Chapter 6
When I finally arrive at my tour bus that I get inside I take a relieved sigh. Petting Chuchi's head I start thinking about everything that's gone on with the boys before tour. It's such a touchy subject. Yes, I lived in Australia. No, my fans don't know that. I'm still getting over that. My parents changed their last names so that they wouldn't be recognized as my parents. I can't even go see them as much as I used to because I'm always worried that we will get papped together and something in my plan will go horribly wrong. When I do get to see them, they fly into LA when I'm not there, they go to my house and like two days later I will arrive in LA. I try to get them in and out as discreetly as possible. It's been almost three years of this hell of a plan and the fact that these four annoying guys could blow it up for me in seconds has me absolutely going crazy.
Living in Australia was fun. I lived happily. My best friend lived two houses down and we lived on this beautiful lake. I haven't seen Ruby in almost four years. She was the one that gave me my stage name. She knows my story but she went off to college and I haven't gotten a chance to see her. Life wasn't that bad in Aussie, that is until these boys arrived in my school. Well not Ashton per say more so Calum and Michael. I'm a little over three months older than Calum and when he got to my school him and I became really good friends. I was on the girls' soccer team and him on the guys we kind of just hit it off, but then after we went off to these summer programs he completely changed. He started hanging out more with Michael and then Luke came into the picture. Michael was such a loner in school, he was always trying to cause troubles with my friends and I since he figured all dumb jocks were stuck up preps. I grew tired of their crap, I learned how to ignore them, Michael especially. That is until my 16th birthday. My mom sent out invitations to my entire class for my Sweet 16 party and unfortunately that included Michael, Luke and Calum, and anywhere they went, Ashton tagged along. They showed up at my party looking as if they were about to start throwing things, which I'm surprised they didn't. Not even ten minutes after they got there, my dad had to ask them to leave which they did not like. They said they would get back at me. Trust me, they did. They started pranking me consistently. First small, marbles in my locker, TP my house which then lead to them egging my house, and finally the one that made me leave.
When I was a Junior, I started going away from sports and really enjoying music. I would skip practice and go take guitar lessons. It started to really take over my life. One day during math class I was in the music room instead practicing guitar. I was unaware that they had watched me practice for a bit and when I started practicing one of my first songs, they recorded me, they sent it to the entire school and put it on the school broadcast. I was humiliated. I wasn't that good and for them to do really hurt me. They continued to mess with my music. They filled my guitar with picks which took me hours to get out, took my drum kit apart completely, changed my bass strings to guitar strings and then proceeded to break my first guitar I had ever purchased it by hanging it from the flag pole in front of the school. To say I was pissed was an understatement. I begged my parents as soon as I turned 18 to let me move to LA and start my dream, which I was able to do under one condition, Rose had to come with me. I was a bit annoyed to have my little sister with me but it turned out to be a good thing. She helped me with so much. Figuring out what songs to record for my demo, what to wear, where to go, she even helped direct my first music video. It was great. As soon as I got my first paycheck I went and enrolled her in art school and that was the second best decision of my life, the first being moving to LA. When I first got an interview with Tracy, she told me that if I wanted to change my name the only chance I was going to get was now, I took that chance and flew with it. I called my sister, Roxy and my parents and together we came up with my stage name. I told my parents that this was a decision that was going to change all of our lives and that this is my chance. I'm so glad I did that because I don't know what I would do if I hadn't and these boys had shown up.
Speaking of the boys, the curtain separating the bunks from the back room open and there they were with Rose and Liz.
"Move over bitch its movie night!" Liz says as she jumps on the couch next to me.
"What movie are we going to watch?" Luke says as he sits down on the floor
"Cammie has like a hundred movies in the cabinets, pick one," Rose says while typing on her phone.
"Do you have Mean Girls?!" Calum asks
"Of course, it's a girl's night movie. Wait you like Mean Girls?" I ask as I get up and put the movie in
"It's Luke's favorite movie," Ashton replies.
"Never pegged you as a chick flick type of guy," Liz says.
"Don't judge. Regina George is hot," Luke says defending himself.
"I knew there was a reason," Rose states.
"So where are the snacks?"
"Red cabinet," I reply.
Michael walks over and pulls out a million snacks before throwing them on the table in the middle of the room and sitting down.
"You can't seriously still be hungry. I just watched you devour two entire pizzas," Rose says as she grabs some Cheetos.
"I have an extremely high metabolism with how much I run and jump on stage," Michael says stuffing Doritos in his mouth.
I shake my head and grab a box of thin mints. Calum gives me a weird look.
"What? I like Girl Scout Cookies. You want one?" I say offering him one
"You're so strange. Girl Scout Cookies are crap," Calum states.
Liz, Rose and I exchange a look.
"Excuse me but Girl Scout Cookies are an American classic," Liz says.
"Exactly and we are Aussies," Ashton replies.
"You guys don't know good cookies. Get off my bus," I joke.
"But you have snacks," Michael says pouting.
"I give no fucks. Go buy your own," I state. "You do realize that if your bus doesn't have the snacks you want all you have to do is tell Tracy right?"
"She's scary," Luke says.
"You are like 6ft, she's barely 5 ft and you're telling me you're scared of her?" Liz asks
"Yes. Have you heard her when she yells? She could make Dwayne Johnson drop and give her 50," Michael says.
I burst out laughing.
"Trust me, I've been on the receiving end of those scream, I know," Liz says.
"Cammie over here has literally never gotten yelled by her. It's almost as if Cammie is her favorite," Rose says. "She once yelled at me for almost an hour straight because I was drinking wine while I was designing."
"You're not supposed to be drinking Rose. You're 19," I state.
"You know it helps me concentrate," Rose counters.
"It's illegal in the US for you to drink at 19, don't start," I reply.
"Yes mom," She says jokingly.
"Don't start with that or I will call mom."
"You guys act like sisters," Calum says.
"We are," we both answer simultaneously.
"Who's older?" Luke asks
"I am," I say smiling.
"Yeah by six minutes," Rose replies
"Oh boohoo build a bridge and get over it," I joke.
We all bust out laughing and then Liz suggests we play some games, which we all agree after much discussion. An hour later, there's a knock on the door to the back room.
"It's open!" I yell out
The door opens and my driver walks in.
"Cammie, we're getting ready to go to the next location. I just wanted to let you know so whoever needs to leave can get on their bus," Gus says.
"What's the next city?" Liz asks
"Portland," Gus replies.
"Alright thanks Gus, I'll let you know when I'm ready," I tell him with a smile.
He nods in acknowledgement and closes the door.
"Well, I'm getting changed into pjs. I don't know who's staying and who's leaving but I'm going to go sleep," Liz says heading into my bedroom.
"I'm with her," Rose says before following.
"I guess that means we got to go," Luke says standing up.
"Yes it does. I'll see you guys in Portland. There's a cute little café down the street from the venue that is absolutely to die for. We can all have breakfast there in the morning," I say standing up and cleaning up a little.
"Sounds like a plan," Michael says.
I hug them all before they head out.
"Alright Gus. To the next destination," I tell him before heading to change and going to bed.
Maybe this tour won't be so bad with these dumb idiots.