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Take your ti was simple, sweet, and perfect And the noise when they finished was deafening People shouted and sta down on us Security helped David and the guys h the crush of people More had arrived as they performed, alerted to the show by texts and calls and each and every sort of social media A tidal wave of fans swah A hand wrapped around rin on his face We got our asses out of there pronto

Sam and the securitylimousine outside They ell prepared We all bundled into the back of the li to make sure your friends are okay”

“Thank you I think Portland knows you’re here now”

“Yeah, I think you’re right”

“Davie, you are a fking show pony,” Mal said, shaking his head “I knew you were going to pull so like this Guitarists are such a bunch of posers If you had an ounce of sense, young lady, you’d have hed and wiped the tears fro, what did you say to her?” David pulled ed on the s as the car slowly startedforward

“Are you okay?”

“I told her the truth, that she should haveperforone all-out to iirl,” scoffed Ben

“What happened in Tokyo?” asked Jiain about, ah … as her name?”

“Oh shit, yeah The chick froe you for the da about Davie said to shut up,” shouted Mal above the pair’s raucous laughter “Have so nore them” David cupped , hIt’s beautiful”

“You really liked it? ’Cause I can take it if you didn’t, you don’t have—”

I grabbed his face and kissed hi around us And I didn’t stop kissing him until my lips were nu away the last of s”