Benji and I had been watching videos on MTV2 and making fun of them for a few hours, when he fell asleep and I got hungry. I slowly and quietly got up from the couch and tip-toed out of the room, so I wouldn�t wake him. When I entered the kitchen area I noticed Joel sitting at the table eating a bowl of cereal. I opened the refrigerator and grabbed a cup of yogurt and a bottle of water for myself, then walked to the table and sat down across from him. Joel stopped in mid-chew to look up at me and give me a dirty look. I smiled as sweetly as I could manage at him and opened my yogurt. He just shook his head and swallowed the bite of cereal in his mouth.
�It�s a little early in the tour to be sleeping with my brother don�t you think?� He asked me coldly.
I took a sip of water and smiled at him again. �I fully agree.�
Joel looked at me slightly shocked that I would agree with him.
�But I didn�t know that you and Benji were into the whole incest thing.�
Joel dropped his spoon into the bowl and scowled at me yet again. He was about to say something in return when I heard Benji walk up behind me and yawn.
�Ah. Prince Charming awakes from his slumber.� I smiled at him over my shoulder as he stretched, before taking a seat beside me.
�Where are we?� He asked yawing again.
�In the middle of ho-where.� Joel looked me dead in the eyes.
I cocked my head to the side and smiled. �Clever Joel, did you think that one up all by yourself or did you have to call Ludacris for help?�
�So I guess that means we�re not close to the HO-tel yet.� Benji chuckled and nudged me in the side while raising his eyebrows in a �do-you-get-it� manner.
I have to admit, Benji can come of as a hard-ass from time to time, but he�s really just a big dork.
Joel shook his head at Benji�s stupidity then he got up and headed back to his bunk, placing his cereal bowl in the sink on his way.
�What�d you say to Joel to piss him off at you? As if talking shit about his girlfriend wasn�t enough.�
�Nothing.�
Benji gave me an un-believing look.
�Joel just told me that he thought it was a little too early in the tour to be fucking you and I told him that I fully agreed. Then I told him that I didn�t know that you two were into the incest thing.�
Benji laughed.
�It�s good to see someone on this bus knows how to take a joke.� I scooted Benji out of the booth so I could get up and throw my yogurt cup away.
�Don�t mind Joel, he doesn�t know how to take anything.�
�Unless its up the ass.� I muttered to myself.
Even though Benj has a pretty good since of humor I don�t think he�d want me saying anything about Joel�s extracurricular activities.
As I was returning to the booth to sit across from Benji he grabbed my waste and pulled me down into his lap. My ass somehow managed to hit the edge of the table on the way.
�Ah�mother fucker that hurt!� I quickly grabbed the point of impact and began messaging the pain away.
�Ha ha, sucks to be you.� Benji laughed.
I smacked him in his arm. �Your such an asshole.�
My cell phone, which was in my back pocket, started vibrating. It startled Benji, who could feel it vibrating also.
�Don�t get too excited, its just my phone.�
I stood up and pulled my phone out.
�Hi Steve.� I answered after reading the number on the display.
�How�s it going?�
�Not bad. Almost everyone hates me and Paul and Joel think Benji and I are sleeping together.� I informed him mater-of-factly.
I heard Steve laugh. �Don�t waste anytime do you?�
�Oh�you know me. So what did you call for?�
�We�re gonna be pulling into the hotel soon. I need you to make sure the guys are dressed and ready for the autograph signing because they won�t have time to change at the hotel.�
�Will do Mr. Boss Man.�
I ended the call and sat my phone down on the table.
�Who was that?�
�Steve. He said we�re almost there. I gotta wake everyone up.�
Benji muttered �Good Luck� under his breath.
I ignored his comment and walked to the bunks. I opened the first curtain, belonging to Paul. He was lying on his side with his back to me.
�Paul, its time to wake up.�
I waited a few seconds and he didn�t respond. Lightly I placed my hand on his shoulder and shook him.
�Paul get up we�re almost to the hotel.�
This time I got a response. He raised his left arm up and flipped me off. Not the response I was looking for, but nonetheless it was still a response.
I tried to wake Billy and Joel up with the same luck. Billy closed the curtains 3 times and asked me if I got the point and Joel told me to go fuck myself.
Frustrated, I stood in the middle of the isle between the bunks and threatened to call Steve. I knew Steve wouldn�t care at all, and apparently the guys knew that too cause they stayed in their bunks.
Benji walked past me towards the back of the bus. �They�re not gonna get up for you.�
�Then you tell the to get up!�
I heard Benji laugh from the other room. �They�re not gonna get up if I ask them either, especially since they just heard you ask me.�
I rolled my eyes at his un-cooperativeness, but he did have a point.
Suddenly I got a brilliant idea. I ran quickly to my bunk and grabbed my CD binder. Then I went into the lounge and plopped down on the floor in front of the entertainment system.
�What are you doing?� Benji asked from the couch.
I flashed him an evil smile. �Getting your band mates some motivation to get up.�
�Oh.� Benji got up and walked over to where I was sitting and stared down at me. �What are you looking for?�
�This!� I held up a mix CD for him to see before putting it in the CD player. �Put it on track 6.�
�Move� by Ludacris started blastin through the speakers. Benji laughed as he helped me to my feet.
�I don�t think that�s motivation. If anything it�ll make Joel embrace his inner J-money-ghetto-fabulous.�
J-money ghetto fabulous�that�s great, I need to remember that one.
�Wrong track genius.� I skipped to the next track and turned the volume as loud as it would go. �Sk8ter Boi� by Avril Lavigne started playing. When Benji heard what song it was he reached quickly for the volume to turn it down, or off, but I swatted his hand away before he got the chance.
�Don�t touch!� I walked to the bunks and opened all three boy�s curtains, then I began dancing around obnoxiously and singing along with the song off key as loud as I could.
Within a few seconds of my demonstration, all 3 boys jumped out of their bunks. Billy started yelling at me for waking him up, Joel for being annoying, and Paul yelled at me for dancing badly. Benji took the opportunity to turn off the music. I just stood there with my arms crossed and a smug look, waiting for them to finish.
When it appeared that they were just about finished complaining, the bus stopped and Steve stepped on. He looked at the guys then at me before speaking.
�I�m amazed Amy. To be quite honest I didn�t think you�d be able to get these guys up.�
I glanced over at Joel and gave him a smug look, and then I turned my attention back towards Steve.
�What can I say�I can be very resourceful.�
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