" Come on Anna, it'll be fun. You can come to the club and see my band play." His voice pleads through the phone.

"I don't know, I have heard you sing."

"well then I will have you know that I don't sing. I play the guitar. Luca sings."

"Luca? What happened to Izzy?"

"He quit." Gabe shrugs "Chalk it up to creative differences."

"More like sibling rivalry."

"It doesn't matter anyway. Luca sings better than Rayne any day."

"That bad huh?"

"What?"

"The fight. I haven't heard you call him Rayne in a long time."

"Well it is his name."

"No his name is Isadore."

"Yeah, he would kill anyone who tried calling him that. Well anyone that isn't you or maybe Nana."

"No I am pretty sure he would kill me too. That's why I call him Izzy"

"Yeah well he hates that too."

"Really? He has never said anything to me about it."

"Yeah well that's because you're you."

"What's that supposed to mean."

"Oh God Anna. You know what it means, so don't make me say it."

"I don't know so spill it."

"My brother is infatuated with you."

Anna busted out laughing. "Uh-huh. Right. That joke was bad even for you."

"I'm serious Anna. That boy has been crazy about you since the second grade."

"Gabe just stop. Let's be serious. Iz doesn't love me. He avoids me like the plague. Besides, think about all of the mean things he used to do to me."

"Of course he was mean to you. That's what boys do when they love a girl. They put snakes on their pillows while they sleep and such."

"Oh my God I had forgotten about that. I didn't sleep for days. I was terrified"

"I know. That's why you slept in my bed. I guess that one backfired on him."

"I'm still not buying what you are selling."

"You don't have to. It's the truth. My stupid brother loves you. Well, and of course I do too. Now if only you had a prettier face and bigger boobs....."

"Gabriel Alexander St. Clair!"

"Oh now I am in trouble. So I guess you'll have to get on a plane and punish me"

"I can't."

"Why won't you come?"

"First of all, you know how I get when I fly."

"They make motion sickness pills you know."

"Yeah, but those just make me pass out. And the last thing I need to do is pass out on a plane and have some dirty pervert feel me up."

"I don't think that would be a problem."

"Gabe, not all men require a double Ds to turn them on."

"Don't they?"

"No!"

"But it doesn't hurt. What's the real reason Anna?"

"I have three job interviews scheduled already"

"So cancel them"

"Gabriel. You know I can't."

"Anna, come on. You spent the last three years rushing yourself though college. The least you can do is let me show you all the fun you missed when you had your nose stuck in all those books. You dork."

"I can't"

"No you won't there is a difference. Seriously Anna, come. The jobs will be there in the fall as well"

"No they won't"

"Right, every job will be gone"

"The good ones will be. Besides your roommate will think I am weird."

"You are weird. And he already knows all about you. "

"Everything?"

" well not everything but enough. Trust me Anna you will love him too. He is smart, and funny, and he can sing, and all the girls love him. You know what on second thought maybe you should just stay home and find a job. I can't have you falling for my friends."

She laughs "Oh please, you know I only have eyes for you." The sarcasm rolling from her lips.

"Well if that is the case, you have to come. Please?"