Disenchanted Lullabye

I woke up on a completely different bus than the ATL one. I could feel someone's arm draped over my torso and from the feel of it, my pants were off. I instantly started to panic since I couldn't remember what had happened last night.

I was weary to turn my head to see who was holding me but I had to. I turned my head slowly and was surprised to see James Cassells behind me. I was thinking Oli but this still isn't good.

The sad part is, I told Jaime just before I had left the bus that I wouldn't get obliterated... and I did. I started to feel guilty and started to fidget around and I felt him jolt a bit and I froze. I could feel his hand lift off of me and him turn onto his back.

"Miranda, what are you doing in my bunk?" He said groggily. I slowly rolled over to face him, embarrassment written all over my face.

"I was gonna ask you why I was here." I said timidly and his eyes widened a bit. He started looking around nervously.

"I don't remember bringing you back or... doing anything." He said and sighed out of slight relief. If I don't remember anything and he doesn't then that means it most likely didn't happen... right?

"Well, do you know where my pants are?" I said after a few silent awkward seconds. He looked around and picked up my pants that were buried at the end of the bunk.

I slipped them on when he handed them to me and sat there for a second.

"I should probably go." I said and he chuckled. I looked at him puzzled as to why he was laughing and he pulled the curtain to the window and I could see that we were moving quite fast down a highway.

"I guess I'll get coffee then, where is it?" I said with a slightly defeated sigh.

"I might as well get up with you." He said and pulled some sweats out of thin air and I rolled out of the bunk.

I followed him and watched as he made us coffee and he suggested we should go to the back so we wouldn't wake the others but when we opened the back lounge, Denis was already up.

"Hey mate, what're you doing up this early." James asked and Danis chuckled.

"I'm always up early, I should be asking you that." He said in his Ukrainian accent, you could tell he didn't speak english well but he had gotten the hang of it thus far.

"She woke me up." He said, pointing to me and chuckling. I rolled my eyes.

"You're Miranda, right?" He asked and I nodded. "What are you doing on this bus?" He asked with a peak to his brow and I knew he had somehow inherited Ben's ways.

"I honestly can't say. All I remember is playing beer pong. Don't turn into Ben, plese. I get enough torment from him. Like I said, don't let them corrupt you too much." I said with a chuckle and sat down to enjoy the rest of the morning.

"Ahh, he's not so bad." He said and I just looked over at James you was surpressing a giggle. Denis looked between the two of us. "What?" He said again.

"How long has he been around you guys?" I asked James and he held up a few fingers.

"Ben and I have a... unique dynamic. Big brother, little sister typw but more like step siblings. You'll learn soon." I said with a chuckle and he looked to James who nodded in agreement.


We stayed quietly chatting and I got to know a bit more about the new guy, he seemed like a sweetheart and was very polite.

Soon we rolled to a stop, a rest stop to be exact. The others were starting to gradually wake up.

"Close your eyes!" James yelled as someone rolled out of their bunk. I quickly covered my eyes and heard it.

"Miranda! What're you doing here?" I chuckled. He must sleep naked as a lot of people apparently do on tour.

"Not sure honestly." I said with my eyes still covered.

"Okay, you're good now." James said and I uncovered my eyes to see Ben right in front of me.

"You don't know why you're here? Oh come on now, love. Who'd you fuck?" He asked and I turned beet red.

"Nobody as far as I know." I said and he looked at me skeptically then glanced between Denis, James and I.

"Well, it could only be James. You don't know this guy well enough." He said and it was James' turn to turn red.

"We didn't do anything. She probably just got on the wrong bus." He said with a bit of a stutter.

"Damn, how drunk you get?" Ben asked clearly bemused.

"Clearly too much." I said a little disappointed in myself. I could hear the other two waling out, groaning that they had been woken up.

"Do you know how she got here?" Ben asked the sleep-filled pair.

"Yeah, I brought her back because she was just out of her mind." Cameron said and I breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"How'd she get in my bunk then?!" James said a bit louder than the rest of us would have liked.

"She must've made her way to it, I had put her in the lounge." Cam said and then it all made sense. I glanced over the lounge area and there was my camera and my phone. I glanced over at James and we both just looked relieved.

I felt the bus jolt roward. On the move again...


I listened as the guys talked about random things that had to do with the tour and their schedule for the day. I should be hearing this stuff from ATL not these guys. I'm gonna be so off today.

Until we stopped, I couldn't shake that slightly guilty feeling, like I did something wrong.

I'm sure Jaime has texted and called a hundred times by now, wondering what I'm up to. I can't believe I got out of control last night. I told him I wouldn't, I told him I would go to bed early and specifically not hang around AA so much. I messed up a bit and it made me feel like shit.


I broke a promise.

Notes

Fairly short chapter, I know, I'm sorry. I've been at a block for both of my stories, I just haven't know what to write. Morale is lacking with the new year.

Hopefully, I return with some juicy substantial update soon!

Hope everyone is well and everyone here on the East Coast is safe and sound with this massive blizzard!

Love you all! <3
~ Becca