What is he up to?
I fiddle with my fingers when Axel addresses everyone in the crowd.
“We all know that one person who’s made us obsessed with them, the person on your mind the minute you wake up and the last thought before you fall asleep. I’m not girl-obsessed with anyone at the moment—” He stops mid-sentence when everyone screams, breaking my eardrums from all the way over here.
“I don’t think I have to tell you who’s girl-obsessed here because it’s pretty fucking obvious,” Axel screams into the mic just as Rowan beats on his drums.
The lights dim, and Levi runs back onstage, singing their top hit, “Girl-Obsessed,” while wearing anI Heart My GirlfriendT-shirt.
Shocked to my core, I stare, dumbfounded, at the computer screen as Trinity’s screams pierce my ears while she pushes my shoulders back and forth. I don’t know how to process what I’m looking at.
Is he wearing that just because of the mental breakdown I had before he left? Is he trying to make a point to everyone who hates me?
He’s making it really hard for me to not fall in love with him.
“Amelia, I’m freaking out!” Trinity yells as Stella jumps on my bed, feeding off Trinity’s excitement and my shock.
I don’t think the rapid pace of my heart is healthy as I refuse to take my eyes off the computer screen. He looks so silly but hot, wearing that shirt just for me. His tattoos, rings, and chains still make him look like his usual grumpy self, but the shirt makes him look younger and goofier.
The camera comes really close to him as the song closes out. Grabbing the middle of his shirt, he fans himself with it as he stares directly at the camera, like he knows he’s staring right into my soul. The screen darkens, and the only thing I can hear is the pounding of my heart and the ringing in my ears.
Stella looks at the two of us, confused, while Trinity swoons, “I’m deceased.”
Falling onto my bed, I pinch my eyes shut as a stupid smile makes its way to my face.
I’m doomed.
* * *
“Did you see?” Levi says amusedly just as his face pops onto my screen.
“Of course I did!” I whisper-yell, standing like an idiot in the middle of my bathroom so I won’t wake up his sister. Looking over, I find her still deep in sleep in my bed. “I can’t believe you did that.”
“I thought that was the best way to get my point across.”
“You nearly gave me a heart attack,” I admit, a blush covering my cheeks as I feel the effects of his darkened eyes when they peer into mine from miles away.
“That was payback for your question that nearly sent me to the floor.” He flashes me his pearly whites, and his tatted fingers run through his silky locks as he lies alone in his hotel bed.
I wish I were there with him.
“Yeah, yeah, that was cute. I didn’t know you had it in you,” I tease, making him narrow his eyes at me. “Okay, I’m totally joking. The bag full of pink Jolly Ranchers proved your adorableness.”
I hunch over and laugh against my palm as he sneers at me calling him adorable. I love playing with his feelings when he is miles away and can’t do anything about it.
“I’ll just write down everything I have to punish you for later. It seems like you enjoy when I smack your perky little ass.”
Heat gathers down there as his words wash over me like a golden sunset.
“My new mattress is being delivered tomorrow. Maybe we can test it out and see how well it can muffle your screams.”
No, he didn’t …
“What the hell, Levi? I didn’t think you were actually serious! You got a new mattress just because of me?”
“Of course I did. I always do what I claim. Whatever makes my baby feel comfortable is a no-brainer,” he says through the line, still somehow making me feel dizzy.
“When did you have time to do this?” I grip on to the counter behind me, feeling shaky.
