A weekend to remember - Chapter 2
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Friday, February 18, 2000.
'Twas the Friday before President's Day weekend and all through the tour bus... No that's not right....
A bump in the road woke Brian up. He sighed, knowing it would take him a while to get back to sleep. Carefully he disentangled himself from his fiancée.
His fiancée. God, that was an amazing thought. Even though it had been more than a month since he had popped the question, and even though there had been no doubt in his mind Leighanne would accept, thinking about it still sent shivers up and down his spine. She was his everything, and the thought of being joined forever publicly, for the whole world to see made him giddy. Brian kissed Leighanne's cheek softly before standing up to go the bathroom.
It was on the way back towards the sleeping quarters of the bus that Brian found Nick. Actually, he heard the soft snoring before he saw the his lanky friend lying on the sofa, his face turned towards the window as the snow fell quicker.
'Snow?' Brian thought absently. 'When did it start snowing?' It had obviously been coming down for quite some time, her could make out at least three or four inches on the roadside every time they passed underneath a road light. Brian watched for a minute more before he went and grabbed Nick's blanket off of his bunk. As he went to cover Nick up, Brian couldn't help but think about how distant his best friend had been lately. Ever since the engagement...
No, it was before then. Brian wasn't exactly sure when he had first noticed Nick slipping away from him. Early on he had probably just dismissed it as hormones. But Nick had definitely been more withdrawn lately, spending a lot of time alone. When he was with the group Nick seemed cheerful enough on the outside, but Brian could tell his thoughts were elsewhere. Maybe he was just restless. Nick was just barely 20 now, but he'd been living under a magnifying glass for over 6 years now. He'd grown up in the public eye, having to check himself at every stage.
Brian sighed. 'And I haven't exactly been as attentive as I should have,' he reminded himself. 'He probably thinks I'm abandoning him for Leigh.' He shook his head. 'That's not right though. He KNOWS I love him, he's my best friend, has been for... well ever, it seems. We need to have a talk, man to man, as soon as possible. Tomorrow.'
Brian finished tucking Nick in and headed back to his bunk to think. When he lay down Leighanne's arms automatically reached out for him, even in her sleep, and he smiled. No, actually, he beamed as he kissed her cheek again before snuggling up and falling asleep. Only the Lenny, the driver, was awake to see the snow as it kept falling, growing larger and speeding up. He cursed it with every breath in his body. Now they were on back roads, and the lights were fewer and farther in between.