“Did you get your new phone yet?” Amber asked.
“Not yet, not until next weekend,” Joshua said, leaning back against the hood of his car.
“That's not too long,” Amber said, “Not really. Do you want to come in and have a soda or something?”
“Yeah, just let me grab my guitar,” he said, sprinting around to the trunk.
“Okay, actually, let's hang out on the porch, if you don't mind. My dad's inside playing golf on the Wii Nintendo Game System,” Amber said after peaking in the front window.
“That's cool,” Joshua laughed.
“I'll be right back with the drinks,” Amber said.
“I'm home and Joshua just got here, Dad,” she shouted over the noise of the game, “I'm going to grab some sodas and we're going to sit on the porch.”
'Okay, kiddo,” he said.
Amber watched in amusement as he lined up the control as if it were a real club and swung hard. Shaking her head she darted into the kitchen and back onto the porch after retrieving sodas.
“Thanks,” Joshua said, tuning his guitar.
“So how's the new store going?” Amber asked.
“It's going good so far. It's getting a lot more business than the first one, but then again it's in a better location too,” he said, “So you're dad really plays video games?”
“Yeah, it's epically embarrassing,” Amber admitted.
“No, that's pretty freakin' awesome,” he laughed, “I wished my dad played video games, even if it were only golf.”
“Nah, he tries too hard to be cool,” Amber laughed.
“Any man who plays a golf video game isn't trying to be cool,” Joshua chuckled.
“True, maybe,” Amber laughed.
“What should I play?” he asked.
“What can you play?”
“Some of this, a little of that. I've written a few of my own songs too. Not like lyrics or anything. Just the music,” Joshua said.
“OMFG!” Amber though to herself, and forced her smile to remain calm.
“Why don't you play one of those?” she asked.
“Okay,” Joshua nodded.
Amber watched his fingers move across the strings and how he squared his shoulders while he played. She looked up to his face. He was smiling at her. His deep brown eyes were bright and alive. She grinned at him and closed her eyes, pretending to be lost in the music. He played pretty well and with the right lyrics his music would be awesome, but Amber was taking advantage of the moment to take a deep breath and relax.
“Remember, he only likes you because of the spell,” Amber told herself, “It's just the affects of the spell.”
The music ended and Amber opened her eyes.
“You play really well,” she told him.
“So what did you think of the song?” Joshua asked.
“It was really good. With the write lyrics it could come to together and be epic,” she smiled.