Dreams & Other Lost Things {Sequel to B&TBR}

Chapter 6: A Sailor's Warning.

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Asher and I ended up walking toward Central park after being kicked out of the building for being in a restricted area. I couldn't stop laughing from the time we were thrown out to the moment we ended up on the streets lingering towards 5th avenue. I wasn't able to keep my head down on earth as we walked together, laughing like old times.

"So," I asked as we bumped shoulders, well, I bumped his arm because of our height difference. "When do I get to see Brody and Quentin and Ben?"

"Well, they're kind of all over the place right now," he told me. "Ben's in California with Mia, Quentin is visiting his parents and family, and Brody is in England with his fiancé." I smiled at the thought of Brody, the hard-on-the-outside but soft-on-the-inside big brother to Asher, falling in love. He had always been so calm and collected when I was around him – and I was around a lot – but falling in love? That was kind of a crazy thought.

"Really? Who's his fiancé?"

"Her name is Kiera, she's British, and she's awesome. She was able to handle our family, which means she can handle Brody by himself. Did I mention she was a model?" He went on and on about his future sister-in-law. I grinned to myself.

"It sounds like you really like her," I replied.

"Yeah, she's not stuck up, likes to beat up on Brody, and she likes the Beatles. What more could I ask for in a sister?" He laughed, kicking a stray rock on the sidewalk. He was going to gain a sister for the rest of his life, and I had just figured out that I had a brother. I'd know that for the rest of my life, but would we act like or feel like brother and sister?

"What about the other boys?" I queried. "How have they been? Except for Grayson, because he's pretty much forced himself into my life."

"That would be Grayson for you," Asher joked. "Ben's been good. He's matured a little bit since high school. Quentin's still as much of a killjoy as he was. Nothing's really changed. They'll all be back here again by January to record some more and then get back on the road later on." There was a few seconds of silence between us.

"I have some news," I said as I sucked in a breath. I didn't feel nervous or even anxious as I thought about telling him. He made it easy for me.

"What's your news?" He sounded excited to hear it.

"Well," I started. "Turns out I'm not an only child..." The expression on Asher's face was priceless after that; it was a mixture of horror and surprise all at once. It was like I could read his mind and know that he was thinking of my divorced parents creating another me. Which was most definitely not the case. "His name is Luke, and he is twenty-four. We're half siblings through my dad and his previous marriage."

"How did you find that out?" He asked, dumbfounded.

"My mom told me. It was the same day of Mia's birthday, actually. I met him right before you guys played, except I didn't know that was him... until today." Everything that had happened in the past few days was all a big jumble in my head. It drove me crazy that I didn't know the answers. It drove me even crazier that I didn't know what was going to happen next.

"That's... a good thing, right?" He raised an eyebrow at me. I couldn't help but smile at him.

"I'll let you know when I do," I chuckled, rubbing my hands together to warm them. We had been walking for what seemed like forever when I looked back up at the sky again. Its pinkish color was fading, but the saying still came to me. "Pink at night, sailor's delight."