtfire, POTC? She's incredible! I loved the eyes when Jack Sparrow was the Cannibal King in Dead Man's Chest!"
"Don't forget about Rick Baker, either. Men in Black and Wolfman are amongst my favorite works of his."
"He's astounding! It's so cool how he and Eddie Murphy always work together for those multiple character movies, the makeup is so flawless I practically forget it's still the same actor!"
I walked up to see Melody still with the guy from the picture, the two of them engrossed in conversation with drinks in their hands. I didn't know what to do, but I felt myself becoming a bit angry. Why was MY girlfriend sitting on a total stranger's lap?! Not only that, but I just remembered about her panties in my pocket.
Looks like my little dare is now biting me in the ass big time, because my girlfriend is sitting on a stranger's lap not wearing any underwear and there's a very good chance he'll be able to catch a glimpse up her dress.
No matter how much I was wanting to explode, I decided to play it cool.
"Melody."
She looked over and beamed. "Gareth!" Melody practically staggered in the short distance to me, perhaps she had had a little too much to drink tonight. "Hi sweetie." She put her hands on my shoulders and kissed me repeatedly on the cheek, unaware of the stiffness in my demeanor.
"You've been gone for a while."
"I know, I'm sorry. I was on my way back but somebody bumped into me and I stumbled. Then I met Crash and he insisted on buying me a drink for my birthday."
"Hey there, you must be Boom Clap." He stood up and extended his hand out to me.
"What's he talking about?"
"That's one of my songs for you. "Boom! Clap! The sound in my heart the beat goes on and on and on and on and!"" Melody kept giggling like a madwoman, for some reason she found all of this funny.
"Gareth Mandel." I shook his hand, even though I really didn't want to.
"Jake, but I go by Crash. Nice to meet you."
"Crash is a fellow makeup artist, he actually won this season of FaceOff and is going to be working on a prequel to The Hunger Games!"
Great, that's just what we need, more unnecessary prequels and sequels.
"That's pretty cool."
He shrugged with a laughing smile. "It definitely got my foot in the door, that's for sure. I've heard a lot of great things, Gareth Mandel. You have yourself one hell of a girl."
I nodded. "Yes, I sure do, my girl is one of a kind." I wrapped my arm tightly around Melody's waist, staking my claim. "It was nice meeting you, but we better-"
"So I'll see you guys in about a half hour, right? If there's any problems, have the front desk call me and I'll send our butler Omid down to fetch you."
"Alright, good deal. See you in a while."
"Bye."
I gave Melody a confused look as soon as Crash walked away. "What's he talking about, Meme?"
She grabbed my hand, leading me back to the V.I.P. lounge. "We're having an after party, it's going to be so much fun!"
I winced and shook my head. "I don't know, it's late and I wanted us to be alone, what you said you would do to me earlier." Looking down on her hot little body got me both aroused and agitated. Aroused because of the sexy curves in all the right places, but agitated because this Crash character wasn't going away any time sooner.
"Hotness, it's only 1 in the morning! We're in Vegas, the city to party, and we need to live it up! There will be plenty of time for some good ole sucky sucky fucky fucky action, I promise! Just do this for me, ok?"
While I wasn't too thrilled over the idea of her and Crash hanging out further, at least I would actually be there, so it qualmed my nerves a little bit. Perhaps the ecstasy was kicking in. "Alright, alright, we'll do it."
FORTY FIVE MINUTES LATER, BACK AT THE VILLA
"What were we laughing about?"
"I have no idea, man!"
Glenn and Alex had been on the floor laughing for the past twenty minutes and kept it up.
"Wait! I remember! I used to wear my Domino's hat even when I wasn't working. I was attached to that thing. I remember one day Maggie was pissed at me and she put an egg in and smashed it on my head!" Glenn started guffawing again, especially so when Alex laughed so hard that Dr. Pepper came shooting out of his nose.
The ecstasy has definitely kicked in, it was more like being drunk and sedated at the same time, I think vacillating would be the proper word, and we were all staying hydrated. Most of the girls had gone to bed except Melody, Tara and Maggie, we were all hanging out in the lounge area of the villa but Melody was still talking with Crash, which was starting to annoy me while his stupid friends made themselves comfortable. I was so lost in thought that I almost didn't notice that Aaron was blowing in my ear.
"You alright, buddy?" I asked, briefly turning around to see Aaron had a sheepish grin on his face. Everything seemed in super slow motion.
"Yes, it's fine. I was just admiring your ears."
"My ears?" We both started laughing to the point where my eyes stung with tears. "This is so weird, I can feel every fiber in my body, I just wanna dance on the ceiling and paint the world a rainbow, then there would be no more fighting. Have you ever wondered what a human leg would taste like? It's probably much better than we think it is."
Aaron threw his head back and laughed. "It's official, Gareth Mandel is high and apparently a cannibal?"
"Not even close on the latter. What were you saying about my ears?"
"You have such cute ears, they're proportional to the rest of your head. The ears are an androgynous zone."
"Uh, thanks?"
"Not to mention your eyes, they're green AND brown, it's totally tubular!" Aaron started stroking my face with one hand and running his fingers through my hair with the other, watching me with dilated pupils. Even though I was feeling relaxed, I was starting to become a little uncomfortable.
"Listen, Aaron-"
Before I could finish my sentence, Aaron put both hands on my face and kissed me passionately. I screamed in his mouth in shock, stuck in that halfway stage between normalcy and tripping balls, almost frozen, but unfrozen enough to shove him away.
"Aaron! What the hell?!" This was starting to become way too much for me.
"Haven't you ever been curious, Gareth?" He wiggled his eyebrows.
"No, I haven't." While this wasn't the first time a guy had hit on me, it was the first time one had succeeded in kissing me, and it was all sorts of wrong.
"Well, I have. All I or Eric or Stefon have been hearing from Melody is all about your raging salmon."
"My what?" Everything he was saying seemed to echo and his appearance multiplied into three forms. As Aaron was about to reply, Noah walked up in his Jamaican colored board shorts and a dread locked wig that he sent Omid out to get.
"Ay, homeboys!" He said in a Jamican accent before singing. "Don't worry about a thing because every little thing is gonna be alright!" Noah, or Bob Marley at this moment, laughed as he did The Worm before walking out on his hands. Aaron cleared his throat, resuming our conversation.
"You know, your one-eyed trouser snake, I know you're aware of what I'm saying. It's "Gareth is so amazing in bed." or "Gareth is the best lover I've ever had" or "I love it when Gareth chokes me with his sausage."
"WHAT?! SHE SAID THAT?! MEL-"
Aaron clasped his hand over my mouth, shushing me. "Keep it down! I put my own variation on that last one. Naturally, you can't blame me for being curious. There's nothing to worry about, the three of us are polyamorous."
I pushed his hand off. "I'm sorry, Aaron. You're not a bad looking guy, you've kind of got an L.L. Bean meets Matthew McConaughey vibe, but I don't play for that team. I have Melody." The goofiest grin spread across my face as I started thinking about her. There was so much that I loved. How kind and thoughtful she is, her smile, her stunning eyes, her beautiful breasts, the way she's not afraid to be herself, or especially how she feels in my arms. "Melody, Melody, Melody. I have her." I began laughing thinking about how wonderful she is. "She's my girl, my princess queen. I'm gonna marry her and take care of her and all the kids we're gonna have. I love her."
Aaron nodded, patting me on the shoulder. "I know, Gareth. It's about time she found herself a good man, which you definitely are."
I was crazy for this girl and there wasn't going to be a damn thing to come between us.
"Animaniacs? I was obsessed with them when I was a kid! It's how I learned the state capitals!"
I looked over to see Melody holding onto Crash's wrist, checking out the tattoos on the inside of his forearm. It seemed innocent until he asked her if she wanted to see the rest. She nodded with a smile. "Hell yes! Take your shirt off!"
Even though I knew nothing would happen, the lion of jealousy roared within me and I couldn't just stand back, watching this scene idly. My feet moved faster than my mind, practically storming over. Melody heard me approach and smiled.
"Hot Lips, check out Crash's ink! They're so eclectic, he's got the whole Tiny Toons cast on-"
I grabbed her by the wrist and dragged her away before she could finish speaking. Who knew where this was about to go, but I had to put a stop to it and let my feelings be known.
"Gareth, what's the matter with you?" She asked as I flung us in the master suite and locked the door. Cursing myself for being less persistent about Crash not joining the after party, my head was swimming with insecurities.
He was taking off his shirt, it'll only be a matter of time before he takes off pants and tries to coax Melody out of hers.
"What's the matter with me is that you're hanging all over that guy when you're already spoken for!"
"Huh? What are you talking about? I'm not hanging all over him!"
"Yes, you are! You two looked pretty cozy when I found you sitting on his lap at Terminus, not to mention the Instagram picture, and you've been talking to him since we got back here. What's so special about him? His eyes, his smile, or his head to toe body art? If you wanted a rock star in the making, tell me now and I'll unlock that damn bracelet I just gave you so you can fuck who you want!" Without thinking, I cleared the dresser countertop in one fell swoop, crashing Melody's music box to the floor, her jewelry strewn everywhere.
She flinched a little but didn't seem too concerned as she placed a gentle hand on my arm, turning me to face her. "Honey, please calm down. I have never seen you this exasperated before, what is going on? It has to be more than Crash and I don't get why you're so jealous, there's nothing to worry about. Are you on something?"
"No, I won't calm down!" I flung her hand off of me and started pacing around the room, annoyed with how nonchalant her demeanor was. "I worry about you, I really do... Sometimes you're this clueless little puppy that has no idea what's going on around you!"
"What are you talking about?"
"I see the way men look at you, Melody. Dave the pizza guy from movie night, Shane at the Monster Mash Bash, even Rick! Your own brother-in-law! No wonder he paid me to take you out!"
It took a moment for me to realize what I had said and I could have thrown myself out the window. Melody appeared in shock, trying to find something to say.
"Wait, what?"
I shook my head, knowing I had to divert this quickly before everything came out and she exploded. "I said it's sick, he's known you since you were an infant and he's got a hard on for you! How Lori doesn't say anything is a mystery to me, perhaps she doesn't notice. You don't see it, but we all do. I don't know if you're unaware or choose to ignore it, but your mannerisms draw men to you. Overall, your bubbly and sweet personality makes you unintentionally flirtatious. That little sashay in your walk or when your voice gets sugary Minnie Mouse or how your tits are so huge they press up against every guy you hug even if you don't mean to. It's like that with them and it's exactly like that with Crash, too."
Without even thinking, I grabbed her face, squishing her cheeks in my trembling hands, causing her face to shake slightly. "Melody, don't you realize how much you mean to me? I knew that I wanted to be with you since the moment we met, that I had to have you, all Crash wants to do is fuck you and leave!"
"Gareth, you're squeezing my face! Nothing happened!"
"I fucking love you! Next to Autumn Montana, you are my everything. I'd sooner die than lose you." Laughing taunts rang throughout my ears, saying how I wasn't good enough, that Melody was too good to be true and that she'd do exactly what Theresa did while a more soothing voice tried to convince me otherwise. The earlier love and euphoria had been overshadowed by intense accusations and paranoia, complete with hot flashes and a spinning room.
She shook her head, putting her hands on my shoulders, and I could have sworn a tiny trail of tears was streaming down her face. "You never have to worry about losing me. How could you even think that?" Melody ran her fingers through the bottom of my hair, clearly upset by my rage. "No other man has done for me what you have, not even my father, and no man probably ever will, either. You're my guy and I'd never let anything come between us, I promise you."
"I can't lose you... I'm not going to." I pulled her in, crashing our lips together in a brusque kiss, my hands groping all over her body. My mind was still a blur, but I did hear that sex on E is supposed to be out of this world, except hearing and experimenting are two totally different things.
Pushing Melody back on the bed, I hiked that sexy little black dress up and dived between her legs. Her moans cut off any inquiries she had as I devoured her womanhood, this was perhaps where me taking her panties paid off, as well as having worn my vibrating barbell. Licking circles around her lips, flicking her clit ever so lightly, sucking it in between my teeth while my tongue and fingers swirled inside her, turning myself into a ravenous animal as I lapped up her honey-vanilla flavor.
Melody quivered above me, unable to keep still, her legs tightening around my neck as she grabbed my hair to pull me in closer, but I wasn't going to let her have any control. Without my mouth leaving her sweet spot, I managed to maneuver us so I was fully laying down on the bed with Melody sitting on my face. I had been a little reluctant to ever try this position since it was how I walked in on Theresa and Sam, but I wanted her entire taste, and Melody's sighs of pleasure were a great indicator that she enjoyed it as well. Besides, it was as good of time as any to get her out of her comfort zone for what I was about to do next.
"Get me out, now." I had never been this demanding, especially in bed, but it felt almost right in a sick way. I began kissing up her pelvis as Melody reached behind her, unbuckling my belt and unzipping my pants. Once she pulled my erection out of my boxer briefs, I moved her body until I was inside her at full salute. My hands secured on her waist, she tried to ride me, but I wouldn't allow it.
"Come on, baby. Be a good girl and give Daddy what he wants. Let me have my way with you."
"Wait, what?" She looked down on me with a confused expression. "Did you just-"
I thrust upward, causing her to let out a loud gasp and bite her lip. It had been done as a diversion tactic, I was feeling idiotic for that "Daddy" comment, but she seemed to be enjoying this. She synchronized the movements with my thrusts as much as I would allow her, both of us wholly aroused. Pulling down the front of her dress, I massaged her huge boobs, teasing her nipples with my fingers and tongue as she clawed at my chest.
"Babe, I think I'm gonna cum. I'm gonna cum on your huge cock!" Melody pushed me down, grinding on me faster, her dress scrunched up, our tongues crossing madly in the others mouth. I looked up in the mirror on the ceiling, wanting to smirk with pride over the whole scene. If somebody told me ten years ago that a gorgeous almost naked hottie would be riding me, I'd tell them they were lying. With Mia, it hadn't been emotional and with Theresa what started out great had all turned out to be a lie, but what Melody and I had was real.
Everything outside that door was irrelevant, I couldn't give a fuck if Alex was out there making an ass out of himself or what the hell happened to Crash and his stupid friends. What I would give to knock that guy's lights out, but shouldn't I be annoyed with both of them? There was obviously a mutual attraction, but then again, there was something Melody wanted to give me that I knew no other man had. Feeling her tighten, I pulled away and looked up, her cheeks rosy red and her breathing ragged, anxious to continue and release.
"Melody, you know that thing you were suggesting? I want to do it."
"What? You mean-"
"Yeah, I do." I flipped her over on all fours and pulled the dress all the way off until she was fully naked, then grabbed a bottle of Astroglide from the nightstand drawer (one of the luxuries of being in the Playboy Sky Villa), coating my member to slicked perfection. "You still want to, right?"
"Yes, Gareth. I love you and you're supposed to do that with somebody you love. It's ok, go for it."
"I'll stop if you want me to, if it gets to be too much." I was proud of myself that despite being under the influence and previously ardent that I still was considerate. Kissing my way from her neck down her spine, I applied some lube on her sphincter before slowly entering, my hands on Melody's hips to secure myself.
The tightness of her anal ring around the head of my dick was enough for me to lose my breath and my eyes cross, along with Melody screeching, burying her head in the pillows.
"Oh, my gosh! They never said it would feel like this."
I rubbed circles on the small of her back to relax her. "Do you-"
"No, keep going. I want this." She squirmed a little under my touch, trying to adjust to this sacred invasion of her virgin hole, but she didn't seem to protest, either.
This wasn't the first time I had done anal sex. Mia, my master of sex Christina Hendricks look-alike that inspired me to learn all the ways of being a properly skilled lover, had me bend her over the Starbucks counter during our one night stand. It had never even been brought up with Theresa. The only difference was that unlike my Melody, Mia had done it before.
I finished sliding the rest of my length inside, her whines becoming soft mewls. "Any better?"
After a few minutes, Melody had adjusted, having slowly backed up on me until she was stretched out. "I think I kind of like this. You can go a little faster if you want, just be gentle."
"I can, huh?" Grinning deviously, I began pumping myself at a vigorous pace, squeezing her butt. "God, I love your fucking ass... Such a sweet, tight, juicy little ass... And it's all mine, right?"
"Of course."
Crash doesn't have this, does he? She's mine.
"You've been a very naughty girl, haven't you?" I gripped her hips roughly, slamming myself into her as hard as I could, smiling in triumph as she vibrated against me. This is how a king should ride his queen, reminding her of where the force and power lied. I looked out the window to see Crash by the pool talking to Tara. When he looked up, I shot him my wicked smirk, knowing he could see the whole scene.
MELODY
"Yes, I have. I'm so sorry, Gareth." I felt bad that I had been neglectful of Gareth and his feelings, it was so unlike me. Maybe I shouldn't have had so much to drink, it definitely impaired my judgment. Even though Crash is gorgeous and there was some kind of spark between us, it was nothing compared to what Gareth and I have.
"Yeah? How sorry?" He began spanking me in sync with his grinds, harder than he ever had, which only made me all the more turned on.
"So sorry. I never meant to upset you." This was my first time doing anal sex, not like I haven't been begged to before. If Randall and Shane knew about this now, they'd probably die of shock, those two in particular having endlessly pestered me into doing it but I wouldn't let up. I was hoping child birth wouldn't be this painful, but the original agony subsided little by little, filling me with an odd yet newfound pleasure instead. He had taken any innocence I had left, but I wanted to give him this intimate gift.
With a twist of my hair, Gareth pulled me back on my heels against him, I was able to feel the outline of his entire cock at this angle, making me gasp wordlessly. "I forgive you. Tell me how you're nobody else's." Thrusting inside me and his lips on my shoulder, his right thumb began to rub my clit in circles while he inserted three fingers in me, the other hand doing the impossible task of grabbing both breasts simultaneously.
"I'm nobody else's. I told you, I am yours as you are mine."
"That's a good girl. Tell me everything I want to hear." His pace was a bit faster than I would have liked but I found myself powerless to his advances and meeting his thrusts, my skin making contact with his jeans. Gareth had always been such a sensual and tender lover that his sudden change up was quite surprising. It was obviously brought about by his jealousy, which I didn't know whether to be concerned over or if it was incredibly hot, but Gareth was definitely not himself.
"You're the best I've ever had, nobody has ever made me feel this good nor will they. Ahh! I love the way you fuck me, Gareth." I couldn't believe that now I was the one picking up the pace, bouncing on him faster. Maybe I was still drunk, but the current rush I was feeling was one I didn't want to end. My whole body was feverish, my limbs tensing up, submitting myself to the typhoon of pleasure.
"You're my little sex kitten, Melody. I've made love to you before, but I've never fucked you like this, not even on Halloween. You turn me on so much that I get hard looking at you from across the room. Hell, I get turned on when you're not even in the room." He tilted my head back, kissing me with such passion as he drove himself into me further, the combination of his cock and fingers had me on the verge of desire driven insanity.
"Go faster, Gareth. Fuck me to the moon and back!"
Gareth pulled out, leaning into my ear. "Honey pie, I'm gonna fuck you for the rest of our lives whenever I want to." Without any warning, he swiftly slid his fingers and shaft inside me instantaneously, deeper than I've ever been penetrated.
"OH, MY GOD!"
All I could hear was bells ringing and sirens going off when I let out a scream so loud that I was worried the window glass would shatter. My body shuddered uncontrollably as Gareth pounded into me, his orgasm joining mine. It seemed to go on forever, a paso doble danced with fiery lust and yet still exuded heart through its passion. While a part of me did feel a bit dirty, I also felt mature. My whole relationship with Gareth had been about me learning to take a chance with things and open up more.
Once we came down from the orgasmic rush, I collapsed against the satin pillows, providing a cool sensation to my burning skin. Through heavy eyelids, I looked up to see Gareth standing over me, still dressed but licking his fingers that had been inside me mere seconds before.
"Did you like that, Melody?"
I nodded the best I could, my energy suddenly zapped. "Mmhmph. I wanna feel you against me with nothing separating us. Come with me, Gareth."
He gave me a small smile as he fully undressed, turning the lights off and crawling into bed, tucking the satin sheets in before wrapping his arms around my waist, pulling us close together. I could have sworn he was saying something, but once I was in his embrace, I instantly fell asleep, on my way to dream of what's next to come for our future.
4:50 am
GARETH
I woke up to a blasting headache and my tinnitus (which I had obtained when a speaker dropped from the ceiling during the Summer 2000 community theater production of Oliver!) was exceptionally loud, taking a full moment of ear scratching to stop. It was quiet, everybody must be asleep, the brightness from the strip being the room's only light. My eyes stung from my throbbing head, I snatched my boxer briefs and button up shirt to grab some ibuprofen and water, I also had horrible cotton mouth, but I couldn't remember much else. The last thing I could recall was taking the ecstasy and meeting Crash, everything afterwards seemed fuzzy. On my way back from the bathroom, I stepped on something sharp.
"Damn it!" I hissed through clenched teeth, looking down to see Melody's music box on the floor, her jewelry strewn all over the carpet, which was how I remembered what happened. Alex and Glenn laughing their heads off, Noah as Bob Marley, Aaron kissing me, me getting paranoid over Crash taking his shirt off, which led to me lashing out at Melody, complete with yelling and taking her anal virginity. I was ashamed that it made me aroused, the feeling of being inside her glorious ass, but had it been done out of love or almost vengeance?
Melody was sleeping soundly when I got into bed, but the sight of what I had done left me in shock as I looked her over. There were bruises on her hips and her butt still fleshing out from where I had spanked her. It was enough to make me teary eyed. How could I have treated my angel like this? All she had done was talk to Crash and this is how I reacted? Sitting down on the bed, I lightly shook Melody. "Melody, wake up, sweetheart."
"Hmm?" She rolled over and opened her eyes to face me, but I could tell she was still half asleep. "Gareth? What's wrong, what time is it? Ow." Melody buried her face in the pillow. "My whole lower body hurts."
"Here, take this." I handed her the ibuprofen and the water bottle that I had brought back from the bathroom. "It's almost five."
"Are you ok?" She looked up at me, her eyes so doe-like and innocent in that moment, and it killed me that I had been such a selfish asshole. I brought her head into my lap, stroking her hair while she clutched the sheets to her body.
"No, I'm not. I completely overreacted last night to Crash and I'm sorry. I'm so sorry that I yelled at you and said all those horrible things, and then the way I manhandled you in bed. Can you forgive me? I wasn't trying to hurt you, I was high on E."
Melody blinked in confusion. "Wait, what? You weren't just drunk?"
I shook my head. "No. Alex scored some MDMA and him, me, Aaron, Glenn and Noah all took it in a shot at Terminus."
"I knew you were on something! Why didn't you tell me? What made you do it?"
"I don't know, I was curious I suppose. And then Aaron full on kissed me-"
"Wait what? Aaron kissed you? Did you enjoy it?"
If I wasn't so upset, I would have laughed. "No, I didn't enjoy it, it creeped me out. He's a good guy and all, but I don't take dips in the man pond."
"That's good to know. I should be angrier at you, this could have ended really badly, I guess I'm just glad you're ok. We've been together for over three months and I've never seen you get that angry, I didn't know what was going to happen next. At the same time, when you were doing it in bed, it was a real turn on." She kissed the scratch marks she had made on my chest earlier, sitting in my lap.
"Well, I promise to just keep it to the bedroom and on a very sporadic basis. I had no right to react that way, I guess you can say I'm paranoid and scarred from what Theresa did. I didn't mean to scare you, and I hope you know I would never let things get to a dangerous level."
"I understand, but there's ways to discuss things without flipping out and I should seriously take my own advice. You've seen me at my worst. I don't want you to feel like you can't tell me when you're feeling jealous or insecure. I'm not perfect and neither are you, we all have our faults, but all I've ever asked of you is to not hide anything." Melody put her hands on the back of my neck, her fingers combing the bottom of my hair. "I probably should be more conscientious of how I interact with other men, because it is unintentional. Crash is cool, but he's not you. After the pool party later, I'll probably never see him again."
"I know, and I won't hold back on something like that again, I promise. I wasn't trying to sound so harsh." I held my girlfriend tightly, inhaling her scent. I guess I should feel relieved that she was being so empathetic, but it didn't subdue my guilt any less. That and I wasn't too thrilled that he was coming to the party.
"Gareth?"
"Yes?"
"What did you mean when you said no wonder Rick paid you to take me out?"
My heart leapt out of my chest for a hot second, not knowing what to do. While it was bad to lie, I didn't want to destroy her birthday weekend by causing a disastrous argument, so I went with a half truth instead. "That was just me being an idiot. I was in his office that day showing him final proofs for posters, we discussed that he wanted to promote me and he happened to show me your picture." Hopefully, this would buy me some more time. Besides, I hadn't even asked Rick to reimburse me for a single date.
"Alright, that's no problem." Melody rested her forehead against mine. "I love you, Gareth. There's nobody I want but you, please don't forget that." She gave me a gentle kiss and a tight hug, the love radiating through us.
"I love you, too, Melody." I laid us down, kissing and holding her until we fell asleep.
8:45 AM
MELODY
Having thrown on my pajamas, I made my way to the Penthouse suite that Rick and Lori were in. After they left, some intense shit had gone down, Gareth's clusterfuck of emotions. I was scared by him when he was acting that way, but I know he had just handled himself inappropriately in the moment and it wouldn't become a recurring problem. Although, he was right about some things. Am I really that much of an oblivious ditz? Maybe this is why Kendall turned on me and was such a bitch, because I was unintentionally flirtatious simply because I'm bubbly. Does anybody else notice?
With the exception of kissing Rick, I tell Lori everything. What happened wasn't something I could discuss with my mom, Rosita would just call it passionate and I'll probably tell Beth later, but I knew the first person she would tell anything to was Maggie. Since we had gotten duplicate keys for each other's rooms, I swiped the key and opened the door, in desperate need of some sisterly love.
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