disappointment off my face.
“There you are Taz,” said Drake coming out the back door. “Damn kid’s quick.”
I laughed, and reached over and gave my son a hug and a kiss on top his head.
“That he is,” I said.
“So what are you two up to?” I asked.
“Decided to save my nephew from yet another girls’ night,” Drake said.
I raised my eyebrow at this. “Dev has a girls’ night?” I asked a little shocked. “The same Dev I know, the one who hates most women?”
“The one and only, they get together every other Sunday with Jules from the shop, our cousin Cin and the pain in the ass Mags.”
I laughed; Drake and Mags had been at each other’s throats since they met.
“How long has this been going on?” I asked while I scooped Jaks up and walked into the studio with Drake a step behind.
“A little over a year or so, since Cin moved back to town,” he shrugged. “Damn, nice set up you guys’ have here.”
“Xavier had it built shortly after he bought the place, first time we’ve used it though.”
Jaks was instantly drawn to all the flashing lights and buttons, making all of us laugh. Sam held out his arms and Jaks instantly wiggled his way towards Sam and the sound board.
“Keep a good hand on him Sam,” Drake said. “He’s wily like his dad.”
Sam smiled, “I have experience wrestling people away from the board; I got to keep Seth’s his hands off the shiny buttons too.”
“Oh, come on man, I know what I’m doing,” I responded getting me snorts in chorus.
“Xavier’s sounding good,” Drake said.
“Yea, he definitely is,” Sam said, he looked over at me and gave me a grin. We both knew this could be the best CD we’d done yet.
Drake picked up a lyric sheet then looked over at me, “Your words [V4] ?”
“Yea, how’d you know?” I asked.
He shrugged, “Depressing as hell, that’s how.”
I snorted.
“It messed you up just as bad as it did her, huh?” Drake asked.
Luckily I was interrupted by another knock on the door, so I took off to answer it while thinking about what he said. Did my leaving mess up Devi? She never spoke of it, I know I had told her I had missed her, but she had just shrugged it off. On the other side, she hadn’t taken another lover since I was gone, yea but she was a single mom working a demanding job, my inner voice said.
“Hey Max, what’s up?” I asked when I opened the door.
“Nothing, just bored thought I would come see what trouble you guys were causing,” he said.
“Come on in, nothing much happening but getting some work done.”
“Sweet, I always like listening to you guys.”
I headed back into the studio, I noticed Xavier, Drake and Jaks were in the sound proof room we used for recording, and Sam was fiddling with the tracks on one of the songs from our first CD. Sam removed the vocals and guitar and had just the bass track playing, a few seconds into it, Jaks squealed “DADDDYYYY!”
I stopped, there was no way he had seen me yet, and I was nowhere near the window that faced into the other room. Sam looked up and smirked at me.
“What the fuck?” I asked.
Max and Drake both laughed.
“What the hell is going on?” I asked shocked while Jaks clapped still calling out daddy over and over, both Drake and Max looked smug, Xavier looked confused, and Sam looked thrilled.
Max clapped me on the shoulder, “You didn’t know she talked to Jaks about you?”
“She said she did, but how does he know that’s me playing?”
“Dev had me play around with your first CD, also a couple of your demos and I made a special CD for Jaks, it’s nothing but your bass stuff,” Drake said. “She played the demo stuff to him while she was pregnant, then she played the first CD stuff when he was a newborn, hell he still has a CD player in his room and he listens
“There you are Taz,” said Drake coming out the back door. “Damn kid’s quick.”
I laughed, and reached over and gave my son a hug and a kiss on top his head.
“That he is,” I said.
“So what are you two up to?” I asked.
“Decided to save my nephew from yet another girls’ night,” Drake said.
I raised my eyebrow at this. “Dev has a girls’ night?” I asked a little shocked. “The same Dev I know, the one who hates most women?”
“The one and only, they get together every other Sunday with Jules from the shop, our cousin Cin and the pain in the ass Mags.”
I laughed; Drake and Mags had been at each other’s throats since they met.
“How long has this been going on?” I asked while I scooped Jaks up and walked into the studio with Drake a step behind.
“A little over a year or so, since Cin moved back to town,” he shrugged. “Damn, nice set up you guys’ have here.”
“Xavier had it built shortly after he bought the place, first time we’ve used it though.”
Jaks was instantly drawn to all the flashing lights and buttons, making all of us laugh. Sam held out his arms and Jaks instantly wiggled his way towards Sam and the sound board.
“Keep a good hand on him Sam,” Drake said. “He’s wily like his dad.”
Sam smiled, “I have experience wrestling people away from the board; I got to keep Seth’s his hands off the shiny buttons too.”
“Oh, come on man, I know what I’m doing,” I responded getting me snorts in chorus.
“Xavier’s sounding good,” Drake said.
“Yea, he definitely is,” Sam said, he looked over at me and gave me a grin. We both knew this could be the best CD we’d done yet.
Drake picked up a lyric sheet then looked over at me, “Your words [V4] ?”
“Yea, how’d you know?” I asked.
He shrugged, “Depressing as hell, that’s how.”
I snorted.
“It messed you up just as bad as it did her, huh?” Drake asked.
Luckily I was interrupted by another knock on the door, so I took off to answer it while thinking about what he said. Did my leaving mess up Devi? She never spoke of it, I know I had told her I had missed her, but she had just shrugged it off. On the other side, she hadn’t taken another lover since I was gone, yea but she was a single mom working a demanding job, my inner voice said.
“Hey Max, what’s up?” I asked when I opened the door.
“Nothing, just bored thought I would come see what trouble you guys were causing,” he said.
“Come on in, nothing much happening but getting some work done.”
“Sweet, I always like listening to you guys.”
I headed back into the studio, I noticed Xavier, Drake and Jaks were in the sound proof room we used for recording, and Sam was fiddling with the tracks on one of the songs from our first CD. Sam removed the vocals and guitar and had just the bass track playing, a few seconds into it, Jaks squealed “DADDDYYYY!”
I stopped, there was no way he had seen me yet, and I was nowhere near the window that faced into the other room. Sam looked up and smirked at me.
“What the fuck?” I asked.
Max and Drake both laughed.
“What the hell is going on?” I asked shocked while Jaks clapped still calling out daddy over and over, both Drake and Max looked smug, Xavier looked confused, and Sam looked thrilled.
Max clapped me on the shoulder, “You didn’t know she talked to Jaks about you?”
“She said she did, but how does he know that’s me playing?”
“Dev had me play around with your first CD, also a couple of your demos and I made a special CD for Jaks, it’s nothing but your bass stuff,” Drake said. “She played the demo stuff to him while she was pregnant, then she played the first CD stuff when he was a newborn, hell he still has a CD player in his room and he listens
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