Fast forward a few months later (about 4 months).
Benji walked up to his brother who was sitting in the hotel lobby talking
to his girlfriend, Michelle. "Have you guys seen Brynn?"
"Alert the media, Benji lost his girlfriend." Joel joked.
"Its not funny," Benji said plopping down on the couch across from Joel and
Michelle. "I think she's pissed at me, we got in an argument last night and
she stormed out and went to Laura's."
"She doesn't want you to go on tour?" Michelle finally spoke up.
Benji said nothing he just nodded.
"You can't blame her Benj," she continued. "You guys get to go out on tour
and meet new people, while we sit at home and worry about what you're doing,
or in her case she worries about who you're doing."
Joel chuckled. Benji glarred at him.
"But she knows I would never cheat on her. We went on tour from June to
August and I didn't...and she knows that." Benji said shaking his head.
"She ought to know that, she asked everyone that was on tour with us. Then
she threatend to rip our balls off and shove them down our throat if we were
lying." Joel interjected.
"But last tour she was able to visit you every weekend," Michelle reminded Benji. "But she can't this tour...not with school."
"Still...you would think that she would at least show up to say goodbye,
even if she doesn't want me to go." A tone of hurt was obvious in Benji's
voice.
Michelle sighed knowing that Benji would never be able to comprehend why
Brynn didn't want him to go. "Have you tried calling her cell phone?"
"5 times, and I called Laura's house and Brynn's number at her parents."
"Checked your hotel room?"
"Yes, all of her stuff is gone. Hotel staff said she returned her key this
morning while we were all at breakfast."
"She's on the bus," Michelle finally concluded.
Benji looked up with hope in his eyes. "Are you saying that she IS on the
bus, or that she might be on the bus?"
"I'm saying that if my boyfriend was a former man-whore and I didn't want
him to go on tour. I would be on his bus torturing myself by thinking about
what he'll be doing on tour." She informed him.
"Hey," Joel exlaimed. "I'm offended. I'm not a man-whore and you were on our
bus the first time we were getting ready to leave on tour."
Michelle playfully slapped her boyfriend and flashed him a smile. "Thats
because you told me to meet you on the bus."
Benji laughed at his brother's stupidity and stood to leave. "Thanks
Michelle."
Benji stepped on to the tour bus. It was quiet and empty. She wasn't there.
His heart dropped. Why didn't he go after her last night, why didn't he stop
her from going to Laura's. It was his last night in town and he spent it
alone. And now, the last chance he had to see his girlfriend before he left
to tour for a couple of months...he couldn't find her. He walked to the
refridgerator to grab something to drink, when he noticed a pair of black
chucks on the floor in between the bunks. They were way to small to have
belonged to any of the guys. Benji continued walking back to the bunks and
stopped when he stood in front of the one he slept in. He slowly pulled
open the curtain.
There she was. Laying in his bunk asleep. She looked so peaceful and beautiful.
She was laying on her side facing him, clutching his favorite black hoodie.
Her long hair was pulled back out of her face, probably in a messy bun. He could
see that her usually perfect eyeliner was smudged at the corners. She had
been crying.
Benji slipped off his shoes next to hers and climbed into the bunk without
waking her. He pulled Brynn's body close to his, her face nuzzling his chest.
Slowly, he moved his hand to her cheek and ran his thumb down her jaw line.
Brynn opened her eyes at his touch. She was happy to see him, though she never
let it show. She had left his room last night in a fit of anger that he was
leaving without her. Laura told her that she was over reacting and reminded
Brynn that she didn't make this big of deal about him leaving the last time.
But last time was different, she wasn't this in love with him.
"I don't want you to go," she whispered trying to hold back the tears welling
up in her eyes.
The statement made Benji's throat tighten and his heart ache. "I don't want
to go without you either, but I have to."
"I know," Brynn said as she played with the hoodie that was in between their
bodies.
"Brynn, I love you with all my heart and I promised you 5 months ago that I
would never hurt you again...and I ment it."
Brynn leaned over and pressed her lips agianst Benji's. He closed his eyes and
slipped his tongue in between her lips and into her mouth.
Brynn pulled away a few moments later with a grin on her face.
"Do you still have the key to your room?" She asked while she ran her fingertips
underneath the waist of his pants and boxers.
Benji's eyes lit up and smile appeared on his face. "Yeah."
Brynn got up and climbed over Benji's body to get out of the bunk. She purposly
brusher her leg against his crotch in doing so. He let out a faint moan.
"Lets go," she instructed.
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