I'd Never Expected

Chapter 13

"What's wrong, Ronnie? It looks like you've just seen a ghost." Robert slapped his back and laughed.

A man with a clipboard went up to the guys. "Hey guys, time to put your equipment away. The other band will head out there soon," he told them all.

"Oh yeah, sure." Max spoke for them. He touched my arm. "We'll be back."

I nodded.

Ronnie didn't move. He stayed in his spot but turned around to drink his water.

I moved closer to him. "Hey, Ronnie. I got to say you did an amazing job. I loved your guys' performance!"

He faced me again. "You-you actually saw us?" he stuttered out.

I grinned and nodded. "Yeah, and I can't tell you enough how much I loved your voice. You are a great singer!" I felt a little awkward telling him this but hey, it's the truth.

"Oh… Thanks," he casually replied and started down at his water bottle. "By any chance-" he looked up, "did your mom tell you that I would be here?"

I shook my head. "No, Max invited me. Omar didn't tell you guys that I had arrived earlier today?"

He shook his head. "No, I didn't hear anything about it." He grinned to himself. "Why didn't I expect Max to do something like this?" I overhead him ask himself.

Robert then called Ronnie over to help him with his drum kit.

He nodded in response and jogged over to him.

I glanced around and noticed all the people in the back walking around with their instruments. Others were just sitting around talking.

I began to feel a little out of place. "There are so many males back here," I whispered.

Max came back with his bass strapped on his back and a pair of small amplifiers on each hand. "Hey, do you mind helping me place these back in our truck?"

"Sure."

Max and I walked through all the people and headed out the backdoor which lead out to the side parking lot, where a whole mess of trucks filled with instruments were parked.

Max lead me to a gray SUV and unlocked the back.

I handed him the amps as he opened the back.

"Hey, so Max," I began.

"Huh?" He asked while placing away his bass.

"I thought you told me that you were going to tell Ronnie that I was invited?"

"Oh yeah, about that…" he tucked his bass deep inside and stood back up. "I was going to tell him, and also about how you knew that he joined the band again, but when he told me that he knew that you already knew that he had joined the band, I decided to have some fun on my own. I decided to wait till the last minute to inform him because I was really curious to see how he would react when he noticed that you would be here and, oh man, by means was it worth it." He chuckled.

I frowned. "Oh, so you decided to have some fun on your own, eh? Decided to use me or something?" I spoke aloud.

"Oh man, I didn't think that it would make you mad. Serenity, I'm sorry, I was just-"

"Pff…"

He stopped talking and stared at me with a slight grin.

I laughed. "Dude, I was just kidding. I mean, yeah, it was totally worth it. His face was like-"

"Yeah, I know!" Max laughed along with me.

Omar sneaked up from behind with equipment of his own. "What are you guys laughing about?"