Page 113 of Love is a Dance Step
Drew shook his head. In truth, the guy was cool. But he missed Noah and Jo.
“Awwww.” Noah pressed a hand to his heart. “Drew misses us, Joey.”
Ben leaned into the camera. “Can Piper join the call?”
Noah made a whipping sound. Ben only shrugged. He was so into his girlfriend Drew used to think it was ridiculous. Now, he got it. He understood what it felt like to think of one person above all else.
Even as he talked to his best friends, his rock star support group, he wished Lola sat beside him, her hand in his.
“Yeah, Ben. I’ll go get Pipes.” He left his Indianapolis hotel room behind and walked down the hall, his tablet clutched in his hands.
Piper’s door stood partially open and multiple voices came from inside. “Knock knock.” He pushed the door farther open. “Piper?”
He found Piper lying on her stomach on her bed next to the most beautiful girl in the world.
Lola looked up at him, a smile on her perfect lips. “Hey.”
His eyes drifted to the magazine they were flipping through and caught sight of his face staring back at him.
Lola shut the magazine and sat up, pushing dark hair over her shoulders.
Drew had forgotten the rest of Rockstars Anonymous was there until Noah started laughing.
“You should see your face, dude. You’re hopeless.”
“Hopelessly in love,” Jo teased.
Drew closed his eyes, wondering why he’d brought the group here. He turned the tablet toward the girls. “Be nice and say hi to Piper and Lola.”
“Hey, Pipes.” Ben’s voice was soft.
Piper reached for the tablet, and Drew let her take it. She put it on her lap as she and Lola hovered over it, talking to the group like they too were a part of it.
He watched his girl light up as she chatted with his friends and realized Noah was wrong.
He wasn’t hopeless.
Because being in love with Lola Ramirez filled him with hope. She lifted her gaze to him, a smile stretching her lips.
He sat on the edge of the bed as Piper continued talking. Picking up the magazine, he flipped to the article about him.
Lola scooted away from Piper and wrapped her arms around Drew from the side, resting her chin on his shoulder. “We were just drooling over our celebrity crushes.”
“Drooling, huh?”
She nodded. “Noah is in there somewhere.”
“I heard that!” Noah yelled. “Drew, how does it feel to know I’m your girl’s celebrity crush?”
Drew pressed a kiss to Lola’s cheek. “As long as I’m her real life crush.”
“I was kidding.” She laughed. “Really, I’m trying to decide which picture of you to tape to my locker at school.” She tried to make herself sound like a high schooler. “Because my boyfriend is justsohot.”
He laughed, reaching up to cup her chin and turn her face to look at him. “You don’t need pictures when you have the real thing.”
She drew him into a kiss, and when she pulled away too quickly, it was okay because they’d have thousands more. He’d make sure of it.
“Aww.” Noah gave them a smarmy smile from where Piper had turned the tablet so the camera faced Drew and Lola. “You two are totes adorbs.”
