True Beauty lies Beneath the Skin (Phan)

Take My Love, Take My Life

So, take my hand
Take my love, take my life
We'll dance with the ghosts
With the souls of the night

The morning prior.

Runaway Exorcist stood outside their tour bus as Iesha was the last one to step out and shut the door behind her. They then began to walk through the parking lot up to the IHOP that they were stopped at.

"You're wearing that ridiculous thing again?" Iesha asked Phil.

"Don't make fun of my space coat," Phil retorts.

"Is it even warm? You're shivering."

"Maybe, but it looks cool."

"You're even more ridiculous than the coat."

"I know you are, but what am I?"

They band walks into IHOP. Phil inhaled and smiled.

"It smells so good in here."

"I can hear your stomach growling from a mile away, let's get some food in you," Greg said to Phil.

Everyone sat down, looked at their menus, and conversed amongst each other.

"Have you talked to Dan at all?" Iesha asks Phil.

"We texted a little bit last night. Bella's back in school and is doing good, and Dan's getting more clients at the shop."

"Good for him. I'm happy the two of you found a way to make it work out."

Phil smiles, "Yeah, I definitely am too."

x

The band spent the rest of their morning eating, playing video games and procrastinating getting dressed. It was a nice, normal morning for them all.

"I am tired of tripping over all your shit, I want that bunk room cleaned!" Iesha exclaimed

"Yes, mum," Phil retorted. Iesha smacked the back of his head. She then stumbled as the bus slightly swerved. She sat down and gripped the table.

"Woah," She said.

"Sorry, guys! It's a little icy!" The driver of the bus called from the front.

Nick opened up the curtains covering one of the windows and his eyes widen, "Holy hell! It's snowing like a bitch out there!"

Everyone else turns their attention to the windows.

"Holy shit, it's a full on white-out out there," AJ said.

A car suddenly speeds past them, very close to the window.

"Fuck! That car was really close to hitting us," Mason said.

In a few moments, the band would be wishing it was the tiny car that hit them.

"How bad are the roads?" Iesha asked.

"Well, considering you can't even see them, they're pretty bad," The driver said.

"Should we pull over somewhere to wait it out?" Phil asked.

"There's nowhere to pull over," Greg said.

"Well then what should we - "

BANG!

A semi that had drifted too far to the wrong side of the road hit the front of the bus.

Everyone screamed. Phil's first instinct was to grab Iesha next to him and attempt to shield her. The bus swerved and spun, then was hit by another car, which caused it to swerve in the opposite direction. Glass shattered, air bags went off. As the bus swerved it hit two more cars before finally smashing into a tree and coming to a stop.