Diana couldn’t think of the last time she lied so much. She knew after she had Zacky stay the night that she wasn’t going to take the medication anymore. So of course everyone was asking her if it was working and if she was sleeping better now and she would answer that she was even though she hadn’t slept in days. Diana knew she could handle it for now, the hiding it from everyone, but the tour began tomorrow which meant being on the road and close to everyone and more importantly, under everyone’s watchful eyes.

She always loved packing because she had to try her wardrobe on to make sure everything still fit and looked good. They were only going to be gone a month so she only pulled out three suitcases. It was much easier to tour now that they were big and could afford to take as much stuff as they would like compared to before when they were living out of the same suitcase. Trying to figure out how to make her pants tighter so they wouldn’t fall there was a soft knock on the door. She held onto her pants and walked over to open it and when she opened it she saw that it was Valarie smiling and holding a bag and invited her in.

“Aren’t you packing?”

“You know it takes me ten minutes to pack mine and Matt’s bags. You’re the only one that takes the entire day before.”

“True I guess. You just know how I am.” Sighing in defeat she slipped the pants off and grabbed another pair, tossing the pants in the stay at home pile.

“Oh here I saw this when I was shopping with Michelle and thought you would like it.”

“You didn’t have to!”

“I know but you know how I am.”

Valarie handed Diana the bag and reached inside to pull out the small box. By tradition, Valarie, Michelle, and Diana all wore the same thing throughout a tour. It was a symbol of their bond because tours can be rough on everyone but the three of them stuck together and made Diana feel like she was their biological sister regardless. This time it was a simple blue stoned ring. Looking over to Valarie’s hand hers was red.

“Different colors?”

“Mines red, yours blue, and Michelle’s green. It matches what we mainly wear.”
Diana rushed over to Valarie and hugged her tightly.

“Thanks for the hug but you never put pants back on.”

Diana stepped away and grabbed her sweat pants and slipped them on.

“You know you liked it.”

Valarie chuckled and shook her head.

“I just stopped by to give you that but I need to head out and make sure everyone else is ready. I’ll see you tomorrow girl.”

After another hug Valarie left and when Diana went to resume her packing she felt exhausted. She grabbed her phone and set and alarm for an hour and lay down on her bed. She dozed off and on again for that hour but she had too much to do to try and force sleep.

Notes

Sorry for the useless filler chapter but I just finished writing this horrible paper and needed to find motivation to do this one. Hopefully I'll have the next one in the next day or two!