Chapter Four
Aria opened her eyes and realized her head was on Kendall's chest. She looked up and was met by his face staring at her. "How long have you been staring at me?" she asked in a 'I'm-really-weirded-out' tone. "Like 5 minutes. I couldn't really move." He laughed.
"Well you could have…" Aria said readjusting her position in the bunk.
"But then I'd wake you up, and you're so cute when you're asleep so I just left you." Kendall said.
Aria blushed. "What time is it?"
"I dunno. Like 3." Kendall said rubbing his eye.
"How did we even sleep for that long?" she asked.
"Hashtag Tour Life." He said.
"Did you just say 'hashtag'?" Aria asked.
"Yup." He said nodding.
"You are SO lame," she said "come on we have to get up."
"but I don't want to." Kendall said wrapping his arms around her.
"Me either, but I'm kinda hungry." She said.
"In that cause," Kendall said, pausing in midsentence to kiss her on the top of the head. "let's go."
Aria looked around the tiny bunk. "Uh, how are we going to get out of here?"
"I have no idea." Kendall said. After about 3 minutes of struggling, Aria managed to roll over Kendall and out of the bunk. She planted her feet on the ground, raised her arms and shouted "VICTORY!"
Kendall laughed as he crawled out of the bunk. He placed his hands on Aria's hips and pulled her towards him, smashing his lips to hers. Aria kissed him back. Someone cleared their throat and suddenly Aria remembered that they weren't on the bus alone. They broke apart. "Hi Mom!" Kendall said awkwardly. Aria blushed into Kendall's chest.
"Just be glad it wasn't Katie." Mama Knight said. Kendall nodded, "it won't happen again." She nodded. "Hey Mom, where are we?"
"We crossed into Utah about 10 minutes ago." She answered.
"Hm, we slept through it." Kendall said looking at Aria.
"So did Katie." Mama Knight said sitting on the small couch.
Kendall opened their mini fridge to find something for them to eat. He found jam. "How about PB&J?" Kendall asked Aria.
"Sure." She said going to grab the bread.
"I'll do it." Kendall said "just sit."
Aria rolled her eyes and sat down at the table.
She grabbed the remote on the table and turned on the TV. There was a trashy teen gossip show on. Kendall glanced at the TV as he made the sandwiches. "Why do you watch this crap?" he laughed.
"I dunno. It's entertaining." She said. Kendall sat down at the table across from her, placed her sandwich in front of her and took a bite of his own. "But it's all lies." He said with his mouth full.
"Not true." She said taking a bite of hers.
"uh huh." He said doubtfully.
"They once said we were a really cute couple." Aria stated.
Kendall smiled. "Well we are."
"I used to watch these shows with my friends at home, just to make fun of them. Although my friend Kate always treated it like it was all real and got really mad at us for making fun of it." Aria said looking down. Kendall could tell she was upset about missing all her friends. "So she's kinda like James." He said trying to lighten her mood. " A little." She said still not looking any happier. She continued eating her sandwich.
"I know you miss them." Kendall said.
Aria nodded. "I guess it's just that I haven't seen them in such a long time and I just miss them."
"I know how it feels, but they're coming to the show in Toronto right?" Kendall asked.
"Seeing as I promised them that I'd pay for their rooms and give them killers seat with backstage passes, I think they're coming." Aria laughed.
"Do you want to watch a movie or something?" Kendall asked.
"When do we get to Salt Lake City?" Aria asked.
Kendall turned to his mother and asked her. Mama Knight looked up from her book, "4 Hours tops." She said. Kendall turned around and she continued reading her book.
Aria agreed to watch a few movies. Mama Knight said she'd move to the big bedroom at the back of the bus and read. As she walked by she checked on Katie to find her sitting in her bunk playing video games.
Kendall and Aria moved to the small couch and snuggled together to watch a few movies.
After 3 and a half movies, the bus finally stopped. Aria looked up at Kendall from where her head was placed on his chest.
"Did we just stop?" she asked.
Suddenly there was a banging on their door. Kendall got up and opened the door. Carlos came running into the bus, screaming.
"What are you doing?" Kendall asked.
He proceeded to hear James yell "CARLOS GIVE IT BACK!" from outside the bus.
"CLOSE THE DOOR!" Carlos yelled to Kendall. Aria sat on the couch consumed in her confusion. Kendall closed the door.
"What did you do?" Aria asked, immediately regretting it.
"I stole his manspray." Carlos said through his hysterical laughter.
James was banging on the tour bus door.
"Carlos, this never turns out the way you want it to. Give me the manspray." Kendall said sternly.
Carlos pouted and handed him the black and orange can. Kendall opened the door and handed James the can.
"Thank you Kendall." James said taking the can. "Carlos, I'm going to pummel you!"
Carlos hid behind Kendall. "I'll give you a 30 second start." James said to him.
Carlos bolted out of the bus. Kendall turned to Aria. "Your friends are weird." She stated.
"But you love it." He said pulling her to her feet.
Mama Knight and Katie emerged from the back of the bus. "Carlos steal James' manspray again?" Katie asked.
"Yeah." Kendall laughed.
"You'd think he'd come up with a better plan by now." She said.
Kendall's mom sighed. "Well, I think Katie and I are going to order room service at the hotel for dinner. What are you guys going to do?"
Kendall looked at Aria. "We'll pick something up."
Mama Knight nodded and she and Katie exited the bus. Kendall turned to Aria.
"So, how about you go and get settled in your room and I'll grab us something to eat and meet you?" Kendall proposed.
"Okay." Aria said with a smile.
Aria walked through the lobby and got into the elevator. Just as it was closing someone's hand stopped it. She looked up and saw Chris. His face lit up when he saw her. "Hey!" he said cheerfully.
"Hi." She said smiling.
They stood there awkwardly in the tiny elevator for a few seconds until Chris broke the silence. "That's an interesting fashion choice you've got there."
Aria looked down and realized she was still wearing Kendall's shirt. She laughed. "Yeah, I guess you could say that."
"Boyfriend?" he said.
"Excuse me?" Aria said confused.
"Is it your boyfriend's shirt?" he chuckled.
"Oh," she laughed "yeah." The elevator went silent. Lucky for her they arrived on their floor before she could say anything else that sounded stupid.
"I'll see you later." Chris said.
Aria smiled and nodded. She made her way to her room and pulled out a dress she had in her bag. She quickly changed into it and headed to the bathroom to fix her make up before dinner with Kendall. She fixed her eyeliner, mascara and lip gloss and walked out of the bathroom just in time to hear a knock on her door. She scurried to the door and opened it. Kendall stood there with takeout containers. He looked at Aria. "So, this hotel has roof access… want to eat on the roof?" Kendall said raising his eyebrow. "I'd love to." She said with a smile.
Kendall opened the door to the roof and let Aria out ahead of him. "This is nice." She said looking around. It was open. There was a light on the side of the wall where the door was. The ground was all black gravel. The sun was starting to set. Kendall walked over to a large box that neither of them knew what it was, and spread out the blanket he was holding on the gravel and sat down. Kendall patted the space next to him, gesturing for Aria to sit there. She sat down. "Are we even allowed to be here?" she asked. "I dunno, but we are now." Kendall said getting out their stir frys that he had picked up from a nearby Swiss Chalet. They sat so they were facing the sun set, while they ate.
"How did you even find out this place has roof access?" Aria asked.
"You hear a lot eavesdropping… and there like 4 'roof access this way' signs on our floor." Kendall laughed.
Aria chuckled and continued eating. They chit chatted and watched the sunset. An hour later Kendall noticed they were both finished. Kendall put both of their empty containers in a bag and looked at Aria. Kendall loved the way she looked in the moonlight. Aria looked at him. "What?" she asked when she noticed her was staring at her. "Nothing." Kendall said, he brushed his hand across her cheek. Aria blushed as he got closer and closer to her. He kissed her gently. Kendall pushed Aria towards the ground. One of Kendall's hands found its way to the bottom of Aria's dress. Aria pulled away from Kendall, gasping for air. "Kendall, what are you doing?" she asked.
"Come on Ari, live a little." Kendall laughed.
"Kendall, we're on the roof…" she said looking around nervously.
"So? Have sex on a roof isn't on your bucket list?" Kendall asked her kissing her again.
She pulled back. "Not really." She could feel Kendall's hand slowly making its way farther and farther up her dress. "This is nuts. This is crazy, what is someone catches us?"
"No one will. No one even knows we're up here." Kendall said beginning to kiss her neck.
"That's the point. What if someone comes up here, not knowing that we're up here and sees us or what if someone hears us?" Aria argued, Kendall was going to put up a fight though seeing as his free hand has just unzipped Aria's dress and was beginning to wiggle it off.
"No one will see us because it's the roof, no one wants to come up here. And we're quiet, no one will hear us." Kendall said.
Aria grabbed the hem of Kendall's shirt. There was no way she was going to be the only one without clothes if they got caught. She pulled off his shirt. "Actually, you're pretty loud." Aria said.
Kendall stopped. "Really? Why didn't you tell me before?"
"I dunno. It was relevant until right now." She replied, reaching up and running her fingers through his hair.
"Whatever." Kendall said, Resuming covering her kisses.
"Now you sound offended." Aria laughed.
"I'm not." Kendall said sounding annoyed.
"You are."
"Why are we even talking about this right now?" Kendall asked.
"You're the one who wanted to bang on the roof." Aria said.
"Yeah let's get back to that." Kendall said, crawling on top of her.
"Yes, please." Aria laughed, pulling Kendall into a passionate kiss.