Tristan looked around at everyone on the tour bus. This wouldn't be so hard, or so he thought.
"Well, now that this is settled," Sarah started, "I'm going to go to bed." She walked towards the bathroom to take her makeup off.
"Hey Sarah!" Minxy yelled after her. "Where are the new guys going to sleep?" Sarah hadn't thought about that.
"Not in our room!" Rock said almost simultaneously.
Sarah looked around. The bus had been made for them with 6 beds, one for each band member and one for Mange. She looked around.
"Well, one could sleep in Mange's old room and one could sleep on the couch." Sarah proposed.
"Or," Jareth started, "I could just make myself a room." He then turned around and snapped his fingers. A door immediately appeared.
"Or that." Sarah said blinking. "Well, I'm off to sleep." Sarah then walked away.
When she was safely inside the enclosed room, she began to cry. She had just witnessed at least a dozen people die and had an up-close and personal look at a dead tour bus driver. Mange and Sarah hadn't been very close, but she still had known him for 3 years. What sane person wouldn't cry? Furthermore, Jareth was back. She shoved her head into her favorite pillow and sobbed.
All that night the images of what Sarah had witnessed played over and over in her head.
The morning was her savior from all the horrors of what she had seen. She noticed the bus wasn't moving like it usually was in the morning. Mange had always been a very early riser and he drove from dawn until dusk. She still silently prayed it had all been a dream, but something assured her it wasn't. She walked out of the girl's room to get some breakfast. When she exited the room, the smiling faces of Lillix, Minxy, and Jareth greeted her.
"It lives!" Minxy yelled. Everyone laughed and Sarah walked over to her personal cabinet and grabbed a pop tart.
"So where are we going today?" Sarah asked.
"Well, first were going to drive down to Miami to pick up Kate. She wants us to see some of her album art and we invited her to go on tour with us the next time we came to Miami. That will take about 4 hours. Then we get to start our 10-day trip to San Diego. So whenever Tristan gets up, we can go." Lillix informed her. She always planned the bands travels and daily schedules.
Minxy got up and walked over to the driver's wing. Without warning, she started banging on the door. "Tristan! Wake up sleepy head!" She yelled.
Sarah and Lillix fell on the floor laughing hysterically. Minxy always used to do that to Mange. She always wanted to get right on the move when Lillix told her what they were doing that day. They heard Tristan groan and get up. Moments later, the bus started up.
Lillix and Sarah clapped for Minxy and she bowed. Jareth laughed at their antics of waking Tristan up.
"Ms. Suzie had a steamboat
The steamboat had a bell
Ms. Suzie went to heaven
The steamboat went to
Hello operator
Give me number 9
And if you disconnect me
I'll shove a pen up your
Behind the refrigerator
There was a piece of glass
Ms. Suzie sat upon it
And broke her little
Ask me no more questions
Tell me no more lies
The boys are in the bathroom
Zipping up there
Flies are in the meadow
Bees are in the park
Ms Suzie and he boyfriend
Are kissing in the D-A-R-K
D-A-R-K
DARK
DARK
Darker than the ocean
Darker than the sea
Darker than those silly boys
Chasing after me
I know my ma :clap, clap:
I know my paw :clap, clap:
I know my brother in a bra :clap, clap:
I know my ma :clap, clap:
I know king Kong :clap, clap:
I know my brother and his
Thong tha thong thong thong." The girls sang and then laughed.
"I remember when we all tried cheerleading and the entire squad would sing that so loud they couldn't hear the cheerleaders that were performing." Lillix said laughing.
"Yeah, remember Ms. Janice? 'Jillian! Stop starting that song! There are young cheerleaders here that don't need to hear that!' She used to get on you so bad." Minxy remembered.
"Don't use my real name. I hate it so badly." Lillix told her.
"Why JILLIAN?" Minxy said with a huge grin.
"Because, MARIE, I hate it." Lillix said with an even bigger grin. They laughed when Tristan hit a bump and Minxy fell off of her chair. Suddenly, the bus came to a dead halt.
"We must be here." Sarah said getting up and walking towards the door that led outside.
When she opened the door, they were at Miami Shore Hotel. They all walked up to the apartment building. It was a very nice white building with big windows and balconies. Sarah pushed the number 7 and suddenly a voice came from the speaker.
"Hello?" A feminine voice said.
"Hey babe!" Sarah said loudly into the speaker. The other voice shrieked and there was a loud buzzing noise. Sarah opened the door and walked in followed by Minxy and Lillix.
They went into Kate's apartment, which was very nice. It had white walls with black leather furniture. It had a big screen T.V that looked small in the huge living room. She had a full kitchen that was a pretty generous size. There was a huge balcony that looked out over the lake where a father and son were fishing. A hallway, which no doubt led to her room, held a mirror and many beautiful artworks all done by Kate. Kate was a great artist that had not yet been discovered by anyone except Tragic.
"Can you guys help me with my bags?" Kate asked motioning towards the huge pile of luggage across the room. The girls all went over and grabbed her stuff. Kate would be gone for about 8 months with the band. Her cousins would be taking care of her place while she was gone and while they worked out their financial problems.
"Jesus girl! I don't think our tour bus is going to be able to hold all of this!" Lillix commented with a smirk.
"It's less than it looks." Kate said and Sarah laughed. Sarah took 3 bags, Lillix took 2, Minxy took one, and Kate took one. "Well, let's go." Kate said walking to the door. She turned out the light, locked up, and they were on their way out of the building.
"Hey Kate T!" Ash yelled when Kate got on the bus. Kate and Ash had gotten really close the last time she had been on tour with them. They knew that they would only be friends, not that either of them wanted more.
"Hey Ash!" Kate said running up and hugging Ash. That's when Kate noticed Tristan, but not the real Tristan. This Tristan didn't have the tattoo on his face. His hair wasn't as mangled as everyone else saw it. He didn't look like a warrior to her, she saw a normal man even though she knew there was something different about him.
Tristan stared back at Kate. He saw an angel. She had blonde hair with brown low lights. This only made her big brown eyes stand out more. She was thin, but not too thin. Everyone could see the immediate attraction between the pair.
"Uh… Kate, this is Tristan." Minxy spoke up.
"Kate, a beautiful name for a beautiful woman." Tristan said kissing Kate's hand. Kate blushed and smiled.
"As much as I hate to break this up," Sarah said, "There's someone else you need to meet. Kate, this is Jareth."
Kate saw a man with blonde hair down to his eyes. Instead of the tight breeches and poet's shirt everyone else saw, she saw a black t-shirt and jeans pulled together with converses instead of knee high black boots. She saw gloveless hands and a flawless face.
"Nice to meet you." Jareth said with a smile.
"Nice to meet you, too." Kate answered back.
"Well, come on Kate so we can get you a space ready to sleep in. We have to put up the hammock again." Minxy pointed out grabbing Kate's arm and pulling her towards the girl' room.
Tristan had to be reminded to go and drive the bus again.
"I'm going to go help them with the room." Lillix said.
"Let's go play Halo 2." Ash said to Rock and they went back to their room.
Sarah sat on the couch and turned on the T.V. "May I join you?" Jareth asked.
"Yeah, sure." Sarah said scooting over so he could sit on the small couch.
"What are we watching?" Jareth asked her.
"It's 'The Simple Life.' These two rich girls, Paris Hilton and Nichole Richie, who get regular people jobs to see what it's like. It's really funny. They are at the Baltimore Zoo today." Sarah informed him.
After about 10 minutes of silence, a commercial break came on. "Sarah." Jareth started.
"Yeah?" She answered.
"I don't want what happened 3 years ago to come between us. It's done, it's over, why live in the past?" He asked.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. I guess I agree with you. Let's just forget it ever happened, deal?" Sarah told him with a smile.
"Deal." Jareth agreed. "Now if you'll excuse me," he said getting up, "I am afraid that I must leave you." He said with a smile, "I have some things to plan."
"Sure." She said laughing.
"Till we meet again milady." He said bowing. Sarah laughed as he shut the door to his room.
"How's it hanging?" A girl asked coming onto the mirror.
"Hello Tina." Jareth said with a smile.
"So how long do I have to watch after the people of your kingdom?" Tina asked.
"I am treating her to dinner tonight." Jareth said with a smile.
"Good. She is the only one that can save you." Tina said with a bit of sadness in her voice.
"I know. She is the one my heart has decided on. Imagine, me, a great King of the underground, in love with her, a mortal of the aboveground. Crazy, but true." Jareth said with a smile.
"Is there anything I can do?" Tina asked in that hopeful voice of hers.
"Actually, yes." Jareth said, his face lighting up. "If it's not too much trouble, do you think you can arrange a ball?"
"In honor of what?" Tina asked.
"I don't know, say you want to honor the long life of Mother Teresa, a very wise-woman who has helped many people in many ways and has recently died." Jareth said with a smirk.
"I'm on it! Who is mother Teresa?" Tina asked confused.
"A saint from aboveground. Died about 10 years ago." Jareth informed her.
"Gotcha!" Tina said blowing him a kiss and fading from view. Tina was the queen of the fairies, but not the biting ones, she ruled the ones that Sarah knew of. She was small at 5' 4" and very pretty. She had blonde hair and brown eyes. She didn't have wings like the fairies because she, like all other kings and queens, was fae.
Minxy, Lillix, and now Sarah were helping Kate set up her things. Instead of a hammock like last time, she would have a very small bed set up in the door of the closet. During the days, she would just push the bed on its side and into the closet, easy storage.
All her clothes were put in a small dresser she had brought along. Her shoes were put under Sarah's bed. In an hour, they were done making changes to the room. They sat down on their beds and began catching up on things.
"So Sarah," Kate started, "who's this Jareth guy? You got something going with him?" Everyone looked at Sarah. She was a master storyteller and they knew that she would think up something good to tell Kate so that she wouldn't think they were all crazy.
"Well, when we went home for a while, I met him in a club writing songs. I thought they were amazing and asked him if he would be interested in helping us write our songs, he agreed and, ba-da bing, were here! No nothing has happened between us, but who knows what could happen?" Sarah said shrugging.
"Oh." Kate said. Then there was a knock at the door.
"Hey skirts! Were going to stop for a nice dinner tonight so get ready." Ash said coming in the door before being invited in. He always did that and it annoyed the girls out of their minds. He had walked in on them while they were changing a ton of times.
"How nice?" Sarah asked.
"Really nice, like dresses, makeup, hair, everything! We'll be there in 3 hours. Jareth said this restaurant is a personal favorite of his." Ash informed her.
"Okay, I call shower first!" Sarah said jumping up and grabbing a few towels from over Kate's bed and running from the room. They all laughed and looked through their clothes for dresses.
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