Page 81 of Muse (Fighting Fate)

Aiden’s voice floated out from the kitchen. “Only if you’re not going to sit there and make out the whole time!”

We both chuckled at that. “I can’t guarantee anything, but I’ll try!”

I heard Lillian’s soft laugh and couldn’t help but laugh too. Mia grinned and snuggled into my side, remote in hand.

“So, how did you go this morning?” I asked her, curious.

A blush crept onto her cheeks, making me want to kiss her. “I had trouble deciding between the pill and the needle thing.”

I watched her without saying a thing, mainly because I had no fucking idea when it came to female contraception. Condoms were my limit.

“I decided the needle was easier. You only have to have one every three months. I wasn’t sure I could remember to take the pill every day. ”

I nodded. My mind suddenly went to what it would feel like making love to her without a condom. Fuck. I could barely keep my shit together with a condom on. I wasn’t sure if I could make it last going bare.

My dick started stirring to life. Wrong fucking thing to think about when her mom and brother were about to join us.

Mia smirked at me. “You’re thinking about sex, aren’t you?”

“Correction. I’m thinking about sex with you, without a condom.”

Mia’s irises darkened and she licked her lips. I groaned and closed my eyes. “Damn it, Mia. Don’t look at me like that when your mom and Aiden are about thirty seconds from walking in.”

I opened my eyes to see her smile widening. “Sorry. I’ll change the subject then.” She frowned in thought, then looked at me seriously. “So, what do you think the guy from Leighton’s has put on the table?”

I pressed my lips together. I’d actually been trying not to think about that too. “I’m not sure. I’m pretty confident he was impressed by what he saw last night, so hopefully Rich was able to negotiate a good contract for us.”

Mia nodded. “There’s so much to think about, isn’t there?”

“Yeah. It’s hard, especially when you don’t know what’s normal. We just want to play music.”

I watched the emotions roll through her. “I’m going to miss you when you go on tour. You and Aiden.”

I sighed. “I’ve tried not to think about it because I know it’ll only make me fucking crazy. Seriously. Six months is going to kill me.”

She looked at me with her big blue eyes shining. “Being on the road?”

I stared at her, realizing she was asking me if being on the road was the thing that was going to kill me. I laughed humorlessly. “Hardly. Until Aspen, that’s all I was itching to do. Go see as many places as I could, and play to as many people as I could. Now the thought of going anywhere without you makes me want to kill someone.”

She looked down at her hand fiddling with the hem of my shirt before meeting my gaze again. “We’ll make it work. I’ll fly out to see you whenever I can.”

I gently ran my fingers through the hair that framed her face, studying her features intently. I really couldn’t think about it right now. Instead of answering her, I leant forward and kissed her forehead.

“Seriously,” Aiden said as he came back into the lounge room. “No fucking kissing. I mean it. I’m not sitting here if you’re going to be all over each other.”

Mia grinned. “Calm down. We’ll behave.”

Lillian walked in carrying a plate of little pastries. She did these for us all the time when we were rehearsing at Aiden’s. They were fucking awesome.

We all settled in and put the movie on, devouring the lunch in no time. Surprisingly, Lillian stayed to watch the movie with us, but I had a slight suspicion it had more to do with watching her daughter be happy than the movie itself.

Mia snuggled into me during the whole movie. I knew both Aiden and Lillian were sneaking glances at us every now and again, but I found I didn’t really mind. Considering Mia was the first serious girlfriend I’d ever had, I thought I was handling it all quite well. I guess it helped that they already felt like family, but I’d been expecting the transition to be a little more awkward.

When it all came down to it, I think it was just Mia. She made everything easier.

When the movie was done, Lillian excused herself and disappeared. Mia stretched and looked between me and Aiden, her face a picture of contemplation.

“Let’s go to the beach.”

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