Page 84 of Perchance To Dream

"I w?? thinking more ?l?ng th? lin?? of ??k?r," h? said, a ?l??ful look in hi? eyes.

"And I'll stop ??u right th?r? b?f?r? ??u g?t ??rri?d away and ??? ??m?thing ??u'll regret," ?h? ??id. "I ?m a l?d? ?ft?r all."

She pulled th? ??rd? out ?f th? box ?nd shuffled them.

"I would n?v?r im?l? ??u w?r? ?n?thing ?th?r th?n a l?d?," h? said, holding his ??m???ur? t?g?th?r.

"And not a lady in th? sense that ??ur f?n? are l?di??," Sk? ?l?rifi?d and Elias laughed.

"Can w? g?t th? v?lum? u? ?n the left mic?" Knox ??ll?d ?ut fr?m the ?t?g?.

Sky h?d m?t him ?nd th? b?nd members ?f L??t C?ll ?t the th??t?r ?ft?r dinner. On th? l??t night ?f th? ?rui??, Knox w?? having a big ??n??rt ?nd th? b?nd was n?t ?nl? ???ning for him but stepping in t? b? hi? back u? b?nd. They had received the ??t list b?f?r? th? ?rui?? but n?w it w?? tim? t? run thr?ugh th? songs ?nd w?rk ?ut ?n? ?r?bl?m? th?t arose.

Sk? ?ut d?wn the ??rd? and moved t?w?rd? th? ?t?g?, un?li??ing h?r r?di? from her ???k?t.

"H?? Garrison, can w? get th? v?lum? turn?d u? ?n th? third mi??" ?h? ??k?d into th? r?di? and w?it?d for ?n answer.

"Sur?," a fuzz? v?i?? ??m? through th? radio.

"Tr? that," Sky said, t? James wh? w?? standing b? th? mi?.

"Ch??k one, two. Ch??k, ?n?, tw?," h? ??id ?nd his voice fill?d the ?udit?rium.

"Th?t'? g??d," Kn?x ??id, ?linging ?n ???u?ti? guitar over hi? h??d. Sk? w?t?h?d ?? h? ?t?rt?d t? turn th? nobs on it.

"What ?r? you d?ing?" ?h? ??k?d, h???ing u? ?n th? ?t?g?, h?r game ?f Go fi?h with Eli?? m?m?nt?ril? f?rg?tt?n.

"Tuning th? guitar," he ??id di?tr??t?dl?, hi? focus on ?n ?l??tri??l board ?n th? gr?und where diff?r?nt ??l?r?d lights w?r? moving around.

H? l??k?d u? at h?r.

"You w?nn? tour of the stage?" he asked.

H? removed th? guitar fr?m hi? shoulder ?nd ?l???d it ?n a stand.

"Sur? but only if it isn't g?ing to g?t in th? w?? ?f r?h??r??l."

"Come ?n, w? ?r? ?till waiting on P?t?h t? show up," h? said. "These ?r? the..."

"Drum?," Sk? volunteered ?nd h? g?v? her a ?mil?.

"Im?r???iv?."

"I will remind ??u I w?? in fourth gr?d? band," ?h? ??id h?ughtil?.

How could I forget th?t ??i? l?v? t?l?."

"That's a b??? and th?t'? a k??b??rd," Sk? said, jokingly pointing ?ut th? in?trum?nt?.

"Y?ur ?kill? ?r? mind blowing."

"Th?nk ??u f?urth gr?d? band class. I knew it w?uld ??m? in h?nd? ??m? d??."

"Well, ?ll th? cords are ??nn??ting the in?trum?nt? t? th? ????k?r?. Th??? littl? gu??," Kn?x ?ull?d ?ut tw? ?m?ll plastic ?i???? fr?m his ???k?t, "?r? m? ??r?i????, whi?h are ?l?? ??nn??t?d to th? instruments so I ??n h??r th? mu?i? I n??d t? sing t?," h? ?x?l?in?d.

"H?? g?rg??u?, did ??u come t? w?t?h me ?l???" P?t?h ??k?d, slinging hi? arm ??r??? Sk?'? ?h?uld?r?.

"A?tu?ll?..." Sk? started to ???.

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