𝐒𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐘 | 𝐦. 𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧

16

I woke up to the sound of cameras clicking. Gosh, were we already on stage? Did I fall asleep during the performance?

Clearly a little disoriented, I opened one of my eyes slowly, groggily rubbing my eyes. Quiet snickers woke me up a little more and I was now faced with my brothers shoving cameras in my face.

"Man, what are you guys doin'?" I ask, obviously annoyed. Why would they wake me out of my sleep to take pictures of me? They could just do it at the show or something. But then it dawned on me.

Glancing down at my shoulder, I noticed Tonya still fast sleep in all her gorgeousness. "Will y'all quit it?!" I whisper-yelled, gently pushing a few of their cameras down with my hands. "You're gonna wake her."

Michael chuckled, "my bad, man," he says with a teasing smile. "Just had to seize the moment," Tito spoke up, sending a knowing smirk my way. What are these fools on about?

I sighed in annoyance, but then felt Tonya start to stir in her sleep. I tried to get still again but the giggles of my brothers woke her up.

I watched her rub her eyes and then shift her gaze to my brothers and I. "What's going on..?" she asks, and I fight the urge to kiss her on the forehead because she just looks so beautiful right now, even though she just woke up!

I sent a look towards my brothers and they seemed to take the hint, hiding their cameras. I didn't want to get embarrassed further. Hopefully Tonya never knew that I fell asleep on her, too.

"Well, girl, it's actually time to get out. We're at the gas station," Tito told Tonya, making me look out the window, seeing said gas station. Gee, were Tonya and I really asleep that long..?

"Yeah, so if y'all gotta take a bathroom break, now would be the time," Jackie says. I see Michael and Randy already making their way off the bus.

I look over at Tonya to see her already looking at me. It makes my face go warm. "Wanna go inside?" she asks me, almost making me less shy. "Yeah," I tell her, feeling her grab my hand. I try not to think much of it.

Jackie, Tito and Jermaine follow us off of the bus, and Tito lets our driver know that we'll be back in a few. I see the driver get out and start putting gas in the bus before Tonya, my brothers and I make our way inside.

It's really bright in here, and all the snacks and drinks look really good. "Marlon, look!" Tonya suddenly exclaims, letting go of my hand. I watch as she makes her way over to a counter.

"Icees," she says happily. I smile at her enthusiasm. "Which flavor do you want?" Tonya asks me, and I have a look at them before deciding on Mango.

"White cherry is my favorite," she tells me and I nod. I'll have to keep that in mind. We both make our Icees and before our little moment could last longer, we were interrupted by Randy rushing over to us.

"Icees!" he exclaims, now in the middle of Tonya and I. It took everything I had to not roll my eyes. He's still got that childlike nature about him so it's hard for me to stay upset.

"Yeah, man. Why don't you get some? Tito's got it," I tell him. "No Tito don't!" I heard Tito's voice yell from afar, making the three of us laugh. He must've heard me.

Randy ended up getting all the flavors of Icees while Tonya laughed at me trying to get him to calm down. I love when she laughs. But- that's besides the point.. Anyways, for our snacks and candy, I got pop rocks and Doritos and Tonya got Laffy Taffy's and Pizza Spins.

Randy decided against getting candy since he'd gotten almost all the flavors of Icees. Crazy how the candy is where he wanted to draw the line, but Randy's always had a sweet tooth so this was sort of expected.

After we all took some bathroom breaks, Jermaine, Jackie and Tito got their snacks and drinks as well and we all went to the register. I was about to take out my wallet but seeing Tito get his out made me freeze.

"I thought you said you weren't paying," I say, and Tito waves me off with a grin. "I'm one of the oldest brothers. This is practically my job," he chuckles, taking some money out and making small talk with the cashier. Tonya and I look at each other and smile.

"Come on, y'all. We gotta get to the hotel," I hear Michael remind us, making me nod. Once Tito's done paying, we all walk outside with our snacks.

I see our bus driver smile and wave at us, holding a bag of chips. He must've came and got a snack too while we were taking our bathroom breaks.

I hear a dramatic slurping sound and look over to see Randy downing almost all of his Icee.  "Randy, slow down. You'll get a brain freeze!" I hear Tonya warn him, but it's already too late as Randy hisses in pain.

"Cold! Cold!"