Sempiternal

Chapter 3

I woke up to the sound of Oli screaming. I shot up quickly, startling Socks in the process. I jumped up and ran to the bunks. I looked around with wide eyes, and saw Oli on the ground, panting.

"Oli, are you okay? What happened?" I asked him, concern filling my eyes. He sat up and looked at me. I could see him visibly calm down. He got up and hugged me. I returned the gesture, softly saying everything is okay.

"It was a nightmare. You were gone. I didn't know what to do." Oli shakily told me, pulling me closer. I closed my eyes and hugged him back just as tight.

"I'm not going anywhere, Oli. It was just a dream." I felt him nod. I could feel his heartbeat, still hammering from the fear of the dream. "Come on," I told him. "Get back to sleep. We have a big day tomorrow." He nodded again and laid back down. I kissed his forehead, then walked back out to the couch. I sighed and picked Socks up from off the pillow. Soon, I fell asleep again, too.

--Time skip to the first venue--

I woke up again, this time from the sun shining into my brown eyes. I sat up and stretched, looking out the window. I saw a ton of other buses parked around ours. Excitement quickly filled me as I grabbed Socks and ran to the bunks. 

"WAKE THE FUCK UP WE'RE HERE!" I shouted at the boys. They all groaned, and Matt flipped me off. One by one, they all got up and went to get dressed. Except for one. Lee was still asleep. I crawled my way over to his bunk, got up next to his ear, and shouted.

"LEE MALIA GET YOUR LAZY ASS UP!" He screamed in response and fell off of his bunk. Oli and I were cracking up on the floor. Lee glared at me, but went to get ready anyway. "Ok, ok, I have to get dressed. Olober, out." I said in between laughs and pushed him out of the room. I locked the door and changed into a bandeau with a white Sleeping with Sirens muscle shirt over top, denim shorts that were half black and half black and red plaid, and black Vans. I threw a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles snapback on over my hair. I grabbed my reflective aviators, and made my way to the door of the bus.

"And where do you think you're going?" Oli asked from the couch. 

"I was going to head over to the Pierce the Veil bus to have breakfast with them." I said. Which wasn't a complete lie. Truthfully, I had no idea where I was going. That seemed like a good plan, though.

"No, eat here. I wanna introduce you to some other bands before we have to start." I sighed dramatically, but did as he said anyway. I quickly ate a package of red velvet Pop-tarts and made my way out to the living room. Oli stood up and led me outside.

--Time skip--

Oli had taken me to meet Falling in Reverse, Memphis May Fire, Mayday Parade, and Of Mice and Men. They were all pretty nice, but the Of Mice guys were definitely my favorites. Austin especially was super nice. They called Alan "ginger princess", which was highly amusing.

"How many more?" I asked. I was getting kinda tired. 

"Only one more, and I think you'll really love this one," Oli said mischievously. I was curious now. I bumped his shoulder as we walked.

"Who is it?"

"You'll see. Ah, here we are," he smirked. My face lit up as I read the letters on the side of the bus. One of my all-time favorite bands. Black Veil Brides.