Out Of Town | A Blind Channel FF

8. Dad Vibes

I felt two hands on my shoulder pulling me away before our lips could have found each other.

'Stop it, Porko! You can't simply seduce her here and now! She's not capable of her sins being that drunk.', Vilme shouted and she forced me to sit next to her at the table and handed me a glass of ice cold water.

'Suvi, drink this and then we head back to the hotel.', she said and I simply nodded. My head felt light and I didn't really know what happened just a few seconds earlier. The other guys watched us, but didn't dare to say a word.

The next morning was a real pain in the ass. Roope knocked on our door really early. We had a long way to go and it would take some time through snow. And on top we had our sneaky shopping tour.

I wasn't ready at all, instead I was still lying in my bed and my head was killing me. I just opened my eyes when Vilme opened the door and Roope came in. 'Huomenta! Get up Suvi!', Roope was shaking me, it didn't help me feel any better, instead it got worse!

'Shhh! Oh fuck, my head!', I cursed and slowly got out of bed.
I straight went to the bathroom and had a date with the toilet. A great start in this day...
I quickly took a shower and brushed my teeth. I dressed in some fresh clothes and got back to Roope. 'Ready...', but my voice sounded tired, yet better than I felt.

'Ok, I'm driving your van!', he said and took my bags. He went to my van, but I stayed a little longer in our room. 'What happened last night?', I asked Vilme who tried her best not laughing at me. I really had to look awful. 'Not much. Just alcohol, a bit of dancing and then I brought you back to our room. The guys stayed longer.', she gave me a short summary. I thanked her for her help and quickly said goodbye to Vilme. She would drive to Seinäjoki in another van.
I sat next to Roope who had started my orange van right away.

'What have you done last night? You don't seem to be a party girl to me', Roope asked and grinned.
My head rested on the window. 'Uuuh, Vilme had the idea to go for an after work beer, but we had Gin & Tonic and shots and I don't know a lot more. I woke up in my bed, that's all I can remember.', I explained. 'I hope it won't end up the same tonight.' I closed my eyes and before I could hear Roopes answer, I already fell asleep again.

'Suvi! Wake up! We're at the super market and I can really use your help!', Roope was shaking me a second time today. I opened my eyes and tried to realize where I was. 'Uuuh...what? Oh, yes!',I mumbled with a sleepy voice and got my jacket back on.
We took two shopping carts and we loaded them first with a lot of alcohol. I let Roope decide what we would need, he knew them all the best.
But I wasn't sure about the massive amount he was buying. My poor van would have to work hard later.

After we got all drinks, we got back to my van and managed to put everything in the back. Right after we went for a second round but now for snacks.

When we finished, we got back in the car and headed right to the venue. We would be just in time with the others, because we started earlier this day.

We just arrived before the truck and the van arrived.
'Hei! Where have you been this morning? You were being missed!', Niko greeted me with a hug. I hadn't seen the guys this morning.
Why they missed me? Did something happen yesterday? I looked at the others. Tommi and Olli were talking, Joel and Vilme were laughing about something Aleksi told them. And Joonas was starring at Niko and me.
I blushed when our eyes met.

'We had to start earlier. I wanted to take a break in Tampere to meet a friend real quick. I asked Suvi yesterday if we could take her van, so I didn't have to bother the others to get up early today.', Roope lied and helped me with it in this situation.
I quickly smiled at him.

'Cool, that's nice of you', Niko said and turned around. Joonas kept the distance and simply nodded for a short greeting. He was acting weird today, but I had no time to think about it. The guys had to do some interviews. In the meantime we would get everything ready for tonight. I greeted the other roadies who already started to empty the truck. I quickly hugged my dad before I helped him with a heavier box.

'You look tired', he said. 'Couldn't sleep? You always had problems sleeping somewhere else than your own bed.' That was true, and this was one of the reasons why I wanted to sleep in my van, I loved my own save space.

'Yeah, kind of.', I shortly answered.
'By the way, I will not be around tonight, you know what I mean. You should have fun and don't wanna hang out with your dad in the same place. Eino, Hanno and I will hang around at a bar. So the old guys wil be somewhere else and you have your space.', my dad explained.
I was a bit unease about this night. I felt insecure and out of place. But deep inside there was part of me that couldn't wait until tonight.

We got ready by 4 pm building everything up. We had ordered some food, but in the meantime I started the soundcheck with Roope and the lights have been checked too.

'Roope, I kill you if you're playing one more Backstreet Boy song!', I warned him. I heard him laughing from the mixers.
I started with the drums today.
I took the walkie talkie and said Roope which song I wanted to play today.
In the moment the song started, the big door opened and the boys came back from the interview.

Joonas POV:
'Oh my god, guys! Do you hear this? I love this song so much!', I said to the boys smiling.
'And not only the song, huh?', Olli grinned. Niko patted my back and laughed.
'Haha...but isn't she damn good?', I walked up to the stage where Vilho was watching his daughter.

'I'm so proud of her', I heard Vilho speaking. I smiled. 'Yes, you can be. She's a great musican', I said loud to him. 'and cute as well', I whispered to myself and bit my lip. She's so different from me, yet the same passionate with music. Vilme was right yesterday. It wasn't the right moment to kiss her. But I couldn't help myself, I'm drawn to her like a magnet.

When the music stopped Vilho and I were cheering her. I saw from the distance how she blushed. God, how shy she was.
'Thanks', she mumbled and adjusted the last things for Tommi's drums.

She came to the front and was proceeding with the microphones.
'Mhh...Niko? Could you do the microphones? I'm not feeling the best today.', she asked our brown haired vocalist who was a few metres away. He nodded and made the soundcheck for our mics.

In the meantime she made my guitar and Olli's bass ready for later.
And before I had realised, she was already off stage and back at Roope's. Could she remember yesterday? Was she feeling unease around me? Doesn't she like me? I wasn't sure, she clearly was a mysterium to me.

I went to our room and began to change into my stage outfit and do my hair. 'Porko, I never saw you like that before. Normally you just take what you want. How comes you're so quiet around her now?', Joel asked. He chilled on the couch with a bottle of wine.

'Don't know, man. I think she doesn't like me, or I scare her?', I answered him and looked into the mirror with a worried face.
'She seemed to run from you today, Porko', Aleksi pointed out. This guy was no help at all.

'When you ask me, Porko, she's just shy. It's too much for her, it's all new, all the people, the work. And maybe she has never dated someone or you, as an outgoing and extroverted guy, are hard to handle for her.', Tommi said from the back. Our drummer was a bit like her sometimes. He's not an outgoing person himself, most of the times he tries to avoid interviews. So when he says something, you can be sure, he thought about his words very well. 'Maybe you're right, nelli.', I said and smiled.

'Try to get some alonetime with her, like Joel had. She opened up to him the other day.', Niko suggested.
But to be with her in private while being on tour was nearly impossible.
But now was not the time to think about it, there was a show we had to do soon.

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