Booze, Boys, and Buses

Chapter Twenty-Four

“I can’t believe you guys did that last night right under my bed!” Kacie shouted, throwing a wet dishtowel at me and in doing so soaking myself and the floor.

“I’m sorry! We wouldn’t have any better time to do it. I promise it’s the last time I’ll do it on tour.” I said sincerely.

“Oh my god! That explains all the noises.” She grumbled and pointed her index finger at me. “I thought that you were just drunk and groaning or something, but no! You guys were fucking fucking!”

“I’m sorry!” I exclaimed, now picking the dish towel up off the floor and putting it into the sink.

Matt walked onto the bus and just looked at us both. I’m sure we looked beautiful. Kacie with her red lobster face from yelling at me, and me with my wet shirt and my greasy hair. Matt looked at us both and laughed.

“What?” I asked, laughing at his expression.

“You two are ridiculous.” He replied, his smile reaching his ears.

“We’re not allowed to have sex anymore.” I said, grinning at him knowingly.

“What are you talking about?” He asked, turning his smile upside down.

“Mom over here says that we can’t have sex anymore.” I accused, pointing to Kacie with my thumb.

“Well there’s no need for you to be doing that while I’m trying to sleep!” She exclaimed, walking out of the bus.

“Take it easy bitch! I was just kidding!” I called out after her.

I sighed and rolled my eyes. Matt pulled me down onto the bed and we stayed there for a few moments, just resting in each other’s arms. He kissed the top of my head. I picked at a nail.

“Matt.” I said, turning around to look at him.

“Yeah?” He asked, his husky voice forcing a chill down my spine. He chuckled.

“Why me?” I asked, looking away from his gaze.

“What do you mean why you?” He asked; I imagined him raising the famous eyebrow.

“You have thousands of girls ready to jump into your arms at any given moment, and you chose me.”

He took in a deep breath. He exhaled and silence followed. I knew he wouldn’t be able to answer the question. I had a gut feeling that I hadn’t wanted to follow. The feeling that said I was only a girl for the road and then when we got back home he was going to dump me like a log. The idea made me sick to my stomach. I turned my back to him like it was before.

“Never mind.” I muttered, feeling tears well up in my eyes.

Great. The only thing tears for no reason meant was that I was going to start my period soon. So I guess we wouldn’t be having sex even if we wanted to. I laughed out loud.

“What’s so funny?” He asked, turning me around.

He was smiling, but as soon as he saw my tears, he frowned. He sighed, and held me into his chest.

“I love you because when I’m with you, I feel better and happier than I’ve ever felt in my life. You make my day every day and when I’m away from you, I can’t wait to come back from stage to be with you again. This is going to sound cheesy, but you complete me.” He said, running his hand through my hair.

The tears began flowing and I couldn’t stop them. Matt held on tightly to my heaving shoulders. I was so going to be on the rag soon. I never cried like this.

“I love you.” I groaned into his chest.

“I love you too.” He whispered, kissing my cheek. He lifted up my face and looked deep into my eyes and sighed.

“I’ll bet you say that to all your girlfriends.” I joked, laughing and looking away from him.

“Yes, all nine-hundred of them.” He replied. I knew that he’d rolled his eyes.

I didn’t want this to end. The crying yes, but this quiet moment of just him and me together made me forget about my tears. I kissed him and nestled my face into his chest.

I got out of the bed and walked into the bathroom. I knew he wanted me to stay put, but I was disgusting. I don’t even know how he could even put up with the stench. You know it’s bad when you can’t stand your own stink.

I took a hot shower, and then dressed into some clothes that were barely what you could call clean. I sighed. Although it was fun being out here on tour, it did have its major bad sides. I barely had any clean clothes ever. Matt and the guys always seemed to be all set, but I felt like I hardly had anything at all to wear. Before I left though, I couldn’t help but overhear Matt and Zack talking to each other.

“Are you sure? It’s only been two months and you’re going to be asking her to marry you Matt. That’s a huge deal.” I heard Zack say.

My heart skipped a beat when he said marry. I wanted to stop listening, but my brain told me not to. I had to listen.

“It is too soon isn’t it?” He stated more than asked. “I guess I could wait until later.”

“Later would be good. It took you ten years before you even asked Val. Just give it some more time.” I imagined Zack putting a caring hand on Matt’s shoulder.

I sighed and decided that it was a good time to leave the bathroom. I stood in front of Matt and looked up at him. His eyes entranced me.

“How much did you hear?” He asked, looking almost shocked.

“Enough to tell you that it is indeed a little too early.” I stated, kissing him.

He laughed and sighed. “It’s a good thing I wasn’t going to ask you yet then. I was just asking Zack when he thought a good idea would be.”

“A good man always knows when the right time is.” I informed him, stepping off of the bus.

I walked out of the bus only to be picked up swiftly to my feet and carried off to God only knows where. I saw a glimpse of jet black hair and I began screaming.

“Put me down!” I shrieked, kicking at the air.

I was thrown down onto the ground and then picked up faster than I knew I’d fallen. I was spun around and faced in front of a charging Kacie. She tried to stop, but it was a little too late. The person behind me let go. Kacie and I fell into a heap on the ground. My head smacked off of the ground causing me to yell in agony.

“Fucking A!” I shrieked, holding onto the back of my head. “Shit!” I yelled.

“Oh my God are you bleeding?” Jimmy yelled, picking me up.

My knees wobbled as I tried to stand straight. What in the hell had just happened? I looked at my hand only to see that it was coated in a red liquid. I tried my hardest to keep the consciousness that was on the brink of leaving me.

“Jesus.” I murmured, dizziness beginning to overcome me.

I felt a pair of strong arms wrap their way around me.

“Are you ok?” He asked, I knew it was Matt.

“I think so.” I murmured, trying to stand on my own.

“What in the hell is wrong with you Jim?” Matt accused, glaring at Jimmy.

“I’m sorry. I just…” He began.

“He grabbed my butt, and I ran after him. Cass happened to come out at just the same time that Jim was running by and wham! He grabbed her and started carrying her away.” Kacie explained, scratching her head.

“And she fell because?” Matt questioned, looking between the two.

“Because when Jimmy stopped, I ran into her.” Kacie continued, rolling her eyes at Matt. “Let me see her.”

She went behind me and looked at the back of my head. She groaned and then laughed. What a strange combination of noises.

“It’s just a scratch.” Kacie explained, walking with Matt and me into the bus. “You should be fine with just a shower.”

“What are you a doctor now?” I asked, being very frightened by the sight of the blood still covering my hand.

“No, but I do know that it looks like a tiny scratch.” She said, laughing at the shocked expression painted on my face.

“Well fine then.” I mumbled, walking into the bathroom and getting into the shower.

The water didn’t become tainted with too much crimson red. For that I was glad. I suppose that I could have very well been over dramatizing. I tend to do that from time to time. As soon as I was done with my shower, I dried myself of and dressed into the same clothes as before. I walked out into the hallway part of the bus and then over to my bunk.

Alabama was nice, the hicks made me laugh once in a while. It sort of reminded me of home. Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah were all fun. I don’t think there were many boring days on tour. But the day I knew I would remember the most clearly, was Las Vegas, Nevada. The guys, plus alcohol, plus strippers, plus gambling, equals a hilarious mess.

“Are you babes almost ready to go?” Matt asked as I struggled to zip up a corset he’d bought me in the last state.

“Yes, just a second.” You could’ve heard the struggling in my voice, although I tried to hide it.

“Here, let me help.” He insisted, taking control of the zipper.

He zipped it up with ease and I glared at him through the body mirror before me.

“Woah, if looks could kill.” I heard Kacie say as she stood behind Matt.

“I’d be dead.” He finished, kissing my neck.

“I couldn’t kill you. I’d miss this too much.” I said, pressing my lips to his tightly.

“Okay.” Kacie said, laughing and walking in the other direction.

Matt took my hand as we all made our way off of the crowded bus. We separated into two groups, the girls, and the boys, into our corresponding rental cars. The guys went first, considering Kacie had no clue as to where she was going. We pulled up to what I assumed to be one of the biggest casinos in Nevada.

“Wooh!” Jimmy shrieked as we all exited out vehicles.

All the girls linked arms with their man, all save for Val. I felt bad for her at this point. I knew she still had feelings for Matt. Thirteen years isn’t just something you could just push away like it never happened. This had to be hard for her to see me with him like this. We walked into the casino and it wasn’t as chaotic as I thought it was going to be. There were a few strippers, it was obviously amateur night. This was good, and I knew exactly what was going to happen later. Hint the sarcasm. Matt led me over to the bar and got a round of drinks ordered.

“Remember what happened last time?” I asked, feeling a little wary about drinking in a bar ever again.

“Don’t worry. I won’t let you drink too much. I promise.” He assured as our drinks were set down on the bar.

Straight Jack Daniel’s. That was enough to turn any light weight’s stomach. I held my breath and swallowed it down. I gagged a little on the intake, but the instant buzz after two more was great. I was ready for anything. Except for what I saw from Matt. He was sitting with the guys in front of the stripper stage, gawking. I scowled and sucked down another Jack’s and walked over to the stage. I had on the proper attire. A mini-skirt and corset match. My high heels and burlesque tights were nice assets.

I stumbled on my way to the stage, but when I got up there, I was ready for anything. I spun on the ball of my foot. I heard some approving howls from Matt. I didn’t have a clue on how to strip at all. I began dancing around the pole.

“Take your clothes off!” I heard the voice of Jimmy yell.

I gladly obliged and began to remove the corset I’d had on. I was now completely naked and still twirling on stage. Again, the guys all got to see my boobs flapping around. I went for my skirt but someone grabbed my arms.

“I don’t know where you think you are, but this is a classy place and you aren’t allowed to take off all your clothes.” The obvious manager of the place informed me.

“But I’m with Avenged Sevenfold.” I explained, pointing to the guys out in the crowd.

“Well that’s good to know.” A shit eating grin crept across my face. “Then you all can leave.”

My shit eating grin left after he said that. I glared at him hard, but obviously that wasn’t going to do any good. Matt helped me into his sweatshirt and he grabbed my corset as we all walked, well, some of us stumbled, back out to the rentals.

“Is anyone good to drive?” I slurred.

So perhaps I had had a little too many Jack’s to drink. I guess I was going to have to watch it next time. Someone came up with a reply to my question, but I didn’t hear it. I just let Matt’s warm arms sweep me up and into a car. He sat with me. Now that I was relaxed, I felt my eyes roll into the back of my head. I was long gone.

“Cass we’re almost home.” Matt said, shaking me.

I jumped awake and sighed when I saw the time on the clock. One o’ clock in the morning. I snuggled up to Matt and waited for the bus to come to a complete halt before he picked me up and pulled me into the house. It had been three days since my little boob fest. No way was I going to do that again. Apparently Matt and I’d had sex, but I don’t remember a thing. That’s the saddest part. And way to go Matt, we got kicked out of yet another place. I had to laugh at our inability to avoid trouble.

“Happy to be home?” He asked, walking inside and shutting the door with his foot.

“Mmm.” I said into his chest. “I just want to go to bed, I’ll be happy in the morning.”

“Ok my angel, sleep tight.” He whispered, lulling me back into my slumber.
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I am so so so sorry that I haven't been updating. I get my internet from the people across the street. It isn't always easy to get over the winter.