Back in college, Larry Carson played drums in a friend’s band and fell in love with the lead singer, Geoffrey Mason. But all that’s in the past. Larry’s now thirty-five, divorced, and father to a precocious thirteen-year-old daughter. One day, when Larry picks Crystal up from school, a song comes on the radio by a new rockstar climbing the charts. Larry recognizes Geoff’s voice immediately, though Crystal calls him Geo and claims he’s the hottest new singer on the scene. Just hearing him brings back a flood of memories, reopening wounds Larry thought long healed. The more he listens to Geo’s music, the more Larry falls in love with his former boyfriend all over again. Partly to prove to his daughter that he used to know Geo back in the day, and partly to reconnect with his old friend, Larry buys tickets to an upcoming concert and manages to score backstage passes. But there was a reason Larry and Geoff lost touch -- and stayed out of touch for so long. Will Geo even want to see Larry again after all this time? Or will the magic of their old familiar song bring about a harmonious duet?

Old Familiar Song

But Doug loved the ugly piece of shit, which he alternately called his Love Bus or his Band Van, depending on his mood. “If it’s ever rocking, don’t come a knocking,” he joked.


Larry grimaced as Doug hammered on the van’s side panel. “Have you ever really gotten laid in that thing? I mean, seriously?”


Larry wasn’t quite so sure. “Could and would are worlds apart.”


The bus could sit eight, but Doug removed the last row of seats to allow more room for Larry’s drum kit and Rob’s keyboards. When it was only the three of them, his guitar was strapped into one of the remaining back seats beside Rob, held securely in place with the seat belt. Larry always rode shotgun. Doug always drove.


Chapter 24