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thank you,” she replied, just as Drew placed a nice, hot mini-pizza in front of her. Up close, Holly could now see that it was made up of a toasted English muffin, tomato sauce, and cheese. It smelled even better than it looked, and Holly let out a content smile as her stomach growled in anticipation.
     
    “And we have more,” Drew assured her, walking around and sitting in between Tommy and Mitch.
     
    “Drew, here, is the best cook I’ve ever met,” Tommy said, clapping his friend on the back as Holly took a bite out of the pizza. She shut her mouth, reveling in the deliciousness of the simple snack. “You know, I probably would marry him if he wasn’t, you know, a guy.” He paused as everybody laughed, before asking, “Do you cook, Holly?”
     
    At this, Tanya started laughing so hard she nearly lodged whatever she was chewing into her throat. “Holly?” she managed to get out as her face turned cherry-red, but not because she was embarrassed or anything like that. Far from it, actually. “Cook? That is probably the funniest thing I’ve ever heard!”
     
    “Hey,” Holly said defensively, though an amused grin started to shape on her lips at Tanya’s antics. “I can make macaroni and cheese, thank you very much.”
     
    “Yes, you can,” Tanya allowed, though everyone could tell she was trying her very best not to laugh.
     
    “I could always teach you,” Drew offered with a friendly smile. “We’ll be on the bus together nearly twenty-four hours, so whenever you’re free, I’d be happy to teach you.”
     
    “Thank you,” Holly told him. “I would actually love that. These are delicious, by the way.”
     
    “Hey, I have a question,” Tanya interrupted as Mitch placed his hand over hers and began to caress it lightly, almost absent-mindedly. “Actually, maybe it’s more of a favor and you can always say no. I know I’m a guest and everything—”
     
    “Just ask, Tanya,” Holly told her friend, giving her an encouraging nudge. Tanya always rambled whenever she got nervous.
     
    “Right, well, I’ve always wanted to walk down the beach in San Diego at night,” Tanya murmured, her face pink. “I mean, it doesn’t matter which beach per se, but I’ve never gotten to do it, and I thought if we had time, it might be something cool to look into.” Mitch squeezed her hand softly, causing Tanya to tear her eyes away from the plain surface of the table and to meet them with his.
     
    “That does sound fun,” Drew agreed, and glanced at Tommy. “The biggest thing I regret about our last tours is we never actually got to enjoy the towns and cities we came to.”
     
    “Yeah, but we never really had time,” Tommy stated. “Nor did we have any reasons to.” He glanced at Holly. “What about you? Would you like to walk along the beach tonight after the concert?”
     
    Holly looked up from her food, surprised he had asked her opinion on something quite trivial. Surprised and yet pleased. “I’ve actually never done something like that,” she confessed.
     
    “Then we shall do it,” Tommy concluded, and Holly gave him a smile. Tommy felt his lips curl up on their own accord, and he returned her smile with one of his own. “So, I know Tanya’s coming to our concert, but have you decided if you’re going to? I’d like to say, completely unbiased of course, that we are probably the best band you could see live in the entire world. Ever. It really makes me feel bad for these kids who consider themselves the new rock ‘n’ roll—the Jonas Brothers or whatever. If only they knew how great we are.”
     
    “Yes, they really need our help,” Mitch said dryly, leaning forward to get a look at Tommy. “They’re selling out stadiums while we’re playing small clubs.”
     
    “Right,” Tommy conceded, before sticking up his index finger, “but we’ve been around since the late eighties. That’s nearly twenty years, and we’ve had seven number one singles, and three