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His thuive you a chance to see if our future is what you envisioned"

It suddenly dawns on ether

As if dinner with the lead singer of Easy Ryder didn’t attract enough attention, the full band all sitting around one large round table is the paparazzi’s dreauys certainly don’t attempt to keep under the radar Duff, the keyboard player, is in a heated exchange with Mick, the drummer, when Dylan and I approach the table We’re a bit late, but then I had a lot of things to do today since I’ll be heading to Miami tomorroith a bus full ofway I had to listen to " Duff jabs his thu to your sorry ass boning every night over my head"

"Maybe if you could find a piece of ass anted to bone your little dick, you wouldn’t notice the sound co from my bunk"

"Accommodations dispute," Dylan leans in and whispers to me as we take our seats The next part he says louder "I swear to God, if they aren’t fighting over which chair to sit in, it’s which bunk they get"

"Fuck off, Ryder If you didn’t take the only bedroolad I’" Dylan stretches back in his chair Duff, Linc and Mick hurl bread at his head Dylan catches the second piece and takes a bite "Just give the kid the bottom bunk Duff can move to the top bunk and you can stay where you are"

"I don’t want to room with the kid What is he, like twenty-four? Dude, think of ere like ten years ago going on our first tour" Mick looks at etically "No offense, Lucky" Then he continues with his rant to Dylan "And that kid’s prettier than you were I’ll never get any sleep with all the babes that are gonna be fuckstruck with that one"

"Fuckstruck?"

"He’s gonna be a pussy irl, asswipe"

Listening to the way the guys describe the activity on the bus starts to s earlier Dylan and I spent all afternoon together His attentiveness and the sinito--had started to mollify the anxiousness I felt when Dylan first surprised nain

"Why don’t you declare the bus a guest-free zone? That’s what my Dad always did"

Every mouth silences and every head turns inin a band if you don’t get laid?" Duff says, aghast at the notion

"How about for the nize says from behind me

It couldn’t be

I turn

Holy shit

But how?

And Why?

Then the pieces of the puzzle all click into place and I’m able to see the whole picture The kid Voice issues

I stare up at Flynn

He stares back at me

And I realize I’m totally fuckstruck

Chapter Thirteen

Flynn