I stepped off the bus, stretching for the first time in several hours. I was desperate to walk around and stretch my legs, but we were meant to be meeting the headlining band. Great.
Another bus pulled up next to ours, the band we were supporting. Our drummer Kailee had been the one who sorted this tour, along with our manager Livvy. I hadn't heard of the band before a few weeks ago, but I liked what I had heard of their music so far. I was excited to meet the guys too. They were hot ok.
The doors opened, and two guys in Skinny jeans fell out of the bus. They rolled around on the tarmac for a moment, before one of them stood up, shouting victoriously and waving something in his hand. 'I got it! I won! Suck it Barakat!' A guy with longish brown hair partially covering his face looked over at me and winked, while the one on the floor slowly got to his feet, a sheepish smile on his face. They began walking over to me and Cleo, who had appeared behind me, as the other two members of their band stepped out of the bus stretching.
'Hello ladies.' The victorious guy from the brawl winked at me and slung an arm around each of our shoulders.
'Hi, you must be Jack and Alex right?' I asked, laughing.
'That's right, you girls are hot.' Cleo and I glanced at each other and blushed.
'Hey guys, we're the rest of Sugar Skull.' Inari, Bella and Kailee appeared behind us, along with Livvy and Hugh. Just then, the rest of All Time Low joined us, dragging their manager, who appeared to be half-asleep, behind them.
'Good. Now we're all here we can get properly introduced. I'm Alex. I'm the hot one.' He winked at us, while behind him their manager groaned.
'I'm afraid Alex is wrong there ladies. You see, I'm Jack and I'm clearly miles more attractive than him. Right?' He nudged my shoulder and smiled at me. He did have gorgeous eyes.
'Objection! I clearly have way more to look at than you. And that's while I have clothes on..' Alex and Jack were fighting for our attention now, but it didn't matter – there were 6 of us in Sugar Skull.
They carried on like this for a while, causing their manager to sit down with his head in his hands, while the other half of All Time Low were taking turns on a skateboard.
'Hey.' I cut in. 'You never introduced the rest of the guys.'
'Oh... sorry. Hey we never got introduced either.' Jack smiled mischievously.
'You guys done? Good. I'm Zack.' He smiled shyly at us, before skating of again. He was definitely the better boarder out of the two.
'I'm Rian, and the hungover asshole on the floor is Matt, our manager. Your turn.' He smiled at each of us in turn.
We glanced at each other slightly before I sighed, and introduced everyone. 'Ok this is Kailee, our drummer, Cleo plays the keyboard, Inari on guitar, Bella on Bass, Livvy is our manager and Hugh is our merch dude.' I smiled at All Time Low, and they nodded their heads in approval. Then Jack frowned.
'What about you?' He asked, confused.
'Oh, I'm a double threat. You should be careful you know.' I grinned up at him.
'Ooh I'm super scared. What do you play?' He teased.
'Well. I sing and I play guitar.' I answered him.
'So, miss double threat, do you have a name?' By now most of the others had gone off into smaller groups, only Matt was left, and he was still sat on the floor trying not to vomit.
'Of course I do.' I was playing with him now.
'Do I get to hear it?' He asked, playing along.
'Hmm... Depends how nice you are to me.' I teased, biting my lip slightly.
'Oh I could be very nice… But there's really no fun in that, is there?' He was so the hot one.
'I guess that depends what kind of fun you're looking for.' I winked at him and smiled before skipping over to where Rian, Kailee and Bella were standing.
I stood with them, not really paying attention to their conversation – I was watching Jack watch me, only I was looking through my hair, so he had no idea. Just then, I was snapped out of my trance by a pair of arms around me, and a pair of hands over my eyes.
'Guess who?' They exclaimed, as I was trying to figure out who it was. I could tell from the voice it was one of the guys. Rian was standing across from me, so it wasn't him, I had been watching Jack, and he was still standing by our bus, Zack was off skating, with Cleo and Inari watching. Matt was too hungover to move, and Hugh was off somewhere with Livvy that they could be 'single' together. That left...
'Alex!' I laughed, pulling his hands off of my eyes and turning to face him. He kept hold of my hands.
'See how well you know me already?' He smiled. 'But I don't even know your name.' He pouted at the end, a mischievous look in his eyes.
'You'll find out soon enough.' I teased him lightly. God he had gorgeous eyes.
'You really think so?' Oops... I wasn't supposed to say that out loud. I felt my face grow hot as I blushed, mortified. 'It's ok, I know I'm irresistible.' His face was smiling, but his eyes were serious. I looked down. 'So, if you're not gonna tell me your name, tell me about yourself. Friends, family, boyfriend?' His expression changed slightly as he said the last one.
'I guess I'll keep it pretty short. My friends are all here with me, my family refuse to speak to me, and my boyfriend doesn't exist. Your turn.' I smiled up at him, but he looked shocked. 'Hey what's up?'
'You're single? Wow… I wasn't expecting that.' I blushed again. 'And why don't your family talk to you?'
'Nuh-uh. No more questions until you answer.'
'Fine… Friends – These guys are like my brothers, we've all been friends since high school. My family are back in Baltimore, though I'm originally British. Boyfriend? I guess I have Jack.' He was teasing me now, and I raised my eyebrow at him in response. 'Nah, I've been single about two months now.'
Our eyes met, and I was unable to break eye contact until he did. Then suddenly he let go of one of my hands and spun me under his arm, bringing us even closer together.
Just when I thought our lips would meet, Zack skated over to us, looking worried.
'Hey Zack,' Alex said, tearing eyes from mine. 'Whoa what's up dude?'
'Uh..' Zack looked at me, questioning. 'Anyone seen Vinny?'
Alex shook his head, as I asked 'Who's Vinny?'
'Our merch manager.' Zack answered me, still looking puzzled.
'Oh ok,' I smiled at him, stepping away from Alex. 'I'll let you know if I see any confused strangers around.'
'Thanks.' Zack replied.
'I'll see you guys later, ok?' I smiled at them as I walked away, onto our tour bus.
'Bye.' They called after me. I saw Zack asking Alex something, no doubt about what was going on with me and him, and I smiled to myself as I boarded our tour bus.