Shit Happens (A Day to Remember)

4: Thnks fr th Mmrs

Song: Thnks fr th Mmrs - Fall Out Boy

Quick A/n: I know there are other crew members but I only know of Sal and Cowboy. I include the guitar and drum tech in the count (later on it'll make sense) but I'm not mentioning them or their names because its easier that way. Okay? Okay.

McKenna

"So what are the sleeping arrangements going to be?" Josh asked. A little while after Neil and I returned with my stuff, everyone decided we would be getting hotel rooms.

"Let's see there's like 10 people now?" Neil asked, looking around the room and mentally counting people.

"No, we're waiting for Adam. There will be 11." Jeremy added.

I zoned out temporarily. I got a text from Max with a link to an article by Alternative Press. I felt a knot in my stomach as I read the name of the article.

Paper Dolls singer, McKenna Rhodes, calls it quits.

"Mikey?"

I gulped. I realized someone had said my name a few times. I looked up to see everyone watching me.

"Is that alright with you?" Kevin asked me.

"I wasn't paying attention." I cleared my throat. "Is what alright with me?"

"We decided on three rooms with three beds and one room with 2. We can get you a room to yourself if you don't want to share with any of us." Kevin explained.

"No, no. That's fine." I nodded and changed my expression to a more pleasant one. "Who am I rooming with?"

"We haven't figured that out yet. Any preferences?" Jeremy asked. I looked at everyone. Neil was not very subtly pointing at himself.

"Neil. So I can make him watch more scary movies." I smirked.

"Oh great." Neil mumbled. Everyone laughed at him.

"Okay. And if you end up in one of the rooms with three beds do you have a preference on a third roomie?" Josh asked.

"Nope." I shook my head.

"Alright. Adam should be here soon." Jeremy said, glancing at his phone.

"Adam?" I asked.

"Elmakias. He's a photographer. He's joining us on this tour." Neil explained. I just nodded.

A few minutes later there was a knock at the bus door. Jeremy opened the door and an astoundingly bald man stepped into the bus. All the guys greeted him with high fives or fist bumps.

"Adam this is Mikey. She's also joining us on tour." Neil gestured to me.

"Hey," Adam shook my hand. "You look really familiar."

"Uh-" I knew why I looked familiar. I didn't want to bring it up but I thought I probably should. "Ex-vocalist and guitar player of Paper Dolls." I said awkwardly.

"Oh yeah. That's right." He smiled. "You just played yesterday though, didn't you?"

"Yeah. Shit happens." I shrugged. He didn't say anymore about it.

We arrived at our hotel a little while later. Sal stood at the counter, checking us in, while the rest of us began getting our stuff together. I only brought my backpack and a blanket because hotel comforters are always too scratchy.

We decided to let fate choose who got the room with two beds. Neil and I were handed the card to a random room. We would just go into our room and see if there was a third bed or not. We ended up getting a room with three beds. Ultimately, it was Jeremy who got the third bed.