Wildflowers and Redneck Boyz (ON HOLD)

Chapter 6: The Road Ahead

~ONE WEEK LATER~

RYLAN'S POV

We decided to publish Wasted first. And so far it's #1 on iTunes in the country music category. We're all really excited about it. We have an interview today in about an hour on the Lia Show, which starts at 7. And our interview starts at 8.

It's 7 at night right now, and we're all getting fast food before we go to the interview. Sadly, there just had to be traffic in Nashville tonight out of all the nights in the week. And we've still got to get to the other side of town. Thankfully we aren't taking a cab. Our meter would be high if we did.

"Are we ever gonna get to the station?" Em asked.

"I have no idea," Destini replied, "Can't you drive any faster, Andy?"

"I'm doing the best I can," he hollered loud enough that it hurt my ears. 

After being stuck in traffic for what felt like forever, we finally decided to just take a back road to the radio station.

"We should've just waited until after the interview to get food instead of getting it now," I sighed.

"I agree with Rylan this time, Andy," Tristen added, "Besides it's not like you're gonna die of hunger."

"Whatever," he grumbled, "at least now we're here."

We pulled into the parking lot about ten minutes before our interview started, so we were thankful Andy took a back road to get to the station when he did. We rush inside to meet up with Hunter, who was getting done with his interview about the We're Not Invisible Tour kicking off this Saturday.

I was extremely stoked about the whole ordeal. Our first ever headlining tour, and we barely started our career! If this doesn't get us known in the music world, I don't know what will. After Hunter's interview, he and Lia signaled us to come into the room and wait to get back on the air. She was pretty excited to meet us, and seemed like a really awesome woman. About five minutes later, Lia was back on the air.

"Hi there, you're listening to Radio Lia. For the past week, we've had many amazing people in the studio. We've had Danielle Bradbery, Reba McEntire, Dustin Lynch, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelly from Florida Georgia Line, and we just got off the line with Hunter Hayes. We've been talking about the new project they've been working on, but they were just too stubborn to tell us. So now, ladies and gentleman, I am here with that project. Country music's brand new band, Wildflowers and Redneck Boyz!"

"Hey, Lia," we all replied.

"So, why don't you introduce yourselves," she replied.

"Well, our group consists of Rylan Hayes."

"Destini Hubbard."

"Emerson Lynch."

"Andrew McEntire."

"Tristen Bradbery."

"And Wyatt Barnes."

"Wow you all seem to have last names of people that've been on the show this past week."

"That's because we do," I giggled, "we're related to them. I'm Hunter's little sister, Em is Dustin's little sister, Destini is Tyler's little sister, Andy is Reba's son, and Tristen is Danielle's little brother."

"That's amazing! We never knew!"

"Probably because they didn't want you guys knowing until we all agreed to do it," Destini chuckled.

"Very true and understandable. So, Wyatt, are you not related to a country musician?"

"No, but I'm dating someone related to a country musician. She's also been my best friend since elementary school."

"Ooh, who would that be?"

"Well, it just so happens to be Rylan." He then grabs my hand intertwining our fingers together. Yes, we've been going out since he got out of the hospital. It hasn't been very long yet, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

"Aww that's so sweet! Watch out, everyone, Rylan and Wyatt of Wildflowers and Redneck Boyz are officially taken!"

The interview went on for about a couple hours since there was music and commercials in between each session. But we were able to tell Lia and the listeners about going on tour with Hunter and coming up with new music. We didn't tell them what we were coming up with, though. That part was gonna remain a mystery. When we got in the car, Hunter told me to turn on Radio Lia. And sure enough our first ever single, Wasted, was playing on the radio.

"We're on the radio!" Destini, Em, and I squeal and high fiving while the guys are fist bumping the air and patting each other on the back. Words can't describe how awesome this is. I never thought I'd make it big in the country music business. Thankfully, I'm not doing it alone. I have amazing friends and family right by my side, traveling with me through my journey.

I finally get to do what I love doing. I finally get to make music for the world to hear. I finally get to tell people my story the best way I know how. I finally get to support my brother in his music career... and he gets to support me in mine.

I'm really glad to be a wildflower.

~9:30 THAT NIGHT~

"Here's to an awesome start in the country music business," Destini exclaimed. We had wine glasses full of Sprite to mimic wine, since we're under aged and don't like the idea of drinking alcohol. But despite that, we wanted to celebrate in style. And Sprite in wine glasses with different kinds of pizza sounded classy enough to celebrate with. And at the same time, we were packing for the tour, which is when we leave with Hunter for the We're Not Invisible tour. Even though it's only Tuesday, Hunter wants to be in Houston to kick off the tour by Friday morning. And since it takes about 13 hours to get from Nashville to Houston, we'd have to leave on Thursday to book a hotel room or an RV park early enough. But we were all really excited to go on tour with Hunter, Danielle, and Dan + Shay. It was funny that two of us would be putting up with our siblings, but we were still fine with it. I mean, we were all doing what we love doing the most, making music and performing to the world.

Wyatt, Andy, and Tristen had half of their stuff left to pack and were just gonna buy clothes for the show when we got to Houston. Destini, Em, and I, on the other hand, had our stuff taken care of a long time ago. I was just glad we were getting our own bus, though. It'll be a lot easier for us instead of half of us being in Hunter's bus and the other half in Danielle's.

"Hey, we should make an A-D-L-WARB episode!" Em exclaimed.

"Of?" Tristen replied questioningly.

"The new tour bus, duh," she replied back.

"Good idea," Destini said.

"It needs a name, though, doesn't it?" Andy asked.

"Good point," I replied.

"How about Shotgun Annie," Wyatt asked.  We all liked it, so we decided to use that name for our bus. We had our new friend and 'camera man,' Grant, take the camcorder and film this episode. We were now standing outside our new tour bus.

"Hey, everyone!" we all shouted.

"Today," I continued, "We shall be giving y'all a tour of our tour bus. It'll be our home away from home as we tour with my brother, Hunter Hayes, Tristen's sister, Danielle Bradbery, and Dan + Shay. Let's give you the grand tour, shall we?" We gave the tour and had fun and laughs in the process.

In all honesty, this was an all out good day.

CHAPTER 6 IS DONE!!! I'M GLAD IT'S UP NOW!!! NOW I JUST NEED ANOTHER CHAPTER BEFORE SATURDAY!!! AND IF I CAN'T UPDATE BEFORE THURSDAY AND CAN'T GET TOUR BUS SCENES, I'M SORRY!!! I'LL HAVE PLENTY I PROMISE!!! SHOW YOUR LOVE HOWEVER YOUR HEARTS DESIRE!!! STAY TUNED FOR CHAPTER 7!!! GOD BLESS!!! :)

Picture of Destini to the side!