“No way am I going to be a Painted Lady,” Jude said laughing. “What about the Space Needle? Not for a name, but maybe there’s something about it wecanuse.”
Everyone was silent for a moment as theythought.
“I know in the original drawings it was supposed to have this really bright light shooting out of the top,”Zoeysaid.
“That’s pretty cool. I wonder why they didn’t do that,”Cadesaid.
“Probably because it would look like a UFO beaming up,”Mattsaid.
“I think it would’ve looked pretty cool. Imagine this bright silver light shooting up from the top of the Space Needle,”Judesaid.
“Wait a sec there, Jude,” Stone said. “I think you’ve got something. Silver…light. Silverlight. I like it. What do you guysthink?”
“It’s perfect,” Cade said as everyone elsenodded.
* * *
“You haveno idea how happy I am that you came with me,” Jude said as he sat on the edge ofthebed.
The room had striped cream wallpaper, French doors with dark taupe drapes that led to a balcony, and a large bed in the middle with enough pillows to cover halfthebed.
“I’m glad I came, too. This is really an incredible experience. Not everyone gets to see a band come together like this. And you guys sounded amazing earlier. Like ahh-mazing. Seriously,” she said, grinning. “How do you feel abouteverything?”
“It’s better than I ever imagined. I mean I love playing and I love Derek and Ron, they’re like brothers to me. But earlier, just jamming with those guys was something else altogether. I can’texplainit.”
“I can’t wait to hear the songs when they’re done,” she said as she pulled out her pajamas from her open bag on thefloor.
“Zoey…” Jude said, his voice husky as he got off the bed and pulled her close. “I don’t think you’ll be needing thosetonight.”
