“So, you just left them?”
“Well, yeah. She was showing Trent something on the computer in her office and making sure he knew where everything was so he could cover for her when she needs to. I didn’t want to be a third wheel, so I just sort of left.”
Nat shrugged and the guys shook their heads. After Nat had excused himself from the journalism room, he sought out the rest of his friends so he could straighten himself out. He had explained what happened to the guys, hoping that they would say something of use.
Unfortunately, they weren’t being very helpful.
“So you just left your girlfriend in a room with another guy?” David said, pointing out the obvious.
“A good looking guy?” Qaasim added.
Nat, being Nat, just had to defend his position for the sake of both Rosalina and himself. “Come on, guys. You know it’s not like that. They’re just friends.”
Thomas, of course, tended to see the darker side of everything. “You used to say that same thing about you and Rosalina.”
The guys nodded, and Nat remained silent. It was difficult for him to defend Rosalina and Trent when he was feeling same way as the rest of his friends.
“Hey, guys,” Cooper cut in, bring the conversation to a sudden end. “Have you seen Alex?”
“No. We were hoping that he would be here before Rosalina came back.”
“Let’s hope so. We should be rehearsing right now.”
Without warning, Alex burst into the scene, fuming. “Where is she?” he boomed.
Everyone jumped slightly at the sudden appearance of their young friend. Nat made sure to approach the situation carefully. “Who? Rosalina? She’s in her office right now.”
“No, not her! Where’s Jesse?”
“Jesse?” the guys echoed simultaneously.
“Why would Jesse be here? Rosalina’s giving us a ride, remember?”
“No!” Alex said, not calming down even slightly. “She was here. I saw her!”
“What was she doing?”
“What do you think she was doing? She was talking to some guy!”
“Oh,” everyone chorused.
It was expected. Men flocked to Jesse like moths to a flame, and she took them all in, much to Alex’s dismay. No one ever knew where Alex stood when it came to his many crushes. Whenever they thought that Alex had outgrown his childish crush on Jesse, he proved them wrong.
Like he was doing right now.
Alex continued to fume as Rosalina and Trent came walking down the hall. Nat’s eyes were automatically drawn to them, and he was practically glaring at them as they got closer.
Jealousy was not an easy thing to hide.
David leaned over and whispered to Qaasim. “He is pretty good looking.”
“Yeah. He’s way hotter than nat. He looks like a bit of a bad boy, though.”
Thomas, having overheard, decided to contribute his two cents. “Maybe Rosalina likes that sort of thing. Remember Bobby Love? What do you think, Alex?”
No response.
“Alex?”
Thomas looked over to see Alex facing a completely different direction, wearing the same glare as his brother. He followed the young drummer’s gaze and blinked, making sure that what he saw was actually real. “Whoa,” he gasped. “Hey, guys,” Thomas said, nudging David, Qaasim, and Cooper.
“What is-? Whoa.”
“That guy’s hot, too. What’s going on around here? Alex?”
“That’s the guy,” he hissed. “That’s the guy Jesse was talking to.”
It was bad enough that the Wolff brothers suddenly had stiff competition for their women’s hearts, but there was yet another twist in the road coming their way.
“Hey, Rosalina!” called Alex’s new nemesis.
“Oh my gosh! Is that you, Craig?”
Rosalina jumped in the air, ran straight past Nat and the guys, and gave the man a running hug.
Trent stood in the background, grinning. “Do you normally go around tackling people like this?”
“It’s only been you two so far,” she responded, also grinning.
The rest of the guys stood, looking back and forth between Trent and Craig in pathetic confusion. The situation had gone from strange to even stranger. How did these two boys know Rosalina?
“Hey everyone, come here!” Rosalina waved to the rest of the band. “I want all of you to meet these two guys. Nat already met Trent over there. He’s the guy who saves my butt every time I need someone to cover for me while we’re on tour. This guy right here is Craig, Trent’s older brother. He graduated from Amigos a while ago and he’s famous for saving The Evergreen from being cut from the school a while back.”
“Wait a minute,” blurted Thomas. “You two are brothers?”
“Yeah,” they responded at the same time.
Once again, the guys were left looking back and forth between Craig and Trent. They had a slight resemblance to one another, but they still seemed so different. Trent had an edge to him, brought on by his piercing, clothing, and stance. On the other hand, Craig was a clean-cut, well-dressed adult. His dark brown hair was lined into many neat, long spikes, and he wore loose fitting jeans and a collared top. Both of them had slightly angled brown eyes and, of course, they were very good looking.
“So,” Rosalina cut in, breaking the band’s scrutiny. “The Wolff brothers meet the Amazing Grace brothers.”
Nat, after sitting through the entire ordeal in silence, had finally found his voice again. “The Amazing Grace brothers?”
“Yeah,” Craig said. “That’s what people call us. I used to think it was weird that they didn’t just call us the Grace brothers, but I sort of got used to it.”
“It’s sort of ironic. Our mom used to sing ‘Amazing Grace’ to us all the time when we were we small. I think its funny how that title sort of stuck to us.”
Rosalina looked between her two friends, happy that everyone finally got to meet one another. “That’s right. The Wolff brothers aren’t the only famous sibling pair to come out of Amigos.”
“What are you two famous for?” Alex asked, practically interrogating the two.
“We’re dancers,” Trent answered.
“The best dancers in Amigos history,” Rosalina added.
“Well I wouldn’t say that.” Trent readjusted his cap again. “There are plenty of talented people around here.”
“Like you guys.” Craig looked towards the band. “We’re big fans of your music.”
Nat and Alex didn’t hear him. As the rest of the guys began to engage in awkward small talk with the Amazing Grace brothers, the Nat and Alex looked to them with private hostility. They were simply too perfect. The Grace brothers were an open threat to the Wolff brothers, even if they didn’t realize it. Craig and Trent were getting to close to Jesse and Rosalina for the Wolff brothers to let it slide. This was more than just a little competition.
This meant war.
