Chapter 9

***In The Boys Bus***

"Get Up Nick! Or Do I have to drag your butt outta bed??" Brian said getting frustrated with his friend.

"Urhhh...Leave me alone!" Nick grumbled while tossing a pillow in Brian's direction.

"We're at a rest stop. That means you will be able to talk to Nikki! So get your lazy butt out of bed…" Brian paused and added "Or should I tell Nikki you don't really want to see her?" with a evil grin on his face.

"NO!" Nick shouted as he sat up and bumped his head on his bunk as he did. "Urgg" he mumbled as he got down from his bed. He had the top bunk.

***Later Outside The Bus***

Nick walked off the bus and spotted Nikki. She was wearing a pair of dark denim flares and a black shirt with a red dragon on it. "Hey Nikki!" Nick said walking up to her and wrapping his arms around her waist.

"Hey Nick, what's up?" she said laying her head on his chest and wrapping her arms around his neck. He smiled; he liked holding her close like this. Suddenly he started thinking 'Maybe the girls could ride on the bus with us! Then we can spend the day together.' While she thought 'Nick is so cute!' she pulled away from Nick to see what he was doing. He was wearing some dark denim baggy jeans and an orange football jersey. He wasn't doing anything other then thinking though. She rested her head on his chest again.

"Nikki I was just wondering since we have a long boring bus ride ahead of us do you think you might want to ride on the bus with us?" Nick asked while hoping she would. That'd give him a couple hours to just talk with her.

Nikki looked up at him and smiled. "Sure, I'd love to." She said happy that she was going to be with him all day. "But Can I ask you a favor?"

"Sure, Anything!" Nick said meaning every word he said.

"Can we go inside the bus or something?? I am freezing!"

He looked down at her and saw she was just wearing a tank top with thin straps. "Sure come on…I don't want you to get sick!"

***On The Boys Bus***

"So Nina I was thinking maybe you might want to ride on our bus with me. I mean so we can spend some time together. You could bring Nikki or Natalie or Kelly…I am positive Andrea is coming with us. A.J. wouldn't have it any other way." Brian said trying to convince Nina to ride with them. But she didn't really need to be convinced to spend extra time with him. If not for the fact that she wanted to make sure he really wanted her to go on the bus with him, she would have said yes right away.

"I'd love to." Nina said standing up and walking over to where Brian was sitting on the couch and sat next to him. Automatically he wrapped his arm around her. Suddenly the door to the bus swung open and Nikki and Nick walked in.

"Hey Rok, Hey Nina." Nick said as he sat in one of the chairs.

"Hey Bri, Hey Nina." Nikki said as she sat on Nick's lap.

"Hey! Sup Nick? Where's Kev?" Brian said thinking Kev and Howie should be coming any minute with Natalie and Jessica.

"I think he went with Natalie, Jessica and Howie for a walk around here while they can."

"Oh ok cool. Is Nikki coming on the bus with us? Nina and Jessica and Andrea and Natalie all are. I hear Jessica's Twin brother might be coming on tour with us too." Brian said wondering how many people were going to be on the bus.

"Yep Nikki is coming on our bus. You don't think I am gonna sit here the whole ride with her in the other bus and watch all of you flirt with your girlfriends! No Way Frick!" Nick joked with a smile.

***Later In The Bus***

"So Jesse how old are you?" Howie asked. A rather stupid question if he'd thought about it.

"I'm 23, Same age as Jessica. Since we are twins and all." He answered making Howie sound really dumb. Of course he didn't mean to though.

"Oh yeah I forgot you two were twins." Howie said blushing a little.

"So what's it like in the Marines?" Brian asked curiously.

"It's fun I guess. The early wake ups and the shots suck." He said wincing at the thought of the shots he had gotten before going to certain places.

"Shots aren't that bad! Just a little needle." Howie said trying to sound tough.

"Try getting one with an air gun. Then you won't be saying shots aren't so bad." Jesse said trying to make his point.

"Ok Personally I don't want to hear about Air Gun shots or anything else like that. I've heard it all already." Andrea said standing up and leaving A.J. sitting in his chair alone. "Nikki, Nina, Natalie, Jessica you girls want to go up to the front of the bus and talk?"

"Sure I don't really wanna hear about this stuff either." Nina replied quickly. Followed by Natalie, Jessica and Nikki's agreement.

"Oh ok we'll stop talking about that stuff!" A.J. said in a pleading voice.

"Alex it's cool. We're just going to the front of the bus."

"Andi why can't you stay with me?" A.J. Pouted. But Andrea ignored him and she and the other girls walked up to the front of the bus.

"So, Nikki looks like you and Nick are getting along pretty well." Nina said while sitting down in one of the chairs.

Nikki smiled and said, "Yeah, he is sweet. But look at you and Brian! You two sure hit it off!"

***The Back Of The Bus***

A.J. is sitting in his chair looking at the passage that Andrea had left through hoping she'd be come back soon, While the other guys sat and talked.

"Hey A.J. something wrong? You seem a little dazed." Brian said looking over at A.J. who seemed to have not heard him at all. "A.J.??"

"What, What huh?" A.J. mumbled suddenly hearing Brian's voice.

"Nevermind." Brian said rolling his eyes.

***In The Of The Bus***

"Wait a minute where is Kelly?" Andrea said suddenly reliazing she wasn't on the bus with them.

"I don't know." Nina said a little concerned; She didn't want anyone to have to be alone. Not even Kelly. Everyone just shrugged. "I'll go ask Bri." Nina said hoping to maybe find out where she was. She walked to the back of the bus and turned and walked to Brian. "Bri, do you know where Kelly is?"

"No, I think she is in the other bus. Why?" Brian said a little confused.

"You guys let her stay in that bus all by herself?" Nina asked a little annoyed that they would do that to anyone!

"Umm...The band is on the bus with her...and the opening act." he answered and added "If you want she could come on this bus at the next rest stop…which should be any minute." Trying to make up for not inviting her in the first place.

"Ok." She said still a little annoyed.

"I am sorry Ninnie." Brian said hoping she wasn't too mad at him. She couldn't stay mad at him!

"It's k." she said leaning down and kissing his cheek. Suddenly she heard a voice behind her but didn't recognize it at first.

"Nina, Did you say Kelly was going to be on the bus with us?" Jesse repeated. He kind of like Kelly she seemed to be the kind of girl who knew what she wanted and knew exactly how to get it.

"Yeah, she'll be getting on at the next rest stop if she wants to." She answered then turned and went back to the front of the bus.

"Hey Nina, Where did Brian say Kelly was?" Nikki asked not really caring.

"On the other bus."

"Oh" Nikki said trying to sound disappointed even if she wasn't at all. She just didn't want to make Nina feel bad…she didn't like the idea of anyone being alone or isolated.

"Don't worry...she is getting on at the next rest stop." She replied and felt a little better.

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