Chapter 234
Four months later
Tegan and Sara had an incredibly successful first leg of their tour. It was like one, big, happy family with Lindsey, Kate and the kids on tour. They honeymoon period as Sara called it. They had more than enough time to explore the foreign destinations they visited and had plenty of family time.
Tegan flourished on tour. She finally felt as if she had her health issues under control. It never really went away and she had a few really tough shows every now and again where Kate had to quickly step in to help out. But she felt relieved that her condition was manageable and that she could more or less lead a normal life and perform night after night.
The record was incredibly successful. Major, international success with not one but numerous number one singles.
Tegan smiled as she secured tiny noise cancelling headphones on her two toddlers. They were in Seattle sound checking for their show later that evening.
"Keep that on monkeys" said Tegan pointing a stern finger.
A few minutes later the music started and both Tegan and Sara burst out laughing when the kids started bouncing up and down with the beat.
"Our biggest fans ladies and gentlemen" said Sara pointing at the kids when the song ended.
"I'm going to dedicate this one to the three stylish kids in the front row" said Tegan and started playing 'The wheels on the bus'. The rest of the band played along and laughed when they finished.
"I think we have a new hit" said Tegan putting her guitar down.
"Thanks guys, we'll see you tonight. We're going to chill in the hotel while we still can. Bus time again tonight" said Sara.
"I'm having so much fun" said Tegan walking off stage.
"So am I. I'm so happy with the way things are working out. We finally seem to have a good run here" said Sara.
"Yeah, we're due for one" laughed Tegan.
"Let's go guys, who's in the mood for waffles?" said Sara and picked Amelia up.
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It was almost midnight when Tegan and Sara stumbled into the bus looking exhausted.
"Everybody's in, can we roll?" asked Ed the bus driver.
"Go for it" said Tegan and rolled her shoulders. "I swear I'm getting too old for this" she mumbled.
Kate and Lindsey were sitting in the downstairs lounge area sipping whiskey.
"Finally! What was the holdup?" asked Lindsey.
"Just wanted to have a talk to the team to get everyone on the same page for the show tomorrow. Festivals is a different animal altogether" Tegan yawned and stepped forward to keep her balance as the bus started moving.
"You guys were on fire tonight" said Kate looking proud.
"You sure were, I got some amazing shots" said Lindsey.
"And so funny, you're never that funny around us" Kate joked.
"Hmff, stand-up comedy is hard to do full time" said Tegan.
"Anyway, you were great" said Kate.
"Thank you, good crowd"
"Your crowd is usually good" said Lindsey.
"Yeah, we have some great fans" said Sara.
"Can I pour you guys a drink?" asked Kate.
"Yes please! Are the kids okay upstairs?" asked Tegan.
"Yup, sleeping soundly, buckled in. Baby monitors on" said Lindsey.
Tegan looked out of the window, the bus moved slowly through the city streets.
"I'm hungry, can we stop somewhere?" said Tegan.
"Tee seriously… there's plenty of food in the fridge and you ate like a horse before the show. Let's just get going" said Sara.
"Alright then" Tegan sighed dramatically and took a sip of her whiskey.
"I'm going to bed, I'm beat" said Sara.
"So am I" said Lindsey.
"I'm too wired to sleep yet. I'll be up in a while babe" said Tegan.
"I'll keep her company, I'm not really tired. Used to long nights" said Kate.
"Suit yourself but don't be too long please" said Sara.
A few minutes later Tegan and Kate were alone in the lounge area.
"So, are you still enjoying touring?" Tegan asked.
"I'm having the time of my life" Kate grinned.
"You're not bored? Looking forward to getting back to work?"
"Meh, sometimes. The crew keeps me busy with sprains and strains and banged up fingers" Kate laughed. "I also have my research but yeah, I am looking forward to getting back to work. I'm absolutely dreading leaving Sara and Ameliathough. I don't know how that's going to go" Kate sighed and shook her head.
"You'll all be fine. We have plenty of breaks scheduled then. They'll be home regularly and you can come visit when you have a couple of days off?"
"I know… It's just… it's going to be hard" said Kate and smiled sadly.
"Well, let's make the best of the two weeks we have left with you then"
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When Tegan awoke in the morning the bus was stationary and quiet. Everybody including the kids, were miraculously still asleep. Tegan got up quietly and took the stairs to the kitchen for some coffee. She looked out of the window. They were parked on some sort of festival grounds. The air was blue and cloudless, uncommon for this part of the country at this time of year. Tegan texted her assistant Anna about shower facilities. She felt grimy after the previous night's show and she needed the toilet. Only number one's were allowed in the on board toilet.
When Tegan got a reply she rushed upstairs and grabbed a clean pair of jeans, some sneakers, a t-shirt and her toiletry bag. She left the bus, nodded at the security guard outside and made small talk with the tall, muscular female guard accompanying her to the shower block specifically built for artists.
"There's not a lot of people here, I'm sure you don't need to come with me" said Tegan.
"Just doing my job Tegan, anyway, I could use bit of a stretch" said Logan.
Tegan looked around inside. It was actually quite nice, they obviously wanted to impress the artists. A row of small but well-appointed bathrooms were lined up next to each other.
"There's nobody in here, why don't you go grab a coffee. I won't mind one myself" said Tegan and pointed at the coffee stand a couple of meters away.
"Okay, give me a shout if you need me" said Beth.
A few minutes later Tegan was singing in the piping hot shower, lathering herself down. The water pressure was actually quite good. She eventually turned down the water and reached into her bag for a towel.
"Oh heck" she mumbled when she realised that she had forgotten her towel.
She contemplated her options for a few seconds, she was getting cold and she turned open the water again. She had left her cell phone in the bus too. "Stupid" she mumbled standing under the hot water. She really didn't feel like drying herself off with last night's dirty clothes and she would prefer to keep today's dry. She eventually turned the water down again and got on the toilet seat to look out of the high window. She saw Beth at the coffee stand.
"Beth! Hey Beth" she yelled.
After a few tries she got her attention.
"What on earth?" Beth muttered and started sprinting to the ablution block.
"Tegan!" she yelled and banged on the door.
Tegan opened the door a small crack and hid behind it.
"Beth… I'm so embarrassed… I forgot my towel. I'm so sorry I'm an idiot… can I please impose on you to go get one for me? Family's still sleeping but Anna should be able to help you out" said Tegan.
Beth laughed out loud. "Sorry for laughing, I'll go get a couple. Get back in the shower so you don't get cold"
Tegan got back into the shower and started singing again.
A minute or two later the door opened.
"Beth hang on, I'll get the towel at the door" said Tegan cursing that she forgot to lock the door.
"Who's Beth?" asked a deep, sultry voice inside the room.
Tegan peered around the corner of the shower keeping her private bits covered with her hands. One of the lesser known but up and coming young artists she recognised from previous festivals stared back at her. She was pretty hot, no denying that.
"I'm sorry… I think you have the wrong bathroom" said Tegan and swallowed hard.
"Do I? I think you're amazing Tegan, fuck, you're so sexy… you must get bored with the whole wife and mom bit" said the girl and walked closer to the shower. Tegan's body was still hiding behind the wall.
"Listen I don't think so" said Tegan.
"Nobody needs to know, it'll just be one fuck Tegan… you know you want to… let me make you come until you can't walk… right here…. right now. You're so fuckable… let me lick that water off you" said the girl and ran her fingers up and down Tegan's bare arm. Tegan was breathing fast and swallowed hard. She felt her nipples go hard and her clitoris twitch in automatic response.
"No… just go… please" she said trying to hide as much as possible behind shower wall.
The girl just started taking her top off. Tegan turned away. "I'm not looking… get out" she said softly although she meant to shout it.
The girl touched Tegan's back and moved her hand down to her smooth, toned bum.
"Get out… I'm not interested" said Tegan loudly. She heard a knock on the door. "Tegan, it's Beth. Are you okay?"
"Um… no" said Tegan.
The next second the door flew open and Beth had the girl's hands behind her back.
"You're going to be sorry… dream about me hot stuff" said the girl as Beth spoke into her wrist mic.
"I don't think so" said Tegan and wrapped the towel Beth handed her around herself. She shivered slightly.
"You okay? Can I take her outside?" asked Beth.
"Yeah… I'm good"
"Monica's going to be right outside this door okay" said Beth.
"Sure… can I have some privacy now?" said Tegan.
Tegan was shaken up by the encounter. She dried off fast and slipped into her clothes. She quickly brushed her teeth and finger dried her hair. The rest would have to wait for back in the bus, she wanted to get out of there! The whole thing didn't make sense. Did she send off some kind of signal? She was sure she didn't, she was a bit like an old married lady now. She never even looked twice at a pretty girl. Maybe that was the problem, maybe that didn't work with her musician image. Either way, she was shocked at the blatant invasion of privacy. She was almost certain that if Beth hadn't shown up the girl would have forced herself on her. The thought made her feel dirty.
Tegan walked out of the building and saw two of her security team talking to the girl.
"Guys… it's okay, let her go"
"See, told you she was into it" smiled the girl.
"You know what, on second thoughts… I think you should get the cops here. I'll probably press charges and file a complaint with the festival organisers" said Tegan and turned away. Nobody fucked with her family and her promise to them.
"Oh come on!" the girl complained but Tegan didn't turn around.
Tegan came into the bus looking a bit spooked. "Morning! Enjoy your shower?" asked Lindsey with a mouth full of toast and kissed Tegan's cheek.
Tegan sat down wordlessly.
"Babe? You okay?" said Lindsey.
"You're not going to believe what just happened" said Tegan.
"Huh? Honey are you okay, you're trembling" said Lindsey.
Tegan told Lindsey what had happened.
"I'll fucking rip her head off" said Lindsey getting up, she headed towards the door.
"Lindsey don't" said Tegan and caught her hand.
"Sara! Can you guys watch the twins for a couple of minutes" said Lindsey as Sara came down the stairs.
"Sure no problem" said Sara and yawned.
"You can stay" said Lindsey to Tegan.
"Lindsey come on… nothing…"
"Tegan just shut up and let me deal with the little slut" said Lindsey.
"What the hell?" said Sara suddenly wide awake.
Lindsey stomped out of the bus, Tegan on her heels.
"Kate stay with the kids, I've got to see this" said Sara pulling on flip flops and a hoody. She ran after them.
Lindsey walked straight to one of the other Tegan and Sara branded busses that housed the security team and a few techies.
"Lindsey just leave it" said Tegan trailing her.
The group was standing outside the bus door.
"Beth, Charles… can you give us a minute?" said Lindsey.
Beth raised an eyebrow and they both stepped back.
"Who the fuck do you think you are coming within a 100 yard radius of my wife?"
For the first time the girl didn't look cocky, she looked scared.
"I'm sorry, I made a mistake" she said.
"Go make your mistakes somewhere else, there's plenty of available hot, young things around. Tegan… is OFF LIMITS! Oh and in case you haven't figured it out yet, so is her sister. If you even fucking glance in her direction again I'll make one hundred percent sure Tegan really presses charges for what happened and your career will be royally fucked. You get that?" said Lindsey fuming.
The girl nodded looking pale.
"Now fuck off, school's about to start" said Lindsey sarcastically.
The girl shoved her hands in her hoody pockets and started jogging away. Seemingly in tears.
"Holy shit that was hot!" said Tegan and pulled Lindsey in for a zealous kiss.
"She fucked with the wrong wife" said Lindsey and started walking away with her hand around Tegan's shoulders.
Sara stared with her mouth open.
"Show's over sis" said Tegan.
"That was kind of fun" Lindsey laughed.
"It was kind of fun watching" said Tegan.
"Hey I see they have some free food trucks over there. Want to get something to go and go have it in bed? Because all that made me really…. really hot for you" said Lindsey seductively.
"We can get food later… let's goooo"
"Maybe we should wait until we don't have a bus full of people" laughed Lindsey and squeezed Tegan's bum.
"Dammit this touring thing is seriously affecting my sex life…. I do know that those bathrooms are actually pretty damn nice and private" said Tegan raising an eyebrow.
"I'm hungry… food first and then you can give me a tour"
"Deal" Tegan laughed.
A/N: told you I'll update more often! Review please!