Years of the Bus

4- A Sunrise

“Wakey, wakey, eggs and bakey!” Erin sang the next morning as everyone was slowly waking up from our first night on The Bus. I was one of the last ones awake, but Baker, Turner, and Ross were still asleep as I got up with everyone else as we had to decide what we wanted for breakfast.

“We're just going to feast on Pop-Tarts,” I suggested. “We have loads of them in the back.”

“Cinnamon or strawberry?” Logan wondered tiredly with a rough yawn as he mangled his fingers through his hair.

“Both, and ice cream sundae,” I yawned just as he made a bee line towards the back of The Bus for the Pop-Tarts with Gaige and Sydney quickly behind him. There were like, ten boxes of Pop Tarts back there though, so I didn't understand the rush because it wasn't like we were going to run out or anything.

“Guys, you have to see this!” Gaige returned rather quickly with a huge grin on his face followed by a giggle via Sydney.

We all curiously, yet half awake, followed him to the back of The Bus where the beds were. Baker was still snoring in the one that we slept in last night, but that wasn't what Gaige, Sydney, and Logan were laughing at. It was the bed where Ross and Turner were sleeping that they were all surrounding. Sydney was holding a hand to her mouth to stop from laughing out loud and when we all looked in to see what they were laughing at, I could understand why it was so hard to contain her laughter.

Ross and Turner were still in their bed area and they were both still sleeping heavily, snoring almost as loudly as Baker, and they were cuddling. Like, actually cuddling, and it was probably the funniest thing that I had ever seen before in my seventeen years of life. Not only were they cuddling though, they were spooning. Ross was the big spoon and Turner was the small one and they looked like the cutest gay couple ever. Of course, they weren't actually gay, which made it about 200% more hilarious.

“Somebody take a picture!” Rosa whispered frantically.

We only had one cell phone turned on between all twelve of us, so when that phone dies, we would turn on the next one. That should get us through about a month without having to charge the phones at all. We needed at least one phone though, because our parents were worry warts (well, some of them). Anyway, the only phone that was turned on at the moment was Baker's, and we didn't know where it was because she was still asleep.

Fortunately for us, I brought a digital camera, so I hurried to seat 13 where I put my luggage under the seat. I pulled out the camera and then stepped back across the tiny aisle way to where everyone was silently surrounding Ross and Turner. They all let me through to the front so that I could get a good picture for nice blackmail in the near future and just something to laugh at for a very long time. I took a few pictures and then Gaige wanted a picture so I got one with him in the picture giving a thumbs up but Ross and Turner are still in the background of the picture.

“Should we wake them up?” Erin wondered in a very quiet voice.

“Not yet,” Logan laughed, returning to his mission to find the Pop Tarts so that we could have breakfast before we start driving again for a little bit until we stop for lunch or something.

Once the Pop Tarts were distributed, I found myself at the front of The Bus, sitting at the table beside Sydney and across from Gaige and the oh-so perfect Kenton.

Gory went on a walk outside down the country dirt road to have some couple time and Erin and Rosa were both with Logan, messing with Ross and Turner by moving their limbs around because they were very heavy sleepers along with Baker, who was still sleeping as well.

“When do you think Baker will wake up?” Sydney wondered curiously.

I shrugged. “She'd sleep all day if we let her.”