MARIAH'S POV
I took Andy's hand and slowly followed him onto the bus. I didn't know what to expect from the other guys. I did run away from them after all. I think I was more nervous now then i was when I firs met them. We walked in and the guys were to engrossed in other activities to actually look at Andy and me.
CC was on the couch dancing, if you can even call it that, while listening to headphones. Jake was talking to who I presumed to be Ella since he was smiling and doing kissing noises. Ashley was reading a Hustler magazine of course. Jinxx, however was no where to be found. A wave of disappointment flowed through my body. Whatever, i wasn't going to let him ruin this "reunion" for me.
Andy cleared his throat causing everyone except CC to look up, presumably because the music in his headphones was so loud. I wanted to run and hide. They were all just staring at me. They looked like they were in shock. It made me feels uncomfortable. Jake threw a piece of paper at CC's head to get his attention. He looked back at Jake with a mean look, then he looked straight at me.
"MARIAH?!" CC yelled causing all of us to almost jump out of our skin. He jumped off of the couch and ran at me. He picked me up and swung me around in a tight hug. Before I even processed what was happening, I felt four other pairs of arms around me.
"Are you ok?" Ashley asked.
"You're not hurt are you?" Jake asked.
"No dinosaurs attacked you, right?" That came from CC, of course. I giggled at his silliness.
"Guys, seriously I'm fine. No harm was done and CC, no dinosaurs were seen. I was only gone for a few days." I listened as all of them seem to take a sigh of relief. Did they really care that much?
"Yes, we do actually." I looked at him in confusion. "Did I say that out loud?" They all nodded and hugged me again.
"Where's the clown?" I asked with a small smile at the joke I made up just then. The guys laughed.
"He's out with Bitch McSlut." Andy said making everyone laugh. "You and Jinxx would make a cute couple." He said and I felt the heat rise to my cheeks. The guys laughed and continued on with the subject of me and Jinxx. By time the hour was over, I was pretty sure my cheeks would explode from embarrassment. It was now almost 4:00 in the morning and Jinxx still wasn't back.
I decided it was time to go to bed so I told the guys goodnight and hugged them all before heading back to my bunk. What if they threw all of my stuff out? What if bringing me back was just so they wouldn't get bad publicity. I slowly opened my bunk to find nothing what so ever was moved. My savings were still there and my dirty clothes were still in the junk corner of the bunk. I let out a sigh of relief. i climbed in and instantly let out a breath of comfort. I fell asleep thinking of the only band member that wasn't here tonight. I heard the rest of the guys walk into the bunk area and say goodnight to each other. A single tear fell down my cheek as I dozed off into a dreamless sleep.
THAT AFTERNOON
I woke up and looked at the clock that was hanging on the foot of the bunk and sighed. It was 2:00 in the afternoon. I was to comfortable to actually get up but I also had to pee. Why does life always give you such difficult decisions? I laughed at my stupid thought and forced myself to get up and go to the bathroom. I just sat on the toilet when there was a knock on the door.
