Taylor
Reluctantly, I join him at the table.
“What is up?" He asks.
I shake my head back and forth.
“Song of the day time," he announces.
Shit! He doesn't play fair. I'm feeling all kinds of awkward and confused, and now I have to sum it up in a song. Closing my eyes, I attempt to focus. I can't find the perfect song. I grasp the first lyrics I can. Instead of summarizing, I recite a line of lyrics from the end of Total Eclipse of the Heart. “Once upon a time..."
As I continue the line lyrics, Jackson shakes his head.
I continue the lyrics, “But now..."
Kennedy chimes in, “sounds emo to me."
Nothing from Jackson, so I finish the song.
“Bonnie Tyler, Total Eclipse of the Heart." Jackson proclaims proudly.
“I thought if you stated the title in the lyrics, it didn't count as gettin
