The first thing he noticed was a long curly ponytail, her hair was so dark, but it had this wild cherry tint to it almost the color of a plum. The second thing he noticed was the way her face dipped in on both sides of her cheeks into two perfect dimples. He had never been one to like ‘good girls’ persay. He liked the wild chicks that would bang on the tour bus and had tattoos scattered about.

“Hi, I’m Tinsley.” Her voice sounded exactly how he expected it to, a high, sweet pitched voice and she couldn’t seem to help but send him a warm, dimpled smile at the end of the short sentence.

“Austin.” He grinned back, he could tell from even her seated position that she was a tiny little thing. She was wearing a white dress despite the fact it was November and it was obviously getting chilly outside in New York.

Larry bert laughed from behind the microphone causing both sets of auburn eyes to snap towards him, “I can’t think of a more opposite couple to have in the room today.” Most of Austins tattoos were hidden underneath his black zip-up hoodie and his hood was up over his fauxed hair. “You’re just so cute.” He laughed looking over at Tinsley, “Are you going to rap for us again this time?”

“Oh my god.” She blushed, half covering her face. “That was awful last time.”

“No, it was cute. You’ve got such a sweet voice, but you did good.” He laughed thinking back to how she had rapped guap by Big Sean. “Maybe we could get a rap battle to happen between you and Austin here. You know he screams for a band, but us big guys can usually rap. How tall are you, Austin?”

“Uh, 6’4.” He laughed as Larry made a face. Austin was obviously taller than he had thought. “And I can definitely rap by the way, not cocky at all.” He grinned, “Sometimes I stay on stage after the whole band leaves and I go all out.”

“You’re 6’4?” Tinsley asked, her head cocked to the side as she looked at him.

Larry cracked up at her, “She’s over here still stuck on your height!” Austin laughed with him, “How tall are you?”

“5’3, It seems so tiny compared to 6’4.” She smiled, and Austin couldn’t help but let his eyes set on those damn dimples again.

“That’s because it is.” Austin replied unzipping his jacket and shaking it off. He was wearing a short sleeved, black v-neck underneath and now all his tattoos were on display.

“Oh my gosh and you have so many tattoos.” Tinsley squeaked out with a cute laugh as she covered her face with both hands.

“Uh-oh.” Larry yelled leaning over his desk. “Austin I think Tinsley just fell in love with you.”

“Oh, stop.” She laughed removing her hands from her face.

“What’s wrong, Tinsley?” Larry asked in a teasing voice as Tinsley grinned back. “Did you just discover that you like bad boys?”

“Having tattoos doesn’t make him a bad boy.” She said matter-of-factly as she perked up. “I have a tattoo.”

“Oh do you?” Austin asked, smiling as he turned towards her in his chair. “Let’s see it.”

He had responded to her in the same tone she had used while informing them about her tattoo. “I can’t show it to you.”

“Why not?” He teased her leaning forward. “Is it because you’re embarrassed by it?” He grinned, expecting it to be a heart on her finger or a butterfly. “Or is it just non existent?”

“No, it’s there!” She exclaimed, smiling at him. “It’s just in a…bad spot.”

“What do you mean by that?” Larry scrunched his eyebrows together, giving her a sideways glance.

“Well…” She drawled out, “It’s kind of on my butt kind of sort of…” She covered her face as her cheeks turned a shade of pink that Austin thought looked extremely cute on her at the moment.

“What?” He managed to get out in between his laughing and snorting that made Tinsley laugh herself. “Were you drunk when you got it or something?”

“No!” She quickly replied. “I’ve never even been drunk, I just thought it would look cute and it is.”

“Can we please see it?” Austin asked in the sweetest voice he could muster up. He was really just curious. Did this girl really go get some flimsy girly thing tattooed on her ass?

She chewed her lip as she thought, “Okay, but promise me one thing.”

“I promise I won’t make fun of it.” Austin rolled his eyes as he responded in the dorky voice he put on that any fans would recognize.

“No just promise you won’t look at my panties.” she glanced between Larry and Austin with her nose scrunched as they chuckled. She didn’t realize how innocent she sounded just then. “Please, I’m serious!”

“Okay, okay.” Larry put his arms up in defense. “We promise. Don’t we Austin?”

Tinsley looked at Austin as he nodded quickly, His tattooed hand covering his mouth and a good portion of his face. The two men watched as she hesitantly lifted up a small part of the bottom of her dress, trying to show as little skin as possible. Austin was beyond shocked when the tattoo was actually revealed. It was practically half of a sleeve on her thigh. Or at least he would consider it that on such a small girl.

“I am beyond surprised right now, to say the least.” Austin said with his eyebrows raised. The tattoo was on the lower part of her bottom and reached over to her hip. He wanted to take the whole tattoo in and by doing so he had to let his roam up a little further. He couldn't help but notice how it had almost an ocean like theme, much like the one on his arm.

“You looked at my panties!” Tinsley had yanked her skirt back down and he mouth was gaped open in obviously fake shock. “You said you wouldn’t!”

“I didn’t look at them I promise.” Austin laughed back with and innocent look on his face. The rest of the interview had went better than Austin had planned. He had to admit he was a bit nervous when he thought about how it was going to go in the beginning. He didn’t know if Tinsley was going to be an overwhelming Diva or the all around sweetheart that the media had perceived her to be.

They all exited the room once the interview was over. Tinsley went to her hair stylist and second mother Denika Laroy, a tall, skinny black woman with a short fro of blonde hair. Austin had went the opposite direction and had run into one of his long time friends Beau Bokan.

“Tinsley Rayna get your little ass out to the car, we’ve got stuff to do today.” She yelled in to the dressing room before descending down the hallway and giving a polite ‘Excuse me.’ To Austin and Beau. Austin stopped Denika and spoke to her for a minute and after he was done he supported his weight by leaning his arm on the opposite side of the door.

“I’m right behind you.” Tinsley yelled before grabbing her phone and her jacket. She shut the door and ran down the hallway, barely having to dunk down to walk underneath Austins arm that was blocking the doorway. “Sorry.”

“No worries.” Austin replied as he glanced over at the dark plum hair that was walking away from him. He realized it was her and managed to completely forget about Beau. “Hey wait!”

Tinsley slowed down and slowly turned around as she began to pull her jacket on over her dress. “You’re going to get me in trouble.” She grinned up at him as he stopped in front of her. It had only taken him a couple of strides to get to where she had been standing because of his long legs.

“I won’t keep you long right now as long as I can have you tomorrow.” Her smile was huge and it seemed to make her extremely excited that he wanted to take her out tomorrow because she was struggling with her zipper. “St. Regis hotel?” He asked as he reached forward and took the zipper out of grasp and easily zipped her jacket up for her.

“Huh?” She asked looking up at him in some sort of daze that made him grin like mad.

“Is that where you’re staying?” He asked reaching forward and gently pulling her hood onto her head. "St. Regis Hotel?"

“Oh.” She smiled with a nod, “Yeah, but Denika is kind of-”

He cut her off before she could go any further. “Don’t worry I already talked to Denika.” He smiled and backed away from her, “I’ll see you tomorrow.”

Her mouth was slightly agape as she stared at his back before he completely went back into the studio. “He’s gone babygirl, let’s go!” Denika yelled, making Tinsley jump and immediately run towards the waiting car.

Notes

You can see Tinsley's tattoo here.