Picture Perfect

I pulled away from him before we entered. He frowned at me and looked miffed, but I just couldn’t walk in with Flynn wrapped around me. Everyone in the room would have been thinking that I was a huge slut if I’d walked in there like that. Christ, I’d only met him yesterday and I was working for him. After a lifetime of solid behavior, I felt as if I was really throwing caution to the wind as it was just by agreeing to go to dinner with him. Clearly, I liked him, but that didn’t mean that I needed to be the next notch on his rock star bedpost.
    When it came time to sit around the conference table, I expected him to sit with the rest of his band. Instead, he sat right next to me. Looking across the table I saw that Cole was sitting with Devon and Ian. I assumed that meant the band had never intended to sit together and that assured me that it wasn’t totally obvious that I had a crush on Flynn.
    At least that’s what I hoped.
    The meeting was amazing. It was great to be in a room full of such talent. A lot of the people at the meeting were surprised when the announcement was made that this would be the farewell tour for Renegade Saints, but that just made being chosen to take part in the experience that much more special. In some way or another we were all a part of music history and it was a huge deal. It was a lunch meeting, so we all ate and talked about plans for the tour. When lunch was finished and someone asked why the band had decided to retire, I knew what I had to do.
    Quietly standing from the table, I used the point and shoot camera I always had with me to start taking photos of the meeting. As always, I lost time when I was behind the lens. I got caught up in the moment taking picture after picture as I documented the occasion. My last shot was of Flynn. I caught him in an unguarded moment when he happened to be looking at me. The look that I captured was so intense that it caused my insides to turn to mush.
    Flynn was evoking feelings and desires that I’d never had before and it scared the shit out of me. I was still reeling from the Lee debacle and my confidence was at an all-time low. The worst part was that I didn’t even really care about Lee. I thought he’d seemed nice enough but he’d brought no passion out of me. I’d just assumed that was my lot in life and had decided to settle. Too bad I settled on an asshole. For all of that, his cheating stung. I’ve never felt like such a fool, and his verbal assault on my lack of sexuality was still fucking with my head. Flynn might be interested in me, but he wouldn’t be if he knew that I didn’t enjoy sex.
    It’s a well-known fact that Flynn and the other guys in the band don’t ever have girlfriends. Their debauchery has been well documented over the last decade. Sure, the stories have slowed down in the last few years, but every once in a while another one-night stand story leaks out to the press. Flynn might attract me more than Lee ever did, but they both share a love of casual and group sex that I don’t find appealing. I’m not against it per se, but it wouldn’t work for me.
    As the meeting came to an end, it was time for everyone to transition into another one of the conference rooms. The press had been gathering for the last hour, and it was time for the guys to make their announcement.
    Frank had been kind enough to bring my big camera bag in, so I got to work taking photos as the guys took their places at a table that was set up in the front. There were microphones and video cameras everywhere. Devon and her team were recording the event for the movie, and the two of us shared a smile. It was show time.
    Flynn spoke first, reading a prepared statement that the band had written together. A collective gasp of shock echoed through the room once he explained that this was their retirement tour. Once Flynn finished reading the statement, the floor was opened up for questions. It got loud after that as questions were thrown at them fast and furious. I found myself feeling bad for the band, because the reporters were relentless. Fortunately, the band took it in their stride.
    As the conference was coming to a close, Flynn joked to one of the reporters that the press conference pretty much illustrated the point of them retiring perfectly. “This isn’t normal,” he explained. “It’s been great and we’re more thankful than I can explain, but living your life with cameras and microphones in your face isn’t ideal. We