The Cafe Nearest Me

7. Tour

(Michael)
So, I kissed Lauren. She kissed me back. We didn't talk about it.
I'm glad I have someone by my side, usually when I go on tour I'm lonely, except for my fans of course.

Lauren and I hadn't got very much sleep the night before. I had to tour though, besides the bags under my eyes saying otherwise.

She walked off to put on her shoes and I grabbed some of the bags that held our stuff in it.

We didn't have to go on a plane yet.
We went backstage and got ready for the performance. Fans started coming in and there was a lot of chatter.

"You ready?" I asked.

"As ready as I'll ever be." I said.

We took our places and The Way You Make Me Feel started to play. That was the cue for Lauren to walk around as I followed and sang to her. She had a big smirk on her face as I chased her around the stage.

The crowd cheered and we ended the song off with a kiss. She was about to walk off stage when I pulled her arm and turned her around, kissing her on the lips again.

I heard the crowd go crazy. I spoke into the microphone and held her by my side. "And a big thanks to Lauren for helping me make this show possible! I couldn't have done it without her." She blushed and tried to cover her face but failed, as the crowd screamed once again.

I said goodbye to Lauren as she waved me goodbye and walked backstage.

The next song to perform was Man In The Mirror. I used all of my energy for that one. It held a place in my heart, because it had so much meaning behind it. If you wanted to make the world better, you have to look at yourself and realize what you could do to help the world.

When the show was over, I walked backstage and over to Lauren, a towel placed on my shoulder.

"You were outstanding Michael, like always and forever." Lauren said kindly, smiling widely.

"You were better."

"Michael. We have to talk about last night and what happened on stage."

I gulped. I decided to get straight to the point. "Lauren, those kisses.
It meant something to me."

She blushed. "I didn't think you would do that after what happened. I really like you I was just moving so fast I'm sorry." She gave me a peck on the lips and walked away.

When we got to our hotel I collapsed. I was so exhausted from the show and not getting any sleep the night before. I was too busy worrying about the tour I didn't sleep. It was only one concert and I had the rest of the tour to do. That was going to be really rough. Especially the plane ride.

The first thing I did was get in the shower, taking in the steam that hit my skin. I would have to get used to this.

(Lauren)
I changed into my pajamas and crawled into my bed. I felt bad for Michael, he had to go on tour for a long time and was extremely exhausted. I only know half of what he goes through.

I looked across from me at the bed Michael was laying in, he was already asleep. 

"I woke to the sound of my alarm. "Nooooo. Make it stop." I groaned and threw my alarm clock across the room and it hit the wall, which woke Michael up. "What was that? Did someone break in? Lauren?"

Michael is so paranoid. "No just my alarm. I'm not a morning person." I got out of bed and looked at my alarm.

Thank god it's not broken. The clock read 1 pm! To think I was exhausted just from walking on stage one time, Michael had to do an entire concert! I felt so bad.

"What do you want to do today?" Michael yawned.

I shook my head. "Nothing. You need sleep, you have an entire tour ahead of you."

"Thanks for reminding me." Michael said sarcastically and scoffed.

I rolled my eyes before we both closed our eyes and fell back asleep.

It was about 4 pm and I banged my head on the side table. "Ouch!" I yelled rubbing my forehead. Michael's eyes sprung open and he jumped up from the bed. "What's wrong?!" I pointed at the bruise on my forehead.

"Oh. Do you need an ice pack or something?" I shook my head. I glanced at the clock. "It's already dinner. We must've been so tired." He got out of bed and almost stumbled. "I'll call Bill to take us to eat something if you want."

I was starving, all that sleep and no food, that was probably why. My stomach rumbled.

"Sure, I'm starving." I walked into the small bathroom inside our hotel room and looked in the mirror. There were bags under my eyes and my hair a frizzy mess. Not to mention there was a big bruise across my forehead. Maybe Michael was right, I needed an ice pack.

I splashed water onto my face and Michael got in the shower. Although I got like 15 hours of sleep I was still tired. My eyes shut and BANG! My body fell against the floor.

"LAUREN? Are you alright!?!" Michael yelled from the shower. I didn't think it was that loud.

"I must have fallen asleep!"

"Michael put a towel around his waist and rushed over to me. My eyes widened and looked at him shirtless. I quickly looked away. I facepalmed and rubbed my eyes. "Michael I'm exhausted, forget dinner? Maybe let's just get something here. I'll order a pizza."

Michael blushed. "I'm tired too. Are you sure you're alright?" I nodded.

"You know what I'll just order the pizza, you can rest." He walked over to the phone and ordered the pizza while I fumbled around like I was drunk. I got under the covers and fell asleep in under a second until the sound of voices woke me up.

"Thank you." The door shut and my eyes opened. I noticed Michael had a pizza box in his hand. "Pizzas here. You were asleep for about an hour." I yawned and forced myself to get out of bed and eat. One hour of sleep is horrible before being at a concert.

The pizza was delicious and helped us wake up. I think we slept too long and it would be hard for us to go back to sleep when it was time.