Girl I Know

I looked at Savannah who had a confused worried look on her face, she was chewing on her lip as she paced the room. “What do we do?” she asked softly so the guys wouldn’t hear us.

I put a finger up and walked over to her stereo, turning it all the way up and locking the doors silently so the boys couldn’t try to eavesdrop. I returned to Savannah’s side and pulled her down on the bed next to me, “What do you want to do? Without worrying about their feelings. What do you want to do?”

She bit her lip and looked down, “I want to go with Matt. I’m really starting to care about him, about all of them. I think I’d miss them too much.” I nodded and processed her response. “What about you?”

I sighed, “I honestly don’t know. I mean, we worked so hard for our dance careers. Can we really walk away from this? From our dream?”

She grabbed my hands, “We’ve accomplished that dream, maybe it’s time to find and follow a new dream?”

Her eyes searched mine and I thought about it, sometimes I swear she was fucking brilliant beyond her years. “You’re right Vannie, we’ve accomplished our dream of being a professional dancer. I want a family, possibly with Zack and the only way I’m going to find out if he’s it…is if I go with them.”

She smiled at me, “So we’re going with them?”

I nodded and hugged her, she returned the hug and stood up reaching for my hand. I took hers, “Well, let’s go talk to the puppy’s.” We giggled and I turned down the music then we unlocked the doors and emerged. All five guys were lined up against the couch and island staring as us. Their conversation went slack as soon as we appeared through the doorway.

“So what’s the verdict?” Brian asked, the rest of the guys expecting us to stay behind.

“Well,” Savannah started but I cut her off.

“We’re sorry boys,” all of their faces fell, even Brian’s. “But you’re going to be seeing a lot of us for the next few months and we hope you’re ready for it.”

It took all of the guys a moment as they processed what I’d just said. Savannah laughed at their slowness, “Guys….she’s saying that we’re coming with you!”

Jimmy was the first to react as he bounded over to us in literally 4 steps and picked us up one at a time hugging us tightly as we giggled uncontrollably. Soon after the others realized what was happening and hurried over to us and hugged us cheering.

“Fuck babe, I was seriously so scared you guys weren’t going to come,” Zacky said as he hugged me tightly.

I smiled, “Sorry to disappoint you Bright Eyes, but you’re stuck with me atleast for the next few months.”

He smiled and kissed my lips as I heard Matt ask Savannah, “Why’d you choose us over your dreams?”

Savannah smiled, “We had followed through with our dream of becoming professional dancers…we need to find a new dream, and the only way we’ll be able to do that is by doing something that we’ve never done before.”

I smiled at her explanation, she was covering our secrets but with a decent cover story that almost made it so that our secrets weren’t a lie. All of a sudden we heart ‘Pornstar Dancing’ start playing and Brian groaned reaching for his phone. “Hello?” All of us paused listening to his side of the call.

“I’m at Savannah and Tennessee’s house,” he paused listening and ran a hand over his face.

“Well we had to come over to offer them a permanent spot on our tour that we leave for in two days,” he explained holding back his temper. I could only guess that it was Casey demanding answers.

“We were authorized to only bring on 2 girls Casey, that’s why you weren’t invited,” He pulled the phone away from his ear as we heard her yell.

“YOU CHOSE THEM?! OVER ME!?”

“Yeah, well they’ve already met Larry, they’re familiar with everyone we already work with…yeah I know that you aren’t familiar because you haven’t been around them,” he rolled his eyes.

“Babe, listen you’re not being offered the job, Larry specifically told us we could bring them because they wouldn’t need to be screened…Yes, I understand that you’re my girlfriend,” he replied in a ‘duh’ tone.

I couldn’t help but snicker although I felt bad for Brian getting chewed out, “Babe, I’m not going to stop the tour…Because I’m a fucking musician and a rock star and that’s what we fucking do. We tour so that we can please our fans. If you want to throw a bitch fit every time I go on tour then you’re going to be a very lonely chick because I won’t put up with this shit on tour.”

He stared at the ceiling like he was ready to fucking snap, “Casey, listen….would you just shut the fuck up and listen? Please?” He paused for a moment I assume to settle himself. “I’m not changing my mind about this, this is a group decision and it will stay a group decision. So, you can pull your tampon out your ass and stick it in your cooch, because they’re going and you’re staying. Tough shit.”

Savannah and I were doubled over listening to her tell her off and the guys didn’t hide their laughter at all. Brian glared at the guys being loud, “No they’re not laughing at our conversation, they’re watching TV…What are they watching? Uhh, I don’t know some stand up show.” This made everyone burst out laughing even more and he gave us a playful glare motioning for us to shut up.

“Case, I gotta go, I gotta pack and stuff. I’ll talk to you later,” he hung up and looked at all of us. “Are you guys fucking immature or some shit?”

“Well you didn’t exactly get up to go out on the balcony or anything like that,” I smarted off to him.

“Although that was funny as fuck the way you just handed that bitch her ass,” Jimmy laughed at his friend.

Brian groaned, “Are we partying tonight or are we packing.”

“Why not both?” Savannah said smiling.

“How about tonight we pack, tomorrow night we go to Brian’s house for a party before we get on the bus? It’s always best to stay up the night before the tour,” Matt stated.

“That’s true,” Zacky conceded with Matt, “Tour life can be difficult to get used to.”

“No joke, there was one time it was like Jimmy was a zombie because he wasn’t getting but maybe 2 hours of sleep a night because of insomnia and anxiety,” Johnny stated earning a middle finger from Jimmy.

“Aww, poor baby,” Savannah cooed at Jimmy, “Well it’s a good thing that I’m no stranger to insomnia and will be able to help whenever you aren’t able to sleep.”

“Whoa, looks like Jimmy’s gonna hook up with your chick,” Brian joked with Matt.

Savannah blushed, “No! I meant like I know what herbs and teas to use to help calm someone’s system.”

“But what if the insomnia is drug induced?” Jimmy asked mysteriously.

I stared at Jimmy, mouth agape, “Jimmy…”

Jimmy shrugged, “Like you’ve never done ecstasy once in your life.”

Brian chuckled, “Been a few more times than just once Jim.”

“Been a few things other than ecstasy,” Johnny added.

Savannah and I stared at Jimmy open mouthed. Jimmy pouted, “You guys still love me?”

We nodded, “Of course sweetheart, we just didn’t know.” Savannah said and hugged him. “So, it’s settled, we’ll pack tonight and get a good night’s rest then tomorrow meet up at Brian’s house to have a farewell tour party.”

“Yeah,” Brian grinned, “Sounds good. I gotta get back to the house before she decides to GPS my phone, don’t want her finding out where you guys live and harassing you. Jimmy you coming to pack?”

He nodded then hugged us both, “I’ll be back.” He said like the terminator then left with Brian.

“I’m gonna get going too, gonna try to get laid tonight before we head out,” Johnny smiled at us and gave us a hug, “I’m glad that you girls are coming with us.”

“We are too, see you tomorrow Johnny,” We said pretty much in unison.

He winked at us then waved at the guys, “See you tomorrow.”

And then there were four, “Are you guys taking off too?” I asked Zacky and he looked at Matt, almost like they were having a silent conversation.

“We’re gonna stay if that’s alright, we haven’t gotten to see you girls a lot and we realize this is your first tour, and we all need a good night’s rest,” Matt replied and Zacky nodded nuzzling my neck.

“And, we can go get dinner later, maybe rent a movie or something, have a couple’s night,” Zacky said as a suggestion.

My tummy growled and I realized we hadn’t eaten the subway sandwiches sitting on the counter that was supposed to be our lunch. Savannah laughed as hers did the same thing, “We haven’t eaten lunch yet, we have two foot longs.” She looked at me.

I shrugged, “You guys want half a sandwich before we start packing?”

The guys shook their head, “We had a big breakfast with Larry during the meeting, you girls go ahead and grab the sandwiches, let’s get to work.” Savannah and I smiled as we grabbed our food and drinks before going to our respective rooms, with our respective guy.

Notes