Page 15 (1/2)

I wish I could share this with hi ever The fans, the sound, the way I feel co that compares I’m not scared Not in the least bit I love this I love uitar And I’an

I turn around to watch Kit as she plays Her cheeks are all rosy, and she’s sive her a quick solo, and she stru as she works it By the way the crowd’s going crazy, I’d guess she’s really good at this

I can feel the thump of the music in the floor and on the walls, and I stop and rest my hand on one of the speakers

Kit’s hair is all wet, and her face is shining She’s never looked more beautiful to me This is obviously what she was born to do And I can’t help but wonder why she’s busking in a subway for pennies rather than doing this full time This is where her future lies This is her passion

I’ myself to keep an eye on the crowd, rather than both my eyes on her

So beside uitar, and I can’t help but laugh at him He waves at me and says, "Hell, I’ll leave it to the pro" He points a finger toward Kit "Did you know she could do that?"

I shrug I knew she could play But they apparently think she’s really good I er walks toward Kit and says so in her ear He’s shirtless and sweaty, and she brushes hi when he does it, and I don’t like it I don’t like it at all I stand up taller

"He’s not worth it," Pete says

I know But I still don’t like it

"You got it bad for this one, don’t you?" he asks He’s s, but his question is serious

I nod I don’t need to say irl

The band breaks, and Kit wipes her hairline with her forearo that direction and hop onto the stage before he can get to her He nearly buoes the other way

"Oh my God!" she says, excitement in her eyes as she jumps in place in front of rabs s around my waist She kisses me She tastes like root beer and excitehter against me The owner of the club waves and I catch him out of the corner of my eye He jerks his thumb toward the back of the club I nod and carry Kit in that direction But she’s all hyped up on nerves and attitude And she hasn’t taken her lips fros still wrapped around ainst the wall She’s tangling her tongue with mine, and I don’t ever want her to stop

She finally pulls back and looks atmy face "Did you see that?" she asks

"See what?" I have lost allDid you see it?"

I nod, nuzzling "

"I know! Wasn’t I? Oh s from around my waist and drops her feet to the floor She starts to pace back and forth across the roo at all, but I lean against the wall and s to look at ," I say I walk to her and brush her sweaty hair fro beautiful" She shivers as I blow across her neck

Her hand coet irl I’ve been inside "Thank you for bringingwithti

I lean down and kiss her, because she’s that da froht there," she says, holding up a finger She looks up at et back to work, anyway The owner just sent us back here because he was afraid I was going to fk you on the stage"

She covers hersx back here Are you serious?" Her eyes are wide

I can’t keep fro "Probably"

"Do you do that back here often?" she asks

I freeze I don’t want to answer her Because I have done it She doesn’t push for an answer But she heaves a sigh and shoves herself away from me I feel the loss of her i her face in e my past"

She looks deep into my eyes and says, "I know I didn’t ask you to I just have to go back on stage" She kisses rinning She’s nearly vibrating with excitement

She’s not mad at me Thank God "We can come back to this as often as you want" Any tiers to hold her back She pulls back fro to jerk her back into my arms But she turns and runs away

She hops back up on the stage and I follow her The lead singer turns to her, scowling "You and Logan, huh?" he asks I can read his lips frorins and nods her head

He says soures," before he scowls and turns toward me I point to her and point to ets it He totally gets it He ht not want it to be true But he knows she’s not in his future She’s et Kit a root beer She’s been sweating up there for an hour, and they have another set to do I point to the root beer lever on the fountain and raise er as she fills a glass I point to Kit She nods and drops two cherries into it I turn to take it to Kit and Abby tugs on my sleeve "Where did she learn to play like that?" Abby asks

I shrug I have no idea where she learned to play All I know is that she’s good I can tell by the way the crowd is reacting to her My heart is filled with pride for her And it’s filled with a lot more A lot more that she’s probably not ready to address yet

I take her root beer to her and stand by the side of the stage to wait until she’s done with the song But she s, and she leans over, taking the straw into her reedily, and there’s not a ht that lass Then she smiles at me, kisses e Great Now I have a hard on and so does every man within a twenty foot radius Suddenly, she runs back down the steps She nods toward a cherry in the glass and I lift it to her lips She takes it against the tip of her tongue and closes her lips around it She pops it off the string with a gentle tug She nods to the other, and looks at rin, and I lift it to ue it fro with her, until she leans over, opens her mouth over mine, and takes it back fro turned on that all I can do is look like an idiot

Emily