In Drummer Heaven

Music Video Part 2: Birmingham

"It's kinda funny how our tour was supposed to be only four months but another two were added." Rosie says as we ride along the back roads of Alabama.

It's the third week into October and we were supposed to be back in Los Angeles a few weeks back. More dates were added to our tour and we'll be home the first couple weeks of December.

The manager keeps asking us if we're doing okay on tour and it confused us the first couple of times he asked. For the most part if you're on tour you're away from your family but for Jadie, Rosie, and I were with our family like we've been together since we were sixteen years old. Dani is having a bit more trouble than we are because she's away from her family. I mean she's been around Poison since '84.

Right now we're all in a car driving the back roads of Alabama. Dani is looking out the window like she's watching her childhood roll past her. From what we understand her mom died when she was like fifteen so she helped raise her little brother Keith. Her father used to be in the military but retired after their mother died.

We pull up to a plantation with an American flag hanging over the front door. Dani runs up to the door dragging ups behind her. A really tall guy opens the door and grins. He has greying brown hair and blue eyes like his daughter. Her father yells for Keith who is about fifteen.

"Girls, this is my dad, Sargent Dean Bradley. This is my twerp little brother Keith." Dani explains are wraps her arm around him.

"I'm eight inches taller than you." Keith states and checks us all out. "They are fine." He winks and Dani hits him.

"Keith Edward." She hisses. "This is my band, don't hit on them. This is Rosie Nixon, the singer. Jade Morrison, our guitarist. This mean lookin' red head is Darcy Killinbeck, she's the drummer."

"I noticed that you didn't bring your boy, Danika." Her dad says and Dani shifts.

"Well Daddy, CC is on tour with his band. We're coming home for Christmas, you'll meet him then." She promises. "Our manager called you and told you what was going on, right?"

"Yes, Danika." Mr. Bradley says. "I just have to go get dressed and the picture."

The picture is something the director of the video thought was a great idea. He had contacted all of our families to get this organized. They wanted a picture of us when we were small blown up so there can we a shot of us in front of our childhood home with a picture of childhood us.

Jadie's picture was a picture of her at about four years old at the beach standing in front of the water. She was in a bright blue two piece bathing suit and she was sticking her tongue out at the camera. Jade laughed for ten minutes when she saw it, she couldn't believe that was the picture her family picked.

I'm really not sure how that's going to work come my family. Did they call my grandparents to get the picture? Or Amy? Or my family in Queens? What would my childhood home be? In my head it would be the dude ranch but another family bought that after my parents died.

We watch as Dani and her family film the parts of the video. Dani's family seems like that perfect little southern family minus the mom. Seeing her family like this is makes wonder why she doesn't talk about her family. Mr. Bradley clearly loves his daughter and D has a normal teasing brother sister relationship with Keith, I mean it kinda reminds me of the weird relationship that Nikki and I have.

The video filming doesn't take nearly as long as it did in Jacksonville but my theory on everything was Jewl having a baby took up most of that time. Either way we get loaded back into the car because we have a concert to do sound check for.

"Hey D?" I ask and she looks up.

"Yeah, Darc." Dani answers.

"I take it that your dad doesn't know that much about CC." I smirk and she sighs.

"He knows that I love him and that CC loves me. But my dad is military and a champion hunter, I mean you saw those deer heads on our walls. I'm scared that my boyfriend will end up on the wall." Dani explains. "My dad is one of those people who are simple for lack of a better term. He doesn't exactly understand the whole glam rock scene."

"Your dad will love CC, just might take a bit of getting used to." I explain.

"I just don't want my dad to push him away. I mean we've been together for three years, I want to spend the rest of my life with this man." She explains and her southern accent bleeds through more than it usually does.

"Everything will be okay, it's Christmas you're coming down for." I remind her. "Peace on earth and all that crap." I say and she smiles.

"I hope you're right." Dani says as we pull up to the arena.

As soon as we get to the arena we were pulled through hair and makeup before we can go find anyone. As soon as I am finished with hair and makeup I go to find my boyfriend. I walk around the back stage area for a while before I find Tommy. He's talking with Vince with his back facing the direction I'm coming from.

I jump up on his back and since I don't weigh all that much and Tommy is bigger and stronger than me, me jumping on his back doesn't do much more than scare him. My boyfriend laughs and I kiss his cheek. Vince just laughs at us.

"I'll talk to you guys later, I'm gonna go bug Mick." He says and walks off.

Tommy walks backwards until he's standing against the wall with me between him and the wall. He thinks it's funny so he's laughing his ass off.

"How was filming?" Tommy wonders.

"It was good." I say. "Dani's family is cool, I mean her dad has yet to meet CC yet and he brought that up."

"Sounds like fun." He laughs. "Are you excited to film your part?"

"Kinda, it's going to be weird." I admit.

"Why?" Tommy wonders.

"I haven't been to Cameron in so long and I don't even know how they're going to film it." I explain.

"You know I've already told the director I'm coming with you guys when you film in Cameron, Queens, and Chicago." Tommy says as he runs his hand along my leg. "I want to meet your family."

"Really?" I act and he looks back smiling.

"Of course I do, baby." He says and I smile. "I mean we all have something in common."

"And what's that?" I ask confused.

"We all love you am insane amount." Tommy says and I kiss his lips.

"I love you." I say and kiss his lips again.

"I love you too, babe." He says quietly.