Page 103 of More To Us

My phone rings but I ignore it.

"You better get that," she says.

I pick my phone up from the table and see it's Dylan. I answer it. "What's up?"

"What are you doing tonight?"

"Hanging out with my girlfriend." I look at her, a grin on my face. "Why?"

"K6 had their band cancel at the last minute and they called and asked if we could play. Craig said they always get a big crowd on Labor Day. It'd be good promo for us."

"What time?"

"We'd start playing at nine. You good with that?"

"Yeah. Let's do it. I'll see you there." I set the phone down and talk to Kira. "This club wants Vandyl to play tonight so I told Dylan I'd do it. I know we were going to hang out but—"

"Austin, don't worry about it. You need to play. Like you said, with Van and Dylan back in school you won't have as many opportunities to play, so you should do this."

She actually understands. Girls never understand. The ones I've dated in the past used to get pissed if I'd cancel a date for the band, which would then lead to us breaking up. They didn't get it that gigs don't just come along every day. You take what you can get.

"Will you be there?" I ask.

"I can't. I have to do some reading for class tomorrow."

I check my watch. We had a late lunch and now it's after four. "Then let's get out of here and have some alone time before I have to meet up with the guys."

"I don't want to leave yet. We just finished eating. It's rude to leave right after eating."

"My dad won't care. He didn't expect us to be here all night."

The deck door opens and Nash comes walking out. "Hey." He notices how close I'm sitting to Kira and our linked hands. "Am I interrupting something?" He smiles.

"You're always interrupting something," I joke. "This is Kira. Kira, this is my brother, Nash."

She gets up and shakes his hand and they say hi.

"And that's his fiancé, Callie," I say as she comes outside, holding a tray of cupcakes. "Callie, this is Kira."

"Hi." She smiles really wide. Callie's been wanting me to find a girlfriend for months. She's constantly trying to set me up.

"Did you make those?" Kira asks, pointing to the cupcakes.

"Yeah." Callie sets them on the table. "I went to see a friend who owns the bakery I used to work at and we ended up making cupcakes. We also made cookies but Nash ate them all on the way here."

He pats his stomach as he sits down across from me. "I was being a pig but I couldn't help it. They were these chocolate caramel cookies that melted in your mouth."

"Nice of you to share," I say.

"Like you would've eaten them." He looks at Kira. "Is he driving you crazy with his diet?"

"No. I eat the same way."

I put my arm around her. "Told you she's perfect."

I haven't said much to my brothers about Kira, but I did mention that she likes to work out as much as me.

"You guys doing anything tonight?" Callie asks, sitting next to Nash.

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