Fourth of July

Chapter 15

"First day of tour," Jamia said. "You boys excited?"

We nodded and walked outside. Unfortunately we only had a white twelve passenger van attached to a trailer.

"Gee, you okay?" I asked.

I nodded and held his hand. We sat in the fourth row in the back and I smiled as I wrapped my arms around him.

"This is a big moving thing," he said.

"Car, sweetheart, it's a car," I said.

As Jamia started driving the GPS gave us directions to the first show.

"Evan talks!" Gee gasped.

"I what?" Evan asked.

"Mappy Evan talks!" Gee cheered.

"He calls things with screens Evan," I said. "Things like phones and laptops and tvs and that."

"Why?" Evan asked.

"Well, he just had a hard time understanding the concept of phones," I said.

"Daddy, I'm bored," Gee said.

"We've been in the car for five minutes," I stated.

"No, too long time," he said.

Jamia turned the music on and I held Gee in my arms, watching him play with Sebastian.

"Seb Seb wants kissies," he said

I smiled and gave his toy a kiss.

"Where my paci?" He asked.

I pulled it out of his bag and he sucked on it, curling up with his blankie. Everyone was pretty pumped to be starting our first tour as we talked excitedly.

"Alright, here we are," Jamia said.

We pulled into a venue and we walked inside, talking with the people and setting up our instruments.

"Alright, sound check first and then back to the dressing room and then we should talk to the sound guy, security and the promoter," she said. "Make sure you do your sound check well and if you need help then talk to the sound guy. After that we are going to the merchandise table."

I nodded my head, watching Gee play in the middle of the floor while we did our sound check. When we were done we went around talking to everyone before going to the table.

"Okay so Gee and I are going to stay back here and try and sell some things during the show," Jamia said. "We have the t-shirts we made and we only had five posters made but I'd be kind of shocked if we sold any of the posters. And I have cards with the link to your website so people can stay tuned and check in on it when the album is released if they're into you."

"How many tickets were sold?" Matt asked.

"I can't remember exactly, about thirty five to forty but they think there may be a couple more who will buy tickets at the door," she said. "Not a big crowd, this is your first time playing alone. I had made fliers and passed them out and on twitter I did see a few people that were actually fans, only like two or three who saw you with other bands and liked you. Some of your other shows will have other local bands performing so there may be more people.

"But chances are good that you won't make money from this show, or most of the shows on this tour for that matter. You'll probably make all of your money on the merch which is why we really want to try and sell all of this. Especially handing out these cards because that can equal future business and more dedicated fans."

"That was a boring speak," Gee muttered.

"Be nice, Gee," I said. "And Mia, don't let him near the money."