“You must kiss so badly…” His jaw drops, and I quickly finish the thought. “Even kissing guys and girls and more, you’re still single. What do you expect me to think?”
“That hurts, you know? I just offered you a roof, man.”
His puppy-dog pout almost convinces me, but I’m strong.
“And I’m grateful. I just need to think a little, try to organize my thoughts and do one thing at a time. We still have Ireland and England before that.”
“I’ll be waiting for your decision.” A.J. winks at me and sits down as well. “I wanna spend my holidays with my friend who sees me as one of the girls. We’re gonna do some shopping and skincare.”
“I hate doing skincare.”
“Lucky for you, I love it; Dani made me do it for a while, but now it’s therapeutic for me.”
“A.J., that’s not happening.”
“With the cold weather coming, you’ll change your mind.”
“Good thing I need to go to Brazil anyway, I’ll enjoy a week of warmth.”
“What are you gonna do there?”
He doesn’t ask to be intrusive, I know, but I don’t want to talk about it, not right now at least.
“I have something important to take care of. I’ll explain later.”
“Hmm... mysteries… I guess I’ll have to wait for you to get to my house to find out.”
“We still don’t know if I’m staying at your place, A.J.”
“Alexandra, you’re having PTSD, you don’t know what you’re saying. I’m gonna get my guest room ready to welcome you.”
“Oh, I’m going to have a room all to myself?” I ask excitedly, A.J.’s devilish smile makes me tense up.
“Oh, so you were fantasizing about sleeping with me?”
I blink way too quickly, stunned.
“I’m going to throw you in the Thames, A.J.!”
“Later. First, you’re gonna tell me how you’re feeling about this change of plans.” I open my mouth to say that I’m fine, but he cuts me off before I even get the chance. “Really!” A.J. raises his pinky at me, fully aware this is a low blow.
“You have my word, I’ll be honest.” I entwine our fingers because, for the first time in a long time, I feel like I can vent to someone who understands.
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Part 2 of 3: Complete!
The Vicious Bonds tour in Brazil was nothing short of historic. Sixteen shows later, our boys became the biggest-drawing boyband in Brazil this century. Yet, the keyboard warriors on the now-defunct Twitter swore Europe wouldn’t give them the same love.
But those naysayers forgot one thing: the French were absolutely wild to see Thomas perform at home. And of course Richard—our favorite shirtless Brit—had to tease them into adding an extra show on a Monday. Spain and Portugal sold out, too, even if the crowds were a tad calmer.
Their albumMade to Never Breakhas stayed in the global top 50 since the tour kicked off, and sure, “Maybe” might dip out of the top 10 midweek—but every time Alex and A.J. perform it live, it rockets right back up.
Now our boys get a well-deserved break before they hit the stage again in Boston. Let’s hope they drop some vlogs so we don’t literally die of FOMO…
Xoxo,
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