I smiled at my four bandmates, as well as my friends in the Medway Jazz Band, and our music teacher, Mr. Ballows. Those guys were waiting in the side-...tage area with their instruments. I gave Ian, a trumpeter, a fist bump, and his fellow trumpet player, Beth Grayson a hug around her shoulders. Lynette and Sammy both welcomed Katie Van Dorn and Paul McKenly, the band’s trombonists, as well as Christa Fallon, the Jazz Band’s soprano saxophonist.“You have these guys all set to play, Mr. B?” Cano. "Marla, would you like to share watch with me on the Bridge tonight?" Elaine asked as she sat down in the warm water. "I was told this afternoon that our destination will be visible in a few hours, and the Bridge has an even better view than the observation deck."Marla looked at her roommate, Beth, silently inquiring.'I don't mind if you don't, ' Beth thought back to her."Sure," Marla said to Elaine, "It'll be fun!" Where's Béla, anyway?" Beth asked, hungrily curious."She's finishing the. We decided to give up and head back home, well to his house more precisely, it was just easier for me to stay over. Once there we just headed straight to bed.And, as always when I stayed over, I smiled when I entered the room and saw the two single beds. Mikey was an only c***d yet the other single bed (or some version of it) had been there for about 12 years. It was my bed.Mikey and I had been friends since primary school, been through school and college together. We had lived and supported. ”“I know, brother. It’s those damned sexy ears,” Esira laughed, joined seconds later by Ilzik.“Well, they are sexy. But she’s also very smart too, hence my choice,” he finally replied as we all grinned at the banter between the pair. “Just need to sort you out, my sister.”“Tradition states you must be affianced first, Ilz.”“It also states that you must remain pure and chaste too,” he chuckled, glancing at me and making me blush.“Meh, that’s boring. Besides it’s a tradition upheld more in the.