Tommy's POV

I smiled watching Adam walk away. I was still somewhat in shock from seeing him. When I realized who he was it was like thousands of alarms went off in my head: That's why I couldn't stop staring at his eyes. That's why his voice sounded so amazing to me. I felt like an idiot for not figuring it out sooner. Despite how it seemed, I hadn't forgotten about Adam or anything, I just didn't think about him every second of the day. And I sure as hell wasn't expecting to see him as some big superstar.

I sighed and sat down, thinking. Had I forgotten about Adam? Now that I think about how long it's been and how he hasn't been part of my life, I can't remember when the last time I actually thought about him was.

When he first left I thought about him constantly. Wondered how he was doing, what he was doing, if he had gotten better. Then a couple years went by and I didn't think about him as much but I still thought about him. I would find myself asking: I wonder what Adam's been up to, or, I wonder what he's doing. But then I got older and found a bunch of jobs playing in clubs, I put my high school life behind me and I didn't really think about him all that much. I think once in a while he would cross my mind. Like if I saw someone or something that reminded me of him, but that was about it.

And now, thinking about that, it made me feel guilty. I mean, obviously Adam remembered me since he was the one to bring up how he felt like he knew me. When I saw his eyes and his face and associated that with his name, I thought maybe it was him. But I figured I had to be mistaking. But then he confirmed it and I realized that was my Adam.

And now all I wanted to do was talk to him. To see what has changed about him and what was still the same. He obviously wasn't the same depressed, self-conscious person I had met in high school. That much I could tell. I just hope he hasn't turned into a diva or something but that was highly unlikely.

To be completely honest, I had forgotten about high school for the most part. Kind of on purpose. I was so devastated from Adam leaving that, after I had graduated and was done with school forever, I just wanted to forget about it. I had made myself forget about it, and after years of doing that, I really did forget. And I did that because I didn't want to remember him or how much I had loved him because it hurt too much.

Had loved him? Did I still love Adam? I hadn't seen or talked to the guy in ten years. How could I love someone who I barely knew? I mean, I used to know him in high school, I knew everything about him. But ten years had gone by and there was a lot more to know now. I could tell that he had changed, not in a bad way, but he had changed.

But when I was around him, I felt something. It was like that little jumpy feeling in your stomach that you feel when you're talking to the person you like or talking to someone that you think is really pretty or really hot. Maybe it was just from seeing him again after all these years or maybe it was something else, I wasn't sure.

All this thinking about Adam brought high school life back to the surface. I thought about Brad and Cassidy. I knew Adam still talked to Brad because that had been him on the phone. But I wondered about Cass. I'm sure Adam still talked to him because they used to be best friends.

I sighed. I really needed to talk to Adam. To catch up. But I had blown my chance tonight. Well, I really did need to call people and a party probably wasn't the best place to catch up. And we had a lot of catching up to do.

I was still deep in thought when someone tapped my shoulder, making me jump about five feet in the air.

"Oops, sorry dude. Didn't mean to scare you." Someone said. I turned around to meet a guy and a girl standing behind me.

"No, it's fine. I just didn't hear you come in."

The guy chuckled and spoke again. "You're Tommy right? The new bass player?"

"That's me."

"Cool. I'm Isaac, the drummer, and this is Cam, keyboardist"

"Nice to meet you," Cam said, holding out her hand. I shook her hand and Isaac's. "Nice to meet you guys too," I said smiling.

Even though I had only met them thirty seconds ago, Isaac and Cam both seemed really nice. I knew we would get along, which was good because if you don't get along with your band members, you're gonna have a shitty band.

"So Tommy," Isaac spoke again. "The band's going out to get some drinks later, just to get to know each other and stuff. Do you wanna come?"

"Um, sure. That sounds good." It did sound good, they were my band mates after all. I hoped Adam wouldn't get offended that I had chosen them over him. But I just felt like chilling tonight, not going to some party.

"Cool! Where are you staying? We can pick you up if you want," Isaac said.

I told him what hotel I was staying at and he said he would pick me up around 10. After that, Cam said she had to go make some calls and stuff so it was just me and Isaac.

"So where are you from?" he asked me.

"Burbank. What about you?"

"I'm from here, LA. Do you play any other instruments besides bass?"

"I can play electric and acoustic guitar and a little keyboard," I said.

"Oh, that's awesome! I can just play the drums," he said shrugging.

I chuckled. "Well, that's okay, that means you probably kick some serious ass on them."

He laughed. "Oh, trust me honey, I do," he said.

We both laughed and I could tell me and Isaac were going to get along well. We both said that we needed to get back home, or in my case, the hotel, and get ready for tonight. So we exchanged numbers and said we'll see each other tonight.

I called Mike as soon as I got back to the hotel.

"Hey man" Mike answered.

"Hey! Guess what?" I said, deciding to get right to the point.

"What?" He asked eagerly.

"I made the band!" I practically shouted.

"What? Are you kidding? Oh my god, that's so amazing! I'm so happy for you man!"

"Thanks! I guess I should listen to you more often huh?"

"Damn straight," he said, and we both laughed.

"Well listen, I gotta get ready, going out tonight," I told Mike.

"Ah. Big, fancy Hollywood parties already?"

I laughed and shook my head. "No way. Just going to a club with the band, a getting to know each other kind of thing."

"Oh, well that's cool, have fun and call again soon so you can tell me all about it!"

"K, I will. Bye"

"Bye." He hung up and I headed to the bathroom to start getting ready for tonight.