hell are you and what are you doing in my room?" Marlo asked, her face masked in confusion.
Tobias looked over to Dusty, with such a worried and pained expression. Dusty tried to keep a straight face, but he just couldn't keep up with Marlo's ruse. Instead, he busted out laughing.
"Nice Marlo! Here I was worried about you, and you fuck with me." He said, feeling a mixture of hurt and anger.
"Sorry, I had to do it. You looked too serious. Someone needed to lighten the mood." Marlo smiled and looked at her brother. "Can we have a minute?"
Dusty nodded and hobbled out of the room on his crutches, leaving the two of them alone. Tobias took the seat that Dusty had just vacated.
"He told me what happened." Marlo said softly.
"Why is it that I always have to save your stupid ass?" Tobias said, smiling the whole time.
"Thank you. Again and again, thank you a million times over." She said softly, and took his good hand in her good hand and brought it to her lips, softly kissing it.
"You know how many times I've come close to losing you?" He asked sincerely.
"I'm sure not enough for your liking." They both laughed.
"I kicked him off the tour." He told her, looking down at the floor.
"I know. Thanks. It's for the best, and probably should have been done a while ago." She looked down and realized that they were still holding hands. No matter how much she wanted to deny it, it felt good.
Chapter 11
"So when do I get sprung from this joint? I can't wait to have some real food again!" Marlo asked her brother after her third day in the hospital. He had just gotten back from talking to herdoctor in the hallway.
"Doctor said you can go home tomorrow. Only one problem." Dusty dreaded giving her the news. "You're going to have to go home instead of finishing the tour with us."
"What? Why?" Marlo protested. "There's only two weeks left, why can't I just finish it out with you guys?"
"The doctor feels that you need your rest since you had some major head trauma. If you don't go home, then you'll have to stay here for a few more days." He explained. "Besides, you're in a big shoulder cast. Do you really think that the bunks on the bus are big enough to fit that monster in?"
"Come on Dusty! Don't make me go home. I won't have anything to do, I'll be all alone." Marlo whined.
"Marlo, it's only for two weeks. Don't make this any harder than it has to be." He pleaded. "I'll call Annie to come stay with you so that you won't be all alone. I'm sure it will be nice to have her help until you're healed anyways."
Marlo thought about it for a few minutes. It would be great to spend some time with Annie again. She had been their nanny when they were growing up, and she was more of a mother to Dusty and Marlo than their own mother was. "Fine. But I don't have to like it."
"I know. I'll miss you too." Dusty smiled, knowing that was one of the biggest problems.
"Well, don't even think of turning off your cell phone. I'm going to be calling all the time to find out what's happening and making sure that you know what your schedule is." She warned.
"You can reach me any time you need to." He leaned over the bed and gave his sister a hug. "So when we leave on the bus tomorrow, you'll head back home. We hired a car for you so that you since we're only about six hours from home. Better than trying to get you on a plane with all that damn plaster on your arm."
Marlo sighed. She knew it was all for the better, but she didn't have to like it. Honestly, she didn't know how she would have gotten along on the bus in the shape that she was in, but it was a bitch to admit it.
A soft knock was heard in the room and Tobias peeked his head in the door slowly, making sure it was okay to go in. "Hey." He spoke softly.
Marlo smiled. "Hey, come on in." She looked over to her brother, giving him a look that asked for a few minutes alone.
"I'm just going to go call Annie and let her know the plan. I'll be back in a few." Dusty said, squeezing his
Tobias looked over to Dusty, with such a worried and pained expression. Dusty tried to keep a straight face, but he just couldn't keep up with Marlo's ruse. Instead, he busted out laughing.
"Nice Marlo! Here I was worried about you, and you fuck with me." He said, feeling a mixture of hurt and anger.
"Sorry, I had to do it. You looked too serious. Someone needed to lighten the mood." Marlo smiled and looked at her brother. "Can we have a minute?"
Dusty nodded and hobbled out of the room on his crutches, leaving the two of them alone. Tobias took the seat that Dusty had just vacated.
"He told me what happened." Marlo said softly.
"Why is it that I always have to save your stupid ass?" Tobias said, smiling the whole time.
"Thank you. Again and again, thank you a million times over." She said softly, and took his good hand in her good hand and brought it to her lips, softly kissing it.
"You know how many times I've come close to losing you?" He asked sincerely.
"I'm sure not enough for your liking." They both laughed.
"I kicked him off the tour." He told her, looking down at the floor.
"I know. Thanks. It's for the best, and probably should have been done a while ago." She looked down and realized that they were still holding hands. No matter how much she wanted to deny it, it felt good.
Chapter 11
"So when do I get sprung from this joint? I can't wait to have some real food again!" Marlo asked her brother after her third day in the hospital. He had just gotten back from talking to herdoctor in the hallway.
"Doctor said you can go home tomorrow. Only one problem." Dusty dreaded giving her the news. "You're going to have to go home instead of finishing the tour with us."
"What? Why?" Marlo protested. "There's only two weeks left, why can't I just finish it out with you guys?"
"The doctor feels that you need your rest since you had some major head trauma. If you don't go home, then you'll have to stay here for a few more days." He explained. "Besides, you're in a big shoulder cast. Do you really think that the bunks on the bus are big enough to fit that monster in?"
"Come on Dusty! Don't make me go home. I won't have anything to do, I'll be all alone." Marlo whined.
"Marlo, it's only for two weeks. Don't make this any harder than it has to be." He pleaded. "I'll call Annie to come stay with you so that you won't be all alone. I'm sure it will be nice to have her help until you're healed anyways."
Marlo thought about it for a few minutes. It would be great to spend some time with Annie again. She had been their nanny when they were growing up, and she was more of a mother to Dusty and Marlo than their own mother was. "Fine. But I don't have to like it."
"I know. I'll miss you too." Dusty smiled, knowing that was one of the biggest problems.
"Well, don't even think of turning off your cell phone. I'm going to be calling all the time to find out what's happening and making sure that you know what your schedule is." She warned.
"You can reach me any time you need to." He leaned over the bed and gave his sister a hug. "So when we leave on the bus tomorrow, you'll head back home. We hired a car for you so that you since we're only about six hours from home. Better than trying to get you on a plane with all that damn plaster on your arm."
Marlo sighed. She knew it was all for the better, but she didn't have to like it. Honestly, she didn't know how she would have gotten along on the bus in the shape that she was in, but it was a bitch to admit it.
A soft knock was heard in the room and Tobias peeked his head in the door slowly, making sure it was okay to go in. "Hey." He spoke softly.
Marlo smiled. "Hey, come on in." She looked over to her brother, giving him a look that asked for a few minutes alone.
"I'm just going to go call Annie and let her know the plan. I'll be back in a few." Dusty said, squeezing his
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