Angels calling

part 8

So you had her number all along?" Chris asks the drummer with disbelieve . "And I have been trying to find her and make contact with her all these weeks and now I find out that you already had her number all this time." Chris falls down on the couch and Hannes smiles at him. "I already had her number all this time, yes, and we have quite a bit of contact, Freya is completely crazy about her." Chris sighs, "if I had known I could have texted her weeks ago". Not much later everyone is at the bus and they all explore the city. Meanwhile, Chris texts with Elena.

4 months later. Festival season

Sabaton is getting ready for their show at download festival UK, it is one of the first shows of this festival season and with the new album comes a whole new set of course, so everything was still exciting and new. It is the second album the new band members have worked on and so far it has been well received. Par is jumping with his bass guitar, Joakim is stretching , Hannes loosens his fingers and is deep in thought. Chris and Tommy are playing each other's guitars and teasing each other. Until it's time to take the stage. Everyone wishes each other good luck and enter the stage.

The show passes without a hitch and the audience was delirious. The show was broadcast live so besides the people who were here also online where a lot of people watching. Chris walks to the back after putting his guitar away and falls down in a chair and takes a bottle of water from the table. "Guys that was the quite show!" he says exhausted while the rest of them plop down too. There are sounds of approval. The boys shower and then get ready for the night's headliner Iron Maiden. Meanwhile, Chris takes his phone and sees that he has a message from Elena. In recent months she has built up a good relationship with the whole band and regularly speak to each other via app or video calling. Chris clicks on the message to read it. "Hey Chris !! that was a good show !! the new songs come into their own! I can't wait to see you at Graspop in 4 weeks! until then love Elena ". Chris gets up and walks to the rest. "Hey guys do you know how is coming to Graspop in a few weeks?" he says to the group. "We?" is Hannes' clever answer, after which he gets a towel thrown at his head. "No Elena is coming to Graspop" Chris opens his phone "just look here". The others read the message and sound happy. "Then we have to make sure that we can meet when she is there," notes Joakim. "After all, we're there the day before", adds par. Chris already picks up his phone and tries to meet up with Elena. He is very enthusiastic and they agree that someone from the band will send a message when they are there. Pleased with the prospect of seeing Elena again, who has since become like a sister to them, they all go to watch the show.

The guys hand out some autographs to people how recognize them during the show and get their picture taken here and there, but overall they are enjoying the Iron Maiden show. A fair amount of beer goes through, to celebrate that the first show was so successful.

At the end of the evening, Chris sits outside the bus in a small chair, with his beer in his hand. What are they doing well, he thinks. Their calendars are full of shows and many of them are sold out, they have gathered a group around them where everyone feels like friends and they can get crazy together. But if there is something you can also count on everyone and you can empty your heart with someone. Satisfied, Chris drinks the last gulp of his beer and goes to bed.

The next morning the band is called together by Par. Everyone gathered in the bus and to their surprise there is also their tour doctor. Par gives the word to the doctor. "Guys, I got a permanent position in a practice close to home and I took it," he says. "Now that the little one is on the way, I want more stability and work closer to home so that I am more at home with my wife". This is a downer for the group, the doctor has been working for Sabaton for 3 years and tours with them on every tour in case something happens to the crew or the band that a doctor has to attend. "when do you leave?" Joakim asks the doctor. "In 2 weeks I can start there so I will leave then". The bus is quiet. "I understand your choice, but we will miss you friend" says Hannes and gives the doctor a hug. The rest also thanks the doctor and after 2 weeks there is a goodbye party after which the band looks for a new doctor who is ready to go on tour. This is going to be quite a job, Joakim thinks.

During the following weeks they approach several doctors, but none of the doctors wants to leave the practice to tour the world with a band and spend a lot of time away from home. It's a big quest but they keep trying. In the meantime, Elena gives them advice by phone if there is something wrong, she helps the other person through it by phone. At one point the band even asks her to join them as a doctor, but Tim overhears and immediately cuts off the conversation by saying that he will not let Elena go on tour with a bunch of men, this is also canceled.

In the meantime Tim thinks she talks a lot to these guys from Sabaton and removes their number from her phone, he thinks that Elena can no longer have contact with them. Fortunately, they contacted Elena again and she soon got all the numbers back. Elena has become more careful and makes sure that Tim doesn't notice.

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