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Forever doesn’t wait for us to get our shit together
Forever doesn’t wait for the exact right time
We only have today, so let’s make it forever
Because forever doesn’t wait, so why should we?
Skylar winked as the chorus ended, and Elena belted the bridge with all her might.
Kiss me swiftly
Tell me that you love me
I’m not waiting anymore
Forever is going to start now
As the song came to an end, Gordon hit the cymbal with his drumsticks. The sound startled Elena as she finally broke eye contact with Skylar. Everyone in the room erupted into applause as Skylar and Elena breathlessly laughed. They had somehow managed to successfully run through their whole set list without stopping after only two days of practice.
“Man, it’s been too long since I’ve done that.” Skylar sat down on a wooden stool, picked up a bottle of water off a nearby sheet music stand, and downed half of it. “That felt good.”
“Hell yeah, it did,” Erica chimed in. She had plopped down on the leather sofa beside Andy. Gordon was still playing air drums, seemingly as hyped up with energy as Elena felt.
“You all were great.” Johnny stood in the middle of the room as he looked around at everyone. “I think this tour is going to sell out, no problem. Tickets go on sale this Friday, and the fan club presale will start tomorrow. Harlow, how many have already registered for tickets?”
Harlow Hawkins had been their tour manager years ago on their last tour. Elena had been thrilled when she'd accepted the job to come back.
“We have 287,938 people currently signed up for the presale tomorrow.” Harlow was hunched over a laptop on the folding table along with their leftover lunch.
“We’re also running a contest for two tickets to each show.” Riley DeLuca, their social media manager, chimed in.
As far as Elena could tell, Riley had been killing it. Elena had already noticed a bump in her followers on social media, and their songs were slowly starting to head back to the Top 100 charts. Riley had even created social media accounts specifically for Maine Event, which already had hundreds of thousands of followers.
Riley and Johnny had even concocted the contest as a way to boost interest in the tour. Fans had the chance to share, like, and comment on different posts to increase their chances of winning. Elena had been skeptical about it at first, but after Harlow explained how having such an interest before the tour would help boost their sales, she’d agreed it was a good idea.
“When are we picking that winner?” Andy asked. “And what if they’ve already bought tickets?”
“They’ll be refunded if they have already purchased them.” Harlow finally looked up from her laptop. “Don’t worry. Johnny and Riley have it all figured out.”
Andy held up his hands and laughed.
“Yeah, Andy,” Skylar chimed in, “they’ve got this. Let them do their job, and you do yours.”
“You wouldn’t have sounded so good if I didn’t do my job,” he quipped back, and Skylar threw her empty water bottle at him.
“Okay, okay, let’s not start throwing things. I need all of you healthy and ready for the tour next month.” Johnny was typing on his phone as he talked. “Let’s call it a day. You all did great, and I’m hungry.”
Elena and Skylar walked with everyone up the stairs and out the front door. They waved goodbye to them as if they were ending a dinner party and bidding their guests a good night. If that were the case, they would probably head back inside and watch a movie curled up under a blanket together on the couch.
But that wasn’t the case. Elena assumed Skylar would retreat back downstairs while Elena stayed upstairs. It’s what they’d done the night before. Nothing indicated now would be different.
That was until Skylar lingered by the front door once Elena closed it.
“What are you doing tonight?”
Elena shrugged, trying to remain casual. “Nothing.”
“Do you wanna go grab dinner?”
