Chapter 9
Brian again awoke from his sleep this time because of the sound of a body
hitting the floor. Brian quickly rose from his bunk ignoring the wave of
dizziness that over came him. His curiosity got the best of him and he went
to go investigate where the noise came from. As he searched the back of the
bus where the bunk area was, a sudden outburst of laughter met his ears.
Letting his curiousity again get the best of him, Brian headed towards the
front of the bus where the sight of Nick sprawled out on the floor while
Kevin, A.J. and Howie all sitting on the couch laughing at Nick; greeted him.
He couldn’t help but let out a small laugh surprising the other 4 guys. “Hey
Bri, you are up just in time to help me beat up these mean people for laughing
at me.” greeted Nick. “Oh be quiet Nick. How you doing Rok? You feel
any better?” asked A.J. “Yeah guys I feel almost 100% better than I did
earlier. By tonight I should be as good as new.” said Brian as he lied to his
friends. He hated lying to them but he didn’t want them to worry about
anything, especially him, they had enough to worry about without having him to worry about. “Now does anyone care to explain why young Nick is
sprawled out on the floor?” asked Brian jokingly. “OH man, Rok. You
should have seen it, it was so priceless. Nick walked in here while the rest of
us were sitting here on the couches and as he was rubbing his eyes, he wasn’t
watching where he was going and got entangeled in his Nintendo wires. And
that isn’t the best part man, he did a summersault and that expression, oh
wow man, you missed it. It was hillarious.” explained A.J. excitedly as
Kevin and Howie joined Brian in on the laughter as Nick sat on the floor
looking at them with anger in his eyes. “OH come on Nick you know they
were picking on you, cheer up buddy. Are you alright from your fall?” asked
Brian as he walked over to his friend to offer him a hand to help him to his
feet. “Yeah Bri I’m fine, the only thing that hurts is my pride” said Nick as
he gratefully accepted Brian’s offer to help him up. As Brian helped his
friend to his feet, the bus stopped and Jay’s voice was heard saying, “We are
here guys, you better get out and go to your rooms and rest some more.” “Ok
Jay, you aren’t supposed to be taking Kevin’s fatherly job away, now are you
man? How many times have I told you not to do that?” asked A.J. as Jay let
out a chuckle. “A.J. man, with all the trouble you get in, you have to have
more than one person look after you!” and with that said Jay quickly left the
bus which was filled with laughter at Jay’s comment. After a few moments
filled with more laughter, Howie then said, “Maybe he is right guys, we
should go up and rest. We have a big concert later tonight.” as he gathered
up his bookbag and stepped outside to retrieve his suitcase from under the
bus.
“Yeah guys come on” said Kevin as the remaining boys on the bus followed
Howie’s example of gathering up their bookbags and retrieving their suitcases
from under the bus. All five of the boys then checked into their rooms and
within minutes were lying asleep in their warm hotel beds, not a worry on
their minds.