Chasing Lyrics (Music & Lyrics #1) (4 page)

Chapter
7

‘People
don’t know a love like ours, it is unique in its entirety.’

Tanner -

     As soon as we get inside
and assume our creative positions, my phone rings. It’s my modeling agent,
Chauncey. “Hello Ma’am.”

     She says, with her two
packs a day voice, “Hello, handsome. Listen, I just got off the phone with
Shelby. She is the marketing director for The Gap. She wants you. I mean, she
wants to hire you for a shoot.”

     My mouth falls open, I
say, “The Gap? Holy crap, that’s huge!” I look at Lyrics and she is all ears
waiting to hear the news.

     Chauncey says, “There is
one thing, honey, this is a six-month shoot that will require you to be
traveling and shooting for six months straight. I know how you feel about
traveling but this is a big deal. We stand to make a lot of money from this,
kid.” I pause and can’t take my eyes off Lyrics. I shake my head and cannot force
a noise to exit my mouth. Chauncey says, “The shoot starts next week in Spain. It
is only six months kid. Why don’t you think about it for a few hours and call
me later. I need an answer before the end of today. If you don’t take it, one
of the fifty thousand other models will.”

     I say, “I will call you
shortly. Thank you, Ms. Chauncey.”

     When I put the phone down,
Lyrics asks me what Chauncey said. I shake my head and say, “Doesn’t matter, I
am not taking it.”

      She asks, “What is it?”

     Trying to play it down, I
shrug my shoulders and say, “The Gap wants me to be their male model for an
epic shoot.”

     Lyrics jumps up and does a
celebratory dance. She tilts her head and asks, “Why in the world wouldn’t you
take it?”

     I look down and say, “It’s
for six months, traveling all over the world shooting. No way am I leaving you
for six months.”

     She looks at me and says,
“Tanner Staff, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity for you. Please don’t
make me the reason you miss this. The Gap is huge! You have changed your plans
enough for me. I want you to do something for you. Do you want to do this?”

     I catch her eyes and say,
“Never been away from you for that long, and we just…you know…I want to take
the job but not more than being with you.”

     Lyrics puts her hand on my
heart and says, “Tan, I have waited sixteen years for you. What do you think
six months will change?”

     Eighty-two things run
through my head, number one being Tyler. I have to take this opportunity. Big
bucks will mean more time for music with Lyrics when I return. I say, “Do you
think I should take it? Will you be here when I get back?”

      She smiles and says,
“Hell yes, you should take it and yes, of course I will be here when you get
home! My songs will probably resemble The Cure a lot more than ever though.”

      I laugh and say, “I am
not singing with makeup on.”

     She pinches my cheeks and
says, “A face like this doesn’t need makeup!”

     I nod and say, “Okay, I
will take it. Guess I will call Chauncey back and give her the good news.”

     Chauncey answers on the
first ring. “Tell me the good news kid.”

     I grab Lyric’s hand and
say, “I am in.”

     Chauncey says in her raspy
New York gruffness, “Good, now I don’t have to murder you!”

     I laugh and say, “Yeah,
don’t think The Gap would want pics of a dead me!” Chauncey says she will send
my itinerary to my email with times and locations. Six months. I have a pain in
my chest just thinking about leaving. Since I met Lyrics, there were only two
times that we were away from each other for one whole week. My family would go
on a weeklong vacation every summer. I was so miserable without her that, when
I was sixteen, Lyrics started coming with us and has done so every year since. Now
the welling up tears in my eyes match the clamp on my heart.

     Lyrics raises her voice a
bit and says, “Tanner, if we are going to spend our lives together, six months
is just one drip in a bucket.” I can hear her sadness but she is championing
through this so I will too! I check my email and the itinerary is already there.

June 13
^th
– 18
^th
- Spain

June 18
^th
– August
20
^th
– Ireland, Germany, France, Italy

August 20
^th
– 27
^th
– Canada

August 27
^th
-September 6
^th
– Russia

September 6
^th
– 20
^th
– Greece

September 20
^th
– 24
^th
– Dubai

September 24
^th
– Oct
8
^th
– China

October 8
^th
–
December 12
^th
– Australia

I stare at the itinerary and
think this is going to be insane. Nonstop working, flying, smiling, and away
from everything I know and love! This is too much.

     I tell her, “We need to go
see Mom and Dads before I leave.” I say Dads because she has hers and mine.

      I notice her facial
expression drops and she nervously asks, “What are we going to tell them?”

      I smile and say, “That
they were right all along!”

      “What?”

     I laugh and tell her, “My
parents used to tell me all the time that one day that girl is going to be our
daughter for real.”

     Lyrics says, “Maybe they
thought Brent and I would hook up?”

     I push her onto the couch
and straddle her. “No! That was never a possibility; I mean really, you and
Brent? Did you want Brent?”

     She laughs, tilts her head
up to me, and whispers, “No Tanner, it has always been you. I think we should
not tell them anything right now.” Bam! Another kick in the gut from her simple
words.

     “Why? Are you embarrassed
of me? Do you not want to be with me now?”

     Lyrics rolls her eyes,
“Yeah that’s it, I am embarrassed, I mean who would want to admit they are
sleeping with such an ogre as you? I finally get the man I have been in love
with all my life and, yep, now I just don’t know! Grow up, jackass.”

      I slide off her and say,
“Really, Dylan, talk to me. What is frightening you?”

     Tears well up in her eyes
and she says, “I don’t know. I feel like if we tell people it will ruin it for
us.”

     I bring my face up to hers
and take her lips into mine. My heart is pounding out of my chest and I tell
her, “Dylan Brooks, I am so in love with you. I want everybody to know that I
am yours. There is nobody on the planet that can ruin us…except for us. You are
my best friend, my past, my present, and I can’t imagine a future without you
in it.” Tears roll down her face because she knows that she is the first person
I have ever said those words to.

     I wipe her tears away and
she kisses me, whispering in my ear, “I am so in love with you, Tanner Staff. Call
Mom and see when we can come home.”

     I lift her up and she
wraps her body completely around me. I make a beeline to the bedroom. “I’ll
call her after.”

     Lyrics says, “Weren’t we
supposed to write?”

     I smile and say, “Aren’t
we?”

Chapter
8

‘Do I
risk it? Yes I do! Is he worth it? Yes he is!’

Lyrics –

     The drive from Austin to
Beaumont takes about four hours and I have been nervous since I woke up this
morning. Not only are we going to tell our parents that we are in love, but
Tanner got the itinerary and he leaves in two days. Today is a Thursday that I
will never forget. We have made this drive a thousand times but damn this seems
long! Tanner starts singing and his raspy voice is perfect, it instantly
releases my tensions. He makes up the silliest songs, but this one was just
stinking cute!

      “
♫
My
song begins and ends with Lyrics. She stole my heart and I don’t want it back. Today
we get to share the news with Mom and Dads, I’d write it in the sky if I could.
She is nervous but I am certain. She is gorgeous and I am the luckiest man on
Earth.
♫
”

      I grab my notepad and
start writing it down.

      Tanner says, “Whoa, wait
what are you doing? You are the writer, not me!”

     I smile and say, “I am
writing this down for me to read while you are gone.” He smiles and runs his
knuckles down my jawbone.

     We still have a little
over an hour left on our drive when I glance at him and he glances at me. He
says, “What’s cooking in that head of yours?”

     I smirk and raise my
eyebrow at him. He crinkles his nose at me. I say, “There is something that I
would like to finish from the other day?” He looks confused. I reach over and
undo my seatbelt. He looks at me as if I am going to jump out of his truck, which
is lifted by the way. I seductively begin to undo the button on his pants and
slowly pull down the zipper. He has a smile as big as Texas. I lean in and lick
his neck then whisper, “I will not stop until you come.” He sighs and I feel
him growing harder by the nanosecond. He threads his fingers through the back
of my hair as I pull his hard, huge cock out of his boxers. He is so big! This
road is desolate; the chances of anyone catching us are slim to none. I grab a
rubber band from my purse and pull my hair back. He is breathing at a rapid
pace; it’s almost comical. I know he is shocked that I am the girl that would
do this in his truck. Truth is, this is the first time I have done this in a
car. I take his shaft in my hand and swirl my tongue around his big throbbing
head. With every pump, I bring him in deeper and deeper until he is hitting the
back of my throat. He tastes so good that I just can’t get enough of him. He
molds his hand to my head, fingers weaving throughout my hair. He is struggling
to keep his eyes on the road. I think he is driving about 35 mph on a 75 mph
highway. Never have I allowed a man to cum in my mouth before, but nothing can
stop me from swallowing every drop Tanner gives me. He doesn’t know whether to
hold my head down or lift it up.

     He says, “Jesus, Lyrics,
ah shit you feel so good, baby. Oh my God, oh shit, L.Y.R.I.C.S. please, baby,
oh, oh, I am going to cum.” I suck harder and wilder than I even knew I could. He
grabs my head and I feel his warm, salty appreciation gliding down my throat. I
suck on him again and his body jolts. Oh my God, he tastes better than I ever
imagined, and yes, I have imagined it! I sit up and he pulls into the ditch off
the highway. He rips off his seat belt and pulls me into him. He can’t stop
kissing me, and I don’t want him to. His tongue is so strong and demanding, he
is so easy to follow.

     I look at him and say,
“Thank you.”

     He smiles, “Those are
supposed to be my words.” I can’t stand how hot he is. He says, “Um, that was a
first for me.”

     I nudge his arm and say,
“Are you forgetting who you are speaking to?”

      Tanner chuckles and says,
“Seriously, I have never come in anybody’s mouth before…I never wanted to share
that with anybody.”

     I lick my lips and say, “I
am honored.”

     He says, “Believe me babe,
the honor is all mine!”

     “Hey, Tanner, the other
day, before you were IN my room…well that night I was so torn about the
feelings I have for you.” His eyes rise. “Not torn about the feelings but torn
if I should take the risk of losing our friendship, like is it worth it? The
thought of not having you as my best friend literally turned my stomach, but
the thought of never telling you how much I have loved you and how badly I want
to be more to you than just your best friend made me feel dead.” He continues
to kiss my mouth. I say, “You are worth the risk; we are worth the risk.”

      Tanner continues kissing
my lips, pulling my bottom lip into his mouth and biting it just hard enough to
send electric shocks to my very wet spot. He pulls back and says, “Worth it? Fuck
yeah! You losing me as your best friend? No way, not ever.” He interlocks my
hand and pulls back onto the highway. We are almost there. He looks at me and
wipes the corner of my mouth, says, “You gotta a little something right there.”
I start laughing and he says, “Just kidding, you wasted nothing!” A moan
escapes his throat, he drags his finger across my lips and says, “You ready for
this?”

     I say, “Hell no,
absolutely not!”

     He laughs and says,
“Perfect, me too! Um, would you go on a date with me tomorrow night? I already
cancelled our gig so I hope you say yes.”

     I ask, “Like a proper
date?”

     He says, “I have not taken
you out on a date yet, I mean a proper date. Geez, I haven’t really taken
anybody out on a date, well not a proper one.”

     I say, “You are leaving
early on Saturday; we don’t have to do this right now.”

     Tanner looks at me and
says, “Miss Dylan Brooks, would you please do me the honor of allowing me to
take you out tomorrow evening?”

     My heart sinks and I can’t
remember how to speak. “I…I…Yes, I would love to go on a date with you.” Words
I have been longing to say for many years!

     We pull up into the
Staff’s driveway. Tanner parks the car, then leans over and puts his hand
behind my head, pulling me in for a kiss. I push him off me as if he is on fire.
He says, “Ready or not…” I grunt. Mom comes out the door; Tanner laughs and says,
“Yep, this should go off without a hitch.” God, I love him. I take a deep
breath and exit the car.