Alice

pre-tour

It's been 3 weeks. Patrick checks up on me every once in a while. I think he's starting to realize just how bad it was before I even met spencer.

We all leave today to get the bus and start the drive. Tomorrow we get to the venue for the first show. Spencer told me a band called Bad Omens was opening for the tour, and that Noah was a 'trusted adult'.

I roll out of bed after hearing Joe knock on my door. "Remember, comfortable road clothes." He says, sounding tired. I throw on a pair of black skinny jeans that aren't too tight, they're still fitted pretty well.

I put on the chest binder I bought with Ricky and Patrick a couple of weeks ago for the first time. It's hard to get it over my head but once it's on I feel a wave of euphoria wash over me. I look down and just see a flat chest.

I put on a black hoodie and run my hands over my chest. It's flat. I'm starting to think I was always supposed to be Mikey.

I like being a boy.

I grab my suitcase and backpack that I packed the night before and walk to the living room. I put my bags with the other ones near the front door.

Ricky is sitting on the couch on his phone, Joe is half asleep next to him with a cup of coffee in his hands, and Patrick is sitting on the floor in front of the couch also holding a cup of coffee but notably more awake than Joe.

Spencer walks in from the kitchen holding a set of car keys. "Alright kids, let's load up the truck." He says, picking up two random bags and slinging them over his shoulder and walking out the door.

Patrick, Ricky, and I stand up and start grabbing bags. Joe is shortly behind us with his coffee in hand. We put the bags in the back of Spencer's pick-up truck and we all get in, luckily it has a backseat. Of course, I get stuck in the middle.

The drive to the bus rental area is about 45 minutes. We get there and see two large tour busses next to each other. One has Ice Nine Kills printed on the side and the other has Motionless In White printed on it.

I see another black pick-up truck pull into the parking lot behind us. I can see Justin, Vinny, and someone I haven't met in the back bed on the truck.

"Oh hey, there's Chris." Patrick says, pointing as the truck drives past us and parks next to the Motionless In White bus.

We park next to the Ice Nine Kills bus and we all get out of the car. Patrick, Joe, Ricky, and I start taking bags out of the truck and moving them over to the bus.

Spencer starts walking over to the Motionless In White bus, Justin hops out of the pick-up truck and greets him with a hug. They talk for a bit and then Spencer comes back to help us move the last few bags.

We all get situated and Spencer moves food from the cooler into the mini fridge on the bus.

Joe immediately falls asleep on the couch and the rest of the guys decide to put on a movie while we drive. We ended up watching American Psycho, a few Chucky movies, and a few Halloween movies. Joe woke up about halfway through the drive.

We park at the venue and I look put the window to see 2 other tour busses. One is the size of ours and has Black Veil Brides printed on the side, the other is slightly smaller and has Bad Omens printed on it.

The guys hop out of the tour bus and Spencer motions for me to follow. I follow him out of the bus and to a group of people, most of them have black hair.

"Yo, Spencer! Good to see you, man!" One of the people says. Spencer smiles and says, "Andy, good to see you too, man, how've you been?"

"Been good, been good."