AN: Okay, I already finished this fic, so I'm just going to keep posting. But, I still would appreciate it if you'd tell me what you think about it...


Exactly three minutes before 2pm, the bus stopped in front of the house. Since Sharon and Jane were the last ones to be picked up, the rest of the band was already there when they entered the bus. Mike was supporting for Ruud en Robert who were racing on the playstation, while Martijn was listen to his iPod on the other side of the bus.

'Get used to it.' Sharon said while they passed the guys. 'They still are little children, won't even go on tour without that stupid playstation.'

'Hey! You also love that playstation!' Mike shouted 'You enjoy watching us suffer when you beat us on Singstar!'

'Yeah, that's true.' Sharon grinned while she walked through to show Jane her bed.

In the middle of the bus, there was a small staircase they climbed. Sharon stopped at the first door at the right.

'This is your room, I know it's small, but it's your place for the next eight months. As long as you don't break anything, you can do here whatever you want. My room is right next to yours.'

'Okay, thank you.' Jane smiled and Sharon went back downstairs.

Jane started to get some stuff out of her bag, placing her phone charger and laptop on the nightstand. She unpacked some of her clothes and put the bag with the rest of them under the bed. She took her gun out of her holster to put it in the drawer of her nightstand, but just when she was closing the drawer, she felt the presence of someone in her room. She turned around and saw Jeroen standing behind her, only half a meter away from her. Jane jumped a little, and her heart went a little faster.

'Can you find everything?'

'Yeah, yeah… Thank you.'

'Good.' On his face appeared something between a grin and a smile, and he left.

Jane watched him leave and quickly checked if he had changed anything in her small room. For some reason, Jane didn't really trust him, and she would certainly look out for him.

Jane went back downstairs and sat down in the sofa next to Sharon.

'Where's Jeroen?'

'I believe he's in the kitchen, why?'

'He was standing right behind me in my room, kind of creeped me out.' Sharon laughed while she shook her head.

'Look, I totally understand you. I also thought Jeroen was a bit creepy when I first met him, but he's a great guy. Believe me, he's not my stalker.'

'Okay, fine, but he has to stay out of my room!'

The drive went faster that Jane suspected. Before she had even properly met the guys, the bus already arrived at the concert-hall. Jane followed the band out of the bus and into the building. The stage was already set up, and the band immediately climbed the stage for the sound check. Meanwhile, Jane inspected the building, looking at every entrance and making sure most of them were locked. When she finished her round, she went back to the hall, where the sound check already ended.

The six of them were sitting on the edge of the stage, with a two girls next to them. One of them was taking pictures while the other asked questions and wrote down a few things. From her place, Jane couldn't rally understand what they were saying, but she had a really good view. Of course it was Sharon who did most of the talking, but Jane noticed that when one of the guys answered the question, Sharon wasn't really listening. She would look into the empty hall, sometimes to the person that was talking, but most of the time she was watching the two girl with a little smile on her face.

Jane watched them until the girls left and then walked up to Sharon, who was tying her shoelaces again.

'What was so funny about them?' Jane asked while she sat down next to her.

'What do you mean?'

'When you weren't talking, you were smiling to at least one of those girls. Why?'

'I, was just being friendly.'

'Yeah, right, and that's the reason you tied your shoes wrong?' Jane laughed when she noticed Sharon's shoe.

'Oh…'

'Come here, let me show you a better way to tie them. I can't afford a loose lace while chasing a suspect.' Jane jumped off the stage and got on her knees for better access to Sharon's shoe. 'Look, instead of pulling it through a hole, you just take this one, and tie it this way. I promise you, they won't release unless you want them to.' Jane looked up at Sharon, who was giving her the same smile she had given the girls. 'You have that smile again, are you being friendly to me too?'

'Of course.'

'Sharon! Ruud stole your dress!' Robert's head, that was coming out of the backstage, shouted and Sharon immediately got up.

'Excuse me, I have to go save my dress.' She said before running off the stage.

8pm.

The lights were out, the hall was filled with 9000 fans. All of them were excited for what was about to come, for what they had been counting down for. A part of them had colored lights with them, almost all of them were holding a camera, every single one of them wanted the curtains to open.

The fans in the front row were shouting the band's name, the fans in the middle of the hall were singing their favorite lyrics, the fans at the far ends kept looking for a better place.

And then, everything exploded. The boxes sent the first chord into the room, the 9000 people started yelling, the curtains slowly parted. The first concert of the tour finally started.

The guys ran onto the stage from both sides while they played the intro of the first song of the evening, Mike even rose from beneath the stage with his drums. Spotlights were pointed at all five of them and the stage slowly got covered with a thin layer of smoke.

From her place right in between the stage and the crowd, Jane saw it all happen. She had never seen the band perform, nor did she ever heard a song of them. Fascinated by everything that happened around her, Jane watched the front row headbanging, taking pictures and screaming as if their lives depended on it.

Only a minute later, the hall exploded again. Sharon's voice came out of the boxes, not much louder than the screaming of the fans, and after two sentences, she appeared on stage. The crowd sang the lyrics with her, but Jane didn't hear a single word of them.

She hadn't seen Sharon since she disappeared in her dressing room, but there she was, and she was breathtaking.

Only when the song ended, the crowd yelled harder than before and Sharon took a moment to just stare into the hall, Jane remembered she had a job to do. She scanned the front row, looking for a suspicious face. She imagined that The Dark Passenger always would manage to get a place in that very loved row. None of the fans in front looked older than 25, half of them were girls and all of them seemed normal, dedicated fans. She tried to take a mental picture of every face, and then joined them in enjoying the show.

2 hours and 17 minutes later, the show ended and the hall was empty in five minutes. When Jane was sure everyone left and no one was hiding anywhere, the crew started to take the stage down and Jane went backstage, looking for the band. She found all of them, already showered and in their usual clothes, in Sharon's dressing room, drinking champagne.

'Already celebrating?'

'Of course! Here, drink with us!' Sharon smiled while she handed Jane a glass.

Jane took the glass from her and smiled when she sipped it. Just when Sharon turned to tell Robert about the wire she almost tripped over, Jane felt a pair of eyes staring at her. She looked around, and saw Jeroen standing in the corner of the room, looking at her. But before she got the chance to feel uncomfortable, Ruud interrupted her thoughts.

'Uh-oh, the bus driver just joined us, and I don't think he's here for some champagne…'

'You're right, I'm leaving in 10 minutes, with or without you.' He told them and then left again.

Everyone quickly finished their drinks and hurried to bus, where everyone went straight to bed. At 6 minutes after 11, the bus left for a 3 hour trip.