“Well, I sure would like to get to know more than just your lips, so yeah.”
He smiled, and he had the same vertical dimples reaching his eyes, just like Dad. “Okay, Isaac is like our manager too, but he is the best with a guitar.”
“Better than you?”
“Way, better.”
“Okay.” I chuckled. “And a manager, so you do gigs?”
“Yeah, we do.”
“Why haven’t I seen you on YouTube or any place before?”
“Opposite side of America, remember.”
“With your talent, there’s supposed to be at least one YouTube video.”
“Oh, there is. Yesterday’s.”
I laughed at the way his face slacked from all emotion when he said it.
“Then there is Ty, but he is a bit of a horn dog and a complete idiot. Jamie is Jamie.” He chuckled. “It’s hard to sum them up.”
“Fine, so when am I going to meet them?”
“Hopefully soon.”
“You put some thought behind this, didn’t you?”
“Yeah, your dad is going to love me when he meets me.”
I chuckled, doubting that.
“You want to bet?”
“Bet you don’t know my dad.”
“I know enough.”
Why on earth did that sound like he knew something I didn’t?
“Okay fine. What do you want to bet?”
“Oh, not much. Just that you will be stuck with me if I’m right.”
I couldn’t help but to laugh at that. “You better mean every single word, Blake Leaf.”
“Oh, I do.”
I grabbed his chin and kissed him. Where the confidence came from, well, it must have been his excellent skills of serenading on Valentine’s day in the cafeteria.
The kiss broke as the bracelet jumped into my mind.
“Oh, before I forget.” I reached down into my bag and opened the front pocket, taking out the bracelet.
I showed it to him and his eyes lingered as his eyebrows furrowed.
He rubbed his thumb over the leather straps and something else replaced the wonder and curiosity in his eyes. It was very similar to fear.
