Nelson On Tour: A Growing Up Nelson Short

Dance Dance.....And The Revolution

The show finally ended after an amazing four and a half hours. I was drained from all the excitement but Joey on the other hand was still buzzing as I dragged him back to the tour bus with Tony leading the way. He couldn't sit still and I felt like if Joey kept on jumping up and down he was going to rip my arm off.

  "Carly! Carly! Did you see the lights shine off of dad's glitter suit! It was was so cool! And when he played that riff solo on Let's Get Crazy! Oh my gosh it was-"

I had to stop him before he lost gravity and floated to space.

  "I saw buddy! Calm down before you throw yourself into an asthmatic fit! You act like you were just at three other cities and didn't see him perform before!" I said to him with a smile.

  "I know but it's so cool seeing him do it all the time! Don't you like seeing what he does on stage?" Joey asked with a Big beaming smile on his face.

Now I love this little guy with all my heart but I was already over this trip before it even got off the ground. I always told myself to never lie to Joey even if it would hurt his feelings but as elated as he is right now I couldn't rain on his happiness.

  "Yeah! Yeah JoeBoy! It's nice to see what Daddy does when he's touring. But....buddy he does the same show the whole time. Nothing really changes."

He never lost the sparkle in his eyes and his smile never dropped.

  "Uncle Morris performed in Detroit!"

Damn. Smart kid. Nothing gets past him. So he caught a slight difference in one show! Big deal! I'm sure I'll get him next time.

  "Well then you should know that was just one show!" I said to him as I stopped down to his level.

  "Well then you should know that the tour ends at home! It's gonna be right outside of First Avenue and it's gonna be a three day dance party. Right Tony?"

He and Tony looked up at each other and gave the celebratory fist bump then turned and looked at me with a big grin. Little rat! He got me. I should have known he had Tony on his side.

  "Whatcha gotta say now Carly?" Tony snickered.

The doors to the bus opened and Tony stepped to the side.

  "Oh shut up Tony before I have you fired." I huffed.

Tony just took his head and laughed.

  "You know you can't fire me little girl." I heard him say as he helped my brother on the bus.

  "Yeah Carly you can't fire Tony!" He said.

  "And why not? He works for us!" I snapped as I swung my pony tail in their direction as I turned to face him.

  "'Cause Tony's legit! Too legit to quit!" Joey said as he crab walked into me laughing."

  "No more old school for you buddy." I replied as I laughed at him for looking so crazy.

  "You know you're wrong about something Carlz." Tony said as he closed the doors once the bus driver was finally situated.

  "Yeah? What about?" I asked.

  "That I work for you." He said as he approached me.

He stopped down to me and we were nose to nose and he was staring me down like I was his own child.

  "I work for your old man. You my dear don't pay me!"

He plucked me in my forehead then walked away while Joey climbed in the chair and laughed at me.