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personally.  Never was much into that headbangin ’ stuff.”
    Tyler nodded.  “To each his own.”   But Megan knew what he was thinking—the guy must have terrible taste.
    “Good seein ’ ya ,” Brad said and stood, probably ready to start prowling for someone more available.  “Good to see you too, Megan.”
    She nodded and smiled.   As Brad walked away, Megan decided to be polite and turned to look at Tyler, but Tyler was already moving to take Brad’s empty seat.  She turned her head back to face him.  He looked at the bartender.  “Bud, please.”  Then he sat down.  “What about you, Megan?  You gonna tell me you don’t listen to metal anymore?”
    She grinned.  “Hell, no.   I still love it.”
    He looked down at his hands, still grinning.  “Have you heard my band?”
    Oh, he was gonna do it.  He was going to make her talk to him, make her remember how much easy conversation they’d engaged in when they were younger.  Well, he still had his life and she had hers, and having a conversation didn’t put them back in each other’s circles .  “Of course.   I have all three CDs too.”
    He raised his eyebrows as his smile spread wider.  “Glad to hear that.”
    She took a sip of her drink as the bartender placed the bottle of beer in front of Tyler and collected his money.  “It’s great stuff, Tyler.”
    “Thanks.”  He tilted the bottle to his lips and took a swig.  Then he looked back at her.  “Means a lot coming from you.”
    She shrugged, because liking Madversary was a no brainer.  But she didn’t want the two of them getting too cozy.  “Oh, come on, Tyler.  You have millions of fans and my admiration is all you need?”
    His jaw slackened but he maintained a steady, cool gaze.  “Is it so hard to believe that I care what you think?”
    His words made her feel like maybe she’d been too harsh.  “No.  I guess not.”
    “I’m not saying it’s not cool having thousands of fans.   It’s nice to know people love my music.”
    “Well, it shouldn’t be surprising, though.  You’re talented.”
    Tyler took another drink from his bottle and then looked at Megan again.  “So what about you, Meg?   What have you been up to all these years?”
    “Nothing nearly as exciting as you.   I graduated from CSU-Pueblo and then came back here.  I got a job as an assistant librarian at the public library and have been doing that ever since.”
    “Do you like it?”
    She hadn’t expected that question.  It took her off guard.  “Yeah, I do, actually.”
    “You know, I’ve always pictured librarians as crusty, gray-haired ladies who have those chains hanging from their eyeglasses, and if you so much as say one word, they’re telling you to be quiet.”
    Megan laughed and shook her head.  “Well, that’s the outfit I have to wear to work every day.”
    Tyler grinned.  His voice dropped.  “ I can’t picture you that way.”  Suddenly, she felt warmth radiating from his body, and everyone around them at the reunion seemed to just disappear.   It even felt quieter.   No, Megan, no .   She couldn’t let herself fall for him again.  He was here for just a couple of days and gone, and she couldn’t spend the next ten years wondering what could have been.  “ So what all do you do in your job ?”
    “Probably everything you’d imagine and then some .  I check books out for people and shelve books that have been checked in.  Once in a while, I cover books and sometimes I work in the Reference section.  But my favorite thing is the book club I started.”
    “Yeah?   What’s that?”
    “Well, every Thursday night, a bunch of us get together in a meeting room in the basement of the library.  We read a book and then talk about it at our meetings .  I usually either find discussion questions online or make up my own.  The bookstore downtown sells us books at a discount, and we read at least a book a month, sometimes two or three , depending on