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hesitate.”
              “Of course he
didn't.” I could hear Kyle take a deep sigh. “And what about... him?”
              Danny. The
problem. The elephant in the room.
              “The whole band
agreed,” I said. I gave a high, false laugh – trying to lighten the mood and
failing miserable. “So it's just down to you know, I guess, huh?”
              “I guess.”
              Kyle's silence
was agonizing.
              “I don't want to
come back,” he said, at last.
              I could feel my
heart sink.
              “But I also don't
want to let everyone else down. And I know it would be selfish of me to let my
personal feelings get in the way of the band's success.”
              I couldn't help
feeling guilty then. After all, hadn't it been my personal feelings for
Danny Blue that got us into this mess to begin with?
              “Just promise me
one thing, Neve?” He sounded pleading, almost desperate.
              “Anything, Kyle,”
I said. “You let me know what you need.”
              “Just – tone it
down, okay? When you two are together? Around me, I mean.” Another deep
inhalation of breath. “I just don't think I could take it right now.”
              I looked over at
Danny, who was standing by the window, talking on his phone. The light fell
upon his shirtless chest, dappling the taut muscles in light. Even now, I felt
my heart beat faster; even now his beauty could awaken such powerful desire in
me. Oh, Danny boy, I thought, I really hope you're worth all this
unhappiness. I really hope we're worth it.
              “I
promise, Kyle,” I said. “When we're in the rehearsal room, it's about the band
and nothing but the band. No personal interference at all.” But I couldn't stop
myself from adding, “but if you ever decide you don't want so much space...”
              “I'll let you
know, okay?” Kyle said quickly. “You know, it's not like I haven't been dating
again. Steve and I even went out on a double date, just last week.”
              “I know,” I said.
“He told me.”
              “He....” Kyle
went silent. “I just figured you should know.”
              “I'm happy for
you, Kyle. Really, I am.”
              “You are?” I
could hear him brighten, all the way across the city.
              “So, you'll
rejoin the band?”
              “Let's see how it
goes,” Kyle said. “I know how important it is to the guys.” Another long pause.
“And to you.”
              “Thank you.” It
didn't feel like enough, somehow, but it would have to do.
              “Text me the
details of rehearsal?”
              “Yeah, okay.”
              “Bye, Neve.”
              “Goodbye, Kyle.”
              I exhaled deeply,
exhausted both mentally and physically. Talking to Kyle was always hard these
days.
              “Did you get what
you wanted, love?” Danny sat down next to me, pressing his lips to my forehead.
              “I think so,” I
said. I'd gained a band-mate, after all – I'd got what I set out to do. But I
hadn't gained back my best friend. The boy who had been like a brother to me.
Kyle would be part of the Never Knights – that much, at least, was clear. But I
couldn't help worrying – would we ever be a real family again? Eating
dinners at Luc's mother's house, playing video games, laughing, joking, telling
secrets?
              “Let me cheer you
up,” Danny said, kissing me so deeply that I had to stifle a moan. “I've got
what I wanted, too.”
              “What do you
mean?”
              “Someone else is
on board.”
              “Who?”
              “Remember good
old Slayton?”
              I remembered him
well. The RRR talent scout had spotted