Being in Nashville was a dream come true for Tim. It was 'The Home of Country Music'. His heart raced as they walk down 'Music Row'. So many historical places that he had heard of all of his life, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge and the Ernest Tubb's Record Store.

They walk down the street holding hands. Tim had persuaded Avi to bring his guitar along. Just as it was in Memphis, there were some standing on the street singing, hoping to be discovered.

"This looks like a good place." Tim says with a smile.

"A good place for what?" Avi says as he glances around.

"For you to sing." Tim smiles at him.

"On one condition." Avi says, setting his guitar down and crossing his arms across his chest.

"And what's that?" Tim asks.

"That you sing a couple of songs too." Avi says.

"Avi, I'm not a singer." Tim says, shaking his head.

"You are so wrong. You have a beautiful voice." Avi says.

"You've only heard me sing one time." Tim chuckles.

"Nope. The other day, you went to take a shower while I was taking a nap. I woke up and you were singing 'Your Man' and it was awesome." Avi grins.

"Well, singing in the shower is a lot different than singing in front of people." Tim chuckles.

"If you want me to sing, you'll have to sing too. Simple as that." Avi says.

"Okay, I'll sing 'Your Man'." Tim says with defeat.

"And 'Ring Of Fire', after all, this is Nashville and everyone loves some Johnny Cash." Avi says, standing firm on his demands.

"Alright, alright. But just those two." Tim says, rolling his eyes as he shakes his head.

Avi giggles as he takes his guitar out of the case and begins to tune it. Tim sets the open case in front of them.

"I think we need to start out with 'Ring Of Fire'." Avi suggests.

Tim nods as he glances nervously at the people walking by.

The minute the two begin to sing, people began to gather around. The crowd was astounded by the low notes the two were able to hit.

Avi then begins to sing a song that he had written called 'Lovely Lady'. Tim steps back quietly to give Avi the spotlight.

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The crowd cheers as he finishes. He then sang 'Wayfaring Stranger' that the crowd in Memphis seemed to love. And once again the crowd cheered.

Avi thanked the crowd then motioned for a very nervous Tim. Yes, he might have been a performer but in a totally different profession.

Avi gives him a wink as he backs up leaving Tim alone in front of the crowd.

Tim was visibly nervous. But once he started to sing and saw the tips mounting in the guitar case, he became more relaxed.

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Tim breathed a sigh of relief once he was through. Avi stepped up and sung a couple more songs before they decided to quit and continue their tour of the 'Music City.'

"The Ryman Auditorium, The Wax Museum and The Country Music Fall Of Fame were on their list of places to see before heading out of town.

Tim drove and hummed quietly to himself. Avi sat in the passenger seat and counted the wad of cash he had gathered out of the guitar case.

"Ho ..ly Moly." Avi says as he looks around at Tim with a shocked look on his face.

"What?" Tim asks, glancing around at him then back at the interstate.

"$879.75!!!" Avi screams and stomps his feet with excitement.

"Holy sh*t! Are you kidding me?" Tim chuckles. "That's way more than you got in Memphis."

"When we get to Florida, I'm going to eat me a real live lobster." Avi says with a huge smile, looking out the window.

"Avi." Tim laughs loudly as he reaches over and pats his passenger on the leg. "Honeybunch, I really don't think the lobster is alive when you eat it."

"Well, you know what I mean." Avi chuckles. "No imitation lobster. Wait. Did you just call me Honeybunch?"

"Uh, I'm from Texas. You have to look over the way I talk." Tim smirks.

"Well, Sugar Lips, I think the way you talk is really cute." Avi smiles.

"Sugar Lips?" Tim laughs.

"Yep, cause your lips are as sweet as sugar." Avi says, raising his eyebrows in a flirtatious manner.

Tim chuckles and shakes his head. His cheeks reddening a bit.

"Hey, can we let the top down?" Avi asks as he holds his hand out the window. "It's so warm outside."

"Sure. We need to stop when we get to Chattanooga and get gas anyway so I'll let it down then." Tim nods.

They stop at a service station for gas. Tim is pumping the gas as Avi looks over the road map.

"Hi there. I see you're from Texas." A young lady who was also pumping gas remarks, pointing to Tim's license plate. "What are you doing all the way in Tennessee?" She smiles sweetly.

"Road trip." Tim answers with a smile.

"Well, I would love to show you around our beautiful town." She says with a flirty smile.

"Uh, actually, we're just passing through." Tim says nicely.

Avi's jealousy got the best of him. He couldn't stand the young lady flirting with Tim. He starts getting out of the car.

"We?" The young lady asks.

"Hey, Sweetie, I need to go use the restroom. You want something to drink?" Avi asks with a smile.

Tim couldn't help but hang his head and chuckle. He wasn't stupid, he knew exactly what Avi was doing.

"Sure, Baby Doll." Tim smirks, deciding to play along. "A bottle of water would be fine."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were gay." The lady smiles as Avi walks away. "Hope I didn't upset your boyfriend."

"Actually." Tim says as he watches Avi go into the store. "We're on our honeymoon. We're heading to Florida. Just decided to make a road trip out of it."

"Well, congratulations. Y'all have a safe trip." She waves as she gets into her car and drives away.

Tim laughs at his lie as he lets the top down on the convertible. He takes his receipt for the gas and gets into the car waiting for Avi.

Avi comes out of the store and gets into the car.

"Here ya go, Sugar Lips." He says with a smirk as he hands Tim a bottle of water.

"Why, thank you, Honeybunch." Tim laughs as they pull away from the station heading into Georgia.

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