I roll my eyes, but don’t put up a fight.“I was definitely lackluster,” I concede.
“So, what are you going to do about your girl?”
My girl.HA.I wish...Wait, what?I’m getting so far away from why I came here, I don’t even know what I want anymore.
“I’m not sure,” I say honestly, moving to get my phone from my pocket and check the time.“I’d better figure it out quick though.I’m supposed to do rehearsals with her in the next fifteen minutes.”
“Just tell her how you feel and then take the next indicated step.”
Normally, I hate advice.It always sounds like it rolled right out of a fortune cookie, but not this.This feels manageable.Tell her how I feel and take the next indicated step.
She pulls herself to a stand, ironing out the wrinkles in her top with a quick brush of her hand.I follow, ready to walk her out.
“You stay.We don’t need to create any more drama for you.I know the way.”
Man, in another life she would be perfect.She’s easy, smart, beautiful.Old me would have kicked my own butt for letting this girl go, but that’s the thing...old me is gone and Kim is a little too monochromatic for me now.
Once the door closes, I collapse back onto my bed, the mattress bouncing a bit at the impact.How do I feel?I like Tate.I don’t like when other men touch her or talk to her.Hmm, the last part is a little possessive.But I do like Tate.So, I’ll tell her and then take the next indicated step.Yep, that’s what I’ll do.But what is the next indicated step?
Chapter 20
Tate
Why am I creeping inthe shadows of the hallway outside the bedrooms?I finished helping Slater and my feet just started moving in this direction.No, it has nothing to do with Levi and the smoking-hot bartender...and what they might be doing.I lean against the wall closest to Levi’s door, letting my head release against the back wall.We’re supposed to be meeting any minute now.Should I ask if we’re still on?Or just go to the studio and practice?I do need to practice too.My teeth sink further into my bottom lip, weighing my options, when the door suddenly opens.I push off the wall and basically throw myself down the stairs as casually as one could.It’s not Levi though, it’s her.Her mouth is set in an all-knowing smirk.
“You waiting for Levi?”she asks from a couple steps above me.Her platinum-blonde hair takes flight with every step downward.
“Hmm, what?Why would you say that?”
She doesn’t bother to cover up her blatant disbelief in anything I just said.“Maybe because you were hovering outside his door a minute ago.”We hit the landing at the same time, and I watch her walk to the front door, opening it partially before turning back towards me.“You know, he feels the same way about you too.”
“I’m sorry?About what exactly?”
Her eyes roll so far back into her head she was probably staring at her brain for a minute.“Hopeless.”She sighs, shutting the door.
Levi comes down the stairs not long after the door shuts but stops in the middle when he sees me.
