On Tour

"Ughhh fuck yesssss!" Karma moaned in pleasure as she rushed backstage after yet another amazing show in Europe. "Shiiiit," she hissed as the Berrys emptied two large bottles of cold water all over her, "THIS IS SO GOOOOD! Thanks guys!"

Jokingly, she tried to hug them, and pretended to pout when they flinched, not wanting to get wet. She didn't think anyone would ever believe how fucking hot she got on the stage, close to fainting every night.

She rubbed her palms over her face to get the water away, fully aware and at the same time indifferent to the fact that she was smearing around her make-up. Within seconds, she knew she looked like some weird mixture between a raccoon and a crack whore.

But he wouldn't care. He'd seen it countless times and he'd still fallen in love with her. Her Matt. She couldn't believe how good it felt to think about him as hers.

Behind her, she heard the heavenly sizzle of a beer bottle being opened. She smiled as Dan handed her the bottle of Dom Kölsch, a local beer in the city of Cologne, Germany. It was their first stop in Germany on the European leg of their tour.

"Mh, this tastes great," she said as she gulped down the rest and let out a burp. The flask was tiny, only 0.2 liters fit in it. "It's way too small, right?" Jason Berry chuckled and handed her another bottle.

Before Karma could answer, they were interrupted by loud noise as the guys came back from the stage. "THIS WAS AMAZING!" Jimmy cried out and they all met in a group hug, which was more heat and sweat than people. Karma forced herself not to breathe, since her head was somehow stuck under Matt's sweaty arm pits.

Some couples start it slowly, Karma though to herself, but we've known every gross habit and body smell of each other for years.

After a quick shower and removing the rest of her raccoon make-up, she steered back to the bus. It wasn't the tour bus, of course. Shipping it to Europe would have been too expensive.
That, of course, meant they were staying in hotels every single night.

Karma was glad there were no more drive-through nights. The distance between the European cities was close to nothing for someone who'd just toured around the states. It was absolutely fine to just start driving to the next venue in the afternoon before the show.

Half an hour later, they were all in the room Zacky and Brian shared due to some mistake the hotel made with their reservation. It took Karma all her strength at the counter not to say Matt and her would share a room. She was fully aware that one of their beds would not even be touched that night, just like during the previous ones.

They were nursing drinks in the various glass types the hotel provided in the minibar. Luckily, Karma got a standard water glass, and so did Brian. The Berrys were fine with the tooth mugs while Jimmy and Zack had wine glasses, but Johnny was by far off worst with the vase. Karma chuckled.

Matt and Dan used the empty bottles for their drinks. Clever, right?

They all had a nice conversation going on when suddenly Zacky cried out in annoyance. "FUCKING SHIT, guys look at this!" Karma looked, too. She had become so used to being addressed as dude or as part of the term "guys".

An annoyed sound that could be best described as a walrus trying to eat a watermelon filled the room while Karma still couldn't see what caused the sudden change of mood. Impatient, she demanded, "Either someone tell me right now or y'all move your ugly fat asses out my way!"

Johnny turned around. "It's fucking Raken, that asshole!" He spat the name. Karma rolled her eyes. That guy was the worst. Tom Raken, or "Tom Turbo" as he called himself was the front man of "Turbonuts", which was nothing but an Avenged rip-off since day one.

Zack and Brian's dueling guitars and the perfect picture they gave being left- and right-handed? Meet Andy "the sex machine" Frights and John "Revenge" Garner, the guitarists from their nemesis' band.

They had Karma join the band? Well suddenly, Turbonuts had Joy Mendez, surprise surprise, a second, female lead singer.

And of course, Turbonuts claimed that Avenged ripped them off. Pathetic.

"Sup Revenge Sevenfour or whatever you're called," Zacky began reading, "and he spells revenge with an A. Ravenge. What the fuck guys?" They all snorted.

"'We heard you made a live DVD at the LBC, well we're pretty sure'- Wait, did he really spell sure with an h? SHURE! Hahahaha. Anyway, 'we're pretty s-hure ours will be better. Your album is coming out tomorrow'- Gosh, who still spells tomorrow with a two? That's so 2006," Zack commented, and they laughed. Raken wasn't exactly bright.

"'Cool, ours comes out the day after. But being our little fangirl bitches, you knew that already. We're sure you have the special edition pre-ordered. Anyway, we'd like to have something to laugh at, so please participate here' - link to a contest - 'so we can beat your asses. See ya, the Turbs."

"What the fuck," Matt cursed out. "Reply: 'Of course those six pre-orders came from us, we're sorry you didn't sell any more in advance'," Jimmy demanded. "Fucking click that link already," Brian demanded, ripping the phone out of Zack's hands.

"The Johnny Cash Cover Competition," Brian read aloud. Karma's face fell, among the others'. The only special feature Raken had was an almost perfect Johnny Cash voice.

"They'll do fucking good," Matt Berry remarked, speaking out loudly what everyone else was thinking. "I don't care," Syn said cockily, "we're winning this shit."

"Yeah," Zacky chimed in, "they fucking stole our ideas - AGAIN! The live DVD, the album release date. Ugh, one of these days I'm gonna hire a hit man!" "If we all pay a part it's actually not too expensive," Jimmy said, his eyes lightening up. But no-one said anything.


Karma snuck into Matt's room, careful so no-one would see anything. She'd planned a lot for the night, even bought some lingerie in France, but as soon as her head hit the pillow, her eyes fell shut from the exhaustion.

She barely even noticed when Matt returned from the bedroom. But she felt a genuine happiness spread into all her limbs when she was pulled into his built body. Finally, she drifted away with ease.

Notes

And finally, their nemesis steps into the picture! Hope y'all liked the update and thanks so much for your comments :) Have a great Wednesday.

-C.