Sound Check

"Check! Check one! Check two! Hang on and tell me if you can hear this..." Tommy reached back to hold the microphone next to his butt.

Two girls among the group of a dozen or so giggled. Tommy flashed his most winning rock star smile while pointing two index fingers in the girls' direction.

Blake shook his head as Tommy walked over which just made Tommy laugh. The two had been friends for more than a decade and no longer needed words to express themselves.

"You're an idiot," Blake had said.

"An idiot who is getting lucky," Tommy had replied.