A Love Song for Rebels (Rivals Book 2) by Piper Lawson

Author:Piper Lawson [Lawson, Piper]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-26T18:30:00+00:00

11

The rest of the weekend, I’m a bundle of nervous energy—practicing with Tyler and alone.

Because of the tight timeline, we’re all business. Every minute, from dawn until midnight, we write and rewrite, play and sing, go over every section of my vocals and his guitar until the result is real and powerful and moves me from the first chord.

Monday morning, I can barely listen during Entertainment Management, my stomach flipping over as I stare off into space and go over the arrangement in my head.

On my way out of class, I notice a missed call from Haley, plus a voicemail.

Annie, we sent you flowers for midterms, but the florist couldn’t deliver them because there was no one with your name at the dorm address you gave us. I told them to try again, but here’s the number—

I write down the number, then hang up on the voicemail.

This is bad.

I call the florist, who’s super confused and asks if there’s another address to deliver to.

I don’t want to give her the Vanier one, so I go down to the shop and get them myself, calling my dad on the way back.

“Hey,” I say when he answers, panting as I take the steps up from the subway, the big arrangement of purple orchids and roses heavy in my arms. “I got the flowers. Thank you, guys, that was very sweet.”

“The florist said they couldn’t deliver them.” I can hear him frown over the phone.

“It was a mix-up. Everything’s fine. There’s actually something else I wanted you to send me.” I tell him, and he pauses.

“If we send it to the same address, it’ll arrive.”

“For sure,” I tell him.

After hanging up, I text Pen to remind her I gave her dorm as my address and that if someone happens to show up with a package, she should sign for me.

“It’s a little early for congratulations flowers. You haven’t even auditioned,” Rae points out from her desk chair as I push open our door.

“They’re from my dad and stepmom. The card says, ‘Good luck on midterms!’” I set the arrangement on my desk, still wrapped, and Heath swims to the glass to check it out.

I drop onto the bed, pressing the heels of my hands to my eyes. “Fuck, I’m an asshole.”

“Not the usual response to flowers.”

I roll onto my side to look at her. “My dad doesn’t know about… the showcase.”

“Parents don’t need to know everything,” Rae says, folding her arms. “Mine don’t.”

“You never talk about your family. You’re not close?”

Her dark brows lift. For a moment, I think she’s not going to answer, but she does. “My parents are both doctors. So’s my brother. They’re not thrilled I’m here. I told them it’s better here than Ibiza, where I spent last summer.”

“You were never tempted to be what they wanted? Or to pretend?”

Rae opens her notebook computer in front of her. “I’m not gonna tell someone else’s story. I’m going to be the biggest DJ in the world. And every person who thinks that’s not true gets to be wrong about me.

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