Touring is a Death wish
Intro.
Finally, I was going to Germany. It had taken me forever to try and fit a week's worth of clothes, my uniform, extra food and my flute into just one bag. Well, I had two bags, one had to go into the coach's hold and the other one was one that I could take up onto the seats. My saxophone also had to go in the hold above me; I'd lined my mouthpiece with bubble wrap to stop it breaking. Feeling prepared, I loaded my luggage into my mum's car and said my final goodbye's to the rest of my family.
Blocking the road, the coach was already there by the time I got to the meeting point. Carefully, I placed my suitcase on the coach and went to go put my saxophone (which I called Allele, I know, it's sad) in one of the overhead lockers. My other bag was placed next to Megan's; I'd be sat next to her for the whole 26 hours over to Germany. The coach was a lot better than I expected, it had tables at each chair so that 4 people could sit around a table. It also had plug sockets so we could charge up our phones whilst we travelled and a kitchen in the centre of the coach with an oven, microwave and kettle. Outside, Sam stood grinning. I couldn't wait until we could set off.
I got off the coach to get in a few pictures with various members of the band and handed in my passport to the conductor of our band who was going to sort them all out when we got to border control. Standing next to Sam, I said goodbye to my mum and waited with the rest of the band eagerly until we were allowed on the coach again. To keep me from being bored, I had brought 3 empty books with me so I could write while on the coach. Sam and Megan had brought loads of food too which we piled onto the table in front of us before setting off.
"Well, at least we won't get hungry." I laughed as Philip stared on in awe. There were 16 of us in total and Sam, Megan, Philip, Alicia, Hannah and I had claimed the back two tables. Calvin, Nathan, Charlie, Charlotte and two other Megan's had claimed the two tables in the middle. Shaun, Caleb, Will and Elliot were the nearest to the kitchen. It didn't surprise anybody.
When the engine was started, an encore of cheers echoed through the isle. I started a chorus of "We're off", a song that we had sang in this year's school play. The excitement lasted for about an hour before everybody started drifting off into their own worlds. I had plugged in my iPod and began listening to some My Chemical Romance while writing song fics for various songs. Down the coach, more and more people were just putting in their earphones or singing aloud to different songs. I pulled out my camera and began taking funny pictures of everybody.
I guess you could say the coach ride was boring. It was. No drama happened on it at all until we got past Oxford and by the time we reached Dover, everybody was too busy to care whether or not Hannah and Calvin were together again. After the usual jokes about me being Irish were made while we went through border control and some bags were checked for a trace of drugs or bombs, the real drama started happening. A lot can happen on the sea.
