Rocking Hard, Volume 2 by Samantha M. Derr

Author:Samantha M. Derr [Ebulu, Kayla Bain-Vrba, Mell Eight, L.J. LaBarthe, Cassandra Pierce, Alessandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: M/M romance, anthology, contemporary
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2014-02-11T16:00:00+00:00

Three Months Later

"Misty, could I add another song to the set list this time?" Cole asked shyly. She was still mad at him, all these months later, for haring off on his own right before the press conference and publicity stunt on Kamura, but she was a good manager.

"What sort of song?" she asked sharply, willing to hear him out, but unwilling to grant him any favors.

"A love song," Cole answered with an awkward and nervous shuffle of his feet.

Misty grunted. "And what do we need to set up for your love song to work?" she asked. "I assume you've already asked the rest of the band?"

Cole nodded. "They're fine with it. I just need a keyboard piano. Nothing else."

Misty stared at Cole for a long moment before sighing. "Fine," she said. "But this had better be a damned good song." She went off to organize finding the piano, grumbling about how last minute it was. The opening act was already on stage.

Queenie grinned when Cole joined the rest of the band backstage a few minutes later. "She agree?" Queenie asked.

Cole nodded.

"You ever going to let us hear the song before you sing it?" she asked, prying for more information.

Cole shook his head.

The band waited in peaceful silence, listening to their opening act rev up the crowd. Then it was their turn to cart their instruments and themselves up onto the stage.

Cole found Dayton immediately, right in the center of the front row. His heart beat faster at the first glimpse of his husband in so many months. Kingsley had to give the opening beat twice before Cole remembered he needed to sing.

The concert went very well. At this point the band was comfortable on stage and with each other, joking and singing as they went. The audience ate it all up and Dayton kept smiling.

"Here's a treat for you guys," Sol crowed into his mic as he took off his guitar. "Usually we end the concert now and you guys cheer like crazy," he waited while the shrieks hit a crescendo and then died down again, "but Cole here has a surprise for someone very special to him."

Cole was busy plugging in the electric keyboard Misty had found for him. He tried an experimental scale to see that it worked before looking up at the crowd. He was alone on stage.

He caught Dayton's eyes and held them as he double-checked that his microphone was in the right place.

"My love," he said directly to Dayton, "this is dedicated to you. I know you play the piano way better than me, and really it should be you playing this up here since I wrote it with you in mind. But this time I want you to listen and to know just how much I love you. This song is called My Truest Love." Cole started pressing the keys on the piano, letting the gentle lullaby melody ring out of the speakers. His eyes never left Dayton's as he opened his mouth and sang his very heart to his one true love.

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