Fly Away [Before You Exit]

Eight

We were playing Heads Up! when we heard a loud sneeze from upstairs.

Connor looked puzzled and he peered over at Toby.

"Riley never sneezes," he said. We watched as Riley came down the stairs from his nap, he didn't look too good. His nose was red and his eyes looked puffy. He began sniffling.

"You're sick now?" Toby complained, "It's only been the second day of tour."

"Sorry," Riley said nasally, his nose stuffed. As he walked down the stairs, he grabbed a napkin from the cupboard and blew his nose, "I guess I'm allergic to girls."

"Hey, you see them all the time," Kim exaggerated. Riley shrugged and his sneezed again.

"I'm hungry," Toby changed the subject, "Are we there yet?"

"Almost," Gary called out from the front of the bus. Then someone's phone went off, it was Connor's.

"Yeah, James?" Connor said into his phone. There was a slight pause. Then his eyebrows raised, a smile on his face.

"Cool, alright," he said before hanging up. He looked at all of us.

"We're staying at a hotel for the next two nights," he announced.

"No way, really?" Kim was in shock, I guess she thought we were stuck in a tour bus the entire month. Connor nodded. Then Gary called out from the front of the bus.

"We're almost at the hotel, do you guys want to eat at the hotel or outside?"

"At the hotel," Toby replied immediately. Wow, he must be really hungry.

"Alright," Gary nodded as he entered the hotel's parking lot. I looked outside and my mouth dropped. The hotel had to be a five-star hotel, it looked hella expensive. There were limousines everywhere, the bright and glaring lights blinded me. I wasn't used to this environment, coming from a suburban girl. There were too many cars and people that irked me, the suburbs were more quiet and quaint.

Gary pulled the brakes and he turned around to face us. He wore a baseball cap backwards and a shirt from SADBOYCREW.

"Did you bring your fancy clothes?" He asked, "The restaurant is fancy attire only."

"No fucking way," Kim said, "This hotel is that fancy?"

"Watch your language," Gary joked and she laughed, "And yes."

Kim looked back at me with complete excitement, someone's happy.

"I'm going to stay back," Riley said as he grabbed his duffel bags from the black SUV that was parked inches from the bus, "I don't want to be sneezing into your food."

"You're gonna miss out on the good food," Kim said as she pulled her luggage out of the bus. A cold breeze hit me, my hair going in every direction. I looked up at the towering building in front of me.

"You guys stay here while I go check ourselves in," James said as he gave us a quick nod and walked over to the desk. Then someone sneezed, Riley.

"Ugh," he groaned in frustration, blowing his nose once more. He plopped down on the plush couch in defeat.

"Poor kid," Connor joked, "it's past your bedtime."

Riley glared at him.

"You sure you're okay by yourself?" I asked as I stood next to the couches in the lobby. It was extremely quiet in the lobby, thanks to the high ceiling. There was a family on the other couch. But besides them, we were the only ones down in the lobby. Riley sat down next to me and gave me a funny look, or that's what I thought it was. His nose was still pretty pink, it was cute.