Gatichan Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 Jared stuck his tongue out the side of his mouth and pretended to shoot himself when Kevin went into even more graphic detail. “Yeah thanks, Kev; I think you just put me off sex for like, I don’t know…forever.” The keyboarder roared and Jordan sent Jared a thankful look. “See? That’s exactly what I told him before you and Dave showed up, but he didn’t believe me-” “Because that’s crap!” “No- you have a way of making it sound so dirty and disgusting-” “I don’t! Jared, my man, come on, back me up here!” Kevin insisted as he dropped down onto the couch inside the president’s office. But just then Dave sat down beside him and Jared was left all alone on the far right with only Jordan beside him. He felt a pang in his heart, but quickly tried to push this away- it was alright; after all, he and Dave needed to keep their relationship a secret still. “Well, well, well- as lively as ever, I see,” the president of their record company boomed, smiling around at the band members of Requiem. Jared imagined he could see dollar bill signs inside the president’s eyes, but when he blinked and rubbed his eyes, he saw that this had been an illusion. “Today’s the big day, huh? Your first ever world tour. It’s yet another stepping stone on the way to ultimate stardom and I’m very sure that I needn’t remind you all that the four of you will be in the public’s eye from now on and…” Jared got bored after this introduction and inwardly flipping a switch to deactivate his ears, spent the rest of the president’s pseudo-enthusiastic speech staring out latter’s office window at LA below. “What we wanted to remind you boys,” their manager stressed and Jared glanced up at that, paying attention once more. “Is that you’d better all be on your best behavior. You’re out there representing our company and also Requiem. So I don’t want to see any paparazzi photos of you puking, making out in public, showing your middle fingers or punching anyone. This world tour is a huge opportunity for Requiem, so please, realize how important it is that you always show up on time to appointments and that you recall that, of course you guys can party and have fun, but your primary objective on this tour is to promote Requiem and your music.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie_In_A_Box Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Dave really couldn't help but roll his eyes when the manager of the hotel began talking... After the first few sentences, all he heard was 'blah blah blah'. It only took a simple glance at his bandmates to realize he wasn't the only one - Jared was staring out through the window, Kevin was looking around without even trying to hide that - at one point he was about to stand up, but the blond sent a sharpglance at him and kept him in place. Jordan seemed to be listening at least a little bit... Or at least he knew how to fake it well - only his hand that was playing an imaginary bass showed that he didn't care so much. Dave couldn't help but let out a soft chuckle when their own manager started to talk and came to the rescue of the man. "Hm? But what if we get sick from the food and puke? I don't think we can really avoid that!" He said while tossing a teasing glance at Kevin, who seemed honestly offended. "Hey! It's not my fault everything looks good to eat!" He complained while Jordan and Dave laughed - even their manager let out a chuckle before shaking her head. "Anyway, I think you boys got the point." She said in a somewhat motherly manner. Once it was all done, Dave glanced at his boyfriend and let out a small smile before walking off to the manager with an almost nervous expression on his face. "Uhm... I... Could we go somewhere a bit more private?" He asked softly while motioning at the man who seemed greatly curious about why would the lead singer want to have a private talk with his manager. His blue eyes showed both worry and sadness as he waited, pushing his hands into his pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatichan Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 Jared saw that Dave was about to speak with Christine and sent his boyfriend a quick thumbs-up sign for good luck. Jordan made to stay put, watching Dave interestedly, but Jared tugged on his arm. “Come on, it has nothing to do with us,” he knew and kicking Kevin’s shin gently to get the final band member to stand up, he made them leave the president’s office and walk away from Dave and Christine. “How do you know it has nothing to do with us?” Jordan wondered as Kevin loudly protested that he was strictly against this no puking policy. “Is there something we should know about?” Jordan was staring at him a little too intensely, so Jared simply shrugged, but avoided his friend’s eye. “No idea. I drove Dave over on the way here because I had something to do near the place he lived and he mentioned wanting to talk to Christine about something,” he said evasively as their group of bodyguards flocked out an elevator to fetch them. “Come on, Requiem,” the burliest of the crew said, making his muscles bulge. “A group of fans has gathered out back around the tour bus. Keep close together now- where’s Dave?” he wondered, craning his neck. “Smooching around with Christine,” Kevin snickered as he walked into the elevator. “Come on, let’s get going- Dave’s always the one who gets the loudest screams anyway.” On the ride down, Dave casually asked the other two if they’d thought about the bedroom sharing situation yet. “Actually, I’d like to have a bedroom for my own,” Jordan admitted. “Nothing against you, Jared, but you know I’m a terribly light sleeper and I wake up so easily-” “No problem, I understand. What about you, Kev?” “A single room- I’m expecting a lot of nightly activity,” his band mate replied, waggling his eyebrows comically. Jared forced a laugh, but inwardly felt relieved- perfect: he and Dave could room together after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombie_In_A_Box Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 After a few moments, both Dave and Christine were sitting on a couch in a small room, where the woman took the blond. “So, what is it?“ She asked quietly. The singer took in a deep breath and slowly rolled up the sleeve of his sweater to reveal the bandages which hid the cuts. It seemed to take a while for the woman to realize, but once she did, her eyes widened and she gasped out in terror while Dave sighed and pulled his sleeve down. “Just, let me explai-...“ He was suddenly cut off by the manager herself, “Dave, my boy, why? Do you need a psychologist? Do you want to cancel the tour? More interviews? Less interviews?“ She asked frantically while the singer groaned softly and shook his head while gripping her hand. “I have a reason.“ After a long while, he managed to explain the situation about his sister and dad, about his abuse - he even had to show his scars... From which Christine was terrified. Dave felt like he was naked in front of the woman... He promised her he would try his best not to cut anymore and call her for help, also she said she'd like to inspect his bags - Jared was right all along. Somehow Dave managed. to talk her out of it all. Finally they decided to finish the tour and then immediately go to the business with his father and sister. Dave decided to keep his and Jared's relationship for later... Maybe right now there were enough news. While the tour would be going, he'd tell her with Jared. When Dave finally left the studio, Christine following a bit behind, he put on a warm smile and winked at the fans that were waiting outside. “Can't wait to see you guys on our tour!“ He screamed out with a grin - he got a ton of loud screams... And flowers as an answer. With a chuckle, the singer walked off to the bus, turning around to wave once more - and got something he never expected. Panties. Straight in his face. Dave blinked a few times as he laughed and held them up. “I'm gonna keep these!“ He promised almost teasingly before entering the bus with a sigh. This was tiring already... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatichan Posted April 30, 2014 Author Share Posted April 30, 2014 “You see?” Kevin smirked as he, Jared and Jordan peeked out the toned windows of their grand tour bus, watching as their lead singer coolly sauntered through the group of fans who’d gone berserk upon seeing him. “They only want him, not us.” Jordan and Jared shrugged, but it was true: while the response the three of them had got as a group had been loud and encouraging, it paled decidedly in comparison to the response that Dave was earning himself. And then- did Jared’s eyes deceive him, or had one of those crazy chicks seriously just thrown their knickers at his boyfriend?! His mouth dropped open and Jordan cracked up, while Kevin swore, complaining that he’d ought to have received them. Fuming at this exaggerated display of affection on the fan’s side, Jared couldn’t help but check his watch. Dave and Christine had spoken for an awfully long time. Had everything gone well? Had his boyfriend been strong enough to tell their manager everything? Had Christine understood, or had she done something wrong and riled Dave up? Right there on the tour bus, the amount of privacy he and Dave would have was limited, so Jared wouldn’t be able to ask much, but one glance at Christine’s uncharacteristically unsmiling face and he tensed up. “Hey lover boy!” Jordan hollered down the aisle of the tour bus as the door closed and their lead singer approached them. “Show us that g-string, you sexy babe!” Jared rolled his eyes and frowned, glaring at the offending piece of lingerie. Just great- and that on their first day. And to think that he’d have to put up with this for the remainder of the tour, with millions and millions of groupies screaming out that they loved his boyfriend and his not being able to point out that HE, Jared Knox, was the only person on the planet allowed to touch and love Dave so much. The drummer sighed. For Dave’s sake, he’d have to hide his jealousy, but boy, it was going to be hard… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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