It's as good as mine.
Better even.
I wait for her to come down. "Fuck, Piper."
"Right back at you."
"I should clean up."
"I should get to sleep. I'll talk to you soon."
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"Sweet dreams."
"You too."
Chapter 27
Kit
After a fantastic week of texting and chatting with Piper, I have to return to reality.
Not that reality is all that bad for a rock star. At the moment, everything about my life is fucking amazing.
I slide off my bike, ready for practice. It's a quarter till noon on a weekday, our first post-tour practice, the first time I'm at the Strong place since—
Fuck, since a lot of shit.
Everything is different now.
Joel is leaning against his sleek black sports car, arms folded over his chest, eyes fixed on me.
I motion go inside.
He stays put. "You're early."
I wait until I'm on his side of the street, on the sidewalk in front of the Strong house, to speak. "Figured there'd be traffic."
His grey-green eyes stay incredulous. "I called you three times yesterday."
"I was busy." Not exactly true. I spent my morning at the gym, again, and my afternoon practicing, again, but I spent the rest of the day reading and texting Piper.
"What the fuck happened after you left Friday?" He taps out a drum beat on his thigh. "Nobody's telling me shit."
"I took Piper home."
"Here?"
"My place."
Realization flares in Joel's eyes. I guess he didn't know that part.
He drops his voice to a whisper. "You fucked Ethan and Mal's baby sister?"
"It wasn't like that."
His voice raises with every word. "Did you put your dick inside her?"