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backward and put my
hands on my hips. “You know what I mean Cale. This…” I gestured
between him and I, “Can’t happen. If it does, the whole tour will
be awkward.”
    He smirked and shook his head in disbelief.
“You’re right. Let’s shake on it.” Cale suggested. “No more kissing
between the hot young lead guitarist and the dapper lead singer.”
Now he was just being sarcastic. And he was sure good at it.
    “Oh, shut up.” I slapped him hard on the
shoulder. “Are you always this sure of yourself?”
    “All the time. You don’t know me enough yet,
hun. I get what I want, when I want it.” The way he took slow
pauses in between each word, he was insinuating that he was like a
sex god. I giggled in my head. But if that was how he was going to
be, then two could play that game. I quickly changed the subject,
because I was tired and wanted to take a cold shower at home.
    “I could so take that to another level. But
instead I’ll just ask you for a ride back to my loft?” I gave him
the puppy dog eyes and pouted my lip and he gently touched my
arm.
    “Yeah no problem. Let’s get the rest of our
stuff packed up.” He replied, and we stuffed all the leftover
equipment into his SUV.
    The drive back to the loft was us battling
over which song to play on his iPod, which was hooked up to his car
stereo. “How could you not like old school Metallica?” I demanded,
as Cale skipped over the first song to “Ride the Lightning”.
“That’s classic shit Pelton!”
    He turned it to Pierce the Veil’s “King for
a Day”, and began to tap his fingers against the steering wheel to
the beat of the drums pounding. “This okay?”
    “I love it, actually,” and sang along to the
words when Kellin Quinn’s voice soared out of the speakers. “Didn’t
pin me down for that type?”
    “I don’t know. That’s what I’m trying to
figure out.” He said truthfully, pulling up outside of the loft. He
turned off the ignition and leaned back into his seat. “I’ll admit
it Bryn. I really like you. The guys love you; they can’t stop
talking about you. As much as I would love to kiss you, and then
some, I won’t. It was like you said…we’re bandmates, soon to be
best friends, and I want to keep it that way.”
    “You don’t need to explain yourself Cale, it
was a kiss. You don’t need to read into it,” I told him as he
opened my door for me.
    “I’ll see you Thursday bright and early,” He
spoke softly as he gave me a friendly hug. “Need any help with your
stuff?”
    I shook my head no. “It’s alright. Thanks,
Cale.” I smiled and walked away, ready to come home to the smell of
fresh lilies still blooming on the table.

Chapter 4: Nothing but a Good Time
    “ I want to buy one of those someday.” I
whispered into Ethan’s ear as we danced along to the band in front
of us. We were at the high school talent show, and I couldn’t peel
my eyes off of the lead singer with the beautiful guitar. That was
the only word that could describe it. I had always loved music, and
wanted to have a career in music, whether I was in a band, or
teaching music, and being here tonight only fueled my
desire.
    “ Your parents would really let you?” He
kissed me just below my ear. “Babe that’s kind of crazy…”
    I loosened myself from his arms and started
to leave the auditorium. “What? Am I supposed to follow in their
footsteps and live in a big lonely house the rest of my life?
That’s not me, Ethan, and you know that…”
    He wrapped his arms around me again as his
fingers played with the hem of my top. “I’m sorry, Bryn. If that’s
what your dream is, then you go after it, and I’ll always be right
there no matter what.” I loved this man. It was hard to believe my
parents were the ones that had set us up, because Ethan’s parents
are one of the richest families in town. He was the complete
opposite of rich and stuck up like everyone believed. He had his
own dreams like me, and had taught me