Poppy
“Poppy!” Snapping fingers appeared in front of me and a grinning James Wallace came into focus.
“Hey, Jamie.” I grinned, giving him a hug. “Are you going to play something for me later?”
Jamie had decided he wanted to play drums this year, so he was taking lessons and I knew my parents were going to buy him a drum kit this year, because they were amazing.
“I just have practice pads.”
“So? You can play me something on your pads, right?”
“Yeah,” he said. “Is Devon coming over?”
I forced myself not to curse as I shook my head. “I don’t know, bud. But probably not. He’s always got stuff to do.”
“Aw, man,” he moaned.
Hatch raised an eyebrow, but I ignored him as I gave my brother a hug. “But you owe me a do-over on that Mario Brothers game.”
“Okay,” he said, excited.
“After di
