45. Ash the model.
1305 Words
Stella was clinging to Ash, but she was truthfully thinking of Storm.
She looked at her thumb ring, as she made love to this gentle twin. She touched his face.
" You lost an eyelash."
They both laughed.
He touched his head to hers.
" You make me feel like a supermodel. Like I can draw the attention of every eye in this house and command the stage."
She frowned. " You don't want to race cars do you?"
He smiled. " You know me so well. No it's never been my dream.
This..all of this chaos, this is what I love. I like looking sexy in these clothes.
Making girls want to be with me, and men want to be me.
You will see, when you see what I can do out there, Stella just know this...you..you are my muse.
You inspire me. Now turn around, I will zip up your dress."
Even now he took care of her, here in the midst of chaos.
He kissed her neck, just as Storm had done.
She touched his face. "Ash you are going to kill it, then maybe you and I can find a quiet moment, you know to finish this little trist here."
" Stella, you make me want to go back with you now.
Maybe I should just tell them..tell them I am sick and can't walk tonight."
Stella frowned. " No way in hell. I need to see this guy in action!"
She smacked his very fine butt.
He grabbed his eyelash and ran back to make up.
" Ash, what did you do?" ask the make up artist.
Then seeing Stella, he amended it to. " Who did you do, I should say?"
Ash got angry. " She's not like that Jerry, she's special, she's the one." He looked at her softly.
Stella waved at him as she went to take her seat.
Stella blew him a kiss. " Break a leg Ash."
She watched for him.
When the music came up, Ash walked out first.
He strutted to the end of the walk, then glanced at her only once. She was beaming up at him.
He didn't smile but his heart was full.
The next time he came out, he was in a suit that had no shirt under it. He was barefoot.
Stella covered her eyes at seeing him, he was so very sexy and he was all hers. He did smile then.
The crowd went wild seeing him smile.
Stella excused herself to the bathroom. She fixed her makeup and looked at her reflection.
" I'm not going out with him tonight." She told herself. She felt very inadequate next to that sexy man.
She took off then. She saw the show was winding up.
She walked down to a cafe and got a cappuccino.
The waiter brought her a croissant too.
" Why are you here, and not at some party, where beautiful people kiss cheeks and talk fakey, fake talk to eachother?" he asked her.
" Oh, me? I'm just a quiet person I guess." She paid her tab and got up to go back to the hotel.
Her phone rang. It was terribly hard to hear, but she heard Ash.
" Where did you go, are you here at the after party?" He said anxiously.
" Ah, no..I got pushed out, so I just went for a coffee." She said.
" Oh, let me come to you then." He shouted over the loud music.
" No way, you have fun. Don't worry about me, I'm just heading back now. See you later then?" She said hanging up.
" Stella, what? I can't hear you, Stella?" He yelled feeling frantic.
She walked towards the hotel.
" Where are you?" She got a text now.
" Paris, where are you?" She asked.
" Rome of course. Why aren't you in my bed?" He asked.
She called him.
" Because Storm, you are nearly engaged. We made a mistake, or I did. I'm sorry that I seduced you. You are, were very irresistible." She admitted.
He said," I saw the picture of you with my twin. You are still wearing my ring." He smiled.
" Oh, no I tossed that out with the trash before I left." She smiled looking at that plastic ring.
" Liar, liar pants on fire." He chanted.
" Storm, I hope...well break a leg. Win that race, you deserve to have all of your dreams finally come true."
He said." Being with you...I think that was it, the big dream came true last night."
" I won't be your lover while you win that race and marry the girl. You know I can't be that person right?" She said quietly.
He said," I know, and who said I will win tomorrow, maybe it's time for Ash to win one."
" Ash doesn't want to race cars like you, he wants to be a supermodel.
He is very good too. Go easy on him...he's sensitive, he doesn't want to disappoint you, his big, stronger twin." She said
" I will see you in Rome then, and Stella...wear a red dress for me. I like you in red, my good luck charm, it will surely make me win." He said.
Stella hung up. She decided she would wear anything but red.
She did not want him to win that dumb race. Not one bit.
Drake called her on her walk home.
" What's up smella fella?" She asked him.
" Uh, hello...I don't think we should call names anymore, that was immature of me, sorry." He actually apologized to her.
She sat down on a bench.
" Did your daddy, die...he did didn't he?"
She somehow knew it.
He was crying. " Yes, he died a few minutes ago."
He was actually crying.
" I wish...I wish I could be there for you, comfort you." She said honestly.
He said, "Stella come home, I miss you terribly. I am so different now. Stella...Please I need you."
and still he didn't give her the words she needed....
" I will be coming home after Storm's race. I promised I would see him win and get engaged. I hope he wins, it's all he's been working for." She said.
She wanted Storm to lose that race. She lied.
" Then come home. I will give you everything you need. I will make you happy. Trust me." He said.
She almost laughed, but was trying to be sensitive for him.
" Drake, you can surely find a pretty skirt to chase for a while, while I am away. Please, just do what you always do." She said flatly.
" That's, well it might have been true once, but I am a new guy.
I'm celibate now. Have been since we got engaged, I'm serious.
I let you go...I regret that, not taking your pretty hand. I was a fool."
" No Drake I was the biggest fool there ever was. I trusted you.
I was so crazy at the thought that a boy like you could want to marry a girl like me. So stupid.
I was just a dumb girl, I'm sorry. That was so dumb." She shook her head.
" I don't think..I mean it's not so dumb really. I do want a girl like you..I mean not like you..but you, just you Stella. Please give me another chance to show you."
She wanted to yell at him.
Say the words, tell me you love me then if you really want me back, say it Drake!"
She was quiet.
He was quiet.
" Drake, how is Cash? Is he still there with you?" She asked.
Cutting him to his core.
" Oh, my cousin? No he's at the summer house with Kira."
Touche Drake she thought.
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