Kylen lifts his hand off the steering wheel to slap his forehead. “This is why we don’t write our own songs.”
“She wrote us this awesome song,” Jasper continues. “It’s so awesome that…everyone will feel as though they belong.”
Kylen shakes his head with a smile before joining in the song, adding his own ridiculous lyrics. They really let loose and have fun with it. By the time they’re done, I’m laughing so hard that my stomach hurts.
“That wasawesome,” I say. Jasper must have used that word at least twenty times.
Kylen chuckles as he parks in the pizzeria’s parking lot. “That was kind of epic. But I don’t think we can repeat that again.”
“Agreed,” Jasper says as we get out of the car. “That can destroy our reputation. We take it to the grave, yeah?”
“Agreed,” Kylen and I say.
We enter the pizzeria and find that Sophie and Damian are already seated at a large table in the back. I think they pushed two tables together to accommodate us. After the three of us give in our orders, we join them at the table, just as the rest of the gang arrives. Once everyone has given their order and settled down at the table, Carly says, “I missed the memo. What exactly are we celebrating?”
“Your awesome friend.” Jasper beams.
“I’m giving the guys one of my songs to perform,” I tell them.
My friends gape at me in total shock. “You’re actually giving them a song you wrote?” Sophie asks.
“I know, right? I guess I don’t feel insecure anymore. I kind of want them to expose it.”
Addie claps. “Oh my gosh, this is awesome news! Definitely worth celebrating. Does that mean they’ll sing ‘I Don’t Need Your Kisses,’ too?”
I quickly shake my head. “No way. Love songs are out of the question.”
“For now,” Leo teases.
“Forever.”
“Bummer.”
“Do you have the lyrics?” Sophie asks. “I want to see them!”
“Darn, I didn’t bring it with me,” Kylen says.
“I took photos with my phone,” I say as I dig it out of my jeans pocket and pass it to them.
All six of them push themselves closer together to read the lyrics. After a bit, Carly raises her eyes to me, and I can see there are tears in them. “Is this about our friendship?”
I nod.
“Oh my gosh, it’s so beautiful. I feel the same way!”
“Me, too,” Sophie says. “It’s breathtaking.”
“Agreed one hundred percent,” Addie says with a warm smile. “I’ve only been best friends with you guys for a few months, but it feels like a lifetime. And we sure as heck will be best friends even when our souls are no longer in our bodies, just as you wrote in the song.”
“We feel the same way about our friendship,” Kylen tells them. “The guys don’t like being mushy, so this conveys exactly how we feel.”
“Yeah, we can relate to it so well,” Jasper says. “Rave is so talented.”
“Raven,” I remind him.
“Tomato, tomahto.”
I roll my eyes with a groan, which has everyone else at the table laughing.
