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“Yeah. She’s engaged to my brother. He’s a… Gosh, it feels even weird to say this now. He’s kind of a rock star.”
“Now I know there’s a story there.”
“Yeah, my older brother and sister are singers, and they have this rock band called Dragonlock.”
He strokes his chin. “Oh my God, I’ve heard them. They’re great. They played a bar here earlier last year.”
“Oh yeah, they play at all the local bars.”
“I don’t remember there being a female singer.”
“My sister only joined the band recently. Anyway, they happened to be in this one bar in Utah, and you won’t even believe who was there.”
“Who?”
“Jett Draconis and Zane Michaels.”
He gasps. “Of Emerald Phoenix? No way.”
“Yeah, and they totally loved the band. Their opener for the European tour had dropped out, and they invited Dragonlock to go on tour with them.”
His jaw drops open. “You were following Emerald Phoenix on tour?”
“I was, until Brianna got called home for some family emergency.”
He cocks his head. “Oh my God, is everything okay?”
I’m not sure how much I’m at liberty to say, so, “I honestly don’t know that much about it myself. But Jesse and Rory were busy with the band, and I would’ve been all by myself.”
“Yeah, but you would have been in Europe.”
But I wouldn’t have been with Dave. Not that I can say this, so I simply shrug. “I can always go back. I figured I’d just as soon come home and finish my semester so I wouldn’t have to make it up later. This way I’ll get to walk at graduation.”
“I’d forgo walking at graduation for a trip to Europe anytime.”
“That’s what I had planned.” I sigh. “But you know, circumstances sometimes change.”
“I suppose they do.” His eyes light up. “Now you get to study biology with me.”
I chuckle. “So not my strong suit.”
He places his hand on the table a half inch away from mine. “What do you want to be when you grow up, Maddie?”
His words hit me like a knife right between my eyes.
I frown. “I guess… I honestly don’t know. I feel like an idiot even saying it, but it’s so true. Part of me was hoping I’d find some kind of inspiration during this European tour, but now I’m back here.”
“That’s okay, I didn’t know for the longest time, and then it hit me.”
“What you were going to do?” I ask.
“With my biology major, I decided to go into nursing.”
I smile. “That is a wonderful endeavor. What made you choose nursing?”
“A doctor was my first choice, but I can’t afford medical school, and I didn’t decide on this path until it was too late to get ready to take the MCAT on time anyway. So I figured I’d try nursing. If I like it, and if I still feel the drive to go to medical school, I can always do it later.”
“That’s an amazing outlook,” I say. “But I still don’t know what the hell I’m going to do with my life. Seems like I’ve spent it in my older siblings’ shadows, and the shadows of some of my sorority sisters.”
