The best line of this chapter is absolutely Something like an emotion suddenly passed across Simon's face. That's just perfection in sentence form. :D
And Ryan! And Paula! Both get exclamation points!
I loved the Ryan&Simon (and to a lesser extent, the Kelly&Daughtry) juxtaposed against the Chris&Blake. And I loved their verbal acknowledgment of it (particularly, of course, "I'm so glad I'm in love with you").
Instead, Blake looked at Chris. Chris was still sitting in a chair next to Cowell, looking down at the table, his cheeks flushed pink. Look at me, Blake thought. Look at me and you'll be all right. And as if Chris actually heard him, he looked right at Blake, smiling just a bit. Blake winked at him, and that smile grew wider, and Chris even shrugged slightly. I just loved the thought and image of that. &hearts
(Any chance that the "10" in "7 of 10" is missing an extra zero at the end?)
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And Ryan! And Paula! Both get exclamation points!
I loved the Ryan&Simon (and to a lesser extent, the Kelly&Daughtry) juxtaposed against the Chris&Blake. And I loved their verbal acknowledgment of it (particularly, of course, "I'm so glad I'm in love with you").
Instead, Blake looked at Chris. Chris was still sitting in a chair next to Cowell, looking down at the table, his cheeks flushed pink. Look at me, Blake thought. Look at me and you'll be all right. And as if Chris actually heard him, he looked right at Blake, smiling just a bit. Blake winked at him, and that smile grew wider, and Chris even shrugged slightly.
I just loved the thought and image of that.
&hearts
(Any chance that the "10" in "7 of 10" is missing an extra zero at the end?)