Chapter 59 - Ch. 59 I'm No Longer That Innocent

Kaylee walked like a robot as she entered her apartment. The more she walked in and arrived at the elevator, the more pounding her heartbeat. Not only that, but her face also felt hot… to be precise, the spot that Declan kissed seemed so incredibly scorching, like when she accidentally touched the burning pan on the stove.

Slowly her hand rose to touch the part that was in contact with Declan's lips. It was as if she could still feel the man's lips on her mouth's corner.

What would happen if the man's lips land above her lips instead?

The thought of this made Kaylee's face boiling that one could see steam rising from above her head.

Even when she walked into her house, Kaylee's whole mind was still centered on the soft, tickling sensation on the edge of her lips until she didn't realize that her apartment light had turned on.

"Kaylee?"

Kaylee couldn't even hear someone calling her name, nor could she see someone walking up to her.

"Hoi, Kaylee!" This loud calling enough gave her a startled to make her jump back while holding her chest.

"Gosh! Nick, you startled me."

"Who told you to stargaze? Why did you come home so late?"

"I... I'm looking for a present."

"Present? What present?"

"The husband of my mother's best friend is celebrating his birthday this Saturday, and my parents told me to find a present for him."

"Ooo... You're walking alone?"

"No. I'm with…" Her face suddenly flushed, remembering the incident a few minutes ago with Declan.

Nick noticed the blush on Kaylee's face and couldn't help but tease her.

"Hoo? Are you with any of the guys that catch your eye? Which one is he? Was it the apple one or the grape one?"

Kaylee hit Nick's shoulder with exasperation to hear the young man comparing the two men she liked as fruit.

"You bad boy. Stop teasing me. What are you doing here?"

"Didn't you ask me to teach you the guitar part of my song?"

"Ah, right. So you will teach me now?"

"I'm leaving for Washington for the fall festival tomorrow at noon. After that, I'll go to LA on Tuesday, and I only would be back here next Thursday."

"Ha? Then when are you going to teach me? "

"Duh, that's why I'm here."

"Wait a minute." Kaylee immediately ran to her room to put down the watch package she had just bought, then took her acoustic guitar and returned to the lounge where Nick was waiting for her.

"Are you serious? You're going to use an acoustic guitar?"

"I don't have another guitar."

"But I hope you will perform with an electric one."

"No way! It hurts my fingers," she whined like a child.

"Are you joking with me? Please don't ruin my song."

"I won't."

"Then use the electric one."

"No,"

Nick narrowed his eyes at Kaylee while the girl lifted her chin as if she wasn't afraid of the gaze of the young man who was challenging her.

"Unless that you play it by yourself." declared Kaylee, made Nick tilt his head in surprise.

"What you mean is..."

"You will perform in my place and ensure that our team will dominate this music battle!" Kaylee explained excitedly like a burning enthusiasm.

"What? But I don't know your friends."

"Tut. They are your friends."

"Duh, you are the one who comes to campus every day. Nu-uh. I don't wanna do it."

Kaylee grabbed Nick's hand and forced the young man to sit on the couch next to her.

"Come on, help me this time. I've been helping you by disguising as you every day. I only asked for your help once, and after that, everything would be back the same way before you know it."

If Kaylee managed to persuade Nick to play in the music battle, not only will he be sure to win, she could also appear as Roe to meet Jacob. This is called killing two birds in one stone!

But... why did she feel like she was cheating on someone when she planned her intention?

No, no, no. It can't be cheating as long as she wasn't anyone's lover. Even though Declan had confessed his feelings, Kaylee had never said yes, and the man was too shameless pushy to corner her, causing her clueless at how to push him.

Well, it's not like that she wanted to push the man. On the contrary, she felt like there was a force inside her heart to make her want to be in that man's arms.

How strange.

"Alright, I'll do it only for this time," announced Nick broke up Kaylee's reverie.

"Seriously?" Kaylee no longer thought about her anxiety because she was too excited to hear that the young man agreed to her request.

"Kaylee, don't tell me you planned to ask me to play in the music battle from the start."

"Hehehe..." was the pure angelic-like smile from our innocent Kaylee that made Nick shifted his ass away from her.

"Are you Kaylee? Where is my beloved naive Kaylee? Return my innocent Kaylee to me."

"What do you mean innocent? Naive? I'm no longer that innocent girl that you can trick." giggled Kaylee while smiling in full of satisfaction seeing at the young man's flabbergasted expression.

"What happened to you?"

"Isn't it because of you?"

"What did I do?"

"Being you for several months opened my mind. As it turned out, dealing with strangers and making friends with guys wasn't as scary as I thought. On the contrary, I actually enjoyed it so much as if I was born to be friends with everyone."

"That means you can turn into Nick and play in the music battle, right?"

Kaylee glanced at Nick with a sneer that made Nick break out in a cold sweat.

Since when was his innocent sister able to show cynical looks??

"Don't try to trick me. If you're a man, you have to keep your word." Kaylee got up to stretch her muscles, then sat back down, comfortably positioned the guitar on her lap. "Now, teach me your guitar solo."

"What for? Aren't I the one who will perform?"

"Aiya, even though you will perform, we will have our first practice tomorrow, and in every free time, we could make. Of course, I have to look like I've practiced at home and played your guitar part right. They won't be surprised if their dear friend Nick would play his solo part flawlessly."

Nick's jaw dropped, and he shook his head. "Sister Kaylee, your attempts to portray me are really…" Nick raised his thumb at her.

"Only one?"

"Wow, I didn't know you were this greedy. But…" Nick opened his other thumb and pointed it at Kaylee. "Two thumbs up for you. If I had four hands, I would raise all of the thumbs for you too."

Kaylee and Nick laughed together before the young man finally taught Kaylee his part, and the girl was serious about learning it.

The next day, Kaylee had no trouble playing her solo part while practicing with Jacob and the others. Adam played the second guitar, Jacob played drums, and Fritz played the lower bass.

Even though Kaylee's playing was not as perfect as the original player, at least her performance was not too bad for a fake guitar player.

Now the problem is…

"Who will sing?"

"It's certainly not me. I'm tone-deaf, and my voice is out of tune."

"I can't sing either. How about you, Jake?"

Jacob shook his head. "I am a drummer, not a singer. It looks like we have to find a singer from the singing class."

Simultaneously they all looked at Kaylee with a knowing smile making the girl frown in confusion.

"Why are you all looking at me?"

A few moments later, Kaylee arrived in front of the singing class, where the girls gathered to hone their vocals. Somehow, her friends told her to seduce a female singer to sing in their group.

The keyword is 'seduce.' How could a girl like her seduce another girl? She is not a lesbian!

But, they need to find a female singer.

In this music battle, they would perform three songs, and all audiences will judge each song. The band that gets more fans would come out as the winner.

They have found one song, which is The Adam's song. Jacob has an acquaintance with a male singer, and that person has agreed to sing for them. While the other two songs, Kaylee couldn't understand why her friends chose songs that required a female singer.

That's why they relied on Kaylee to 'seduce' one of the best singers on this campus to sing with them.

Kaylee wanted to protest why she had to be the one to do the seduction. She already felt tired of getting a woman's recognition, and now she has to seduce other women to become singers in their team? Why couldn't the boys do it themselves!?

Kaylee sighed in resignation and glanced inside the practice room to find her 'target' without realizing everyone noticed her arrival.

"Hey, isn't that Nick?"

"Is he looking for someone? "

"Maybe he's looking for me?" guessed one of the girls with a playful smirk to make her friends laugh.

"Ah, there's no way he's looking for you. He must be looking for me." to prove the sentence, this girl got up and walked over to one of the idols on this campus. "Hi, Nick."

Kaylee was a little surprised when someone called her name, but she still replied to the girl's greeting with a smile. "Hi,"

"Are you looking for someone?"

"I'm looking for Leticia Campbell. Is she here?"

"You mean the Lettuce?"

Ha? Lettuce?

"Hoi, Lettuce, our campus idol is looking for you."

Haaaa?? Instantly all the girls in the room looked at Kaylee with awe, but a second later, looking at a girl with a cynical gaze made Kaylee shudder in horror.

Why is the girls' gaze in this singing course so frightening?

Do not ever mess around with a bunch of jealous girls.. Noted Kaylee.