Jasey had disappeared to frolic with Axl, leaving me to fend for myself with the rest of the band. The bus had been on the highway for a good ten miles or so and I was already bored. Izzy and Slash were strumming away, making some new song together on the leather couch across from the booth I was sitting in, my head resting on the table. Steven was sitting on the counter, sipping a beer and staring out the tinted windows and flipping off the cars that passed us. Duff, I assumed, was somewhere in the back of the bus.

Steven finally directed his boyish grin at me. His eye brows furrowed a bit so that he seemed to be giving me a worried smile. "What's up, Abby?"

Izzy and Slash paused in their playing to look at me. I couldn't see Slash's expression, but Izzy's mimicked Steven's. They waited patiently for my response.

"I'm just bummed that Jasey ditched me for a ride on Axl's 'nighttrain'," I rolled my eyes. Steven gagged on his beer before spewing it into the sink. Izzy and Slash chuckled.

"I knew she'd be disappointed," Izzy said.

Slash pulled a cigarette from the pack beside him and stuck it in between his lips. "Don't worry, Abby. The first day is always the lamest. It'll be more exciting tomorrow."

I shrugged. "It's not just that. I came here mostly for Jasey and she's already ditching me."

I looked down at the table, not wanting the guys to see my face right now. I didn't want them to see how much it bothered me.

I felt the warmth of an arm drape over me and felt something tickling my cheek. Peeking to the side, I saw that it was a mass of wavy, blond hair. Steven pulled me against him and I rested my head in the crook of his neck. He kissed the top of my head before resting his chin on me.

"Don't worry, Abby. Even if Jasey never speaks to you again, you've still got us."

I glanced up and saw Slash and Izzy smiling down at me. I grinned back. Sure, they were rowdy and I didn't know them all that well just yet, but they were already making me feel at home. Even more so than my best friend. Still, I wasn't angry with her. I knew she was just having fun and that she still loved me. I also took into account that Jasey was a free spirit. Whether she loved me or not, she'd do her own thing.

"Thanks, guys," I mumbled into Steven's chest. "And Izzy?"

"Yeah?" I heard Izzy's voice.

"Thank you for coming into the cafe," I said. "And especially thanks for ordering black coffee."

"Okay. So, first stop is actually in Detroit, Michigan. We are opening for a band called The Cult. Basically those three weeks you hadn't seen us had been the kick off of our tour. It's just that you and Jasey had to finish up your college classes so we left without you guys. We had started in Canada and now we are back in the good ol'U-S-of A," Axl explained to me. I assumed Jasey had already heard these plans since before we left to go on tour, yet had failed to mention them to me. "We will be taking a plane back to Canada after our show in Chicago."

"Then where to?"

"Then back to the U.S."

I though it a bit dumb to keep running back and forth from country to country, but whatever.

"And then?"

"Then, we go to Europe," Slash interjected. "That's the fun part."

"Uh-huh," I said. "And how long is this tour exactly?"

"16 months, baby!" Duff chuckled. It was obvious they were excited about it. I was less than pleased.

"I'm glad at least someone is finally telling me what the hell is going on."

I would've glared at Jasey but she had moved on from Axl and had since disappeared into the bathroom with Steven.

Izzy plopped down beside me and draped an arm around my shoulders, shaking me gently. "Hey, I know you're pissed but look, you get to travel the world. We are going to Europe, Asia, and Australia. We'll be meeting up with Alice Cooper, Iron Maiden, Motley Crüe...we might even run into some other bands along the way."

I looked up at him. His hair was a little greasy and fell into his face, but his dark eyes were twinkling at me and I saw that there was a grin under his metallic nose ring. I gave him a weak smile.

"Just hurry up and meet up with another band before Jasey takes a ride on all of you and gets bored," I said. The guys laughed appreciatively. "I didn't uproot my whole life just so Jasey could get bored and leave halfway through the tour."

Izzy smiled and winked at me. "Don't worry, Abs. There's no way she's getting in my bed. That's a promise."

A/N: okay guys, super short chapter. sorry about that, there just isn't much going on in the GNR world right now :p I took the venues and accompanying bands from Wikipedia during their Appetite for Destruction tour, so this would obviously be around that time period. I will try to make this as close to reality as possible, so bear with me, please. Some things may be changed to fit my story better, but it won't be too unrealistic. I won't have The Beatles join in on the tour or anything haha anyway R&R please