Congrats to the wonderful Brynn for winning "Best Character Who Isn't a Hanson" in my first ever fanfic awards. The number of votes she got (tieing with Zorianna from another story) were astounding. GO BRYNN!
I know the dates of my concerts are wrong and that pittsburgh came before erie but you know what? I dun care:) love me:)
Brynn sighed and rolled over on the couch of the bus. Taylor and Isaac had both offered Brynn and Holly their bunks for the night but they refused saying they'd be more comfortable on the couch. In all honestly, however, Holly's favorite place to sleep in the world was her bedroom closet and she had wanted to sleep in Isaac's bunk. She didn't want to have him be uncomfortable all night though.
She closed her eyes again and smiled as she felt the soft lull of the bus moving on the road. The bus was moving. Why was the bus moving? She sat up and looked out the window to see nothing but a long stretch of highway. She rubbed her eyes and stood up, wandering towards the front of the bus. She had no idea what was going on and she suddenly felt carsick. How long had they been on the road?
She made her way to the front of the bus, feeling overwhelmingly exhausted. They were awake very late the night before goofing off and driving Walker crazy. There, at the table in the front of the bus, was Zac, leaning over a can of soda, trying to keep his eyes opened. "Are we heading back to Hazleton this early?"
Zac blinked and stared at her while she sat down at the table in front of him.
"This sucks. I figured I'd get a few hours this morning hanging out with everybody before you guys dropped me off at home. Holly is going to be heartbroken. Isaac was going to take her to see a movie this morning."
Zac bit his lip.
"Ok so you're not a morning person." She sighed and put her head down on the table, face down.
"Ok ok. Don't beat it out of me." Zac threw his arms up in the air and Brynn looked up at him. "It was supposed to be a surprise. We were supposed to get there before you woke up and you were supposed to be happy and jump up and down and hug Tay and then you'd be happy forever."
"Huh?"
"You're coming on tour with us."
"WHAT?!" Brynn stood up and pointed her finger at Zac. "Ok, if you're lying to me... I will hurt you. You realize that right?"
"Hey, I'm not looking for a death wish. You're coming on tour with us. Well, at least until we go to South America."
"When did this happen?"
"Well..." He looked down. "Last night I was thinking about how happy Taylor is when you're hanging around. Same with Ike, he's crazy about Holly, although he'd never say so. So I asked Mom and Dad and they called your mom and dad along with Holly's mom and dad and... well... you're coming on tour with us."
Brynn practically fell over, but instead she threw her arms around him and hugged him tighter than she'd hugged anybody before. "ZAC! YOU RULE!" She sat down and beamed, but suddenly her smile faded away. "What about school?"
"You'll just do the same thing we do while we're on the road. Rely on our mom." He smiled.
"Does Taylor know?" She asked, surprised that he didn't spoil the surprise first.
"Yeah. Mom told him last night right after you and Holly fell asleep. I'm surprised he didn't spoil the secret first." He seemed to have read her mind.
Brynn took a deep breath. "Holly is going to freak."
Zac looked down. "Well, actually..."
"Holly knew?!"
"Holly knew before Taylor knew." He laughed. "She didn't freak though! She wanted to tell you but I wouldn't let her." He smiled and then frowned suddenly. "I really wanted it to be a surprise."
"It was!" She got up and hugged him again. When she let go, she could have sworn she saw him blushing. The even weirder thing was, when she looked at him, his eyes were closed as if he was wrapped up in a deep thought. "Well... I'm going to go back to bed. I didn't really sleep much last night."
"Hey, if you want, you can use my bunk. I'm wide awake now."
"Nah. I'm fine. Thanks anyway, though."
Brynn went back to her sleepnig quarters not even noticing that Zac was grinning as he watched her leave.
A few hours later Holly woke up and looked over at her friend. Somehow, she knew that the news was out. Brynn was sleeping happily and she looked more content than she'd ever been. Holly rolled off of the couch and onto the floor, cursing cravity. Then she walked slowly to the middle of the bus where the bunks were. She found Isaac's, recognizing it by the fact that his left foot was hanging out of the curtain. She grinned to herself, looked around, and grabbed his foot. Then, without hesitating, she pulled it as hard as she could.
Isaac screeched and came crashing out of his bunk, landing on the floor with a thud. He jumped up and glared, ready to scream at Taylor for disturbing him. But it wasn't Taylor, it was Holly. He smiled and stood up. "Well, uhm... thanks for waking me up there. I almost slept in."
Holly laughed and then hugged him. "Well, I've had my thrill for the day."
He hugged her back and then let go abruptly when Taylor stomped up next to them. "Zac has to die."
"Excuse me?" Holly muttered, staring back at him.
"He likes Brynn."
"Huh?" Isaac asked, equally confused.
"Zac... likes... Brynn."
"Yeah, well, say it a little louder, Tay. I don't think Brynn heard you yet." Holly glanced to the back of the bus. Brynn was still sound asleep.
Isaac shook his head. "What do you mean Zac likes Brynn? Zac doesn't like her. He has a girlfriend."
"Yeah well, things change." He muttered. "Apparently she called him last night and broke up with him."
"So how does that prove that he likes Brynn?" Holly asked, frustrated with Taylor. He was acting as if he owned her and they weren't even an official couple yet. Only in his mind.
"You didn't see the look on his face when I mentioned it to him. And he was the person behind this whole thing of getting you and Brynn to spend the rest of the tour with us. It was his idea. Not mine. He secretly wants her."
Isaac stared at Taylor and then looked back at Holly. "You're coming on tour with us?"
"Yeah."
"Ok when were we gonna tell Isaac this?" He asked, secretly ecstatic that he was going to spend the next 2 months with Holly by his side. Speaking of not an official couple...
Taylor shook his head, ignoring his brother. "So what am I supposed to do? Do I just let my younger brother take her away from me? How do I keep her?"
Holly shook her head and held up her hand. "Ok, Taylor. First of all, quit wiggin out, you're making me sick. Second, Brynn isn't yours to keep. And even if she was yours, you still wouldn't have the right to keep her. And third of all, you keep smothering her like this and she'll drop your ass faster than you can even worry about your little brother. And..." She stopped to count and then shook her head. "Last of all, quit treating Zac as if his entire existance is being your little brother. He's a person too, you know, and regardless of whether or not you wanna believe it, you treat him as if he isn't there about 95% of the time."
Isaac looked at Holly and then back at Taylor. Nobody had told him off like that before, especially not a fan.
Taylor blushed and then looked over Holly's shoulder to see Brynn mumbling in her sleep. He wasn't sure what she was saying, but he thought he heard her say something about Hogglesworth the Spoon Master, tap dancing midget from Yugoslavia.
Holly tried not to laugh. "That's her imaginary friend. Anyway, you get what I'm saying?"
"Loud and clear. Sorry."
Isaac glanced at Holly again. She was amazing. Not only had nobody told Taylor off before, but he'd never given in and admitted he was wrong so easily before.
Holly grinned and went to the front of the bus to talk to Zac. Isaac followed her. Taylor, on the other hand, sulked to the back of the bus, his ego bruised and laying on the floor next to his pride. He sat down next to Brynn and ran his fingers through her hair. "You do what you need to do to be happy." He whispered, knowing she wouldn't hear. "But I think I love you..."
Hearts of Fate
Brynn and Holly
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