ROCKED - The Price of Dreams: Everhide Rockstar Romance Prequel (Everhide Rockstar Romance Series) by Tania Joyce

Author:Tania Joyce [Joyce, Tania]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Gatwick
Published: 2022-11-14T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

October 2009

The night before the Princeton Tigers ice hockey opening season celebrations, I’d hardly slept a wink. Excitement swirled through my stomach as Derek drove Hunter and me to the Hobey Baker Rink at the university. Claire and Kyle followed in the van loaded with our gear. But concern for Hunter lodged in my chest. He’d been unusually quiet for the entire short trip. Yet again, his parents couldn’t come to our show. Art, who was the biggest Rutgers fan, had opted to attend a football game rather than coming to see us perform. Lillian was at home with Jenny.

But Hunter’s contagious energy returned when we pulled into the parking lot beside the arena. With the rink undergoing last-minute renovations and preparations for the commencement of the season next week, the celebrations would be held outside in the lot. People dressed in the white, orange, and black Tigers colors rushed between delivery vans and catering trucks which were preparing for tonight’s event. Staging crew dashed around making final adjustments to equipment and place row after row of seating in front of the platform. A Tigers merchandise stall took prime position at the entrance to the area. All this spectacle was for the guys and girls to be presented with their team jerseys, followed by a party. With more than one thousand people attending this shindig—Princeton sports executives, the players’ families, friends and fans—we’d give them a show to remember.

We checked in at security and drove up to the massive temporary stage.

“This place is awesome.” Hunter’s eyes lit up as he hopped out of Derek’s car and stared at the gorgeous old stone building. “Our first arena performance.”

Joining him at the front of the station wagon, I pinched my brows together and gave him a sideways glance. “But we’re playing outside.”

“Doesn’t matter.” He rubbed his hands together. “It’s a crowd. At an arena.”

“You’re such a goofball.” I giggled. Hooking my arm around his waist, I rested my head against his shoulder. But, oh yeah! We were total rockstars.

My heart strummed to a quicker beat as I scanned the lot. “Wait until we have fans paying to see us in arenas. No, at stadiums. That’ll be awesome.”

“I like the way you think, Gem.” Hunter squeezed me tight and rubbed my arm.

I looked forward to the day when we didn’t have to play at family bistros, local parties, or fairs. Online, our fanbase grew every day. At a recent night we’d played at our family-friendly tavern in Milltown, the manager had even had to turn away guests at the door. We’d attracted too many people who wanted to see us play. That had been wicked and somewhat surreal.

Kyle and Claire pulled up beside us. Time to setup. With Claire and Derek acting as our road crew, we lugged and assembled our gear onto the temporary stage. Claire and Kyle worked with the Princeton event team to connect our sound and lighting into their system. Derek helped Hunter and me patch in our guitars, amps, and mics.

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