I woke up the next morning and Vic was still sleeping, but I heard someone moving in the front, so I quietly got up so I wouldn’t wake up Vic and the others. I opened the door and saw Mike playing with something at the front, so I walked to where he was and sat down next to him.
“Hey, mike…?” I said in a soft voice. He turned to his and looked at me
“What?” He mumbled
“Yesterday, why….why did you blush?” I asked him, he turned to me and grabbed my hand and pushed me back on the bench so that I was lying down.
“Because, you keep messing with me” He said sternly getting close to my face
“What are you talking about?!” I said a little shocked.
“You are too damn beautiful for just anyone to have! Vic doesn’t know what the hell he has!” Mike said kissing me hard but passionately.
“No, I love Vic! I have since I met you guys” I said pushing him off of me.
“AHEM!” I heard someone behind us say, I turned and it was Tony.
“Tony….” I said sitting up
“What the hell is going on?!” Tony shouted.
“Tony, be quiet! Do not wake anyone else up” Mike said giving him a look
Tony shook his head and walked to the back, I followed him and grabbed his hand, He turned and looked at me “Please” I mouthed the words to him. He nodded his head and followed me. We were stopped in a parking lot so we stepped off the bus and sat next to the bus.
“Mike….” I started to say and tony looked at me “Likes you?” He completed for me.
I looked away and nodded my head
“don’t worry about him, he’s sad.” Tony reassured me “He believes he’s losing Vic to you.” Tony finished putting a hand on my shoulder.
I looked at him and nodded. Just then the bus door opened and Vic’s head popped out.
“Hey guys…” He said looking at us.
“Hey man” Tony said getting up, walking to the bus doors, Vic stepped out so that Tony could go back on the bus. Vic walked over to me and sat down next to me.
“Darling…I heard tony shout something.” He said and looked at me.
“Mike….Kissed me….” I mumbled.
“He did what?!” Vic shouted and stood up “I’ll kill him!” He finished and walked toward the bus door.
“Stop! No more of this! He’s scared that he’s going to lose you” I said before he could get on the bus. Vic stopped and turned to me “Do not say anything, just end this.” I finished and wrapped my arms around him and kissed him passionately, I pulled away “I love you” I said and smiled at him. We got on the bus and the others were sitting down.
“Courtney…” Mike started to say as I sat down on the floor
“No, forget it” I said smiling at him. He nodded at me and we started joking around again. Everything was normal again.
A Few hours later at the next venue, we were in Georgia.
“Guys, it’s time!” Jaime said jumping from the bathroom from getting a shower.
“Damn Jaime, please get dressed.” Vic said covering my eyes
“I kind of like it” Esther said laughing
“Yeah, well do that alone, We see it enough” Tony said pushing the curtain that was between us and the bathroom hallway closed.
We all fell out laughing, Finally Jaime got dressed and we all piled off the bus. Vic was still in his street clothes, he never changed into his stage clothes until after their sound check. We walked into the Venue, Vic pulled out his guitar from the rack behind Tony’s guitar. Tony took his guitar and walked on stage behind Vic, Jaime kissed Esther goodbye and Mike looked at me and walked on spinning his drumsticks around on his hand. We stood side stage as the boys did their sound check, Esther and I looked at each and smiled
“Told you” She mocked and I giggled and looked at her. Tony looked over and glared at us.
“Sorry Tony!” I mouthed and he kept playing, he never got into it while sound check. I looked at Esther and she nodded at me, she knew what I was thinking, We ran onto the stage and Jumped on Tony, We started tickling him and the other 3 joined in and I could feel Mike lift me off Tony and they started tickling me
“Hey! This isn’t fair!” I said in between laughing.
“Baby, I’m sorry, but the first time was fun!” Vic said
“Guys, Almost show time!” Their tour manager came on and said
they finally stopped and Vic had me in his arms, I looked up at him and smiled and he carried me off stage.
An hour later it was their turn to play. They rushed on stage and we heard the crowd cheer.
I watched them side stage and my heart was racing. They were playing their hearts out. I loved this part. The rush my boys got. How connected they all seemed. Before I knew it I started getting involved with the music. These four men were becoming my heart, my soul, the very reason why I stayed alive through high school. But, Vic and I, we were years apart in age. We didn’t care, but other people did. That bothered me more than anything. Age shouldn’t matter, at all. But to others it was wrong and I didn’t want to be the cause of any losing of fans my boys might go through. But I was ready for this negative reaction and obviously Vic was prepared for this as well.
Finally the boys were done and they walked off stage.
Vic looked at me and smiled “Come on babe, let’s get back to the bus, we have a show tomorrow, so our gear stays in here, I’m sleepy” He said and grabbed my hand. I followed him to the bus. We walked back to our room and he laid down pulling me with him. He kissed my head and snuggled close to me, I liked lying like this, It made me feel protected.
“Please never leave me baby” He whispered
“Never.” I whispered back and we both fell asleep leaving the other guys to do whatever they wanted.
