I am the, I am the best, she claimed and more, a battle scarred conquistador

I am the, I am the best, she claimed and more, a battle scarred conquistador by sassy

Aria slipped her hand into mine and leaned her body against me, the sun beating down on us and it wasn't even noon yet. It made me realize how much I hated Los Angeles, with his weather straight from hell that made impossible to do anything unless you lived into a fridge. Luckily I didn't live there anymore and Aria was busy working in Chicago, which was good for me but I suspected she didn't like that as much. "Do you have our tickets?" I asked, breaking the silence.
She glanced sideways at me and widened her eyes slowly with her lips parted, "No... I thought you had them." She watched my expression change and broke into a wide grin, bumping my hip with her, "They're in my purse baby."
My expression went flat and I stared at, not bothering to hide that I hated when she teased me or joked around like this. "Hilarious," I said finally and lifted an eyebrow, loosening up somewhat.

She tilted her head up to kiss me chastely before deepening the kiss with her tongue slipping into my mouth. Talking about giving a show in a place where people came not just for the music but for lurking at the so called celebrities. She broke the kiss and pulled back, smiling wide and looking really happy. "You're lucky your girl isn't just sexy and talented, but she's hilarious also," She winked at me. I groaned as she gave my hand a little tug, leading the way through security and then handing over our tickets. "Come on.. Tegan and Sara start at 12 and I don't want to miss them."
"Easy gorgeous, we're not done here." I smirked at her and it was my turn to tug at her hand, forcing her to walk to another guy on our right. Without another word I produced other two tickets from the pocket of my jeans and gave them to him, getting back two plastic bracelets.
She glanced up at me with a questioning look in her eyes, "Uhm?" She asked unintelligently, an adorable frown on her face.
I couldn't help but let out a small laugh, lifting her wrist to close the yellow plastic band around it, "We're VIP, aren't we?" I grinned and placed a kiss on the palm of her hand before wearing my bracelet myself.
She rewarded me with a huge grin as her fingers played with the latest addiction on her arm, "You really thought about everything, didn't you?"
"Don't I always do?" I said back and wrapped my arm around her shoulders to pull her against my side as we started walking. It was our first real appearance in public, in New York we were mostly sneaking around and in Chicago we spent most of our time locked in her room fucking our brains out. Part of me was annoyed about the unwanted attentions we would probably get but the other part of me knew that it was inevitable and sooner or later it had to happen, plus I was aware of how Aria opinion on the matter was opposite. As always.
"Do you also have a schedule for the bands we're going to see?" She asked, the tone of her voice playful and teasing, "No wait, maybe you made the line up from the beginning and now you're here just to make sure they follow it?"
"Very funny Aria." I smirked at her as I led her through the people crowding the green field, "You should have your own show on the stage as the most hilarious comedian ever."
She nodded her head as if contemplating my words, tilting her head in my direction next to smile at me, "Would you pay to watch me?"
"I'd get a free show instead," I replied and set my fingers on her chin, keeping her head in place to press another soft kiss against her lips.
She grinned as she kissed me back, leaving her lips lingering on mine as she moved her body to rest her chest against mine. "You made that sound naughty..." She whispered, her grin growing wider. "Are you sure it'd be a comedy show?"
"What else would it be?" I lifted an eyebrow and pulled my head back enough to tuck her hair behind her ear. I was bad at reading her, but I was great when I was sure that she was having naughty thoughts. All the nights spent inside of her taught me that, I could see all the signs, the grin, her cheeks turning that light shade of pink, her eyes shining and her body getting closer to me.
She bit her lip as her grin grew. "I don't know," She shrugged. "I've heard that I'm a woman of many talents."
I grinned, letting my own expression rival hers, "Yeah, you always tell yourself that."
Her mouth fell open and she leaned closer to bite my lip, not hard but enough to leave me groaning. She kept her hands on my upper chest and wrinkled her nose at me, "I'll make you pay for that later. What are we going to do now? Do you know where to go?"
"Of course I do," I kept grinning and slid my hand back into hers, scanning the crowd as we started to walk again.
"Are you going to tell me or is it a secret?" She kept her eyes on me.
"The outdoor theater," I replied since if I wasn't wrong there was where those Tegan and Sara played, and she finally pulled her eyes away from mine to look around. She looked like a girl who's seeing Disneyland for the first time, it was pretty cute.
"Isn't it all outdoors?"
I let out a small laugh, "That's the stages name."
"Oh..." She trailed off and bit her lip. "I'm a Coachella virgin. Does it show?"
"It does." I nodded and glanced at her as I kept smirking. Aria was the only one who could keep me in a good mood for that long, I was positive that I barely smiled when she wasn't around. "I wonder how you'd survive without me."
"Maybe we'll find out next year." She said with a shrug, looking straight ahead and making a point of avoiding my gaze.
I raised one eyebrow, squeezing her against me until she had to make eye contact with me again, "Thinking about next year already?"
She squirmed and tried to get rid of me, her head tilting back and leaning against my shoulder as I made sure that she wouldn't bump against anyone. I liked having her eyes on me all the time, only that required me being more careful. "Did you go last year?" She asked instead, avoiding my question and using my own tricks on me.
"Will you go the next one?" I asked back in a low voice, turning my head a little and enough to capture the tip of her ear with my teeth, biting as I kept her in place by using my arm.
"You're hurting me!" She protested as her hands slapped my stomach. Even though I doubted that, I let her free, unwrapping my arm from around her neck and letting it drop along my side. I watched her as she rubbed her ear with the palm of her hand, flashing me a pout, "You can't eat the birthday girl."
I shot her a grin as I processed her words, my brain stopping working immediately and giving up to my dick. "I can and I will. Later."
She pursed her lips together and widened her eyes a little, her cheeks flushing, "Seb!"
"What?" I asked quietly, reaching for her hand again since I couldn't stay without touching her, I needed that contact always. For me, and for the others to see that the gorgeous girl by my side was mine.
She leaned into me, cupping her free hand close to her mouth, "You can't say that when I'm wearing no panties." She whispered in my head, before pulling her head back. If you were looking at her from the outside you'd probably think that she had just said something cute to me, with that innocent face giving nothing away and that angelic look, when truth was, she was the opposite.
I groaned, frustrated, both because my girlfriend was a tease and because I hoped she was kidding. A music festival when people were celebrity hunting wasn't the right place to be caught with no underwear. "I need to drink something." I sighed, running my hand through my hair as I changed the route to head to the VIP area instead.
"All hot and bothered already?" She asked as she bit down on her lip. "It must be the weather."
"It must be you, last year it wasn't this hot." I winked at her.
"Oh, so you were here last year," Aria grinned at me and then wrinkled her nose to fake an annoyed look. "Which girls ass do I have to kick?"
I raised an eyebrow, playing along, "Are you jealous?"
"No," She bit her lip and shook her head. "It was probably Erin instead... Poor girl."
I let out a laugh and wrapped my arms around her from behind as we stopped at the VIP area, remembering the furious expression on Erin's face during the night we had spent at the festival. By that time Aria and I had already started sleeping together again and my assistant had been all about wanting me to loosen up with Aria and open my eyes, it was crazy how a year had already passed, so fast but still so many things had changed. I had finally seen that I couldn't let Ar go anymore, thanks to Erin too. "She's lucky. I not only gave her a job, but I pay her well."
She set her hands on top of mine and tilted her head back to look at me, amusement showing in her expression. "Will you bring me next year also?" She asked quietly, bringing up my previous question.
Her question surprised me, we never really talked about the future because it seemed so undefined, I barely knew where I was going to be in a month and it drove me crazy, it clashed with my desire and need to control everything. One thing I knew though, and I had known it from the moment I had gone to Chicago the first time to get Aria back, she was going to be with me whatever the future had in store for us. "I will," I replied and kissed her neck, inhaling deeply her sweet scent.
She kept quiet, smiling at me and kissing me when I looked back at her finally. She looked as if she had something on the tip of her tongue. "Thank you," She breathed against my lips after breaking the kiss, keeping her eyes locked on mine.
I raised one eyebrow, pulling away gently and scanning her face, "Wait to thank me gorgeous." I said eventually.
"Why? Because you might change your mind?" Her mouth dropped open and she widened her eyes a little, giving me one of her best silly expressions. Also, that open mouth reminded me a lot of when she made the same face but on her knees.
"I won't." I paused, staring into her eyes, "You're stuck with me and you will be for a long time."
Her expression changed and a gorgeous smile curved her lips, the kind of smile that convinced me that all the determination I put into making our relationship work was worth it. "How long?" She asked, probably needing the same kind of commitment that she had wanted years before, only now she seemed more reasonable about and I was willing to give it to her.
"So long you'll get tired of me eventually." I smirked, making the moments lighter because that wasn't either the place or time to have that conversation. Plus? There wasn't much to say, my actions spoke louder than my words. She parted her lips, about to say something back but I cut her off by planting a spank on her ass, "Go get me a coke gorgeous, I have to make a call."
"I'm not your slave." She narrowed her gaze on me, while my eyes lit up at the world and I gave her a significant look, which made her grin, "You're naughty." She shook her head and kissed me one last time before walking away.
I kept my eyes on her as I watched her, my smirk still in place while my hand slid into the pocket of my jeans to grab my phone. I considered calling Amelia since it was her birthday too but after all a call would lead to too many questions, so I decided for a text, wondering in which terms the two sisters were. "You were fast." I said as Aria reappeared, my eyes still on the screen of my phone as I moved my fingers quickly.
"You're welcome." She said, waiting for me to grab the cold can.
I slid my phone back into my jeans as I gave all my attention to her again, watching her as she sipped what had to be a smoothie. "I don't remember saying thank you." I smirked before taking a gulp of coke.
"Because you have no manners." She shrugged and gravitated close to me, "Was it about work?"
"No." I said simply and left it at that since Amelia was a subject we barely talked about and it was potentially explosive. Dropping my hand on the small of her back, I leaned into her, "And thank you." As the word left my mouth I heard a familiar noise coming from our side. A few clicks and I was already groaning in frustration.
Ar's head turned in that direction, she glanced at the photographer before looking back at me with a frown, "You hate this, don't you?" She asked, worry in her voice since she knew how much I disliked that kind of things, mostly when I just wanted to enjoy our time together. It was the downside of being someway famous and I couldn't do much about it.
"Yes." I admitted, sighing quietly but determined not to let anything, and I meant really anything, to spoil her birthday. "But I doubt that it makes a difference, that sucker is going to take pictures anyway." I reasoned out loud, then I wrapped my arm around her waist tightly to push her body against me, my head bowing down as I grinned, "Let's give him a good one, at least everyone will know that you're mine." I said before closing the distance between us and kissing her.
Aria smiled against my lips, letting her body relax against mine as she moved even closer if possible. Her smile widened as she broke the kiss but kept her lips lingering against mine, staring at me with nothing but admiration. She fed my ego in many ways and I really felt...loved. "This is the best birthday ever. You're going to have a hard time topping it next year," She pressed another kiss against my lips.
"We'll stay in bed next year," I grinned and pulled my head back, kissing her forehead and then tucking her hair behind her ear after it fell in my face. I still had a whole year to figure out what to give her for her 25 birthday, plus after this year's fireworks I could easily go for something low profile and I was sure she wouldn't complain anyway. The fact that I was already thinking of how to plan something that was 364 days far from us? It said a lot about my obsession of controlling everything, but also a lot about how much I cared about Aria and she was my top priority. My fingers ran through her ear and she shivered.
"We can do that any day," She faked a pout and then grinned, finding my free hand and intertwining her fingers with mine. "Let's go sexy."
"Go...?"
"To where the music is," She smirked, taking another sip of her drink and noticing the photographer still staring at us. I watched her closely, noticing how she narrowed her gaze on him and glared a little too, looking surprisingly annoyed. "I think this guy's got enough pictures of us anyways."
"You hate this, don't you?" I grinned as I used her own words on her, not wanting to make a big deal about it and just not caring for once. Any other day that'd annoy me, ruin my mood at least, but today it wasn't a normal day and I wouldn't act like my normal self.
"Spending the day listening to good music and staring at my gorgeous boyfriend? I love it instead," She said seriously and smirked at me, knowing that wasn't what I meant. Still, I doubted she'd ever admit that I was right so I wasn't surprised.
"You sound obsessed with me," I shot her an amused look and lifted an eyebrow.
"Only a little..." She trailed off.
"Only a lot you mean." I gave her a smug grin as we walked closer to the stage, our hands clutched together so tightly that I was positive that nothing, literally nothing, could tear them apart.
She glanced at me from the corner of her eye, bumping her shoulder against mine to get my attention which was focused on the people in front of us, "Because you're not instead, right?"
"So you're admitting you are?" I asked back, using my old trick of answering with a question even though this time it wasn't because I didn't want to tell her what I thought, I just liked provoking her.
"Does it mean you're not?" She retorted, showing me how good she had become at my own game. I was sure we could go on like that for the whole day, both of us too stubborn and proud to let the other win.
I raised one eyebrow, pretending to take her seriously, "Doesn't it show?"
"I don't know, does it?" She shrugged, biting down a smirk as she looked up at me through her lashes.
"You tell me." I answered casually as we came to a stop, close enough to get a nice view of the stage but far enough to have some space around us. I tugged at her arm and pulled her close to me again, my arms sliding around her waist to press her back against my chest before I leaned my chin on the top of her head as we both stared in front of us. I had never heard anything of this band and so far I couldn't say they were my cup of tea, they weren't bad either though.
"It does." Aria broke the silence between us, setting her hands on my arms.
I tilted my head to the side as she did to the other, our eyes meeting again and our lips curving into matching smiles. "What?" I played dumb, so lost into her gorgeous eyes that I wasn't even aware of our surroundings anymore. Of course it showed, maybe not everyone could see how obsessed I was with Aria, but I was sure that she could.
"You're crazy about me," Aria let her smile widen before biting down on her lip, but it wasn't enough to hide her smile.
I broke our gaze and moved my head to nuzzle my spot on her neck, pressing a soft kiss against it as I tried to behave since we weren't alone. Sure I knew how to suppress my instinct when we were in public, it just didn't mean that it was easy considering the effect she had on me. "I am," I breathed against her skin and she actually shivered.
"Good," She said, keeping her hands on top of my arms.
I let out a quiet chuckle, my chest vibrating against her back. "Good?" I asked but didn't move from my place, not needing to look at her to know that she was just as crazy about me.
She tangled a hand in my hair to guide my face back to hers, "I love you." She kissed me before I had the chance to respond and I was grateful for that. I knew that any answer I could give to her wasn't the right one unless I was saying those words back to her. I couldn't though, not now, and maybe that was part of the reason why I was trying my best to show her my feelings with my actions. I broke the kiss but we both didn't move, letting our lips linger against each others. "Do you like the band?"
"Uhm?" I asked, confused by the change of subject.
"Did I make you forget where we are already?" She smirked and pressed her lips back against mine.
"I couldn't even if I wanted to, my ears are bleeding." I smirked without pulling away from her soft lips, mine turning into a grin as I stared into her gorgeous eyes. I couldn't remember the last time we had been acting so...like a couple? Not even when we had been together the first time and I guessed it was because after losing Aria once I couldn't let it happen again, plus I was so happy that it would have been very hard to hold back even if I wanted to. Of course I knew that we couldn't be like that, I hadn't changed for some kind of miracle, but I was less self-centered and more focused on my girlfriend. Surprisingly enough, I didn't even have to try, it was as easy as it was natural.
"Hey they're not that bad!" She protested, moving her lips down my jaw and biting down.
"They're not." I groaned as I wrapped my arms tighter around her waist, his behavior making it harder for me to act properly.
She finally pulled away and smirked as she glanced up at me through her lashes. "You just don't like them?"
I sighed, lowering my head to set my chin against her shoulder, looking at the girls singing on the stage, "Today's all about you so you pick the bands." I paused to grin, "Too bad I didn't bring earplugs though."
She ignored the second half of my sentence even if she elbowed me not so gently, "Oh I'm so lucky, my boyfriend is really spoiling me." She said in an overly sweet voice that soon turned into a silly laugh. Even if that was true we never were the kind of couple that used silly voices or were too cheesy, so apparently it was hilarious that she was trying to act like we were.
"You better enjoy it until it lasts silly girl."
She turned her head in my direction, looking at me in the way she did every time she knew I was up to something. Which happened rarely, but still. "Why?" She asked suspiciously.
"Because tomorrow is not your birthday anymore." I answered simply, shrugging. "And it's my turn to pick the bands I want to see."
"But it's not your birthday!" She retorted even though she was grinning.
I grinned too, "So what?"
"It's my birthday week. We do what I want, when I want," Aria said in a matter-of-factly tone, shooting me a serious look as I sighed deeply and hid my face by nuzzling her neck. "You're distracting me..."
I kissed up her neck and she leaned back against my chest, keeping her hands on top of my arms. "Hmm?" I muttered against her neck, nipping at her skin as I paid attention to the way her body reacted to me. Her muscle tensed, her breathing got deeper and her voice got slightly lower, after all that time spent together you could think I'd get used to that but I never did instead, I was never tired of glorying in how I affected her.
"Really distracting me..." She trailed off and sighed.
I pulled my head back and smirked, "Did you say birthday week?"
"I did," She said simply and forced a straight face, studying my expression.
"I've never heard about a birthday week," I paused and looked lost in a thought, playing silly and making her grin. "The word day itself means -"
"Always such logic... what will I do with you?" She cut me off and pressed her lips back against mine, pulling back and smiling.
I smiled back at her and shrugged, staring into her eyes, "I don't know."
"How come? You usually know everything." She said back with an amused expression on her pretty face, her teeth sinking into her bottom lip to bite back a silly grin.
"I know what I'll do with you." I said slowly and let my smile turn into a mischievous grin. I couldn't help it, she had that effect on me, along with many others.
"Tell me, I'm curious." Her eyes lit up, her head permanently turned to mine and not even paying attention to the stage anymore.
I pretended to think about it even though I didn't need to, I always had a pretty good idea of my plans with her. "I'll stay with you as much as I can, spoil you, give you anything you want..." I trailed off, getting sidetracked again when I started pressing a trail of kisses from her cheek to her mouth.
"Then what?" She muttered against my lips as she bore her eyes into mine.
"You'll have to thank me for that for at least a month." I answered with a straight face and, even though I didn't really mean it, I had to admit that the thought of her being grateful to me by getting on her knees or letting me tie her somewhere was a nice one.
"You wish." She laughed, "But this is not how it works. And for the record, you didn't even get me a cake, so I don't know..." She trailed off and broke the eye contact, setting her head on my shoulder again as she stared in front of her.
I smirked, even if she couldn't see that, "The day is still long gorgeous, we'll see."