The Boy Between Dreams

The Tenth Chapter: I'm running out of chapter names

*Andre POV

'101 Reasons Why Jason Shouldn't Drink' By Andre Morrison.

Well that has a nice ring to it.

Our band, 'The Menace' got a gig at a spring fair a couple of towns over. We needed the publicity, that meant this was probably the best way to get our name out there.

Our band consists of me, Jason, Kiro, and our friend Michael. It's around 4 P.M and we're wrapping up the first half of the event, and one of the managers or something tells us we have 2 hours until the second half of the show. That means we'll be starting at 6 and ending at... 7... 9...

... 12 fucking A.M...

WE WERE NEVER TOLD WE WERE GONNA BE HERE FROM 10 A.M TO MIDNIGHT!! WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!

But of course, I'm not gonna complain. Because I'm patient unlike Jason. If I ain't gonna sleep then so be it. It would be fine if we were playing the whole time, but the thing is, there's like 5 other bands, so we have to wait hours until they're done rotating and it's our turn. What makes bad go to worse is that we're forced to wait on stage the ENTIRE GODDAMN TIME. We can't leave to enjoy the fair. Each half is 6 hours for fucks' sake!

At Least we get two hours to enjoy the fair now. Yeah, yeah, I'll quit complaining.

"So what're we gonna do?" Kiro asks.

"Honestly, I could really go for a slushie right now, my throat is killing me." Jason croaks. He screamed way too loud into the mic and his throat couldn't take it.

"Ok, good idea." Micheal says, as he looks through a map of the fair grounds.

We walk to the nearest group of concession stands and order. After we get our drinks, we explore the rest of the fair.

"I still can't belive we have to stay until midnight," I say, taking a sip of my lemonade.

"What sucks more is that there are all these beer stands and I need ID to get some." Jason mumbles, "How am I supposed to survive until midnight if I'm sober?"

Micheal groans, "For the last fucking time Myers, you're 20, can't you just wait a year?" He says, pinching the bridge of his nose, repressing a smirk.

"Nope, sorry but I have no patience whatsoever." He says, laughing.

"Listen, I don't know why you want to drink, you can't handle one beer." Kiro mocks.

"Oh come on-" 

I laugh, "Just shut up, y'all bickering is wasting our time.

We spent the next hours or so playing carnival games, eating fair food, and going on one or two rides. Sadly, 6 o'clock came faster than expected.

"Guys, it's 5:52, we better hurry the fuck up if we wanna make it on time." Kiro says as they urge the rest of us to start moving.

"I don't wanna go back," I groan.

"Look, this pays money! It's worth it," Kiro explains, "Plus, it's publicity and we need that."

"They're right, we gotta suck it up." Jason says, checking his phone for the time.

Michael puts a hand on his neck, "I'm so tired of waiting, I've 'sucked it up' way too much,"

"Now that's kinky-"

"Jason, tell you're dirty mind to shut up for a second." I scold.

He gives a shrug, "Can't help it, I'm just born to be dirty minded."

I groan, this is gonna be one long night.

I laugh, "Just shut up, y'all bickering is wasting our time.

We spent the next hours or so playing carnival games, eating fair food, and going on one or two rides. Sadly, 6 o'clock came faster than expected.

"Guys, it's 5:52, we better hurry the fuck up if we wanna make it on time." Kiro says as they urge the rest of us to start moving.

"I don't wanna go back," I groan.

"Look, this pays money! It's worth it," Kiro explains, "Plus, it's publicity and we need that."

"They're right, we gotta suck it up." Jason says, checking his phone for the time.

Michael puts a hand on his neck, "I'm so tired of waiting, I've 'sucked it up' way too much,"

"Now that's kinky-"

"Jason, tell your dirty mind to shut up for a second." I scold.

He gives a shrug, "Can't help it, I'm just born to be dirty minded."

I groan, this is gonna be one long night.