One Million Branches

Part Ten

I wake up to the boys jumping up and down on the bed.

“Liz we get to go home today!” Jaime yells excitedly.

I unravel myself from the covers and join them jumping up and down.

Tony throws a pillow at us trying to get us to be quiet but it ends up hitting me and knocking me off the bed.

My body hits the carpet and I laugh.

“I didn’t hit my head! It’s all good!” I say to the guys gathering around me.

I pull myself off the floor and push Jaime, Vic and Mike out of the room.

“Tony get up!” I whine smacking his butt.

“No! Five more minutes.” He says rolling over so his back is on the mattress.

I straddle him and kiss him all over his face.

“Come on, Perry!” I say continuing to kiss all over his face.

His eyes open and he smiles and I continue to kiss him. He flips us over so he’s on top and kisses my lips. The kiss turns heated within a matter of seconds but I stop it.

“You have to go home and pack up and bring your stuff to my house if you want to do this.” I say smiling.

He groans and climbs out of the bed.

I pull off my panties and pull on a pair of yoga pants.

“I see you’re not wearing panties.” He says grinning.

“Why does it matter?” I ask biting my lip.

He smiles big as I pull off his shirt and pull on my blue v-neck.

I pull on my black vans, grab my phone along with my charger and grab my backpack.

We all head out of the hotel and back to the bus.

I look at the time on my phone. 6:51 am. That’s the earliest any of us have been up this tour.

We load onto the bus and pack up our stuff on the bus as we start driving back home.

After we all finish we bring our suitcases to the front of the bus and sit along the couches.

“Thanks for letting me tag along on the tour.” I say smiling.

“Hey you’re coming with us every tour for now on. You’re gonna sing those songs with me. By the way I want to write a few songs with you. You down?” Vic asks.

“Sure.” I say shrugging.

He smiles and Tony presses his lips to my temple.

The driver pulls in front of my house first and I grab my bag.

I give Tony a quick kiss and hug all the guys.

I tear up and Vic wipes the tears away.

“Why are you crying?” Vic asks.

“I don’t know!” I say laughing a little.

 “Hey next tour will be here before you know it! And come on you know we’re going to hang out all the time anyways! It’ll be alright Liz.” Vic says.

I hug him tight and whisper ‘thank you’ in his ear.

“I’ll see you in a while, Tone. Text me when you’re on your way!” I call walking off the bus with my stuff.

I wave goodbye as the bus drives off and the guys yell ‘I love you’ out the window.

I smile and a few more tears roll down my cheek. I grab my stuff and head to my door. I open it up and take a deep breath. I close the door behind me and head upstairs to the laundry room. I toss my stuff out of my suitcase and start my laundry. I walk through the hall and peer into all of the guest rooms I have for when the boys come over. I walk into my room and sit on my bed. The silence of this house is killing me. It really sucks not having the guys with me all the time. It feels like I moved thousands of miles away from them. They’re like my family. We’ll they are basically the only family I have. I take a deep breath and fall back onto my pillow. My phone blasts the familiar tone.