American Girl On Saturn by Nikki Godwin Read Free Book Online Page B

We’re going to go to our audience and see where they think these Canadian hotties might be!”
    “What!?” Emery jumps up, standing like a ninja on the sectional. “Someone shot at you!”
    So much for sheltering her. Tate motions for her to sit back down and says something about crazy people trying to break the speakers. Noah agrees and says those idiots hate Spaceships Around Saturn’s music and wanted to ruin their show. So now they have to hide out until our dad catches them.
    Emery seems oddly content with their explanations and focuses her attention back to the TV. I’m extremely impressed with how simply Tate and Noah handled what could’ve been a Moo-llennium Crunch moment. They made it so easily vanilla.
    The host bounces over to a redhead in a bright pink SAS tank top.
    “I think they’re probably on a private island, maybe in Hawaii,” the ginger says.
    “They probably went back to Canada and are really at home,” another girl says.
    She looks as if she’s been crying. I bet her summer revolved around this premiere and seeing the boys live.
    The TV host takes one more theory from an audience member. The girl stands up, wearing a white T-shirt with the boys’ pictures on it, and she looks directly into the camera.
    “I heard that Milo is dead.”

CHAPTER 6
    Milo shoots up from the couch.
    It doesn’t help that other girls in the audience start to agree, and the rumors quickly circulate. He was hit during the shooting. He took the bullet pushing Tate out of the way. He died at the hospital later on. He died backstage. The rumors go on and on and on.
    Noah pulls Milo back down between us.
    “Dude, you’re not dead. Management will clear it up as soon as they see this. Just chill, okay?” Noah says.
    “Easy for you to say,” Milo snaps. “Our fans aren’t saying that you’re dead.”
    “Milo!” Tate shouts from across the sectional. “You died a hero. You saved my life. Why can’t you just be happy about it?”
    I don’t fully understand bromance, but the smile on Milo’s face is obviously a good sign. I’ll accept that Tito exists if it makes Milo smile like that. He stretches one arm around Noah and wraps the other around me. He falls back against the cushions and gets comfortable before their video debuts.
    I wonder if the ‘arm around Noah’ move was just a ploy to wrap his other arm around me. Maybe he’s trying to play it cool. He probably didn’t want anyone to think anything of it.
    “Those poor girls,” Milo says quietly. “Did you see how many of them were crying? This was supposed to be one of the highlights of their summers, and we’re not even there.”
    Oh screw it. He’s not even concerned with me. He’s worried about his stupid fans! He only put his arm around me because he didn’t want me to feel left out since he was showing Noah some love. Tate was right about the summer of hell.
    “Here it is! Be quiet!” Emery yells.
    I bite down on my lip so I don’t laugh. Only my baby sister would yell at a boyband to be quiet during the premiere of their own video. Emery keeps it real. Emery keeps me on Earth.
    The video for “Music Up, Windows Down” is everything I expect from a Spaceships Around Saturn music video. Benji is shirtless, so he can show off his many tattoos. Jules tries to look like a badass. Tate and Milo play up to the camera a lot. But Noah…
    “Who was your stylist for this video?” I ask as soon as the video ends. “Those shorts were the most awful thing I’ve ever seen.”
    Maybe I have a bit of Emery’s bluntness in me too. Probably not. Noah’s shorts were just that ugly.
    “You didn’t like them?” Noah asks.
    Aralie chokes on her own laughter.
    “Noah, they were cornflower blue ,” she says. “And they came down to your shins. Those were old man shorts. You know, like the ones old dudes wear when they go golfing or something. You’re supposed to be the rock star of the group, not wearing Godfrey’s clothes.”
    I can always