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"A br?k?n ?tring," Sk? said. Sh? ?l???d the guit?r to the ?id? ?nd grabbed ?n?th?r one.
"Wh?t numb?r ?f guitar i? thi? f?r that girl?" C?r? ??k?d in ?n ?nn???d t?n?.
"I think fourth, but I lost ??unt." Sk? w?lk?d th? guit?r over to Bi?n??.
"Now, I'll b? b?hind," Bi?n?? ??id ?urtl?, as if the br?k?n string was Sk?'? f?ult. "I gu??? I'll just need some ?xtr? attention fr?m Kn?x."
Sky ??ntinu?d walking ?r?und the r??m, acting as if she h?dn't h??rd Bi?n??'? comment.
"That's r??ll? good," Sh? h??rd Knox compliment a girl. Sh? l??k?d ?v?r and w?t?h?d ?? he ?tudi?d the n?xt girl'? h?nd? whil? she r?ughl? strummed th? strings.
"That's ??unding r??ll? g??d," h? ??id. Sk? smiled. Wh?t?v?r th? girl h?d been ?l??ing ??und?d lik? a saw ?n m?t?l but Knox's ??mm?nt h?d sounded g?nuin?. H? l??k?d u? ?nd ??ught h?r l??king ?t him. He gave a t?lling ?mil? ?? h? turn?d t? th? n?xt girl.
Being in a r??m fill?d with girls who knew they w?r? in love with Kn?x, wh?t?v?r v?r?i?n ?f Kn?x that may be, m?d? it h?rd f?r h?r t? ?v?n admit ?h? might find him int?r??ting. L?t alone, might actually lik? him.
She liked t?lking t? him. He was funn?. Sh? lik?d th? ?uri?u? l??k h? got on his eyes sometimes when h? l??k?d ?t h?r, lik? he was tr?ing t? figure h?r out. But, being surrounded b? girl? who ?l??rl? l?v?d him, made h?r keep t?lling h?r??lf she ?nl? lik?d him ?? a fri?nd.
"Kn?x, I need help," Bianca called out. Th? l????n ?lm??t d?n?. Sk? felt a guilt? j?? that ?h? wasn't the ?n? Bianca w?? ??lling ?n. H? w?lk?d over t? Bianca ?nd w?t?h?d as she ?l???d ?nd assessed wh?r? th? ?r?bl?m was.
"Th? fin?l chord should be ?tr?ng?r," h? ??id. H? moved t?w?rd? h?r l?ft t? d?m?n?tr?t?.
"Show me," she ??id. She somehow ?ull?d Kn?x'? arms ?r?und h?r, ?l??ing hi? left on th? ?tring? and hi? right so he ??uld ?trum. Sky turned ?w?? t? hide h?r l?ugh ?nd ??w C?r? d?ing the same thing in th? b??k ?f th? room.
"Find something ?mu?ing?" M?r??? ??k?d ?? Sk? w?lk?d t? th? b??k ?f th? room. She still h?d a smile on h?r f???.
"Hmm...?" ?h? said, ?l??ing dumb. Sh? turn?d t? ??? Kn?x h?d untangled his ?rm? from ?r?und Bianca. H? w?? u? on the stage, C?r? by his ?id?, announcing the end of th? lesson. C?r? g?v? in?tru?ti?n? for the r?turn of the guitars. Sk? ?nd K?nn? ?????t?d guit?r? ?nd ?l???d th?m b??k in their b?x??. Sk? l??k?d ?r?und t? see th? r??m w?? ?lm??t ?m?t? ?x???t f?r Bianca. Sh? h?d Kn?x'? attention again, but h? had hi? own guit?r ?nd w?? ?h?wing h?r th? final chord ?r?gr???i?n.
"I've met ??m? ??g?r girls in m? ??r??r," Marcos said. H? came to ?t?nd b? Sky. "But ?h? is probably th? m??t determined I've ever ???n."
"I will giv? her that," ?h? ??id. She w?t?h?d as Bi?n?? lean in ?l???r to Knox.
"He lik?? you," Marcos ??id qui?tl?.
She w??n't ?ur? ?h? h?d h??rd him correctly. Sh? turn?d t? give him a questioning l??k ?nd f?und him looking at her with an inqui?itiv? expression. "What?" she half laughed, ?ur? he h?dn't said wh?t ?h? th?ught ?h? h?d heard.
"He lik?? ??u," h? repeated. H? l??n?d in a bit ?l???r.
Sh? looked b??k t? wh?r? Knox had ?ngl?d himself ?w?? fr?m Bianca. Then b??k to M?r???. "I..." Sh? tri?d t? r????nd but f?und h?r??lf ?????hl???.
"I didn't want him m?king th? ?tu?id mi?t?k? ?f not t?lling you," M?r??? ??id with a kn?wing ?mil?.
"T?ll wh? what?" Knox asked from behind th?m.
She jum??d. She looked from Kn?x'? ?uri?u? f??? t? M?r???'? ?mug look. Sh? h?dn't b??n ?x???ting M?r??? to ??? th?t ?nd ?h? w?? thr?wn. "Wh?t?" she said, bu?ing tim? t? ??m???? herself.
"M?r??? was telling you ??m?thing," h? ??id. H? g?v? M?r??? a qui?k glance.
"H? asked if h? ??uld borrow a shirt," ?h? ??id fl?tl?. "He ??id he w?? running ?ut ?f mu??l? T?." Sh? fought t? bl??k ?ut wh?t?v?r th?ught? were running wild in her h??d.
"Int?r??ting," Kn?x ??id. H? ?tudi?d her ?? if h? didn't b?li?v? h?r. "M?r??? u?u?ll? n?v?r g??? ?n?wh?r? without ten ?xtr? tight ?hirt?."
"Well, h? f?rg?t hi? ?ink ?n? and th?t ruin?d hi? outfit for tonight ?? h? w?nt?d to borrow ?n?," she said.
"You're ju?t jealous ?f m? mu??l??," Marcos said. H? w?? n?t amused b? th? t???ing.
"H?? if ??u wanna gr?b your guit?r w? ??n head t? th? Bailey L?ung?," ?h? ??id t? Kn?x, ?h?nging the subject. "Th?t'? wh?r? ??ur ???u?ti? ?h?w is t?night. W? n??d t? t?lk t? th? sound gu?? ?nd h?v? ??u d? a ??und ?h??k."
"Ok??," h? ??id. H? j?gg?d b??k t? th? stage to grab hi? guitar.
