Hang Onto Yourself

Hang Onto Yourself Part 10

It had been a few weeks now since the move to New York and practice for the Earthlings tour was coming to a close as the tour would be starting soon. The band consisted of David, of course, with Reeves Gabrels on guitar and backing, Gail Ann Dorsey on bass and backing, Zachary Alford on drums and percussion, Mike Garson on keys and backing, and lastly Nova on guitar and backing.

Nova was having a blast and fit in really well with everyone, learning so much being around, not only David but the others. She had struck up a good friendship with the guys but Gail in particular. They had similar interests and being the only two girls in the band they could chat freely about women stuff.

When they set off they began in Dublin, moving onto London, Hamburg then the rest of Europe. Nova found being on the road with this crowd far more easier than being on the road with The Viva Divas, she had no idea touring could be this much fun, it was like a long holiday touring across the world. She didn't really suffer from homesickness on this tour, unlike before. Maybe it was because she knew she was part of something special, or because it felt right.

She didn't know, but she seemed much more relaxed, more than any other tour she had been on, maybe it was because the guys really felt like a family to her. She felt she could be herself, she didn't need to pretend to be someone she wasn't. The only thing that was missing? Her friend Anna. She missed her often, and would talk to David about her a lot. She would keep Anna up to date with the odd phone call. Anna's mum hadn't been doing to great and so Anna was living at home and caring for her mum 24/7.

When the tour reached North America, Nova had really got into the swing of things.

She liked to party with the band most nights after a gig, laughing, joking, playing pranks on one another, it was like she felt this is what touring should really be all about. Having fun, doing a dream job.

Nova and David's relationship was growing day by day. They would poke fun of each other and wind each other up, she had set off stink bombs in his sleeping compartment on the bus, much to everyones horror, including Nova's, as the smell didn't confine itself to just his sleeping compartment, but the whole bus!

He would get her back by putting red food dye in her shampoo making her hair turn a pink colour for a few days of the tour. Much to the amusement of the other band and crew members.

They had even sat at the booths on the bus where they ate meals to write songs together, and David was keen to hear things Nova had written and would give her tips and constructive criticism, which Nova never once took badly as she knew he knew what he was talking about and greatly appreciate his input.

David had asked for Nova to join her on some interviews. His purpose was to get her noticed, so thought having her with him for things like that would give her the exposure he needed, and she was happy to oblige.

For one interview, with a guy called Chad Ritchie from Rolling Stones, they were in a particularly silly mood. Doing interviews and being asked the same mundane questions again and again on a regular basis was tedious.

So they both decided they would make things more interesting for themselves During the interview they kept over playing reactions to questions, poking and prodding one another, giggling like naughty school kids. Laughing at private jokes only they and the band members would understand.

However, once the article was released, the interviewer, Chad, had not only written about the answers to questions he had asked, but speculated whether David and Nova were a little something more than band mates.

Gail was the one who broke the news to Nova at a stop on the road after a refuel break, picking up the Rolling Stones magazine with the article in.