Rock Stars Don't Like Ugly Bras by Nikki Ashton Page B

yesterday.
    “I lost her Jake,” she sobbed.  “I had her growing inside me for almost twenty weeks but when I went for a scan, there was no heartbeat.”  Amber’s chin trembled as she looked up at Jake. 
    “Oh Freckles, sweetheart, I’m so sorry,” Jake said, though he knew it wasn’t enough.  How could he possibly make her feel better about something so tragic with a few words?  As Amber cried in his arms, Jake gently rocked her, whispering soothingly into her ear and kissing her hair.  He didn’t want to let her go.  All he wanted to do was prove to her that he was the sort of man that she could trust.
    After a while, Amber’s sobs lessened and she looked up at Jake with red rimmed eyes.
    “I’m sorry,” Amber said.  “I think I’ve got snot all down your t-shirt.”
    Jake looked down at his ancient, faded Rolling Stones tour t-shirt and laughed.  “Well, that’ll please Skins.  He hates this t-shirt, he can’t stand the Stones.”
    “Ooh controversial,” Amber joked with a sniff, as she wiped her nose with the back of her hand.
    “I know, I usually only wear it to piss him off.”  Jake lifted up the hem of the t-shirt and used it to wipe Amber’s nose and eyes.  “There, is that better?”
    Amber nodded.   “Thank you, Jake. I’m so sorry for doubting you.”
    Jake pulled Amber back to his chest and kissed the top of her head.  “Listen, you need to know that I really, really like you, and despite my clumsy words I wasn’t pulling any moves.”
    “I know, and I’m sorry for overreacting.”
    “Everything that I say, or do, I mean.  Even when I come out with crap, I usually mean it, apart from when I tell you I’ve used my best moves obviously,” Jake said jokingly.  “I just haven’t figured out that thing that normal people do.  You know, where you think before you speak?”  He pushed Amber’s hair from her tear stained face with both his hands and smiled at her.  “So, do you want to do this relationship thing?”
    Amber nodded dropping her head against his chest.  “Yes, I really do.  It just happened a little quickly, going from being annoyed by you constantly, to finding out you’re actually very adorable and sweet.” 
    Jake pulled a face.  “Ooh, adorable and sweet.  I’m not sure that befits my status as a guitar legend.”
    Amber giggled and kissed him gently.  “Sorry, but you are.”
    Jake cocked his head to one side and grinned.  “Okay, I’ll take it.  Sexy and manly would’ve been better, but adorable and sweet works for me.”
    “Oh, you’re those as well,” Amber replied earnestly.
    “As a matter of interest though, Freckles, why did I annoy you so much?”
    Amber started to laugh.  “You really don’t know?”
    “Me, what do I ever do that is so annoying?” he asked, giving her waist a tickle. .
    “That for a start,” Amber cried, pushing his hands away.  “As well as your crude jokes, innuendos, and general piss taking.”
    “All pretty endearing things if you ask me,” Jake replied with a wink.
    Amber cupped Jake’s face and sighed as she gazed into his bright blue eyes.  “I guess the biggest thing though was the women.  I thought that you were like him, Daniel, my boss.”
    Jake frowned.  “I would never do what he did, and I may have had a lot of women but I’ve never disrespected any of them.  Not even the groupies in the early days.”
    Amber wondered how anyone could respect a woman who threw their knickers at you for a quick bout of hot, sweaty sex, but decided not to voice her thoughts for once.  However, Jake had asked her a question, and she knew that she needed to answer it, honestly.
    “Do you know when the first time I met you was?” Amber asked.
    “Yeah, here in this house, just before the tour.  I walked in and you pretty much hated me on sight.”  Jake smiled, but he still wondered what he’d done to receive such hostility from her.
    “Yes, and no.  I saw you in the garden.  You