Roadtrip

Matt’s POV
Tonight I would be sleeping in my own bed, it was weird to realize we were heading home. Zack was driving and we only had two more hours to go before we would be in Huntington again. I longed to be home, have my own space back, not that many responsibilities, but it would be weird, I got used to have these girls around, I guess everyone was feeling the same and the mood in the van got colder by the minute.

“Do you girls still have a house when you get back?” I turned around and looked at Mia and Izzie, both being hold close to their men. I knew they left in a rush and I didn’t know how they arranged everything with their apartments.
Izzie shook her head “I don’t, my lease was ending, so I let a friend pack all of my stuff and put it into storage, I will move in with Mia for a while, her house is too big for her alone anyway” the girls exchanged a smile, while I saw Brian and Jimmy exchange an uncomfortable look, what was that about?
“Yeah, it will be like old times” Mia smiled, reaching her hand out to hold on to Izzie’s for a bit. I looked at the four, Jimmy’s legs were entangled with Mia’s and he had her hand in his, never letting go for even a second. He had a slight smile on his face, he had nothing to worry about, they would make it after this, I couldn’t imagine being them apart ever again, they seemed one.
“Matty?” Izzie’s voice made me turn around again “Are you going to keep being my big brother when we get back?”
“Why wouldn’t I? Do you know what that adoption cost me?” I smirked, making her laugh softly.
“Baby, no talking about getting back home, you promised” Brian’s voice was soft and barely noticeable for the others in the car. Izzie turned her face up to him and let him kiss her. Brian sounded insecure, which was strange, we hardly ever saw him like this, he looked worried, wasn’t he sure about how this would go when they got back? I hoped he talked to Izzie about it, if he didn’t this could get ugly. I sighed and turned my eyes to the road again, seeing familiar surroundings.

“We’re almost there, should we stop to get changed or something?” Zack asked.
“YES! Let’s stop, let’s eat something before we get into the craziness of the party” Brian and Jimmy said, a little too enthusiastic.
“We can’t stop, I already called the organization to tell them we would be there before 5, and it’s after 4 already” I replied.

The rest of the drive was quiet, nobody said a word, the only sounds were coming from the radio and for the really good listener the occasional kiss from the couples. This would be it, us ending this amazing journey.

Brian’s POV
We arrived and were one of the first teams which resulted in us being swarmed by people.
It was only people from the organization, asking question, what we experienced and we which places we visited, how many jobs we made, what kind of jobs, and yeah many many more…
I turned around trying to see if the other had the same problem with all the people around them but I saw Matt being brought to a secluded area but also always in a company of some of the guys with the suit and tie and name tag on it.
I looked around seeing Zack with two people, Johnny I couldn’t see but I guess the other people were just taller than him, so he would be here somewhere.
And Jimmy stood a little of to the side talking, but I saw him glancing backwards and I did the same, seeing Izzie and Mia standing alone at the side.
Shit, I already forgot that they were here and they must be bored with all the attention to us and them left out.
But that was part of the deal “Mr. Haner, so which job was the most fun?”
“Which job? Hmm.. I think the Photo-shoot in the end was pretty sick, that was cool. I also liked all the small show’s we gave during the trip, that’s always a plus playing live and having new people listening to us.”
“We heard during the trip you had two more members joining your group, how did that happen?” A woman asked lifting her brow.
“Well, yeah… We met a lot of new people during this time and two of them stuck with us. Maybe Jimmy can tell you something more about it, I don’t really wanna know if they want to be mentioned to this extend, I’m sorry.” I smiled and tried to wiggle my way out of the people but only new were coming and I looked back at the others, why were so many people here trying to talk to me not to them?
I put another smile on my face and patiently answered all the questions directed at me.
“We heard you had some new material? You uploaded some teaser for your fans? Can you tell something about it? Because this was an amazing catch for our Charity Race, we are more than happy about it…” A man asked and I nodded, something I liked to talk about music.
“Yes, we really got inspired during this trip, all the city’s we visited, the people we met, the well the action we had made us write new songs, it’s nothing really official yet, we just jammed and something great will be coming out of it, I know it… but you have to give us a little more time to figure everything out and put the pieces together. But we are really happy if that could help the race and this Charity event, because we are proud to be part of it.”

Matt’s POV
Ever since I had stepped out of the van, I had been occupied by people of the organization. They had taken me to a back room, making me hand over the money we had made to a notary who counted it in front of me. It all was handled very officially, I knew it was necessary, but now I was back at my home town, I really just wanted to end all of this.
“Mr. Sanders?” a short guy, with glasses and a bold circle on his hand walked towards me, holding his hand out “Eric Jones, nice to meet you finally” I shook his hand and tried to smile and look friendly.
“You did very well, I might say. I have to say this completely of the record...” he motioned me to come closer “... but you and your team did very, very, very, very well, if you know what I mean” He winked at me, as if he was still keeping a big mystery and not just revealed we collected the most of all these teams.
“We would like to ask you and your band to perform a little show tomorrow night, when all the press is here and we announce the total amount we collected with this race. There will also be a number of sick kids present, with dreams to attend a concert one day”
It felt like a good closure to this race, playing for these kids would be an honour, and it gave us the chance to try some new songs too..
“I have to consult with my bandmates, but I think we can make it” the guy clapped my shoulder and looked at me with a big smile
“Then I will need you all to stay here after we ended things to make some arrangements”
I suppressed a sigh, damn, what did I get us into now?!

Brian’s POV
At least I stood in a small circle now together with Jimmy surrounded by people, asking questions, holding out maps and wanting us to sign the route we took.
As if I still knew that…
“What do you think for the real closing event Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Haner, would your band be willing to sign some autographs, we will have a lot of people coming and maybe you could also think of a little give-away for the auction?” A man asked and I saw Jimmy not really paying attention.
“Jimmy?” I elbowed him in the side, but he was typing in his phone.
“What? I need to answer this quickly, it’s an emergency.” Jimmy looked down on his phone typing, I read the top line, of his text:
‘Please come over to me, hottie. I can better concentrate with you around’
I sighed and realized I haven’t seen the girls for the last couple of hours, really. I didn’t even realize how much time had passed during this.
“Well, to answer your question. Of course we can do a signing or something, just hand stuff over or we can maybe even try to get some merch stuff from us, we should talk to Matt about these kind of things, he got the whole business stuff in his head, but yeah, where we can help we will, of course.”
“Mr. Sullivan how was it for you to not have all your instruments with you?” Jimmy looked up turned his head and found Mia’s gaze I sighed, couldn’t he concentrate for a small bit.
“Jimmy!”
“Yeah, the others had their instruments, so that kinda sucked for me. But I could borrow a time or to the drum-set of someone, so that worked out… how much longer do we have to answer these questions? Cause I really have an important person waiting there for me.” Jimmy motioned to Mia and more question were thrown at us.
“Who is this special person? She didn’t start the trip with you, but helped during the race?”
Another one asked.
“Yes, she is my girlfriend and I really haven’t seen her a lot today and need to catch up on that quickly, so yeah, she doesn’t really wanna come over to me now, but I will make her soon enough and introduce her.”
Jimmy’s phone buzzed again and he looked down reading another incoming text from Mia and smiled goofily.

Matt’s POV
I saw Zack, Johnny, Izzie and Mia stand to the side and I walked over to them
“Hey, where are Jimmy and Brian” Mia motioned over to where Brian and Jimmy were talking to some other team, big smiles on their faces.
“They have been there all the time, talking to everyone” Izzie said quietly.
“But Jimmy doesn’t like it one bit, look” she showed me some texts he send her in the past few hours. He had wanted her to join him, but she refused, not wanting to get into the lime light immediately.
“Text him that he has to get back here and bring Brian” Mia nodded and started typing right away. We all looked at Jimmy, taking his phone out of his pocket, grabbing Brian at his arm and walking over us right away.
“Hottie! I missed you!” he kissed her before she could even answer.
“Okay, listen up” They all looked at me ”Within a 30 minutes the organization will announce we won this race by collecting the most”
“Hell yeah!” Johnny yelled. I held up my hand, keeping them from celebrating too fast
“Downside is... we will have to stay here for a while to make arrangements for tomorrow’s big finale and they asked us to play a small set. We will need to make a set list and take care of everything tonight and tomorrow during the day. They want us to stay here in the hotel, so we are all within reach for the last details” I looked around to disappointed faces, everyone wanted to go home now we were in our hometown and we still couldn’t go home.
“There will be sick kids present, with last wishes to attend a concert, I think we should do it” Slowly the others nodded too “Thanks guys, I know you wanted to go home”

“Hottie, will you wait for me?” Jimmy had pulled Mia close to him and looked down on her. I saw her exchange a look with Izzie
“Is it okay if I will be here for breakfast again? I’m really tired and I really would like a night with Izzie too, without all you fuckers around” she smiled and kissed him softly, going through his hair with her one hand, holding his cheek with the other.
“I don’t like it” Jimmy pouted “But I understand... I know I have to give you space to make this work... But please remember I don’t like this”
“I know, but we will have plenty of time, James”
Brian had pulled Izzie close, they both looked a little sad and I heard Brian whisper “I would rather go with you, but… it’s part of the job… I’m sorry.”
“Don’t be, babe. I know… Mia and I will spent the night in her home, we will be here tomorrow, supporting you.” Izzie kissed him and I turned away, still feeling sorry for everyone.

We waited for the results and then said goodbye to the girls. We had to watch Jimmy and Brian kiss Mia and Izzie extensively, barely able to let go of them. And I agreed... it felt heavier... it felt like way more than just saying goodnight for now.

Notes

Goodmorning,

a new week has started, a week to say goodbye to this story, 8 chapters to go before this will end :(
Mei and I finished the story over the weekend and 119 wil be the last,,,
<3