All They Told Me Was Just Give Up

Chapter 6

Elise’s POV

Alan and Erin seemed to have made up for now. I hoped they would get along the rest of the tour. We didn’t need more stress than we already had. Erin was going to have a baby, I was going to get married and the guys I’m sure they were stressing about the same things as us. We really needed this tour to just go smoothly and have fun for the last few months before everything took off again. We just needed to enjoy the summer this year.

“Hey.” Austin said with a sly smile sitting down next to me at the booth in the front lounge of the bus. “Miss this place?” He asked. He was talking about the bus. I didn’t know the answer to that question though. Sure, I miss the events that happened on the last tour but, I’m not sure if this tour would be as happy and fun to go on as the last one. I just shrugged my shoulders as my reply. “What? You don’t miss all those nights sitting out on the roof looking at the stars?” He asked in a whisper against my neck. He was inching his way towards me as he kissed my neck.

“Sure, I miss those days. But what if this tour isn’t like our last one? What if something happens? I don’t know… I just have a bad feeling about this tour.” I said. I could feel something was going to ruin this for us all, something that was supposed to be perfectly happy and fun and yet I had a horrible feeling in my stomach about it. Maybe it was just watching Alan and Erin fight this morning. I shook my head trying to lose my train of thought.

“I’m glad you miss that because I was thinking we could do that tonight.” He said sitting back up leaning his back against the back of the booth. I put my head on his shoulder and let out a small laugh.

“Alright, I guess. Promise me you’ll try to keep my mind off of everything?” I asked him and I know he wouldn’t quite understand. Austin was my distraction from the real world around me. Whenever I was with him nothing else was there. Everything else just paused and I didn’t have to deal with whatever problems I should be dealing with. It was nice to have him as a distraction from all the bad. It has been this way since the first time I heard Second & Sebring. He had the same effect on me that his music always did. He gave me a strange look not knowing what I meant. “I just want you to always be here if I need a distraction from something that’s bothering me. Like, right now for example. I’m worried about the tour so I need you.” I said and tilted my head up to look at him still resting my head on his shoulder.

“Well then why don’t we do that now?” He asked. I didn’t know what he meant.

“Do what?” I asked and he started getting out of the booth and he grabbed my hand and pulled me up to go with him. “Wait Austin, you can’t be talking about going up on the roof. You do remember that it isn’t 9 pm on the first day after Warped right? We aren’t at a venue having cook outs with other bands. We are driving to the venue now. Driving. Meaning we can’t go on the roof.” I said trying to get it through his head. Sometimes I think he forgets that he’s on a bus driving somewhere. I swear one of these days he’s going to try to walk out of the front door of this bus while we’re on the high way. He stopped moving now and looked disappointed.

“I forgot.” He laughed. “I guess you just get so used to it being on tour so often. This is my home not that house in Southern California. Well then what do you want to do?” He asked wrapping his arms around my waist and I rested my head on his chest.

“Watch Disney movies in our bunk until we pass out so then when we wake up it will be the first day of Warped Tour.” I said with a small laugh under my breath holding back the strange sadness that I had just now acquired. Austin looked down at me with a smile.

“That sounds perfect.” He said and opened up the curtain to our bunk letting me slide in first. He got in and shut the curtain. He switched on the reading light and opened up his portable DVD player. “I hope Beauty and the Beast is okay it’s what’s in here now.” He said. He knew I loved Beauty and the Beast. It was my favorite Disney movie and we watched it all the time together.

“Perfect.” I said snuggling into his side and resting my head across his chest. Austin wrapped his arm around me holding me close to his side and using his fingers he started drawing small circles on the small of my back. It was something he did to make me calm. His touch always seemed to keep me calm or calm me down. I started dozing off before the Beast caught Belles father in the castle.

“Hello is anyone here? Hello…”