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feel like I should since they’re spending money on it.”
“You study enough while you’re there. You’re getting Cs, right?”
“Mostly.”
Brad shook his head. “No problem if you guys want to wait till after finals. I hear college tests are a bitch.”
Ethan smiled. “Like I give a shit. Yeah, so, my grandpa’s paying for it. I told him I didn’t want to go, but that if he was going to make me do it, fine. I’d do it. I’m showing up for classes, and I’m trying to study, but damned if it’s gonna ruin a good weekend.”
“Whatever. I’m here no matter what.”
“So, like I was saying, I’m gonna see if Valerie wants to come home with us next weekend. I think you’d like her. She’s a total metalhead, but she doesn’t look like it at all. Well, in all fairness, she was able to pull it off when we went to a concert earlier this month. She’s a nice girl, though. There aren’t many of us there, if you catch my drift, so she’s cool.”
“You still want to practice then?”
“Yeah…she wants to see us play, so we should .”
“Works for me.” Brad had no idea that meeting Ethan’s new friend would change the entire course of the rest of his life.
* * *
The first weekend of December arrived, and, with it, snow and cold. Brad was finally feeling like a real man, not just a kid trapped in a man’s body. It had been a long, hard year, but he’d made the transition. He felt ready for anything. He wanted to take on the world. He knew he simply had to hold out for a few more months and then he and Bullet could make a real go of it. He knew living in this little burg wasn’t helping. They needed to get out where there were more people. Sure, they could post a few YouTube videos, but there was nothing like a live audience. He knew that would be their key to success.
By the time Brad got off work that Friday late afternoon, he hadn’t heard from Ethan. His friend had said he was going to call when he got home from school so they could arrange meeting that night. It had started snowing sometime around noon, though, so he wondered if maybe they’d decided to wait it out. He called Ethan’s cell phone so he’d know if he should expect him or not.
Ethan answered after one ring. “Hey, dude. How’s it going?”
“Hey, man. Fine.”
“You know that friend I told you about?”
“Yeah. You guys come home?”
“Yeah. We’re here, and she’s here with us.”
“Cool. So you wanna get together, do some practicing?”
“Hell, yeah.”
“We have a couple shows later this month and next, so we have a lot of work to do. Nick should be free after six. You wanna plan for seven?”
“Sounds good. ”
Brad hung up. That gave him a couple hours to shower, eat some dinner, and do some much needed guitar maintenance. Tonight, Bullet would be performing for an audience of one, and he planned to treat it like a real show …so he had to be ready and at the top of his game.
Chapter Seven
BRAD HADN’T QUITE known what to expect when Ethan and his new friend arrived, but he hadn’t expected her . She was outgoing and friendly, but there was something about her. She looked nothing like Leah, but she reminded him of her just the same. He couldn’t quite figure out why, but that wasn’t good. He was drawn to her from the second he laid eyes on her.
The only saving grace was that Ethan had talked of her only as a friend . He hadn’t indicated any attraction whatsoever. In fact, Ethan had been bragging over Thanksgiving break about all the college pussy he’d been getting, so Brad was pretty sure this young woman was off the guy’s radar.
They’d made their way through perfunctory greetings, but all of them headed to the garage, eager to play. They hadn’t been able to practice as much over Thanksgiving break as they’d hoped, and now they could get in some solid time to prepare
“You study enough while you’re there. You’re getting Cs, right?”
“Mostly.”
Brad shook his head. “No problem if you guys want to wait till after finals. I hear college tests are a bitch.”
Ethan smiled. “Like I give a shit. Yeah, so, my grandpa’s paying for it. I told him I didn’t want to go, but that if he was going to make me do it, fine. I’d do it. I’m showing up for classes, and I’m trying to study, but damned if it’s gonna ruin a good weekend.”
“Whatever. I’m here no matter what.”
“So, like I was saying, I’m gonna see if Valerie wants to come home with us next weekend. I think you’d like her. She’s a total metalhead, but she doesn’t look like it at all. Well, in all fairness, she was able to pull it off when we went to a concert earlier this month. She’s a nice girl, though. There aren’t many of us there, if you catch my drift, so she’s cool.”
“You still want to practice then?”
“Yeah…she wants to see us play, so we should .”
“Works for me.” Brad had no idea that meeting Ethan’s new friend would change the entire course of the rest of his life.
* * *
The first weekend of December arrived, and, with it, snow and cold. Brad was finally feeling like a real man, not just a kid trapped in a man’s body. It had been a long, hard year, but he’d made the transition. He felt ready for anything. He wanted to take on the world. He knew he simply had to hold out for a few more months and then he and Bullet could make a real go of it. He knew living in this little burg wasn’t helping. They needed to get out where there were more people. Sure, they could post a few YouTube videos, but there was nothing like a live audience. He knew that would be their key to success.
By the time Brad got off work that Friday late afternoon, he hadn’t heard from Ethan. His friend had said he was going to call when he got home from school so they could arrange meeting that night. It had started snowing sometime around noon, though, so he wondered if maybe they’d decided to wait it out. He called Ethan’s cell phone so he’d know if he should expect him or not.
Ethan answered after one ring. “Hey, dude. How’s it going?”
“Hey, man. Fine.”
“You know that friend I told you about?”
“Yeah. You guys come home?”
“Yeah. We’re here, and she’s here with us.”
“Cool. So you wanna get together, do some practicing?”
“Hell, yeah.”
“We have a couple shows later this month and next, so we have a lot of work to do. Nick should be free after six. You wanna plan for seven?”
“Sounds good. ”
Brad hung up. That gave him a couple hours to shower, eat some dinner, and do some much needed guitar maintenance. Tonight, Bullet would be performing for an audience of one, and he planned to treat it like a real show …so he had to be ready and at the top of his game.
Chapter Seven
BRAD HADN’T QUITE known what to expect when Ethan and his new friend arrived, but he hadn’t expected her . She was outgoing and friendly, but there was something about her. She looked nothing like Leah, but she reminded him of her just the same. He couldn’t quite figure out why, but that wasn’t good. He was drawn to her from the second he laid eyes on her.
The only saving grace was that Ethan had talked of her only as a friend . He hadn’t indicated any attraction whatsoever. In fact, Ethan had been bragging over Thanksgiving break about all the college pussy he’d been getting, so Brad was pretty sure this young woman was off the guy’s radar.
They’d made their way through perfunctory greetings, but all of them headed to the garage, eager to play. They hadn’t been able to practice as much over Thanksgiving break as they’d hoped, and now they could get in some solid time to prepare
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