I Will Make You Believe....

I woke up around noon to a call from Jordan. He was letting me know that the keys for my room and the drivers room were under my name. We wouldn't be getting into Winnipeg until around 10 tonight. So I opted for more sleep, this time in my bunk.

Pulling back the curtain, I stopped when I saw a familiar hoodie, a small bag, and a piece of paper laid out over my sheets.

To my Second Best,
I felt weird leaving you alone on the bus for a day. So I left you my hoodie since I know you love it so much. I also packed you our favorite treats and a surprise. I'll be back before you know it.
Love
Little Drummer Boy

I could help but smile as the words got to me and I began to tear up. The first thing I did was grab his hoodie and quickly pull it over my head. It smelled like him. Opening the brown bag, which was clearly from a gas station, I found some candy and other random things we've discovered in our short time together. At the bottom of the bag was his DS though and that's when I started laughing. Inside the small device he left a note that read 'so maybe you can finally beat me with some practice'. I couldn't help the tears that fell. Even from another country he was here to make me laugh and miss him.

I spent much of the day playing the small device before we pulled into the hotel parking lot. I wasn't quite sure if the time the boys would be getting in, but I knew that it should be soon as they had an early set time at the Colorado fest in order to fit it into the tour schedule. So I quickly grabbed my bags and made my way inside to grab the keys for me and Randy. He thanked me and immediately made his way to his room. I also rushed to mine. Instead of going to bed though, I decided to take a bath.

Trina has gifted me bath bombs for years, but I hardly ever used them. Now though, I was thankful I had packed a few in my suitcase every tour. Being able to sit here was more relaxing than I could've understood. It was so relaxing that I must've fallen asleep.

"Chips, babe?" I blinked frantically I saw a red faced josh with his hands over his eyes, sitting on the toilet bowl.

"What are you doing?" I asked with a slight chuckle.

"Uh your clothes were by the bed but the bathroom door was opened. I wasn't trying to peak or anything..." I scoffed.

"Dude, you've seen me naked at least five times in the last month. There's no point on hiding from you what you've already seen." He moved his fingers to peer through them after I had already stood, stepped out, and wrapped a towel around me.

"That doesn't mean I won't respect your privacy. I'm not obligated to your body because I've already seen it...." I reached down and unplugged the tub.

"I appreciate the mentality, I just know you well enough to know I'm not an object to you and you're not here to judge me..." he smiled at me.

"Hey," he stood and grabbed my hand," I love you." I stood on my tip toes to kiss him.

"I love you too. Thank you for your little gift today. I loved it." He smiled again.

"Did you practice?" I nodded.

"Literally all day," I told him as I walked back into the room and began digging for clothes in my bag," Jordan called me around noon and woke me up to tell me the keys were under my name. I found it then." He chuckled as he sat on the bed beside my suitcase.

"I knew you'd like it, did you eat all the candy though? I'm kinda craving some..." I chuckled and pointed towards my backpack.

"There's a bunch of the lollipops left. Maybe some of the kinder eggs.... all I know is that my diet was entirely candy today so..." he grabbed my bag off the dresser and came back over while searching through it.

"Ya know I was serious about showing me the house..." he looked up at me.

"Really? I just didn't know if you would think it was too soon..." I shrugged.

"I can't promise you it's a yes yet, but if anything it's the best option. We need somewhere we can be united and together while we are off tour. The reality is that I'm not sure I'll be able to stay with you on tour forever." He frowned at that.

"I love you and this opportunity has only given me the chance to spend time with you. If another job comes up that suits what I want to do more so than merch though, I'm going to take it." With my clothes now out of the suitcase, I was able to close it and move it off the bed so I could sit next to Josh. His first move was to grab my hand.

"When we stay in Columbus before the tour starts in May, we can stay in the house for a little bit. Maybe even go out there a day or two early and just take a took. I don't want to do it before then because I want to have time for us both to think about it." I nodded at him.

"That sounds perfect. Are you wanting to spend time somewhere between Australia and that?" He hummed in thought.

"When are you done with Coachella?" I grabbed my phone off the dresser and opened my calendar.

"They have me on site until May 4, and at the home office until the 7th. When are you back from Australia?" He pulled his phone out of his pocket.

"The 8th very early. We are flying out pretty much immediately after our set it looks like. Do you have anything going on in May?" I looked back at my calendar.

"Only slated for Hangout fest from the 18th-24th." He looked up.

"We should go to yours then once we get back. It'll only be for a week." I smiled.

"So yours before Coachella?" He chuckled.

"Yeah I suppose so." This time I rested my head against his shoulder.

"Hey," I looked up at him," your hair is still very wet."