Ice on Fire by G. R. Lyons

Author:G. R. Lyons [Lyons, G. R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-27T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

ZAC SHUFFLED back into the apartment and collapsed onto the bed with a groan. Too damned early. He'd had to get up hours before he normally did on a school day so he could drive Adrian to campus. The damned man had been up and dressed, perfectly pressed and alert—although alert was a relative term, Adrian's demeanor a little fuzzy around the edges thanks to his medication—at an hour that Zac rarely ever saw. Zac only had three classes, but Adrian had five, starting early and lasting all day, so Zac had dragged himself out of bed to get Adrian to his first class on time.

Holy hells, this was going to be an adjustment.

Zac fell right back to sleep, then woke again just in time to get himself going to start his own day. He made it back to campus, and only got through his first class thanks to a travel mug of coffee that hardly left his hand for the entire hour he was stuck in that desk.

He met up with his bandmates at lunch, feeling slightly more human.

“Dude, you look like shit,” Kade said.

But apparently not looking it.

“Fuck off,” Zac grumbled.

“Long night?” Smitty teased. “A long, hard night, I hope?”

Zac shook his head, scrambling for a reasonable excuse. “Homework.” He shrugged. “I put it off too long, had to do it all last night.”

“Dude, that sucks,” Kade said, giving him a sympathetic frown.

“Not like missing one assignment would kill you,” Smitty countered.

“Hey.” Zac wadded up a napkin and threw it at Smitty's head, then held up a hand, pinching his thumb and forefinger together. “I'm this close to graduating,” he growled.

“Bro, easy,” Smitty said, holding up his hands in surrender. “I was just joking.”

Zac eyed him, then forced a chuckle, trying to play it off like it was no big deal.

“So, check it,” Kade said, cutting in with a grin on his face. “You remember that big audition concert we were trying to get into?”

Smitty groaned, but Zac sat forward, nodding. “Yeah. The one right after graduation? Where all the scouts are supposed to be?”

“The one we didn't get a slot for,” Smitty muttered.

“Well, I got a call last night,” Kade said, still grinning at them. Smitty finally took notice, sitting up straighter, and Zac fidgeted, waiting. Kade was clearly dragging this out intentionally. Finally, he laughed and said, “Two bands dropped out, so we're now the first alternate.”

“Fuck, is that all?” Smitty spat. “Here I was thinking you were gonna say we've got a spot.”

“But we might,” Kade insisted. “There's still a couple months until then. Someone else might drop out. And then we're in.”

“Holy shit,” Zac breathed. They might actually get a slot in that show. If they got in, it could be their big break. The annual auditions concert, sponsored by the university, was the biggest gathering of indie bands on the whole Isle. Media and talent scouts were always present. Several big name acts had been discovered there.

And Inferno were good. Zac believed that with every fiber of his being.

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