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“What did I ain?” she said, hands on her hips

“NO,” the whole room answered in unison

“But, Ms Keira here see a song for her tonight A song about how much he loooves her”

“Awe, really?” Matty said, eyes twinkling as she set her water bottle down “That’s so ro for you on tv? I want to see! I want to see,” she said, as so and Matty held onto her hands as they all rewatched it again

“It’s good to be with a guy who’s not afraid to let you kno he feels Who’s not afraid of what other peopledrea continued to play and they all watched further than they had before As the song abruptly ended, he whipped the guitar off over his head and juh the now packed dressing room

“Where the hell is he going?” someone called out

“I bet he’s co next to Keira Her head whipped around as she gaped at her

“You think he’s co here?”

“Why the hell not? He knohere you are He knows the concert would be over now” Her heart sped up and she didn’t knohat to do first Ca around her neck, she started to the door, the sea of dancers parting as she reached the door her hand shook as she turned the knob Leaving this roo a new chapter in her life, she hoped she was right

“Wish me luck,” she said over her shoulder

“Good luck!” the whole roo a step out into the hallway, she came face to face with a sweaty and out of breath Eric

Cries of “oh od,” “this is so ro out from the room behind her as the door slammed shut

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Legs puly crowded streets of NYC for ten blocks Running for it seee, but the city blocks were a lot bigger than he re down his face, Eric rounded the final corner’s block to Madison Square Garden He’d played there once before and ran around the side of the building to get to the perfore equip his way through the flurry of activity to get to Keira

He knew the concert had finished only a little bit before his performance Was Keira still there? Had she left already? Had she even seen his perfor out of one of the backstage doors headed for the shuttle bus He intercepted the a deep breath, hunched over with his hands on his knees he held up his finger trying to get sos