Free One (Bar Dance) by Dani Joy

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    “Great. You’re here” Angie said as she jumped up and set her guitar aside. She engulfed me in a hug then whispered in my ear. “You said he walked.”
    I whispered back. “I was wrong.”
    Both brothers were staring at us when we broke apart. They both had their hands in their back pockets. Rand was grinning at me. Bray was smiling. “The acoustics are the best they can be. We heard you.”
    I know that I turned beet red. Angie just laughed as she looked at me. “Gotta remember that from now on.”
    “Shit.” I looked at my feet. It was then I realized that I hadn’t apologized to him. I looked Rand in the eye and then to Angie. “I took things wrong last night.”
    “ Yeah well. Last time I checked you were human too.” Then she winked at me.
    Seriously. She winked at me. Then she smiled and shrugged. She put her hand in mine. “You have got to see this practice room. I may ne ver play at home again.” She drug me down a hallway.
    She threw open the door and I followed her in. Wooden floors with what was like be rber carpet, but not, on the walls with a drop down ceiling. “The hell with music. This is where we rehearse from now on.” I turned around slowly. Twice. Then I broke into a deep smile that I aimed at Bray. “Loose the chairs in the middle and you got a dance hall buddy.”
    Both men were still grinning at us. Bray to control the situation handed Angie her guitar. “We can do this a few ways. I would like it if you started to sing so that we can tune to you. It will probably be the most comfortable for you.”
    I just shrugged. “I can sing almost anywhere you play. It wouldn’t really matter to me.”
    “You can do that?” He asked.
    I shrugged again. “Yeah.”
    He gave a head waggle. “Humor me.”
    Angie was simply grinning to her guitar. She gave it a strum and a pick. On the low and high string. We had done this enough times that I knew what she was showing me.
    I tossed my purse against the wall and smiled at Rand. He had already heard me sing this. I held his eyes and sang to him. About half way through I turned to Angie and sang to her then to Bray. I finished with my eyes closed. I opened them when I felt Rand’s arms go around my middle. “More beautiful this time than the last.” He kissed my neck.
    I watched as Angie said to Bray. “Told ya.”
    Bray studied me for a second. “That was pitch perfect. Timing never faltered. Why do you want accompaniment?”
    I looked around and then focused. “I’m good one on one. Maybe a few people that I know. I get a crowd my timing can fade. If I get in a large crowd of people I don’t know,” I shrugged, “It can get bad.”
    “It doesn’t.” Angie stated to Bray. “She just thinks that it does and it bothers her.”
    I rolled my eyes a s I looked to Bray. “It does.”
    Bray nodded to Rand. “Hands off. Go take a seat. Okay.” He looked at me. “Once with Angie alone.” He nodded as if his words were to be followed to the letter.
    I giggled but nodded to my friend. She started playing and I sang. Bray nodded in time to the two of us. When I was done he did a final head shake. “Now with me.”
    He played just a little differently than Angie and I had to adjust slightly. He gave one more final head shake at the end and said, “Again.”
    This time I kind of knew what to expect and made up for the difference on the fly. It was better than what I did with Angie. Not by much but a little bit.
    “One more with both of us.” Bray started playing and Angie was right with him. She followed him perfectly and I followed them both.
    Bray stood and walked to a console against one wall. He hit a couple of buttons and then moved a few of those push up pull down things. He walked to his chair and grabbed his guitar and sat back down. “From the top.” He stated as he started playing. We did it twice more. Then I was done. So was Bray. “Take a seat Terra.”
    I went and sat next to Rand. He grabbed my hand and smiled