Hour 23 - Take Off Your Pants and Jacket - Blink-182
After checking out and packing up all of the groceries, the group -- except Ashton and Nadine because Ashton has terrible luck and manages not to be in on anything (and also because it was their shift) -- huddled in the middle seat, scheming and plotting the intervention for Michael, who was in the backseat soundly asleep.
The four friends were whispering about what they should say, trying to not sound like douchebags while Nadine was filling Ashton in on every detail she knew. Ashton listened intently, his mind filling with more and more worries.
With every passing second, the six friends were tense with fear: the fear of Michael finding out what they were doing. It didn't seem like something to be afraid of, but they were scared Michael would think they were trying to change him because they didn't accept Michael for who he is -- which was totally wrong.
Ashton was making sure the speech they were going to give wasn't too out there, questioned everything that didn't seem right, and pointed out all the could go wrong. Although he didn't know about it until just five minutes ago Ashton was a huge help.
"Do we sound like dickheads here?" Calum asked concernedly, going over their speech.
Luke skimmed the paper. "Maybe we should simplify the words."
"What words are we going to simplify?" Clary asked blankly, positioning the pen on the paper to revise what needed to be revised.
As the six friends were talking, Michael slept soundly. They just didn't know Michael had another secret, something none of them knew.
Hour 24 - Insomniac; Green Day
They planned; he slept.
DAY TWO || Hour 25 - 21st Century Breakdown; Green Day
They planned; he slept.
Hour 26 - The Young and the Hopeless; Good Charlotte
They planned; he slept.
Hour 27 - The Black Parade; My Chemical Romance
They planned some more; he slept some more.
Hour 28 - ¡Uno!; Green Day
They fell asleep; he woke up.
Hour 29 - So Wrong, It's Right; All Time Low
Michael stretched his limbs before sitting up, rubbing his eyes. He looked around then saw four of his friends passed out, and a piece of paper peeking out of Calum's pocket. Even though Michael was curious, he knew that he shouldn't read it if Calum didn't give him permission. (Bullshıt. Michael just couldn't reach it.)
He buried his head back in his pillow and prepared to drift off again, but suddenly heard a familiar tune. Michael sat up so quickly he felt the blood rush from his head.
Ashton was laughing to a story Nadine was telling and glanced at the back seats to check on his friends. He nearly had a heart attack once he saw a pale figure with bright hair waving at him, but it turned out to be only Michael.
Because of the partitions between each section, Michael couldn't hear what Ashton was shouting. Michael couldn't understand what Ashton was doing with his hands -- Ashton's right arm grabbing the partition and opened and closed it again and again and again. The hazel eyed man tried shouting once more but Michael still couldn't understand it.
Suddenly, the car slowed down and stopped abruptly.
Hour 30 - ¡Dos!; Green Day
Michael finally -- finally -- opened the partition on his side, he shouted, "What's going on?"
Nadine was panicking, terrified that they were stuck in the middle of nowhere. "We're out of gas," she said anxiously. "Oh God oh God oh God. What do we do?"
"Relax," Ashton assured her. "Calum should have some left in the trunk."
"What if he doesn't?" Nadine shot back, hyperventilating in her seat.
"Kick his ass," Ashton replied easily. He inspected around his seat, looking for something. "Yo, Mikey!" he called, the twenty-nine year old reacting immediately. "Is there like a stick there or something?"
Michael bent forward and grabbed a broom, holding it by its handle. "Is a broom okay?" he asked, lifting the broom to show Ashton.
"Yep!" he answered, enthusiasm showing on his face. "That's perfect!"
"What do I do?" Michael asked, still raising the broom.
"Poke him!"
"Him?" Michael asked confusedly, glancing at his four passed out friends. "Him who?"
"Calum!" Ashton and Nadine chorused, waiting eagerly for Calum's reaction.
Michael got on his knees and adjusted the broom in his hand, trying to fit it in the square hole. Once it finally passed through the small space, he tried to aim as precisely as he can at Calum. When he finally attempted to poke him, instead of hitting his stomach, the broom handle hit his balls.
"Sorry, Nadine!" Michael apologized, snickering at Calum's reaction to getting hit in his bits. "Hey, mate," Michael continued to poke Calum -- this time at the stomach, "do you have gas in the trunk?"
"Yeah, there's still some left," he groaned in pain, still trying to recover. "Fųck, man, what did I ever do to you?"
Michael ignored him and gave Ashton a thumbs up, signalling that there was gas in the trunk. When they finally got back on the road, it was time to switch.
Hour 31 - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love; My Chemical Romance
Calum limped his way to the front of the car, Luke not bothering to help him. Luke climbed in the passenger seat leaving Calum to the most cramped space possible, which obviously did not help with his bruised testicles.
"Well!" Luke clapped his hands. "There's eleven more hours to go and it's time to see the shıtty band we love with all our hearts. Let's play some emo. What do 'ya say?" He slapped his friend across the thigh -- near the balls area.
Calum flinched at the slight pain, but muttered nothing. "How you doin'?" Luke teased.
"I'm not o-fucking-kay."
"Now, now, that's for the next record."
Hour 32 - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge; My Chemical Romance
"How about now?" Luke asked, poking his best friend's cheek, trying to get him to crack.
"I'm oh-KAY."
Hour 33 - Neighborhoods; Blink-182
"We listen to music in the strangest way possible," Calum commented, his testicles not feeling very sore now.
"At least we have good music taste," Luke said. "This album sounds so much like AvA it's weird to say that it's a Blink record."
Calum laughed. "Shut your damn mouth for a moment." He kept one hand on the steering wheel while the other reached for his phone.
All hell broke loose.
Hour 34 - What Makes You Beautiful - One Direction
"FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THINGS HOLY, PLEASE, GOD, MAKE IT STOP!" Luke screeched while Calum cackled at his friend's pain. After all, what are friends for?
Hour 35 - Silence.
After a moment or two of utter quietness, Calum spoke up. "Want me to play it again?"
"I will murder you in your sleep if you play it again. Mark my words, Hood," Luke warned, his hand reaching out for the glove compartment. "I know you have chopsticks here, and I am not afraid to stab you with it."
"Chopsticks? No, man, those are joints," Calum snorted, turning the steering wheel. "I got those when we went to China five years ago."
"No, they're chopsticks," Luke said confusedly. "Here -- look." He opened the small compartment and showed Calum the three pairs of chopsticks. "There aren't any joints here."
Calum glanced at the chopsticks in Luke's hand, and, parking in the middle of the road, turned the stereo on and blasted, once again, some fetus 1D.
"Sucks for you, then," Calum laughed at the look of horror on his blond friend's face.
Hours 36 to 41 - Shift change + One Direction
Finally, they arrived at the hotel they were going to stay at, with Michael and Jen leaving the front seat and banging on the car windows, trying to wake their friends up.
Their hotel was at least an hour away from concert venue, which meant they could rest awhile and, if everything goes right, the most they'll miss would be the opening acts.
The group had two rooms: Clary, Michael and Ashton in one room; Calum, Nadine, Jen and Luke in the other.
"I can't believe Nadine and Jen haven't had a breakdown yet," Clary said to Michael, setting down her bag on the bed.
"Why would they have a breakdown?" Michael asked, throwing his luggage at the far corner of the room. "They aren't that into Blink; well, not as much as Luke is."
"My Chemical Romance!" Clary pointed out. "Those two are more obsessed with that band than you are with sex."
"That's a lot," Ashton said, laughing. Greeting Clary with a peck on her cheek, he told Michael, "Oh, hey, Jen's looking for you; she's in the other room."
.
.
.
.
.
.
a/n ok so i changed the tour!!!
instead of the neighborhoods tour it will be the honda civic tour aka the one where mcr was involved and holy sHI T i'm excited
and emotional bec i looked up the honda civic tour on wikipedia and they just pLAINLY STATED that this was mcr's last tour and it just brought out the feels and the tears
but anyway i am sososososo sorry abt the lack of updates and i just got productive today bec for once it isn't extremely hot so yAY
hopefully tomorrow there will be another update i'm not sure yet omg
if we get this to, let's say, SEVEN VOTES and THREE COMMENTS i'll update :D
i love you all mwa mwa
-nicole :*
