Silent Road Home

~Chapter 7~

        I open my eyes expecting to see the dim light of the sunrise glaring into my curtains in my room back at home. But it's not. It's the dim light of the sunrise in the quietness of the bus I was invited to invade last night.  So it wasn't a dream.. Cool.

     I rise up a little to fast and hit my head on the top bunk.
"Ouch!" I curse under my breath and rub my head. I hear a voice above on the bunk,
"Mornin'" he mumbles sleepily.
"Morning" I groan as I sit up fixing my jeans and t-shirt. I walk to the front of the bus to find Grant making a bowl of cereal.
He looks up from pouring his milk.
"Mornin, sleeping beauty." He smiles and goes back to pouring before screwing the lid on and putting in the mini fridge.
"Morning." I blush slightly tucking a strand of hair behind my ear.
"Sleep well?" He takes his bowl of cereal to the mini table thing by the couches and sits down in one of the wooden chairs. I nod,
"Yeah, the bunks are super comfy. You?"
"Oh,yea. You get use to them for awhile. My first time trying to sleep on them was kind of restless. I couldn't go to sleep. Probably from the adrenaline rush of the concert that night I'm guessing though." He takes another bite.
"So where are we headed to now?" I smile and sit on the couch.
"L.A. We're gonna be there over the weekend." He takes another bite. Milk runs down off his lips and down his structured chin.
"What'll we do all weekend?" I chuckle.
"Go to parties and play gigs. Hang out and stuff." He smirks a bit before finishing off the cereal bits and drinking the rest of the milk from the bowl.
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   I go to the bathroom and open the shower to inspect it, then go back to where the boys are now fully awake in the living room area.
"Hey can I take a quick shower?" I smile as the boys turn their attention towards me in the hall.
"Y-yea sure. Towels are in the hamper in the closet by my bunk." Rad says.
I nod and smile.
"Thanks"

I strip my sweaty clothes and sigh before turning on the warm water and getting in.
I close my eyes and let the warm water run over me. Relaxing.. I try not to sing to loudly, but I start to mumble the start of an All Time Low song called Therapy..
That song came out when I was young. Not too young, but it was a time when I was going through a lot. It really helped me. Their new album, Future hearts, has a lot of good songs on it too. I bought the album when it first came out at Hastings. Oh did I mention that's my favorite store? Aside from Hot Topic, of course.
I finish relaxing and shut off the warm water, grabbing the towel draped over the curtain rod. I dry myself off in the shower and step out gently.
Crap..
My backpack is under the bunk. I sigh and open the bathroom door slightly.
"Conrad,"I whisper from the hall bathroom. "Pst, bro-"
He looks around until he spots my head poking out of the bathroom. He gets up and jogs over to the door leaning his arm against the wall in front of him and in front of me.
"I need some clothes out of my backpack." I say softly.
"O-oh okay, u-um. What do you need?-" he stops. "Wait are you nak-"
"Yes. I need a tee shirt and a pair of sweat pants" I blush because I didn't want to ask for a clean bra and pair of underwear. I'll just get those later.
"Oh yeah sure. " he smiles and leaves for about 5 mins. I put on the bra and underwear I had on before I showered and bend down to grab the towel on the floor and wrap it around me for when Rad got back.
He knocks on the door,
"Got your things, madam." I crack the door and grab the clothes. He smiles like an idiot and I giggle.
"What?" I say confused.
He shakes his head and chuckles.
"Nothing just get dressed. We're going to a mall in LA."
I nod and shut the door and start putting on my clothes.

I dig through my backpack trying to find my makeup bag and I can't find it ANYWHERE!
I groan in frustration and dig again for the 30th time.

"Whatcha looking for?" Jessie comes in and leans against the doorway looking down at me clearly amused.
"My makeup.." I say blowing a strand of hair out of my face. He chuckles and smirks at me.
"What?" I say not amused.
"100 bucks worth of makeup, I absolutely NEED my makeup.." I say, again, not amused.

"We'll buy you some more at the mall. They have everything there." He says still smirking.
I nod and zip my backpack up.

We pull up to a big lot with a wide building almost 3x the size of Walmart. It's labeled South Lane Midway Mall. My lips part in awe as we pull in a parking spot for buses.
"Holy cow.." I mumble.
"Welcome to L.A." Grant says and smiles patting me on the back..