Intrigue

I laid around the rest of the morning, sleeping on and off. I finally pulled my ass out of the bed and into the shower around one o'clock. I heard voices as I dried off, and knew I wasn't getting the quiet, relaxing day I had planned on. The tv was blaring in the living room, Dunc, Kaner, Jon and Sharpy each had a controller in their hands yelling profanities. I grabbed a water from the kitchen and sat down on the recliner. "Don't you guys have homes?" I asked trying to figure out why everyone always felt the need to end up here. Usually I didn't mind, but today, I had an agenda at hand. I needed to get Alex alone. I was gonna go mad if I was on the west coast for eight days and still hadn't kissed her. It was becoming an obsession and I vowed to myself it would end today.

"New club downtown, be ready by eight." Kaner said dancing around the living room. Jon groaned, eager to dismiss him. I just ignored him. There was no way in hell I was giving up my free night to spend time with my teammates again. "I'm out." I stated simply and Duncan threw me a glare.

"You are in, whether you want to or not. Alex is coming. You can thank me later." I just shook my head, smiling. "Now make this time count, I don't want to hear you whining the entire time we are away" he said pretending to pout. The guys cracked up and I knew it was going to be a long day.

I decided to run out and grab some lunch. Jonathan offered to come with me, claiming the need to get some air. We jogged the four flights down, and I almost ran right into her at the bottom. She had her hair thrown up messily and was wearing sweatpants and a flyers t-shirt, which caused Jon to raise his eyebrows at me. She had glasses on which made her look more like a little kid. I struggled for words. I must have looked like such an ass. Jon spoke up, saving the silence. "So I heard you are in for a night out with the drunks." he commented smiling.

"Well Duncan is kind of persuasive" she smiled and walked past us.

"Wow Seabs, she is gonna be something to conquer with her Philadelphia charm. Good luck." I just nodded knowing this wasn't going to be easy.

A few hours later and I was rummaging through my closet trying to decide what to wear. I could hear the music pumping through her apartment, letting me know she was pre-gaming as well. Kaner came in and flopped across my bed. "What the fuck is taking you so long. Tell me you can't pick out clothes and I swear I'll fucking die of laughter." I grabbed a pair of jeans and black shirt quickly and threw them on. I was looking for shoes to wear when I heard her music shut off. I groaned knowing she'd be knocking any minute and my teammates were in rare form. The had already been doing shots and carrying on. I finally found them and slid them on reaching for the cologne bottle as Kaner went flying down the steps. I was about thirty second behind him and he had already latched himself onto Alexa.

I stopped at the bottom of the steps and couldn't help but check her out, head to little toes peaking out from black shoes about three inches high. She had on tight fighting dark blue jeans and a black halter top. Her hair was thrown back in a pony tail and she looked about twenty-one. I wasn't sure how old she was, but I knew she had to be at least twenty-four or so. We locked the apartment and walked towards the cars, Pat still latched onto her, urging her to drive with him. I ended up taking my truck, with Sharpy and Duncan. I threw her a sympathetic look as she climb into the sports car.

We arrived at the club rather early, so it wasn't packed. Happy to see they had a VIP section, I headed right for it, bypassing the bar in the process. I just didn't want the attention of the girls on the dance floor, already talking excitedly as we made our way up the flight of steps. I scanned the bar, realizing Pat and Alexa hadn't been following. I watched as he handed her a shot which was thrown back quickly. Sharpy handed me a beer and followed my gaze. He laughed. "You better step up your game bro. You know how he is." I just smiled at him.

"He's too young for her. She is a lawyer Sharpy." He coughed on his beer.

He grinned. "Well that may come in handy for his ass."

Five beers, three shots and ninety minutes later, I finally made my way downstairs. I was drunk with confidence and annoyed she had never even made her way upstairs to me. She was on the dance floor with Tazer, smiling and laughing at Kaner, who was almost fucking a girl on their right. I made my way out to her and grabbed her hand. She looked up and smiled. "Well look at who decided to join us" she said confidently.

"I was waiting for you" I blurted out quickly, mentally kicking myself for sounding like a pouting little kid.

She bit her bottom lip stared at me. "I can't help you have consuming teammates."

The song changed and I pulled her closer to me, intaking the intoxicating smell of the perfume that still lingered on her neck. She turned around and pushed her ass against me, causing me to lose focus and bump into Kaner, who promptly ruined the moment by shattering a beer bottle. She pulled me towards the bar and sat down ordering two shots and quickly handing one to me. Once the dance floor had been cleared off glass and Kaner, I pulled her back onto it . My hands held her hips and she pulled an assault on my body running her hand down my chest, turning and grinding herself against me. I knew she felt my excitement and she toyed with me, backing off and turning. I pulled her close to me chest and I could feel her hot breath in my ear, "the feelings mutual."

I leaned down to kiss her, my lips barely grazing hers when I was brought out of the haze by shouting. I looked up and seen Duncan yelling and a guy grabbing for Kaner. I slid Alex towards the bar, yelling for the bartender to watch her as I ran up the steps. The guy got in two good swings before a bouncer dropped him. Sharpy was screaming at the other bouncer for the VIP, announcing we'd never come back. By the time I finally got back down the steps, she was gone and the bartender handed me a note she had left. "See you when you get back, take care of you guys tonight. No bad publicity, I'm not an entertainment lawyer. xoxo Alex." She left her number on the bottom of the page. I just shook my head. It was gonna be a long trip. I might have to kill Kaner tonight.

Notes

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