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*Six's POV*
The next day at lunch, Drew and Nate huff as they sit down.
“Rough day?” I ask them.
“Our front man fucking quit the band. And we have a show booked next weekend so we’re basically fucked,” Drew tells me.
“Axle can sing,” I blurt out. I look at him and quickly add, “Sorry that just came out. Probably should have let you offer if you wanted to. No pressure.”
“No, it’s fine. I didn’t know you guys were in a band.”
“Yeah, I play bass and occasionally vocals, Nate plays the drums and then Connor, from the basketball team plays guitar and we had Brent from the football team as our rhyt
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