LITTLE THINGS

Chapter 6

SAM'S P.O.V

"Yeah Mom, I'm alright."  I called Mom this morning at the Starbucks.  We were having our morning coffee so I used this time to call my parents.  "Right, okay.  I'll call you later.  Bye.  I love you."

"I love you too?"  There's somebody answered my 'I love you' and spoke really close to me.  I jumped a bit.

"Riley?"

"Haha...  I'm sorry.  Just like to mess up with you."  He winked.  I could feel my cheek were turning red.

"Oh... Haha yeah that's fine. Will get used to it."  I chuckled.

"Right, you have to."  He laughed.  "Have ordered your coffee?"

"Nope.  I don't feel like wanting one."

"You're just the one kind of all population..."

"Jeez I know right."  I punched his arms which I didn't see it coming.  Sam, hold yourself.

"Let's go, Connor wants to make a tiny meeting."

I nodded by Riley's command.  He opened the door for me and we walked together to the table at the corner of the room.  Everybody looked at us but then they shook it off, thankfully.

"So, the tour will be start tonight.  We're heading to the first venue.  This is the list.  Sam, you're gonna play first.  It's the first one hour before us."  Connor smiled and handed the venue list to me.

"Got it."  I smiled back.

"And we want to make some changing in this tour.  Sam, you'll be doing duet for 30 minutes with Riley.  After you play solo, and before we go on stage."  Connor continued his explanation which now made me choke.

"What?"

"Yeah, a duet.  Would likely a QA session with some acoustic performance.  You both will get the guitars.  Do whatever you want.  Only for 30 minutes...per venue."  They all smirked.  Thank you very much.

"Perfect!"  Riley cheered from beside me.  I looked over him.  "What?  Isn't it perfect?"

"It..."  I glanced over everybody.  Still smirking.  "...is perfect, yeah..."

"Good!  Then it's settled!  Oh how excited!  I've been waiting for this time when I can have my guitar again!"  Riley cheered again, possibly shouting.

We went back to the tour bus and Lonnie drove us to the first venue.  It's not far anyway.  I did prepare my guitar, checked the strings, cables, some new pedals that I brought by myself all the way from home, and a dress that I'm going to wear tonight.

"We're here, boys!"  Lonnie shouted from the driver seat.  He made us yelling and suddenly all became too chaotic. 

"Sit here until I come back, Tank."  Toby whispered to...I turned around.

"Is that your dog?"  I raised an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah!  Meet Tank!  Tank, it's Sam."

"Hi...Tank..."  I looked at his puppy.  He looked like a lost puppy.

"Did you put him in..."

"Suitcase, yeah!"  Toby exclaimed.

"Oh..."  It was me holding back my laugh.

"Now you know what happen during the tour in this cribs..."  Riley shook his head and asked me to go out.  RIley's right.  It's been a week, maybe more.  And I just saw Tank today.  Well he's a tough dog.

"Ready for the first exclusive performance?"  Riley opened the conversation when I was unloading my stuff on stage.

"Can't be more excited!"  I winked.

"Good.  We need to decide what songs we want to play.  It can be the same list for every venue Sam, we just have to do it randomly."

"Got it.  And 30 minutes will be..."

"A lot of songs."  He rolled his eyes.

"Not always easy to be a singer, yeah?"  I smiled.

"Never be easy."  We raised our eyebrows and burst out laughing.  

"It's good for us, you know."  Riley spoke again after we laughed.

"You mean?"

"We can get closer like this and put everything on the back a while and be really free and easy..."  He choked.  "I mean for the duet thing."

"OH!  Oh right!  Haha..."  I awkwardly laughed.  Dang it Sam.

"I like it when we do everything together, partner."  He winked.

"Me too."  I nodded signing that I'll be at the dressing room. 

Yeah, i was getting the first schedule to get dressed in every venue.  Because the boys would be easily get undressed and dressed up again, shirtless here and there like nothing was happening.  But it's not going to happen with me, right?  Right.  No way.