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Chapter 2: On the Road
The place was packed and the lights were shining. Miranda played the last riff and the music slowly faded away. The crowd went wild. The band made their final bows and walked offstage.
"Good show everybody, well done," their manager said to them as they walked to the dressing room. "Five minutes and then back to the hotel."
Lizzie sat down on a couch and took out her cell phone. She flipped it open to see if anyone had called during the show. Miranda flopped down next to her and did the same.
"Anything?" Miranda asked.
"Nope. I haven't heard from anyone in so long. It doesn't help that half the time we're in an area with no service. And I didn't think there were any left," Lizzie joked.
"Ahh, welcome to the Midwest, where it's been 1954 since 1967."
Lizzie laughed. "What about you? Anyone call?"
"Oh…umm…no…nothing."
"Liar." Lizzie scooted closer to Miranda and tried to peer at her phone. "C'mon, let me see."
"No."
"Who could it be from if it's not from your parents?"
"All right, it's from Jon. Just saying that he misses me and that he hopes the tour is going well."
"Oh…well…that's nice." Lizzie was trying to sound happy for her but the truth was that seeing Miranda gush over getting cute messages from her boyfriend just made her feel like crying. It had been weeks since she had communicated with Gordo. She knew that it was partly her fault, she just didn't have time to call and email constantly. The tour was keeping them all super busy. But after a while it seemed as though Gordo didn't want to hear from her. His emails got shorter and shorter and he always seemed so uninterested on the phone. She guessed that he could have just been tired. He was in college after all and she knew that he would give every assignment everything he had to make sure that it was perfect. Besides he was in a new place and just trying to take everything in. She tried cutting him some slack but as the tour went on she found less and less time to keep in touch. She decided to give him some space and let him adjust to college. But it was now November and she still hadn't heard from him. She couldn't help but wonder if he had moved on. She didn't know how he could have so quickly, but out of sight, out of mind as they say. This was completely untrue in her case. She thought about him constantly and even began to dream about him at night. In her dreams he was there on tour with her. Which might have been a good idea considering how little feeling there was in her singing these days. She found that without him there it was hard to sing those songs that they had written together with the same passion. So far the audiences hadn't seemed to notice as they had nothing to compare it to, but the rest of the band could sense the difference. The manager, thank goodness, was completely oblivious. All he cared about was how much money they were bringing in. Lizzie was in a slump and she knew it. And for the life of her she had no idea how to bring herself out of it.
I hope you liked it! And tell me just how much but submitting a review. Reviews make my life complete so don't disappoint me. Also, the next chapter might take a while longer than this one did; I'm not exactly sure what I want to do next so bare with me. Hopefully it won't be too long, I will try my best.