We Celebrate the way the night hides scars
is this really happening?
After I knocked, everything sunk in. I seriously just knocked. SHIT! I can’t take it back! Lost in my own thoughts I didn’t realize that someone had answered the door.
“Can I help you?” he said for the second time.
“Holy shit.” I stared at him with wide eyes
“No, it’s not holy shit. It’s mike.” He smiled and stepped down from the bus. I knew he was a tall guy, but damn! I expected him to shrink at least a little bit when he stepped down, but he didn’t, he grew. I mean he was way taller than me, and I’m the average height of a male. (5’9” or 5’10” give or take an inch.) I stared at him, speechless and lost in thought.
“Are you ok?” he put his hand on my arm, causing me to shutter a little. Still smiling his adorable smile, I blinked and snapped out of my thoughts.
“Huh? Oh yeah, I’m Emily.”
“Well hi Emily, what can I help you with?”
“Um, I’m lost. I was just wondering…” I went off and told him the entire story I told my mom. When I finished he stood there smiling. “Yeah, um. My phone is on the bus, I’ll run get it.” He ran back onto the bus.
I was calm on the outside, but on the inside…. I was freaking out! He came back with his phone, “here ya go.” He smiled and bounced on the balls of his feet handing me the phone. I thanked him and called my mom, repeating the entire story again, before we hung up I looked at mike that was standing there playing with his thumbs, “uh mike. Where are we?”
He told me the address and I repeated it to my mom. Still on the phone I said, “So you’ll be here in about 45 minutes?”
My mom sighed, “you’re lucky I love you little girl.”
“I know” I beamed
“I’ll just go hangout at grandma’s for a little bit.”
“Ok, mommy. I’ll be here.” I hung up the phone and gave it to mike.
“Thanks.” I said shyly
He took it and smiled,” so she’s not gonna be here for 45 minutes?”
“Yeah, I can just wait out here.” I smiled
He stood there for a minute looking at the bus and back at me. “Nah, you can hang out on the bus until she gets here.” He said smiling
“Are you sure? I wouldn’t want to impose.”
“Egh, it’s no problem. Vic can get over it.” He grabbed my hand and led me onto the bus. When we got inside I had to put my other hand over my mouth to keep from laughing. I looked around to see Jaime passed out on the couch clutching an empty Jack Daniels bottle, Vic standing there whining about something, and tony passed out hanging halfway out of his bunk. The other girl and guy I saw were gone. They must have left in the cab.
Vic looked over at mike and I; and looked down at our hands. When I looked down I realized that he was still holding my hand. Mike didn’t seem to notice, I quickly took my hand away, and Vic was just staring at us.
“Ooohhhh, Mikey’s got a girlfriend!” Vic cooed at us, I immediately turned bright red.
“Shut up! I was just trying to be nice!” mike yelled at the very drunk Vic,” Look, now you embarrassed her!” I just looked to the ground, kicking imaginary pebbles. Vic laughed and stuck his tongue out like a toddler. Mike smiled and reached for my hand again but I had it in my pocket so all he caught was air. He looked down and frowned, “that’s not fair.” He pouted
I just looked at him and laughed. “Stop acting like a little kid.” I joked feeling like I’ve already known them forever. I knew from then on, today was gonna be an amazing day.
Mike went over and shoved Jaime off the couch so we could sit down, I just laughed and stepped over Jaime. He didn’t even stir, yeah he was completely gone. We sat on the couch and put in my favorite movie of all time, house of wax. It was a horror movie, which made him laugh. He looked at me “So why is this your favorite movie exactly?”
“Because Paris Hilton dies.” I said bluntly not taking my eyes off the screen
He laughed, before he could say anything his phone went off. “Hello? Yeah, she’s here. One sec.” he handed the phone to me. I must have had a funny look on my face when I grabbed it, because he laughed at me.
“Hello?” it was my mom
“Emily, something came up, I can’t come and get you. I don’t know what we’re going to do.”
I just sat there in silence for a minute. “Shit.”
Mike looked at me with concern in his eyes, “what?”
“Something came up, my mom can’t come and pick me up. And I don’t have money for a cab or anything.”
I was still on the phone with my mom; she was waiting for me to answer. Mike sat and thought for a minute. “What if you came to Reno with us and we’ll pay for you to fly back after the show?”
I gave him a shocked look for a second before repeating the offer to my mom.
“Emily, you are so lucky right now, I guess you can because we really have no other choice.”
“Thanks sooooo much mommy! I freaking love you!” right before I hung up I heard my mom say something but I didn’t catch it. “What?” I put the phone back up to my ear.
“I said, I love you so much and please be careful. Don’t do anything stupid.”
“I won’t mom, I’m 17 not 7. I promise.”
“Ok, bye Hun. Check in tomorrow!” “Ok bye!” I hung up and gave him his phone
“So she said yes?” he wiggled his eyebrows, which made me laugh
“Yeah, but what am I gonna do about clothes?”
“Oh yeah, uuuummmm….” He sat there in thought for a couple of minutes. “Before the show tomorrow, we can buy some.” He said smiling
“Are you sure?”
“Oh yeah!” he laughed, “in the meantime, you can wear these.” He got up and ran to the bunks disappearing.
I looked at the floor and got lost in thought. Was this actually happening? Am I dreaming? What are the chances? I had all sorts of questions flooding my mind, I didn’t even notice that mike had returned.
“Emily… Emily… EMILY!”
I snapped out of my thoughts, he had a pair of sweats and an old Van Halen shirt, and he handed them to me. “The bathroom’s in the back, past the bunks.” He smiled and pointed.
“Thanks.” I smiled and walked to the bathroom. As I put the shirt on I realized that he cut the sleeves off and both sides were cut out all the way down except for a couple inches. I laughed and put my neon green tank top back on and slid the shirt over it. I folded my clothes and left the bathroom. I was walking over to mike, he was in his pajamas staring at the paused screen waiting for me. “Umm… where do I put my clothes?”
He looked at me for a second, “we can put them over here.” He grabbed my clothes from me and slid them under his bunk. “Thanks.” I kind of laughed
“You’re welcome my dear.” He bowed and we both started laughing and sat back on the couch. Before he pressed play, he turned to look at me. “So you’re really only 17?”
“Yeah, I know I look older than I am.”
He laughed and turned towards the tv, “no, you’re just so immature I thought you were younger.” He smiled at me for a second. And pushed play. I gasped. “I am SO not immature!” I was pouting.
“Yepp, totally not immature.” He noticed me glaring at him “don’t have that look on your face, it’ll get stuck like that.” I immediately changed it. We continued watching the movie.
“Ooohhhh! I love this part!” I jumped in my seat. It was the part where Paris Hilton was being chased through the old abandoned warehouse/sugar mill by the murderer. Mike laughed and looked at me, “look at you getting so excited about someone being killed. You’re like a little kid at Disney land. I flipped my hair and batted my eyes. “I know, I try.”
By the end of the movie I was falling asleep on mikes shoulder, I felt him move so I sat up and rubbed my eyes. “You can have my bunk, I’ll crash on the couch. Unless you don’t mind sharing.” He winked at me, “yeah, no. you’re still kind of a creepy stranger, even though I know just about everything there is to know about you. Not to be awkward or anything, I’m just half asleep.” I looked at him and gave him a sleepy grin.
“Ok, little girl, it’s past your bedtime.” He scooped me up off of the couch and carried me to his bunk, I started falling asleep as he was closing the curtain. Once the curtain was shut, I was out.
“Can I help you?” he said for the second time.
“Holy shit.” I stared at him with wide eyes
“No, it’s not holy shit. It’s mike.” He smiled and stepped down from the bus. I knew he was a tall guy, but damn! I expected him to shrink at least a little bit when he stepped down, but he didn’t, he grew. I mean he was way taller than me, and I’m the average height of a male. (5’9” or 5’10” give or take an inch.) I stared at him, speechless and lost in thought.
“Are you ok?” he put his hand on my arm, causing me to shutter a little. Still smiling his adorable smile, I blinked and snapped out of my thoughts.
“Huh? Oh yeah, I’m Emily.”
“Well hi Emily, what can I help you with?”
“Um, I’m lost. I was just wondering…” I went off and told him the entire story I told my mom. When I finished he stood there smiling. “Yeah, um. My phone is on the bus, I’ll run get it.” He ran back onto the bus.
I was calm on the outside, but on the inside…. I was freaking out! He came back with his phone, “here ya go.” He smiled and bounced on the balls of his feet handing me the phone. I thanked him and called my mom, repeating the entire story again, before we hung up I looked at mike that was standing there playing with his thumbs, “uh mike. Where are we?”
He told me the address and I repeated it to my mom. Still on the phone I said, “So you’ll be here in about 45 minutes?”
My mom sighed, “you’re lucky I love you little girl.”
“I know” I beamed
“I’ll just go hangout at grandma’s for a little bit.”
“Ok, mommy. I’ll be here.” I hung up the phone and gave it to mike.
“Thanks.” I said shyly
He took it and smiled,” so she’s not gonna be here for 45 minutes?”
“Yeah, I can just wait out here.” I smiled
He stood there for a minute looking at the bus and back at me. “Nah, you can hang out on the bus until she gets here.” He said smiling
“Are you sure? I wouldn’t want to impose.”
“Egh, it’s no problem. Vic can get over it.” He grabbed my hand and led me onto the bus. When we got inside I had to put my other hand over my mouth to keep from laughing. I looked around to see Jaime passed out on the couch clutching an empty Jack Daniels bottle, Vic standing there whining about something, and tony passed out hanging halfway out of his bunk. The other girl and guy I saw were gone. They must have left in the cab.
Vic looked over at mike and I; and looked down at our hands. When I looked down I realized that he was still holding my hand. Mike didn’t seem to notice, I quickly took my hand away, and Vic was just staring at us.
“Ooohhhh, Mikey’s got a girlfriend!” Vic cooed at us, I immediately turned bright red.
“Shut up! I was just trying to be nice!” mike yelled at the very drunk Vic,” Look, now you embarrassed her!” I just looked to the ground, kicking imaginary pebbles. Vic laughed and stuck his tongue out like a toddler. Mike smiled and reached for my hand again but I had it in my pocket so all he caught was air. He looked down and frowned, “that’s not fair.” He pouted
I just looked at him and laughed. “Stop acting like a little kid.” I joked feeling like I’ve already known them forever. I knew from then on, today was gonna be an amazing day.
Mike went over and shoved Jaime off the couch so we could sit down, I just laughed and stepped over Jaime. He didn’t even stir, yeah he was completely gone. We sat on the couch and put in my favorite movie of all time, house of wax. It was a horror movie, which made him laugh. He looked at me “So why is this your favorite movie exactly?”
“Because Paris Hilton dies.” I said bluntly not taking my eyes off the screen
He laughed, before he could say anything his phone went off. “Hello? Yeah, she’s here. One sec.” he handed the phone to me. I must have had a funny look on my face when I grabbed it, because he laughed at me.
“Hello?” it was my mom
“Emily, something came up, I can’t come and get you. I don’t know what we’re going to do.”
I just sat there in silence for a minute. “Shit.”
Mike looked at me with concern in his eyes, “what?”
“Something came up, my mom can’t come and pick me up. And I don’t have money for a cab or anything.”
I was still on the phone with my mom; she was waiting for me to answer. Mike sat and thought for a minute. “What if you came to Reno with us and we’ll pay for you to fly back after the show?”
I gave him a shocked look for a second before repeating the offer to my mom.
“Emily, you are so lucky right now, I guess you can because we really have no other choice.”
“Thanks sooooo much mommy! I freaking love you!” right before I hung up I heard my mom say something but I didn’t catch it. “What?” I put the phone back up to my ear.
“I said, I love you so much and please be careful. Don’t do anything stupid.”
“I won’t mom, I’m 17 not 7. I promise.”
“Ok, bye Hun. Check in tomorrow!” “Ok bye!” I hung up and gave him his phone
“So she said yes?” he wiggled his eyebrows, which made me laugh
“Yeah, but what am I gonna do about clothes?”
“Oh yeah, uuuummmm….” He sat there in thought for a couple of minutes. “Before the show tomorrow, we can buy some.” He said smiling
“Are you sure?”
“Oh yeah!” he laughed, “in the meantime, you can wear these.” He got up and ran to the bunks disappearing.
I looked at the floor and got lost in thought. Was this actually happening? Am I dreaming? What are the chances? I had all sorts of questions flooding my mind, I didn’t even notice that mike had returned.
“Emily… Emily… EMILY!”
I snapped out of my thoughts, he had a pair of sweats and an old Van Halen shirt, and he handed them to me. “The bathroom’s in the back, past the bunks.” He smiled and pointed.
“Thanks.” I smiled and walked to the bathroom. As I put the shirt on I realized that he cut the sleeves off and both sides were cut out all the way down except for a couple inches. I laughed and put my neon green tank top back on and slid the shirt over it. I folded my clothes and left the bathroom. I was walking over to mike, he was in his pajamas staring at the paused screen waiting for me. “Umm… where do I put my clothes?”
He looked at me for a second, “we can put them over here.” He grabbed my clothes from me and slid them under his bunk. “Thanks.” I kind of laughed
“You’re welcome my dear.” He bowed and we both started laughing and sat back on the couch. Before he pressed play, he turned to look at me. “So you’re really only 17?”
“Yeah, I know I look older than I am.”
He laughed and turned towards the tv, “no, you’re just so immature I thought you were younger.” He smiled at me for a second. And pushed play. I gasped. “I am SO not immature!” I was pouting.
“Yepp, totally not immature.” He noticed me glaring at him “don’t have that look on your face, it’ll get stuck like that.” I immediately changed it. We continued watching the movie.
“Ooohhhh! I love this part!” I jumped in my seat. It was the part where Paris Hilton was being chased through the old abandoned warehouse/sugar mill by the murderer. Mike laughed and looked at me, “look at you getting so excited about someone being killed. You’re like a little kid at Disney land. I flipped my hair and batted my eyes. “I know, I try.”
By the end of the movie I was falling asleep on mikes shoulder, I felt him move so I sat up and rubbed my eyes. “You can have my bunk, I’ll crash on the couch. Unless you don’t mind sharing.” He winked at me, “yeah, no. you’re still kind of a creepy stranger, even though I know just about everything there is to know about you. Not to be awkward or anything, I’m just half asleep.” I looked at him and gave him a sleepy grin.
“Ok, little girl, it’s past your bedtime.” He scooped me up off of the couch and carried me to his bunk, I started falling asleep as he was closing the curtain. Once the curtain was shut, I was out.
Notes
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