Chapter Eleven
The next few days both flew by and dragged. Sydney didn’t see Hunter because of their school schedules and the end of football season. He texted her Monday night to ask how the biology final went—very well—but he made no move to see her. They skipped band practice on Tuesday night because everyone had finals. They still held Thursday’s practice, and she assumed they’d do a drum lesson after. She’d missed hanging out with Hunter.
Jay and Lance had just left and Sydney sat behind the drums. “Ready for your lesson?”
He ran a hand through his hair and sighed. “As much as I’d love to, I have a paper I need to finish. It’s due tomorrow and I got bogged down doing research. I need to take a rain check.”
“Oh.” She tried not to sound hurt, but she’d been looking forward to this f
