It was early morning on a Wednesday, when Carrie gave the girls her farewell words, "Good luck kids, and don't get into any trouble!"
"We won't!" giggled Mary and Jenna, simultaneously, as they ran for the silver tour bus.
As the four boarded the bus, and greeted the driver, saw that the guys were all there. Half of the bus had been cleared off, and all of the guys' things were piled up on one side.
"We gotta share." Howie muttered to them, gruffly.
The happy mood of just moments earlier, faded and the girls glumly sat down.
Mary tried to be friendly, and she offered her hand to the first guy she saw, "Hi.. I'm Mary. And you are.. Nick, right?" she asked Nick.
"No," he spat back at her, "It's Larry!"
"Uh.. sure.. Larry.." she tried again, "So.. why do we have to share a bus?"
"Because," Nick answered, icily, "You morons decided to come on tour with us."
"Ugh! Why did I bother!" she cried, "well, at least now I remember why I hate you!"
Mary sat back on the comfy couch, and tried to re-arrange the throw pillows, and make it roomier. However, nothing could take away the cloud planted by the terrible moods of the nine singers. They only sat there and glared at each other, with the exception of Mary and Jenna, who were talking quietly, and every once in a while, letting out stifled laughs.
After a while, AJ became a little annoyed and he exclaimed, "Someone call the teenybopper patrol, I can't take much more of this!"
"Y'know what?" Jenna snapped at him, "You can lick me where I bleed!"
"And for your information," Mary added, " We were talking about English.. Shakespeare's Macbeth, so Bite me!"
"Well.." chuckled Brian, "One of them wants a little licking, and the other goes straight to the biting, score for the Boner!"
"Argh!" wailed Ellie, "I can not stand this any longer! I have never known more immature people then the five of you!" she glared at the guys, "Pathetic excuses for men!"
"Oh look at you!" AJ screamed back, " Did the street corner get too cold?!" he touched the bottom of her glossy tank top, "And where did you get this? 'Sluts R Us'?"
"Would you be quiet!" Mary screamed at him, "Me and Jenn didn't do anything to you, and you spazz on us, and just as well, look at yourself before you start ragging on her!"
He glared at her, "What about you! Who let 'you' out of the cookie dough factory! I mean, chub a dub dub, it's just 'you' in the tub! Cause no one else can fit!" he taunted her, "Come on, why don't you roll on over hear, and sit on my lap, oh but wait, don't, you might squish me!" Mary looked at him, with a shocked look on her face, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. "And hey, where do you get your clothes? Big and "Ugly"? Could you pull down that tank top, baby, cause the rolls are just nauseating me!" He laughed, and looked at the other guys for approval, when they only looked back at him with the same shock that was on Mary's face, he started up again, "Well, where? I really want to know? My grandparents have a farm, and I'm thinking of dressing up the cows, really, tell me!"
Jenna stood up, walked over to the guys' side, and slapped AJ across the face, "Don't you ever, ever, say anything like that to my best friend again! You are a despicable person!"
Mary only sank into her seat.. looking, suddenly tired, and very defeated.
AJ touched his cheek, still feeling the sting of her hand, he laughed, "Well, its true! look at her, a tub of lard! Rolls everywhere!"
Jenna went back over to Mary, "It's all right, hon, he's a jerk, he don't know what he's sayin'.. c'mon.."
"Hey, weren't you on free Willy? Didn't you play the whale? I was 'sure' I recognized you.. It 'was' you, wasn't it?" he asked, laughing again, at his comment, which really wasn't even that funny.
Mary shook her head, 'He's right.." she whispered.. and then her voice rose, "You're right, you jackass, 'you' are right!" she stood up, "Are you happy now! Dammit.. the first day! Well.. you're right! I'm fat: fat, fat, fat, fat, fat!" She screamed, "Happy now? Are you?" she went off to the front of the bus, Jenna following close on her footsteps.
She leaned down to talk to Mario, the bus driver, "Could you please stop.. I have to get off.." she whispered.
"Can't girlie, besides, we's be goin' to the studio now, ain't got no time for stops, we almost there!"
She stood up straight and cried, "I order you to stop the bus, right now!"
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