‹ Prequel: Everything I'm Not
Love's Requiem
I wish I could be as cruel as you
"Bella don't you ever just sit and relax?" I heard Jack ask me while I was hanging up the sample shirts on the wall with Vinny.
"I like having stuff to do." I told him not turning around.
"Do Alex." I heard another voice say.
"Do a midtown reunion." I replied.
"How many times do I have to have this conversation?" Gabe asked me as I finished and came off the chair I was standing on.
"When you bring back Midtown and stop being a sell out." I said blankly.
"Every tour you go through this and every tour guess what happens babe, still no midtown
drop it." Alex said as I jumped over the table and walked out with them.
"Where did you get those shoes?" Gabe asked looking down at my feet.
"What you like these?" I asked.
"No, they just seem so not you."
"Hell they are!" I exclaimed as I saw Alex and Jack shake their heads. "There are the Euro
cup editions for one of the best teams of that year, Croatia."
"Okay and?" He asked blankly as I headed for the bus.
"And don't be so down that Uruguay still sucks major balls." I added as I jumped on the bus after Alex.
"And thus begins this installment of the Sladovic-Saporta face off." Jack sighed.
"Sell out." I mumbled as I sat down unzipping my hoodie, as Jack walked off the bus.
"Not only does she tour manage, she entertains." Alex laughed, putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head.
"Which reminds me," I began pulling out my sidekick, "Buzznet interview in the dressing
room in an hour and a half."
"Gotcha boss." Alex laughed as I closed my eye taking a short nap.
While the guys went to do their interview, I headed out in search of food with Vinny.
"I thought I saw a subway." I told him, as we walked down the street.
"Me too." He agreed. "Ah there it is!" He exclaimed pointing across the street.
We crossed the street and headed in to the restaurant, picking up sandwiches for ourselves as well as the guys and crew.
"I can't believe you got the feast." I told Vinny as we entered the parking lot of the venue heading for the busses. "If you actually finish the entire thing in one sitting you will be my hero." I added.
"I thought I was your hero?" I heard Gabe's voice.
"You were until you sold out!" I shouted to him.
"I didn't sell out, I bought in." He laughed while he was signing autographs for the kids
already outside.
"You were Henry Rollins to me!" I shouted back as I walked on to the bus.
"The things you come up with." Vinny laughed as we began setting up lunch for everyone just in time for the guys to walk on to the bus.
We ate as well as I took pictures of Vinny taking the first bite of his huge sandwich. Afterwards, I headed in to start setting everything up with the crew for sound check while Alex and everyone went to talk to the kids outside. After set up, sound check, and breakdown I headed to the bus to watch the soccer game that was going to be on.
"And here we find the Bella in her natrual habitat with an english league soccer game on eating twizzlers." Jack said in an Austrailian accent as he and everyone came back on to the bus.
"Shh Luka's got the ball!" I exclaimed sitting on the edge of my seat as I watched on of my best friends on the TV getting ready to potentially score a goal.
"And now she names them." I heard Gabe laugh.
"What's he doing here?" I asked still not looking away as I felt Alex sit next to me and pull me on to his lap so everyone could sit.
"Be nice." Alex laughed in to my neck as he watched with me.
Just as I saw Luka about to try and score, the channel changed.
"What the fuck?" I shouted, giving Gabe death glares.
"Whoops." He smirked.
"Jack, it's time." I said as he emerged from the front of the bus and tossed me my super soaker.
"You're kidding right? You wouldn't." Gabe laughed, shrugging us off.
"You should be running." I said as I pumped the pressure of the water gun.
"Fuck!" Gabe screeched as I shot him with the water, and then chased him off the bus along with Jack.
"Why is it warm?" Gabe asked while the kids started watching, as well as taking pictures and videos of Jack and I squirting him.
"We drank many 7-11 big gulps last night." Jack explained.
"It's piss? Bella, what the fuck!" He shouted with wide eyes as he ran for his bus.
"Job well done." I smiled giving Jack a high five, as we went back on the bus.
"Do you feel accomplished now?" Alex asked me as he put the game back on after I sat down next to him.
"Very," I nodded as I checked the score, "He did make it." I smiled.
The first show went great, I already was making plans to have a bro down with Nick of hit the lights where we'd pow wow with our ipods, seeing as he loved hardcore as much as I did.
"I like having stuff to do." I told him not turning around.
"Do Alex." I heard another voice say.
"Do a midtown reunion." I replied.
"How many times do I have to have this conversation?" Gabe asked me as I finished and came off the chair I was standing on.
"When you bring back Midtown and stop being a sell out." I said blankly.
"Every tour you go through this and every tour guess what happens babe, still no midtown
drop it." Alex said as I jumped over the table and walked out with them.
"Where did you get those shoes?" Gabe asked looking down at my feet.
"What you like these?" I asked.
"No, they just seem so not you."
"Hell they are!" I exclaimed as I saw Alex and Jack shake their heads. "There are the Euro
cup editions for one of the best teams of that year, Croatia."
"Okay and?" He asked blankly as I headed for the bus.
"And don't be so down that Uruguay still sucks major balls." I added as I jumped on the bus after Alex.
"And thus begins this installment of the Sladovic-Saporta face off." Jack sighed.
"Sell out." I mumbled as I sat down unzipping my hoodie, as Jack walked off the bus.
"Not only does she tour manage, she entertains." Alex laughed, putting his arm around me and kissing the top of my head.
"Which reminds me," I began pulling out my sidekick, "Buzznet interview in the dressing
room in an hour and a half."
"Gotcha boss." Alex laughed as I closed my eye taking a short nap.
While the guys went to do their interview, I headed out in search of food with Vinny.
"I thought I saw a subway." I told him, as we walked down the street.
"Me too." He agreed. "Ah there it is!" He exclaimed pointing across the street.
We crossed the street and headed in to the restaurant, picking up sandwiches for ourselves as well as the guys and crew.
"I can't believe you got the feast." I told Vinny as we entered the parking lot of the venue heading for the busses. "If you actually finish the entire thing in one sitting you will be my hero." I added.
"I thought I was your hero?" I heard Gabe's voice.
"You were until you sold out!" I shouted to him.
"I didn't sell out, I bought in." He laughed while he was signing autographs for the kids
already outside.
"You were Henry Rollins to me!" I shouted back as I walked on to the bus.
"The things you come up with." Vinny laughed as we began setting up lunch for everyone just in time for the guys to walk on to the bus.
We ate as well as I took pictures of Vinny taking the first bite of his huge sandwich. Afterwards, I headed in to start setting everything up with the crew for sound check while Alex and everyone went to talk to the kids outside. After set up, sound check, and breakdown I headed to the bus to watch the soccer game that was going to be on.
"And here we find the Bella in her natrual habitat with an english league soccer game on eating twizzlers." Jack said in an Austrailian accent as he and everyone came back on to the bus.
"Shh Luka's got the ball!" I exclaimed sitting on the edge of my seat as I watched on of my best friends on the TV getting ready to potentially score a goal.
"And now she names them." I heard Gabe laugh.
"What's he doing here?" I asked still not looking away as I felt Alex sit next to me and pull me on to his lap so everyone could sit.
"Be nice." Alex laughed in to my neck as he watched with me.
Just as I saw Luka about to try and score, the channel changed.
"What the fuck?" I shouted, giving Gabe death glares.
"Whoops." He smirked.
"Jack, it's time." I said as he emerged from the front of the bus and tossed me my super soaker.
"You're kidding right? You wouldn't." Gabe laughed, shrugging us off.
"You should be running." I said as I pumped the pressure of the water gun.
"Fuck!" Gabe screeched as I shot him with the water, and then chased him off the bus along with Jack.
"Why is it warm?" Gabe asked while the kids started watching, as well as taking pictures and videos of Jack and I squirting him.
"We drank many 7-11 big gulps last night." Jack explained.
"It's piss? Bella, what the fuck!" He shouted with wide eyes as he ran for his bus.
"Job well done." I smiled giving Jack a high five, as we went back on the bus.
"Do you feel accomplished now?" Alex asked me as he put the game back on after I sat down next to him.
"Very," I nodded as I checked the score, "He did make it." I smiled.
The first show went great, I already was making plans to have a bro down with Nick of hit the lights where we'd pow wow with our ipods, seeing as he loved hardcore as much as I did.