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Aft?r he had fini?h?d hi? rehearsal, he h?d tr?d?d spots with Eli??, ?? Last C?ll could ?r??ti?? th?ir set. Al?ng with Claire R??d, th?? w?uld b? ???ning f?r him.
H? was seated a f?w r?w? back with Sky as th?? w?t?h?d th? r?h??r??l, her h?nd in hi?.
"D? ??u ?v?r get n?rv?u??" she ??k?d him, their h??d? ?l??? together so th?? could h??r ???h ?th?r ?b?v? the loud music.
H? th?ught about it for a moment, tr?ing t? r?m?mb?r if h? ever f?lt n?rv?u?. Aft?r h?ving t?ur?d ?? m?n? tim??, ??rf?rming on stage f?lt lik? his second h?m?.
"Th?r?'? thi? m?m?nt, right b?f?r? I t?k? th? stage, wh?r? it feels like my stomach might dr?? out," Kn?x said, the m?m?ri?? of th? f??ling ?tr?ng ?n?ugh t? make hi? stomach twist. "It'? only f?r a ????nd before I come ?n ?t?g?. On?? I'm under the light?, it di??????r?."
"And it's ?lw??? been that way?" ?h? ??k?d, h?r b?d? ?l??? to Knox's ?? she l??n?d in to hear wh?t h? said.
"In the b?ginning, when I w?? first touring with th??? gu??," h? said, pointing t? L??t C?ll ?? th?? jum??d ?r?und th? stage, l??t in their mu?i?, "there was b?r?l? an ?udi?n?? and I used t? doubt I w?uld ?v?r m?k? it. I g?t n?rv?u? ??m??n? w?? g?ing t? ki?k me off the t?ur."
Sky smiled ?? ?h? li?t?n?d.
"I guess gr?wing u? ?r?und m? ??r?nt? ?l??ing f?r m? ?ll the tim? and d?ing small ??rf?rm?n??? I ju?t th?ught it was n?tur?l. H?w ?b?ut ??u? You ?v?r g?t n?rv?u? ?b?ut ?n?thing?"
"I think I ?lm??t threw u? b?f?r? I ??rf?rm?d with m? f?urth gr?d? band. I think I ??uld have h?d a big ??r??r in mu?i? if I h?dn't gotten ?? nervous."
"But wh?t ?b?ut w?rking ?n a ?rui?? ?hi??" h? ??k?d.
Sh? gave him a confused l??k.
"It t?k?? ??ur?g? t? pack u? ??ur lif?," h? ??id, "?nd w?rk on a cruise ?hi? wh?r? ??u d?n't kn?w ?n??n?. You d?n't have contact with th? outside world f?r weeks ?t a time."
"Y?u'r? ?ut?," Sk? said, giving him a l?ving l??k ?nd patting hi? hand.
"Wh?t?" he asked, baffled b? h?r r???ti?n, but n?t h?ting it.
"Th?nk? f?r tr?ing to m?k? my job ??und w?? m?r? dr?m?ti? th?n it r??ll? is."
"I m??nt what I said."
"Wh?n ??u t?ur, you're in a diff?r?nt ?it? ?v?r? night, ?inging t? millions of people ??u'v? n?v?r met. Working on a cruise ship ???m? like child's ?l?? ??m??r?d t? th?t."
"But I'v? g?t m? team ?r?und m?," Knox ??unt?r?d. "Marcos, Calvin, m? band. Ev?n th?ugh I'm in diff?r?nt places. I'v? got m? core gr?u? ?f ????l? ?r?und m?, ?? it doesn't feel that ?tr?ng?."
"I guess th?t d???n't ??und t? bad."
"Our j?b? ??tu?ll? ?r?n't th?t different," Knox ??id, thinking ?ut loud.
"Except for th? fact th?t you are an international ??? ?t?r ?nd I clean ????l?'? r??m?," Sk? ??id fl?tl?.
"Ok, so they’re n?t ?x??tl? th? same."
"T?ll me I'm amazing," Patch ??id, walking u? the ?i?l? t?w?rd? wh?r? Sk? and Kn?x w?r? ???t?d.
"You're ?m?zing!" Sk? ?h?ut?d.
"Th?t? right!" Patch ??id, taking a ???t in th? r?w in fr?nt ?f th?m.
"Wh? did I ju?t ??? ??u'r? ?m?zing?" she ??k?d.
"Umm, did ??u not just ??? m? rocking out?"
"P?t?h, g?t back here!" Eli?? ??ll?d ?ut, sounding m?r? ??ri?u? then Sk? had ?v?r h??rd him sound b?f?r?.
"G?tt? run. H?w about a ki?? f?r g??d luck?" P?t?h asked Sk? flirt?ti?u?l?.
