That Was Then (The Re-Do Series Book 1) (12 page)

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“Treeeey!” A voice booms as the tour bus rolls along later that morning.

I smile since I already know what’s going on. A few seconds later, Jace Kelly storms into the ‘living room’ section of the bus, wearing a towel wrapped around his pale head. Jace is the lead singer and songwriter of
Dust and Ashes
. He’s tall and handsome with the most intense blue eyes I’ve ever seen.

Sadly, Jace is happily married to his wife of nearly six years. I used to have a huge thing for him until I heard the news. Nothing puts a damper on a celebrity crush like finding out the guy is married. Now, I’m happy to say that Jace and I are friends.

“Love the turban,” Will Young grunts from the sofa beside me.

Will isn’t much of a talker and, adding in his huge size, he’s kind of intimidating. Nevertheless, he’s a sweet guy. He and his wife Morgan, the bass player of the band, were the first people to make me feel at home in the small space of the bus. I’m a lot like Morgan and so we clicked instantly.

Morgan starts snickering immediately and so do I.

Trey, who is lounging around the bar and devouring my Johnny cakes smiles innocently as he teases his friend.

“Jace, man, what’s with all the noise?”

Jace’s eyes burn into his best friend’s skull. The lead singer whips the towel from his head. Immediately, we all gasp. Jace’s gorgeous blonde hair has been dyed a very neon shade of green. All he needs is a nose stud and some black eyeliner and the guy could pass for a heavy metal artist.

Morgan and I burst into loud peals of laughter.

“Do you think this is funny?” Jace’s eyes cut to Morgan, Will, and I.

His lips turn up in a small smile, despite his efforts to keep his grin at bay.

“Hey, guys, I heard a …
whoa
.” Damien stares at Jace’s head, his narrow eyes going as wide as saucers. “Dude, your hair is green.”

“Thanks to Trey!” Jace glares at his best friend.

With his mouth full of food, Trey blinks his eyes and shrugs his shoulders.

“You know we have a set tonight,” Jace whines, “how the heck am I going to get this out?”

Morgan warned me that the guys liked to play pranks on each other. I was fully prepared for this. I just didn’t expect things to get so intense so quickly. Hopefully, I’m never caught in the crossfire of these prank wars.

I like my hair just the way it is, thank you very much.

“Don’t be such a cry baby,” Trey stands.

Charlie’s boyfriend has dark brown hair and an easy, charming smile. The guy is a babe magnet. I don’t know how my cousin survives when he’s on the road. There are like a hundred fan pages dedicated to Trey Johnson.

Damien covers his mouth to muffle his laughter.

“Yeah, yeah,” Jace waves his arm, “laugh it up. You better hope this thing can come out, Trey, or I’ll sic Izzy on you.”

Izzy is Jace’s wife.

Trey lumbers to his friend’s side and ruffles the green hair. “I think it looks great. Izzy will totally dig it.”

“You better hope this thing washes out.” Jace warns again.

“I have a hat you can borrow.” Will offers.

Jace eyes the giant keyboard player wearily. Will is completely serious. I don’t think I’ve heard him crack a joke once since I’ve been here.

“Thanks, Will.”

“No problem.” Will dips his head.

“I think you look great.” Morgan says, though her voice is full of laughter.

“Oh,” Jace lifts a finger in the air, “so you wouldn’t mind washing your hair with dye instead of shampoo…”

“Don’t you dare,” Morgan  glares at both Jace and Trey. “I mean it, guys. You’ve been smart so far with leaving me out of these pranks. You don’t want to see the disaster I will rain down on you if you mess with my hair.”

All the boys gulp, even Damien.

“Yes, ma’am.” Trey salutes.

Will snickers.

“And make sure you leave Kendall out of it too.” Morgan tacks on.

I high-five the bass player as the guys shuffle around, properly chastised.

“Thanks for that.” I wink. “I’m not a fan of neon green hair.”

“I feel you girl. And don’t even worry about it. We girls gotta stick together.”

“That we do.”

… For more look out for
THIS IS NOW
by Nia Arthurs coming soon to the Amazon store.