Page 94 of Connectio
I smile, enjoying the feel of his fingers entwined with mine. “Sure! I thought you’d never ask.”
“That’s my room.” He points to his left. “Which you’ve already seen.”
I blush at the crumpled sheets on his bed and keep moving.
He opens the next door. “Main bathroom.”
I poke my head in and marvel at the glass bay windows and ceiling showcasing the surrounding majestic mountain ash gum trees. “Oh wow! That’s… magical… and a little nerve-wracking.”
He leans on the doorframe. “Why’s that?”
“Because one of those trees or a branch might fall and smash all this glass.”
“Ahhhh, but this house is enchanted, remember?”
The crooked smile I give him lacks confidence.
“Reinforced, laminated glass,” he explains. “Extremely tough. And safe.” He winks and moves to the next room. “Toilet.”
I perform the same head poke, relieved to see no glass ceiling.
“And this room,” he says, as he opens the last door at the end of the hall, “is my music room.”
In the centre of the room is a drum kit, black and silver in colour, the words Live Trepidation printed on the bass. Framed photos of various drummers hang between white carpet-panelled walls, and in the corner is a computer and some kind of sound recording system.
“Who’s that?” I say, pointing to the first framed picture.
“God.”
I laugh. “No, seriously.”
“Dave Grohl. Nirvana.”
“Oh, I thought he looked familiar.” I point to the next one. “And is this Phil Collins?”
“Sure is.”
I glance over my shoulder at him. “I like that song he sings where the gorilla plays the drums in the Cadbury advert.”
“‘In the Air Tonight.’”
“Yeah, that’s it.”
I turn back to the picture, and before I can ask about the next one, Will drums that very part of the song, frightening the bejesus out me.
Clutching my chest, I nearly have to pick myself up off the floor, my eyes alight in wonderment. “If only you had the gorilla suit.”
He cocks his brow.
I move to the next picture. “Who’s this?”
“John Bonham. Led Zeppelin. And that last one is Neil Peart.”
“Are they all your idols?”
“Yeah, you could say that.”
“I think it’s really great that you have them in here, surrounding you when you play. It’s inspirational.”
