[Hayley]
Taylor left about midday. I felt like I had made the best choice I could with Taylor, I knew this was going to last. There was something about him.
I closed the door behind him as he left and I swung around so my back was against the door. I moved all my weight to the door and smiled to myself. I felt as if I actually had enough energy to jump around for about 12 hours, but I knew that I would need to contain it for the shows.
I woke up the next morning at about 5:30, knowing we had to catch a flight at 11:30. I noticed that I had already gotten several wake up texts, just from Taylor and Jeremy alone. I noticed one from Erica, my little sister.
"Hayley, I hope you have a good time in South America. Take lots of photos, and REMEMBER TO CALL ME!" It read. I smiled, because I hadn't actually seen my sister since December. I'd spoken to her via the odd text here and there, but I dunno, I felt like we were drifting apart, which I hated.
I packed up the last of my things before I heard Taylor beeping from the front. It was already 7:30, but there was about a 45 minute drive to the airport. I grabbed my suitcase and placed it outside the door and grabbed my carryon luggage, also trying to grab my keys out at the same time. Taylor had snuck up behind me and I turned around to him running off with my suitcase. I giggled to myself but the turned around to lock the door to my house. After successfully completing that task, I saw Taylor standing at the fence. I walked to him and as I got to him he opened his arms and gave me the biggest hug. I looked up at him and gave him a quick kiss on the lips.
"Ready to pretend like we're not together?" I said, believing there to be disappointment in my voice. He nodded, not looking too thrilled about the idea as well.
Josh and Justin were already sitting in the back seats of the car, fooling around and hitting each other, but I knew they were just as excited as we were. I guess only inter-band members on this tour knew about Taylor and I. So Justin would have to be cool with it and know what was going on.
We got to the airport just before 9, silly amounts of traffic in the morning. We met Jeremy there; he was waiting, suitcase on one side, bass on the other. I grabbed my suitcase from the back of Taylor's car and ran up to Jeremy giving him the biggest hug. I heard Taylor organise someone to take the car to the car place and he walked up behind me and peeled me off of Jeremy. He stood there with his hands around my waist and Jeremy instantly understood what had happened.
[Jeremy]
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it! I knew they would end up together. I was seriously unbelievably happy for them, they looked so happy together.
"But Jeremy, you can't tell anyone, not until we want everyone to know," Hayley said, I knew she was trying to look serious, but on the inside was exploding with joy.
The next few hours passed by, okay, they didn't pass by, they dragged on. I was really starting to miss Kat. I promised I'd call her when we reached Brazil. We finally managed to get to the point where we were able to board the plane.
We sat on the right side of the plane, and as usual, Hayley sat in the aisle seat, I swear she was such a kid. Taylor was in the middle and I sat near the window. Josh and Justin were sitting behind us, I could tell by Justin occasionally kicking the back of Taylor's seat then going to whisper something in his ear.
Hours flew by (lol, see what I did there?) which was much better than sitting around waiting to board the plane. Hayley fell asleep with her head on Taylor's shoulder and I just fell asleep.
The next time we woke w just before we landed, it was a really uneventful flight, but I guess every flight was like that. The good news is was that we were in South America! As soon as we landed, I was wide awake. Hell, we were playing our first show without Josh and Zac.
I turned to look at Hayley and Taylor, noticing that they were probably just as pumped as I was.
We were given the go ahead to leave the plane then made our way over to the motel that we were staying at. It was mid afternoon and we just decided on cereal for dinner, just because it was easy and efficient.
We'd all gotten assigned to different rooms; we just couldn't share one big one. Yeah, the bus was a different story, we'd learned to live on that thing, we hadn't gotten used to sharing a motel room though, and it was pretty petty. Taylor and Justin shared a room, it was just easier that way, and they lived together most of the time anyway.
I'm pretty sure we all crashed after yet again, going through the set list for the next night.
[Taylor]
I noticed someone knocking at the door at about 10, right before I was about to fall asleep. I went to open it and saw Hayley standing there; she looked up at me and smiled.
"I couldn't sleep," she mumbled and I giggled at how much of a kid she was acting like. I opened the door to let her in and pointed to the door that was my room. She walked over and jumped onto my bed. Walked in and closed the door behind me.
"So tell me, why couldn't you sleep?" I asked.
"Well, Chad texted me this morning, this morning being at home," she said, "and, well, it's hard to explain." I looked at her.
"Don't listen to what he says," I said and she nodded. She moved herself into my arms, pushing me over at the same time. We laughed when we fell back and I kissed her on the forehead. She fell asleep soon after that, her head on my chest.
The next morning we woke up to Justin bashing on the door, trying to convince us that we had to be out at sound check in 20 minutes. I knew he was kidding because I checked my phone and it was only 9. I told Hayley to let herself out after giving her a good morning kiss and I went to the bathroom to have a shower and get changed.
I managed to get in and out of the shower pretty quickly and lounged around for a few hours before we met in the foyer to head off to sound check.
Hayley was jumping around in the foyer like a hyperactive kid with Jeremy trying to calm her down. I laughed when I saw the two of them, but I think Justin laughed more, either out of excitement or he hadn't really seen Hayley like this before.
Before we knew it our ride had arrived and we piled the bass and guitars into the back and the proceeded to pile ourselves in.
[Hayley]
We arrived at the venue, which may I admit was amazing. There were some hard core fans waiting at the start of the line, even though it was like 7 hours till even the first band started. We managed to sneak around the back and start to get sound check under way.
The show was probably the first memory that I would never forget with this tour. The crowd was amazing, and so were the other guys. I realized that maybe we were only meant to be a 3 piece; maybe it was just better for us to be that way.
We made our way down the back for the meet and greet. I swear we have some of the most amazing fans and when we get to meet them, it's more like we're meeting up with people we already know. Everyone was like our friend, no arguing, just talking casually about stuff and taking photos. It was getting late and we were just about to shut up shop and Taylor and I had moved away to just get some alone time.
"The show was amazing! You were amazing!" He said, shaking my shoulders and smiling. I smiled back at him, still buzzing with the excitement of the show.
"I know! You guys were awesome!" And I hugged him, well; more like threw myself into his arms. Without thinking I looked up at him and kissed him.
Exactly at that moment we saw a flash and the sound of a camera going off. Oh Shit.
