Tongue & Cheek

Two

The next time I wake up I feel as though I've been asleep for days. I sit up slightly, opening my curtain. It's dark, and it doesn't seem like anybody's on the bus. I check my phone and see that it's 10 minutes until Pvris are due to go on stage. My mouth drops open as I look around the bus for clothes to wear, but what a surprise, I can't find anything.

I know straight away whose fault this is.

I grab the first clothes I can find and throw on some jewellery before tying my hair into a messy pony tail and running into the venue. I flash my access card to a guy backstage and sprint to the merch store. I get there a minute before Pvris go on stage.

"Rosa, why are you so late!?" Jack questions, "It's been fucking crazy out here!" He says, angrily.

"I'm not so sure yet myself." I reply, getting right into work and selling merchandise.

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As soon as the venue is fully empty, Jack and I start to pack up the merch, and Sara comes to help us. We pack it all onto one of the busses, before Sara and I go back to the main bus.

I first see Lyndsey, speak excitedly with Brian.

"Where's Alex?" I spit, shaking slightly.

"Why? What's up?" Brian asks, his forehead crinkling slightly.

"I'm here." Alex smiles, entering the living area. "You look tired." He winks.

Before anybody can restrain me I hAve him pinned against the wall, one of my hands tightly gripping his shirt.

"Did you do it?" I yell at him, my grip tightening. He chuckles slightly, looking up. "Answer me!" I shout again, pulling him forwards before smashing his body against the wall.

"I thought you deserved a little longer in bed, that's all." He says. By now, Brian and Sara are pulling me away from him and holding me back. Lyndsey's shouting at us both.

"What the fuck is wrong with the both of you!?" She yells at us.

"What did you put in the juice!?" I ask Alex, furiously.

"Only like four sleeping tablets." He shrugged. I break loose of Sara and Brian and stumble forwards, slapping him across the face. He grabs my wrist and shoves me against the wall as we fight.

Nobody get's in any good punches before we're being separated again.

I shake Brian off of me (Sara and Lynn pulled back Alex) and leAve the bus. I hear Sara come out after me, shouting my name. Before when this has happened, I've started to run, but this time I know that there's no point. I stop walking away and put my hands up on my head.

"What did he do?" She asks, jogging over to me and putting her hand on my arm.

"He put sleeping tablets in my drink, this morning." I say, angrily.

"What!?" She snaps, "Why?"

"Ask him." I shrug. I lick the blood off of my busted lip. An hour later when we return to the bus, we instantly hear shouting. It's Brians. We quietly lean against the bus, listening to what he's saying.

"Why the fuck do you do shit like that Alex!?" He yells, "What do you hAve against her!?"

We realise that he's defending me and enter the bus.

Alex looks up to my face and actually looks shocked at the state I'm in.

"What happened to your lip?" He snaps, flying up to his feet and moving closer to me. I move back, slightly worried that he's going to try to hit me. I give him a look of disgust.

"You?" I reply,

"I didn't even punch you!" He replies,

"Your elbow caught it." I answer. If I didn't know him, I'd say he looks upset.

"Rosa- listen-"

"I'd rather shit in my own hands and clap." I state, pushing past him.

I don't go to sleep that night.