Chapter 11
Durbbie:
My alarm clock went off and I groaned. Waking up at 6 AM just isn't my thing, but after lying in bed for another 15 minutes, I gathered my strength and headed into the kitchen area. I plopped myself down next to Melissa who had gotten up earlier to get to the bathroom first since I can never seem to make it out of there in under 45 minutes.
"Mornings suck," I grumbled getting a bowl and pouring Cheerios into it.
Melissa smirked. "Not if you get more than 4 hours of sleep," she replied calmly.
"So what? I can usually function with 5, but AJ and I were talking and then poof! It was 2 AM," I said defending myself slightly. "This trip is having a real bad effect on my sleeping habits."
Melissa laughed slightly as she got up to put her bowl in the sink. "What are you going to wear to the shoot today?"
"It's been kinda warm the past couple of days, so I was thinking Time Warp," I said.
"Oh no," she said with mock fear. "Not Time Warp!"
"Do you think they're ready?" I asked raising my eyebrows.
Melissa smiled at me evilly. "Not in the least."
Nick:
Somebody singing rather loudly in the bathroom woke me up. I have to choose a better location for my bunk next time. But I didn't recognize the voice. Wait a minute! It's a female voice! What in the world is going on?
"Hey buddy," Melissa greeted me as she walked by. "Why are you so confused?"
I motioned for her to be silent as I heard a note that could shatter glass come from the bathroom. "That," I said.
"I told her to keep it down. I'll be right back," Melissa said.
"What is it? The radio?" I questioned.
Melissa shook her head. "Nope. It's Durbbie. Be right back." Just then another high flying note rung through the air.
Brian stirred in the bunk across from me. "What the hell is Howie doing singing at this early in the morning?" he grumbled.
"That's not Howie," I said still in slight disbelief.
"Damn radio," came the response.
"Not that either."
"Leave me alone Nick. It's too early."
Just then Durbbie came jogging down the isle of the bus. "She's gonna beat me with a stick!" she said making a dash towards the door.
Melissa came flying after her and grabbed my hand and dragged me along with them. "Not if Nick gets to you first!" Melissa said as we exited the bus.
OK. This is bad. We're in this foreign country and I'm sitting here in my BOXERS!? What's wrong with this picture? "What's going on?" I asked stopping in my tracks.
"Don't you want to get revenge on her for waking you up? This is just another excuse to act like 2 year olds," Melissa explained.
I nodded. "Come here Durbbie," I said beckoning her and being careful to disguise my voice. You never know who is running around looking for a Kodak moment at this hour.
"Are you going to play nice?" she asked looking all innocent.
"Of course," I said smiling at her.
She came cautiously toward me and hid behind me to avoid the wrath of Melissa. This whole thing was making me crack up and Melissa wasn't much better.
"Well that answers that question," Durbbie remarked. "Meliss, you owe me 10 bucks."
What the hell is going on? "Why?" I asked.
"Later!" Melissa said making a dash to the bus.
"What was that all about?" I questioned again. Between Melissa and Durbbie, the randomness couldn't have been more apparent.
"We just, you know, made a bet," Durbbie said still from behind me.
"And it involved me?" I asked.
"Very good Sherlock."
I rolled my eyes. "I wanna know what the bet was about." Now I'm getting frustrated.
"You're wearing boxers," Durbbie replied simply.
"Now who's Sherlock?" I asked getting completely flustered. "I'm going back. It's getting cold."
"SHRINKAGE!!!!" Durbbie yelled rather loudly. She then took a swat at my butt before running back to the bus.
AJ:
I was awoken by Durbbie yelling from outside. I didn't have time to respond, but she was back on the bus in 2 seconds after that. Right on her tail was Nick.
"Did you just smack my ass?" Nick questioned while quoting from A Night At The Roxbury.
Horny teenagers… "Nick, I was standing on the other side of the bus. It is physically impossible for me to smack your ass." Those two collapsed into a fit of laughter. It was then that I decided to make my presence known.
"You KNOW that this is the first conversation I'm hearing today right?" I asked. That made Nick and Durbbie laugh even harder.
"AJ," Durbbie choked out between laughter. "Did you just grab my ass?"
This was too good to resist. "What if I did?" I played moving next to her.
"Well if you did…" Durbbie trailed moving closer to me while being all flirty. It was all a game.
"Should I do it again?" I asked in the same tone. That made Durbbie yelp.
"AJ! You dork!" she screeched while playfully pushing me.
"Get a room!" two very familiar voices responded from the kitchen area.
Brian:
Melissa and I yelled at AJ and Durbbie because of their antics. Those two cancel each other out.
I saw a flash in front of my face. Once the spots cleared, I found Melissa whistling innocently. "What was that for?" I asked.
"What was what for?"
"Why'd you just take a picture of my eating cereal?" I asked fighting back laughter.
"I didn't take a picture. What are you talking about?" Melissa questioned.
"That flash thing! It went off!" I said convinced that I wasn't hallucinating.
"Oh," Melissa said confused. "You couldn't have meant THIS!" she said taking another picture.
"Give me that!" I said making a blind grab in her general direction. I hit something other than a camera. I'm sensing flesh right about now… "Uh oh…"
"Maybe now's a bad time for breakfast," I heard AJ say.
"Check that," Nick said. "I don't want to know what you guys are up to."
My eyes cleared and I found what I had hit. "You guys are nasty," I said removing my hand from where it shouldn't have been on Melissa.
"It's not what you think," Melissa tried.
Nick and AJ shot each other evil little glances. "Then what was it?" Nick prompted.
"Brian was sitting here and I flashed him," Melissa said.
"You WHAT?" AJ said.
"I flash… No no no! Photographer talk!" Melissa said attempting to cover up her mistake.
"Sure," Nick said starting to walk away. "Just next time close the door and we'll get the idea. Just keep it down because some of us are going to be sleeping solo."
Melissa jumped up and started to try to push Nick out of the room. Nick, towering over Melissa, was more amused than anything and eventually gave up.
Durbbie:
"I'm getting changed!" I called heading towards the bathroom with a handful of clothes. I was still in my PJ's because I typically go for a run or a bike ride before getting into my real clothes, but the commotion outside took up my exercise time, so I was off to get changed into my infamous Time Warp costume.
So I made my way to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I was quite a sight. Wait till the costume! I did my little routine thing with my teeth and contacts and what have you, and then it was time to get dressed.
I started singing to myself as I pulled on my fishnet stockings. "Touch a touch a touch a touch me/ I want to be dirty/ Thrill me chill me fulfill me/ Creature of the night!" I sang as I pulled up my short black pleather shorts. I was well into the second verse as I tied my silky tank top around my neck. I was into the chorus again when I pulled on my black and silver sweater type thingy with the fringe on the bottom. It wasn't really a sweater. It was more of a meshy material that tied in the front. I remembered my mother's reaction to it: "Durbbie you look like a hooker!" I smiled at the memory. Those were the days. I could still frighten my parents. I got bored of that song and started singing "Sweet Transvestite" as I used my black eye liner to make my eyes stand out more before using my white powder to make my skin look completely pale. I applied a think coating of my dark burgundy lipstick before looking at myself in the mirror. Mom was right: I DID look like a hooker. Granted, a hooker from the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but still a hooker. I had moved onto the song "Time Warp" while I was fastening my black platform shoes that had rhinestones in them. I looked myself in the mirror and got an evil thought. I took out my brush and started brushing out my already curly hair. In no time at all I had a bonified 'fro. I sprayed my hair pretty well, and being satisfied with that, I took out my white spray hair color and put two streaks on either side of my head. I looked myself over one more time and recited a line from the movie. "I'm lucky, you're lucky, we're all lucky!" I said. Just then there was a knock on the door.
"Are you going to let the rest of us in sometime today?" Brian asked.
I smiled to myself, gathered my stuff in record speed, and made an interesting pose as I opened the door. "Really now sexy? What do you say you and I got and um…" I said nodding towards the empty back wall of the bathroom and making a clicking sound.
Brian didn't make a sound. He didn't flinch. He didn't blink. He didn't do a thing. I smiled. I had successfully frightened the crap out of Brian. Only four more to go…
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