Page 2 of Enjoying the Band in Lockdown

“Fuck, I missed you.” Xavier thumbed my cheeks, then my lips. Before his kisses found their target. Soft kisses morphed into hungry desire.

My man.

“I thought we’d lost you.” More kisses as he pinned me against the wall. Our bodies merged from lips to groin. I reached behind me for the doorknob. We might as well go back inside and grab the coffees later.

“No.”

“What?” I thought he wanted me as much as I’d missed him. Last night had been more sleeping than I’d expected.

“I’m not ready to share, later but not yet.”

Xav peeled away, leaving me breathless and craving a continuation of our conversation later. But, he was right. We needed to reconnect as us before our us multiplied.

With Australia in quarantine lockdown, and living together in the pub, there hadn’t been much time for dating and public displays of affection. Hooking up in front of, and with the rest of his band didn’t count. But it felt natural for Xav to take my hand, to escort me downstairs, and nod to the receptionist who’d been more than a little judgy yesterday when we’d asked for a two-bedroom room for five.

“Coffee and food?”

“Sure.”

“Sydney?” He stopped on the footpath, turning me back into his chest. The street almost deserted, I could hear his heart racing. “It got fucked up, fast.”

“Xav, I’m not going anywhere.” Only by closing my eyes could I escape his guilt and mine.

“You did.”

“Yeah!” He needed to see and hear my pain. “You made it bloody clear you’re ashamed of me. You didn’t want to tell your brother about me because you’re—”

“I didn’t know how to tell him. He’s my hero. Hell, he’s Australian rock royalty. I didn’t want him giving me shit about the other guys moving in on my girl.”

“Why? You’re the one who invited Devon to join us.” I didn’t need to remind Xav of my favorite form of sandwich. Two enormous cocks. At the same time.

Something that should be on the bucket list of every single girl. But it hadn’t been my idea. Devon flirted and Xavier extended the invitation. It only took me one time with both men to became addicted to my cravings.

“I know.” Xavier pulled my ponytail until he had my lips to his. I loved this about him. I loved how he knew what I needed. But I hated how much power he had over my emotions. “This is all new. I’ve never hooked up with anyone longer than a couple of days. I’ve never been into sharing with the guys. And I’ve never lived with a woman before.”

“Oh,” I mused. Again, his idea.

“Syd, this would be when you tell me about your past relationships.”

“Not today, okay?” I couldn’t put off the conversation forever, but I could probably squeeze out another day or hundred.

“Let’s go and find you that coffee.”

Half an hour later, Xavier laid his tank top on the dry sand. Creating our own little oasis within the sand dunes. Hidden from the world. Even if the other guys came looking, they’d never find us.

“Fuck, Syd. I missed you.”

My coffee cup empty, I curled up, head in Xavier’s lap. Our fingers tapping together in their own dance while I tried to respond.

“Last night was interesting.” Ignoring the elephant on the beach, so to speak. What the hell had I gotten myself into, and given the choice, why had I stayed?

“You thought we’d all want to jump you?”

I leaned up to see if Xav’s eyes matched the smile in his voice. “Kind of. I mean, you’d been without a woman for at least forty-eight hours.”

“A personal record for Jax, but I’ve been known to go almost a week!”

“Joking?”

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