Friday
Kevin’s house was pure chaos when Skylee woke up at
5:30.
“ No, that trunk- Kris, could you please hold that damn
cat-”
“ Kev, when are the buses coming-”
“ AJ, I’m slightly busy-”
“CRASH-” Silence followed.
“ Oops...” Skylee heard Nick say sheepishly.
“ Nick.Carter.Get.That.Damn.Ball.Away.From.Me,” Kev said
through clenched teeth.
“ I’m really sor-”
“ Hey, who ordered pizza?”
“ Oh, that’d be me-” Howie called from the kitchen. Skylee
sighed and rolled over, wishing she could get back to sleep,
but knowing she should have been up an hour ago. Yawning
loudly, she got out of bed and stumbled over her suitcases
piled in the middle of the room.
“Ouch,” She muttered, squinting to make out where everything
was in the dark room. After taking a quick shower and
changing into a pair of olive green shorts and a black
v-neck tank top, she pulled her hair back into a ponytail
and looked in the closet to make sure she had everything.
Pulling on her messenger bag, she grasped the two heavy
suitcases ( she already has two in the living room) and
proceeded downstairs cautiously.
“ ‘Morning,” She greeted half-heartedly. AJ was the only
one in the living room and he stood up when she appeared on
the stairs.
“ Here, let me get those,” He said, taking the suitcases
from her and walking down the rest of the stairs.
“ Thanks,” She replied politely. AJ studied her face,
wanting to attempt at a conversation when Nick walked in.
“ Oh, hey, Skylee,” He smiled at her, giving her a hug.
“ Hey, Nick. What’dja break?” She asked in a teasing
voice.
“ You heard that? It was just this little vase,”
“ Probably worth only a small fortune, right?”
“ Haha, you’re funny,” He jeered jokingly.
“ Go get some breakfast, we’re leaving in like, ten
minutes,” He said, glancing at AJ who had settled himself
back on the couch, flipping channels. She nodded and walked
off in the direction of the kitchen.
“ You Ok, man?” Nick asked AJ.
“ Yeah,” He replied absently, watching an infomercial on
onion bloomers.
“ Are you pissed about Sky-”
“ Look, Nick, it was nothing in the first place, it hasn’t
progressed...” He turned off the TV and stood up.
“ I’m waiting outside,” He muttered, opening the door and
walking out. Nick shook his head, having a feeling that this
tour would be...Interesting...
Skylee drank her coffee and watched Kevin run around
the house, checking on last minute stuff. Finally, the
buses pulled up and everyone at the table stood up. As
Kevin said goodbye to his wife, the others got on the bus
and split the bunks. Sky took her messenger bag and put it
in the upper bunk she was given. Not sure if it’d be OK to
go to sleep already, she walked to the back, in the
entertainment room and sat down next to Nick and Brian who
had already hooked up the Playstation.
“ Wanna play, cuz?” Brian asked, looking at her over his
shoulder.
“ No, thanks,” She answered, leaning back and watching.
“ Oh, God, I was hoping you forgot that shit,” AJ moaned as
he walked in, looking at the Playstation in distaste.
“ You’ll get sick of that annoying music by the third
straight day,” He said to Skylee, settling down with a
magazine on one of the side couches. Pretty soon, the bus
started moving and the scenery whizzed by.
“ I’m going to take a nap,” She said, standing up and
walking over to her bunk...
*****
Kevin looked up as Sky walked in the room at 10:30.
“ Feeling better?”
“ Um...Yeah,” She looked at the cereal box on the table and
wrinkled her nose.
“ Is there anything to eat?”
“ Yeah, look in the kitchenette,”
“ Kitchenette?” She murmured to herself as she walked
through the small door. AJ glanced up from the TV.
“ Hey,” He greeted, almost uninterestedly.
“ Hi,” She pulled open the refrigerator door and looked
through the contents. Pulling out a frozen dinner, she
popped it in the microwave and leaned against the counter,
watching the trees whiz by. The tv’s volume was turned up
but AJ leaned over and turned it down.
“ Honestly, Skylee, do you want to be here?” He asked, sick
of being overly fake and nice to her.
“ No, I don’t. And I wasn’t planning on saying something I
didn’t mean in the first place,” She replied, looking him
straight in the eye.
“ Really? Why don’t you like me?” He challenged.
“ Because you’re an arrogant hotshot,”
“ How do you know that?”
“ Because you were so sure I’d fall for your shit the way
your fans do...I’ve seen how you act towards them; charming
but too sure of yourself,” He gazed at her, wondering if
she was for real.
“ Well, you’re not very friendly, what else can I do? You
haven’t even made an attempt to try to be nice to anyone
here besides Nick,”
“ At least I can tell whether he’s bullshiting or not. I
don’t know you or any one of the others besides Brian, and I
don’t really mind, I’m leaving this place as soon as I can,”
“ So you are, in no way, shape, or form, gonna be sociable
to the rest of us?”
“ Nope, not really,”
“ When are you gonna go?”
“ Whenever the time calls for it,” She answered. AJ looked
at her sharply and chuckled.
“ Shit, you shouldn’t have told me that, I don’t hold alibis
for other people unless I’m real close to them,”
“ I don’t need you to hold an alibi for me,”
“ Oh yeah, that’d be Nicky boy, right,” Sky turned and took
out the little tray of food.
“ You can’t be serious, you’re actually gonna run away?
Why? Why are you so pissy about life?”
“ I’m sorry, I don’t confide in people unless I want to
consider them as a friend,”
“ You already told me about-”
“ Did you find something to eat?” Kevin asked, walking in.
Skylee threw a glare at AJ and he smiled back at her,
sneering.
“ Yeah, I did,” Sky told Kevin, looking pointedly at the
tray. Kev grabbed a drink and left a sec later. Skylee
seized a fork, ready to leave.
“ What, we can’t finish this wonderful conversation?”
“ What conversation?” She retorted.
“ You know what you could do, AJ? You could leave me alone.
How about that?” She walked out and he stared dismally at
the tv. Trying to become at least friends with Skylee
Richardson was useless.
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