Opportunity of a Lifetime (A Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Story)

Chapter 5: Start The Engine

{{AUTHORS NOTE: This is not a love story between Skyler and Ben, or Skyler and Ryan. She's way too young, they aren't pedophiles. And anyway, Ben is engaged to Tricia, and Ryan has a girlfriend. I am however using a 'mini Ben' in a sorts to substitute. I made sure Dylan shares similar qualities, and Ben & Ryan will be in the story more and more as it goes along. I promise.

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"This is insane," I muttered to myself, taking in the tour bus' beauty. Craning my neck to see, it looked to have about 5 sections in it, and holding about 6 beds. I couldn't tell, but I'm pretty sure it had beds in the back, than a kitchen, and finally the front, where it looked like a normal bus, just... a lot cooler. There were TVs on the back of the seats, and the seats themselves had way more room.

"Here," Ben said, getting up, "I'll take you to your bed, sorry but you get the back," He said laughing lightly. I didn't mind, a little more privacy might be nice, and I wouldn't have people coming through as they were heading to the front. He set my suitcases on my bed, which were surprisingly nice. It had a little space to stand, and two big compartments to put my stuff, along with a few built in drawers. It wasn't bunks, it was legitimate beds so I could stand on my bed, (should I ever feel the need to.)

"Dylan will be here," Ben said, motioning to the bed next to me. I looked at him confused, who's Dylan?

Reading my expression Ben asked, "You don't know who Dylan is? He will be playing young me, so you two will be working together most of the time."

"Oh okay, is he here yet?" I don't believe I ever saw anyone younger than 20 on the bus so far.

"No, we're picking him up next. He's the last one, there's another bus holding the other crew people. Make yourself comfy." Ben added before walking back to the front of the bus. I guess I should put my suitcases up top, I can unpack later. But first I got out my iPhone, iPod, headphones, and laptop. I figured I would need it all. I'm not filthy rich. I bought the beats and iPod myself, and I needed the laptop for high school.

"Alright I may as well introduce everyone," Ben gestured to the 3 people sitting in seats. "Okay," Ben continued, "This is Jackie, Ryan's girlfriend, Ryan, who I'm assuming you know, and finally Tricia, my beeeyoootiful fiancée," Ben leaned in and gave Tricia a kiss. They were so adorable together.

"Ben keep it down on the PDA," Ryan scolded him. I chuckled at Ryan's first words of the trip.

" On the other bus is Zoe, photographer and filmer, Melissa and Zach, who are setting and costuming directors/artists, oh, and Zach is an acting coach as well. Lace, the photographer among other things, he's going to attempt to home school you and Dylan. Johnny, our lead video editor And then of course Dylan." Ryan told me. I nodded slowly, 10 people to stay with for two months. They better be nice.

"Here, I'll give you a tour of the bus," Tricia said getting up, "I designed it myself." she said proudly.

"I was gonna say, it looks really nice." I told her. Tricia smiled.

"Okay, so first is the front of the bus, people tend to chill here, and this is where you'll get ready for the shoots. Next is the kitchen area," she walked over to a small area containing a freezer, refrigerator, microwave, coffee maker, and a few cabinets and drawers. "Lots of quick food here, get used to it." Tricia said chuckling.

"Oh I'll be fine," I assured her.

"Alright bathroom on your right and left, and here's everyone's beds." She gestured to the bunks up against the wall, everyone's was decorated differently, with posters and mirrors hung up. "Well I guess that's everything, not much to it, but it's more spacious than it might seem at first." I thanked her and we walked back to the front, where I sat down and started to listen to music and went on instagram for a little while. The next stop was Dylans, and I prayed he was nice.

We pulled up and I saw him outside. Wow. He was quite attractive. He didn't look exactly like Ben, but I could see it in him. He didn't look quite as Irish, you could say he had the same face shape but not as pale. He walked in and said hi, a little more confidently than I did. His eyes were the exact same shade of green as Ben's, with little bits of gray.

"Hi, I'm Dylan, you must be Skyler right?" he said, his voice sounding a year or two older than just turning 16.

"Call me Sky," I told him, extending my hand out for him to shake firmly.

"Sky it is, do you know where I should put my suitcases?" Dylan asked.

"Yeah come with me," I walked to the back and motioned for him to put his suitcases on the bed.

"Guess we're roomies," Dylan joked, seeing the mess I had already made taking out my laptop. I laughed as I shoved my stuff back in the suitcase. He was surprisingly easy to talk to, and we talked while we unpacked, me telling him about my non-existant acting career, and him laughing at my underwear.

"Ooh sexy," he said, holding up a pair of blue lace panties.

I snatched them away from him, "Just ask me next time you want to borrow them for a hot date okay," I told him, quite proud of my comeback. He turned a little red faced. We returned back to unpacking, and after a while everything was put into some drawer or another. Dylan showed me how to prop a suitcase up to turn it into a mini closet, if I could only get some hangers.

We walked back and realized that we stopped and everyone from the other bus had come on to meet us. We met Zoe, who was probably the coolest girl I've ever met. And than Melissa and Zach, who seemed pretty free-spirited. Everyone already knew each other, with the exception of Dylan and I. But for whatever reason it wasn't awkward or uncomfortable, we fit in just fine despite being 10 years younger.

We all took a group picture and we posted it, which coming from Ben's account gained me about 5000 more followers, big improvement from my 400 before. I scrolled through my feed and than set my phone down after turning on Starting Over, I figured I should listen to this song more and try to figure out a deeper meaning than just drugs in it. As this was the song the video was for.

"Hey scooch over," Dylan nudged me and he sat down next to me. "Whatcha listening to?" He asked.

"Starting Over."

"One sec I have a pair of dividers in my bag, we can listen together." Dylan got up and walked over to the back of the bus, coming back and plugging them in so we could listen to the same music.

"What's your favorite song?" He asked.

"I don't know, maybe Inhale Deep? Or Otherside, the remix," I added.

"Mine's Fallin, but I love My Oh My too, I used to go to Mariners games with my dad all the time."

"Yeah, It means something more," I said, leaning back in my seat.

"I get it, music helps more than people think, at least, it does for me." Dylan said in a voice a little higher than usual.

That kid has something hidden in himself....