Double Time
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Brian was in the other captain’s chair watching his cell phone anxiously. Sed waved it around as he tried to talk himself out of the hole he’d dug himself into with his fiancée.
Jace had settled onto the sofa across from the captain’s chairs. He was on his cell phone too, texting at a hundred miles an hour and blushing again. He looked tough and so cute at the same time. Reagan wouldn’t mind sitting next to him for the entire journey to Topeka. There was a narrow space between himself and Dave, but not enough space for Reagan to sit. She didn’t think it was appropriate to sit between them and wiggle until they gave her some space. That left the booths around the dining table. The bus moved and Trey placed a steadying hand on her lower back as she stumbled.
Reagan shuffled to the dining area and sat across the table from Eric Sticks. He offered her a smile when she’d settled against the wall. Trey slid into the booth beside her.
Eric’s gaze searched Reagan’s face. “Should I know you?” he asked after several minutes.
“What do you mean?”
“New guitarist for Exodus End. Trey claims that you’re his girlfriend. Either you’re a close personal friend of Dare’s or famous.”
“Neither.”
“She entered that Guitarist for a Year with Exodus End contest,” Trey explained.
“She won?” Eric asked.
Reagan nodded.
“Are they hoping to use a hot woman to get some new fans?” Eric asked.
Trey’s arm wrapped around her waist and he drew her closer to his body. “I can see why you might think that, but they hired her before they saw her. Completely based on the merit of her guitar work.”
“Don’t think a woman can hold her own?” Reagan asked. She knew she was part of a male-dominated profession, but she didn’t tolerate double standards. At all.
Eric shook his head. “Never crossed my mind. I was much more confused by Trey claiming to have a girlfriend than by you going from unknown to a soon-to-be world famous guitarist. I figured Trey must be doing a favor for his brother.”
Reagan took Trey’s hand and looked into his eyes. “Why does everyone find it so hard to believe that you actually like me? Do I have spinach in my teeth?” She bared her teeth at him.
Trey pretended to scrape something out her teeth. “There you go. Now they’ll believe that we’re involved for sure.”
Reagan smiled at him.
The bedroom door opened and a petite blonde emerged wearing a sexy waitress uniform. The fabric was pink gingham with a lacy ruffle around the bottom of a short skirt. Petticoats made the skirt stand out and revealed her white thigh-high stockings and the pink ribbons circling the tops of her legs. The bodice of the uniform was low cut and showed off her cle**age—something Reagan had never had—to perfection. The young woman’s platinum hair was swept up into a sloppy knot. Canary yellow strands, the same shade as Eric’s long strand of hair, surrounded her face. She sashayed her way to the table and handed a drooling Eric what appeared to be a menu.
Reagan looked from Eric, who was perusing the menu with interest, to the woman who was snapping her gum and scratching behind her ear with the end of her pencil.
“What can I get you, sugar?” she asked Eric in an exaggerated Southern accent.
Reagan turned her head and found Trey grinning at the pair.
“Uh…” Reagan wasn’t sure what was going on. Eric had said his wife was kinky, not a waitress.
“What’s today’s special?” Eric asked.
“The sixty-nine is on special, sugar. Is that what you want?” The woman paused with her pencil hovering over her pad of paper.
“I have a big appetite today. I think I’d like an appetizer to start things off.”
“I have a real nice hand job available to whet your appetite for the main course,” she said.
“Does that come with special sauce?”
“It’s available with either cooling or warming lube.”
“Mmm. That sounds good. I’ll take the hand job with cooling lube, followed with the sixty-nine special, hold the orgasm. I’ll follow that with a thick sausage in a pair of buns with some extra cooling lube sauce.”
Rebekah grinned. “Excellent choice, sugar. Will you need any dessert?”
“I’ll decide on dessert later,” Eric said. “But you might want to grab the chocolate syrup and whipped cream from the fridge. I’m feeling artistic.”
Rebekah wrote down Eric’s order and then turned her attention to Reagan. “Can I get you anything, sugar?”
Reagan’s eyes widened. Trey burst out laughing. “This is Eric’s wife, Rebekah,” he said. “She’s just messing with you.”
“Tonight I’m Eric’s waitress,” Rebekah said.
“I’m Reagan.”
Rebekah winked and tucked her pencil behind her ear. “Nice to meet you.”
“Miss,” Eric said in a highly annoyed tone. “Is my appetizer ready yet? I’ve been waiting for almost a minute.”
“It’s right through that door, sugar,” Rebekah said to her husband. To Reagan, she said, “We’ll chat later. Nice to have a bit of estrogen on this testosterone cruise.”
Eric slid from the booth and slapped Rebekah on the ass. “You can expect a very large tip tonight, babe.”
Rebekah smiled seductively. “You know I aim to please.”
Eric wrapped an arm around her waist and palmed her breast. “I love you.”
They paused at the small black refrigerator long enough to collect a bottle of chocolate syrup and a can of whipped cream before shutting themselves in the bedroom.
Reagan scowled. “Does she serve him like that all the time?” Not that it was any of her business, but she was all about empowering women.
“It’s a two-way street. Tomorrow Eric will probably dress up for her and satisfy one of her kinky little fantasies.”
“Do you like that kind of thing?” Reagan asked. She picked up the menu Eric had left behind and found a list of sexual acts. She’d only tried about half of them.
“Rebekah is really creative,” Trey said. “And Eric is well aware of exactly how lucky he is. I wouldn’t mind engaging in a few of their games. Looks like fun.”
Reagan pointed to a selection on the menu. “I don’t even know what this is.”
“I could tell you,” Trey said. He leaned closer to whisper in her ear. “But I’d rather show you.”
Jace had settled onto the sofa across from the captain’s chairs. He was on his cell phone too, texting at a hundred miles an hour and blushing again. He looked tough and so cute at the same time. Reagan wouldn’t mind sitting next to him for the entire journey to Topeka. There was a narrow space between himself and Dave, but not enough space for Reagan to sit. She didn’t think it was appropriate to sit between them and wiggle until they gave her some space. That left the booths around the dining table. The bus moved and Trey placed a steadying hand on her lower back as she stumbled.
Reagan shuffled to the dining area and sat across the table from Eric Sticks. He offered her a smile when she’d settled against the wall. Trey slid into the booth beside her.
Eric’s gaze searched Reagan’s face. “Should I know you?” he asked after several minutes.
“What do you mean?”
“New guitarist for Exodus End. Trey claims that you’re his girlfriend. Either you’re a close personal friend of Dare’s or famous.”
“Neither.”
“She entered that Guitarist for a Year with Exodus End contest,” Trey explained.
“She won?” Eric asked.
Reagan nodded.
“Are they hoping to use a hot woman to get some new fans?” Eric asked.
Trey’s arm wrapped around her waist and he drew her closer to his body. “I can see why you might think that, but they hired her before they saw her. Completely based on the merit of her guitar work.”
“Don’t think a woman can hold her own?” Reagan asked. She knew she was part of a male-dominated profession, but she didn’t tolerate double standards. At all.
Eric shook his head. “Never crossed my mind. I was much more confused by Trey claiming to have a girlfriend than by you going from unknown to a soon-to-be world famous guitarist. I figured Trey must be doing a favor for his brother.”
Reagan took Trey’s hand and looked into his eyes. “Why does everyone find it so hard to believe that you actually like me? Do I have spinach in my teeth?” She bared her teeth at him.
Trey pretended to scrape something out her teeth. “There you go. Now they’ll believe that we’re involved for sure.”
Reagan smiled at him.
The bedroom door opened and a petite blonde emerged wearing a sexy waitress uniform. The fabric was pink gingham with a lacy ruffle around the bottom of a short skirt. Petticoats made the skirt stand out and revealed her white thigh-high stockings and the pink ribbons circling the tops of her legs. The bodice of the uniform was low cut and showed off her cle**age—something Reagan had never had—to perfection. The young woman’s platinum hair was swept up into a sloppy knot. Canary yellow strands, the same shade as Eric’s long strand of hair, surrounded her face. She sashayed her way to the table and handed a drooling Eric what appeared to be a menu.
Reagan looked from Eric, who was perusing the menu with interest, to the woman who was snapping her gum and scratching behind her ear with the end of her pencil.
“What can I get you, sugar?” she asked Eric in an exaggerated Southern accent.
Reagan turned her head and found Trey grinning at the pair.
“Uh…” Reagan wasn’t sure what was going on. Eric had said his wife was kinky, not a waitress.
“What’s today’s special?” Eric asked.
“The sixty-nine is on special, sugar. Is that what you want?” The woman paused with her pencil hovering over her pad of paper.
“I have a big appetite today. I think I’d like an appetizer to start things off.”
“I have a real nice hand job available to whet your appetite for the main course,” she said.
“Does that come with special sauce?”
“It’s available with either cooling or warming lube.”
“Mmm. That sounds good. I’ll take the hand job with cooling lube, followed with the sixty-nine special, hold the orgasm. I’ll follow that with a thick sausage in a pair of buns with some extra cooling lube sauce.”
Rebekah grinned. “Excellent choice, sugar. Will you need any dessert?”
“I’ll decide on dessert later,” Eric said. “But you might want to grab the chocolate syrup and whipped cream from the fridge. I’m feeling artistic.”
Rebekah wrote down Eric’s order and then turned her attention to Reagan. “Can I get you anything, sugar?”
Reagan’s eyes widened. Trey burst out laughing. “This is Eric’s wife, Rebekah,” he said. “She’s just messing with you.”
“Tonight I’m Eric’s waitress,” Rebekah said.
“I’m Reagan.”
Rebekah winked and tucked her pencil behind her ear. “Nice to meet you.”
“Miss,” Eric said in a highly annoyed tone. “Is my appetizer ready yet? I’ve been waiting for almost a minute.”
“It’s right through that door, sugar,” Rebekah said to her husband. To Reagan, she said, “We’ll chat later. Nice to have a bit of estrogen on this testosterone cruise.”
Eric slid from the booth and slapped Rebekah on the ass. “You can expect a very large tip tonight, babe.”
Rebekah smiled seductively. “You know I aim to please.”
Eric wrapped an arm around her waist and palmed her breast. “I love you.”
They paused at the small black refrigerator long enough to collect a bottle of chocolate syrup and a can of whipped cream before shutting themselves in the bedroom.
Reagan scowled. “Does she serve him like that all the time?” Not that it was any of her business, but she was all about empowering women.
“It’s a two-way street. Tomorrow Eric will probably dress up for her and satisfy one of her kinky little fantasies.”
“Do you like that kind of thing?” Reagan asked. She picked up the menu Eric had left behind and found a list of sexual acts. She’d only tried about half of them.
“Rebekah is really creative,” Trey said. “And Eric is well aware of exactly how lucky he is. I wouldn’t mind engaging in a few of their games. Looks like fun.”
Reagan pointed to a selection on the menu. “I don’t even know what this is.”
“I could tell you,” Trey said. He leaned closer to whisper in her ear. “But I’d rather show you.”
