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answer before—parents, dinner table, you know.”
    â€œYeah.” He sounded a little distracted. “But listen, huge news!”
    â€œWhat?” I leaned back against the soft bulk of my favorite stuffed animal, Gordo the wonder pig, wondering if this was it—the moment Trevor would tell me I was the girl for him. Sort of like that line from “True Romance”— When you know it’s right, it’s time to declare / Make it a memory you two will always share . . . .
    I was so distracted by humming the rest of the verse in my head that I almost missed what he said next: “We’ve got a lead on the Scene!”
    Sitting up, I blinked, momentarily picturing Trevor staring at a landscape painting in a museum. “Um, the Scene?” I echoed.
    â€œThat under-twenty-one club near here?” he said. “I told you about it, remember?”
    Oh right. Now I did. “Sure, the Scene,” I said. “What do you mean, a lead?”
    â€œZach was talking to this girl who works at his dentist’s office or something, and she told him her cousin’s friend knows a guy who takes tickets at the Scene on weekends.”
    He was talking kind of fast, and I wasn’t sure I totally followed. But whatever. The point was, he sounded happy. “That’s great,” I said. “So you think this dentist chick or whoever can get you some shows at the club?”
    â€œFingers crossed. If we got a couple of gigs there, it could really open things up for us.”
    He sounded so excited that it made me smile. Well, smile even harder than I already was just from talking to him. He took his band superseriously, and I just knew they were destined for the big time. Which was awesome. I mean, how cool would it be—me, the girlfriend of a rock god? Especially one as sweet as Trevor?
    â€œI’m sure you’ll get those gigs,” I told him. “You guys are amazing, and soon the whole world will know it.”
    â€œThanks.” I could almost hear him grinning through the phone. “You’re amazing too, Chloe.”
    â€œYeah, I know.” I twirled a curl around my finger. “It’s a gift.”
    He chuckled. “Anyway, I should probably go. I just wanted to share the big news in person.”
    â€œWhat? You can’t go yet.” I’d sunk back against Gordo again, but now I shot upright. “We barely got a chance to talk! And listen, I was going to tell you about this new kid who came to the meeting, and—”
    â€œSorry, babe,” he cut me off apologetically. “I’m not even supposed to be on the phone right now. My mom and stepdad have really been riding me about my grades lately, and I have a big bio test coming up tomorrow. If I blow it, they’ll ground me from rehearsals, and that’s not going to happen.”
    â€œTotally,” I said with a sigh. “I understand. My parents are completely ridic like that about grades and stuff too.”
    â€œYeah. Text you tomorrow?”
    â€œDefinitely. Good luck on the test.”
    â€œThanks.”
    As I hung up, I sighed loudly, wishing he’d been able to talk longer. It wasn’t until I set my phone down that I realized once again he hadn’t even mentioned his big secret. At least I didn’t think he had.
    â€œMaybe that was it?” I murmured.
    But no, his bandmate had just gone to the dentist that afternoon— after Trevor had texted me that first tantalizing hint. So what was it he’d wanted to tell me, and why hadn’t he told me yet?
    I picked up the phone, tempted to text him about it. But I held back, not wanting to distract him from his studying. Even future rock gods had to make decent grades, right?
    Or not. But Trevor cared about stuff like that, which was just one more thing to love about him. I grabbed Gordo and hugged him. “I mean, it shows Trev’s not just gorgeous and