All of a sudden Kyle proudly blurted out, “Here comes the hottie I was telling you about. I knew she wanted me. She couldn’t take her eyes off the stage the whole show. I’m definitely getting some tonight boys.”

“Yep that’s why she’s walking over here with Aiden, cause she’s gonna ditch him for you , right in your dreams. You are such an ass you know that.” Taylor said before Aiden and his gorgeous friend got to the table. “Aiden how’s it going? Who’s your friend?”

“”Hey, I’m Ashley Davies, you must be Taylor.” Holding her hand out for a handshake which Taylor accepted, both holding on for a little longer than necessary before releasing.

Eric quietly said to Kyle, “Dude, I hate to break it to you, she is one smoking hot lesbian. She ain’t given up shit to you ever.” A goofy grin spreading across his face as the smug grin on Kyle’s face disappears.

“Fuck. I need some air.” And with that Kyle left the table.

“Don’t mind him,” Eric said still ginning like a fool, “he has ego issues.” thinking to himself how Ashley just crushed his ego. Eric liked her already.

“I’ve experienced that a little tonight. Apparently he invited me to an after party at your place Taylor.”

“Yeah his latest pick up scheme. Sorry there is no such party. Let me introduce you to the nice guys of the band. This is Eric the drummer, Ryan the master of all forms of bass, and Chris our keyboard guru.”

“Nice to meet you guys.: Ashley smiles at the boys before turning her attention back to Taylor. “I was wondering Taylor, could we get together and talk about music stuff? Aiden has told me a bit about you and I was hoping you might be able to give me some advice and maybe help.” She said, a shy smile crossing her face.

“Um sure Ashley, how about we have coffee tomorrow? I have research to do on campus so somewhere close would be best for me.”

“Sounds like a plan. Give me your cell phone, assuming you have one.”

“Yeah here you go.”

Ashley punches buttons quickly then hands it back saying, there now you have my number. Just call me in the morning and we’ll finalize our plans.” Ashley said then turns to Aiden, “Let me go to the bathroom then we can get outta here.” To the band again, “Nice to meet you all. Amazing show. I’ll see you tomorrow Taylor. Bye.”

Once Ashley was out of ear shot, Taylor looks at Aiden and says “What the hell was that?”

“Look Ty give her a chance. She’s a great singer, just had a few tough breaks. She’s also going through a tough time right now, she could use something positive.”

“Aiden I’m not the type to give out charity.”

Ty she can pay you for your time, maybe use of your studio, not a problem. She just needs a confidence boost. Maybe someone to take a chance on her. Maybe you could help her find someone in the business like that cause her contacts have just screwed her over royally.”

“Honestly Aiden you know I’m not worried about the cash. I’ve got a lot on my plate with homework, the band and my senior project. I don’t have a lot of spare time.”

“Look meet with her tomorrow and see where it leads. Maybe she could help with the project? You know you’d need the coffee fix anyways.” Aiden pleaded giving her his most pathetic puppy dog eyes.

“Alright. I mean I want to help, it’s just whether I’ll have the time. Although good point about my project, we’ll see.”

“Thank you. I’ll see you later.”

Taylor thought she must be crazy. On top of normal school work she was going to start a mock record label for her senior project. She hoped to turn it into a real label after graduation but who knows what the future holds. True she could use another artist beside Tabula Rasa for her project but would he have the patience. She knew Ashley was a good singer, she had heard of her before tonight. But Ashley had a reputation of being difficult to work with, very opinionated and stubborn. What was she getting herself into?