just another roadie {s.t}

4

Once I finally finished getting everything I was going to need that I didn't already have packed on the roadie bus, I shot Serj a message to come pick me up. I told him the same place they dropped me off.

While I was shopping, I got some basic stuff like a couple bras, a few pairs of underwear, and really any article of clothing I found cute. super excited about what I found to wear for tonight. I was going to wear this black fishnet top I had found at an alternative store with a plain black bra to hide my breasts. I also bought this cool red blazer with large shoulder pads that I thought looked absolutely awesome. Finally, for pants I bought myself a pair of straight-fit black pants with thin dark grey horizontal stripes. As for my shoes, I picked out a chunky pair of black boots I found at a second-hand shop. Was I dressing up to get Serj's attention? Maybe, but he doesn't need to know that.

I waited another few minutes before I saw the dark bus pull up in front of me, almost in the exact same spot as before. I switch the bags I was holding on the left side to the right hand so that I could open the door to the vehicle. Once I take the first step through the door, Serj is already there waiting for me.

"Do you need any help?" He asked, reaching out his hand to help me with my bags.

"No, I've got it, thank you though. Don't worry about all this stuff, I'll just keep everything in the biggest bag they gave me until I'm back on the roadie bus." I said, not wanting them to think that I was making myself at home.

"No worries, it's definitely been worse in here," Daron laughed, making me smile.

I packed all of my clothes into a tight corner on the bus before taking a cropped shirt with a skeletones ribcage on it, underwear, a matching bra, and a pair of black pants out of several of the bags. Everyone on the bus was already dressed and I was feeling a little indecent in Serj and Daron's clothing. I also grabbed the eyeliner and eyeshadow I had bought from a makeup store.

I once again went back into the bathroom, this time taking a bit longer than the last two times. I got dressed, finally feeling like myself after wearing pretty much pajamas all day. I then did my eyeliner with a thick flawless wing and a thin layer of eyeshadow on my waterline. Lastly, I fixed my hair, making it look less like I just woke up, but also still choppy.

I walked out of the bathroom and caught the eyes of the two men, Serj and Daron, sitting on the couches. Daron was looking through the window, taking in the building moving around us, and Serj was reading the same thing as before. I just assumed John and Shavo were in their bunks doing their own thing.

"So if you guys aren't performing tonight, what do we do until that thing?" I asked, taking my seat in the booth behind the two couches.

"It depends on how we're feeling. We like to look around the city for bit, then we check into our hotel, do what we have to do, then show up to the function fashionably late." Daron said cockily but still sporting a large smile.

"What is considered fashionably late to you?" I asked, genuinely curious from his previous statement.

"You know like, when the party starts at nine, you go at ten thirty." He answered amusingly.

"Oh, I see." I say shortly, not having much to say after that. "By the way, if you guys want to drop me off like earlier or later so you dont have to be seen with while when you're walking in, I totally understand. You guys have an ima--," I couldn't get another word out before Serj cut me off.

"We aren't going to make you go into this place alone. You're coming in with us, enough worrying about you ruining our reputation. There are much bigger issues in this world than the way the press views us," Serj said simply, comforting me in my moment of stress.