Mia woke up to voices all around her. It seemed she was the last one awake. Not to give herself away she remained motionless and kept her eyes tightly shut, listening to the hustle and bustle of the coach. Jon's voice was coming from close by and she felt a pang of guilt remembering what had developed between herself and joe the previous night. His normal husky voice had a questioning tone to it.
"I don't get why she didn't just come back to bed"
There was a snort of laughter from the far Side of the room, Mia guessed the kitchen.
" relax man. She couldn't sleep and didn't want to disturb you so when she eventually fell asleep I just threw the blanket over her n left her there"
Her heart stopped racing in her chest, at least roman hadn't told Jon. She could still fix it. Another voice chimed in and mia knew instantly it was nick.
" so what's the plan for today's workout then? Who is going when?"
Mia was relieved, they hadn't been for their daily workout which meant she'd get some time to get her head straight in some peace and quiet with them all gone.
"Well me and colby have to do a few interviews today, so we won't be there till later. I've no idea why joe isn't doing them with us like, can stand me making him look bad I guess"
Mia silently moaned, there went her day of peace unless joe went to the gym with the others.
"I've got my checkup on my eye while you guys do it, so I'll leave the gym till you guys are back from the interviews n hit it with you guys."
It made sense. The previous night he'd taken a nasty hit to the face and had needed stitches. The doctor would of been wanting to check it over first before he released any information on it in an interview.
"Jon, we're here! Get a move on!"
Colby's Voice came from the drivers cabin, beckoning Jon to save the talking for the interviews. She felt his hand rest on her head, as he bent down and gently kissed her forehead.
"Love you princess Mia, I'll be back when you wake"
Within minutes they'd gone and they were on the way to their next destination, the local gym to drop off the rest of the group. Then the bus was silent, the only noise was from the TV and duke panting loudly as joe sat tickling his belly. She heard George return to his quarters for a power nap whilst they were parked outside the arena before he was on collection duty. It was now safe to "wake". Yawning she slowly climbed up the sofa to a sitting position on the sofa while duke Immediately left joes side and jumped up at her to greet her good morning. Joes attention immediately turned from the TV to Mia.
"Morning babe. You all right today?"
She silently nodded with a half smile. Last night before they were disturbed was amazing but she didn't half feel guilty over it. She'd betrayed Jon. Her father had been right, things were going far too fast and she'd lost control. She flopped down on to the couch and duke settled across her knee as she stared into space blocking out the rest of the world.
"I haven't told anyone, you needn't worry. If it's what you want we'll pretend it never happened. I don't want to though...Mia...Mia...MIA!"
Jolting back to reality, Mia silently nodded in joes direction.
"I think we should forget about it. Sorry but I love Jon."
Sighing, joe nodded as he got to his feet and grabbed his kit bag from the side of his chair.
"Ok...I'm off to the doc for my checkup. I'll catch you later. Don't worry, that's the end of it."
He turned on heel and marched from the bus. Mia sat mesmerised, desperate to take her mind off her betrayal. In a last ditch attempt to clear her head she resigned herself to the bathroom hoping a peaceful red hot shower would help her feel better. As she stepped under the boiling stream of water, the overwhelming sensation hit Mia as she slid to the floor. sitting on the ceramic tiles amongst the condensation clutching her knees to her chest, she sobbed uncontrollably not caring about the water beating down on her.
She had no idea how long she'd been sat crying but was jolted out of her sobbing frenzy at the sound of joes voice calling her name in a fit of panic. Rushing to stand up, Mia slipped on the tiles and went crumbling in a heap on the floor hearing a crack as her leg hit the tiles. She screamed loudly in pain, which alerted joe to her whereabouts as he called through the door
"Hey are you ok in there?"
She tried to get to her feet but her leg couldn't take any of her weight. It was obviously broken. She had no choice but to ask him in, she couldn't exactly sit there naked and freezing till they collected Jon again.
"No I tripped in the shower. I can stand up, I think I've broke my leg"
The pain in her leg was vast and severe, something which was obvious to joe in her tone.
"Ok I'm coming in, we need to get you to the doctor"
The door opened and joe rushed over to the shower cubicle. The look on his face instantly changed when he realised she was actually in the shower at the time, he'd assumed she was at least out the shower and dressed. He didn't show it but inside he was beaming.
"Oh...I didn't think you meant actually in the shower..you know...naked... Hang on..."
He turned away and grabbed her towel, carefully wrapping it over her body as he took her weight and helped her to her foot before he picked her up and carried her to her and Jon's bedroom and gently placing her on the bed.
"You need to get dressed so I can go get the doctor, they can't take you into the arena in a towel"
Mia looked at him baffled. She couldn't put any weight on her leg and couldn't move it at all, how did he expect her to get dressed.
"Well my movement is obviously limited so I'm going to need help."
He nodded and placed her suitcase beside her on the bed for her to choose what she would wear. Crouching down beside her, he gently lifted her leg in to her thong and slid it up body before resting his hands on her hips. He repeated the process with her skirt, this time lingering at her thighs, gently grazing the lace thong with his finger.
"I can see why Jon wants to keep you to himself. Your body is amazing, not to mention your other fine qualities."
She couldn't help but blush and turn away from joe. The last thing she wanted was to be around him at this very moment and here he was dressing her!
"I'll be fine to get the rest myself. Thank you, joe"
He nodded and headed out the door.
"I'll be back in a few minutes, I'll bring the doctor to sort your leg out."
There was silence once again. Mia quickly dressed her top half in preparation for the doctors arrival. Enough people had seen her body for the day without allowing any more to.
