Falling

Part 4

*several hours later ~ Platz' pov.*
We are back on our way to the bus. I can't wait to see Dan again. We get out of the cab and make our way to the bus. The door flies open and Dan comes out. He walks to me as fast as he can and hugs me so thight that my shoulder hurts. But I don't really care right now. I hug him back. "I've missed you." Dan says. "I missed you too." I say back and he lets go. Ralph has already walked past us with his stuff and he shuts the door of the bus behind him. Dan takes my backpack and wraps his arm around me. We walk to the bus and Dan opens the door. We walk in and everyone looks at us. Dan let's go and walks away to put my backpack on my bed. I look around and see my violincase laying on the ground somewhere. Did I leave it there ior did someone touch it? I see someone umfamiliar sitting on the couch but I just ignore him. It's probably Gregory. I walk past him and grab my violincase. I walk back and up to the bunks. there is barely room to stand there. Actually there is none but it's nice to have the beds seperated from the rest of the bus. I put the case under my bed. Dan is still here and looks up. "Ow Shit, I forgot to put it back." he says. So it was Dan who took it. "Why did you take it out?" I ask, not really mad anymore. "I tried to play a bit. It didn't really work out." he says with a smile. "Well, ask me first next time. But let's go back to the others." I say and help Dan up from his bed. We walk back downstairs and sit on the couch. "Good to have you back Platz. This is Greg, and he is going to tour with us for the next few months. Greg, this is Daniel Platzman. But we just call him Platz because otherwise the name thing is so confusing. One other thing to keep in mind, touching his violin is a suicide mission." Wayne says and we all laugh. Greg explains the basic meaning of his work and what he will be going to do and Dan is slowly falling asleep on my shoulder. When Greg is done telling I softly wake Dan. "Let's get you to bed team one leg." I say into his ear so that no one can hear but he jumps up. "What did you say?" He says angrily. "Nothing." I say and crawl backwards. But he suddenly flies forward and punches my bad schoulder. I hurts like hell but before I can respond his fist hits my jaw. Many more punches hit me before it stops. Someone is yelling but I can't hear who. There is too much pain, too much pain and everything goes black.

Ralph's pov.
Dan suddenly gets really mad at Platz and starts hitting him. I jump up and pull him off but Platz is already bleeding. His nose is red with blood and there is an ugly gash on his forehead. His eyes roll and close. He has blacked out. I turn Dan around. "What the hell where you thinking?! Can't you see what you have done?!" I yell at him. I push him backwards until is is pressed against the wall. "You can sit here, and wait." I say. He nods and slides down. He looks sad but he started it. He should have thought about was he was going to do. I see that Wayne is already cleaning Platz' wounds. He seems to be waking up. His eyes slowly open and he looks around. He wants to get up but falls back down and grabs his shoulder. I jump up and get some painkillers for him. I walk back with some and a glass of water. He takes them from me and then takes a sip of water. I look back at Dan and see that he is crying now. Platz sees it too and he gets up and sits down next to him. "I'm sorry for saying that." he says to Dan. "No, I was wrong. I shouldn't have attacked you." Dan says back. They move closer and closer and eventually kiss each other. "Get a room guys!" Wayne jokingly says. They break apart and Platz helps Dan up. They walk up to the bunks and I can hear them talking, but I don't hear what they are saying. I walk to the kitchen part and get something to drink for myself. Just as I want to take a sip I hear Dan calling me. I sigh and put the glass back down and walk up. "What's up Dan?" I ask. "Your bandages need changing. And I wanted go give you some privacy." Dan says to me. I pull my sleeves further down. Anyone can just walk upstairs and see the cuts. "Ralph, come on. No one will see them." Dan says, it almost looks like he can read my thoughts. "I know how it is, come on. They need changing." he says again. I move forward and sit next to him on the bed. He pulls the first-aid kit from under his bed and I wonder why it's there. He holds my arm and slowly unwraps the bandage from my arm. The cuts are still all red and bleeding a bit. He puts the old bandages to the side and gets a new roll. He is soo carefull as he wraps it around my arm. He is just going to do the other arm when I hear someone coming towards us. I try to cover the cuts but it's too late. I look around who it is. Greg. Why the hell did he come up here? "What did you do?" He asks. "Nothing. Go away." I say without looking at him. "Come on Ralph, you can tell me." he says again. "No, you might be a little dwarf but that doesn't mean that I like you. I hate you." I say to him and he walks away. "That wasn't nice to say." Dan says to me. "You're the last person to have the right to say that. Fat guy." I say and walk away. I have turned into a monster. I never tried to kill myself. I was attacked by a werewolf while walking trough the forest. I loved walking around there to clear my head. That night was one of those nights. I was walking around when I got pushed to the ground. A wolf was standing infront of me, ready to attack. I crawled back up and held my arms up to protect myself. Just in time. His paws connected with my arms and left the cuts. It bit me, softly. But it hurt anyway. The wolf turned around and ran away but after like 20 meter it turned into a person. And I recognised him....
My toughts are interrupted by someone standing infront of me. "What did you do? First Greg comes back downstairs all mad and after that Dan comes down, crying." Wayne asks me. "Nothing. Just told them the truth." I say and pick up one of the other bandages. I wrap it around my arm very carefully and just wait for Wayne to go away again. But he doesn't. He keeps standing there. I push him out of the way and stand up. He pushes me back down. "Wayne, come on. Let me go." I say. "no, you are only going if you are apologising to Greg and Dan when you get back down." I nod and he let's me go. I walk down and everyone looks at me. "Sorry." I say and look at Greg and Dan before I walk to the kichencounter to get that drink. Dan gets up and almost runs upstairs to the bunks. Well, you can't exactly run on a ladder but he is up there suprisingly quick. I can hear him cry from here so I put my earbuds in and play some music. I ignore everyone and I notice that I'm falling asleep. I don't go up to the bunks because Dan wouldn't like me being there. I just rest my head on my shoulder and close my eyes.

Platz' pov *couple of days later*
I'm still mad at Ralph for saying to Dan that he is fat. Because he is not but now he has stopped eating again. I sit with him until his plate is empty but he just doesn't want to eat. Now again. The guys are all out for dinner at some fancy restaurant and I'm here in the bus with Dan, getting him to eat his food. I made the same thing Laura always makes for him. I forgot the name of it, but he says it's his favourite food. And he is not even touching his fork. "Come on Dan, if you just eat we can go with the rest next time. I'm pretty sure that they are having a good time and we are here because you won't eat." "But I'm fat." he says back. "For the last time, you are not fat. I can lift you up. That's not normal. I can't even lift Wayne and I'm pretty strong. You are longer, so you should weight more." I say to him. "You can't lift me." Dan says back. I stand up and pull him up. I wrap my arm around his back and lift him over my shoulder. He pats my back but I don't let go. I walk out of the bus and walk around it before going back inside and dumping Dan on the couch. "I can lift you. And now eat!" I say to him and he takes a big bite. And another one. He keeps going until the plate is empty. "Good. And if you thought you could go to the bathroom and puke it out, you are not going the next half hour." he just shakes his head. "Can we go upstairs?" He asks. I nod and stand up. He follows me. I climb up and help Dan after that. I suddenly realise that I haven't eaten either but I'll eat something later. Or maybe I won't. I don't care if I miss a meal, I'm not a walking skeleton like Dan. Speaking about Dan, he is coming closer and closer and pushes me onto his bed. I pull him closer and our lips connect. His hands go under my shirt and pull it off. I pull his shirt off and he starts kissing my neck.

Let's just say things were getting hot when we heard the door of the tourbus open. Dan jumps up and puts his pjama on before he lays down in my bed. I wrap the blanket tighter around me and pretend to be asleep. I hear someone walking upstairs. "There is no fooling me boys. I would say you change beds and clean those clothes up." Ben says and he laughs. I wait for him to go back down before I sit up. I look at Dan and we both laugh. I step out of his bed and pick my clothes up. I put them in the suitcase under my bed and then lay in my own bed. Dan is still laying there. "Can I stay with you tonight?" he asks me. "Yes of course Dan." I say and I wrap my arm around him. I close my eyes and for once I fall asleep on my own, not out on painkillers.
*the next morning.*
I wake up and see that Dan is still asleep. He normally is awake first, but it seems that he was tired. Well, I would be too if I hadn't eaten anything. I stand up, carefull not to wake Dan. I put on some fresh clothes and walk down. I see that Greg is already awake. "Goodmorning." I say. "Morning." he says back. I look at his laptop to see what he is doing. Just going trough the pics he made I see. I walk to the kitchenpart to make some breakfast. But at the last moment I decide not too. I shouldn't eat that much. I put the cornflakes back. "Are you starting too? Take it back out and eat." I hear Greg say. I look at him and then turn back to take the pack back out. I get a bowl and milk. But I can't get the milk open. "Greg, can you open it for me?" I ask him and point at the milk. He stands up and walks towards me. He opens it for me but doesn't walk back. "What happened to your shoulder anyway?" "Someone broke into our house when we still lived in Vegas, but I heard it and went looking for the source of the sound and got shot. I was lucky the person wasn't that good at shooting. But that was also one of the many reasons to move to Amsterdam." I say and begin eating my cornflakes. "Can I ask what the other reasons were?" Greg askes me. "Well, healthcare is better in Holland. Not everyone can have a gun. Dan and I don't get so much hate, and we can even get married if we want to. Not that I say that we should, but it is always an option in the future." I say and look at my cornflakes, feeling my cheeks getting red slowly. "I'm happy for you, and it's nice to have some choices in life." Greg says and I smile. "Where do we have that gig tonight?" I ask him. "Los Angeles." he says back. "Aaah nice. Warm, sunny and hot guys." I say and Greg starts laughing. I join him. I finish my bowl of cornflakes and then go to take a shower. The rest of the guys should be awake by now. But as I get upstairs I see that everyone is still asleep. I shake Ben and suddenly notice the blood. Blood, not good. I turn him around and his troath is slitt. I walk to Wayne and he is the same. I get to Dan and there is blood everywhere. I slide down and cry and scream. "Platz, wake up." I hear someone say but I don't see anyone. "Come on, just wake up." I hear again and I feel myself shoot up.

I open my eyes and see Dan. Alive and well. It was all just a dream. A nasty nightmare. I notice that I'm all wet. "What happened?" I ask. "Well, you had a nightmare and you pushed me out of the bed, which hurt, but you wouldn't wake up so we threw some water in your face and that did the trick." Dan says and I hug him. I seriously thought he was dead. It all seemed so real. I notice tears rolling down my cheeks and soon enough I'm fully crying. Dan sits down next to me and I cry into his shirt. "I thought you were dead." I say before another wave of tears comes. "Shhh, I'm here. And not going anywhere." Dan says and I feel myself getting calmer. Not long after that I fall asleep again.