Merch Girl// An Of Mice & Men Fanfiction

Chapter 9

"Ada?" Someone shook Ada's shoulder and she opened her eyes, blinking a few times?

It rained when she was asleep, and her once naturally tan body was a pale-blue color.

"Oh god. We need to get you warmed up." She looked up and saw Mark. He picked up here fragile body and carried her to the bus. Ada wrapped her hands around his neck and tried to warm herself up with his body heat.

Once they got to the OM&M bus, he went to open the door but she shook her head.

"Can we just go to your bus? I can't stand my sisters face right now." Ada asked him and he nodded, not questioning her.

The CTE bus was empty. They must have been on set right now. Mark set Ada down on the couch and wrapped her in a blanket.

He ran to the back of the bus to grab something, while Ada focused on heating her cold body.

"Here, put these on. You can't stay in those wet clothes." Mark handed her a Crown the Empire shirt and a pair of sweats.

She went to the bathroom and changed out of her filthy clothes. After that she laid back down.

"Yeah, I found her." Mark told someone on the phone, he was standing in between the bunks.

"No, Austin. I don't think that's such a good idea right now. She's really upset and emotionally exhausted. Someone had to have said something." Mark continued. Ada thought why it was Austin calling and not Nick, her boss. She then remember of how good his 'bossing' was.

Mark walked into the lounge after he was done talking on the phone.

"How are you feeling?" Mark asked and she shrugged.

"Fine, I guess."

"Well, turns out that the trailer is once again, M.I.A. So, you won't have to work today. Just relax and sleep." Mark told her and Ada nodded. She was relived, she didn't feel like smiling or counting money from countless fans. She didn't want to see or think about her sister also, but it was the thought and Jenson's words that replayed in Ada's head every second.

"Thanks, Mark." Ada answered and he smiled at her, nodding. He left the bus and she fell asleep on that couch.

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"You can't do this!" Ada screamed at her mother and Ada's mother shook her head with dissapointment.

"Oh, yes I can. You are 17 years older, young lady. You loved that first date with him!" Ada stared at her mother with pure anger.

"I hate him! You can't make me fucking marry the man I hate!" Ada felt a sharp pang on the side of her face and put her hand up to it, feeling the sting. She looked at her mother with shock.

"Don't you dare talk to me like that. You have abused the lifestyle I gave you. I get you everything you ever could want and you go out and party, get tattoos, do drugs! What am I supposed to do?" Her mother asked her and Ada stayed quiet.

"I'd rather die than marry that guy you call a man!" Ada said.

"Get out." Her mother told Ada. "Get out and never come back."

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Ada woke up in a cold sweat, the bus was still empty and she was laying on the couch. She unwrapped herself from the blanket and slid on her shoes. Ada just wanted to go back to her bunk and sleep while listening to Mumford & Sons.

It was a long walk from the CTE bus to the OM&M bus. Once she reached the bus, the door was thankfully locked, meaning no one should be on the bus.

She set her stuff down and crashed onto the couch. "Oh, you must be Ada!" A feminine voice called out and Ada jumped. A woman with brown hair and light blue eyes came into view and she hugged Ada, unannounced.

"Oh, haha, I'm Anouk. Phil's wife. The boys constantly talk about you and your sister. You guys are a trip!" The woman told Ada and Ada smiled at the live personality that Anouk had.

"Nice to meet you." Ada replied and Anouk smiled widely.

"Now, Girl. What are you doing in here? The boys are about to play!" Anouk pulled Ada up off the couch and she frowned at Ada's clothes.

"Hell no, you are not wearing that out there. It is humid and hot. Let me get you some clothes." Anouk ran back into the bunks and came back with a pair of white skinny jeans and a black ACDC shirt.

After Ada changed, they headed to the stage where OM&M was getting ready to play at. Ada didn't really want to go but Anouk insisted on it.

They ran into the crowd and pushed through the people. Fans started to glare at them but they didn't care. A loud siren started beeping over the speakers and the whole crowd started screaming. Austin walked out onto the stage and waved at the crowd.

"You all have something to say or something to ask, I don't live in a cage, it's none of your-" The rest of the boys ran onto the stage and Phil waved to the two when Anouk screamed for him.

We were considerably close but not at the barrier.

The band all started to play and the crowd went wild. A crowdsurfer went over Ada every two seconds.

"Is it fun?" Ada yelled over the crowd to Anouk.

Anouk looked at Ada, confused.

"Crowdsurfing. Is it fun?" Ada asked Anouk and Anouk smiled wide. She turned around to 2 tall looking fans.

"Lift her up?" Anouk asked the two and they nodded. Next thing Ada knew she was flung onto the top of the crowd. It felt like she was floating on clouds it was the best thing ever. She felt free.

She was grabbed off of the crowd by security and she tanked them. She looked up at Austin and he waved at her while screaming into the mic.

Anouk followed shortly thereafter and they rejoined the crowd.

These are the little things that take away the pain.

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I saw you on the crowd today." Austin joined Ada, walking back to the bus. She stayed quiet. Guilt hit her like a brick to the face.

"Austin." Ada stopped walking when they reached the outside of the bus.

"Yes?" He turned to her and she looked down to her feet.

"I'm sorry about this morning. It wasn't right of me for me to yell at you and-"

"Ada, it's fine. You were upset." Austin replied and she nodded looking up at him. She hadn't realized how tall he was compared her extremely small body.

Then the unexpected happened. He leaned down and pressed his lips onto Ada's. They were smooth but slightly chapped as they moved in sync with hers.

This wasn't a fireworks type of cliché, it was like a nuclear bomb had been dropped on Ada and exploded. She had never felt such a feeling with another man but she can't say so when the only other man in her life had been the one she hated so much.

She unwrapped herself from his arms and took a step back.

"I can't do this." Ada turned away from Austin and walked off.

"Ada! Wait!" Austin yelled but she shook her head.

Ada was afraid. She couldn't let another man come into her life and put something so fragile, her heart, into the palms of his hands. Only because that last man took that heart, slapped it, kicked it, raped it, and stomped it into the ground.

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