From My Heart by Breigh Forstner Page B

Thanks for letting me tag along.” Bethany smiled sweetly, giving each one of us a hug. She looked really pretty with a long purple sweater dress going past her ass and black leggings that went underneath her winter boots. Her strawberry blond hair was stick straight under her black beanie, and once again I heard Raptor talking to himself under his breath.
    “Well it’s our pleasure for you to come along,” Luke boasted, puffing out his chest. “You’ll have fun standing beside me off stage, or else we could skip watching the shows and just go back to the dressing room…”
    Bethany didn’t seem to oppose. Her eyes lit up, but then she quickly shook her head. “Sorry, Luke. I’ve missed way too many of my best friend’s shows. I’m going to stick around for all of them.” She patted him on the shoulder and kissed him on the cheek.
    “Damn. Give poor Luke a chance, he’s been awfully lonely since we haven’t seen you girls.” Raptor frowned, running a hand through his freshly cut hair. There was no more Mohawk—a first in years. When I saw Raptor for the first time after he shaved it off, I barely recognized him. Minus his tan, tattooed skin, probably no one else would recognize him on the tour besides us. He kept the little bit of hair he had back at his natural light brown color, which reminded me of our days back in middle school.
    Gina and Bethany came our way with their bags, and I hurried up to take them, but Raptor beat me to Gina’s.
    “It’s the least I could do since you’ll be my bus buddy and all,” he flirted with Gina, and she flipped her brown hair to the side, sticking her tongue out at him.
    “Feed me a better pick up line and we’ll see about that last part,” Gina retorted, whispering in Bryn’s ear. Her green eyes were on mine and there was life inside of them that I hadn’t seen in a while. I knew the feeling. After touring so many times and coming back home for a bit, I was always itching to go back out and play music. The first day of tour was always my favorite day; today was no exception. We were headed to Indiana, where we were playing a venue that we hadn’t been to before, so my nerves were slowly taking over. Usually I was pretty calm when it came to just minutes before going on stage, but for some reason I felt different. But I had to shake that feeling because it was going to be the most kick-ass tour Everlasting had ever been on.
    “Ready?” Bryn came up to me, wrapping her arms around my waist and hugging me tight. Bryn’s hugs were the best as far as I was concerned. Our bodies fit together perfectly, especially when her head rested against my chest (away from my shot wound), and she could hear my heart beating. I let one of my hands rest in her hair while the other linked around her waist.
    “Mmmm of course. Now that you’re here.” I let go of her and kissed her forehead before grabbing her bags and loading them onto the bus. “Did you girls bring enough stuff?” I commented. The bags were heavy as shit.
    “Well you see…” Bethany started to say, pursing her lips, “There’s hair straighteners, curling irons, makeup to last the next few months, my laptop…”
    “Plus enough girly movies so we’re not bored to death,” Gina added.
    I rolled my eyes jokingly. Maybe this was a bad idea bringing not one but two more girls on the bus with us for the tour, but I knew it made Bryn happy to have her friends by her side. That’s really why I agreed to it. The other guys had their own reasons, and I was sure I was going to literally “hear” their reasons at some point. I told Tyler I gave it a week, and Raptor and Luke would have the girls in their bunks for sure. I shouldn’t say girls are easy because that would make me sound like a complete dick, but really, it was the truth. At least from my experience.
    “It’ll be fun,” Bryn promised as she lightly squeezed my hand. “I’ll share a bed with you at least.”
    I pulled Bryn into me, kissing