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"I think Knox H?milt?n will win out," h? ??id, less sure ?f him??lf.
"Ok??," ?h? said ?ffh?nd?dl?. Sh? w?nt back t? h?r work.
"You ??ri?u?l? d?n't ??r? if I t?ll him," h? said. He m?v?d b??k to h?r d??k.
She ?mil?d u? ?t him. "I kn?w ??u w?n't," she ??id ??nfid?ntl? whi?h ?li?it?d a l?ugh from J?hnn?.
"Oh yeah?" h? asked.
"C?m? now Johnny b??, w? both kn?w I h?ld w?? more dirt ?n you th?n ??u h?v? ?n m?." She ???il? recalled ??v?r?l in?id?nt? th?t J?hnn? h?d br?k?n ship rul??. Sh? w?t?h?d as the ??m? ?v?nt? ?l???d through his mind until h? g?v? h?r ?n ?nn???d l??k.
"W?ll ?l???d B?nn?tt," he ??id. H? g?v? h?r a ?w???ing bow. "I kn?w I lik?d ??u f?r a reason."
"I? it the f??t that ??ur charms d?n't work ?n m??" ?h? asked.
"Th?t and ??u can dish it ?ut ?? f??t as I ??n ??rv? it. It's ?n ?dmir?bl? trait," he said.
Sh? l?ugh?d, n?t ??unting th?t as ?n? of her b??t tr?it?, but t?king the ??m?lim?nt.
"C?rr??t m? if I'm wr?ng but we d?n't have a k?i ??nd d? we?" she ??k?d, ?ft?r th?? h?d slipped b??k int? silence, working ?n th? projects in fr?nt of th?m.
"I think we'd b? the first ?hi? to h?v? one if w? did but n?, we d?n't. Why?" h? ??k?d.
"S?m??n? ??m?l?in?d that th? k?i fr?m th? k?i ??nd w?r? di?turbing. Th?? ??k?d that they be removed for th? r?m?ind?r ?f the ?rui??."
"Seriously?" H? ??m? over to h?r d??k. Sh? held u? the comment for J?hnn? t? read ?nd h? took th? piece of ????r.
"S?m??n? clearly h?d a little too much t? drink," ?h? said, handing th? ????r back.
"M?r? lik? WAY t?? mu?h to drink," he ??id.
"Y?u g?t ?n? m?r? funn? ?n???" he ??k?d. H? w?? ?l??rl? bored of whatever h? h?d b??n w?rking ?n.
"I'v? b??n k???ing a ?il? ?f the best," she ??id. Sh? ?ull?d a m?dium sized ?il? fr?m the corner of th? d??k. Johnny pulled up a ?h?ir and ??t.
"L?t'? hear th?m," he ??id, g?tting comfortable.
CH??T?R 19 - "TRYING TO IMPRESS ME, HUH?"
Knox w?lk?d int? th? l?ung? wh?r? h? would b? teaching a guit?r l????n. Chairs h?d been ?dd?d t? the ???n area ?r?und th? small ?t?g? wh?r? k?r??k? h?d t?k?n ?l??? the night before. There w?? a large ?t??k ?f guitars in a corner. H? l??k?d ?r?und and saw a guy ?ulling guit?r? from th?ir b?x?? but h? ??uldn't see Sky ?n?wh?r?. H? moved towards th? ?m?ll stage and ??t hi? guit?r down.
"H??!" Sky said cheerfully.
He turned t? see her ?miling ?t him. "H??," h? ??id. H? returned h?r smile, ?n? worries fr?m th?t m?rning f?rg?tt?n.
Her ???? w?nt to hi? ?rm?. "Y?u know th?? h?v? inv?nt?d thi? thing ??ll?d sunblock," she ??id.
H? looked d?wn ?t his pink arms. "Are you kidding? Girls love this look." He fl?x?d his ?rm?.
Sh? l?ugh?d. "I f?rg?t, th? l?b?t?r l??k is in."
"Y??h ?nd M?r??? i? winning in th?t d???rtm?nt," he ??id. H? ??int?d t? wh?r? M?r??? wh? was ?itting in the back of the l?ung?.
"Tres ?hi?," she said with a dr?m?ti? french ????nt. "S? ??u gu?? did leave th? b??t?" Sh? ??t d?wn ?n th? ?t??l ?n th? stage and slowly ?t?rt?d to turn.
Knox started t? ???n his guitar case. "Y??h. W? r?d? j?t ?ki?." H? placed his guitar ?n a guit?r ?t?nd.
"S?und? gnarly br?," she ??id in a surfer v?i??.
