One Month Later

I looked through the windows at the scenery and was amazed. California has been my home for all of my life, I didn't live in OC forever, but I did live in northern Cali, and the trees and grass here was beautiful.

"Have you ever been out of California?" Val asked as she manicured my nails.

"No, I've never left Cali. Well I went to Hawaii, but that doesn't count because Hawaii is just like Cali." I answered back. Val filed my nails and laughed.

"I remember the first tour I went on with the guys, it was a long time ago and they were just starting out, but it was kinda like this. I was sitting here with Leana, doing her nails as she looked out the window and we relaxed." She smiled and continued what she was doing. I heard someone walking up by us and then Arin appeared.

"Hi Arin." I smiled at him and he yawned and sat next to me.

"You didn't have to get up." I commented and he shrugged.

"I was tired of sleeping." He laid his head on my shoulder and turned on the TV. Within the last month me and Arin have gotten to become good friends, and as much as it makes Brian jealous, we've also become close.

"The rest of them still sleeping?" Val asked as she looked up. Arin nodded and watched the tv.

"You are seriously a rock when you wake up." I laughed and I could sense the smile on his face.

"It's cause he misses his wife." Val smiled and Arin nodded.

"I wanted her to come on tour, but she refused." He sat up the rest of the way and stretched. Val had finished with my nails and the bus stopped.

"Hey what's going on?" Val yelled to the front.

"We need gas, sorry." The driver commented back and climbed off the bus. Val shook her head and went on cleaning up her stuff. I stood and walked back to my bunk to grab my folder of designs. My arms were reaching to grab them and I felt a pair of arms around my waist and instantly knew they were Brian's.

"You are supposed to be sleeping." I said and he kissed the back of my neck.

"I'm not tired anymore." He jutted back and I rolled my eyes. We walked to the front and I resumed my spot next to Arin. Brian sat down on the other side of Arin and looked as if he was pouting. My fingers opened the folder and pulled out the design I had been working on.

"Is that a new design?" Brian asked. I looked at him with a bored face and he smiled.

"I take that as a yes." He chuckled and I went to drawing out the designs. Val had disappeared somewhere at the other side of the bus so I was left with Arin and Brian.

"So Ever." Brian said a few minutes later.

"So Brian." I answered back and smiled.

"Wanna go to dinner tonight after the show?" He asked. I looked at him and raised my eyebrow.

"You do realize that your show ends at like 11 right?" I asked and he nodded.

"There are places that are open after midnight." He looked at me and I sighed.

"Yeah, bars and little diners." I held my pencil in my hand lazily and he kept looking at me.

"You are making this difficult." I laughed and he shook his head. I went back to drawing my design and then my phone started ringing. My hand grabbed it and hit send.

"Hello." I said.

"Hey Ever." I heard Mel on the other line.

"What's up chica?" My hands continued drawing as Mel was talking.

"When are you coming home?" She asked. I sighed and set my pencil down and got up.

"Mel, I'm not coming home for a few more months, we still have to fly out to Spain." I answered back and I heard her sigh on the other side.

"You know, you never actually told us you were on tour with a famous band." She spat at me.

"Yes I did, I texted you Tara, Eric, and all of our friends. I told you." I was beginning to get angry with her.

"Well it's kinda bitchy that you didn't even try to get one of us to go with you." She commented.

"Mel, even if I could, I wouldn't. There isn't any room and you'd get really bored." I tried reasoning with her.

"No, you wouldn't take me, you'd take Tara or Eric but not me." I was beginning to get pissed at her.

"Melissa, no, I wouldn't take any of you just drop it. God." I muttered the last part. She huffed on the otherside and I rolled my eyes.

"Fine. Whatever. When you get back, I'm not gonna be here." She said. I crunched my eyebrows.

"What are you talking about?" I asked.

"I'm moving out, you have this new life now, and you don't need me." Mel was getting quiet.

"Whatever." I said and hung up on her. My eyes began to water and I crossed my arms and walked to my bunk. She has never been like this, we've been friends since we were 12. My whole body started to shake as I was crying. My hands pulled my blanket closer to me and I cried into it.

A short while later I finally got out of my bunk and walked back to the front. The rest of the band had woken up and had taken over the couch.I curled my legs up and sat down on the floor and sighed.

"What's up?" Arin asked.

"Stupid friends." I mumbled and looked up at the TV.

"Was it Mel again?" Brian asked. I nodded and sighed again. Mel and I had been fighting over me being on this tour for a while now. I don't understand what her problem is with it, she gets the house basically to herself. And it's not like I signed up for this. The bus stopped and the guys got up, we must be at the venue. I slowly stood and fixed my clothes and we walked off the bus. Brian wrapped his arm around my shoulders and we made our way to the building. It was a large building, and the backstage area was like a maze. I have no idea how the fans are gonna find the merch table. Brian went off with the guys and left me with Val.

"Tell me what's wrong." She said a few minutes later.

"Nothing's wrong." I lied. She gave me a look and I dropped my shoulders.

"Fine, my friend Mel pissed me off and I was crying." I let it out and she gave me a sympathetic look.

"Don't worry about it too much, my friends had the same reaction when I went on tour the first time. But they warmed up to it once they figured out I was dating Matt." She smiled and I laughed. We walked into the lounge area and sat down on the couch. I stretched and looked around. This room was smaller than the others, but there was still food. I stood up and walked over to the table and grabbed some food and a soda and walked back.

"It never fails. You always grab food." Val smiled. I smirked and took a bite of the apple slices that I grabbed.

"You'd think they would put sandwiches and shit over there and not fruits and veggies." I commented and then took a sip of my soda.

"I know, but they've always had that kind of food for them, they always complain about it but eat it nonetheless." She explained. The door opened to the lounge room and the five guys walked in. I smiled at them and Brian stopped in front of me.

"Come with me little missy." He said. I gave him and look and stared at him.

"Did you just call me little missy?" I asked. He smirked and nodded. I rolled my eyes and stood up to and followed him out of the room. We walked down a hallway and then turned, it was as if he wanted to be out of earshot.

"What's up Mr. Haner?" I asked. He gave me a look and pushed me against a wall and kissed me.

"Hey hey hey, that is not what you pulled me off of the couch for." I laughed as he kissed my neck.

"You're right. I have a question." He said shyly. I looked at him and he smiled.

"Since you don't want to go to get food after the show, and ruined my awesome plans for asking this, I'll ask you here. Would you like to be my girlfriend?" He asked. My eyes got wide and my mouth opened slightly.

"Wait, what?" I asked.

"You heard me." He smiled and I sighed.

"Um." I thought for a second. Do I really want to be in a relationship with a famous rockstar?

"Are you seriously thinking about it?" He asked. "We've already had sex multiple times, now we can do it and nothing will be wrong with it."

"That's true. Um. Sure why not." I smiled and wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him to me and planted my lips on his. He put his arms around my waist and we started to make out. I pulled away shortly after and looked into his eyes.

"Let's go back to the lounge room." I suggested.

"Actually it's almost time to go on, so you go back and tell the band to get their asses out here." He said and sent me on my way. I giggled and walked back to the room. Wow. I am now Brian Haner Jr.'s girlfriend. This is going to take a while to get used to.

Notes

I am soooo sorry for not updating at all yesterday, I had a lot to do and I went to bed early. But here's a treat for tonight, I'll write more when I get home.