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that I expected them to call us or even listen to it right away.

Adam stood and went to the restroom in the back as my phone dinged with an incoming text. I smiled when I saw it was from Chloe.

Chloe: You alone?

Me: Yeah, why?

Chloe: I’m going to send you something, hold on.

Me: Ok…

I raised my eyebrows, wondering what on Earth my girl was thinking. I was starting to grow impatient after a few minutes of staring at my phone with no reply. Finally, my phone beeped and I unlocked it as fast as my fingers would let me. My mouth hung open as I looked at the picture Chloe had sent me.

“Holy fuck!” Adam shouted from behind me.

I spun around in my seat to see him standing behind me, his eyes glued to the naked picture of Chloe on my screen. I threw my phone in the seat beside me and lunged for him.

“You tell her you saw that and I’ll fucking kill you asshole!” I shouted as I knocked him into the seat behind us.

“Jesus! I won’t say a word, but damn buddy. How the fuck did you get so lucky? My dick’s going to be hard for hours after seeing her like that!”

“Did you really just say that about my girlfriend?”

He grinned. “Sorry, Chloe just puts off an innocent vibe. I never expected her to send something like that; it makes her ten times hotter.”

I groaned as I collapsed back into my seat. “Dude, stop talking. Now.”

Jade laughed as Adam and I bickered. “Chloe is going to kill you if she finds out he saw that.”

“Don’t tell her Jade, I mean it. She’ll never show her face around any of you again if she knew,” I said.

“Don’t worry, my lips are sealed. But I have to admit, that was kind of funny,” she said.

I glared at both of them as my phone dinged again. I realized that in all the chaos of the last two minutes, I had never replied. She was probably freaking out.

“Shit.” I mumbled as I unlocked my phone to see another text.

Chloe: I’m sorry if you didn’t like it. I don’t know what I was thinking.

Me: I loved it baby. Sorry it took me so long to reply, I was speechless.

Chloe: Oh, ok. I thought you were mad or something.

Me: Never, you can send me as many of those as you want. It’ll keep me preoccupied when I’m on the road. ;)

Chloe: I’ll keep that in mind. I’m going to the beach with Jordan, I’ll talk to you later.

I hated the fact that I had left her alone with him, but I knew I could trust her even if I wasn’t completely sure about him. Still didn’t mean I wouldn’t get pissed off every time she mentioned him, not that I’d ever tell her that.

Me: Have fun, wear pants.

Chloe: Not a chance buddy. Think of that while you’re stuck on a bus with the guys. Love you.

I groaned as I pictured her almost naked on the beach without me around. This was going to be a very long couple of weeks.

Our first show was a couple of hours north of Ocean City in Caroline County. It was a small bar, much like Gold’s and I instantly relaxed at the familiarity of it. We still had a couple of hours to kill before we had to set our stuff up, so we walked a few blocks away to grab something to eat. We spent a couple of hours wasting time and annoying our waitress at a small diner before heading back to the bus to start dragging out our gear and setting everything up.

We had everything ready to go and were sitting at a table near the stage when the owner stepped on stage and introduced us. A few people clapped for us as we stood and took our places, but nothing to brag about. Apparently they weren’t into new bands showing up.

Jade started into the first song, quickly followed by Adam and Eric. The room grew quiet as they realized we might actually have real talent. I started singing a few seconds later and it was like the world exploded around us. I knew we were good, but their reaction completely blew me away; several people stood and made their way to the front of the stage, screaming up at us.

The longer we played, the more people showed up and the bar was soon at max capacity. I was grinning like an idiot by