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smile. Elliot had been pretty sure all along why the girls’ kisses hadn’t done much for him. Pretty sure went to very sure in about two seconds flat.
    Oh my God….
    “Sasha’s a major producer,” the blond guy said. Elliot had to pay attention. Tate? That’s what Elliot hoped his name was anyway. He didn’t want to ask again. “He’s taken the pop side of this label from pretty much nonexistent to huge.”
    “Of course he is. I guess I don’t know the industry very well.”
    “Hopefully you’ll have a chance to. Hopefully we all will.” It was the dark guy this time and Elliot had no idea what his name was. Confession time.
    “Hey, guys, I’m really sorry but this all came super fast. Can we do names again?” He felt like a jerk.
    “Nervous, huh?” The dark guy gave him a sweet smile. “I’m Webber. I go by Webb.” He slung an arm over the pale black-haired kid. “This is Reece, that’s Tate, and the one next to you is Danny.”
    “Thanks. I won’t forget again.”
    Danny nudged him in the side. “Make sure you don’t.” He was probably kidding though, at least mostly. He winked at Elliot, and Elliot’s breath caught in his throat hard. He struggled to inhale. Yeah, shit. Hell. Damn. Very sure.
    “You guys wanna try a song with Elliot?” Reece asked. “I don’t have my guitar, but I guess we can wing it.”
    Tate pointed. “There’s a guitar over there. You think they’ll care if you use it?”
    Reece shrugged. “If so, then I guess nobody will ever have to find out.” He grinned for a second, then leaned over to snag the six-string acoustic. He strummed a few chords and messed with the tuning knobs. “Sounds okay. It’ll work.”
    Elliot’s already nervous stomach cramped hard. “I hope I don’t suck, guys. I’ve never done this before.”
    “Just follow along,” Tate said. “And don’t worry. We’ve only done it a few times together ourselves.” Danny snorted and Elliot held back a grin. “Seriously, Danny?” Tate rolled his eyes.
    “You know any of the old-school songs?” Tate asked.
    “Kind of,” Elliot answered. “What have you guys been singing?”
    “How ’bout ‘Invisible Man’? We’ve done that a few times,” Webb suggested.
    “98 Degrees? I know that one.”
    “Cool. Do what you can,” Tate said with a reassuring smile. “It’ll be fine.”
    Do what I can. Right. Elliot cleared his throat and nodded. Reece did a few warm-up strums, then went right into the intro. Elliot didn’t join in right at first, just listened. They actually sounded pretty good together. Tate’s voice was strong and perfectly pitched, Webb’s smooth and kind of sexy. Reece and Danny both had mellower voices that filled in the missing places. He was almost afraid to mess it up. But then Danny smiled at him and lifted his chin in a small nod. Elliot’s breath caught in his throat again. Just that little smile was enough to melt him. Quit being an idiot. This is your big chance. Elliot let his breath out slowly and relaxed. I can do it.
    So he did. He joined in on the second verse, adding his voice, which was lower and a bit rougher than Tate’s or Webb’s. He didn’t sing too loudly, just tried to blend in. But Sasha had been right. With him it sounded… more complete. One by one the other guys started to smile. They heard it too. By the end of it, all five of them were grinning.
    “That was awesome.” Reece propped the guitar between his knees and reached out to bump Elliot’s fist. “You are so in.”
    The other three made agreeing noises, and Danny slung his arm across Elliot’s shoulders. “You wanna be in?” he asked. He looked like he was checking. Just to make sure. But Elliot wasn’t crazy.
    “Of course!” he said. The other four chuckled.
    Danny stood. “Well then, I guess I’ll see you guys at nine tomorrow.”
     
     
    E LLIOT ’ S head was spinning by the time he got in his car and started it for the drive home. He didn’t know what to think,