27 Chapter 27 - Love Gurus

When the event was over, each fan had an exclusive photo op with each artists. My photo with Caroline looked awkward as fuck. I saw Ana and the other members of Night Prowlers looking at us and that only added to my discomfort.

"You should smile more." I heard Caroline say.

"That's really not my thing." I grinned at her when the pictures were done.

"I guess not." She chuckled and went to the other fans who were waiting for their turn.

When the event was done, I still felt like I was up in the clouds. An opportunity to hang out with Caroline. Not in a million years did it come to me that she'd agree. I saved her number to my phone and put in Carol<3.

*Aren't you the delusional idiot?*

**

Mephisto was outside, smoking. When I asked him, what he was doing out there when he usually smoked inside, he only shrugged and told me that he felt like smoking outside.

"I've got some news for you. You'd better come in." I told him.

"Yeah, let me finish this first." He gestured with the cigarette in his hand.

When I went in, I immediately noticed the various pieces of clothing and underwear that were lying on the floor in the living room. There were three pairs of bras and panties. Music was playing through the speakers overlapping with the unmistakable sounds of moaning that was coming off the room that belonged to Asmodeus.

"OH BABY, HARDER!!!" I heard a woman scream. "YOU'RE SO GOOD AT THIS!!! UHHH!!!"

"You're lucky they're doing it in there." I heard Mephisto behind me say. "Earlier I walked in while they were giving him blowjobs. Nearly fucking ruined my appetite."

"You knew and you didn't tell me?"

"Slipped of my mind." He said innocently.

"Fuck it, how long have been they doing it?" I asked him.

He looked at the wall clock. "Well, must be 2 hours now with a few smoke breaks in between."

"So this is the reason why you weren't exactly thrilled to have him for company."

"Yeah, mostly. That and the fact that he'll probably order us around to clean this up later." He took a drag from the cigarette in his hand. "Anyway, I was thinking of leaving him to sort out the mess he made. What was it that you wanna tell me?"

"Me and Caroline are going to hang out." I said simply.

He raised his eyebrows and exhaled. "Wow, lucky. When?"

"Tonight." Saying it made me realize that I only had a little time to figure out where to bring her.

He let out a cough and looked at me, eyes unbelieving. "Tonight? Seriously?"

"Yeah, so I'm a bit screwed. I don't know where to take her. All I've ever been to is the fan cafe." I said.

"That's not helpful at all. Obviously, you can't take her there."

I simply nodded. "I'm in a pinch here."

"Let's talk it over a bottle of Jack." He went to the fridge and grabbed a bottle which was half-full and we headed to the rooftop.

**

"If nothing else, you could always ask her to hang out in a place that she's never been to. " Mephisto said as he took a swig from the bottle and passed it to me.

I took a drink, the whisky made me feel a bit better and less anxious. "Like where? She's an icon and most people would recognize her as soon as we enter a restaurant or any establishment in the city."

He shrugged. "Well, you could ask her to come here I guess."

"You want me to ask Caroline King to hang out in here?" I gestured at the house. It wasn't a bad looking house but I just didn't feel comfortable bringing her here, it just didn't seem right.

"Just a suggestion. Figure it out." He continued smoking.

Then I heard the door to the rooftop open and Asmodeus walked towards where we were sitting, wearing nothing than a pair of boxers. He was pretty ripped and could've passed himself as a swimsuit model.

"Sorry about the noise." He sat down and took the bottle from my hand and drank.

"No kidding." Mephisto's sarcasm didn't seem to faze Asmodeus.

"Anyway what's this I hear about you going out on a date with Caroline King?" Asmodeus asked me.

"You heard that?" I asked, disbelieving.

"Of course." He said it as if it was normal. "More importantly, where are you taking her?"

"No idea." I said, getting anxious while time was passing.

"What did she say? When you asked her out?" Asmodeus asked.

"Nothing specific, she merely told me to surprise her. I don't know what that means." I took the bottle from him and drank.

"Hmm." He was deep in thought. "I think she wants to get to know you better. "

"You think?" I asked, wondering about whether it was true.

"He has a point. Otherwise she would've asked you where you were taking her." Mephisto interjected. "Especially since she's not just any other girl, she needs to know where she's going all the time so she's prepared."

"Okay, but even if that's true, I have no idea where to take her." I replied.

"That's not entirely true." Asmodeus said. "What are your interests? What do you love doing?"

"Books and writing." I said and by the look in both demon's faces I knew I was fucked.

"You could've at least said something less boring like basketball, swimming, clubbing and other things besides that." Mephisto said.

"Hold on, this could work." Asmodeus was smiling. "How about you take her to the library?"

Now it was my turn to be surprised. "What? Wouldn't that suck?"

"Either way it's the only place you've got that you'd be comfortable in. If you choose to go out with her in a restaurant or someplace else, it wouldn't really turn out great for you." Asmodeus explained.

"Okay, but isn't the library close during the night?" I asked.

"Not entirely." Mephisto replied helpfully. "Lucifer stays there all the time. You could ask him for permission"

The gears started to turn in my head and I felt positive that the night couldn't go as bad as I thought it would be. "Fine, I'll go there now and ask him." I told the two of them and before I could reach the rooftop door, I turned around. "And oh, thanks for the advice, both of you."

They pretended not to hear and continued smoking and drinking so I flipped them the finger and went to the library.