Chapter 3-

 

            Melissa and Brian were sitting in their room, Melissa was laying on the bed with her leg propped up on a pillow and Brian was signing her cast. He had been doing it for a few minutes and she was getting impatient.

 

“Brian what the hell are you drawing” she asked trying to see what it was.

 

“it’s a…” he moved back and looked at it. “its…its…I don’t know what it is”

 

“come here Bri” she said he laid down next to her and smiled.

 

“what” he asked

 

“nothing, I just want to be with you” she let out a sigh and laid her head on his shoulder. He put his arms around her and gave her a big hug.

 

“sooooo…” she started “were you worried about me”

 

“of course I was worried about you” he said quietly “im sorry I wasn’t there when they were looking for you but I was upset”

 

“its alright, I don’t think you could have carried me anyways” she said leaning up and giving him a kiss.

 

“who carried you than, not AJ”

 

“well for one thing Brian, im not a cow” she said he laughed “Nick did”

 

“Nick” he sat up and looked at her. “you let Nick put his hands on you”

 

“Brian, he had to carry me” she laughed at his reaction.

 

“well im gonna go give him a piece of my mind” he stood up and put on his baseball hat backwards.

 

“Brian stay here, their probably sleeping”

 

“so what” he laughed “I wanna get mad at him”

 

“whatever im staying here”

 

“ok” he leaned down and gave her another kiss before walking out. He walked a few doors down and didn’t bother knocking because he knew they were probably sleeping. He was just going to have a little fun with them. He opened the door and saw them both standng up covered in blood. Nick was out on the balcony and Gina was standing inside begging him to come in.

 

“Nick please come back in here” she cried

 

“no Gina, where the hell did he go”

 

“Nick, Gina, what happened” Brian asked startling them. They whipped around and Nick ran inside.

 

“Brian, how do we know its really you” Nick asked hiding Gina behind him.

 

“um because I look like Brian” he said

 

“well how can I be sure” Nick asked “whats the name of the fifth song we recorded for millennium”

 

“ahhhh” Brian thought for a minute. “I think it was don’t wanna loose you now”

 

“ok its him” he said pulling Gina out from behind him.

 

“what the hell is going on in here”

 

“there was someone out on the balcony and he threw a rock through the window. It smashed all over us” Gina said

 

“are you ok”

 

“yeah were fine, just a lot of small cuts” Nick said “what should we do”

 

“well I say we get the others and head out of town, get out of here while theres still time”

 

“that’s a good idea. Will you go get the others, we have to clean up a little”

 

“yeah I'll be back” he said walking out. Nick and Gina went into the bathroom and picked the broken pieces of glass of of them. “are you ok Gina” he asked

 

“I think so, are you” she asked

 

“yeah, but were going to need lots of band-aids”

 

“ohhh I have some” she opened her makeup kit that was sitting on the sink and took out the box. “neon ones” she smiled

 

“that’s great now were going to stick out in a crowd”

 

“well from now on we arent going out in any crowds”

 

            Brian walked over to Kevins room after telling Melissa to get ready. He knocked on the door and waited for one of them to answer.

 

“Bri whats up” Jennah asked opening the door.

 

“get Kev up, we gotta go” he said “meet down in the lobby in 10 minutes”

 

“why are we leaving” she asked

 

“no time to explain” he said “just do it”

 

“ok” she said shutting the door. Brian walked over to Howies room and knocked on the door.

 

“what Brian” Howie asked sadly

 

“whats wrong Howie” he asked

 

“Meg had to go home a few minutes ago because her dads taken a turn for the worse. I cant go because of our tour”

 

“im sorry D” Brian said sympathetically.

 

“thanks” he said forcing a smile.

 

“well anyways were leaving right now so get your stuff and meet us in the lobby” Brian said walking to AJ and lauras room. He knocked and knocked and knocked some more. Their door was locked so he couldn’t get in. “AJ Laura wake up” he said knocking some more.

 

“whaaaaat” came AJs sleepy voice from inside.

 

“were leaving meet down in the lobby hurry up” Brian said then walked away.

 

            10 minutes later everyone was down in the lobby and waiting for Nick and Gina to join them so they could leave.

 

“sorry, we had a little trouble with the band-aids” Nick said when they walked out of the elevator.

 

“you guys look like you let a 4 year old play doctor on you” Laura laughed

 

“hey don’t make fun of my neon band-aids” Gina said defensively. They just turned and walked onto the bus.

 

“hi Greg” they all said to the bus driver.

 

“hey everyone” he smiled “ready to go”

 

“yes” they all replied sitting down at the table and on the couches.

 

“but we have to wait for our manager” Kevin said they waited for a minute until a tall girl around 5’7 with blonde hair and blue/green eyes walked on.

 

“hi, im Shelby. Your old manager Ron is my uncle and he cant manage you guys anymore. So he asked me to do it because I work for him. So I guess I'll be your new manager” she smiled shaking their hands.

 

“nice to meet you Shelby” Brian smiled

 

“its very nice to meet you too Brian” she smiled back. “now” she took a seat on the couch next to Nick. “I heard that you have been having some problems”

 

“yeah, some loon is trying to kill us” Laura said

 

“have you called the police” she asked

 

“no, we cant call the police. It said that in my note and the phone call that Brian got” Kevin said

 

“well I don’t think it could be any worse if you called the police”

 

“maybe your right, but we should give it a few days first” Howie said

 

“I get it, you would rather risk your lives and the lives of others because the note says not to call the police. Maybe if you call the police they’ll catch these guys girls or whoever and it will all be over with”

 

“wow your smart” Nick laughed she looked over at him and smiled.

 

“it doesn’t take a lot of brains to figure that out” she said “so when we arrive at the next venue I'll have the police come”

 

“ok” they agreed

 

“well im going to bed anyone coming” Gina asked

 

“me” all but Nick said

 

“Nick are you coming” Gina asked

 

“im not really tired anymore” he replied “night though”

 

“night” she leaned down and gave him a kiss, then walked back to her bunk.

 

“she your girlfriend” Shelby asked

 

“yeah” he said simply “how old are you”

 

“19” she replied “your 20 right”

 

“yeah”

 

“hey Nick, I have a secret for you” Shelby said quietly

 

“what” he asked looking over at her. She leaned twards him and smiled.

 

“I wanna kiss you” she said

 

Nick was a little shocked. “ok” he choked out. She leaned the rest of the way in and kissed him. It took him a second to get what was happening and when he did he kissed her back.

 

            Laura and AJ decided not to go to bed and went to the tv room instead.

 

“hmmmm…” Laura said sitting down on his lap. “what do you think is going on. Do you think someone is really out to kill us”

 

“I don’t know Laur” he sighed “I wish I knew and that I could make it stop but I cant. But I'll do anything to keep you safe”

 

“awww AJ that’s sweet, but I don’t want you ever putting your life in danger because your trying to protect me”

 

“that’s my job Laura” he laughed

 

“AJ just promise me you wont ever do that” she said seriously.

 

“fine” he said crossing his fingers behind her back. “I promise”

 

“thank you” she smiled giving him a long passionate kiss.

 

            Nick and Shelby were still making out on the couch. She finally pulled away and gave him a huge smile.

 

“ahhhh what was that about” he asked

 

“nothing” she smirked “I just think your hot”

 

“thanks but umm I mean I think your pretty too”

 

“why thanks Nick” she laughed

 

“but I have a girlfriend”

 

“I know, I'll stop” she sighed sitting back on the couch.

 

“no I didn’t mean that” he said

 

“then what did you mean”

 

“I mean, you cant tell her. She CANT find out” 

 

“don’t worry your secrets safe with me” she smiled he grabbed her hand and pulled her into his arms again.

 

            Kevin was awakened by his phone ringing.

 

“hello” he said sleepily

 

“Kevin Kevin wake up Kevin” a deep voice said

 

“who is this” he yelled into the reciver.

 

“you’ll find out soon enough. Afterall I AM on your bus”

 

CLICK!!!!! The line went dead and the bus stalled out.