Chapter seven
I woke up the next morning still smiling about the night before. I had gone on an amazing date with an amazing girl, and had gotten permission to take her on tour with us. We were set to play our first show in Dallas that night, and then head out across the country. This tour was going to be one of our biggest; we had Honor Society, Demi Lovato, and sometimes Jordin Sparks opening for us. If I could’ve taken Ashley on a tour, it would defiantly be this one. I was so excited for her to experience it.
I rolled over to turn my alarm off; it was only five in the morning. I groaned, the summer of sleeping late and staying up late was over. For the next few months, it would be waking up early, sleeping on random things where and when you could during the day, and staying up late at night. But, I couldn’t complain touring was my favorite thing to do in the entire world. I could live my life doing nothing but playing shows and I’d be happy. And I was even happier of the idea of spending it with Ashley.
I knew I couldn’t call her yet, she didn’t get up for her morning jog for another hour, so I figure I’d call her when we left the house. Part of me wanted to call her right away, but I knew I’d get a better response from her if I waited until she was actually awake. I sat up and rubbed the sleep out of my eyes. The fact that this was the last time I’d be in my own bed all summer wasn’t lost on me. The worse part of tour had to be either sleeping on a bunk on the bus or in a random hotel room bed. Just the thought made me want to stay in bed, but I know the other aspects of tour made up for that.
A FEW HOURS LATER
We were finally ready to leave for the venue. Of course Joe had held us up while he was getting ready, causing us to be a half an hour late leaving. But, we were finally ready to leave and head to the venue. I climbed into the backseat of the Tahoe, pulling my BlackBerry out of my bag. Dialing Ashley’s number, I signaled Joe to shut up and stop singing nursery rhymes. He had a huge smile on his face, and got closer to me and continued to sing directly in my ear. I punched him in the gut, finally he doubled over in his seat and stopped singing and started pouting.
After only a few rings, Ashley answered the phone, out of breath. “Hello?”
“Hey Ashley. How was your run?”
“It was pretty good; it got really warm really quickly this morning so I’m gross. What’s up with you? Are you on the way to the venue?”
“Ha ha, welcome to Texas weather. Yeah we are on our way to the venue, but there’s something I wanted to ask you.”
“Oh really?” Ashley’s heart started beating, fearing but excited for what she was pretty sure was coming. Was she really ready for this commitment? She tried acting nonchalant but she was nervous at the impeding question.
“Yeah, I talked to my parents, and this is something I’m really excited to ask you. We are just now getting to know each other, and I’m not ready to leave you yet. I know this is going to be a big step for you, but I think our relationship can handle this. We can make it, and even if we don’t, we will be amazing friends; I just want to try this out. So I guess what I’m trying to say is, Ashley will you go on tour with me?”
There it was, the question she was waiting for, the question she had prepared for. “Nick, wow that is a big step. I just got accepted to school, I guess I could defer my acceptance for a semester or two. I want to get to know you better too. So, yes, yes Nick, I will go on tour with you!”
A big smile formed on my face, the one that if the fans saw, they’d flip a lid because it’s so rare. “Really? Oh my gosh, Ashley this is amazing. I can’t wait. I guess, meet us at the venue in a few hours, and we can set everything up. You’ll be staying on Demi’s bus, since I figured you didn’t want to stay on Honor Society’s bus with a bunch of guys.”
Laughing, she said, “Ha-ha, sounds like a plan, I’ll see you in a few hours!”
“Bye Ashley.”
“Bye Nick.”
Hanging up the phone, I couldn’t help but smile, the girl of my dreams was going on tour with me. I’d get to spend the best aspect of my life with someone I cared about. This was going to be the best summer ever.
Ashley’s POV
Hanging up the phone with Nick, I had a huge smile on my face, my heart was pounding in my chest, and over the feeling of happiness there was a slight tinge of nervousness. I was so happy that he had asked me to go with him, but also nervous at what could happen. We could make it thru tour, and be in an amazing relationship at the end of the summer. Or we could crumble and fall to pieces when the closeness of tour got too much for us to handle. But could I handle the stress of tour? Could I deal with the screaming girls that would throw themselves at him?
But, I had said yes, I had committed to this tour, committed myself to this relationship if it worked out or not. I truly thought that we could make it thru this. I had a feeling that even though our relationship was new, that we could handle this, and make it out on the other side stronger than what we were before tour.
Suddenly I realized how much I had to do in only a few hours. I had to call the school, and get my acceptance differed for a semester; I had to pack a summer worth of clothes for the road. I knew it was a lot to do, but I’m sure that this summer would be the best summer ever.