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"Like love and hate?"

"Exactly like love and hate" Flynn reaches for his notebook and flips a few pages, then points to sets of words The first set is love and hate He se with his hand "I was thinking of writing it like a bunch of sonnets Fourteen lines for each pair of connected words…each verse a sonnet on its own Okay, sive h caffeine in me yet" We sit quietly for a while, then I say, "Pleasure and pain" The blush creeps up ood" He opens his notebook and points to the pair of words "That pair is definitely all about the blur zone The state of euphoria froe of pain, or pain as it dips into pleasure, is complete bliss But push too far, leave the blur zone on the other side of the line, and there’s no co back It’s pain without any pleasure Stay too far from the line on the pleasure side and youon between s as I listen to him It makes me wonder what the blur zone would be like with him I attempt to steer the conversation to a more clinical place "It’s the endorphins"

"It’s about the feeling, not the chemistry Plus, ‘Blur’ is a h "Genius and crazy"

"I didn’t have that one But you’re right The blur between genius and crazy h your ets as the line between the two coet to stay there forever and genius soh the blur"

"Why can’t we stay in the blur?"

"I don’t know But once you cross that line, there’s no coh conversation He hu’s rhythm I tell him about my life on a tour bus with rossed in our own little world, I alet there are four other people on the bus Until Dylan opens the door to the back He looks back and forth between the two of us for a moment and then co down so it’s basically over the table, between Flynn and ain "How long you two been out here?"

Flynn responds, "Not long" He lifts his chin toward the other side of the room "There’s coffee in the pot"

Dylan turns around, opens the refrigerator and grumbles, "Don’t drink coffee"

A minute or two later, Flynn excuses himself to take a shower Dylan takes Flynn’s seat and I findacross the table athe were someone else

We arrive in Miami at two in the afternoon Our home for the next four days Dylan has a busy schedule of radio station stops and sponsor ree to connect at the venue later tonight The band has never played the Aet an idea of the setup before checking into the hotel we’ll be at for the next few days Flynn and I are going to the arena early so we can work on his voice training

The cavernous host to the Mia to say the least With itsviews of Biscayne Bay, the arena reminds me how different Dylan’s tours are than my dad’s were Dad’s stops wereto take in the after-crowd from the main show

"Wow It’s beautiful," I say after the arena er called ahead and ements for the two of us to spend soht, so the treer says and overtly licks her glossy lips She’s looking at Flynn like he’s asteak and she’s a pit bull that hasn’t been fed in days Seriously? She doesn’t even know ardsFlynn, offering hi to take a look around and then head to the stage, if that’s all right with you"

"Anything you want" She slips her card into the front pocket of his jeans Into the front pocket of his jeans Really? "My cell is on the back Call "

Flynn nods

I wait until she’s out of earshot Barely "Could she be any more obvious?"

"What do you mean?"

"Don’t play coy with me, Mr Beckham That woman practically threw herself at you"