A blessing in disguise

Twenty

The room was amazing. It had a queen sized bed pushed up against the back wall. On the right there was a crib, John's bags were already placed next to it. There was a wall mount with a flat screen T.V. and a DVD player. To the left there was a small bathroom with a toilet, a sink, and a mirror. On a tour bus, the back lounge is normally here.

"Is this our room?" I said while frantically observing everything with my eyes.

"Well actually" He paused to wrap his arms around my waist "This is my room, you get a bunk out there."

I quickly turned around and pushed his arms off of me. I looked at him with an angry expression. He broke out in laughter and pulled me close again. "You know that I'm only kidding, I would take a bunk before I ever made you sleep in one."

"Do the other boys know about this?"

"Not exactly, I was.." Zach was cut off when the door violently slid open. Mikey walked in untangling the cord in his hand. He stopped mid whistle when his foot ran into a bag.

"What.. What is this?" He said while observing the room.

"Grace and I's room." Zach responded, trying to hold in a giggle.

Mikey's eye got wide. "WHAT?" He turned around to face the hallway full of people "Who agreed to this? You gave them a private room on the bus with a huge ass bed. Are you trying to promote them having sex!" He stormed out.

I gave Zach a quick look before we both broke out into laughter. "He has no idea." Zach whispered in my ear, his lips barley brushing the hairs on my neck. He winked at me and left the room.

Tonight was just traveling. The first show was in Denver, CO. Zach was working on unpacking our room while I was trying settle John.

"You see this?" Zach said while pounding on the wall.

"Sound proof" He said while raising an eyebrow. "If John cries we won't be disturbing anyone."

I gave him a smile and continued to work on putting John to sleep. John was about a year old now and extremely fussy. Every night is a battle to put him to sleep. All he wants to do is run around and pull things off tables and shelves. People can prepare you for having a baby, but no one can prepare you for having a toddler. It's a day by day learning experience.

I ended up getting fed up with John and I stormed out into the front lounge. I sat down on a couch and crossed my arms. I didn't realize that there was a group of people who were surrounding me. I guess they all fell silent when I came into the room. Zach shot up and went back to the room. He knew what was wrong without having to ask.

After a few minutes of sitting in the front lounge I went back to join Zach and John. Zach was sitting on the edge of the bed next to John's crib and was humming him a song. It was a beautiful moment. John's tiny hand was holding on to a few of Zach's fingers while he was slowly drifting away. John finally fell asleep. Zach carefully placed John's hand in the crib and put a blanket over him. He turned around an d saw me standing there.

"Tired?" He said in a soft voice.

I nodded my head and moved towards the bed. Zach closed the sliding door and turned the light off. I was already in bed when he joined me. He slipped under the covers and wrapped his arms around me.

"Ready for the first day of tour?" He whispered.