The next day was a busy one. After the show had ended, the band had to take a quick shower and didn't even get the time to drink something before leaving the building. When the bus left the parking, their hair was still wet, and Robert's beard still blue.

Overnight the bus had driven them to the heart of Madrid, Spain, and Sharon was the only one that really looked awake when they entered the room for the interview at 9:30.

'Sorry we're late,' The singer started when they sat down 'but Captain Bluebeard over here forgot to set his alarm.'

'That's okay.' The interviewer, a young, tall guy who looked a bit nervous, answered. 'But let's start with that. Is there a reason his beard is blue?'

Jane watched the interview from the corner of the room, but almost fell asleep due to the lack of sleep. When everyone went to sleep, Jane always made a tour through the bus to be sure there wasn't anything abnormal. She started to feel the exhaustion, but when the interviewer mentioned her, she suddenly was wide awake.

'Sharon, yesterday you were seen with an unknown woman in a town in France, who was she?' Sharon's eyes met Jane's for a second before she answered the question.

'She is a member of the crew. I work really close with her and we became friends. People will probably see her more often, especially on days off.'

And with that, the subject was closed.

Jane had been curious about what Sharon would answer, and when their eyes met again, it was like Sharon was looking for approval. Jane smiled and the singer relaxed, but Jane didn't hear a single word of the rest of the interview. Why would she look for approval? She didn't lie, and Jane had already agreed to keep it a secret. Was she really that unsure, and did Jane just discover another side of her that nobody knew? Either way, she saw it as a knew side to fall in love with.

Many hours later, they were finally ready to leave the building. The manager had arranged to have a photo shoot in the same building and in the hours that they had spent there, Jane knew the prices of every vending machine by heart.

The first one to leave the building was Ruud, claiming he needed some fresh air, while the others were still trying to agree about where they would eat. Martijn had seen a McDonalds not far from the building, but Robert preferred the Burger King while Jeroen chose the Kentucky Fried Chicken. When they still hadn't made a decision after five minutes of arguing, Sharon told the guys she was going to look for a pizzeria, and suddenly the decision was made. Jane followed the band out of the building and saw Ruud standing by the bus with a box by his feet. The moment he heard the voices of the other band members, he turned around with an envelope in his hand.

'Trying to steal the bus, Ruud?!' Robert shouted when he saw the guilty look on his face, but Jane was more worried about the envelope in his hand.

'What do you have there?' Jane asked taking the envelope.

'I found that, it was stuck under the door of the bus.' Already knowing what was in it, Jane opened the envelope and took out the piece of paper that was inside.

Dear Sharon,

I wish you were as close with me as you are with that detective

The Dark Passenger

Jane passed the paper to Sharon and looked at Ruud.

'Was it already there when you came outside?' Ruud nodded 'And you haven't seen anyone?' The guitarist shook his head and Jane looked back at the building 'No security camera's, of course.' She then looked at the box by Ruud's feet. 'And what's that?'

'I don't know, some guy gave it to me inside and said it was for Sharon. It's probably one of her dresses.'

'Oh! I almost forgot about that one!' Sharon shouted happy and almost opened the box in the middle of the parking lot.

The thing that prevented her was the bus driver opening the door. Everyone entered the bus and Jane sat down with Sharon and Robert in one of the sofa's

'Okay, I want an explanation.' She said when the bus started driving.

'about what?'

'Where the hell does that dress come from?'

'A designer made it for me. We compared each other's schedules and there was no chance to meet each other. He was here last week, and left the dress at the reception for me.'

'And what's so special about it?'

'It has different layers, which can be taken off one by one so you get another dress every time you take off a different part.'

'So, a striptease?'

'Sort of.' Sharon said while Jane grinned.

'And, how far does that striptease go? Is there also a set of matching underwear?'

'Okaaay! I don't need to hear this!' Robert shouted while standing. 'I don't care what the two of you do, but if I can't be part of it, I don't want to know about it.' He went upstairs and heard the two laughing before closing the door of his room.

Back in the living room, Sharon had turned the TV on while Jane sat back down next to her with a bottle of beer in her hand. She tried following the movie that was playing, but wasn't really paying attention. Every few minutes she was glancing at the clock, watching how the time passed way to slow.

'What's bothering you?' Sharon asked when she noticed Jane's eyes wandering off again.

'Nothing.'

'Then why are you watching the clock instead of the movie? Are you waiting for something?'

'I want to call Maura, but I have to wait until 6, then she has her lunch break.'

'Why do you want to call her?'

'I just want to talk to my best friend.' Jane said before taking a sip of her beer. 'Did you know that this Dutch beer is way much better than what we have in The States?'

'I want to meet her.'

'The American beer?'

'No, Maura. I want to meet your best friend.'

'Fine, but on one condition.'

'Shoot.' Jane started pulling at the label of her beer and it didn't need a detective to see she was nervous.

'I want to introduce you as my girlfriend.'

'Are, are you asking me to be your girlfriend?'

'Yeah, I think I am.'

'Why?'

'Because, look, I don't care what we call it, but I love you and you fascinate me. I'm pretty sure that when I spent some more weeks you, that I'll also fall in love with you. I want to be sure that you feel the same before I allow myself to fall in love with you. I want to be able to stop myself before it's too late.' Sharon covered Jane's hand, that was still playing with the bottle's label.

'You're scared.'

'Scared as hell.' Jane assured her, looking right in the singer's eyes.

'I like the way I feel around you, the way you touch me, kiss me. I wouldn't mind falling in love with you.' She leaned in and kissed Jane's lips lightly. 'I love you too, and yes, I want to be your whatever-we-call-it.'

'Really?'

'Really.' They both smiled before leaning in again and kissing each other for the first time as girlfriends.

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