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Overhead, the lights roae The band took the stage one by one, a up the croith each entrance They launched into their biggest hit of the year so far Although I didn’t listen to Without Grey much, the words had been imprinted on me by almost constant airplay and even a movie and commercial placement

Zara stared up at the stage The lights reflecting off her eyes and she glanced over at !” she shouted over the driving blaring ers around my arm

Whatever favor Hunter called in for scoring me another ticket was one hundred percent worth it for the look on her face

We were on our feet for an hour and a half and I only felt even ized when the band finished their second encore

Hunter huddled up our group as rows of seats emptied behind us “There’s an after party, but we don’t have to go”

“Where is it? A hotel suite?” Everest clenched and unclenched his fists

“Backstage They put together a htclub to celebrate the end of the tour”

Ja his mouth, he cleared his throat and looked back at the rest of us “I roup wants to do We don’t have to go It’s just that I haven’t had a whole night to et another chance to party withwhatever everyone else wants”

August shook his head “Real subtle”

“What are the odds Madison and the rest of the band will even be there? They’ve probably got a private party going on somewhere else”

Everest made a noise It was a cross between distress and full-on berserker rage The only place I’d heard it before was in Milwaukee, and we all kne that had turned out

I looped o and you stay”

Everest piped up, ruining my atteo”

“Dude—”

“What? Let’s all go to the fucking party,” he snapped