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once I was finished. “Neither one of you really did anything wrong, but I can see why you’re upset with him.”
    “It isn’t like I expect him to spend every free second with me. But…I don’t know. I guess it just reminded me that things aren’t as perfect as they seemed.”
    She smiled. “Now that I completely understand. It’s easy to get carried away in the fairytale of this. The sexy rocker and the regular girl. But this is real. They’re real people, not fictional princes. If you forget that, you’re bound to be disappointed, if not crushed.”
    “Hm, yeah. You’re right. And I’m not naïve. I know he cares for me. But there’s a darkness in him. Damage I can relate to, but don’t really understand. He hides it well, and sometimes I forget.”
    “Dex is a good guy.”
    “Of course. I know that. He’s amazing. But, I just worry. It’s only been a few days since he went to see his dad, and he’s pretending it never happened. I know he must be thinking about it, but he doesn’t say a word.”
    “Did you ask him?”
    “No. I don’t want to push. And there’s been enough drama lately.”
    “Now that is an understatement. Did you see our faces all over the television?”
    “Ugh, yes. Don’t remind me. I’m just glad no one caught the scene I made.”
    Liss smiled and finished her glass of wine. “Dex said you really laid into him.”
    “I did. I was…really upset.”
    “I can imagine. Hey, speaking of upset. What the hell is up with Mia? Do you know why she narced on you?”
    “I have no idea. She always seemed a little distant, but I didn’t expect her to do that.”
    “Me either. I haven’t seen her since we got to the hotel, have you?”
    “No. Which is a good thing. I don’t want to get fired all over again for going crazy on Ryan’s niece.”
    “Ha. I’d like to see that. I don’t know where she gets off anyway. She barely does any work.”
    “Don’t remind me. I’ve got to find someone else to work on the blog. She hasn’t posted anything in days.”
    “No need, I guess. Every move is getting tons of coverage from the gossip sites.”
    I groaned. “Even worse. How are you so chill about that?”
    She shrugged. “I don’t read them. Sometimes my best friend Kelly forwards me stuff she thinks is funny, but otherwise I ignore it. Oh, except for one time. A blog identified me as Joe’s cousin and speculated that I was mooching off of him, complete with fake photos of cars and shit he supposedly bought me. Where the hell did they get that idea?”
    “Made it up.”
    “Clearly. It’s just wrong.”
    “I assume that’s not the kind of journalism you’ll be studying.”
    “Hell no.”
    We shared a laugh, and I realized I was starting to feel better. Liss had a calming influence. She seemed so self-assured and secure. In her relationship and herself. And from what the guys had told me, she went from being a waitress to girlfriend of Joe Hawk in no time flat. If she could manage, so could I. I hoped. Not that our situations were the same. Joe was on his way to becoming a super-star, but he was pretty well-adjusted and completely devoted to her.
    “Wow, I guess I really did need to talk. Thank you.”
    She smiled. “No problem. Listen, I don’t know what the solution is, really. Dex has some real issues to deal with, things you can’t make disappear. But he’s great. And worth the trouble, I think. When Joe and I were going through some stuff, Dex was a good friend to both of us. And I see how happy he is around you.”
    “I feel the same way.”
    “Good. So just go with the flow, you know? See how things shake out. If the past few weeks have shown us anything, it should be that anything can happen. Life changes so fast. Take what good you can.”
    I shook my head. “I hear what you’re saying. But that is so not me. I like to plan things, organize. Know what my options are and the possible repercussions.”
    “That, my friend, is what makes you good at your