chapter six: the bus & chinese food.

we finished the concert, and the boys took a shower. {man, they smelled!} we walked over to the tour bus debating on what dinner we should have. dougie and vanessa weren't listening.
i rolled my eyes as i got on the tour bus.
"no, dougie, it's NOT okay to have pizza every time you go out, you'll get a pizza face!" vanessa and dougie were fighting about what was okay to eat every day and what not to eat. we had all voted for chinese food, but they were objecting. vanessa said sushi, and dougie, of course, said pizza.
as i got on the bus, danny had whispered in front of me to the driver, "make a stop by panda express please." then he helped me up.
i was tired. i considered sitting on danny's lap, but i thought that ment i was desperate. he montioned for me to sit beside him on the small couch facing the tv, and then he turned on the tv.
"whaddya' wanna watch?" danny flipped through the guide, not really listening.
"i really, really, don't care. you pick." i sighed and picked up a pillow. i put it in my lap and traced my finger on the delicate sewing of the design.
he turned on pee wee's big circus and i giggled. "you really want to watch this?" i said lightly.
"come on, you've gotta love him, with his... strageness," danny made a face which made me giggle more. i closed my eyes and leaned on danny's shoulder.
"tired much?" he asked. i smiled, and that was an enough answer.
a few minutes later, he tapped me on the shoulder. "what do you want from panda express?" he whispered in my ear. he had a pen and paper and, i assumed, was writing down people's orders.
"um," i sat up and opened my eyes. "some... orange chicken, potato chicken, sweet & sour chicken and an eggroll."
"hungry?" he smiled, and from where i could see, kathryn was frowning. she hated meat. she was a vegetarian.
"oh, yeah, and a chicked potsticker please!" i yelled as danny walked towards the driver with pen and paper.
a minute after watching the storm on pee wee's circus movie, i smelled yummy chicken and such.
"ew," kathryn pulled her shirt over her nose and i rolled my eyes.
danny set down a few bags with the panda expres logo on it and then he carefully opened then and got some forks from a drawer next to the mini fridge. he set them on the coffee table and said, "gather round." he held up the forks like a septer. he opened the boxes of chicken and such, then passed the forks to everybody. i was last, but i didn't mind. i guess we were just eating out of the canesters. i exchanged glances with kathryn, and we shrugged and dug in.
the manager and a few other bodyguards were on a different bus, but paul was on ours, and he was sleeping on the foldout couch.
i had some different kinds of chicken, an eggroll, and a potsticker, but then i was okay. i decided to change for bed.
"i'll go after you," isabelle headed toward her suitcase.
"you guys can shower in the morning at our hotel. we'll have a nicer place than this." harry smiled at the thought.
"hopefully with nicer beds." tom also smiled at his own words. then they laughed at some joke that they shared.
i took some clothes and headed into the tiny bathroom. i pulled off my clothes and forced on a tank top and sweats. a also put on a sweater over that, which i would take off before sleeping.
"alrighty then." i brushed my teeth, went to the bathroom and i put my dirty clothing in a compartment in my suitcase when i got out, then i walked back over to the couch. danny and dougie were sitting on it, but there was a space between them. i sat in it.
vanessa, harry, tom, and kathryn were playing cards on the floor, and now shrek was on the tv.
"hey," dougie said, his eyes glued on the tv. "what should we do tomorrow?" then he glanced at me and danny.
"i dunno. what is there to do in tennesee?" danny yawned.
"that," i said, and pointed to his yawn. he laughed. "ur, we could go shopping?"
"i guess." danny smiled. he winked at me. "you know..." he smiled even wider and put his feet up on the now clean table. "we are going to the AMA's this year."
i gasped. "no way..."
"what?" vanessa, kathryn, and isabelle (who had just walked over in polka dot pajamas) all said in unison.
"we're going to the AMAs!" they all gasped and looked at me.
"no WAYY!" they squealed and then air-clapped.
"yep," danny put his arm around me and i snuggled in.
"cool," isabelle sat down and yawned. "i think i'm going to bed." i glanced at clock on the dvd player. 1:30?! how long did they expect me to stay up?
"yeah, me too!" i got up and danny stood up with me.
"yeah i think i'll get my pj's on," danny walked over to his bunk and took some clothes out of his cabinet and walked toward the tiny bathroom.
"i'll go after him," kathryn said.
"after kathryn," vanessa said.
"i'll go after vanessa." dougie said, still watching the movie.
"yeah, then me." harry sighed. he glanced at the movie, then kept playing.
"i already have my pajama's on." tom pointed at his wicked sweatshirt and flannel a&f pants.
harry and dougie made a big show of rolling their eyes but tom didn't notice.
i got up and walked over to my bunk. danny came out of the bathroom and kissed my head. "good night." i blushed. he got into his bunk and i got into mine.
nobody seemed to have noticed, but then kathryn glanced over and walked by her bunk, under vanessa's. she got some purple pj's and walked into the bathroom.
i turned on the tv and flipped throught the channels. i decided on disney channel, even though i was a little old for it. i took the headphones and listened in.
after an episode, everyone was getting into their beds. vanessa was adjusting something in her suitcase and dougie was flipping through a magazine, entertinment weekly. it looked as if he was waiting for her. harry and tom went into their bunks, and closed their curtains. isabelle's was closed and so was kathryn's. danny's too.
i was about to close mine when vanessa started to climb her ladder. dougie got up and ran over to her. "vanessa, wait." he pulled her down and kissed her. i gasped silently. "good night," he said, and he hopped into his bunk.
vanessa stood there for a minute, looked at me. she smiled and then got into her bunk and closed the curtain. since the lightswitch was next to my bunk, i turned off the light and closed my curtain. there was a dimmer switch on the bunk, so i dimmed it slightly, and turned off the tv.
i thought about the day while i fell into a deep sleep.