Faded (Rock Star Trilogy)

worth watching.”
    His lips once again crush onto mine, and I'm about to lose myself completely when I hear a car pull up. I open my eyes to see Stephan's mom, Sarah James, getting out of her red Corvette. I push him back once more.
    “Hey, Scarlett,” she greets me, with a small wave. “We've missed you around here. I hope you're staying.”
    Stephan, with his arms around me, replies, “She's not going anywhere.”
    I can't stop the smile. “Definitely not.”
    He tightens his grip. “Mom, we were kind of in the middle of something.”
    “Get a room,” she laughs, and then heads inside the house.
    I hit Stephan's arm playfully. “Stephan! Oh my God! I can't believe you just said that to your mom!”
    “Oh come on, Scar. If I weren’t acting like this, she would think I was gay. You're fucking hot, in case you forgot.”
    I bite my lip to keep from smiling and shake my head. “I'm going home now. I'll see you in the morning.”
    “Good night,” Stephan says, giving me one last quick kiss on the lips.
    As I walk back to my house, I feel like I am floating. If kissing Stephan makes me feel like this, I can't even imagine how great making love with him will be.
    When I walk inside, Alec gives me a knuckle bump. “I thought you two were going to have sex on the sidewalk.”
    “Told you.” Bridgett smiles, ignoring Alec’s comment.
    “That was hot. I seriously got turned on just watching,” Alec continues. “Why aren’t the both of you on your way to your room right now?”
    I just shake my head. Oh, Alec.
    I'm definitely going to have to keep an eye on him around Bridgett.

 
     
    Friday, October 16
    6:06 AM
    Life as I know it is over.
     
    When I first wake up, I'm about to dive under a desk because I think there's an earthquake. But then I remember I'm not in California. I open my eyes and see Alec jumping on my bed.
    “What the fuck?” I glare at him.
    He laughs. “I see you're still not a morning person.”
    I glance at the clock. “No, I'm not a morning person at six AM.”
    “You just need caffeine. Where is the Starbucks in this town?”
    I laugh. “There is no Starbucks, Alec. But I do have a coffee pot. Bridgett makes amazing coffee.”
    “No Starbucks?” He dramatically puts his hands over his chest. “How am I going to survive in this town? We are going to have to record your album fast.”
    “Yeah, I guess I need to get the okay from my record company soon. We should probably fly to LA this weekend.” I pout, because I really don't want to go .
    “Not this weekend,” Alec quickly says. “This weekend, I have other plans for us. I have a way to get the record company on board. Actually, it was Bridgett's plan, but it was seriously awesome. That girl is a smart bitch. I was worried when she first said she was going to be your manager, but now I see that she knows her shit.”
    “Yeah, she is awesome,” I agree. I should be offended that he called my sister a bitch , but Alec calls everybody that. “Why are you up this early? Aren't you still on LA time?”
    “I have stuff to do, Scar. This album isn't going to record itself. I'm going to see if there is a recording studio in this small town good enough to work out of. I also need to look for musicians, and other things that I can't mention yet.”
    “Can't mention?” I question.
    “Again, me and Bridge have a plan.”
    Bridge ? Great, he's calling her by my nickname. This cannot be good.
    “And it starts first thing after school. So as soon as your last class is over, get your ass back here,” he demands. “Also, get used to being woken up early. It's going to happen frequently over the next few months.”
    Oh my God, I am going to kill Alec before we are done recording this album.
    “I hate you.”
    “Oh, you don't, but you will.” He smirks at me. “Now get up. I'm going to have Bridgett make me some of this amazing coffee.”
    Alec walks out of my room, and I throw a pillow over my head and scream.
    Life as I know it is over .
     
    7:23 AM
    Things are about to get really interesting around here.
     
    Today, I am wearing my hair wavy. I love my hair like this, but generally don't fix it this way. My dad told me once that I look best with wavy hair, so obviously, anything I can do to piss him off, I do… Like straightening my hair on a daily basis. I'm also wearing a short, black skirt. It flows half way down my thighs, and I like it. I also happen to know Stephan will like it. I match it with a white tank