Never Enough - By Ashley Johnson Page 0,50

wasn’t sure what he was doing. He began looking through the charms. Several were picked up then placed right back down. I couldn’t get an eye on what they were. He grabbed the letters “T” and “M” and a tiger. They actually made those? He paid for them then walked me outside. We sat on a bench and he removed my bracelet to put them on.

“T is for me. Because I am all yours. M is for you, of course. And I never want you to forget our time at the zoo. Now you have two tigers. That day was the best day I’ve had in a long time. I love you Macy.” He leaned in and kissed my lips before placing the bracelet back on my arm.

I loved it. Absolutely loved it. He was amazingly sweet. I don’t know what I did to deserve all this. I kissed him back and whispered, “I love it so much thank you. I love you too.”

He placed his arm around me and we sat for a few minutes watching others walk by. The faint sound of music came from around where the park was. We got up and walked in the direction of the music. A small festival was going on. I had forgotten all about this. I remembered Gary telling me about it. Different local bands were playing. It was really cool to see everyone out. It was like being at a giant wide open bar.

“Hey how come you and the band don’t play this? This could be great for you guys.”

“Honestly, I’m not looking to make it big. I just enjoy playing the music. As long as I’m playing music and with you I am perfectly content.” It was true. He had a certain peace that came over him while he was on stage. It was mesmerizing to watch him.

We were looking for somewhere to stand or sit when someone came walking by and noticed Trevor. “Oh hey you’re that guy from The Lounge. You guys playing here today? I must have overlooked your name on the roster.”

I gave Trevor a, see I told you so look, I wanted to stick my tongue out at him and rub it in more but I didn’t. He just stood there watching me and then replied, “No man, we’re not. I’m just here listening.”

“Dude you should totally sing. You’re good, really good. I’d love to hear you up there.”

“I don’t have my band with me, just my girl. Or I could definitely sing a song or two.”

“Well I bet one of the bands would play for you. Matter of fact I know they will. Follow me.” The guy led Trevor and I back behind stage where he whispered to another band that was getting ready to take the stage.

“Mace, I’ll only sing if you sing with me.” My jaw dropped and I wasn’t sure what to say. I mean I was used to singing inside The Lounge but there was a ton of people here. Way more than what I was used to. I didn’t want to embarrass Trevor at all if I got up there and completely lost it.

“Trevor, I don’t know if I can sing in front of a crowd like this.” I crossed my fingers praying no one would want to play for Trevor to sing.

I was so very wrong. The guy came up and announced, “ Good news bro, the band that’s about to go up said after their last song they will play anything you want as long as you sing it.”

Screw me! Trevor looked at me and grinned then looked at the guy. “Thanks man you got a deal. I’ll figure out what I’m going to sing and I’ll let them know.”

“Alright, I’m stoked this is going to be awesome.” The guy walked off back towards the crowd.

“Trevor, what in the hell are we going to sing? I don’t want to please don’t make me!” I sounded like a little kid begging their parents to not make them eat their vegetables, but I didn’t care. My palms were sweating and my nerves were on end. What if I opened my mouth to sing and nothing came out.

“Baby, don’t stress we got a few minutes to figure it out. You will do fine.”

The band playing reminded me a lot of Trevor and the guys. The crowd loved them. They were jumping around and singing along. They had amazing energy.

I stared at Trevor. “Give me some ideas. I’m racking