DAMON

I drove my SUV into Ben's driveway. I already could see a silver Mercedes parked right next to my car.

I left the car running and jogged up the front steps and into the house to check up on the girls.

"Hello?" I called.

I heard music coming from the living room so I headed out of the foyer into the living room.

MTV was playing music videos and I saw Jessica showing Sally and gymnastics routine.

"Hey watch out for the furniture," I said.

"Hey Damon," Jessica said with a smile walking over to me.

"Hey, where's Kaia?" I asked.

"She's in the kitchen, coloring,"

"On paper I hope," I said.

Jessica laughed, "Yeah, I just checked on her like a minute before you came in, she's drawing on some paper,"

I went to check on Kaia and say hi and then headed back into the living room.

"Well, I better get over to Blue's, I'll see you around five or so," I said.

"Okay," Jessica said smiling at me.

"Jessica, I really, really appreciate you doing this for me," I said-again.

"Okay, sap, you better head out, or at this rate you aren't going to get there until the Fourth of July," Jessica said.

"Okay, I'm going, I'm going," I said laughing.

Jessica followed me to my front door.

"See you in about 2 hours," I said.

"Yeah, see ya," Jessica said softly.

"See you guys!" I called back to my sisters.

Sally ran over to the entrance of the living room and stuck her hand out.

"Bye Damon!" I heard Kaia call from the kitchen.

I opened up the front door and headed back to my SUV.

"Hey Damon," Brian said, as I pulled up.

He was getting out of his jeep and heading towards Blue's garage.

I got out and followed him.

I could hear Blue's drum beating and Salvador's voice singing.

We headed into the garage and grabbed our instruments.

I walked up to my stand right next to Salvador and tuned my guitar.

Just then Blue stopped beating on his drum, Sal stopped singing, and Brian quit tuning his bass and they all turned to stare at me.

"What?" I asked.

"What's up with the dopey, smile on your face?" Salvador asked making a face which was I guess mimicking mine.

"I'm not smiling," I bluffed.

Salvador scoffed and jogged into Blue's house and came back holding a mirror and holding it out in front of me.

I definitely had a smile on my face, a really dorky one, and I was blushing like crazy.

"What happened over at your house, Ross?" Brian asked.

"Nothing, I went there to check up on my sisters, Jessica was there baby-sitting, and then I just-"

"There we go, Jessica. He is happy about Jessica being in the presence of his house, bros.," Blue said.

"I'm surprised you knew what presence meant, Spicolli," Salvador said sarcastically.

Blue winced and the two ended up laughing.

"Okay, you guys, lets just get to rehearsing," I said.

"And a one, two, one, two, three, four!" Blue counted off.