Red Lips, Finger Tips.

chapter 10

It had been two weeks since I let my big secret out nothing had changed especially with Max he hasn't spoken to me
since we were at the chinese he just blanks me. However that's not important anymore it's the day befroe tour but we've
got to drive a few hundered miles to New Jersey for where tour starts so we were going now. Evertything was packed in
the back of the van including me and my box of Jack Daniels, Emma gave us for tour. I'll need it for when I see Craig.
"No"
"One of us will tomorrow but it's your turn first"
I heard muffled voices, I didn't hear a reply just a pissed looking Max opening the back door of the van and jumping in
sitting next to me. I ignored the fact he was there and hung a torch above our heads so we had some light.
The van started and HIM began to blare through the speakers.
"Katie!" the three in the front shouted.
"I have to sit in the back of the van everyday so I choose the tunes, it's only fair" I shouted back.
They didn't reply, they just turned it louder.
"What albums this?" Max asked.
"Love Metal" I nodded.
About two hours into the drive Max grabbed hold of my hand and squeazed it like it was his way of showing he cared or
to say sorry but he quickly let go but I put mine on top of his and squeazed it. He turned his head and put his other hand
through my hair and smiled biting the left ring in his mouth, I did the same he pulled my head closer to his and looked
into my eyes. I knew he was about to kiss me but the van stopped so he quiclky faced the other way and pulled his hand away
like nothing happened making me feel crushed, yet again.

The back doors of th van opened to find Robert and Monte with a smiles on their face. I looked at them confused,
they just smiled bigger.
"What have you taken?" I laughed.
They didn't answer Robert just dragged me out of the back of the van.
"What?" I screamed confused at the whole situation.
"Monte" he shouted holding my hands, I turned around to see Max poping his head out of the van with the same confused
expression as me. The next thing I saw was blackness, then I felt hands tie something around my my head.
"It isn't funny, get o--" they cut me off my putting something in my mouth.
"Ugh" I huffed through the material.
Robert guided me over to something and sat me down.
"Do not take any of these off before this alarm goes off, okay?"
"Ohkahy" I sighed into the material as he let go of me.
I moved on whatever I was sitting on trying to get comfotable and felt somebodys arm, I jumped. Then the alarm went off
making me jump again. I took the thing out of my mouth slowly and took the blind fold off, to see I was sat on a bench,
with a girl that looked a bit older than me.
"Do you know what all this is about?" I asked awkwardly.
"Yeah, I know they said it would be hard to get you to talk to me but I didn't think it would be that hard" she giggled.
"They didn't tell me anything they just dragged me out and blind folded me" I said still confused.
"Oh, they told me they did" he rolled her eyes, smiling.
"So, I don't mean to be rude but who are you?"
"Oh, yeah I'm Craig's"
"Girlfriend" I nodded.
"Ex-girlfriend, that was my voice you heard on the phone the other day but it's not why you think. I was trying.."
"Katie, we're going" Max said storming towards me. "She doesn't care anymore" he picked me up like a baby and stormed
back to the van.
"Sorry" I shouted back at the confused girl.

"Just drive" Max shouted from inside the van.
"She deserved to know" Monte screamed back.
"She doesn't need to know"
"Why because you care about her so much, if you did you wouldn't have fucked Annie at our party" Robert shouted as the
van started.
"What's going on?" Ronnie shouted.
"Nothing go back to sleep" everyone shouted.
Max sat down across from me but didn't look at me, the torch swung as the van moved making the light flash of Max's
face, he was red. I don't know if it was with anger or if he was crying. Either way I didn't care anymore, I felt sick.
He slept with some tramp then shared the bed with me all night, who does that?
I know sitting here winding myself up over it won't help anything but it's just what I do.
"Fuck" I spat with my head facing the floor, tears stung my eyes. I refused to let them fall.
"What?" Max sighed.
"I want Ronnie" I shouted.
The van pulled over in again and Ronnie opened the doors.
"Max get in the front" he ordered.
Max didn't question it he just got out, Ronnie jumped in and closed the doors again. He cudled me sraight away with his big
protective arms and just let me cry on to him. Every now and then he'd whisper sweet nothing's in my ear, it didn't work.
"She's just an 18 year old girl that's confused and sick of being hurt all the time" I heard Monte say with a sigh.
He's right. I know him and Robert were just trying to help me but they haven't helped anything.

I stopped crying and lifted my head.
"Lucky I'm wearing black, right?" Ronnie chuckled.
I nodded, wiping the black tears from off my cheeks.
"Look I don't know what's went on, I wish I did so I could tell you" he sighed also trying to wipe the black mess on my face
away.
"It's just... I don't even know" I huffed.
"All I heard was the thing about Max and well, I didn't know about that I was busy myself"
"Nice" I giggled.
"Don't cry over that though, it's not worth it"
"No, it's the fact that that night he slept with me"
Ronnie raised his eybrows.
"No not like that, I mean he carried me out of the bathroom then and slept in the same bed as me, that's it
no dirty buisness" I giggled again, leaning my head on his shoulder. "It was like the first time we had got along, okay
there was no talking involved until the next moring when well, I think everyone knows what happened then but I don't know I
genuienly felt happy, take it he didn't" I sighed, Ronnie "um'd" confued.
"That made hardly any sense to me but okay. I'm not sticking up for him in anyway but the guy is used to getting laid at least
once a week and since you came into our lives he hasn't had any. I mean like 2-3 months almost of none. Plus no girl has ever
made him work for it before" he chuckled playing with my hair. I laughed because I didn't think of it like that and I knew I couldn't
hold it againt Max it's not like we're together and I wouldn't be able to choose between him and Craig if someone made me at this
point in time.They both confuse the hell out of me.
"I'm not going to use it against him, I don't blame him"
"What? Why?"
"I'm not ready" I looked up into his big brown eyes and half smiled.
"It's okay, you know if you say that to him and Craig they'd understand"
"I'd have to go through the whole reason why with Craig and I don't know if I could do that plus he has explaining himself
to do"
"Whatever you do, when you're ready just make sure you got the right guy" he kissed the top of my head.
"I will because I choose you, I mean if you're not married by the age of 35 I'm coming for you" I nodded seriously.
"Deal" he smiled messing my hair up.