Until The End Of Time
Chapter Thirty-Nine
-Last day of tour-
“Hey Erica, do you think this is enough beer?” Zeke asked as he walked over to the counter with 3 packs of beer. They already had plenty of booze on their bus but since tonight was the final night of tour and they were hosting the end-of-tour-party they were stocking up on their supplies.
“Yeah, it’s mainly liquor we need. We have plenty of beer” The cashier added up the total and Erica paid for it. The pair carried all of their purchases back to the bus. Luckily the venue at which they were playing tonight was close to a strip of shops. There was a liquor store, pizza restaurant, grocery store and a dry cleaner. Each band took advantage of each of these shops, especially the dry cleaners. Boy did they need to wash some of their clothes.
Sound check had been done for everyone and the show would be starting in about an hour and a half. Erica was on the bus getting ready when she heard a familiar voice call up the stairs.
“Erica, are you up there?” Jess asked.
“I am, come on up, I need you to help zip me up anyway” She laughed. Jess made her way upstairs, she and Erica had planned her to come out and visit for the last day of tour and drive back with the band. Erica and the twins were going to go the long way home and make a big road trip of it, since their driver said he knew loads of cool places they asked him if they would show them, they’ll pay him for the extra time with them too. He agreed and Jess thought it was a cool idea so decided to come along.
“Hey” The girls said at the same time. Jess threw her bag onto Erica’s bed and proceeded to zip her denim bustier top up.
“You look fab girl” Jess complimented as she spun Erica around.
“Thank you sweetie, you look just as amazing” Erica replied and put a brush through her hair.
They made their way out of the bus and into the venue, meeting up with the rest of Erica’s band in the dressing room. Jess knew about Pierce the Veil’s surprise for Erica and she was excited to see her reaction when Jaime, instead of Zac, comes out on stage to sing. The twins and all the other bands were in on it too and the PTV boys had already arrived. They were currently sat on the Man Overboard bus awaiting Anonymous… to take the stage. They only had a little while to wait. The fans were just starting to make their way into the venue and Erica was eating some pizza, left over from lunch, when Zac came into her dressing room.
“The last show, how are you feeling? You look great by the way” He joined Erica and Jess on the couch; he shot Jess a knowing wink before Erica replied.
“I’m excited. I’m sad that it is the last show but I’m going to make it one to remember. Plus I wanted to dress up for the occasion. It’s probably the only time I’ve dressed even remotely girl the whole tour. I definitely prefer old jeans and one of Mike’s tops though.” Erica let out a small smile at the thought of being able to see Mike soon; she was also smiling at the fact that she had about 7 of Mike’s tops, 2 of his flannel shirts and 3 of his beanies. Most of the clothes she packed were Mike’s. She had also bought on tour her 100 Reasons book and little did she know that Mike had taken his with him to Canada as well.
Erica was soon finished with her pizza and the band was given their 2 minute warning. They did their ritual pep talk, like a football team, and made their way to side of stage. The PTV boys had been told and were waiting a little bit behind the band, out of view. The intro played and the trio ran out on stage, wasting no time in starting their first song.
They shot through their songs, everyone was singing along. Erica even gave a little speech about how much she and the twins appreciated being brought on this tour. She said how she was sad it was over but how the fans can expect to see them on tour a lot more, very soon.
It was time to play the song which Zac would sing with her; the drum beat kicked in, then the guitars then Erica began to sing. It got to the part at which Zac would usually come onto the stage and when Erica looked stage right she had the biggest grin on her face when Jaime walked onto the stage instead.
She sideway hugged him as the pair sang. When the song was over they hugged properly while swapping an ‘I love you’ and an ‘I’ve missed you’ before Erica looked over her best friend’s shoulder to see her boyfriend and his other band mates watching on.
“Jaime motherfucking Preciado ladies and gentlemen” She shouted into the microphone. They hugged once more.
Erica, Zeke and Chad finished off their set and said goodnight to the crowd, which caused a cheer to erupt. As soon as Erica put her guitar down she ran over to Mike and jumped on him, hugging him as tight as possible.
“ohmyfuckinggodI’vemissedyousomuch” She said in one breath. They parted and kissed once more before Mike reciprocated the ‘I’ve missed you so much’. They went to the dressing room where Erica greeted all of them properly before asking about this surprise.
“Wait, I thought you were supposed to be in the UK right now?” Erica was slightly confused.
“That mini tour got cancelled and when we found out, it was Jaime’s idea, we got in contact with the guys and planned a surprise for your last show” Vic informed.
“Aw, you guys are the best. Are you doing the road trip home or are you flying back?”
“As if we would miss a perfectly good road trip” Tony said as if Erica had just asked the most ridiculous question ever.
“That’s going to make it so much more fun” She squealed before downing another bottle of water, tonight’s show was pretty energetic. Erica didn’t need to shower though; she never really sweated that much on stage which was a blessing.
“Are you guys going to watch the rest of the show with us or do you just want to hang out?” Zeke asked.
“I want to check out the rest of the show, I’ve never seen The Story So Far before and I really like them so yeah” Jaime replied, everyone nodded in agreement and made their way back to the side of stage. Mike’s hands never left Erica the entire time; they really had missed each other.
“I want you to give a cheer if you enjoyed Anonymous, Is That Greek’s set tonight” Parker shouted into his microphone. “That’s what I like to here, those dudes have become very good friends of ours and if you haven’t got their album you need to make sure you get it as soon as possible.”
“Now, who here is excited for MAN OVERBOARD?” He screamed the band’s name and it caused the biggest cheer. “Hell yeah you are, those guys will be on soon, we have 2 more songs for you this is Mt. Diablo” The drums kicked in and Parker began to sing.
Their set was over pretty quick, they were on for 45 minutes but it went by so fast. Probably because they put so much energy into their performances, they’re so great to watch.
Man Overboard’s set started about 10 minutes later and everyone that was part of the tour was called out towards the end of it.
“I want every band and crew member to get their butts out here, right now.” Zac called, motioning for those that he could see to come onto the stage. They all obliged and the stage was engulfed with people; people that were soon given a shot of Jack Daniels
“Here’s to the best tour I have ever been a part of and to meeting some of the best motherfuckers out there” Zac raised his cup and the people on stage followed his direction, they all took their shots then posed for a few pictures.
“One final big ups to Erica for being the only female on tour and putting up with all of us for so long without having killed any of us. You’re like a little sister to us all, we love you girl” Nik said into the microphone and before she knew it, Eric was being lifted onto Parker’s shoulders and celebrated.
The final show of the tour was finished and the bands were outside meeting with fans. The party on Anonymous’ bus would be starting in half an hour, which gave everyone time to get ready.
When the band got back onto the party bus Zeke went straight to the Jack Daniels and poured everyone a drink, Chad went upstairs to change his jeans since the pair he put on in the dressing room somehow split and Erica went and sat between Tony and Mike.
Erica sent out a couple of tweets and uploaded a few pictures to instagram, she had already managed to get a copy of the group photos from the tour photographer, that guy works fast.
“I can’t believe this tour is over already” Erica sighed.
“That’s the worst part about touring, especially good tours, is it feels like they’re over too soon” Jaime replied.
“Yeah, I see why you guys love touring so much though; it has literally been the best time of my life.” She had that huge, passionate grin on her face that Mike loved to see, he couldn’t help himself so leaned in and kissed her “I love you’ he mumbled against her lips, Erica smiled and kissed him again before telling Mike that she loves him too.
Soon enough everyone from the other bands were on the ‘party bus’ and having a great time. They had all planned to party on the bus at the venue, till about 3am and then go on their separate journeys home. It was only 11:45pm so they had plenty of time to make the night one great stories are told about.
There were many toasts and many, many shots. Pictures were taken and pranks went underway. Erica and Mike barely left eachother’s side. Parker and Zac got so drunk that singing along to the simplest of songs was a task, it was filmed and nobody could stop laughing at them.
Jaime stripped at one point, Zeke had picked up some dude earlier on in the night and nobody realised until they were caught making out somewhere in the bus, games of FIFA were being played all night; tournament style. They had set up a small bonfire outside and at one point had smores, that’s like a tradition with this lot. There was a skateboard race – the first to go the pizza place and order a pizza and come back won a bottle of anything they wanted and didn’t have to share it with anyone.
By the time 3am came most people had drunk themselves sober, some people had passed out and needed to be carried to their buses but everyone was in an amazing mood; they were in a sad mood as well though, since this was the end of tour and everyone was going home. Some of them wouldn’t see each other for a while because of tour schedules but they had planned that whenever everyone was free next, they would all hang out. Erica knew that she Zac and Parker would be hanging out a lot no matter what. Those two had become best friends of hers, never taking the place of Jaime but best friends nonetheless. Erica was so glad that she met Zeke and Chad that day at work and right now she couldn’t wait to tour the world with them. Spread their music and make more friends like this. It really was the best first tour ever. Now for the road trip home.
“Hey Erica, do you think this is enough beer?” Zeke asked as he walked over to the counter with 3 packs of beer. They already had plenty of booze on their bus but since tonight was the final night of tour and they were hosting the end-of-tour-party they were stocking up on their supplies.
“Yeah, it’s mainly liquor we need. We have plenty of beer” The cashier added up the total and Erica paid for it. The pair carried all of their purchases back to the bus. Luckily the venue at which they were playing tonight was close to a strip of shops. There was a liquor store, pizza restaurant, grocery store and a dry cleaner. Each band took advantage of each of these shops, especially the dry cleaners. Boy did they need to wash some of their clothes.
Sound check had been done for everyone and the show would be starting in about an hour and a half. Erica was on the bus getting ready when she heard a familiar voice call up the stairs.
“Erica, are you up there?” Jess asked.
“I am, come on up, I need you to help zip me up anyway” She laughed. Jess made her way upstairs, she and Erica had planned her to come out and visit for the last day of tour and drive back with the band. Erica and the twins were going to go the long way home and make a big road trip of it, since their driver said he knew loads of cool places they asked him if they would show them, they’ll pay him for the extra time with them too. He agreed and Jess thought it was a cool idea so decided to come along.
“Hey” The girls said at the same time. Jess threw her bag onto Erica’s bed and proceeded to zip her denim bustier top up.
“You look fab girl” Jess complimented as she spun Erica around.
“Thank you sweetie, you look just as amazing” Erica replied and put a brush through her hair.
They made their way out of the bus and into the venue, meeting up with the rest of Erica’s band in the dressing room. Jess knew about Pierce the Veil’s surprise for Erica and she was excited to see her reaction when Jaime, instead of Zac, comes out on stage to sing. The twins and all the other bands were in on it too and the PTV boys had already arrived. They were currently sat on the Man Overboard bus awaiting Anonymous… to take the stage. They only had a little while to wait. The fans were just starting to make their way into the venue and Erica was eating some pizza, left over from lunch, when Zac came into her dressing room.
“The last show, how are you feeling? You look great by the way” He joined Erica and Jess on the couch; he shot Jess a knowing wink before Erica replied.
“I’m excited. I’m sad that it is the last show but I’m going to make it one to remember. Plus I wanted to dress up for the occasion. It’s probably the only time I’ve dressed even remotely girl the whole tour. I definitely prefer old jeans and one of Mike’s tops though.” Erica let out a small smile at the thought of being able to see Mike soon; she was also smiling at the fact that she had about 7 of Mike’s tops, 2 of his flannel shirts and 3 of his beanies. Most of the clothes she packed were Mike’s. She had also bought on tour her 100 Reasons book and little did she know that Mike had taken his with him to Canada as well.
Erica was soon finished with her pizza and the band was given their 2 minute warning. They did their ritual pep talk, like a football team, and made their way to side of stage. The PTV boys had been told and were waiting a little bit behind the band, out of view. The intro played and the trio ran out on stage, wasting no time in starting their first song.
They shot through their songs, everyone was singing along. Erica even gave a little speech about how much she and the twins appreciated being brought on this tour. She said how she was sad it was over but how the fans can expect to see them on tour a lot more, very soon.
It was time to play the song which Zac would sing with her; the drum beat kicked in, then the guitars then Erica began to sing. It got to the part at which Zac would usually come onto the stage and when Erica looked stage right she had the biggest grin on her face when Jaime walked onto the stage instead.
She sideway hugged him as the pair sang. When the song was over they hugged properly while swapping an ‘I love you’ and an ‘I’ve missed you’ before Erica looked over her best friend’s shoulder to see her boyfriend and his other band mates watching on.
“Jaime motherfucking Preciado ladies and gentlemen” She shouted into the microphone. They hugged once more.
Erica, Zeke and Chad finished off their set and said goodnight to the crowd, which caused a cheer to erupt. As soon as Erica put her guitar down she ran over to Mike and jumped on him, hugging him as tight as possible.
“ohmyfuckinggodI’vemissedyousomuch” She said in one breath. They parted and kissed once more before Mike reciprocated the ‘I’ve missed you so much’. They went to the dressing room where Erica greeted all of them properly before asking about this surprise.
“Wait, I thought you were supposed to be in the UK right now?” Erica was slightly confused.
“That mini tour got cancelled and when we found out, it was Jaime’s idea, we got in contact with the guys and planned a surprise for your last show” Vic informed.
“Aw, you guys are the best. Are you doing the road trip home or are you flying back?”
“As if we would miss a perfectly good road trip” Tony said as if Erica had just asked the most ridiculous question ever.
“That’s going to make it so much more fun” She squealed before downing another bottle of water, tonight’s show was pretty energetic. Erica didn’t need to shower though; she never really sweated that much on stage which was a blessing.
“Are you guys going to watch the rest of the show with us or do you just want to hang out?” Zeke asked.
“I want to check out the rest of the show, I’ve never seen The Story So Far before and I really like them so yeah” Jaime replied, everyone nodded in agreement and made their way back to the side of stage. Mike’s hands never left Erica the entire time; they really had missed each other.
“I want you to give a cheer if you enjoyed Anonymous, Is That Greek’s set tonight” Parker shouted into his microphone. “That’s what I like to here, those dudes have become very good friends of ours and if you haven’t got their album you need to make sure you get it as soon as possible.”
“Now, who here is excited for MAN OVERBOARD?” He screamed the band’s name and it caused the biggest cheer. “Hell yeah you are, those guys will be on soon, we have 2 more songs for you this is Mt. Diablo” The drums kicked in and Parker began to sing.
Their set was over pretty quick, they were on for 45 minutes but it went by so fast. Probably because they put so much energy into their performances, they’re so great to watch.
Man Overboard’s set started about 10 minutes later and everyone that was part of the tour was called out towards the end of it.
“I want every band and crew member to get their butts out here, right now.” Zac called, motioning for those that he could see to come onto the stage. They all obliged and the stage was engulfed with people; people that were soon given a shot of Jack Daniels
“Here’s to the best tour I have ever been a part of and to meeting some of the best motherfuckers out there” Zac raised his cup and the people on stage followed his direction, they all took their shots then posed for a few pictures.
“One final big ups to Erica for being the only female on tour and putting up with all of us for so long without having killed any of us. You’re like a little sister to us all, we love you girl” Nik said into the microphone and before she knew it, Eric was being lifted onto Parker’s shoulders and celebrated.
The final show of the tour was finished and the bands were outside meeting with fans. The party on Anonymous’ bus would be starting in half an hour, which gave everyone time to get ready.
When the band got back onto the party bus Zeke went straight to the Jack Daniels and poured everyone a drink, Chad went upstairs to change his jeans since the pair he put on in the dressing room somehow split and Erica went and sat between Tony and Mike.
Erica sent out a couple of tweets and uploaded a few pictures to instagram, she had already managed to get a copy of the group photos from the tour photographer, that guy works fast.
“I can’t believe this tour is over already” Erica sighed.
“That’s the worst part about touring, especially good tours, is it feels like they’re over too soon” Jaime replied.
“Yeah, I see why you guys love touring so much though; it has literally been the best time of my life.” She had that huge, passionate grin on her face that Mike loved to see, he couldn’t help himself so leaned in and kissed her “I love you’ he mumbled against her lips, Erica smiled and kissed him again before telling Mike that she loves him too.
Soon enough everyone from the other bands were on the ‘party bus’ and having a great time. They had all planned to party on the bus at the venue, till about 3am and then go on their separate journeys home. It was only 11:45pm so they had plenty of time to make the night one great stories are told about.
There were many toasts and many, many shots. Pictures were taken and pranks went underway. Erica and Mike barely left eachother’s side. Parker and Zac got so drunk that singing along to the simplest of songs was a task, it was filmed and nobody could stop laughing at them.
Jaime stripped at one point, Zeke had picked up some dude earlier on in the night and nobody realised until they were caught making out somewhere in the bus, games of FIFA were being played all night; tournament style. They had set up a small bonfire outside and at one point had smores, that’s like a tradition with this lot. There was a skateboard race – the first to go the pizza place and order a pizza and come back won a bottle of anything they wanted and didn’t have to share it with anyone.
By the time 3am came most people had drunk themselves sober, some people had passed out and needed to be carried to their buses but everyone was in an amazing mood; they were in a sad mood as well though, since this was the end of tour and everyone was going home. Some of them wouldn’t see each other for a while because of tour schedules but they had planned that whenever everyone was free next, they would all hang out. Erica knew that she Zac and Parker would be hanging out a lot no matter what. Those two had become best friends of hers, never taking the place of Jaime but best friends nonetheless. Erica was so glad that she met Zeke and Chad that day at work and right now she couldn’t wait to tour the world with them. Spread their music and make more friends like this. It really was the best first tour ever. Now for the road trip home.
Notes
Sorry it's taken me so long to update, I haven't been all that well. Plus I was working on my other story. This one is coming to an end soon and there may be a few more time jumps just because, as you all ready know, I am terrible at fillers. This chapter also isn't as long as I wanted it to be but I didn't know what else to add to it.Don't worry though because I already have my other story that I'm doing plus an idea for a newer one.
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8/13/13