Chapter 5 chicken wings

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Day one of another month long tour. Throwing my last bag into the cargo area of the bus I slid the door shut and locked it. Liz was already inside setting up our bed in the back of  the bus.  I was normally pumped to be on tour but right now it was the last thing on my mind.  Getting on the bus I walked into our room and tossed my backpack into a corner.  Flopping on the bed I shut my eyes sighing. I could feel it in my head again.   Liz crawled over booping my nose.  I smiled leaning over to kiss her head.  Once everything was on the bus and packed in the trailers it was time to go. 

Chris was first to drive I normally took the Graveyard shift. Haha no pun intended. Alright, enough of my lame jokes.  Getting up I made myself a cup of tea.  Vinny was playing video games while wyn and ghost where messing around with some app called tik tok. I thought it was lame but they liked it so who am I to judge.  Once my tea was finished I walked back into our room and shut the door. Liz was snuggled into the blankets watching The Hobbit.  Smiled I curled up next to her watching while I drank my tea.  She layed her head on my shoulder. The thing about us was that we didn't need words to express feelings most days. 

I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew I was waking up to Chris shaking my foot.  Sitting up I Rubbed at my eyes. Liz was in the bathroom getting ready for the signing. "Why did you let me sleep?!? " I got up throwing on the closest pair of pants I could find and my vans before running a brush through my hair and smearing black paint all over myself. Liz laughed softly "uhm babe... those are my pants.." I stopped for a moment and looked down. They where skin tight showing everything perfectly. I bit my lip checking the time. "I don't have time" she nodded taking my hand as we walked to the merch tent for signing. By the time we got there the crowd was around the tent.

My hands where there but my mind was somewhere else. I had forgotten to eat that day. Chewing on my sharpie I spaced out. Liz must have snuck away because the next time I looked at her she was curled into my side eating French fries. I wanted to steal one so bad but I just couldn't.  The last half hour was pretty mindless I just wanted to eat and get back on the bus. Once we where finished up I made my way over to the catering. I have one food weakness. Chicken wings. Loading up 3 to go plates I made my way back to the bus. Setting the boxes down I pulled off the jeans I was wearing and crawled onto the bed.

In a few minutes Liz came in, laughing she sat next to me. "Hungry batty" she patted my head as she stole a wing. I smiled nuzzling her "I forgot to eat this morning." I finished up leaning against the pillows chewing on my pen while I wrote. I had been working on making a book for months. Liz curled up next to me playing with my hair "what chu writing?" She wrapped a few strings around her fingers. I smiled kissing her nose " a short story about Aliens stealing a hooker. " she nodded poking my cheek. Setting my notebook down I pulled her into my lap. She curled into me poking my face again.

"What is it baby?" I layed down keeping her in my arms. "You needs to shave. It's fuzzy." She rubbed my face "I'll buy a Razor next time we are near a Walmart."the bus was quite except for the sound of vinny playing video games.  The movement of the bus was starting to put me to sleep again I don't know how he did it but Chris was a great bus driver.  Falling asleep again I was woken up by her poking my face when we got to the next destination. "Nuggets." She poked me until she knew I was awake.  Sitting up I nodded. We had pulled into a Walmart.  Grabbing my wallet I took her hand and walked into the store.

Getting a cart she crawled into it. Pushing her around the store she pointed at various items "that." Or "ooooo" every few moments. By the time I was done Liz had 3 new plushies and pjs. Pushing the cart I grabbed a razor along with another bottle of shampoo. We met up with Kylie and Devin who where in the deli area. Grabbing a case a water and a few naked juices I went to the checkout. Groaning I could feel a cold coming on .  It seemed every time we did our first shows in the fall I felt sick. Once we left Walmart I walked to cvs with Liz clinging to my arm.  Once inside she wondered off only to return with a basket full of medicine.

"You always forget cough drops and tissues then you go on stage and start choking " I couldn't help but laugh. She was right. Normally I wouldn't take anything and just be a mess but since she became our manager I wasn't allowed on stage or to any meet and greets when sick. "I'm sorry babes." I nuzzled her head while I paied for my items. "I want chicken wings again..." holding her hand I walked with her back to the bus. Putting everything away I went in to shower while Liz made cookies with Wynter. Tonight was movie night with Pierce the veil .  Anytime they where on tour with us we had a movie night and a bunch of pizza.  They where family.

By the time I got out everyone was already here. Sitting on the couch I pulled Liz into my lap after grabbing a plate of wings

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