The Boy in the Band

The Meeting

For the next 10 days conversations between Joe and me continued. I found myself becoming more and more comfortable with him as the days go bye. We started to get into more personal in our conversations about family, life, aspirations and everything in between. I was busy at work the day before Kim and I were to head to Raleigh, when there was a knock on my office door, "Sierra" I looked up, "hey Stevie""Sierra these were delivered for you" She held up a two dozen roses in a vase. I pushed back from my desk walking over taking the from her hand and thank her. I walked back over sitting at my desk pulling the card from the center.

Sierra,
Counting the hours
Till me meet again
Always,
Joe

I felt my cheeks flush and my heart flutter, ok seriously I can't like this guy.

I grabbed my phone and walked over shutting my office door. I dialed Joe's number and it began to ring. Third ring he picked up,
"Hello"
"The flowers are beautiful"
"I'm glad you like them"
"I do but you didn't have too"
"I wanted too, so you ready for tomorrow"
"Yea Kimmy and I are leaving at 6 in the morning so we will be in Raleigh by 10"
"Awesome our buses get in around 9 do you just want to head over to the venue, I mean we can like spend the day together or something"
"I don't know I don't want Kimmy to be uncomfortable or anything she is so shy"
"What if I get Danny to come hang out too"
"She probably have a stroke"
"Then that's a yes"
"What's in it for me"
"What do you want baby"
"Baby huh"
"Yea baby why you against me calling you baby"
"Didn't say that"
"So say you'll spend the day with me I promise you won't regret it.
"Fine but Kimmy can't feel left out"
"I'll talk to Danny I promise she won't be left out"
"She better not be or I'll kick your ass"
"As long as your touching my ass"
"Umm"
"What"
"We're not going there, anyways I got to get back to work"
"Ok we got a show can I call you after"
"I may be in bed it's been along day but you can"
"In bed huh"
"Yea why"
"Can I join you there"
"Yea from your bus or hotel bed"
"You know I'm kidding right"
"I know but I gotta go"
"Ok baby talk to you tonight"
"Bye Joe"

The day seemed to drag on, finally 6 hit and I ran out. I headed home and packed the Hummer promising I'd be at Kimmys house by 7.
I pulled up and walked in "ay whore I'm here"
"In the kitchen"
I slide into the kitchen chair and Kimmy set a cup of coffee she already knew.
"So guess what I got today at work"
"What"
I showed her the picture of the roses,
"Those are beautiful who sent them to you"
"Joe"
"He seriously sent you flowers, come on See what is going on with you and him?"
"Nothing we're just talking"
"Talking about what how many kids your going to have"
"It's not even like that"
"Sure it's not that's why he sent you flowers right"
"He was being nice, but anyways tommorow we have to go straight to the venue"
"Why"
"Because were spending the day there"
"Okay something is going on"
"We're just hanging out"
"And I'll be the third wheel"
" no you won't because Danny is hanging out too"
"Excuse me"
"You heard me Danny is hanging out with us too"
"You can't be serious"
"That's what Joe told me"

The smile that crosses her face melted my heart Danny was her favorite since she was 8. I picked up my coffee cup and headed into the living room and we sat down turning on a movie. My phone rang it was 11 and I quickly answered.
"Hello"
"Hey baby"
"Hey babe"
I look up to see Kimmy mouth "babe" and smile.

"What you doing"
"On the couch with Kimmy watching The Virgin Suicides, how was the show"
"It was good I'm tired as fuck though"
"Well get some sleep, you in a hotel or on the bus"
"Bus we will be driving through the night"
"Well get some sleep"
"I wanted to talk to you"
"I kinda wanted to hear from you too but I really should let you go it's rude to Kimmy"
"Alright I'll see you tommorow"
"See you tommorow"
"Bye"
"See ya"

I smiled and tossed the phone down. I look up to see Kimmy with a dumbfounded look on her face,
"What was that"
"What was what"
"That little exchange"
"What"
"Babe, I wanted to talk to you...that didn't sound like just chatting to me"
"That's all it is, he is touring and I work all the time we just talk, it's like having someone to unload on"
"By what I'm hearing he probably like to unload on you"
"Kimmy that's disgusting"
"I'm kidding"
"I think maybe we should knock out we gotta get up in a few hours"
"Trying to sneak on the phone and call Joe"
"No trying to go to sleep"
"Uh huh"
"Seriously"