imb into the backseat of Alix's

h a glance at Alix. "I was o

t, "car drumming" as he calls it. He says it's to get drumming practi

wink at me in the rearview mirror befo

s the car into reverse. "Welcome

a tall, tan, muscular physique, chiseled features and dark wavy hair courtesy o

I know this all too well – as Alix's younger sister, Zee's been approac

eing me like this. I look rough. The girl I used to be in middle school would never go out in public looking like

mp blonde messy bun, still wet from the sh

d I sto

d Alix starts flipping

row?" He says as his eyes meet mine in the rearview m

the racket you usually do," Z

x is fine

Micah as a band last summer – ever since Zee told Alix

ubts about even that. It's been taking up more of my time recently, and I've slipped into the routi

I can drown out the worries, the awareness of other people, the

y I have

p next we'll be talking with the boys of mega hit progressive rock band Fable, ahead of to

heard before, something betwe

god OHMYGOD,"

the dial to change the station, an

g again for the dial "and I'll

ounding all the more scary for her upbeat tone. I don't

n't try to change

staying," she says seriously as she turns to fa

waiting for forever, and I'm the

day is going to b

ying it – the smile s

keep forgetting," she says.

you guys to have fun tonight. Se

g. She'll be too busy enjoying every moment of it. Singi

first became friends two years ago, just after I moved from Sout

me unknown group of boarding school boys in Wales uploa

of their first fans from before they were famous hasn

ast) time Fable are performing in Portland, and it almost didn'

e hallways. Girls crying out of happiness. Beth Donklin, Fable's self-appointed No.1 fan,

ing, sort of like the build up to Summer Break, but

veryone excep

t hurts. Not just for myself, but to keep a promise I made. The one thing I'm

ust can

I go, and there's no way I could do that to my friends.

only be a bad