>"No! ...Yes."
>"Yeah, I remember that feeling, believe you me. But after the Harmony, she and I had a little... heart to heart. I didn't think much of it at the time, but a day or two after, I started to think. Like, maybe she got to be as good as she is for a reason. And maybe she really WAS better than me." She offers up a short chuckle. "And yeah, that one really choked me. Think I almost made myself sick when I said it out loud, and I damn sure couldn't say it to her for.... Lord, months after I admitted it myself. But that was part of the problem, too. I didn't realize just how old she was compared to me. And that she picked up a lot of wisdom to go with it. And that I, for all my skill and promise and cuter backside, really was still just a kid next to her."
>You are slightly glad you have a drink in hand as your counterpart speaks. There's a lot of what she's saying that doesn't sound all that good in your ears. Though there is a part of you, however small, that grudgingly admits, she may have a point.