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Chuck got back to the podius, so on tour next month Gabe, Buck, River, and I are totally stoked We're co it!" He couldn't resist the usual fire-related expressions-a band the to do with fire, especially , "Fiery Life," which Chuck had written So although he wasn't my favorite band member, I wouldn't coo on tour with hi else with ot down to the matter at hand "Now so a little contest here One lucky girl is going to be picked to tour with us for a week We got fifteen thousand pictures from all of you, and it was hard to decide River and I loved all of the pretty faces Gabe was particularly fond of the X-rated pictures you girls sent us" He pointed at the ca to you later for : a Buck joke He always teased Buck, calling hi that he was so stupid, he couldn't even remember his own name And the name issue wasn't as far-fetched as it seemed, because Buck's real name was Charles Before he'd joined the Fiery Boys, people had called him Chuck But the band couldn't have two Chucks, so the bass player becas to er arrived on schedule "And Buck?" Chuck grinned for an extra beat before delivering the punchline "He can't even rehed

This was the standard Fiery Boys story Chuck was the lady killer singer, Gabe was the Zen-yet-horny guitarist, River was the hard-drinking drummer, and Buck was the du to drink hard with River All he had to do was say the word And I seriously doubted Buck was dumb

Chuck continued to ride theannounceot unanimous approval from us, but the winner was definitely the first choice for three of us So without delay, let's have a dru for his backup drummer, but the other band members were obviously not there He turned back to the cahtly "Oops, no drums Okay, the winner is"