Gerald Petrov

“You really wanted me to tour with you? Like on stage? Outside of Him & I?” It was still incredible to her that she found someone so different and incredible in comparison to herself, who not only wanted to share their world with her, but make her an active part in it. She listened as he explained what was happening and what would happen going forward and she just nodded along, fully trusting him to have been making choices for her (or getting Matt to) and setting things up in a way that wouldn’t fuck her over or dictate her art. Her face was a little scrunched up as she leaned in to rest her forehead on his own and took a deep breath as she hummed before she pulled back to speak. “I’m thinking.. I’d be willing to meet with people, do a few interviews and hear what your lawyers are saying before I make any set in stone decision. But I don’t want to sell out on my art. This was for me and while it’s really cool that other people are getting to hear it.. it’s still mine.” Sky moved to snuggle into him and held one of his hands. “I love you for believing in me though, I’d never have even considered this if you didn’t support me so much.” She smiled up to him. “I appreciate you all for not putting me right on the spot tonight too. Have I mentioned that I don’t deserve you?”

“Absolutely not, though the tattoo artist and I were talking and I think I’m going to try to learn to tattoo. Maybe I’ll give you a dick butterfly.” She joked, nodding as he mentioned going back. “We have to! There’s still so much to see and so much new food to try too. You need to play a tour date out there and make a week out of it.” Exploring places was always more fun with Gerald because he made every view a million times better and the average moments romantic. When he pulled her quickly back into another kiss, she couldn’t help the smile spreading on her face in the middle of it. She had a future to look forward to and for the first time in a long time, she felt really secure in something. If everything else failed, she knew she’d have Gerald. Settling back in his lap she sighed and nodded, not sure what he was going to throw at her. “No, but I guess I need to know anyway.” It was surprising enough that she’d heard her music on the radio and out in public, even moreso that everyone seemed to know it well enough to sing along, but hearing that there was a bidding war over her and her music was - “Wait what?” Sky could only just stare at him in surprise. “When did this all happen? I didn’t - I didn’t think people were really going to listen to it. Wait an album this year? Like… I have 8 more months if I sign?” Realistically she had just about enough songs to smack into an album if she wanted to. More than enough if she put in all of her ep tracks, but that wasn’t what she was wanting to do. “Jesus.. and Matt already knows I’m stubborn, right? I don’t want a shitty and pushy manager if I’m doing this. Wait- but if I do this can we still travel together? Because after this weekend I don’t like going without you.” 

There was something about walking into Gerald’s home - their home - that really felt relaxing. While she’d had a blast with the girls, coming back here felt like taking a deep breath of relief, plus, she and Gerald were hardly ever apart anymore. Everything with them seemed to be 0-100 and once they were pretty seriously dating, she went to all the shows of his that she could and shortly after moved in and it seemed like she blinked and then their two lives were one. But it also felt like there had never been any other way of living, this was and would always be how things were. “Oh no, what did I do?” She kissed him as one hand settled low on his chest and the other fliddled with the sleeves on his tee. “Yeah, drunk tarot reading isn’t something I’ll do again, oh but look!” Leaning back, she pulled her jacket off to show the new tattoo on her upper arm. “We were able to make all the crying a positive.” She said with a little laugh. “It was a lot of fun though, the food is incredible and the French Quarter has so much history even in just it’s architecture. You’d love it. We went to so many clubs and then they have little alcohol stops between the bars. And yesterday alone I heard Bad at Love on the radio and nightmare in the gay bar - and people knew the words which was…wild.. We went shopping and got our nails done. Yesterday was a nice turn around, but it’s weird being away from home without you.” She hummed out. “Downside is Jessica made out with some chick while drunk and Beth is doubting her relationship, but I was a good girl.” Sky joked, kissing Gerald again. “I came back more excited to marry you than ever.”

The girls all chatted for a while on the plane before crashing out for the last hour or so. When Sky got off and her phone started receiving normal messages again, she found one from Gerald saying he was still stuck in a phone meeting and was sending their driver to pick her up. She replied that she was heading back and to wrap up his call with a teasing emoji, but once she walked in the house, she could still hear him talking in the living room with the phone on speaker. Sky kept quiet as she set down her bags and shuffled over to Gerald to sit in his lap as he spoke. “Alright well my lady is home, you guys kept me from picking her up at the airport, but you aren’t keeping me from her now. Wrap up the details and shoot them over when you’re done.” “You can have him back after the honeymoon.” Sky called out with a little giggle. Whoever he and his manager were talking with just kept on, but Matt knew not to push it and gave a loud cough followed up by a “talk soon” and then the line cut out. “They just need all of your time.. don’t they know I’m needy too?” She said, voice muffled in his neck where she was peppering him with kisses, eventually moving up his jaw to his mouth. “I missed you, you didn’t have too much fun without me, did you?”