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“So what are you guys doing tomorrow morning?” I ask.
“Well… Rory and I are joining you and Jesse on your tour.”
“Oh.” I force a smile. “How nice.”
“It’s a tour, Brianna. A guided tour. It’s not like you’re going to, you know, have any alone time.”
“I know. You’re right.”
“I’m pretty sure Dave and Maddie are coming too.”
“The more the merrier,” I say, hoping to sound excited.
Brock is right, of course. It’s not like Jesse and I would be alone on a guided tour. We’ll probably catch lunch with the other four and then grab our stuff from the hotel and hit the train station.
“Rory and Jesse were amazing tonight,” I say.
“They were,” Brock agrees. “I think this is the best they’ve sounded together since we got here.”
I smile at that, wondering if I had anything to do with it. Because when Jesse sings love ballads, I swear to God he’s singing straight to me.
They only sang one ballad. The rest of the numbers were pure rock and roll.
But even then, I imagine he’s singing to me. I feel him. I feel him in me, in my heart and my soul, and as his voice carries straight to my ears, he’s inside me, a part of me.
Jesse and Rory are talking to fans.
Eventually they make their way over to Brock and me.
“You were so amazing.” I grab Jesse in a hug. “Brock and I were just talking about how we’ve never heard you and Rory sound better than you did tonight.”
He kisses my cheek. “Yeah, we were totally in sync tonight. It’s like we were anticipating each other in a way we never have before.”
“Whatever it was, it was awesome,” I say.
Dave and Maddie approach us.
“Jess, you rocked it,” Dave says.
Jesse, somewhat reluctantly, takes Dave’s hand. “Thanks.”
I nod at him. “He has a name.”
“Dave,” he says.
Dave cocks his head. “Hey, cool. I don’t think I’ve ever heard you call me Dave before. It’s always Simpson.”
“Okay, Simpson.”
Dave, jovial as ever, simply laughs it off. “Awesome job, Pike. You rocked it.” Then he turns back to Maddie.
Jesse is staring, and not nicely.
“You going to make your peace with that?” I ask.
“Do I have a choice?”
“Nope.” I grab his hand. “Come on. I want to talk to Rory.”
