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Tour Date Numero Deux
Madness before breakfast
When you open your eyes and see David mere inches from your face, you would have scream too. This caused him to bang his head and wake Chuck up, who woke Seb up by falling out of bed.
David’s goal for the day was complete, so he trotted off to make breakfast slowly followed by me, Chuck and Seb. I sailed through the rest of the morning listen to ideal chit chat from Seb and Chuck occasionally adding a nod or a grunt. Until my brother appeared and promptly told me to get dressed what I was wearing wasn’t appropriate for sitting round with a bunch of guys. Hardly like I was sitting there naked, I had on a cami top and pants on, my favourite pajamas as well. I sighed but did what I was told.
They are not a bunch of sixteen year old that will jump my bones the first chance they get. I pulled on a pair of skinnys and a tank top and climbed back out of my bunk. To collide into Pierre, who only had on a pair of boxers on. I mumbled something at him and continued to the bathroom, to brush my hair and my teeth.
I was mumbling to myself as I brushed the knots out of my hair, when David appeared at the bathroom door, to tell me that there was a package for me. I suddenly got excited and ran down the middle of the bus with David not far behind me. I squealed as I ripped it open, it was the camera I had ordered yesterday. I hugged David and we jumped up and down which got us told off by Chuck.
I pulled David and the camera into the backroom to take some photos.
“Amelia, we’re going?” Pierre called out to me
“Be right there” I groan,
I jumped out my bunk and headed towards the front of the bunk, grabbing my camera off the kitchen counter, where I had left it after me and David where done in the backroom. I was going to watch Simple Plan do there first sound check of the tour.
David challenged me to a race inside to the stage, running along the long corridor dodging equipment and roadies. I was winning and looked back to see where David was when I ran straight into someone, making us both fall over. I looked down and prayed it was someone that it wasn’t potentially someone that was famous.
I was shocked to see a girl laying there staring up at me.
“Sweet, girl on girl action,” David smiled above us
“David, you’re gross,” I smirked getting to my feet and helping the girl up too.
“I’m Amelia,” I smiled introducing myself “And this idiot is David,” He waved
“I’m Leonie,” She smiled, waving back at David “You heading to the stage?” Leonie asked, pointing her thumb towards two double doors
“Yeah,” I replied as David speed off again “Are you a roadie?” I asked her as we starting after David
She laughed “No, I’m on tour with Jared – my boyfriend. I thought tour would be exciting you know but it seems extremely boring and repetitive” She sighed
“I know exactly how you feel” I smiled
“Are you here with you boyfriend too?” She asked looking at me and then at David
“David and I?” I asked pointing at both of us; she nodded “No, I’m on tour with my brother, Pat. He’s the merch/bitch for Simple Plan” I explained
She nodded.
“Is this your first sound check?” She asked, pushing her hair out of her face
“Yeah, my brother invited me and I can practice my photography” I smiled waving the camera at her
“Sound checks are so boring” She laughed linking arms with me
And that is how we became friends.
The sounds check was defiantly as boring as Leonie had been telling me. Thank god, I had her there… I got some decent pictures of the band as well, especially David because he wanted to be in every shot.
Leonie and I laughed every time Pierre had to stop because David had jumped into him again.
I was starting to like this tour more and more.
After the sound check, we head over to catering. Leonie had to go and check Jared was out of his bed and was getting dressed for sound check. I hugged her, wished good luck getting a boy out of his bed and said I’d probably see her at the show tonight.
“Who was that chick?” Pierre asked as soon as Leonie was out of ear shot
“Leonie, I bumped into her when me and David we’re running through the corridor” I explained putting my camera away
“You we’re practically having sex with her when I turned up” David smirked sticking his tongue out at me
All five of them stopped and stared at me, they’re eyes practically bugging out of there heads.
“David!” I screamed and slapped his arm “I was not having sex with her. We both fell over and unfortunately ended up on top of each other” I told them glaring at David
“I wouldn’t mind being on top of her” Pierre murmured
“Ewww…Pierre. I’m innocent you know” I looked at him as he shrugged
“Innocent, yeah Amelia” Pat scoffed looking at me
“I am too” I protested
“Yeah” Pat smirked
I stopped dead; sometime I forgot what Pat knew about me. Shuddering I took after the band. I sighed and caught up with the band. God I hate my brother sometimes.
Eating dinner with these boys was like feeding time at the zoo…they’re plates we’re piled high with food and they we’re wolfing it down like they hadn’t seen food in over a month. I was trying to hold down the little amount of food I had been able to swallow, when David through some paste at my head.
“Hey, little Pat, What’s up?” He asked, spooning some more food into his mouth, for such a skinny guy he sure could put the food away
“I’m just revolted that’s all, continue eating” I smiled and poked at my salad, then pushed the plate back
“Revolted?” Chuck asked looking at me with a fork full of food half way to his mouth
“By the way you’re eating” I explained waving my hand around a little nearly hitting Seb in the face
“What’s wrong with the way we eat?” Jeff asked wiping his mouth on his sleeve
I grimaced, what was right with the way they we’re eating. My grimace explained it all.
“Could you at least stop shoveling the food in like you’ve not seen food in about a month” I asked, feeling the bile rise in my stomach…my stomach was very sensitive,
“Okay” They coursed in unison, they all knew about my stomach no doubt Pat had filled them in with all the cute stories of me throwing up…like that one time in church with our grandma…
“There’s Leonie” I said out loud waving at her “Cya guys later” I smiled getting up from the table and running at her, stopping inches from another collision.
“Hey” She smiled “Having fun with your boys?” She asked, smirking
“The way they eat is revolting” I frowned “You have any luck getting Jared out of bed?” I asked changing the subject away from the guys eating
“Oh, I had my own little trick” She smiled and winked
“Leonie” I blushed
“I through a glass of water over his head” She laughed “Get your mind out the gutter” She nudged me
“You wanna hang out tonight after the show?” I asked, grabbing an apple from the basket as she grabbed a banana
“I’d love to, I’m so sick of hang around guys” She smiled peeling the banana “My bus or yours?”
I shrugged “Yours I suppose, I’d like to meet your boyfriend’s band”
“Cool, it’s a date”
“Is someone trying to steal my girlfriend?” A guy said just behind Leonie
“Jared, darling this is Amelia. The girl I was telling you about” She turned to him and kissed his cheek
“Oh yeah, heard you saved my Leonie from boredom this afternoon” He smiled at me
“She was the one that saved me…I finally have a ‘girlfriend’ to talk to” I bite into the apple
“Well I’m going to have to love you and leave you. I’ve got to eat this then go and get ready for the show tonight. You going to come and watch, babe? ” He smiled kissing Leonie
“Of course” She sighed and kissed him on the lips
“Cya later, Amelia” Jared said before going to sit down next to Simple Plan
“When is Jared’s band on tonight?” I asked as we left the catering area and head back outside
“Erm…about eight o’clock tonight” She said taking a packet of smokes out her back pocket and offered me one
I shook my head. She placed it between her lips and felt her pockets for a lighter.
“Here” A small guy flicked his lighter open and covered it with his hand while Leonie light her cigarette “Frank” He smiled, holding his hand out to her
“Leonie” She shook it
He turned to me. I was too mesmerized by his beautiful hazel eyes to say anything.
“Is she mute?” Frank asked Leonie
“No… her names Amelia” Leonie laughed as I finally broke my gaze on him
“Sorry” I blushed, looking down
“It’s okay…I enjoy pretty girls looking at me” He grinned, taking a drag from his cigarette
Why was one man having such and effect on me? I was questioning myself as he started up a conversation.
“So who are you here with, Amelia?” He asked dragging my name out
“Erm…my brother and his friends” I smiled, pleased with myself that I could even string together a sentence
“Well, I need to go and get my band…I’ll catch you two later” he stubbed out his cigarette on the concrete and walked off without even waiting for a goodbye
“Tongue tied, much?” Leonie nudged me laughing “My god, he was gorgeous” She remarked fanning her face with her hand
“You’re telling me?” I sighed “I would take up smoking just to get a piece of that” I smiled remembering what he said to me
“What’s up ladies?” Pierre asked from behind us
“Mmmm…”I mumbled “Nothing” I replied blushing
“She meet some hot guy and got tongue-tied” Leonie laughed “Leonie” She introduced herself to Pierre because I was wallowing in my own embarrassment to mind my manners
“Pierre” He smiled shaking her hand
I was gazing into the direction that Frank went in and didn’t even notice that the rest of the band plus Jared had joined us.
“Amelia” David was waving his hand around in front of my face
“Huh?” I blinked looking at him
“You we’re day dreaming” Leonie giggled “About Frank?” She asked sticking her tongue out at me
“Frank?” Pat asked looking between us
“He was some guy that they met” Pierre informed him
“My Chemical Romance’s, Frank?” David asked eyes sparkling
“Possibly, we didn’t talk to him for very long” Leonie explained cuddling up to Jared
“Wow, he’s amazing and hot” David gushed “I mean he’s very manly” He said in a deeper voice
I laughed.
“Anyway, now that we have discovered David has some gay tendencies…I’m going to get changed for tonight” Seb grinned, leaving the group
“Me too” Was heard from all of the other excluding Pat, me and Leonie
“Wait up, guys” David called after them in an extremely camp voice and minced after them
We laughed and headed back inside.
“That David is one weird kid” Leonie remarked as we left Pat at the merch table
“I know, he’s hyperactive 24/7…he’s the most fun out of those guys. Pierre’s the one of those guys that would do anything that wasn’t screwed down, Seb the quiet, thinker type, Chuck’s the daddy of the group and Jeff I haven’t really spoke to or seen him over the last couple of days…So yeah I like David the best, he’s the most fun” I finished with a nod and noticed that Leonie wasn’t walking next to me anymore but was a few feet back laughing her head off
I walked over “What?” I asked as she gripped onto her sides
“Pierre…doing…anything…that…wasn’t…screwed…down” She gasped between laughing
“Wasn’t that funny” I smiled as she swung her arm around my shoulders
“I think, we’re going to be great friends” She giggled leaning on me for support
The rest of the night was pretty uneventful except from watching most of the bands perform.
After the show, we made our way back to the bus and Leonie explained to me that the guys wouldn’t be back till the early hours because they’d be off celebrating a good first day of tour.
So, we sat and talked about boys past and present, our family’s, what we did at home – she was an alternative mode, she was also really good at writing lyrics – she actually helped Jared write Echelon and that’s why she had to tattoo on her shoulder.
I got back to the bus about ten minutes ago begin as quiet as possible…Chuck looked up from his laptop and smiled at me as I passed him, he wasn’t going to rat me out for coming in late because the other guys weren’t even back yet.
Third day outside of Montreal and I was crushing on two guys. I smiled to myself every time I thought about what Frank had said to me. Maybe I’ll ask him out on a date, maybe.
Until next time
Signing Off Girl on Tour x
Madness before breakfast
When you open your eyes and see David mere inches from your face, you would have scream too. This caused him to bang his head and wake Chuck up, who woke Seb up by falling out of bed.
David’s goal for the day was complete, so he trotted off to make breakfast slowly followed by me, Chuck and Seb. I sailed through the rest of the morning listen to ideal chit chat from Seb and Chuck occasionally adding a nod or a grunt. Until my brother appeared and promptly told me to get dressed what I was wearing wasn’t appropriate for sitting round with a bunch of guys. Hardly like I was sitting there naked, I had on a cami top and pants on, my favourite pajamas as well. I sighed but did what I was told.
They are not a bunch of sixteen year old that will jump my bones the first chance they get. I pulled on a pair of skinnys and a tank top and climbed back out of my bunk. To collide into Pierre, who only had on a pair of boxers on. I mumbled something at him and continued to the bathroom, to brush my hair and my teeth.
I was mumbling to myself as I brushed the knots out of my hair, when David appeared at the bathroom door, to tell me that there was a package for me. I suddenly got excited and ran down the middle of the bus with David not far behind me. I squealed as I ripped it open, it was the camera I had ordered yesterday. I hugged David and we jumped up and down which got us told off by Chuck.
I pulled David and the camera into the backroom to take some photos.
“Amelia, we’re going?” Pierre called out to me
“Be right there” I groan,
I jumped out my bunk and headed towards the front of the bunk, grabbing my camera off the kitchen counter, where I had left it after me and David where done in the backroom. I was going to watch Simple Plan do there first sound check of the tour.
David challenged me to a race inside to the stage, running along the long corridor dodging equipment and roadies. I was winning and looked back to see where David was when I ran straight into someone, making us both fall over. I looked down and prayed it was someone that it wasn’t potentially someone that was famous.
I was shocked to see a girl laying there staring up at me.
“Sweet, girl on girl action,” David smiled above us
“David, you’re gross,” I smirked getting to my feet and helping the girl up too.
“I’m Amelia,” I smiled introducing myself “And this idiot is David,” He waved
“I’m Leonie,” She smiled, waving back at David “You heading to the stage?” Leonie asked, pointing her thumb towards two double doors
“Yeah,” I replied as David speed off again “Are you a roadie?” I asked her as we starting after David
She laughed “No, I’m on tour with Jared – my boyfriend. I thought tour would be exciting you know but it seems extremely boring and repetitive” She sighed
“I know exactly how you feel” I smiled
“Are you here with you boyfriend too?” She asked looking at me and then at David
“David and I?” I asked pointing at both of us; she nodded “No, I’m on tour with my brother, Pat. He’s the merch/bitch for Simple Plan” I explained
She nodded.
“Is this your first sound check?” She asked, pushing her hair out of her face
“Yeah, my brother invited me and I can practice my photography” I smiled waving the camera at her
“Sound checks are so boring” She laughed linking arms with me
And that is how we became friends.
The sounds check was defiantly as boring as Leonie had been telling me. Thank god, I had her there… I got some decent pictures of the band as well, especially David because he wanted to be in every shot.
Leonie and I laughed every time Pierre had to stop because David had jumped into him again.
I was starting to like this tour more and more.
After the sound check, we head over to catering. Leonie had to go and check Jared was out of his bed and was getting dressed for sound check. I hugged her, wished good luck getting a boy out of his bed and said I’d probably see her at the show tonight.
“Who was that chick?” Pierre asked as soon as Leonie was out of ear shot
“Leonie, I bumped into her when me and David we’re running through the corridor” I explained putting my camera away
“You we’re practically having sex with her when I turned up” David smirked sticking his tongue out at me
All five of them stopped and stared at me, they’re eyes practically bugging out of there heads.
“David!” I screamed and slapped his arm “I was not having sex with her. We both fell over and unfortunately ended up on top of each other” I told them glaring at David
“I wouldn’t mind being on top of her” Pierre murmured
“Ewww…Pierre. I’m innocent you know” I looked at him as he shrugged
“Innocent, yeah Amelia” Pat scoffed looking at me
“I am too” I protested
“Yeah” Pat smirked
I stopped dead; sometime I forgot what Pat knew about me. Shuddering I took after the band. I sighed and caught up with the band. God I hate my brother sometimes.
Eating dinner with these boys was like feeding time at the zoo…they’re plates we’re piled high with food and they we’re wolfing it down like they hadn’t seen food in over a month. I was trying to hold down the little amount of food I had been able to swallow, when David through some paste at my head.
“Hey, little Pat, What’s up?” He asked, spooning some more food into his mouth, for such a skinny guy he sure could put the food away
“I’m just revolted that’s all, continue eating” I smiled and poked at my salad, then pushed the plate back
“Revolted?” Chuck asked looking at me with a fork full of food half way to his mouth
“By the way you’re eating” I explained waving my hand around a little nearly hitting Seb in the face
“What’s wrong with the way we eat?” Jeff asked wiping his mouth on his sleeve
I grimaced, what was right with the way they we’re eating. My grimace explained it all.
“Could you at least stop shoveling the food in like you’ve not seen food in about a month” I asked, feeling the bile rise in my stomach…my stomach was very sensitive,
“Okay” They coursed in unison, they all knew about my stomach no doubt Pat had filled them in with all the cute stories of me throwing up…like that one time in church with our grandma…
“There’s Leonie” I said out loud waving at her “Cya guys later” I smiled getting up from the table and running at her, stopping inches from another collision.
“Hey” She smiled “Having fun with your boys?” She asked, smirking
“The way they eat is revolting” I frowned “You have any luck getting Jared out of bed?” I asked changing the subject away from the guys eating
“Oh, I had my own little trick” She smiled and winked
“Leonie” I blushed
“I through a glass of water over his head” She laughed “Get your mind out the gutter” She nudged me
“You wanna hang out tonight after the show?” I asked, grabbing an apple from the basket as she grabbed a banana
“I’d love to, I’m so sick of hang around guys” She smiled peeling the banana “My bus or yours?”
I shrugged “Yours I suppose, I’d like to meet your boyfriend’s band”
“Cool, it’s a date”
“Is someone trying to steal my girlfriend?” A guy said just behind Leonie
“Jared, darling this is Amelia. The girl I was telling you about” She turned to him and kissed his cheek
“Oh yeah, heard you saved my Leonie from boredom this afternoon” He smiled at me
“She was the one that saved me…I finally have a ‘girlfriend’ to talk to” I bite into the apple
“Well I’m going to have to love you and leave you. I’ve got to eat this then go and get ready for the show tonight. You going to come and watch, babe? ” He smiled kissing Leonie
“Of course” She sighed and kissed him on the lips
“Cya later, Amelia” Jared said before going to sit down next to Simple Plan
“When is Jared’s band on tonight?” I asked as we left the catering area and head back outside
“Erm…about eight o’clock tonight” She said taking a packet of smokes out her back pocket and offered me one
I shook my head. She placed it between her lips and felt her pockets for a lighter.
“Here” A small guy flicked his lighter open and covered it with his hand while Leonie light her cigarette “Frank” He smiled, holding his hand out to her
“Leonie” She shook it
He turned to me. I was too mesmerized by his beautiful hazel eyes to say anything.
“Is she mute?” Frank asked Leonie
“No… her names Amelia” Leonie laughed as I finally broke my gaze on him
“Sorry” I blushed, looking down
“It’s okay…I enjoy pretty girls looking at me” He grinned, taking a drag from his cigarette
Why was one man having such and effect on me? I was questioning myself as he started up a conversation.
“So who are you here with, Amelia?” He asked dragging my name out
“Erm…my brother and his friends” I smiled, pleased with myself that I could even string together a sentence
“Well, I need to go and get my band…I’ll catch you two later” he stubbed out his cigarette on the concrete and walked off without even waiting for a goodbye
“Tongue tied, much?” Leonie nudged me laughing “My god, he was gorgeous” She remarked fanning her face with her hand
“You’re telling me?” I sighed “I would take up smoking just to get a piece of that” I smiled remembering what he said to me
“What’s up ladies?” Pierre asked from behind us
“Mmmm…”I mumbled “Nothing” I replied blushing
“She meet some hot guy and got tongue-tied” Leonie laughed “Leonie” She introduced herself to Pierre because I was wallowing in my own embarrassment to mind my manners
“Pierre” He smiled shaking her hand
I was gazing into the direction that Frank went in and didn’t even notice that the rest of the band plus Jared had joined us.
“Amelia” David was waving his hand around in front of my face
“Huh?” I blinked looking at him
“You we’re day dreaming” Leonie giggled “About Frank?” She asked sticking her tongue out at me
“Frank?” Pat asked looking between us
“He was some guy that they met” Pierre informed him
“My Chemical Romance’s, Frank?” David asked eyes sparkling
“Possibly, we didn’t talk to him for very long” Leonie explained cuddling up to Jared
“Wow, he’s amazing and hot” David gushed “I mean he’s very manly” He said in a deeper voice
I laughed.
“Anyway, now that we have discovered David has some gay tendencies…I’m going to get changed for tonight” Seb grinned, leaving the group
“Me too” Was heard from all of the other excluding Pat, me and Leonie
“Wait up, guys” David called after them in an extremely camp voice and minced after them
We laughed and headed back inside.
“That David is one weird kid” Leonie remarked as we left Pat at the merch table
“I know, he’s hyperactive 24/7…he’s the most fun out of those guys. Pierre’s the one of those guys that would do anything that wasn’t screwed down, Seb the quiet, thinker type, Chuck’s the daddy of the group and Jeff I haven’t really spoke to or seen him over the last couple of days…So yeah I like David the best, he’s the most fun” I finished with a nod and noticed that Leonie wasn’t walking next to me anymore but was a few feet back laughing her head off
I walked over “What?” I asked as she gripped onto her sides
“Pierre…doing…anything…that…wasn’t…screwed…down” She gasped between laughing
“Wasn’t that funny” I smiled as she swung her arm around my shoulders
“I think, we’re going to be great friends” She giggled leaning on me for support
The rest of the night was pretty uneventful except from watching most of the bands perform.
After the show, we made our way back to the bus and Leonie explained to me that the guys wouldn’t be back till the early hours because they’d be off celebrating a good first day of tour.
So, we sat and talked about boys past and present, our family’s, what we did at home – she was an alternative mode, she was also really good at writing lyrics – she actually helped Jared write Echelon and that’s why she had to tattoo on her shoulder.
I got back to the bus about ten minutes ago begin as quiet as possible…Chuck looked up from his laptop and smiled at me as I passed him, he wasn’t going to rat me out for coming in late because the other guys weren’t even back yet.
Third day outside of Montreal and I was crushing on two guys. I smiled to myself every time I thought about what Frank had said to me. Maybe I’ll ask him out on a date, maybe.
Until next time
Signing Off Girl on Tour x
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