Spend Some Time (Em & Dre)

Day off taken away

The show that night had gone just fine. Crowd was hype and Marshall had actually decided to do an encore since the vibes were so good. He and Dre had passed out quickly after the show. Marshall woke up to a text from Paul
"Hey, I know you were supposed to have a day off today but we have quite a few people wanting to do interviews and an autograph signing/meet n greet. I talked to Jimmy and he said he wanted you to do it so don't shoot the messenger. We'll head out at around noon and get lunch before hand. We should be done with everything by about 7."
Well damn. There went one of his days off. He was hoping to spend it with Dre but now he had work. Great. Maybe Dre could at least tag along.

He woke Dre up and told him what was going on, he suggested that he calls Paul to get more info on what's going on.
He called Paul and discussed the day. Back to back interviews for a straight 4 hours before a meet n greet. Great.
"Hey Marsh, don't be mad at me..." Dre said while placing a kiss on his forehead "but I think that since you have a busy day, I might want to get sit this one out."

What? Dre was going to make him go by himself?

"Marsh don't be upset. We'll have the whole rest of the night and all day tomorrow okay? If Jimmy tries to schedule you for anything tomorrow, I'll call and bitch at him my damn self alright?"
"Fine..."

He and Dre laid together for a while longer before he decided to get up and get ready. Dre got ready with him, despite the fact that he'd be going to these events by himself. He wasn't mad that Dre wanted to sit it out, he understood why too, he just wished he'd come with anyways.
By about noon he called Paul and told him to meet him in the lobby. He gave Dre and hug and a kiss before heading for the door.

"Hey..." Dre hugged Marsh a bit tighter "I'll be here when you get back."
Dre kissed him one more time and he headed for the lobby.
The interviews didn't last nearly as long as he was expecting, most of the questions were the same so he didn't go into detail answering em unless it was a question he actually wanted to answer. It was about 3 when they headed from the interviews to the meet n greet. Paul promised he only had to stay for at least 3 hours, so he could dip at 6 if he really wanted to. He sent Dre a text to let him know what was going on.

'Hey babe, interviews got done early. I'm ready to get out of here. Should be back by around 6:30'
'Sounds good. Just power through it. Miss you.'
 
Meet n greets were always the worst because he had such a want to please everyone. He didn't have this feeling often but when he had a lot of dedicated fans coming to see him, he always felt obligated to see as many as he could. He always imagined himself in their place. He would remind himself of just how badly they probably wanted to meet him. He tried to talk with as many of them as he could. Eventually he had Paul announce that he wanted to get pictures with as many people as he possibly could and to basically be ready to get a pic and go once you get to the front of the line. He didn't want to rush people, but he knew a lot of em just wanted pictures.
This went on for the full 3 hours, he got through most of em. He decided to take a group selfie with everyone and have everyone who didn't get a picture with him come towards the front. That way they at least kinda got a picture with him? After this he stood up on the table he was placed at and made a quick goodbye speech. He thanked them all for coming, told them he loved and appreciated them supporting him, said a final goodbye and headed towards the door.

He got settled into the car. Paul and some of the crew talked while he pulled out his phone to message Dre.

'Hey just got into the car. Headed back now.'
'Cool you can tell me all about it when you get here. Hungry?'
'Yeah I could eat.'
'Alright we'll get something.'

The car ride almost felt painfully long. He just wanted to get back and see Dre.
They drove for almost 20 minutes before making it back to the hotel. Marshall and his crew made their way back up to their rooms. He was relieved to open the door of his suite and smell a faint lingering of Dre's cologne. He shut the door behind him and sighed.

"There you are." Dre said while leaning against the bar of the kitchenette, holding the keys to the rental.
"What are you doing?"
"You wanted food right?" Dre asked him
"Yeah?"
"Go put on something more comfortable and we'll go."

Marshall walked past Dre and into the room confused on what Dre was up to. He started to get changed into sweats and a tee.

"Where are we going?"
"Don't worry about it."
"Am I good dressing like this?" Marsh asked while referring to his more comfortable clothes.
"Yeah you're fine. Stop worrying, just trust me."
"Alright if you say so."

They started to head to the door, Dre pulled him back.
"Wait."
"What!?"
Dre pulled him close and kissed him "I'm glad you're home."