On The Run by mersey
1 by mersey
Chapter One

I don't know where we are right now, which state or town we're in, but I do know that we're heading back to New York. I can only be thankful that we're in our tour bus and not the plane; no matter how comfortable it is, flying isn't one of my favorite things to do.

All I remember is that we had an interview with a radio station about an hour ago- the last of the hundreds we have had for the past few weeks of promoting Chapter 1 and Drowning. I just can't wait to get back home, in the open arms of Leighanne.

"Where are you heading to?" I asked Nick, seeing that he had suddenly got up from what we called the 'chill out' area, in front of the TV.

"Sleep, this flu is bugging me." Nick said in disgust as he rubbed his red nose. I watched as he disappeared to the back of the bus, where our bunks were. Winter is slowly approaching, I can feel it in the air.

The tour bus is much more peaceful than usual as all of our entourage have taken another bus, which leaves us with more space and privacy. In fact, they were driving just ahead of us.

"There is nothing but trees and more trees outside, this is boring!" AJ exclaimed as he stared out the window.

"Where are we anyway?" Howie asked. Hmm… and I thought I was the only one losing track of where we were. No one really answered because no one really knew. Kevin however mumbled something about trees and how beautiful they are. Kevin definitely didn't have a lot on his mind.

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"Bri stop doing that, you're giving me a headache!" AJ cried when Brian kept switching the channels back and forth.

"I can't believe there's nothing on TV." Brian sighed.

"I'm hungry." AJ said, patting his flat stomach.

"There is some pizza left in the fridge." Howie said. "But it’s Nick's."

"Oh what the hell, he can eat when we get to New York. He's gonna sleep all the way there anyway." AJ claimed and started for the fridge.

"I wonder why you're not the one with weight problems Bone. You eat almost twice of what Nick eats." Kevin pointed out.

"It's called high metabolism Kev. I'm full of it and Nick has none." AJ replied.

"Nick isn't that bad, I prefer him like this than all scrawny." Howie said.

"Oh yeah, he looked so anorexic when we first started!" Brian laughed. “Of course he was still growing up, what’s your excuse?”

"How come he didn't get stuck with Bone and I did back then?" AJ wonders.

"That's one more for Backstreet's Unsolved Mysteries." Kevin murmured under his breath.

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I decided to check on Joe our driver, since there was nothing for me to do. I could go to sleep but I wasn't sleepy. Besides, I needed to ask him how much longer it was going to take before we got there and just to make sure that he wasn't dozing off. That would not be good for us.

"Hey Joe, wassup?" I yawned. Not a good way to greet someone who's driving.

"Nothing much." Joe yawned. See, never good.

"Where's the other bus, I thought they were right in front of us?" I asked when I noticed that we were the only bus, better yet, the only vehicle on the road.

"They just turned the corner. Don't worry; I know this road even with my eyes blindfolded." Joe assured me.

"I'm sure you do but let's not go there." I joked. Joe laughed. Good sign, he wasn’t sleepy.

"What the hell…" Joe cursed, his wide eyes staring at the road in front of him.

"What?" I asked, as my gaze darted to where he was looking at. I think I gasped. Yeah, I think I did. Just a mile away, four men stood across the road, and if Joe did not stop now, they were going to be steam rolled for good.



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