That night, the guys pulled up to the hotel nearest to where their first gig would be.
"Oh, man, look at that hotel!" Pauly D exclaimed, in awe at the size of the building. "Now we're livin' like rock stars! I can't wait to check in!"
"Yep," Goth Boy said, stopping the van and putting it in park. "All checked in."
"Wait, what?" Pauly asked confusedly as the others took off their seatbelts.
"Yeah, we used to stay in places like this when we were huge," Chaz explained, looking out the window at the hotel. "Rent out the entire floor, fill the bathtub with caviar and diamonds…I wish we would've saved some of that money…"
"Yeah, now we sleep in this van, we eat in this van, we relieve ourselves in this van," Buddy said. "Hell, if this van could talk, it'd say…'Hey, check me out, I'm a talking van'…"
"Yeah, the only thing we don't do is bathe in the van. We ain't animals," Mel said. "Nah, we jump over the fence and use the pool over at Racoon's. Alright, shall we?"
With that, the guys started moving around to get ready for bed, the task being difficult due to such a tight space.
"Well, I was looking forward to living the wild rocker life and trashing my first hotel room," Pauly said, "but…I guess it's not so bad. I mean, we're having fun, y'know, making memories, getting closer."
Later that night…
"Much too close…" Pauly said out loud. He was lying on the floor of the van with Travis and Buddy sort of cuddled up next to him. He then groaned, "Travis!" as Travis sleepily took the small blanket from him, and he shifted under Buddy so that Buddy was now in the middle. Just then, Buddy sat up…and started hitting the drumsticks in his hands against Pauly and Travis's legs, causing the two to yelp in pain and wake everyone up.
"BUDDY! Buddy!" Travis yelled, getting Buddy to snap out of it and turn to face him. "You're sleep drumming again."
"Oh…" Buddy replied. "Sorry! Sorry…"
With that, everyone laid back down and went to sleep…until Buddy started sleep drumming again, making Pauly and Travis yell in pain again, causing Mel, Goth Boy, and Chaz to feel pretty ticked off.
Some time later…
Everyone was fast asleep, and all seemed well, until…
"AAAAAAAH!" Goth Boy screamed, causing everyone to wake up and scream as well.
"Goth Boy! Goth Boy!" Pauly yelled, getting Goth Boy to calm down enough to pull the bandana from over his eyes. "Wake up! You were having a nightmare!"
"No, I wasn't! I was dreaming I was on a roller coaster!" Goth Boy whined. "Now I gotta get back in fuckin' line…"
With that, Goth Boy pulled his bandana back over his eyes and went back to sleep while Pauly glared.
Even later…
Mel was in the back of the van, staring at Pauly, who was turning around to get comfortable when he noticed his fellow mummy wasn't asleep.
"Why are you still awake?" he asked.
"I have trouble sleeping in the van…" Mel admitted. "I fear a crazed drifter's just gonna come in and chop us into tiny little bits…Nighty night!" he said cheerily, now falling peacefully to slumber, while Pauly, having now inherited this fear, ended up having much trouble sleeping for the rest of the night.