My hand reached out and I pushed the curtain that separated me from the rest of the bus out of my way. I heard laughs and voices coming from the back lounge but I headed to the front where the small kitchen was located. I found an On-The-Go cup on the small counter with a sticky note attached to it that read Morning Ni! We all went out to grab a few things and I brought you back some tea before we went out to walmart. Don't go into the back lounge if you can avoid it, Mike is back there with his new girlfriend. I crumpled up the note and threw it into the trash, smiling at Tony getting me tea. I could tell it was him by the handwriting. I hopped up onto the counter and sipped my tea just as the boys walked onto the bus.

"Well good morning sleepyhead!" Jaime grinned and ruffled my hair. I frowned at him, knowing my hair already looked like a birds nest.

"Thanks for the tea Tone" I smiled weakly as he placed some shopping bags on the counter beside me.

"Sure thing. Two sugars and some honey" he smiled at me before walking towards his bunk to do something. I hopped down from the counter and placed my tea on the small table in the kitchen before following him.

"Tone?" I called out quietly.

"Yeah Ni?" His head poked out from behind the curtain of his bunk as he answered.

I bit my lip and contemplated what I was about to do. It was either going to make the rest of the tour really easy, or extremely difficult. Potentially both. I shook off the bad thoughts and placed a foot on my own bunk, pulling myself up into Tony's. I laid down next to him and rested my head on his chest, his arms going around me almost immediately. I let out a sigh of relief when he began trailing his fingers up and down my arm.

"I missed you Tony" I whispered.

"I missed you to Nia" he shimmied down so our faces were even and pressed his lips against mine softly.

"How's Stephanie?" I asked, completely aware that I could ruin this wonderful moment.

"I wouldn't know. She hasnt answered me for days."

I knew exactly what she was doing. She always did it with the guys she talked to. She would act all lovey
dovey with them and when she met someone else that she thought was better, she would just drop them.

"Oh" I said nervously.

"You know why, don't you?" He said sadly. I reached my legs out of the bunk to try and run from this situation. I always ended up in this position with people. Pushed in the middle. "No, please don't leave, just tell me. I'm over her"

"If you were over her it wouldn't matter" I said turning away from him.

"Nini please, I deserve to know" He pleaded softly. He was right. He did deserve to know.

"She always does this Tone. She treats people like gold then when she gets tired of then she bails. Then all of a sudden she pops up again out of no where"

He stayed quiet for a few minutes.

"Ni?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm so sorry. You didn't deserve any of what I said to you that day. I have so much shit to make up for"

"Will you stop apologizing?" I turned back to face him again "Like if I hear the words I'm sorry pass your lips again I'll staple them shut" he went quiet again. "I'm glad i'm gonna be on tour with you all summer"

"I just can't wait to show you off to all my friends. And you're gonna have two new ginger buddies" he grinned.

"What? Who?" I giggled. He always teased me about my hair.

"Alan Ashby and Matty Mullins" I made an o with my mouth "What?"

I swung my legs out of the bunk and slammed down onto the ground, killing my ankle. I walked up to the front of the bus to find Jaime sitting at the small table in the kitchen.

"Don't you think it would have been a good idea to maybe, I don't know, tell me we were on tour with Of Mice & Men" I rolled my eyes and heard Tony's footsteps behind me.

"What's the big deal?" Tony questioned wrapping his arms around my waist and resting his head on my shoulder.

"You're not very observant are you" Jaime laughed and motioned to the tattoo on my thigh. I sat down on the small couch across from the table and smiled as Tony traced over the words and scars.

"So you like their music?" Tony said

"Like is an understatement" Jaime laughed. Just then there was a knock at the door. "Yeah come in!"

I heard footsteps as the person climbed the stairs to the bus. Standing in front of me was the tall, tattooed man that I'd only ever seen in the posters on my bedroom walls. How is it that Austin Carlile decided to pay these boys a visit during this conversation.

"Hey man! We were just talking about you!" Jaime shouted hugging Austin and shooting a look over at me.

"Callas gilipollas o I a rasgar sus bolas y alimentarlos a usted" I growled at him.

"What?" He laughed. His smile almost made me melt.

"She said 'shut up asshole or I'll tear your balls off and feed them to you'. She may or may not be a big fan of yours" Jaime pointed at my leg.

Austin's eyes traveled to my thigh, a smile creeping onto his lips. His stares didn't stop there though, his eyes worked their way up my thigh, to my chest, and finally up to my face. They burned into my own eyes and I turned to face Tony so I didn't have to keep eye contact while my cheeks flared.
"I'm going to take a shower" I stood up, leaned over to Tony to press my lips to his, and ran off towards the back.

I collected all the things I needed for my shower and ran into the bathroom, locking the door behind me. When I finished my shower, I put my hair into a fishtail braid and got dressed in the outfit I had picked out earlier. When I came out of the bathroom, Austin, Jaime, Tony, Vic, Mike and a girl were all sitting in the back lounge watching tv.

"Finally!" Mike said throwing his hands up into the air. "Antonia, this is my girlfriend Vicky. Vicky, this is Antonia, the girl I told you about."

"Hi! It's so great to meet you" She grinned at me and extended her hand.

"It's great to meet you too!" I smiled back at her. "I thought I'd never see the day that Michael Christopher Fuentes convinced some poor innocent girl to stick by his side"

"Innocent!" Vic laughed. "She's just as bad as he is!"

"Don't be rude Victor!" She laughed. Her amber eyes smiled as she did. I watched her as they all spoke. I noticed how every time she moved, her long reddish brown hair flowed freely over her shoulders. She had tattoos covering her arms, chest, and thighs. Those were only the ones I could see. I was sure she had more.

"How'd you guys meet?" I asked them as I reached for a bowl in one of the cabinets for my cocoa puffs.

"We went to high school together" She answered sheepishly.

"Oh don't act like that was it!" Vic laughed. "They were best friends in high school, did everything together-"

"Viiiic shut up" She laughed pushing his shoulder lightly.

"Well, I hate to ruin this conversation, but merch bitch, you gotta set up" Jaime said pushing me down the steps.

"I didn't get to eat yet!" I screamed holding onto the edge of the door.

"I'll bring you a bagel baby!" Tony screamed to me. I let go of the door and walked to the merch tent with Jaime.

"I hate you" I frowned at him while he helped me set up all the t shirts, bracelets, poster,s and other Pierce the Veil stuff we would be selling.

"Oh but you don't" He said picking me up and spinning me around in circles.

"Jaime Preciado put me down!" I screamed.

"Fine fine, you're so dramatic" He said placing me on my feet.

Two hours later I had my hair up in a bun and I was rushing around the tent like a lunatic. I didn't realize how hard selling t shirts could be. There was no organized line or anything to keep some sort of order, people just mobbed around the tent. The attitudes were mixed, some people would be really sweet and thank me for just handing them shirts and posters, while others would be extremely rude, asking which one of the guys I had to fuck to get the job. None of it bothered me though, I usually got the looks from some of the fans that saw us while we were out.

"Ni!" I heard Tony call out to me.

"Tone? Where are you!" I shouted. I watched as he pushed through the crowd and ran behind the table with a Dunkin Donuts bag in his hand.

"Oh thank god! I'm starving" I groaned and shoved my hand into the bag, pulling out a bagel with egg and cheese on it.

"You're welcome beautiful" He smiled and pressed his lips against mine as I chewed.

"Gross" I said through a mouthful of food.

"I am not gross!" He defended as I handed a girl a shirt and took the money from her hand.

"Gross that you kissed me while I was chewing" I laughed after I swallowed my food.

"I'd kiss you if you were puking" Tony wrapped his arms around my waist while I sold another shirt and a bracelet.

"I'd kiss you even if you were deeeeeeeead" I sang laughing.

"Nevermind I hate you" He said and turned to walk away.

"Tonyyyy" I whined and grabbed his hand. He pulled me towards him and danced me around the tent.
"Tony I have to work!"

"No no no come get real food with me" He mumbled into my neck.

"Are you guys together?" A voice came from in front of the table.

"No" I said

"Yes"

"Tony!" I turned to face him.

"Yes, we are" He smiled at the girl.

"She's gorgeous Tony" The girl gushed at him.

"She really is" He smiled. "Hey Devon!" He screamed one of the guys in the tent next to ours.

"What's up Tony?" He said after jogging over to us.

"Can you work our tent for a while? I'm gonna take Nia to get something to eat really quick"

"Tony no I'm fine I'll just eat the bagel" I shook my head and turned to help another group of kids.

"Yeah no problem" Devon answered and went to take care of the group of girls I had just walked away from.

"Tony you're dumb" I said.

He laced his fingers with mine while we walked down a main road in the town we were in. We passed a little clothes shop, a jewelery shop, and a coffee shop.

"Coffee or pizza" He asked.

"Pizza. I want spaghetti" I smiled and pulled him across the street by his hand.