Hollywood Vampires entered the stage and I started to hear people applauding and whistling from all over the club. I set my drink aside and joined them, watching with a smile how my band-friends bowed down a little - a gesture of appreciation.

I noticed how Johnny nervously scanned the crowd before his eyes found mine. His lips curved out a smile of relief.

I wasn't sitting right in front of the stage, but a little further behind the tables, by the bar. I wanted to have a whole view of the show instead of being surrounded by so many people. There weren't many gals next to me, just some man and two girls.

I took a sip of my drink (I promise that I'm not planning to end up the same way I did last time), and watched Alice grab a microphone.

"Heey, guys!" his voice echoed through the whole bar. "What song would you like to hear from us tonight?"

People yelled different titles, but one caught Alice's attention pretty heavily.

"Oh, Iris? By The Goo Goo Dolls? Johnny, isn't that your favorite?" he said, suggestively. My jaw dropped a bit and I laughed, because he's just asked Johnny to sing. And he didn't have a choice, since it, indeed, is one of his favorite songs.

Johnny proceeded to shake his head, but the crowd had a different opinion. They cheered even louder than before, encouraging him to sing. My mood got better just by thinking of hearing him perform, so I yelled 'come on' and after few moments I saw Johnny standing in front of the microphone.

He still shook his head and smiled shyly, but eventually it got a bit dim around and they started playing. I leaned back on the bar, not being able to get rid of that stupid grin on my face. He looked like the most romantic man, just standing there.

And I'd give up forever to touch you,

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

We locked eyes, like on purpose, and he shot me a sweet smile, quickly followed by a wink. I rolled my eyes, though I couldn't help the quiet laugh escaping my mouth.

Womanizer.

My plan was to peacefully enjoy the rest of the song, when all of a sudden, I swear that accidentally, I started eavesdropping on the two girls sitting almost next to me.

"He's just sooo cute," one of them said.

I rolled my eyes. Another fangirls fangirling.

"I'd let him do literally anything to me," the other one replied, followed by a general giggle.

I barely stopped myself from laughing out loud 'cause then it would be too obvious, and listened to some more.

"Damn, look at those hands tho."

The other one sighed dreamily. "They're so massive. I wouldn't mind him grabbing my throat."

"Same. I bet he likes choking."

I sat there, flabbergasted. I had to bring one hand up to my mouth to cover it, and be careful so my eyes wouldn't fall out. I would kill to see Johnny's reaction to this.

Even though it was somewhat hilarious what they were saying, I couldn't look at him the same now. He did have big hands, but for the love of god I didn't want to think about choking every time I look at them.

Then girls got quiet for a second. I thought it's over, but life isn't so good.

"Fuck, is he aware how hot he looks?"

"Yeah, totally. He has sex written all over him."

"Or more like under his belt. Tight jeans always somehow work on me."

Giggle.

"I bet he has a big one,"

I choked on air, but I guess girls didn't notice as they continued laughing. What- I don't even want any details.

"Huge." the other one replied, then sighed. "Maybe we can find out if he is as good as he looks like?"

"Good? You're kidding? He's definitely a walking god. And yes, we should talk to him after the show."

I still sat there silently, severely traumatized from what I just heard about my best friend, but what traumatized me more is my own mind, which now can't look at Johnny without imagining all those horrid things.

Butterflies in my stomach, go away!!

Great, now I feel guilty.

The show ended and guys slowly left the stage after thanking everyone. I knew Johnny's gonna get a lot of attention now, probably taking photos and signing millions of autographs.

That's what I thought, but apparently I was wrong. After maybe 5 minutes, I saw Johnny and soon the band approaching me at the bar. Why, though? My ego makes me believe it's because he has priorities, and I'm one of them.

I drank the last sip of my drink before smiling and standing up.

He placed one hand behind his back, and with the other one grabbed my own, bringing it up to his lips and kissing my knuckles. I noticed he looked me up and down. But it wasn't a dirty look, no.

"What's your name, beautiful?" he asked, his eyes twinkling with humor.

Pff. "Aphrodite." I replied and he kissed my knuckles yet again before letting go. I felt butterflies, just like when he did it for the first time.

He hugged me.

"Thank you."

"For what?" I questioned, confused.

"For everything."

When he pulled away, he sneaked a little piece of paper into my hand. I frowned, but he just said he's gonna go get some drinks at the bar, because Alice asked him to.

I watched him walk away for a moment before unfolding the note.

'I saw how the girls looked at me. If they get too touchy, SOS.'

I immediately snapped my head up to see Johnny signing something and giving it to one of the girls sitting there.

Of course they had to catch his attention.

Next to her, but closer to Johnny, stood the other one. She was resting her hand on his shoulder, but seemed ambitious enough to make it wander.

SOS? but how?

Oh, wait. I got an idea.

I approached all of them and kinda hugged Johnny from his right, when the other girl had her hand on his left shoulder.

"Hey, sweetheart, who are you talking to?" I asked, flashing a fake smile. The other girl immediately took her hand away and it took all I have not to smirk mischievously.

I hugged his neck with my forearm while his hand found it's way to my hip, bringing me closer to his body.

I wanted to kiss his cheek, but apparently he already had plans to turn his head towards me, so my lips ended up on the corner of his mouth. Even though we were both acting, he looked so surprised I thought I'm gonna break my character and laugh my ass off. Literally, I only smiled until my cheeks hurt.

When he saw my struggling, he also smiled for a millisecond and I knew we were busted. God, we had one job, and now we're both about to burst out with hysterical laughter.

I hid my laugh behind a cough and he bowed his head down, pretending to scratch his goatee. Elektra, focus! Don't break right there and then. I swear, it's one of those moments where you can't stop laughing, just can't.

I calmed myself with deep breaths and noticed that the sitting girl threw a look at me, up and down. I've never felt more judged, to be honest.

"And you are...?" The standing one asked.

"I'm his girlfriend but.. he said he wants to propose soon." I said but Johnny didn't

reply. "Do you, Johnny?" I asked, kicking his foot unnoticeably.

"Oh, right, yeah, haha. Can't wait." he answered, grinning. Now he kissed me on a cheek and I almost laughed again.

The sitting girl stood up, and they both seemed to be leaving us.

"You're a lucky girl. Not everyone can have a man like this."

Then they walked away. I looked at Johnny, he looked at me, and we literally immediately bursted out laughing. I nearly ended up on the floor and Johnny was tightly holding his belly.

"And you dare to call yourself an actor?" I asked playfully, fixing my hair.

"Me? You're the one who literally laughed!"

"It's not the same," I argued.

We talked more about the gig and then actually ordered the drinks. Poor pals are probably thirsty, waiting at the table for 20 minutes.

"Hey, do you wanna go out tomorrow? I've got to leave in few days." he stated.

"Leave? Where?"

"England. Not hard to figure out why."

"Ah, fuck. For how long?"

"Week, maybe two."

Yeah, imma definitely die out of boredom.

"The going out, is it a date?" I asked after a while.

"Would you like it to be?"

"What if I do?"

"Then I don't think I have a choice." he replied. "I don't know any sane people who would've denied a date with such a beautiful woman." it could be mistaken for sarcasm, but he was for real right now.

I raised my brows. "Oh, really? I, on the other hand, know sane people who would've skipped dates with such a cheesy man."

"Dates? Am I that privileged?" he smirked.

I shook my head, son of a bitch.

We suddenly got caught up in some staring contest. It felt like I couldn't tear my eyes away, or I'd lose. So we stood there, I endlessly admiring his dark eyes and he burning a hole deep in my soul with them.

Waves and seas of thoughts were going through my head during this time.

"Iris."

We heard Alice's voice right next to us, abruptly stopping our staring thing. What is he doing here? It's like he suddenly teleported, because I didn't see him earlier.

We must've both looked equally confused, because Alice spoke again.

"Iris. In case you were looking for baby names."

I rolled my eyes and Johnny laughed.

He looked at me, the final question in his eyes.

I nodded.

A date it is.

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