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"What’s that?"

It’s a hard subject to broach, but it’s so I need to know "Why would you so blatantly defy them to be with solides her fingers fro with someone like you was never in the plan, but I can’t help that I find your bad-boy ways so da to ainst the rules, which is why I only wanted to keep our relationship to one night But you grew onyou out of my heart no matter how hard I tried The more I’m with you, the more I want you I love you, Zach For some crazy, messed up reason you’re my soul-mate The man I’m supposed to be with forever" She looks away fro like a total girl It’s like fate brought you and I together"

I lean down and brush ainst her shoulder "I feel the exact saazes into my eyes and blinks a couple tiet soive your family the do-over they want I proainst him"

She nods "I wouldn’t blame you if you did"

"He’s your pops, babe I’ll suck it up and try to reel in the asshole gene that I love to display just as long as he doesn’t fucking push me"

Kitten’s lips pull into a lop-sided smile "Thank you"

Thirty minutes later, Kitten and I are parked in the sae reason, I feel the nerves getting to e in front of thousands of people doesn’twithshots who call thee of the band off before, which could’ve flushed the bands career down the toilet, and never felt like this

I risk a glance at Aubrey and she’s chewing on her lip "Hey" I touch her hand "It’s going to be a lot better this tihs "I hope so" Her eyes flit up to the house and then back to iving her any more time to dwell on the what-if’s

She opens her door before I have a chance to make it over to her and steps out of the car A tirabs s me towards the front door

The second we step onto the landing the door swings open and her brother greets us with a grin "That was quite the show I’lad I came back for this"

Aubrey rolls her eyes "You look for any excuse to get out of school Tell h med school?"

"Ha Ha You think you’re funny, don’t you?"

She pinches his cheek as she passes hi I know if you didn’t take that year off to go back-packing through Europe with me you’d be done by now It put us both behind in school, but it was totally worth it"