Hanna

I sit in the tour bus on the couch in the back lounge. Rian convinced Jack and Alex to merge their junk bunks, I watch then Bicker over how to organize it and split the space. Rian walks over and sits next to me from where he was before with Zack and Matt in the front lounge.
“Hey.” I smile at him weakly
“Everything okay?” He sits down next to me and throws his arms over the back of the couch.
“Yeah. Its just I don’t get why you guys are doing this. My mom probably won’t even agree to have me come with you guys. In fact I’m supposed to be home now.” I curl my legs up to my chest and rest my chin on my knees.
“Well, do you want to go home?” Rian looks at me with a blank expression. I shake my head.
“No. I love this. I could only imagine getting to tour around the world with you guys. It’d be amazing.” I mutter and swallow hard “Its just occurring to me that my ma probably doesn’t even notice I’m gone.” I laugh and hold my phone out. “Not one text.” Rian frowns and shrugs.
“Well maybe that’s just a sign that it’ll be good for you to get some space. If your mom wants it you should give it to her.” I look up at Jack and Alex. Jack Is focused while I can tell Alex is listening in on our conversation.
“I guess.” I smile a bit and run my hand through my hair. “Just tomorrow, I’ll go into my house first. I’ll get a cab and talk to my mom. You can pick me up in the bus an hour or so later, give me some time to talk to her and get packed.” Rian nods
“Alright. Well, for right now lets focus on tonight. You can’t sleep in that, so let me find you some clothes.”

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Rian

Well that conversation didn’t go as planned. I walk over to the door to open up the bottom of the bus where we store some merch. Give her some ‘get low’ shorts and a tank top. It gets hot in the bus at night. Alex follows me off the bus.
“Do you feel it to?” He says as soon as he closes the door behind him. I look at him and raise an eyebrow.
“Feel what?”
“I don’t know. Something feels off with her. Like she’s worried about something.” Alex helps me pull open the bottom and open the boxes.
“I’m guessing she’s just a little new to all this you know. Nervous about everything.” I shrug and pull out a tank top “I’m guessing in two days she’ll be fine if not ready to get back on the road with us.” I laugh
“Do you think she might be a permanent part of the team?” Alex raises an eyebrow at me. I shrug.
“Doubt it, She’s younger then we are when we signed on with Hopeless. She’d have to have some balls for it but who knows.”
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Hanna

Jack walks over to me,
“Hey what’s up?” He sits where Rian just was, he tosses his arm over the back of the couch.
“Nothing Really.” I shrug “I’m kindof waiting to wake up.” I laugh to myself nervously
“Well, Last time I checked you were awake so I really don’t think you’re dreaming. I’m fairly certain that I’m real” Jack smiles at me.
“Well, Isn’t that exactly what a dream would say?” I counter. He nods and thinks for a second.
“Good point. Maybe as a dream, I wouldn’t be able to tell that i’m a dream. But then who knows what real life is? As dreams we would have made up a life for ourselves so there would be no way of telling what is a dream and what is real life.” He smiles down at me “Who knows maybe right now you’re just in a coma and forgot all of your past life so you’re compensating for your forgotten life by imagining all of this. Then all of your memories would just be fragments of your own imagination.” I laugh. Jacks eyes glazed over as he looks at the wall. I snap my fingers in front of his face.
“Very creative Jack.” I smile and lean my head on his shoulder he drops his arm around my shoulders.



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Jack

I smile glad to have gotten a good response from her. I look down at our feet, she un tucks her knees from her chest when I see her ankles. Its always the girls who seem the most carefree. I frown
“What happened to your ankles?” I look down at her. She stares at her ankles quietly for a minute.
“Nothing.” she says quietly staring at the scars on her legs. She reaches down and pulls up on her socks covering them up.
“When was the last time you did that?” I say quietly not wanting to have Matt or Zack hear from the front dining/ Kitchen area. She pushes her hair back and frowns. it almost looks like she’s about to burst out crying. I rub her shoulder and arm gently trying terribly to comfort her.
“Two and a half weeks ago.” Hanna glances up at me for a second before looking away. I rack my brain for things to say. Woah thats a long time! Keep up the good work.
ugh you never should have done that in the first place.
I’m sorry you ever did.
“If theres anything, I can do to help you out just tell me.” I smile at her as best as I can. She smiles back and looks down, She laughs to herself.
“You’ve really done more than I could ever ask for.”



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Alex

I jog onto the bus Rian close behind me, I walk down the long hallway where I see Jacks legs thrown out from one side of the wrap-around couch thats just out of my view. Rian and I walk into the back lounge.
“We grabbed you some shorts and a tank top. It gets hot in here at night.” Rian hands her the clothes. She smiles up at him
“Awsome. Thanks, but where can I change?” She stands up
“I’m sure Matt can tell you.” I smile and let her pass by us by. Zack comes back passing her in the narrow hall.