“Are you on Angel’s team, too?” one of the guys asked. He had a boy-next-door kind of face, with broad shoulders and sandy blond hair. Definitely the best-looking one in the group.

“Yeah, we’re Villain Complex,” Jared said, and we all made our introductions.

“Sweet name,” the cute guy—whose name was Sean—said. “Wish we’d thought of it. We’re The Static Klingons.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the Star Trek pun. “That’s awesome.”

Sean grinned at me. “Yeah? I think you’re the only person who’s gotten it so far.”

“We probably should go in now,” their bassist said, scowling at us like we were the enemy. Technically we were, even though we were on the same team.

Sean opened the door and stepped back, waving me inside. “After you.”

I smiled at him and entered. The room had identical chairs lined up in rows, facing a podium at the front. A camera crew was already set up so they could film clips for next week’s episode. Judging by the clusters of people in the chairs, three bands had already arrived. That meant one more had to show, and Angel was nowhere to be found either.

I picked a spot in the fourth row, and Kyle and Hector filed in next to me, with Jared going around to sit on my other side. The Static Klingons sat two rows in front of us, and Sean turned around and grinned at me before saying something to his band.

Jared leaned closer to me. “He likes you.”

“What?” I said it a little too loud, then blushed and lowered my voice. “Why do you say that?”

“I saw the way he looked at you.”

“This is the real reason why having Maddie in the band is a bad idea,” Hector said, smirking. “Now we’re going to have to fight off hordes of horny guys going after her.”

“Thanks for the offer, but I think I’ll be okay,” I said, but I was secretly pleased Hector thought I would attract so much attention. Or that he would actually fight them off for me. Not that he’d need to because one boy smiling at me one time did not equal “hordes of horny guys.” Nor did it mean that this one guy was interested in me that way. Sean just seemed friendly.

Jared didn’t seem to think Hector’s comment was amusing at all. “You said it was a bad idea to let Maddie join because I’d—how’d you put it?—‘bone her and then break her heart?’”

“Oh, god, you said that?” I asked Hector.

His face turned almost purple. “You have to admit that is your style.”

“Give me a break,” Jared said. “One time with Becca and—”

“Knock it off, you two,” Kyle interrupted, giving them each a warning look. “This is so not the time for this.”