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‘’This is it guy’s, the last show’’ Adam spoke out, hands flat against the units in the small kitchen of the tour bus, keeping his balance as it rattled its way down the highway towards the next and last venue,
‘’I cant believe that it’s come so quickly’’ Cam spoke out, her voice just rising above the sound of Marilyn’s which was coming through my headphones, low enough to hear everyone talking still,
‘’I know, through all the highs and the lows, we’ve managed to battle through it strongly…as a family and as friends’’ Adam spoke again and I let a tiny curve grave the corner of my lips, ‘’I think on this tour, everyone has found a part of themselves and grew as a person and I honestly think that we have all become closer as friends’’ Adam carried on as I picked my drink up and took a long gulp.
‘’Not to mention you getting closer towards a certain bass playing elf’’ Monte laughed out and I turned to glare at him as he received a high five from Longueil
‘’Actually I prefer the term pixie thank you very much’’ I told him with a slight nod before I laughed and turned back to watching out the window again as cars and trucks passed us by, travelling back in the direction we had just come from, the scenery flashing by in a blur, the sky slowly changing to a warm purple and blue as the sun started to lower and we got closer to the venue.
‘’Tommy wake up baby’’ I shifted slightly, my hand coming up to run through my hair as I looked up to see Adam crouched down beside me and I smiled softly,
‘’Hey rockstar’’ I mumbled out as I turned on to my back, ‘’What time is it?’’ I asked with a yawn, Adams fingers running through my hair softly.
‘’Just a little before seven, we’ve been here for about an hour but you were asleep and didn’t want to wake you’’ Adam whispered to me and I smiled softly, ‘’but we gotta do sound check now’’ I nodded softly and sat up, stretching slightly.
‘’You know, you didn’t have to let me sleep’’ I told him softly before he laughed softly.
‘’Well we did try a few times but you wouldn’t respond, had to talk Monte and Cam out from chucking cold water at you’’ He told me and I looked up before shaking my head slightly.
Leaving the bus with Adam a few minutes later, the sky was a rich purple color and the breeze was warm which reminded me of the tip to Cabo a couple of months before hand. I was glad that the rest of the band knew and that we didn’t have to keep it a secret from them, it had made touring so much easier with not having to sneak about on the bus.
‘’Whatya thinking about’’ Adam asked as he slipped his little finger around mine as we walked and I glanced over at him with a smile.
‘’Cabo and how im glad that everyone knows’’ I told him with a soft shrug ‘’It makes everything so much better and no one questions now when I wonder in to your room when I say that im heading to bed’’ I laughed out softly as he held the side door open and I walked in.
‘’I agree with that, but I still have to laugh at the looks on their faces when they first heard you say it’’ Adam told me and I shrugged slightly with a smile.
‘’I wanted to sleep in your bed that night’’ I told him honestly as his hand left mine and we walked through a few more doorways until we reached the back hallways. ‘’I just wanted a hug, not like they have never wanted hugs before’’
‘’Yeah but none of them have ever walked in to my room and gotten in to my bed before for one’’ Adam spoke out quietly as we walked past a few people and I glanced over towards them before back at Adam again with a grin.
‘’Ahh sleeping beauty awakens at last, did true love’s first kiss break the spell?’’ Cam whistled out as we walked in to the main band dressing room,
‘’actually, come to think about it, prince charming never did give me my kiss’’ I spoke out as I turned to look at Adam, ‘’what was up with that?’’ I grinned as Adam blushed slightly and laughed.
‘’don’t you dare think about running your fingers through that hair Mr.’’ Sutan called out and Adam dropped his hand from where it was half way up to his head a sigh on his lips before he walked closer and looped his arm around my waist, his free hand coming up to cup my jaw.
‘’If my sleeping beauty, my Cinderella wants his true love’s kiss, than he can have it’’ I watched Adams face as he spoke before I laughed slightly, a blush falling over my cheeks slightly.
‘’Hell yeah, now shut up prince charming and kiss me’’
‘’Oh hell, the elf has got balls, watch out everyone he will be throwing his little elf dust at us all soon’’ Longueil called out as Adam’s lips pressed against mine and I smirked a little before bending my arm around to flip him off. Pulling away from Adam slowly I smiled at him before walking over to the dressing table where Sutan was sat and started to dig around his case before grabbing a small jar with a smirk and turned to walk towards Longueil.
‘’For one, if you are going to call me anything, its pixie’’ I spoke out as I unscrewed the lid. ‘’For two, there’s no such thing as elf dust’’ another step closer and I tipped some of the contents of the jar in to my palm, ‘’It’s called pixie dust and your now covered in it’’ I laughed out as I chucked the small cluster of glitter over him.
‘’Oh my children are growing up quickly’’ Sutan yelped out before I found myself wrapped up in his arms tightly, my face pressed in to his shoulder as I laughed, ‘’and you lot leave Tranma’s little pixie alone’’ I heard him scold the others before given me one last squeeze.
‘’Yeah, you should see Adam in the morning, its scary, he’s like the beast and im the Bella’’ I laughed out as I walked over towards the couch and sat down,
‘’Tommy do you want to admit something to us?’’ Cam asked and I looked up confused,
‘’Like what?’’
‘’That you have a secret love of Disney films aswell as horror’’ I shrugged a little and grinned,
‘’I do know a few, I have a young niece you know’’ I laughed out as I started to shrug out of my jacket and glanced around the room,
‘’Fuck, I forgot about that, damn it I have nothing to pick on you with now’’ Cam moaned out, causing everyone to laugh.
‘’Guy’s we are ready for your check now’’ A voice from the doorway spoke out and I rubbed at my cheeks slightly before standing.
‘’Alright lets go kick some tech’s asses’’ I laughed out.
‘’Tommy’’ I paused and turned back as I went to follow the band out the dressing room before I turned back to look towards Adam as he bit his lip a little and I felt my heart crash against my chest as I stepped back towards him.
‘’What’s wrong?’’ I asked and he grinned a little before shaking his head clear.
‘’Nothing’s wrong baby, I just wanted five minutes, not even that to be with you alone’’ He told me as he stepped closer and stood in front, fingertips bracing themselves lightly against the side of my jaw as his ears searched mine, ‘’You’re made from ivory and gold. The curves of your lips rewrite history’’ He whispered and I smirked a little as his lips pressed against mine. Kissing him deeply I slowly pulled away barley an inch, my hands holding on to his waist tightly.
‘’You cheesy fuck’’ I laughed out lightly, ‘’I think you watch that movie way too much’’ I told him as he grinned and pecked my lips again.
‘’Well you are worth every cheesy, romantic and damn right stupid line out in the world because I love you enough to quote that whole movie to you and many poems if you wanted me too’’ He whispered and I rolled my eyes as I pulled away.
‘’Maybe another time rockstar because we do have a sound check and I would rather not have someone to come looking for us because we got caught up in quoting Velvet Goldmine instead of doing our jobs’’ I told him and he laughed softly but nodded anyway.
~~~~~~Adam~~~~~~
‘’Again, from the start of If I had you’’ I called out as I wiped my arm across my forehead and turned to look at everyone, ‘’I want to double and triple check through where everyone is gunna be standing or where they think they might stand, I don’t fancy walking in to one of you lot again’’ I spoke out before I heard Monte laugh slightly and I glared towards him.
‘’Sorry boss man, I got carried away watching Tommy swing his mane’’ He called out and I could see out the corner of my eye, Tommy blushing slightly and turning away from everyone else. Shaking my head, I moved back towards the steps again.
‘’Alright, lets go’’ I called out before the music started to kick in and I retraced all my steps with the dancers, pausing here and there to discuss something or change things around slightly.
I knew that everyone was tired still from the bus journey, I was too, but I knew that tonight’s show would be the best. The whole tour had been tiring for all of us and despite the short vacation, we had all earned the time off to do what we wanted and to move on with other things while I went on to start the next album.
‘’Alright guy’s, that should be enough to go by’’ One of the tech’s called out and I moved the cane up over my shoulder as I stretched and walked over towards the costume leader and handed her the cane and hat before the mic to someone else.
‘’Hey Adam, we are all going to the hotel to check in and have dinner, you in?’’ I turned and looked towards Monte before I nodded,
‘’Yeah, will be on the bus in a few’’ I told him with a smile as my eyes turned and searched through everyone who was walking about,
‘’He’s already fled the madness which is backstage, if you’re looking for Tommy’’ Monte laughed and I turned back with a grin as I shook my head and walked towards him, throwing my arm over his shoulders as we started to walk towards the dressing rooms to pick a few of or things up before heading back to the buses which would take us on to the hotel.
‘’I actually can’t believe that this is all over after tonight, it still seems like a distant reality’’ I told him, his head nodding against my arm as I dropped away from him as we stepped out through the door and in to the cool air.
Stepping on to the bus, I glanced around to see everyone sat in the lounge area of the tour bus, the tv on and some film on as I walked through and towards the back where my room was and stepped inside, the door being closed behind me with my foot, changing in to more comfortable clothes again, I walked back out and paused in the kitchen to take a bottle of water out of the fridge before I walked in to the lounge.
‘’Whatcha watching’’ I asked as I stepped over Cam’s legs and settled down next to Tommy who had huddled himself in to the corner of the corner seat, legs scrunched up against him as he stared down at his Iphone, headphones in his ears as I looked towards the tv.
‘’Some western film, no idea what’’ Some answered before I frowned and glanced over at Tommy again who was still glued to his phone.
‘’So why isn’t he watching?’’ I asked with a slightly laugh as Cam turned to look over at him,
‘’He found Michael’’ Cam replied with a roll of the eyes as I moved a little and leaned my arm over the back of the couch, pretty soon Tommy’s position changed and he turned to curl in to my side, eyes never leaving the small screen as I glanced down to see the masked guy in overalls and I shook my head slightly as I sipped at my water.
‘’Ahaha fucking twat’’ I turned with a few of the others after a brief silence to stare at Tommy who was grinning at his phone before he glanced up and smiled at me, once again his eyes turning back to watch his own movie.
‘’I swear we should get that boy help’’ Monte spoke out and Cam nodded in agreement, laughing softly I turned back to watch Tommy again as he shifted and bent his knees up to lay against me more, wrapping my arm tighter around his shoulders again, I kissed the top of his head and turned back to the main tv in the lounge to watch it as my fingertip trailed over his arms.
‘’Fuck, fuck, fuck no’’ I jumped slightly as Tommy moved quickly and yanked his headphones away from his ears and stood up before running off towards the back of the bus and I stared in wonder before he returned a few minutes later and knelt on the couch to press his charger in to the wall plug and in to his phone.
‘’Tommy…’’ I started to say before he waved his hand slightly and I grinned as he pushed his headphones back in and went straightt back to his phone.
‘’I guess his phone started to die on him’’ Someone laughed out as I nodded and ran my fingers through his hair, kissing the top of his head; I stood again and walked towards the front of the bus, towards the driver.
‘’Hey Mr. Lambert, we should be at the hotel in about ten minutes, just a little bit of traffic’’ Greg told me and I chuckled softly,
‘’Please, just call me Adam’’ I told him as I sat down and looked out the windscreen at the road.
‘’Sure thing Adam how is everything back there’’ He asked and I nodded softly,
‘’everything is great, honestly wouldn’t think we were driving half the time’’ I told him as he smiled and changed gears as he turned in to another lane.
‘’That’s great to hear, we are practically there now, so how about going to tell everyone else?’’ He asked and I nodded, standing again, I patted him on the shoulder and headed back to the lounge and everyone.
‘’We will be there about five minutes, so make sure you got everything you need for the hotel and ready to go’’ I told them, ‘’You too Tommy’’ I spoke out as I pulled a headphone out and he looked up at me.
‘’Huh?’’ He asked confused and I laughed softly as I moved and placed a hand either side of him on the back of the couch.
‘’Said, we will be at the hotel in about five so make sure you got everything’ I told him softly as I pressed a kiss to the side of his cheek and pushed away again, ‘’So move it Mister’’ I winked out at him as I started to walk away towards the back of the bus again as Tommy grumbled something out and started to move around behind me.
‘’Adam’’ I looked up from where I was sat on the bed to see Lane stood and I frowned slightly, knowing that she wasn’t on the bus,
‘’Have we already stopped?’’ I asked and she laughed before nodding,
‘’Yeah, everyone has gone on in to the hotel, just came to make sure you were okay and to give you your room key’’ She told me as she stepped inside and dropped the card key down. ‘’Room 502’’ I nodded to her before picking it up and grabbed my bag, ‘’so is everything okay?’’
I couldn’t help but laughed slightly as I nodded, ‘’Yeah, everything’s fine, was just making sure I had everything and must of blanked out for a while’’ I told her as she nodded and turned to leave. ‘’Lane, thanks for everything on this tour, I mean if I didn’t have you here, I don’t think we would’ve even finished it’’ I told her as she turned back and smiled at me.
‘’There’s no need to thank me Adam, thank yourself and the most you can do for me is to kick ass tonight okay’’ I grinned and nodded at her. ‘’Good, now go and unpack and get some rest and dinner before the show’’ I watched as she walked away and left me in silence, a smile on my face as I grabbed everything and stood up and walked out the room as I made my way along the bus and down out of it.
‘’Wow’’ I whispered to myself once I had pushed my hotel door open and stepped inside the room. It was massive; the main room held a long six seated couch and a large TV with two other single arm chairs, which looked big enough to hold two people each at least.
‘’How come I don’t get the apartment looking suit, I don’t think it’s fair’’ I heard a voice form behind me speak out and I turned slightly to see Tommy and I let a soft laugh out, walking over to the closest arm chair, I dropped my bags on to it before turning back to see Tommy closing the door to the suit.
‘’Come ere’ beautiful’’ I whispered out to him as I held my hand out and smiled as he glanced up before walking over, taking mine in his own.
‘’Not beautiful you ass’’ Tommy grinned out as I smirked and dipped down to press a light kiss against his lips.
‘’You’re my sun and moon so you are beautiful to me Tommy-Joe’’ I told him quietly.
‘’Oh, Sutan and Cam are going to be here soon to hang out a little before dinner’’ He told me and I nodded slightly and ran my hand through his blonde hair softly.
‘’That’s cool, gunna help me explore the room then?’’ I asked him as he pulled away and stared at me with a large smirk,
‘’Thought you would never ask Lambert, tell you what, you go put your bags away and I will start in the kitchen’’ He laughed out before I shook my head,
‘’Fine, but leave the mini bar alone, Lane will go mental again is she has to pay the bill because you decided to get a drink or two’’ I told him as he started to make his way across the room and towards the open planned kitchen.
‘’Ah hurry up and put your things away and I will show you a trick’’ He threw back at me as I grabbed my bag again, walking across to the other side of the room, I pushed the double doors open and stood in awe at the largeness of the room and the massive bed. Glancing back slightly to look towards Tommy, I bit my lip slightly as he leaned over to look at something, shaking my thoughts away, I turned back again and walked over towards the left hand side of the bed and placed the bag down before sitting down.
Life seemed to be turning out much better than I had ever expected as I glanced around the room and then towards the doorway as a shuffling sound came closer and Tommy soon appeared holding two small bottles from the mini bar, shaking my head a little, I watched him walk over and stand in front of me.
‘’Didn’t I say to leave them alone?’’ I asked him with a slight grin as I reached out and put my hands on his waist, thumbs rubbing in to his skin slightly as he laughed.
‘’Uhh, I guess so, but we can drink it and not pay’’ He told me and I cocked my head to the side slightly to look at him, ‘’Like I said, I got a trick’’ He laughed out before moving a knee up on to the bed beside me and lifted himself up on to my lap.
‘’And what’s that my wise pixie?’’ I asked him as my hands slipped around to his lower back before sliding up under his shirt a little to touch against warm skin.
‘’Well first of all’’ He paused and undone the lid of the small bottle of gin and tipped his head back as he swallowed the contents down, ‘’Then fill it with water and place it back in to the fridge’’ He smirked out before throwing the empty bottle on to the bed.
‘’And what about the whiskey’’ I asked him as he laughed softly again and leaned in, kissing me lightly before pulling away again.
‘’Complimentary teabags’’ He smiled, ‘’Soak them in some water until it’s the right color and then fill them up’’ I couldn’t help but laugh at his words,
‘’I guess that’s what you have been doing in most of the hotels we stay at?’’ I asked and he nodded before knock on the door brought us both to look towards the bedroom door with a groan.
‘’It will be the others, I will go let them in’’ He told me and I smiled as he started to climb off me, grabbing his wrist again, I pulled him back and crashed my lips against his.
‘’Love you Tommy’’ I murmured against his lips as he smiled.
‘’Love you too’’ He whispered back before jogging out to the living room and to the hotel door.
‘’Oh my god, you’re purposing to him!?’’ Lane squeaked out and I looked up at her quickly before turning to look up at Tommy who was fighting not to laugh before he stepped away and hid behind his hair as he blushed.
‘’What…no…I was actually doing Tommy’s lace up cause he couldn’t be bothered’’ I told her as I pushed up from my knee to stand again.
‘’Oh right’’ She replied and I stared at her slightly,
‘’what do you mean by oh right Lane?’’ I asked her as she shuffled some of the things around which she had in her hands.
‘’Well Adam…I walk in to the room and see you on one knee in front of him’’ She stated, ‘’I thought you were asking him to marry you’’ She finished off with a sigh,
‘’Why would I be doing that for?’’ I asked suddenly as a muffled laugh came out from behind me before stopping,
‘’so you wouldn’t ever ask me?’’ Tommy’s voice sounded out and I turned to look towards him where he had moved to sit between Cam and Sutan.
‘’Of course not’’ I gasped out before slapping a hand over my mouth, ‘’I didn’t mean that, I meant that maybe one day, I don’t know I love you and everything but you don’t know what will ever happen, gay marriage may never be passed in Cali and what if you don’t want to be with me when that time comes or something happens before hand’’ I spoke out quickly as I felt my cheeks start to warm up and Tommy started to laugh before he stood up and walked over, his arms wrapping around my waist tightly.
‘’Oh baby, you should see your face’’ Sutan laughed out as I moved my arms around Tommy and breathed out slightly, ‘’ I don’t think I’ve ever seen you so red before, even when we were in Cabo and you burnt a little, oh darling’’ I shook my head slightly with a grin as I buried my face in to the top of Tommy’s hair as he squeezed my waist softly.
‘’I hate you all’’ I muttered out softly, ‘’Come on lets go to dinner’’ I told them as I linked my fingers through one of Tommy’s hand and started to walk towards the hotel door before I glanced over my shoulder to see everyone else following.
~~~Tommy~~
The room was silent as I stood in front of the mirror, just staring at my reflection, the brightness in my eyes before I smiled to myself, tonight’s show was the last one of the tour and then it would be all heads go to start on the new album which I knew Adam was looking forward to do, a new sound, a new image, in a way it made me think of the tribute scene to glam rock, the end of an era in Velvet Goldmine. This was it for us, the long hard road was finally reaching its ending point and we had to move on, in a way grow up from all the glitter and messing around, sure it would still be there but not like it was on this tour.
There was a gentle knock at the door, pulling me from my thoughts as I turned and walked over, unlocking it before walking back an picked my lip gloss up from the table as the door opened, glancing over my shoulder, I smiled when I saw Sutan walk in and I turned back as I started to coat my lips in a light covering, a sort of cherry flavor gloss to night which I knew Adam would want to come back for me, I noticed that certain tastes kept bringing him back for more and longer kisses each time until there was no taste left on my lips for him to take from me. I could see Sutan move closer behind me, the door to the dressing room closed again as he perched on the arm of the couch, hands folded neatly in his lap as he looked towards me and I let my eyes fall down again as I started to screw the lid of the lip gloss back on again.
‘’Are you happy Tommy?’’ Sutan asked and I looked up at him, my eyes meeting his through the mirror back stage as I got ready for tonight’s show.
‘’More than I’ve ever been before’’ I told him with a smile as I placed the tube of gloss back down and turned to look towards him, my heart beating full of love. ‘’I wouldn’t change anything…ever.’’