Chapter 85: Backstage
River POV
"Let's get your guys's passes, I'll take you guys back stage to where Flame and Pickle are warming up" he leads us to the front.
It's so loud, it's a lot louder then the club was.
"Here River" he says handing me my pass his smile is gone when our fingers brush together.
He quickly pulls back and locks eyes with me.
It was like a zapp of electricity from my fingers to my toes.
I've never felt that before, not even with Finn.
We hold our gaze for a moment longer.
He clears his throat quickly "Okay security is tight on fight nights so make sure you have your passes around your neck and in clearview at all times" he says turning as he starts leading us through the doors.
It's packed. There is so many people here tonight.
It's crazy in here, people talking and yelling.
There is some young looking fighters going at it on the stage right now.
"They are right ahead" he says pointing to the door on the right. "River can I talk to you for a minute?"
I stop suddenly and squeeze Finn's hand harder then I intended.
He looks at me questioningly and then to Lucky who has his head down on his feet.
Finn pulls me to the side "Are you okay?"
"Yes, sorry. It's fine, I'll be right in" I say with a smile not trying to start anything.
He seems in a better mood now so it should be fine right?
Finn kisses my lips softly and heads through the door.
I start talking before he has a chance,
"Lucky you don't have to apologize" I say meeting his eyes.
"Apparently I do. So I'm sorry I'm a ass. I just don't like how your okay with stringing both of them along" he looks at me with disgust.
"I'm not stringing anyone along. Pickle knows I'm with Finn and Finn knows Pickle is important to me" he's pissing me off now.
"It's not your business and I'm not sure what I did to you but I'm sorry if I offended you in anyway." I'm breathing harder now as I look in his eyes.
He looks away quickly as he turns he says "That's just it you don't even know that your doing it. Your a e
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just like I said" he looks at me one more time before he holds the door open for me.
I'm in shock. What!!
I don't even know I'm doing! Why in the hell do I let him get under my skin and what the hell did I ever do to him?
I see Pickle and all the Lucky bullshit falls away.
Him and Finn are laughing and talking with each other.
Chailor is talking to Flame and another girl.
Lincoln is talking to some guys in suits.
Pickle meets my eyes and a huge smile comes across his face.
I walk to him calmly but I want to run and throw my arms around him.
When I reach him I give him a big lingering hug.
"Hi Kitten, I'm glad your here" he says holding me tight a little off the ground.
"Are you ready for your fight?" I say pulling away.
He shrugs.
I go to Finn and put my arm around his waist. He leans in and kisses my head.
Flame sees me and pulls me in a hug, then she hugs Finn tightly. "My shithead brother's here somewhere, he pulled a last minute slot"
"Ohh shit! Hopefully it's someone who can drop him down a peg" Finn laughs, Stepping back to make a call, I'm sure to Nunzio.
"You look hot" I say to Flame.
She looks beautiful all the time.
Tonight she has shorts on and a what looks like a black tank top that's super tight and has her clubs logo on it. It's has a bad ass Krackin in teal on it.
She laughs. "Are you excited to see us do our thing"
"I'm more nervous then I expected. I don't like fighting you know past trauma crap" I glup and look down.
"It takes a minute to get used to it. For me it was the sounds. Here these help" she hands me some ear plugs.
"Thank you" I say grabbing they from her.
"If you need to, use your badge to get in my office. You can relax in there" she says hugging me.
"That's probably where my brothers hiding or he's at the bar. Speaking of, you guys can go sneak a drink if you want in my office"
"Okay thanks."
Finn comes over and kisses my head.
I look around and my eyes meet Pickle's and I smile ear to ear.
He walks over to us.
He leans in and lightly whispers in my ear "You look beautiful tonight" I blush meeting his eyes.
I want to hold his hand too.
I imagine what it would feel like with Finn in one hand and Pickle in the other.
I flush with excitement. "Are you okay doll?" Finn says leaning in and kissing the side of my head.
"Kitten you look hot are you okay?" Pickle asks about the same time.
They both look at each other and smile.
"Yes it's just kinda hot in here" I say.
I walk away and take Chailor's hand "Do you want to go get mocktails?"
"Yes I'm addicted that's all I've thought about since we walked through the door" she laughs out.
"Let's go" I say quietly.
Finn POV
I watch as River and Chailor head for door.
I noticed how flush she gets when he just talks to her.
Now there's this other guy Lucky who I keep catching just stareing at her.
I kinda want to punch this guy. Sometimes it looks like he wants her and other times it looks like he wants to kill her.
He's just pissing me off at this point!
I'll have to talk to Pickle about him I know he's his friend.
Me and Pickle actually have alot in common other then her.
He's actually a pretty great guy and I feel better that he'll be here for her
We are definitely going to need to set up some ground rules or something man to man.
I really don't feel jealous of him and I think that surprises me more then anything.
"Pickle is there a place we can talk for a minute?" I ask.
"Yeah we can use the managers office right through there" he motion to the back wall.
I notice how the other guy gets tense as we head out of the room.
He's definitely the jealous kind.