Tate: You’re the one that I want.
The text echoes in lyrics across the room and my mouth is completely dry.
Tate: This is my favorite part.
Levi: It’s iconic
That’s all I could think of to reply.I look at Danny and Sandy dancing their way through the funhouse maze.They gave up their ways, changed for one another, meeting somewhere in the middle.Is that not me and Tate?I jump from the couch, my phone falling to the floor in the process.I have my song!
Chapter 43
Tate
“Why in the world is Gabriella calling me?And how did she get my new number?”
Tim, Callie, and I picked up sandwiches and headed down to the sand for a beach day.Tomorrow will be all about getting ready for the show, so it’s our last full day in LA to do nothing but hang out and then it’s back to the tour.
Callie sucks in air through her teeth making a sheesh-like sound.“She may have DMed me last night asking for it, and I may have given it to her.Is that wrong?”
“No, of course not.”I sigh before picking up.
“Hey, Gabriella, what’s up?”
“What’s up?That’s it?No I’m sorry I changed my number and haven’t responded to any of the messages you’ve sent?I’m sorry I’ve been a bad friend?Nada, huh?”Her voice carries over the pounding of the waves.Both Tim and Callie look at me wide-eyed.I take her off speaker and mute the call before saying, “You see?”while walking a couple paces away.
“Gabriella, are you there?I’m at the beach and reception is spotty...”
“So the rumors are true.You’re here.”
“I am, and you’re right.When I left, I should have 100 percent called you.I just, I don’t know, you were dating Levi and it was weird for me,” I explain honestly.
“For you and me both, but you know it wasn’t real.And between us, I think you broke the boy.”
I laugh in a way I haven’t since probably the last time I talked to her.
“What do you mean I broke him?I didn’t do anything, and as far as I can tell, he’s unbreakable.”
