Chapter 3

I can't believe my eyes; Vic Fuentes is standing right in front of me. I start to feel light headed and my knees start to tremble.

"I, I-," everything becomes dark.

"She was standing outside the bus for a while."

"Yes, you already told me that, but where did she come from?"

Unfamiliar voices echo through my head. I'm too exhausted to move and my eyelids are too heavy to open.

"Well I saw her and another girl coming from that way."

Where am I? Did Paris ever come back? My friends are probably looking for me, right? My head throbs with pain.

"Try waking her up."

"No you, I don't want to be rude."

"Did she have an ID or anything?"

Their voices start to get louder, I force myself to move. "Look she's waking up."

I open my eyes and look around and it all hits me at once. I ran into Vic Fuentes' arms just before I passed out. It's too surreal; Mike, Jaime, Tony and Vic are looking at me with wide eyes. We stare at each other for a good 5 seconds before saying anything. I can't bring myself to say anything I just stare back and force a smile.

"Uh, where am I?" I finally say.

"You're on our tour bus," Vic says.

"Here's your ID," Mike says handing over my lanyard.

I take it from his hands, "Thank you." I am star struck; this has to be a dream.

"So where did you come from?" Mike asks.

Jaime and Tony look at me curiously waiting for me to share my story.

"I came from my dorm. I was walking to the dollar store with my friend. But she forgot her money so I was waiting for her to come back." I explain.

"We saw you hiding behind our bus," Jaime laughs.

I can feel my face turn red, "Oh I was just trying to avoid the wind."

Vic gets up from the couch and walks over to a cupboard. We sit in silence and Vic comes back and hands me a water bottle.

"I'm Vic by the way," he says.

"Yeah, I know who you guys are. You guys are actually one of my favorite bands. Thank you for helping me. I'm Lindsay." I extend my arm and Vic shakes my hand.

"No problem, glad I could help." Vic says.

"Oh don't try and take all the credit I'm the one who caught you when you fainted and I carried you back here." Mike says childishly.

I laugh, "Thank you both for helping me."

We sit in the bus for a while talking and laughing. My dreams of hanging out with band members for a day came true. I sit with a smile on my face the whole entire time. I look out the window and I can see that the has rain stopped. I pull out my phone and it's almost 8:00. I lost track of time. Just as I start to say something I hear voices outside. Everyone pauses looking confused.

"Do you hear that," Tony says looking out the window.

Vic goes to the front of the bus and asks the driver to open the doors. Mike, Jaime and Tony follow him outside. I get up and walk slowly towards the front of the bus. The voices become familiar. I hear Cee yelling my name. I run out of the bus. The cool air feels soothing against my face.

"Cee," I yell for him.

"Linds, where are you!"

I walk over to where the band is standing and wave my hands. I can see his small figure walk towards us Paris and Smurph follow behind him.

"Oh my god Lindsay, are you okay? We have been looking for you." Paris walks over and hugs me.

"We were about ready to call the cops." Cee says.

"Yeah I'm okay," I turn and look at Vic, "Vic and Mike helped me find shelter from that tornado." I say.

"Who?" Smurph asks.

I turn and point at them, Tony waves. Cee walks over to them and thanks them. Smurph follows him and does the same.

Paris looks at them confused and takes a step back, "Hey, ain't they on the poster that's hanging in your dorm Lindsay?"

"Holy shit," Cee says, "Whoa ya'll are the ones hanging on that poster."

"Damn Linds got saved by celebrities?" Smurph says.

Cee and Smurph do the universal guy hand shake with the band members. I smile as they make small talk.

"So what are you guys doing in Sterling?" Cee asks.

"Oh, just passing through, we got a show in Denver the day after tomorrow," Vic explains.

"That's cool man. Well thanks again for helping our friend." Cee says.

"Yeah, thanks ya'll," Paris says.

"Ready to go Linds," Smurph says.

No.

"Wait," Cee says, "Can we get a picture with you guys."

They all nod and Paris snaps a picture on her iPhone. We all say goodbye, I walk over to everyone, "Thanks again, for everything," I smile and hug everyone down the line. Vic is last, his hug is different. He holds on to my hand as he pulls away, he looks at me and smiles. He slipped a piece of paper in my hand. I turn and catch up with my friends.

"Bye!" I yell one last time.

We walk back to the campus and go to Cee's room and I share my story. I still can't believe what I got to experience. Time passes quickly and by the time I know it, it's already midnight. We all leave to our own rooms and when I get back to my dorm I remember the slip of paper Vic handed me. I reach into my pocket and pull out the now crumpled piece of paper. His handwriting is a little messy but to me it's perfect.

I'm glad I got to meet you today Lindsay, tomorrow we are heading to Denver for our show, I would like for you to join us. Here's my number.

This is really happening.