SHAUN’S P.O.V
I had been wandering around Burton headquarters for almost 3 hours. Jake and Bianca were catching up and Jesse went to find a hotel.
“Shaun what’s up man? I thought you weren’t getting here until tomorrow”
“I wasn’t but I figured this was the best place for Bianca to get her board.”
“Yeah good point. So where is she?”
“Oh she’s talking to Jake, she’s actually...”
“Hey hotness”
Before I could tell Mason who Bianca was, she had walked up and wrapped her arms around his waist.
“Hey”
Mason turned around hugged her and kissed her on the forehead. She leaned up and kissed him on the lips. Mason smiled and said
“so is that a yes?”
“Yeah that’s a yes”
“Are you sure?”
“Yes.”
“So it’s official and everything”
“Yes”
“So when people ask I can say you’re my girlfriend”
“Yes.”
“So then I’m your boyfriend”
“Mason”
“I’m sorry but if you found out you were dating the lead singer of Darrell’s wig you wouldn’t be able to believe it either.”
“Wait Mase didn’t you say that you were going to get to know each other better first”
“Well yeah but we know each other well enough to know that were not serial killers or anything so it should be fine besides it’s not like we’re getting married were just dating.”
“Alright”
I smiled at the fact that Jake just walked in and was listening to the entire conversation. I’m guessing Mason didn’t know as much about Bianca as he thought.
“You always did have a thing for snowboarders.”
“Yeah it’s a pity she can’t snowboard for crap”
“George, Taylor, Timmy!”
She ran up to them and hugged them.
“Wow I forgot how quiet Vermont was without you”
“Admit it George, you missed me”
“Yeah I did.”
“Wait so you’re from Vermont”
I cracked up laughing
“So Mase are you sure you know she’s not a serial killer”
“What are you talking about Shaun”
Danny, Kp and the Mitrani’s had put two and two together and were trying not to laugh.
“Well Mason you are the lucky guy that gets to date the boss’ daughter.”
“She’s Jake’s daughter?”
“Yep she’s the only one, daddy’s little girl.”
Mason leaned in towards us
“Are you shitting me?”
We all started laughing he was stressing it was so funny.
“Hey maybe you’ll make it on the global team now.”
“Yeah KP and maybe I’ll be castrated.”
“That will only happen if Jake finds you in her hotel room on tour.”
“dude what are you talking about.”
“duh Darrell’s wig is the tour band.”
Mason put his head in his hands and this was why he didn’t notice when Jake walked over.
“How did Jake have a daughter that hot?”
“She gets it from her mother, c’mon let’s talk boards boys”
The guys all turned and walked away with Jake including a very reluctant Mason.
“Oh and Shaun....”
Jake stopped short of the door to his office
“Bianca told me about you teaching her to ride and stuff so can you take her in back to the women’s section and sort out her gear, if I have anything to do with it she will ride with you guys when your training and stuff so make sure she is prepared.”
“Yeah sure no problem”
“And make sure she doesn’t kill herself snowboarding tonight.”
“Alright”
“Oh and ...”
By now I had walked over to him
“the band is flying in tonight so if she goes to a club can you go too and take Mase with you he should know what he is getting into.”
I chuckled, Mason got slightly nervous and well Jake just looked stressed”
“Your blood pressure is going up a little isn’t it?”
“Shaun you have no idea...Oh and”
“Jake I got it you want me to look out for her.”
“Yeah and since you’re doing that do you want to stay in our guest house for a few days.”
“Um yeah sure”
I was relieved considering Jesse had texted me saying he was having issues finding a hotel.
“Jesse can stay too.”
“Cool.”
“Alright see you later.”
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“Bye Mom. Bye Dad”
“Bye sweetie.”
Bianca yelled as we walked out of her house only to get a muffled reply.
We had picked up Mason, KP, Danny, Luke and Jack Mitrani from the Mitrani’s house. It was hilarious watching them squeeze into the back of the car.
“Ok so what exactly did we cancel our night riding plans for?”
“You’ll find out.”
“Should we be nervous Band Dork?”
“Probably.”
“So can you at least tell us where we’re going?”
“New York”
“New York?”
“Yeah it’s a hell of a town”
There was a partly concerned, partly shocked grumble from the boys in the back and I was too shocked to talk. We parked and I realised we were at the airport.
“Bianca I don’t think your dad would approve of this.”
“What he doesn’t know can’t kill him”
I doubtfully looked at the other guys and they looked back and by the time we turned around we realised that Bianca was out of the car and had changed into a red dress which if we weren’t doing something that could get all of us killed by her father we would think it was way hotter, but as for now it was the devil and it was taking our souls.
We began walking into the airport when I realised something
“Hey is that my jacket”
“Yeah I kinda claimed it. It looked good with the dress.”
“Is there a reason you weren’t wearing that dress when you left.”
“Do you seriously think that Dad would let me out of the house in this dress.”
It was only then that we realised exactly how short the dress was and I’m man enough to admit it, I checked her out along with the rest of the guys. This only made us hate Mason more for dating her.
“Ok so Bianca seriously where are you taking us?”
Luke started stressing a little.
“There is supposedly a massive party at this club called Arlo & Esme?”
“Um I don’t know if you know but you have to be 21 to get in a club in the states.”
“Well Duh.”
“well not all of us are 21. Hell you’re not even 21.”
“Don’t worry I can get you in.”
“How?...I don...”
Bianca ran off to hug some of the hottest girls I have ever seen.
I looked at the guys and they looked at the girls, we knew then that we were going to go, we had no say in the matter.
“You’re here and you brought friends”
One of the girls said while they all looked us up and down.
“yeah boys meet the girls, girls the boys. And this time we have to remember to bring them ALL back with us unlike last time, or dad will be peeved.”
“Yeah alright, Hey your cute your with me.”
Each of them picked a partner and dragged them off.
“Well zucchini I’m guessing since Camille claimed Mason I’m the lucky girl that gets you.”
“What do you mean bring them all back unlike last time”
“well once we went to the party in Sydney and we forgot to bring a friend back to Adelaide no big.”
Her complete disregard made me more than nervous.
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Before I knew it we were out the front of a club in New York the line stretched all the way down the block. There was no way we were getting in.
“Hey Paris?”
“Hey Ladies now we know it’s going to be a party.”
Paris Hilton? How the fuck does she know Paris Hilton? Paris acknowledged we existed and then we walked into the club behind her only to find that this supposed slamming party resembled a disastrous high school prom and I mean no offence to the prom on that one. Paris began yelling at someone on her cell phone saying it was their fault that she was at a lame party and the rest of the girls including Bianca stood in a line in front of us. The party was so lame we could actually hear everything they were saying.
“This has to be the lamest party we have ever been to.”
“You got that right B”
“What do you reckon 272.”
“Yeah.”
“Wait what’s a 272?”
“It’s code. Watch and learn boys, watch and learn...Alright I’ll take the music, Koop take the lights, Kate get us some drinks and Mads and Camille you take the floor.”
The girls dispersed like they were on a military mission. Bianca handed the dj a cd which he immediately began playing, it had like a techno kind of hip hop vibe to it and as if on cue the lights switched from lame prom to full on club, video clip style. The guys and I walked closer to the dance floor to see that Camille and Mads had gone from just standing there to doing the faux lesbian dance in the centre of the dance floor and before I knew it Bianca and the other girls had joined them. All of them had a drink in their hand and despite the fact that they were underage and drinking this was the hottest thing I had ever seen. Shut up Shaun she is just a friend and she is Mason’s girlfriend and Jake’s daughter. She threw my jacket at me beckoning me to come join in. I looked at Mason and he smirked, I threw my jacket at Jesse and Mason and I went in. Her movement remained the same as it was when she was dancing with the girls but now she was dancing in between me and Mason, within moments the rest of the crowd had joined.
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That was all I remembered from last night. I don’t even remember how the hell we got back to Vermont and how the hell I got this massive hang over. Shit what the hell will Jake think? I got up suddenly...bad idea my head was spinning and my vision was blurry and when I could finally see I saw that the guys were all on the floor completely passed out and that I was hugging a pillow. I managed to stumble down stairs only to find a perfectly pepped up and happy Bianca making pancakes.
“Hey are you hungry?”
“Mmph”
I grunted I couldn’t even remember how to talk.
She chuckled.
“Here drink this?”
She handed me a red drink I figured what the hell I can’t feel worse...I was wrong.
“Oh my god what is that?”
“Um a beetroot, banana, apple and anchovy smoothie, tastes like shit but chug that and poof! The hang over is gone.”
“Well yeah cos it’s scared of that shit.”
She put a stack of pancakes in front of me with syrup and began eating them with me.
BIANCA’S P.O.V
“So how much do you remember from last night?”
“Um the last thing I remember is joining you on the dance floor and getting up in the morning.”
“Well you’re doing pretty good for a first timer...don’t worry by the end of the tour you will be a pro at partying with us.”
“I don’t want to party like that again.”
“Are you serious cos there is this massive house party in the Hampton’s tonight it’s gonna be cranking”
He gave me a death stare.
“I’m kidding. So what time are we going snowboarding.”
“Like three weeks from next Tuesday...How are you functioning you drank more than I did.”
“Umm...Practice.”
Shaun just shook his head.
“Wait why was I hugging a pillow this morning?”
“Oh that’s because we slept together.”
He began choking on his food.
“We what?”
“Not like that, at least I don’t think it was like that all I know is I woke up in your bed this morning and you had your arm around me and wouldn’t let go so I had to put the pillow there”
He looked slightly relieved, still a little stressed though, he just tried to change the subject.”
“So do you remember everything that happened last night?”
“Nope all I remember is dancing, then making out with Mason and then waking up with you. When you think about it, it’s a rather entertaining cycle.”
SHAUN’S P.O.V
She was so normal and had such a lax attitude towards last night’s events. You would have no idea how much she drank she didn’t even seem hung over. It was frustrating the crap out of me.
“I do remember that Mason is a fairly good kisser though, not as good as you but he’s not bad.”
“What?”
“Yeah we made out too.”
“When?”
“Um after Mason dumped me for being Jake’s daughter.”
YES! I know it was bad to be happy but I couldn’t help it.
“What?”
“Yeah he said he didn’t want the extra pressure.”
“Oh I’m sorry”
“Nah it’s cool I mean it’s not like we were dating for heaps long or anything I wasn’t even sure if I wanted to date him. I think I might just stick to being single for a while...”
NO! Damn I can’t win with this girl.
“let it find me instead of me finding it.”
“It? what exactly is it?”
“You know like love, my soul mate...the person that I am 100% comfortable with 100% of the time. The person that loves me for everything I am and for everything I want to be.”
That was exactly what I wanted too. I smirked but I guess she interpreted it differently.
“I know I’ve watched 1 too many chick flicks but it could happen right?”
“Definitely. I mean that’s why I broke up with Summer. It just wasn’t there, like yeah she was fun to hang out with and I liked being with her...Most of the time but I wanted someone I loved to hang out with all of the time”
We sat there for what felt like hours staring at each other, knowing what the other was doing but denying the truth.
“C’mon band dork lets go ride.”
“Aright but mom wants me to drop something off to dad first.”
About 45 minutes later we had left a note for the others and were out the door.
“Here you better drive I don’t think I have fully recovered yet...”
I threw her the keys.
“And your wrong about that smoothie that doesn’t cure the hangover at all.”
“Yeah I know makes you need to pee like a race horse though.”
I chuckled at her comment that was until about half way to the Burton factory where I thought my bladder was going to explode.
We finally arrived and as I was sprinting to the bathroom I ran past Jake.
“Two seconds”
I yelled as I ran past. Bianca explained the situation to her dad.
“He needs to pee and I do too, tell Shaun I’ll meet him outside”
I was sitting outside on the bench waiting when Jake handed me some Advil and a bottle of water.
“She got to you didn’t she?”
“Oooh yeah. More than you know.”
“You’re in love with her aren’t you?”
I began choking on the Advil.
“Is it that obvious?”
“Not to her but to the rest of us yeah...Why do you think Mason broke up with her.”
“You spoke to Mason?”
“Yeah he was up when I left this morning...He did not look good and either do you where the hell did she take you?”
“New York”
“Hmm... well that’s not so bad, that means you look better than I thought.”
