“It’s been brought to our attention that our Noah…” He paused as the crowd roared at my name.
It took everything inside me, but I lifted a stick in acknowledgement of the cheers.
And then Chase went on.
“Our Noah is the only member of the bad who is…single.”
The crowd roared again, but this time some boos mixed in—no doubt protesting the rest of the guys’ marital status.
Meanwhile, I all but slumped to the floor in relief.I really thought he was going to out me there for a minute.
“Hey, there’s nothing wrong with that,” Jesse said in protest.“When you know, you know.”
“I happen to think it’s more a sign of his lack of maturity than anything else.”Xander laughed.
I stood up behind my drum set and made a few rude gestures at the guys.Sitting back down, I muttered into my mic, “You’re all assholes.”
“Wha-ho!Wait a second there.”Chase waved his arm.“You haven’t even heard my pitch.”
I huffed and forgot where we were for a second.“If it’s anything like what went down during soundcheck, I don’t wanna hear it.”
The sound of the crowd murmuring drew me out of the moment and my whole body flushed with heat.Shit.
Chase gave me a look and shook his head.
Jesse, for some reason, thought the crowd deserved some backstory and explained, “Today during soundcheck there was some concern that maybe Noah’s dick was broken, so—”
“But he’s totally fine, ladies,” Chase cut in, throwing a look Jesse’s way.
I buried my face in my hands and groaned.
“I dunno,” Xander drawled.“Maybe we should have him strip down and prove it.”
My head whipped up and I glared at him.I might’ve done some crazy shit in my day, but I would not be doingthat.
“Ha.Got you!Pretty sure we can’t do nudity.Right, baby?”Xander laughed and looked to the wings, where Harper was no doubt having a heart attack.Then he turned back and addressed the audience.“We promise you, ladies, everything is working with Noah.”
“Of course we’re just going by his word.We don’t have any firsthand knowledge.”Jesse laughed.
“Can I finish?”Chase huffed.“We kinda have a show to do here, guys.”
Jesse gestured grandly that Chase had the floor.
Meanwhile, I searched for the closest exit, wondering if anyone would notice if I pulled the fire alarm.Probably too many witnesses.Check that, definitely too many cellphone cameras pointed my way.
“Right.So Noah is the only single member of the group, and we’ve been assured he has a working penis.”Chase paused to laugh.
I flipped him off again.I wished that the ground would open up and swallow me—drums and all.Hell was probably nice this time of year.Not much different from summer in Vegas I’d bet.
That Cheshire grin was back on Chase’s face.“So here’s the deal.We want any women who are interested in having a date with Noah to email us via our website.Give us a little bio on who you are and why you think you’d be a good match with our drummer.Noah needs some love, guys, and we’re going to make sure he gets it.”
The crowd roared.
“I’ll marry him here and now!”
“Fuckme, Noah!”
“Is a dicking down promised to the lucky woman?”
