26 Old Memories

{P.O.V. Jennifer Ross-Ryans}

After having our mindblowing sex last night, we ended up in the shower. Then we order some room service then we ended up having sex again. After that, we laid in bed and snuggled and fell asleep. Now it is morning, the sun is shining brightly in the room, and the best part is. I woke up this morning with Kendrick snuggling me from behind, and he is still asleep. I have been awake for about the past eight minutes enjoying him holding me tight.

"How long have you been awake for?" Kendricks asks in a sexy morning voice. Also startling me, making my body jump a little.

"Holy shit! you startle me." Telling him while trying to get my heart to calm down.

"I noticed." I could hear how hard he was trying not to laugh at me. Turning around, I lay face to face with him. "You going to answer my question?"

"Not long." He makes a 'hmm' sound. "It's nice to wake up with you."

"Oh, yea?" He asks.

"Yea, I mean, there was the one time with the alarm clock. But that day, you were a little grouchy, but here right now beats that time," Telling him, he lightly chuckles.

"If I remember that day correctly, I was only grouchy because you were a pain in the ass."

"I have no idea what you are talking about." Teasing him as I denied it. He shook his head playfully and held me tight to him as he rolls himself on top of me.

"What am I going to do with you?" He says with a big smile on his face. The answer I want to give him is to love me forever and never let me go. But I couldn't give him that answer because he doesn't love me. That I don't know for sure if I love him.

"I don't know. What do you want to do with me?"

"To do this..." He kisses me using a little tongue. "and a little bit of this.."

He starts to play with my breast. Wrapping my arms around him, things were getting heated up. But before they could get too heated, my phone rings. Moving away from Kendrick a little, reaching for my phone. He keeps trying to pull me back towards him.

"I got to get that." Telling him.

"Let it ring." Grabbing my phone, the ID says, Cassidy.

"I have got to answer."

"No, you don't just let it ring."

"She not going to stop calling until I do."

"Jennifer, let it ring." The phone stops ringing and starts again before I could answer. Kendrick tries, taking my phone away. He succeeds and raises it above his head.

"You can talk to her later."

"Please, Kendrick... I will make it quick." giving him my pouty face.

"No." The phone stops ringing, and my text message pings.

"Please.."

"No." I wasn't going to give up, so I tried to wrestle him for it. After a couple of minutes, I succeeded and almost ended up falling off the bed if it wasn't for Kendrick catching me before I did. Both of us kneeling on the bed with our chests touching each other.

"I win!" He puts his hand in my hair and kisses me. "I will be right back."

Getting off the bed, I put my robe on and called Cassidy back. All she wanted was to go out and explore the city. Agreeing to do that with her, I got dressed. It took a little convincing to get Kendrick out of bed and get dressed, but I succeeded in doing so.

Cassidy and I have been shopping and sightseeing all day. With the boys following us everywhere we go. It was Cassidy, and my first time in California; we are excited. As for the boys, It's not their first time. We were sitting at a table in a bar having a few drinks, mine being non-alcoholic, of course. It is was Free Play night; different bands and people came to play their music; whoever wanted to play went on stage and played their music. The only rules three songs for each band or single person. There were instruments on the stage for those who wanted to use them.

"You guys should totally go up there and play and sing," Cassidy suggests. The guys looked at her with an are-you-kidding look. "You both used to play in the same band. It would be great to see you two in action.

"You both definitely should." Agreeing with her. It would be great to see them in play.

"No, I haven't played in years, and I don't sing. The only one that can sing is this guy right here." Nolan says as he points at Kendrick. Kendrick gives Nolan a dirty look.

"You can sing? I thought you guys only played the instruments?" Cassidy asks Kendrick. Before he could respond, Nolan did.

"He can sing. He sang when our lead singer didn't. He also wrote all our band songs."

"It really not that big of a deal," Kendrick says

"Well, no, but it is pretty cool," Cassidy says.

"It was a long time ago. "

"Yea, it was. Were out of practice." Nolan pipes in.

"Kendrick not. He plays at home all the time." Telling them.

"Nolan does too," Cassidy says.

"Let me rephrase that we are out of practice. Of being in tune with each other."

For the next few minutes, we all debated about this. None of us could agree on it, so we flip a coin. Tails for no and heads for yes it landed on heads, and the boys ended up playing. They ended up using the instruments on stage. Nolan sat down on a stool with the electric guitar. Kendrick sat down with an acoustic guitar with the mic in front of him. Both of them, taking a deep breath, started to play. Nolan was right about Kendrick having a singing voice; it was deep and sexy. Nolan also had a good singing voice. It wasn't as dark as Kendricks, though. The whole crowd loved their music so much they wanted an encore. They ended up playing one more song.

After the bar, we all took a walk in the dark on the beach. We all went our own way on the beach. Kendrick and I ended up finding a spot and sat in the sand, watching the waves. With me sitting between his legs and his arms hold me. The question I have been wondering about finally came out.

"What happened to your guy's band? Why did the band break up?" Asking Kendrick. He takes a deep breath. I was starting to think he wasn't going to answer.

"I left the band after high school graduation, and Nolan went to college. Porter ended up with the wrong people. Zach also went to college, and he also was too busy trying to impress and become the man Lucia wanted."

"You guys never got back together?"

"We got back together after I came back home from England. Nolan and Zach both were graduated from college; I was starting college. Porter became a great photographer and was starting to get his pictures in exhibits. Then after a couple of months of getting back together, things ended falling apart. The people that Porter hung around after I left got him on drugs. He ended up overdosing and passing away. Nolan and I ended up in a fight and didn't talk for five months, and then we fixed it."

"What about Zach?" He breathed deeply and ran his hand through his hair. " You don't have to tell me if you don't want to?"

"It is not that. I don't think you want to know what happened. It plays a part in why the band broke up and the big questions everyone wants to know. Why Zach and I friendship fell apart? and Why Lucia and my engagement broke apart?" Hearing that part made my heart sank a little. Ever since I found out Kendrick and she were a thing, I have become protective about him and a little jealous. But I also want to know what happened, so I swallowed hard and took a deep breath. Preparing myself for the answer I seek.

"Tell me, please."

"My parents had an agreement with Lucia's parents. They arranged our marriage to one another. It ended up driving Zach crazy with jealousy. That he did everything he could to keep Lucia and me apart. It wasn't just him; Lucia didn't truly want to be with me, so she tried breaking the agreement off to... With time Lucia and I ended up falling in love, and I asked her to marry me. I wanted her to marry me because we loved one another, not because of an arrangement. She said yes, and we moved in with one another. Three months after asking her, I came home one night from the office working with my dad. To end up finding her and Zach fucking each other in our bed and home. I beat the shit out of him almost killed him. If it weren't for Lucia pulling me off him, I would have ended up doing it. She tried hard to explain the situation. I was so fucking angry that I wouldn't listen to Lucia. I ended up just leaving the apartment and never talked to her or Zach again."

"Until that day in office when she came to see you." I can't believe she did that to him. Not only her but one of his best friends.

"Yes."

"Where did you end up going?"

"During this time, Nolan and I weren't talking. So I couldn't go to his place and crash. I didn't want anything to do with my family, so I slept in a hotel room for about two weeks until I found my own place." He didn't have anyone to talk to, which made my heart hurt for him. Sitting up, I look at him, our eyes catching one another.

"Did you ever go back for your stuff?"

"No, I left it behind and re-bought all my things."

"Does Nolan know what happened?"

"An abridged version of it." I couldn't but feel horrible for him.

"Don't give me that pity look. There more to the story than it seems. I'm not the victim I had a part to play in it to."

"Which is?"

"Share and tell is over that a story for another day." He stands up and helps me up while changing the subject. "Let's do something."

"Like what?"

"Go for a swim while being naked."

"Are you crazy? The water is freaking cold. Not to mention we could get in trouble for being naked."

"Coming from the one that likes to play in the rain during the cold fall air. Also, there nobody around to see us."

"What about Nolan and Cassidy? what if they come looking for us?"

"Well, I guess they will just have to see how much fun we are." I huffed at him and crossed my arms.

"Are you up to the challenge?" He asks with that devilish dare and look. Thinking about it for a minute, I nodded my head yes. We strip our clothes off and run to the water.