*~~Chapter Twenty Four~~*

{~~Avery Sterling~~}

Ryan I talked for hours until the nurses came to inform me that they were ready to go. I was the only one with a car so I’d driven them here. I get a little tipsy from alcohol, and I’m a respected driver. I don’t go under the influence. So I said goodbye to Ryan and spoke to the bartender about keeping my car in the parking lot.

He said he’d tell the night guards, and I started to call a cab. One of the nurses started singing.

“All aloneeee.” I giggled as the others joined her in singing some song about being left alone in a barn. I’m not a singer so I didn’t join in. The cab was eight minutes away. Ryan stepped out of the bar while we waited.

“You’re not singing with your group?”

“No. I’m not really a singer.”

“Ohh, you don’t have any musical talents?” he inquired. His hands dug into the pockets of his jeans, and the smile he’d had on all night returned.

“I played the piano all throughout middle school and elementary. I had to drop it in high school because it wa