Mac and Jo walked into the arcade just in time to hear "New high-score" shouted out by the electronic voice of the video games. Moving closer to the Guitar Hero game, they were surprised to see a crowd had gathered.
"Hey Lindsay," Mac called seeing her and Danny in the crowd
"Hey Mac, Jo"
"What's happening?" Jo asked
"Adam" Lindsay said eyes sparkling.
"Adam?" Mac asked skeptically
"Mac, you should see the kid, he's like a machine, Flack handed him one of the guitars and they've been going ever since. There's like ten kids waiting in line just to play him!" Danny told him with a grin.
"Told ya, pay up" Jo told him
Mac just gave her a look and then fished out his wallet handing her the ten bucks they had bet "And how does Adam feel about all of this?"
"Well… I don't think he knows" Lindsay told them staring at the back of the two battling it out in a modern day arena.
"He doesn't know? How does he not know?" Jo asked
"It's… well… It's kind of like he's gone, the music came on and shy nervous Adam disappeared, and this totally focused and goofy Adam appeared."
"Really?" Mac asked getting excited… well excited for Mac, meaning a slight smile and a twinkle in his eye.
"That still doesn't explain how he doesn't realize what's going on." Jo argued also excited about Adam's breakthrough.
"It's like he's lost in the music, like there's no one, nothing else around, just him, the music, and the game. " Lindsay struggled to explain, "you just have to watch."
Turning, they did just that. It was like he was in his own little world, wearing a full out grin that none of them had been able to achieve yet. Adam rocked out, as though he'd forgotten where he was, as though he was somewhere safe and alone, where he knew no one could hurt him.
Hey guys… I can't believe it's been two weeks already!
So to make up for missing a chapter last week I'll post at least two this week, (the next one I hope to get up tonight, after that though no promises).
Thanks again so much for the reviews, you guys are great!
Kaddie out.