He thinks for a moment and then shakes his head. "Alright, fair enough. You've clearly got me beat with sexual innuendos tonight."
I smirk. "Well, you're easy."
"Hey!" He pulls back offended. "Just for that I'm going to make you work for it."
I laugh. "I can't."
"Can't?"
"No, it isn't the move right now for me to get into another relationship." Zara would manage it if I did but she’d be annoyed to have to pivot the narrative.
"Who said anything about a relationship?"
"Well, no one, but I don't like hook-ups."
"How do you know if you haven't had one?"
"I have a feeling." I say.
"Alright, how about a fuck buddy? You ever had one of those?"
"No."
"Hmm." He takes a sip and leans back in his seat contemplating. "My team comes to Nashville a few times a year."
"Do you need restaurant recommendations or something?" I ask, unsure where he's going.
"Nah, I'm thinking we could see each other when I'm in town."
"Oh, yeah, sure." I scoff as the bartender rings a bell signaling last call.
"And, I'm sure there's some reason for a mouthful of a rockstar to come to D.C." Duncan leads and I chuckle.
"Not many honestly."
He leans back looking impressed. "I don't usually have to work for it."
"And here I thought I was the spoiled kid."
He barks out a warm laugh and I marvel at how natural and comfortable I feel with him. Would a one-night-stand be so bad?
I mean, no, I know it would be good. Like, it would be really good. But, I'm more worried about after, would I be able to walk away? Or would I be in even more trouble than I already am.
Zara told me to come home and write a heartbreak album but every time I've tried I come up blank. I can't put into words how much the cheating hurt. How I thought I had finally broken through the noise of everything and found someone who understood the pressure and the fame.
But, he didn't feel that way about me.
Or, he found a better source of it.
"You've drifted." Duncan says placing his hand on my forearm and I blink back to the present.
"Yeah, sorry, occupational hazard." I shrug.
"Coming up with song lyrics?"
"The opposite. I haven't been able to write anything new in a while." But, that's not true, I developed a new melody this afternoon. I look up into Duncan's intoxicating brown eyes and he gives me a quizzical look. "Maybe you're right, maybe I need a shake up."
His eyebrow lifts.
