A/N: Thank you to all those who reviewed and answered my questions. I realized I was way, way off when I said it take five days to drive from Malibu to Minnesota…Just pretend the bus driver drives slow. Enjoy!
My things were packed and ready to go. It was early morning. The sun was just rising. I stood outside on my front porch listening to my mom go on about her rules including her famous three R's: respect, rights, and responsibility. I pretended to listen, nodding my head every now and then. I was in a daze when Miley finally pulled up in a large bus. My jaw dropped at the size of the vehicle we would be driving in. The two front doors opened and Miley walked out.
"Like it?" She asked, referring to the bus.
"Yes!" I said. Jackson and Mr. Stewart walked out of the bus.
"Ready to go?" Mr. Stewart asked me clapping his hands together.
"Yup, all my things are packed and ready to go." I said. Mr. Stewart and Jackson came over and took my two bags of luggage and threw them in the bus. I said goodbye to my mom, gave her a kiss and followed Miley in the bus. I waved to my mom from inside the bus as the wheels started rolling down the street.
"Wow this is amazing!" I said looking around the bus. There were some couches on the left side of the bus facing a large flat screen television located at the front of the bus behind the driver's seat. There was a small kitchen on the right side of the bus which had a fair sized table that could fit six. At the back of the bus there were two small bedrooms. It was practically a house on wheels.
"It's Hannah's tour bus. I thought I'd borrow it for the trip." Miley said. The bus made a sudden stop making Miley and I fall onto one of the couches laughing. I looked out the window and realized we stopped on an all too familiar street. I noticed Oliver having a hard time getting his luggage out the front door. I giggled to myself watching him struggle. The two front doors opened and I hopped out of the bus with Miley following close behind.
"Hey" he greeted us smiling.
"Hi" I said. Oliver's and my eyes locked for a second before Miley spoke.
"So you excited?"
"Totally!" Oliver said breaking eye contact with me.
"Well we better get your luggage into the bus so we can get going." She said. "It's going to be a long trip." I took one bag and Oliver took the other.
"Wow nice" Oliver said looking around.
"You like?" Jackson asked opening a bag of chips.
"Yeah I do" He responded.
"You'll like it even better when I show you the gaming system."
"Gaming system!" Jackson nodded.
Robby Ray opened a small door and came out from the front seats. "Okay, now that we're all here we can set up the bedrooms. We'll put the two girls in the smaller room and the guys can take the larger one. Is that fair?"
"Sounds good to me" I said.
"Alright then it's settled."
The bus started rolling down the street. "Uh, If Mr. Stewarts in here, then who is driving the bus?" Oliver asked.
"That would be Hannah's personal bus driver, Larry." Miley said.
"And his buddy Marley" Jackson added. We all shared some laughs. Boy, this is going to be one heck of a trip.
Miley and I moved our things into the smaller bedroom and settled in. It was a very small room with two single beds separated by a small nightstand. The only walkway in the room was a small path at the foot of the beds and another small path that separated the two beds. There was one small closet for the two of us to share and store our things. On the other side of the wall was the guy's room and right outside our door was a small washroom. It was perfect. I checked out the guy's room. Their room had one bunk bed to the right side of the room and one single bed to the left side. Mr. Stewart took the single bed, Oliver took the bottom bunk and Jackson took the top bunk. There room also came with a small night stand and a small closet.
I finished unpacking my things so I decided to go sit on one of the couches and listen to my I-Pod. Miley and the others were still unpacking so I knew I would be alone for a short period of time. I sat on the large beige couch covered in a white Hannah Montana blanket. I lifted the blanket and got underneath it. After getting comfortable, I took out my old silver I-Nano and pushed the play button. I sat quietly underneath the warm blankets listening to soft music.
I guess I had fallen asleep because I awoke to the aroma of Mr. Stewart's famous vegetable soup and the sound of Jackson and Oliver laughing. I opened my eyes and saw Mr. Stewart in the small kitchen stirring the soup, Miley on an orange chair reading a book, and Oliver and Jackson playing some downhill snowboarding game which I had to try sometime on this trip.
I was so tired. Waking up early was not a skill of mine. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes, listening to my surroundings.
"Soup is ready." My eyes shot open at the sound of Mr. Stewarts voice. I sat up on the couch and stretched out before getting up and grabbing a bowl of warm soup. The five of us gathered around the small table to enjoy our meal.
Day turned into night. The bus grew colder and colder. I was all alone again. I heard Miley singing softly in the shower but I had no clue where the others had disappeared too. I wrapped myself in two thick blankets and sat on the couch with the television on low. My wandering mind brought me back to the past when Miley, Oliver and I went on a day road trip during the Christmas season last year to look at all the beautiful homes decorated in colourful lights.
My thoughts were interrupted when Oliver fell onto the couch beside me. He was wearing gray sweats and black muscle shirt. "Hey" he said. This was our first one on one conversation so far on this trip.
"Hi" I smiled.
"You having fun?"
"It hasn't even been a day. But yeah, I'm having fun."
"That's always good to hear. So you want to pop a movie in this thing?" Oliver asked pointing to the DVD player beside him. I nodded in response. Oliver got off the couch and put some random movie into the machine and came back next to me. "So you going to share these blankets?" Oliver asked grabbing a fistful of blanket.
"I found them! Plus it's like two degrees in here, I'm cold."
"Come here, Oliver Oken will keep you warm." I let out a small giggle before unwrapping the blankets from around my body and getting into Oliver's arms and placing the blankets overtop of us.
The movie started to play. It started off on a dark street. The only light around was the shine of the moon. The street grew brighter and brighter as night turned into day. The screen then slowly got busier and busier with people of all sorts: mothers, fathers, children, teenagers, grandparents, beggars, business people and more. The screen zoomed in to one man dressed in a dark gray dress suit walking down the street talking on his cell phone. The movie continued on. When the movie reached about half way, everyone was now seated around the television watching the movie.
The movie appeared to be about a man who found out he had an eight year old son he never knew about then when he finally got to spend time with his son he ended up losing him. It was a sad movie filled with depressing scenes. The movie neared the end and Miley and Mr. Stewart had already gone to bed. Makes sense since they probably didn't get any sleep last night. When the credits appeared onto the screen, Jackson took the disc out of the DVD player and put it in the case it belonged to.
"Goodnight" Jackson said walking towards the bedrooms.
"Night" Oliver and I whispered. Minutes later, Oliver removed the blankets from our bodies and was about to stand up.
I quickly grabbed his arm before he got the chance to. "Don't leave me here. I have slept like half the day. I can't fall asleep now." I said.
Oliver didn't say a word. He just smiled and covered us with the blankets. He rewrapped his arms around me. I buried my face in his shirt. I could now smell the scent of his colon. Oliver's kissed the top of my head "Goodnight" he yawned.
"Nighty night" I whispered wrapping my arm around his waist. We sat in silence listening to the sound of each other's breathing. I was loving this moment. I felt so safe and peaceful in his arms. But not just that, just being here with the people that mean the world to me made me feel like anything was possible.
By this time, I could tell Oliver was already asleep because I could feel him twitch every now and then. I took some deep breaths and in a short while, I was fast asleep.
A/N: There may be a couple mistakes I only read it over once.
Can anyone guess what movie I described? All the characters will be in the story a lot more in the next chapters. I promise. Plus I will be adding a couple new characters. By the way I have actually been in a bus which was exactly like I described…minus the downhill snowboarding game…I got that off the show.
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