Page 145 of Tell Me When It's Over

Shrugging, I sigh at the mess I made. “I was thinking if I got this done, we could go to Times Square and admire the decorations before they take everything down.”

“We can still do that.”

“But—”

“Babe,” he laughs, standing and pulling me with him. One of my hands goes to his waist and the other is captured by his as he lifts it up to admire the small diamond ring on my finger. He runs his thumb over it. “See this? This means that we can do whatever, whenever together. Why don’t we take a walk and then grab some dinner.”

I hesitate, only to glance at the ring he slid onto my finger over Christmas a few days ago. Both his parents, Mia, Dylan, and Roman were there, Mia with her phone pointed at us to capture the moment. He told me he didn’t expect us to get married anytime soon. I still have a year of school left before I can graduate, and an internship with Marcia Adams right here in the Big Apple.

All he said was, “Give me a someday,” to which I’d replied, “Always.” The caption-less picture Mia posted online went viral. Our story stopped being about two people who shouldn’t be together to two people who were always meant to be.

He pulls me in, dropping a kiss on my temple. “I promise I’ll build the shelf when we get back. You’ll have it by the time we go to bed tonight.”

Relenting, I nod. “Fine, but I’m holding you to it. If you break your word, I’m going to tell everybody that you and Garrick exchanged presents this year.”

He mock gasps. “You’d never.”

He’s right, I wouldn’t. Though it seems like the internet is shipping the bromance between the two singers as much as I am. “Does Gordy have an idea of when the tour will start?”

Kyler has been gone all day for meetings that map out his next big tour. Since it’s the first one since his newest album released, they’re expecting big numbers, which means huge stadiums.

“We start in May.”

“May?”

“The 25th.”

I blink. But that’s…

“Come with me,” he says softly.

“On tour?” I squeak.

“I asked them not to schedule anything before your semester was done. We’ll have the summer together on the road.”

“You’d really want that?”

“Don’t be stupid.”

I frown. “But—”

“I put a ring on your finger for a reason,” he reminds me again. “It’s not because I don’t want you around, Leighton.” When I don’t say anything right away, he sweetens the deal the best way he knows how. “Violet Wonders will guest in a few shows on the west coast when we’re back. You can hang with them again. Tell the world what a big fan you are of them compared to me.”

My jaw drops. “That happened once when I was fifteen, and technically I said I liked them better than Single Division.”

His brown eyes sparkle. “Does that mean you’re finally admitting you’d choose me?”

I stare at my ring. “Haven’t I always?”

Kyler’s Interview Transcript

Hot in Hollywood Interview Transcript

Penny Gomez: Mr. Kyler Bishop, everybody! Do you miss the sound of an audience like this?

Kyler Bishop: There’s nothing quite like it, Penny.

Penny Gomez: And there’s nothing quite like that song. It broke the record for most liked video on Instagram, the most watched video on YouTube in the first 24 hours and became the most downloaded song in the first week of release. How does that feel?

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